Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,584, Isaiah Williams, Vt.

SERVICE
Williams, Isaiah
NUMBER
R. 11.584
CONTENTS

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Sarah Williams
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each time
Mr. Edwards will please unite me as to this case & advise
I mention When I sent the other letter, I supposed you had these papers.

State of Illinois County of Boon ss.
On this thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and forty six - personally appeared in open court before the circuit court of the county of Boon now sitting. Isaiah Williams, a resident of the Town of Belvidere county of Boon and state of Illinois aforesaid - aged eighty two years two months and 28 - days, 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 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he entered said service as a Militia man in the Militia of the state of Vermont in the month of March in the year 1780 (but the precise day of the month he can- not state). That his Father Joseph Williams was major and Moses Robinson was Colonel and Solomon Walbridge General of the regiment in which I served during all the time I served in it. That Joseph Briggs was Captain of the company in which I was enrolled at the time of my entering the service and for two years thereafter when he resigned resigning Elisha Patten was commissioned in his place and remained Captain of the company until after the war. and that he the said Isaiah Williams remained in said service as such Militia -

man until after the war when said Regiment was disbanded. That he lived in the Town of Pownell county of Bennington and state of Vermont when he entered the service. That he was enrolled as a militia man. That he was not engaged in any battles during his service. That the regiment in which he served was principally engaged in defending the frontier that the whole defence of the frontier of the North part of Vermont was in a great measure left to said Regiment after he entered the service. - That the country was continually alarmed by invasions or threatened invasions of the British or their allies the Tories & Indians. That he was frequently marched out out of the state towards and along the line of the frontier. Though he does not now recollect that he was ever marched out of the state of Vermont. That he did scan- any civil business from the time he was enrolled sometimes he would work at home for a few days together but from the time he was enrolled until the end of the war he was with few ex- ceptions either marching about to repel invasions or threatened invasions or under arms drilling and that from the time he entered the service as aforesaid until the end of the war he served as a militia man not less than two years. That the regiment in which he served was a regiment formed in the state of Vermont and that he served with no other than  the  one  under  the  command of Colonel Warner of the regular army during the war of the Revolution but does not now re- collect the regiment that he belonged to He  He does not now recollect that he knew any other military officer during the said war. That he has no documentary

evidence and knows of no person whose testi- mony he can procure who can testify to his services. He further states that he can- not by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory state positively and definitely the times that He was called out nor the precise length of each time that he was out - nor the country through which he was marched or where he was stationed - other than that it was in the state of Vermont along the line of the Canadian Frontier -
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. any other
Sworn to and subscribed the day of Isaiah Williams and year aforesaid S.S. Whitman Clerk
We Richard A Blanchard a clergyman residing in the Town of Belvidere county of Boon and state of Illinois and George W. McCumber and Abt W. Johnson
residing in said Town and Albin Boomer and William Boomer residing in said county within five miles of said Town
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Isaiah Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two years of age

that he is upstate and behind in the neighbo- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution: and that we concur in that opinion - and the said Allen Boome states further that he knew said Isaiah Williams in Jefferson county in the state of New York that he has known him for Twenty  seventeen years past & his reputation then was as above stated: And the said Abt W. Johnson states that he knew said Isaiah Williams in Madison county in the state of New- York that he has known him for at least thirty five years past and his reputation was always good as a man of good moral character and as having been a soldier in the revolution:
A W Johnson
Sworn to and subscribed April 30. 1846 before me in open court. S. S. Whitman Clerk
Allen Boome
George W. Hickson
Wm Boome
Richard A. Blanchard
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the mat- ter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department. that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and servant as he states. And the court further cer- tifies that it appears to them that Richard A. Blanchard who has signed the preceding certifi- cate, is a clergyman, resident in the said

Yours of December and that Abt N. Johnson George H. Melick William Boomer & Alvin Boomer are credible persons: and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Howard Bowne Judge of said court
I Seth S. Whitman clerk of the circuit court of Boone county aforesaid in the state of Illinois aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the applica- cation of Isaiah Williams for a pension.
And further that herunto an- nected are the questions directed by the War Department to be propounded by the court to an applicant for a pension with the answers of said Isaiah Williams thereto and the certificate of said judge of said court thereon within -
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed my seal no official having been yet provided this 30 th day of April A.D. 1846
Seth S. Whitman Clerk

State of Illinois } County of Boone } P. Boone }
At a term of the circuit court begun and held in and for the county of Boone and State of Illinois before the Hon. Thomas E. Brown one of the presiding judges thereof on the 27 th day of April A.D. 1846.
In the matter of the Application of Isaiah Williams for a pension from the United States }
Questions Propounded by said court in open court during said term to said Isaiah Williams applicant for a pension, and the answers of said Williams thereto - to wit-
1. Where, and in what year, were you born? Ans: I was born on the nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, at Salisbury in Litchfield county and state of Connecticut.
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Ans: I have in my possession no record of my age unless one made by myself in a family bible about thirty years ago - and I do not know that there is any other.
3. Where, were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary War; and where do you now live?
Ans: I was living in the Town of Pownell in Bennington county Vermont when called into service. I lived in said Town of Pownell.

until I was thirty eight years old. I then removed to Madison county in the state of New York. I lived in said Madison county until the year 1829. and then I removed to the Town of Henderson Jefferson county in said state of New York where I lived until the year 1844 - when I removed to the Town of Belvidere Boone county and state of Illinois where I have since continued to, and now, reside or live -
4. How were you called into service; were you draughted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute; and if a substitute for whom? Ans. I was enrolled in the Militia within a month after I was sixteen years of age. I do not now recollect of any man being draughted from the company in which I served. The Militia in which I was enrolled was the Militia of the state of Vermont. The company in which I served was formed as minute men and almost the whole company were called at a time, with active service from the time I was enrolled until near the end of the war when the company was formed into two parts or battalions and took turns in duty -
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served - such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect: and the general circumstances of your service?
Ans: Joseph Briggs was captain of the company in which I was enrolled under whom I served from the time of said enrolment for two years when said Briggs resigned his commission.

sign and Elisha Patten was commissioned in his place and remained Captain of the company until after the war - My Father Joseph Williams was major - Moses Robinson was colonel and Solomon Walbridge General of the regiment in which I served during all the time that I served in it - There were no regular officers with the troops where I served that I can now recollect of - and I do not now recollect any continental or militia regiments other than the one in which I served - I have seen during the War of the Revolution, Colonel Warner of the regular Army but cannot now recollect the regiment that he belonged to -
The regiment that I was in was during said war principally engaged in defending the frontier, and harassed with frequent alarms of the enemy, invading the country - so that we were nearly all the time in arms ready for active service while I was in said regiment - I further state that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory I cannot state positively to the times that I was called out nor to the precise length of each time - but that during the time I was in the regiment aforesaid I was in active service as a militia man not less than two years -
Q - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and, if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans: I never received any discharge from service the regiment aforesaid being disbanded shortly after peace was declared between the United States

and Great Britain -
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Ans. Friend Henderson . Abt. - M. Johnson George W. McLean. M. Miriam Brown and Alice Brown Richard A. Blanchard
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion to be that the statements above made by said Isaiah Williams are true - in answer to said interrogatories propounded to him by the court.
Geo. Brown

I John Wentworth member of congress of the United States from District Number Four in the state of Illinois do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Seth J. Whitman whose name and sig- nature appears to the within as Clerk of the circuit court of Boone county in said state, that I know him to be such clerk and am well acquaint- ed with his signature and hand writing and verily that believe that the signa- ture of Seth J. Whitman wherever it occurs in the foregoing and annexed papers is genuine.
That said county of Boone is within said congressional district.
John Wentworth

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Deborah Williams
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Mr. Edwards will please unite me with this case & wife
I mention When I sent the other letter, I supposed you had these papers.

Hon John Wentworth.
Secretary of State Office. Burlington June 2. 1846
Sir. The Pension Rolle in this office contains no evidence of the service of Isaiah Williams. There was no such Capt as "Elisha Parker" and there is but one Pay. Roll of Capt Joseph Briggs company in Revolutionary service.
Several soldiers claim to have served under Capt Briggs. From the similarity of claim I am disposed to think most of his Pay. Roll have been lost.
I have no doubt. Isaiah Williams deserves a pension & I regret that this is the only official "recommendation" I can give him.
Please hand the fees for scroll #2. to Hon G. P. Marsh.
Yours - G. P. Marsh!
J. M. M. Shapley. Secy. of State of Vt.

No 37263
Isaiah Williams Ill
Re J. Wentworth,
Aug 23, 1846
To same May 26, 1846
11584
act 7 June 1832

41584
P. O.
Sarah Williams
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18