Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,391, Ebenezer Williams, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Williams, Ebenezer Catharine
NUMBER
W. 4391
CONTENTS

See letter to Hon. A. Stewart 12 th May 1834—
18.858 Pittsburgh Ebenezer Williams of Fayette Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Parson of the Reg't commanded by Col. Pat in the V a man line for Penn.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of October 1833 and sent to R. P. Flemkin U.S.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 1833. $ 50.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending March 34. 10 00
$ 60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 5 Page 95

Amos Burden May 11 1836
Reported
Jan'y 25/49
Semi Williams Jan'y 6/58
3355
Mrs. Pittsburg Catharine Williams widow of Chas  Va  Williams who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Jan'y 1849 and sent to
J. A. Bough Washington O. S.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 311 Vol. 4.

11231
Catharine Williams
Ohio -
act 14 July 36
M 82 C 41
Rejected , Marriage took place after the termin- ation of husband's service

The State of Ohio Portage County ss Be it remembered that on the 29 th day of May 1844 Personally ap- peared before me Thomas B. Selby an associate judge in and for the County of Portage and State of Ohio Catharine Williams, widow of Ebenezer Williams late of said County deceased aged eighty two years and a resident of said County of Portage and State of Ohio and being first duly sworn according to law doth on her said oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 That she is the widow of Ebenezer Williams late of said County who died December 29 th A.D. 1841 That her said husband Ebenezer Williams was a private in the Revolutionary War That he entered the service of the United States twice The first time he entered the service he lived in Frankfort Hampshire County and State of Virgin- ia at this time he volunteered and was in a Company of Militia of the State of Virginia and was stationed at Manchester in the State of Virginia to guard some prisoners She does not know the precise time that he then entered the service but she thinks it was in the latter part of the year 1781 nor does she know how long he then served but she thinks it was two months or thereabouts nor can she now tell the names of the officers under whom he served her said Husband told her before his death that he had forgotten the names of the officers under whom he at this time served After his discharge he together with me the said Catharine Moved to Fayette County and State of Pennsy- lvanian and in November (as she believes) 1782 he again volunteered to serve during the War as a private at this time he lived in said Fayette County and State of Pennsylvania and when in service he was in a Company Commanded by Captain Isaac Parsons Colonel William Taz

1231 regiment in the line or militia (she can not tell which she believes the Militia) of the State of Pennsylvania at this time her service till the end of the war a Period of More than six months when he received a certificate of discharge which certificate has been lost. She therefore has no documentary evidence of her said Husbands services unless the Records of the War Department show the fact.
She farther declares that for these services her said Husband obtained a Pension from the United States of twenty dollars per annum under the Act of June 7 th 1832 his certificate is recorded in Book of Vol 8 th page 78 th and the evidence of her said Husbands services are before the department. she asks the Commissioner to refer to her said Husbands statement as she entertains no doubt of its truth and even more certain than her own. She farther declares that she was lawfully married to the said Ebenezer Williams on the 17 th day of April 1851 at Frankfort Hampshire County and State of Virginia which was before the last Period of her said Husbands services and in fact before his services commenced. she farther says that she has no record evidence of her said marriage unless the registers of the place where it was solemnized show the fact. She has not any family Record of the event.
She farther declares that her said Husband the said Ebenezer Williams died December 29 th 1851 in the 84 th year of his age and that she has remained a Widow ever since that Period as will more fully appear Reference being had to the Testimony hereto annexed.
In Presence of Catharine Williams mark J Snow & Voreah P. P. P. P. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29 th day of May 1854 Thomas P. Kelly Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Portage County ss Be it remembered that on the 29 th day of May A.D. 1844 Personally appeared A H Wilson & Frederick Daniels of late age before me Thomas B Selby an associate judge in and for said County who were sworn in due form of law and on their said oaths did declare that they and each of them are personally acquainted with the above named Catharine Williams and have been for the space of eight years past that she is a credible person that she is about the age of eighty two as they believe that she and her said husband resided in the town- ship of Deerfield for the space of five years before his death that he died on or about the 29 th day of December 1841 that he was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death That since his death she has resided a part of her time with her Daughter Sarah Parsons in Garfield Portage County Ohio and a part of her time with her Son Lewis Williams in Lexington Township Stark County Ohio that his very poor and much in need of her country's assistance and although they do not know any thing about the legality of her marriage with her said husband yet they do know that she lived with him here as husband and wife and they never heard any thing but that they were law- fully married That she has since the death of her said husband lived unmarried He therefore declare that we and each of us are fully satisfied that each part-set forth in her foregoing declaration is true Subscribed & sworn to before me } Frederick Daniels the day and year first above written } A H Wilson Thomas B. Selby Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Portage County ss
Be it remembered that on the 29 th day of May A.D. 1844, Darcus Parsons personally appeared before me Thomas B. Selby an associate judge in and for the County of Portage and State of Ohio and being affirmed in due form of law on her oath said that she is the daugh- -ghter of the above named Catharine and Ebenezer Williams that she is forty two years of age that she from her earliest remembrance till now lived with or near her parents aforesaid and knows that her father and mother have always lived together as husband and wife that they have no family record and that she never knew nor heard anything but that they were lawfully married and that she is fully satisfied of the truth of her mother's statements that mother has lived in Portage & Stark County Ohio only in Portage for eight years past and that previous thereto she and her husband lived in Fayette County in the State of Pennsylv- -vania.
Affirmed to and subscribed before me Darcus Parsons the day and year last above written
Thomas B. Selby Associate judge
The State of Ohio Portage County ss
I Thomas B. Selby an associate judge in and for the County of Portage and State of Ohio certify that the above named Catharine Williams Darcus Parsons A. H. Hillcox and Frederick Daniels and each of them are credible witnesses and that I am fully satisfied of the truth of their statements and each of them Given under my hand this 29 th day of May A.D. 1844 at the County of Portage.
Thomas B. Selby Associate judge

I Thomas B Selby the associate judge afore mentioned do further certify that the above named Catharine Williams is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in open Court to make the aforementioned Declaration
Given under my hand this 29 th day of May 1844
Thomas B. Selby Associate Judge
The State of Ohio Portage County ss
I William Cockmon Juge Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the County of Portage and State of Ohio Certify that Thomas B Selby before whom the foregoing instruments were executed is an acting Associate Judge in and for said County of Portage duly commissioned and qualified that his commis- sion bears date on the 16 th day of February A.D. 1843 and will expire in seven years from its date and that his several signatures to the foregoing instruments and each of them is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this 11 th day of June A.D. 1844
William Cockmon Clerk

At a Court of Common Pleas begun and held at the Court house in the town of Canton within and for the County of Stark and State of Ohio on Monday the thirteenth day of November eighteen hundred and forty three
present Geo. W. Belden President Samuel Shraunty } Associate James S. Kelly } Judges
John Brondon Sheriff
Harmon Stidger Clerk
In the Records and proceedings of said Court among other matters are the following to wit.
In the Matter of the Identity of the Widow of Ebenezer Williams Deceased
In this matter the Court are satisfied from the testimony of Lewis Williams who is sworn in
open Court that said Ebenezer Williams a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States died on the 29th day of December A.D. 1841 leaving Catharine Williams his widow who resides in Stark County
In testimony whereof I Daniel Ruffensperger Clerk pro tempore of said Court do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at the Court house aforesaid this 12th day of June 1844
Daniel Ruffensperger - Clk P. J. [initials]

Wayne county Pa. Sept 11th Pennsylvania.
On the 22nd day of June A.D. 1883 Personally appeared before Samuel Sisson an associate Judge in & for the county of Wayne Ebenezer Williams a resident of German Town- ship county & state aforesaid. aged seventy five years. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following decl- =aration in order to attain the benefit of the act of congress passed June the 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
That the first of October 1780 he was drafted in Captain Isaac Parsons company of Virginia. for six months. that he does not recollect his col name. That he was first marched from Hampshire County Va. to the barracks near Winchester (within two miles) where he was stationed for the purpose of guarding the prisoners taken at the capture of Burgoyne. a part of which were kept at the barracks aforesaid mentioned. and there guarded.
That he served his entire six months at that place, or until discharged and does not now remember of being any where else performing service during the six months for which he drafted.
Except the barracks near Winchester. That his time expired the first of March 1781. That upon the expiration of his service in the militia he went into Winchester and there enlisted with Captain Fely alias McFady for during the war. That this was early in April 1781

That he was kept performing military duty at Pittsburgh and the Bricks until shortly after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. When he was discharged, and the deponent here states that after his enlistment, he was not marched to Head quarters or to the army. The company of Capt. Kelly alias McKelly, not being full or made up, but still recruiting. That the company never was organized. And that the deponent did enlist in it, and also served as an enlisted soldier, from sometime in April  March 1781 to Sept. the same year. Making a period of six months. Which with the militia service makes one year and for the service he claims a pension. That the whole of his services were performed at the Bricks near Pittsburgh, and at Pittsburgh. That he has no documentary evidence of his services, or any vouchers that he knows of to prove them. He was born in Cumberland county New Jersey in the year 1757.
He has a record of his age in his Bible That he came when he entered the service in Hampshire county Virginia. — and has lived ever since he left Virginia in Fayette county Penna. and has lived where he now lives thirty years.
He was first drafted. Then enlisted.
His memory is exceedingly bad. almost gone which prevents him from stating the names of officers. He could have done some years since. all he can recollect are mentions in his application together with the general circumstances of his service.
He received no written discharge from his militia officers. but had a written discharge from Capt. Kelly alias McKelly. which he has long since lost.

He hereby relinquishes giving pension or annuity Whatever except the present & unless that his name is not on the known Roll of the agency of any state.
Affirmed to and Subscribed the 22nd day of June A.D. 1933. before me, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas for Gazette county. PP Samuel Saxon
his Ebenezer Williams Mark
The Peter J. Lashley of Springhill Township and Samuel Ache of Freeman Township & county aforesaid
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Williams who has signed & sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be seventy four years of age. That he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Peter J. Lashley
Sworn and subscribed as above stated
Samuel Ache
Samuel Saxon
I Samuel Saxon one of the associate Judges of the court of common pleas in open court county. do declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter. and after reading the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that Ebenezer Williams who has been sworn and sworn to the foregoing declaration. was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that he is not able from old age and infirmity to attend the court at its sittings. and further that Samuel Ache & Peter J. Lashley who have signed the above certificate are both cred- ible men. live in the neighborhood of the above applicant and are well acquainted with him. and I trust their statement is entitled to credit. also that Peter J. Lashley is a clergymen
June 22nd A.D. 1933
Samuel Saxon Associate Judge

Pennsylvania Fayette County ss I Henry M Beeson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in the said county do Certify that Samuel Nixon Esq is one of the Associate Judges of the said Court duly commissioned & qualified to all whose official acts full faith & credit are due. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Union town the 9th day of July 1833
Henry M Beeson Protho
See connection of E. H. Thomas. Prothonotary entire 26055

In the matter of the application of Catharine Williams for a pension under the acts of March 3 d 1843 & June 17 th 1844 whose papers are now on file in the United States Pension office
State of Ohio Stark County ss Be it remembered that on the 10 th day of December 1844 before me Abraham Gaskill a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Aaron Williams aged fifty nine years and Lewis Williams aged forty eight years both of whom were sworn in due form of law and on their said oath did declare that they are children of the said Ebenezer and Catharine Williams & that the said Aaron Williams is now aged fifty nine years being born in the year 1786 and the said Lewis Williams is aged forty eight years being born in the year 1795 and that their said father and mother from their earliest remembrance until the death of the said Ebenezer which happened December 29 th 1841 always lived together as husband & wife and that there is no family record of their marriage and that they never heard any thing but that they were lawfully joined in marriage.
Aaron Williams
Lewis Williams
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Tenth day of December 1844 Abraham Gaskill
Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Stark County ss I Abraham Gaskill a justice of the peace in and for said County certify that the above named Aaron and Lewis Williams are credible witnesses that it is believed in this vicinity that they are sons of the said Ebenezer and Catharine Williams as they have represented. I do further certify that Fairfield Portage Co the residence of the said Catharine and

Lisington Stark Co the residence of the said Aaron and Lewis are only about eight miles apart
Given under my hand this Tenth day of December 1844 Abraham Gaskill Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Stark County ss I Daniel Raffenperger Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County aforesaid certify that Abraham Gaskill before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whose certificate appears above is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his Commission bears date the 17th day of April 1843 and will expire in three years from the date thereof and that each of his signatures to the foregoing instruments is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this 27th day of December 1844 at the Court house in the town of Canton in said County
Daniel Raffenperger Clerk

6645.
Catharine Williams, Mama of Ebenezer Ohio
acts 3 March 1843 and
17 June 1844

The State of Ohio Portage County ss Be it known that on the 25 th day of October 1844 before me Frederick Daniels a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Catharine Williams of said County aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the bene- -fit of the provisions of the acts of Congress passed March 3 d 1843 and June 17 th 1844 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolu- tionary War That she is the Widow of Ebenezer Williams who was a private in the Revolutionary army and as such he served in Captain Isaac Paxtons Company Colonel William Fox's Regiment in the line of militia of Pennsylvania - she is not positive which but she believes the militia - for the space of at least six months and an ac- count of said services her said husband obtained a pension of twenty dollars per year under the act of June 7 th 1832 His certificate was recorded in the Pension office Book J Vol 1 page 95 That she was married to the said Ebenezer Williams on the 17 th day of April 1781 at Frankfort Hampshire County and State of Virginia by a Baptist preacher by the name of Redden and her maiden name was Jones that she has no family records of her marriage nor does she know whether the same was entered of Record where it was solemnized or not that her said husband died December 29 th 1841 and that she is still a widow She asks the Commissioner to refer to her statement made on a former occasion and the statement of her said husband and the testimony on these two occasions given which is now on file in the Pension office for the purpose of more fully ascer-

training whither or not - she is intitled to a Pension
In presence
Frederick Daniels
Catharine her Williams mark
Wannak Provance
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15 th day of October 1844
Frederick Daniels — Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Portage County ss Be it known that on the 25 th day of October 1844 before me Frederick Daniels a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Dorcas Parsons of said County who being duly sworn in due form of law doeth on her oath say that she is the daughter of the above named Ebenezer and Catharine Williams and that she is of forty two years of age and from her earliest remembrance till now she has lived with or near her said parents and that the oldest child of the said Ebenezer and Catharine Williams was born in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two as she has always been informed by her said parents and verily believes and his name is John Williams That there is no family Record of the marriage of her said Parents She however never heard any doubts expressed by any but that they were lawfully married and as man and wife they always lived together from her earliest remem- -ber till his death which happened December 29 th 1841 That her father was a pensioner of the United States and she fully believes her mother's forgoing statements Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Dorcas Parsons
Frederick Daniels Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Portage County ss I Frederick Daniels a Justice of the Peace in and for said County certify that the above named Catharine Williams and Darius Parsons are personally known to me that they are credible persons and that I am fully satisfied that each of their foregoing state- ments is true and that the above named Catharine Williams is the identical person she represents herself to be given under my hand this twenty-fifth day of October 1844 Frederick Daniels Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Portage County ss I William Boolman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Portage and State of Ohio certify that the above named Frederick Daniels is an acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and qualified that his commission bears date the 21 st day of August 1844 and will expire in three years from its date and that his three several signatures to the foregoing instruments are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Court-house in Ravenna this 25 th day of October 1844 William Boolman Clerk By Horace G. Beebe Deputy

State of Ohio County of Stark } on this 11th day of April AD 1855 personally appeared before me John G. Moss Mayor of Lima, will Stark County Ohio Lewis Williams of the county and state aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the legal heir at law of Ebenezer Williams Deceased who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and who was pension- ed as such at the rate of $20 per annum and that said Williams died on or about the month of December 1842:1843 and left a widow by the name of Catherine who was also so: the mother of the said Lewis Williams now applicant and that said Catherine drew a pension as the widow of said Ebenezer Williams deceased at the rate of $20 per an- num: and that said Catherine Williams his mother died on or about the month of March 1848 at the county of Stark and state of Ohio and that the said Ebenezer Williams and Catherine his wife being the father and mother of said Applicant and being en- titled to said money as a pension and claim then the said pensioners at their death and now be longing to their legal heirs at law he makes the foregoing statements to obtain the proper instructions as to the amount due if any and how to obtain it without proof will serve same &c
I hereby constitute and appoint Amos Bur- den of Stark County Ohio As my lawful Attorney for me and in my name and stead to pro- secute the foregoing claim receive receipt

it is presumed that the widow would die either draw more than one half of the money they were entitled to this is to draw the increase that they should have been in their life from the commencement of their draw- ing pensions. C. J. Mason, Brattle.
W. H. and for Lois (most do hereby certify that John G.

and transact all business that I could if I was personally present and acting for myself in the forgoing claim Lewis Williams
Seal
Sworn to and sub (and acknowledged) before me the day and year above written I further certify that I am well and personally acquainted with the said Lewis Williams and have been for several years past and that I have no interest in the forgoing claim I am that I believe him to be the identical person here presenting himself to be
John G. Moxr Mayor
of Lima, Stark Co.
Ohio
Address & Amos Burden Alliance Stark County Ohio
After com pleting and instruct as to the rights of the applicant in the forgoing claim and also the necessary instructions to me as his attorney in the case
Amos Burden

John G. Moxr Mayor of Lima, Stark Co. Ohio
Address Amos Burden Alliance Stark County Ohio
Mr con please examine and instruct as to the rites of the applicant in the foregoing claim and also the necessary instruct- ions to me as his attorney in the case
Amos Burden
The State of Ohio, Stark County ss.
I, Seander Anderson, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby Certify that John G. Moxr Esqr. whose genuine Signature appears to the forego- ing acknowledgment & affidavit, was at the time of taking the same acting Mayor of the Incorporated Village of Lima in said County, And that he was and is at this time duly Commissioned and qualified to act in the Capacity of Mayor within and for said Village, exercising therein the functions of a Justice of the Peace as vouchsafed to him by the laws of said State of Ohio, And that all his acts as Justice of the Peace within said Village, while Mayor thereof, are entitled to full faith and Credit, And I hereby
further Certify that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record having general Jurisdiction, And that I have no interest in this Application other than the discharge of an Official duty.
In testimony whereof I hereunto Sign My Name Officially And affix the Seal of our said Court of Common Pleas, At My Office in the City of Canton, Ohio, this 16 th day of July A.D. 1855.
Seander Anderson Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, Stark County, Ohio. By James Anderson Deputy.

Y. C. Whiting Esq.
Dear Sir
I again take the privilege to enquire of the the money that may be due me as an son of Elizer and Catherine Williams into war pensioner of ohio on the list of the revolutionary and war pensioned at alomrate and I am informed that they both should aliments listed to draw more money and that the back pensions is my due; My father en- listed for during the war and was alone a pension until living in the state of Penn- sylvania afterwards went into ohio Cather- ine (my Mother) pensioned and died in ohio and died about 1840 and Mother died about 1848 I wish to know what may be my due as yet to come if any and upon the examination of the case if you find that there is any thing due I will I will then pursue the proper course to obtain it please let me here from you as soon as convenient and send my letter to alli- ance ohio in care of Amos Burden (December 14 th 1859)
Lewis Williams
Address Amos Burden Alliance ohio

N o 26055
Ebenezer Williams Fayette County Pennsylvania
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Last term Disallowed NOT
Admit
6 mo s
$20 —
A. P. Henni Rev Union Town Penn a

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
20 September 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Ebenezer Williams Fayette County Pennsylvania
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Draft Oct. 1780 — 6 — private Capt Parsons, W. H. Coy 75 years Hampshire County Virginia Traditionary evidence, paper correct   Entered for 3 years during the war 1781 — 6 — " Capt Dely or M c Dely  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
M.E.C.
Washington, D. C., March 30, 1895.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Ebenezer Williams --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. Oct. 1780 6 mos. Pvt. Isaac Parsons Fox Va. Apr. 1781 6 mos. Pvt. McFeeley Not stated. Va.
Battles engaged in,
None.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hampshire Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, June 22, 1833.
Residence at date of application, Fayette Co., Pa.
Age at date of application, Born in Cumberland Co., N.J., in 1757.
Remarks: His widow, Catherine, to whom he was married April 17, 1781, was also a pensioner. He died Dec. 29, 1841.
Very respectfully, Mr. Robert E. Williams, Jr.,
Bloomington, Ill.
Commissioner.

Washington D.C. 17 th August 1848
Hon. J. S. Edwards Sir
Enclosed is the declaration of Katherine Williams for the benefit of the act of 2 nd Febry. 1848. Pa
Respectfully D. H. Peugh

No 6645
Catharine Williams
Mono of Ebenezer
Ohio
No 777 6645 Acts March 1843 and 17 June 1844 No 681 A Dms 6 mo per $20 00 per Ann Z. Snow Canton Stark Co Ohio

Sep 27
FREE
Pa - A.R.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Union Town Sept 23 rd 73
I return enclosed the papers of Ebenezer Williams authenticated as required - yours respectfully
Andrew Ste

Canton Stark County Ohio March 13 th 1845
Sir
I on behalf of Catharine Williams widow of Ebenezer Williams has sent to the legislature of the State of Pennsylvania a petition for a gratuity and pension which has been referred to a committee of the Senate of that State who as I am informed have reported that the proof of services was not sufficient. By their rules a certified copy from the War department of the documents on which a pension was procured from the United States for a soldier of the Revolution is conclusive evidence in favour of the widow.
Her husband Ebenezer Williams was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832. His certificate is recorded in the Pension office Book 1 Vol 8 page 98.
Will you oblige her so much as to send a certified copy of the documents on which that certificate was issued to the Speaker of the Senate of that State at Harrisburgh.
Their Rules require the testimony of at least one witness to prove the services. I think it very probable that when Mr Williams obtained from your office his certificate of Pension he sent the affidavit of some person proving his services if so please send at least a copy of that affidavit. I do not know but I am now asking you to perform duties which the law has not imposed on you if so and it requires a fee please send the documents and then send me a line and I will send the fee to you but in this case you must be as reasonable as you can for I shall be obliged to advance the money and if I fail to get the pension I shall lose it as she is not able

to remunerate me I should not do this if I did not honestly believe her to be entitled to a pension
J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions
Yours Respectfully J. Snaw Atty at Law

6645 - Nov 20 th 44 At Ohio Mar 3 rd 1843
Caleb Williams
OK
Edwards - Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
FREE

Canton Stark County Ohio Oct 28 th 1844
Sir
Enclosed I send you the state of Mrs Catharine Williams for a Pension she made a statement under a former law which was by you disallowed I hope this will meet with better success
It is proved by one witness in this statement that the oldest Child of the marriage was born 1782 this at least shows that they cohabited before 1799 but does not to be sure show the marriage I have written to Frankfort- Franklin County Ky for a certificate of the marriage if any exists but have not received an answer if I receive one I will forthwith send it to you
Some time in April last I sent to you the papers of Adam Hennings but I have not as yet heard from them Please let me know what has, if any thing, been done with them Yours Respectfully J Snow
Mrs Williams is a very needy woman if her papers could be examined soon it would relieve her much J S

14 June 45
The cl Catharine Williams.
Wm. J.
In Attention.

Mr. Atkinson
FREE
Wm. J. L. Bolwands
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Catharine Williams
She &
149 June 45

Benton Stark County Ohio June 8 th 1848
Sir
Your letter to me dated June 2 nd 1848 informing me that you had received the certificate of the clerk of the Court of Hampshire County Virginia certifying that Catharine Williams an applicant for a Pension was legally married to Ebenezer Williams has just come to hand
From the perusal of which it appears to me you have been laboring under a small mistake
You used it in evidence in a claim preferred by her under the act of July 4 th 1836. This application was sent to you about one year ago
In Oct last I received a line from you stating that this claim had been dis examined and disallowed for the reason that she was married according to her statement in the year 1781 and that it appeared from her husband's statement that his services terminated in 1780
You also suggested the propriety of an application under the acts of March 3 rd 1843 & June 17 th 1844
Mrs Williams then abandoned her application under the act of July 4 th 1836 and forthwith made an application under the acts of March 3 rd 1843 & June 17 th 1844. This last application was sent to you by me some time in October last. In November last you wrote to me that her application had been examined and filed that the testimony was insufficient. I then sent the affidavit of two sons of Mrs Williams. You answered my letter and said that the testimony was still insufficient and said I must prove the marriage by Record evidence or by living witnesses who could swear to the fact of marriage. I then sent for the certificate of the Clerk and sent that to you intending to have it used in her application under the acts of March 3 rd 1843 and June 17 th 1844

but you used it in her application under the act of July 4 th 1836
I think there can not be a doubt but that she now has two applications for a pension on your files one under the act of July 4 th 1836 which either has been or it should be disallowed
The other under the acts of March 3 rd 1843 and June 17 th 1844 which should be allowed at the rate of twenty dollars per annum
If however I am mistaken and this last application has not in fact reached you Your will confer a favour on me by writing a line and telling me how if it- in which case she will make a new application under the last-named acts
If you will attend to this matter on the receipt of this you will greatly oblige her Yours very Respectfully
J. L. Bolliards Comm. of Pensions
J. Snow

Canton Stark County Ohio December 27th 1854
Sir
Inclosed I send you the affidavits of Lewis and Aaron Williams two sons of Ebenezer & Catharine Williams to be used in evidence in the application of said Catharine for a pension under the acts of March 3d 1843 and June 17th 1854. If I understood your letter to me under the date of November 28th 1854 it is necessary to establish the fact of Marriage at the time she alleges or at least at a period prior to 1794 and this must or should be done either by Record Evidence or the testimony of one or more credible witnesses that was present and witnessed the solemnization. You can not be aware of the extreme difficulty there is in proving by such evidence the fact of a marriage that took place three or four hundred miles from the residence of the applicant and at the remote period of sixty three years ago.
This difficulty if you adhered to the strict letter of the rule must inevitably be an insuperable bar to a pension owing to the want of evidence which has been lost by the lapse of time in a great many just and meritorious cases and I am fearful will prove the case in the application of my poor Client.
As I stated to you in a former letter that I had written to the Post Master in Frankfort Hampshire County Va the place where she was married for certificate of the fact if such Record was in being even so I now affirm yet I have not received an answer therefrom which induces me to believe that she will not be able prove by record evidence the fact of Marriage.
I am told that some eight or ten years ago the old Lady had a sister living some where in the Western part of this state who could testify as to

the fact of Marriage but there is a difficulty in the way which is her residence is unknown if she is living The probability is that she will not be able to find any one who was present to witness the marriage I will now call your attention to the application of the affidavits of the two sons (if they have any application and I am confident they would if you were governed by the rules of evidence established by the Common Law)
It is this one of these sons swears that he was born in 1786 the other in 1798 one being 89 years of age the other forty eight this shows that the applicant lived with her husband as his wife at least eight years before 1798 and from that time till his death a period of at least fifty six years
now it appears to me if she can show that by reasonable evidence that she was married before 1798 the Spirit and Letter of the law are substantially complied with
I will now venture to affirm and that without the fear of a successful contradiction that there are not half the women in our Country who were married at the age of eighteen as was the case of this woman and who are of the age of sixty five or seventy years younger than she is who have lost their predecessors that soon by such evidence as the department requires prove their marriage
If Cohabitation is presumptive evidence of marriage this presumption must be greatly strengthened by the long time Cohabitation was in this case continued
Please inform me whether or not the evidence of the two sons are deemed sufficient If they are not it is probable she will fail in her application J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Yours Respectfully J. S. Moore

April 12. 1895.
Adverts.
Case of Catherine Williams.
FREE
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Cath. Williams Ch D. 6. 18 June

Canton Stark County Ohio April 7 th 1848
Sir Inclosed I send you the certificate of the Clerk of the Court of Hampshire County Virginia proving the Marriage of Catharine Williams to Ebenezer Williams at short time before I received your letter to me under the date of March the 24 th 1848. I wrote to the Post Master of Frankfort requesting a search for the record and in answer to my letter I received by this day's mail the inclosed certificate
I see that Mrs Williams is mistaken as to the day and year in which she was married but I presume this will not be material as it shows that she was married before 1794
I do not know as she stated in her application her maiden name and by whom she was married but she told me her maiden name was Jones and she was married by a man by the name of Reding or Redden
Knowing that Mrs Williams pension from the United States would be a scanty pittance for her support I made an Application on her behalf to the legislature of Pennsylvania for a gratuity and pension from that state which application was referred to a committee of their senate and report made adverse to the claim as I understood on the ground that the services were not sufficiently proved
The evidence of the husband's services are on file in your office I wish if it is consistent with your duties that you would send me a certified copy of such evidence

so that if I fail of obtaining a pension for her from that State at this session of their legislature I may make an other effort at its next-
I wrote to you some few weeks ago requesting you to send a certificate copy of such Evidence to the Chairman of the said Senate Committee if you have some place with that request of course you will omit to comply with this as the Evidence will then be before them
J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
Yours Respectfully
J. Snow Atty at Law
P. S. I hope you will attend to Mrs Williams application before you at the earliest practicable practicable period
J. S.

Canton Stark County Ohio June 12 th 1876
Sir
Herewith I send you the application of Catharine Williams Widow of Ebenezer Williams for a Pension
The only evidence that she is able to produce showing the time of her marriage is her own att.
She says that she was married April 17 th 1851 at Frankfort Hampshire County Virginia
All her neighbors say she ought to have a pension I therefore wish you to inform me if you require me to send to Frankfort to see if there is any record of her marriage
When I was in Burfield taking the statement of Catharine Williams I was consulted concerning a statement heretofore made by one Lucina Daniels of that place she made application for a pension about eighteen months ago and trusted to one Equaine B. Wheeler of Washington City to present the application she has not heard from it since nor heard from him she wished me to write you and learn whether or not the application was presented if so to learn the result of it if it failed to learn the cause of the failure and also to learn if you would permit an other application
On the receipt of this please send me an answer to her inquiries
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Yours Respectfully J. Snow Atty at Law

State of Virginia
Hampshire county, to wit:
Ebenezer Williams & Catharine Jones were married by J. Ridings, after publications of the banns, on the 11 th day of April 1782.
I, John B. White clerk of the county court of Hampshire, do hereby certify that it appears from the records of my office that Ebenezer Williams and Catharine Jones were married by J. Ridings on the eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, as stated above, after publication of the banns according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said court at Romney the 30 th day of March 1845 and in the 69 th year of the Commonwealth J. B. White

Elmer Williams Supplemental Statement of 8 months service now running \frac{6}{14}
18858
app. for increase of pension act 1892
Hon. A. Stewart
Hon. A. Stewart

Fayette County } Pennsylvania }
On this 2 d day of April 1834
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in for said County Ebenezer Williams who upon his oath made the following statement of facts in order to obtain a addition to his pension he now draws for six months service. That in addition to his six months service as a Militiaman, he enlisted in December 1780 with captain. Feely, alias McFeely. for during the war. and was mustered in his company which by the way was never organized. That he enlisted in Winchester Virginia at which place he performed his services until July following 1781 when he was discharged. The company not being full. that during this time he was under military control. and performed all and every kind of service he was commanded to perform. The company not being organized was not his fault. he performed the service faithfully as a soldier and was regularly enlisted. and served as such. and therefore he is entitled to a further pension of eight months
Ebenezer Williams
Affirmed & subscribed before me 2 n April 1834
James Piper
State of Pennsylvania } Fayette County } Richard Beeson clerk of the court of Fayette County certify that James Piper Esq is a magistrate as above & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said court at Union town the 30 th day of April 1834
Rich d Beeson Clerk

Declarations
State of Ohio County of Stark
Be it known that on this
thirty first day of July in the year 1848 before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Katherine Williams a resident of Lexington Township in the County of Stark aforesaid Aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 2 nd February 1848 Granting pensions to Widows of persons who served in the revolu- tionary war that she is the widow of Ebenezer Williams who was a resident of the State of Pennsylvania and who was a soldier in the Revolution and who drew a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per annum from the United States - that she is the iden- tical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17 th June 1844 on account of the revolutionary service of her husb- and aforesaid at the rate of $20.00 per annum She further declares that she is still a widow and she further asks for a pension under the act of the 7 th July 1838 by means of the Joint Resolution of the 23 rd January 1845 And I furthermore ask for any increase of Pension due me on account of my husband's services
witness present
David Hazzard
R. R. Barr
(signed)
her Katherine Williams mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31 st day of July A D 1848 as above
Robert R Barr
Justice of the peace

I Robert R Barr a Magistrate within and for Stark County, Ohio do hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Katherine Williams who is a widow and the person she represents herself to be as a pensioner as she declares within
Robert R Barr Jus, of the peace
The State of Ohio Stark County ss
I Daniel Raffensperger Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Certify that Robert R Barr Esqr before whom the within affidavit was made, and who made the above certificate was at the time & still is one of the acting Justices of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified according to law, and that the several signatures hereto attached purporting to be his are genuine as I verily believe. Witness my signature and the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas within & for said County this first day of August AD 1848
Daniel Raffensperger Clerk

7012 Pittsburgh Agency, Ohio.
W. G. Snow June 25. 1845.
reported,
Catharine Williams, widow of Ebenezer Williams, who was a Private, in the Revolution,
husband died 29 Nov 1841.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of June 1845 and sent to
Z. Snow Canton, Stark County, Ohio
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
June 17 - 1844 Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 211

6231 Catherine Williams J. Dyer Died.
Sister to B. Snow Esq
Oct. 12. 1844
do to same Nov. 28. 1844
do to same March 24. 45
do to ditto June 2. 45
Act H. A. July 1836.

Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4391
Catharine Williams
Wid.
Ebenezer Williams
Bk. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 28/48
Index:—Vol. VI , Page 337
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ind. 30/ Phil. Hist. & Robert. E. Williams, Bloomington, Ill. m. 1866
Feb. 23 98 Miss. D. Baker Streator, Ills.

DANIEL HEENAN, Pres.      MILES FINLEN, Vice-Pres. and Treas. JAMES FINLEN, Secretary.
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W. Clay Evans. Com. Peisons. Washington. D.C.
Streator, Ill. January 28 th 1898.
Dear Sir: I desire to obtain an authentication of the Revolutionary War record of Ebenezer Williams , my maternal great grand father. He was born in Cumberland Co. N.J. in 1757 and died Dec. 29 th 1841: moved to Virginia in his boyhood, he enlisted in the War of the Revolution from Hampshire Co. Virginia in Oct. 1780 and served as a private for six months, under Capt. Isaac Parsons and Col. Fox. He again enlisted in April 1781 and served another six months under Capt. McFeeley. He drew a pension, having applied for it June 22 nd 1833. I wish to establish proofs, making me eligible to membership in society of Daughters of the Revolution, and would like to get out my paper before Feb. 22 nd . Very Truly - Dorothy Baker 2073 Bloomingdale St. Streator Ills

LILLARD & WILLIAMS, Attorneys at Law, ROOMS 1, 2, 3, AND 4, OPERA HOUSE BUILDING. TELEPHONE 259.
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Terms of McLean County Circuit Court. First Monday of February. Fourth Monday of April. Second Monday of September. First Monday of November. Terms of McLean County County Court. Second Mondays of April, August, and December.
Bloomington, Ill.
Feb. 23rd. 23rd. 1895 189
Hon. Wm. H. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am desirous of becoming a member of the society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and am anxious to get my application for membership in proper form. Both of my paternal great-grandfathers served in the Revolutionary War, and both afterwards drew pensions from the U.S. Government. My great-grandfather Ebenezer Williams lived in Hampshire County, Virginia at the time of this war and was doubtless in some one of the Virginia regiments. My great-grandfather, Robert Hannah lived in Fayette County, Pennsylvania at the time of the war, and was in one of the Pennsylvania regiments. I wish to know in what regiments they were, the length of time they served, etc and suppose these facts can be ascertained from the records of the Pension Department. Will you be kind enough to inform me to whom I shall write for this information, and the probable cost for searching the pension records for this purpose. By so doing you will confer a favor on
Yours respectfully,
Robert E. Williams Jr.
(Handwritten oval mark)
H. — { 22290 J. 22823 J.
H. - not so

L. W. B. W. 4391.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
February 23, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Ebenezer Williams, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on June 22, 1833, at which time he was 76 years of age and residing in Fayette County, Penna., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Penna. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Parsons and Col. Fox. He enlisted in Hampshire County, Penna. He was born in Cumberland County, N. J., in 1757. His widow, Catharine, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Dorothy Baker, Streator, Ills. 207 S. Bloomington St.

Ebenezer Williams

State of Pennsylvania Lycoming county
Personally appeared before me a Father of the Peace in & for said county Ebenezer Williams who being duly sworn depose and saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear properly as to the precise length of his service, but his recollection of his services is as follows
For six months I served in Captain Isaac Parsons company of Pennsylvania Militia. He performed this service at Barracks near Winchester. He cannot recollect his Colonel's name, but thinks he served under Col. Fox. For six months I served as a regular soldier in Captain Felt's company, also at Winchester.
That he performed six months service as an enlisted soldier at Winchester and the Barracks near there.
In the service he had no Col. He enlisted for during the war, but the company not being organized never was attached to any Regt, that he served six months as aforesaid, previous to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, after which he was discharged the company still not being made up or filled.
That it is not in his power to furnish any
Evidence of his services, other than his own statement and explanation. That he certainly performed six months service as an enlisted soldier, and it was not his fault that the company was not made up and marched to head quarters, and that he ought to have a pension for the six months, as well as for his militia service.
Sworn & subscribed before me 2nd Sept. 1838 James Raper his X Ebenezer Williams Mark

Pennsylvania Fayette County ss.
Richard Beeson Prothonotary & Clerk of the courts of Fayette County certify that James Piper is a magistrate as within & that the foregoing signature purport- -ing to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court and subscribed my name The 23. day of September 1833
Rich d Beeson CLK