Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,488, James Williams, New York.

SERVICE
SERVICE New York.
NUMBER _____
Williams James
S 23488
CONTENTS

Order to pay 17-March 1840
Date of death not on a B- sal.
28796 New York
James Williams of Westchester Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Gray of the Regt t commanded by Col d Deak d in the N. York line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June 1834 and sent Hon. A Ward Ho. Rep s
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 34, $120.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 24 Sep 34 20.00
$140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jno. Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 135

Application of James Williams for Pension under act of June - 1832
adm 12 mo. pi
40 $
Hon. A. M. D. w. was

State of New York County of West Chester ss. On this 24 th day of April in the year 1834 personally appeared Biron Ezra Lockwood Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of the County of West Chester aforesaid James Williams a resident of the Town of Bedford in the County aforesaid aged forty seven years on the 18 th day of April inst who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the follow- ing Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he naturalized the citizen of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say - That some time in the fall of the year 1775 the declarant enlisted as a private in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Gray in the Regiment of Col. Samuel Drake, for the term of three months. That he entered said Company and marched to a place called Horn's Hock and continued in actual service for the term of his enlistment at or near said place on York Island, in the County of New York and received a written discharge, which is lost. That in the year following the declarant was ordered out in the Company of Militia to which he belonged commanded by Capt Marcus Moserman in the Reg t of Col. Thomas, and marched to White Plains in said County of Westchester and there remained on duty in the field for the term of two months during which term he was a Sergeant and served as such in said company. And was finally discharged. That in the same year the decla- rant was again ordered out into the Company and Regiment afore- said and was marched to East Chester in said County and stationed at Ward's House in East Chester and there remain- -ed on duty under arms for five weeks and was finally discharged
That in the year following the declarant was again ordered out and entered the service under Capt

Richard Sackett in the Reg t of said Col. Thomas and was marked to Harrison's Purchase, so called, and there served as a private Soldier two months and was verbally discharged - That in the same year the declarant was again called into service in the Company and Reg t last aforesaid and marched with said Company to the town of Rye in said County and there remained in actual service for the term of eight weeks - and was verbally discharged. That some time in the year following, the declarant does not recollect the month, he was ordered out again into the service and joined said Company and was marched to or near Pines Bridge on Croton River in said county and there continued in actual service for five weeks and was verbally discharged and returned home - And the declarant on his oath further saith that he was ordered out into the service, in the year that the British Ships Phoenix and Rose were up the North River and was marched in the Company of Militia commanded by said Capt. Moseman and was marched with said Company and Regiment of Col. Thomas to Greensburgh in said County and was there in actual service One month - and was verbally discharged -
That the declarant well knew General Washington, Col Drake, Col. Budd & Col Thomas, who were with the troops where he served - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he de- clares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state

And this deponent further states that for the time during which the service by him as above set forth was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Army of any State.
Sworn to & Subscribed the 24 th day of April 1834 before me
James Williams
Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges etc in & for Westchester County.
We Nehemiah S. Bates residing in the in the Town of Bedford in the County of Westchester aforesaid and Stephen Loomis - residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion; We also believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit
Stephen Loomis
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Nehemiah S. Bates
before me Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges etc in & for Westchester County.
The following Interrogatories were propounded by the said Judge to the said James Williams that is to say
1 st When and in what year was you born? Answer He was born in New Canaan in the State of Connecticut on the 15 th day of April 1757. 2 nd Have you any Record of your age & if so where is it? Answer He has a Record of his age in his family Bible

which he now exhibits to the said Judge
3 rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer He lived in the Town of Bradford in West Chester County State of New York when called into service he lived there during and ever since the War of the Revolution up to the present day
4 th How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute? and if a Substitute for whom?
Answer He enlisted on one occasion and served for three months as set forth in his Discharge on every other occasion when called into service he was raised out as set forth in his Discharge he did not at any time serve as a Substitute for any person
5 th 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 remember and the general circumstances of your service
Answer He has no recollection of any Regular Officers who were with the Troops when he served except General Washington he never saw him at North Castle in Westchester County of West Chester
He knows Colonel Thomas Pheasant Shadburn Crane & Samuel Drake he often saw them with the Regiments of Militia which they usually commanded
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer He never received a written discharge his discharge was verbally given except as above stated and he never left the service until verbally discharged by the Captain of the Company to which he belonged
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution

Answer I name the Rev. John Jeremiah Bates and Stephen Lounsbury — each residents of the Town of Bradford aforesaid who have for many years last past been acquainted with him  him
And I the said Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester aforsaid do hereby declare my opinion after putting 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 said Judge further Certifies that it appears to him that Jeremiah J. Bates Esq. who signed the foregoing Certificate is a resident resident in the Town of Bradford in the County of West Chester aforesaid and that Stephen Lounsbury who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit And I the said Judge do further Certify that the said James Williams cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court to make his declaration Ezra Lockwood Judge
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had & taken before Ezra Lockwood Esq. one of the Judges of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Williams for a pension. And I do further Certi- fy that the said Ezra Lockwood was at the time when the annexed Declaration was sworn to before him a Judge of the said Court that I am personally acquaint- ed with the signature of the said Ezra Lockwood and that his name subscribed to the several papers hereunto annexed is his genuine signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 28 th day of May 1834.
M c Bayles C lerk

State of New York } ss. County of Westchester }
On this twenty fourth day of April 1834 personally appeared before me Ezra Dackwood one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester aforesaid, Stephen Lounsbury of Bedford in said County, aged seventy six years, and being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say, That he is well acquainted with James Williams of Bedford aforesaid and has been acquainted with him ever since the commencement of the Revolution - ary war - That the deponent well recollects that the said James Williams was a Soldier in the Company of Capt Marcus Moseman, in the year before or in the same year of the Battle at White Plains That the deponent was a Soldier in the same Company and said Williams served two months, or more at that time - That said Company was attached a part or all of said time to Col. Budd's Regiment - That that afterwards, and the deponent believes the same year, the said Williams was a Soldier and was on duty as such at Ward's House in East Chester in said County and served in said Company at least three weeks - The said company then belonged to Col. Thomas' Regiment - That in the following year the said Williams belonged to Capt. Richard Sackett's Company in said Regiment and served in said Company at Harrison's Purchase (so called) two months - That he understood at the time that said James Williams was a Soldier in the same Company at Pigeon in said County - And also was informed by a brother of this deponent, who is now deceased, That said Williams served three months under Capt Gray in the year 1775 or 76 at or near Horne's Hook, so called but the deponent did not belong to the company at that time.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Stephen Lounsbury
Ezra Dackwood one of the Judges in and for said County
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Stephen

Loursbury who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit - That he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges in the Superior Court -
James Williams Bradford New York Pension papers Under Act 1832.

State of New York } ss Westchester County. }
On this 26 th day of May 1834
Personally came before me, Elijah Holmes of the town of Bedford in said County, who being by me duly sworn according to law, upon his oath saith That he the deponent is well acquainted with James Williams of Bedford aforesaid, in the annexed declaration named, and has been acquainted with him since and during the Revolutionary War - That the deponent was a soldier in the winter of 1775 and 1776 in the company of Capt Samuel Delavan in the Reg t of Col. Sam l Drake - and served in said Com py and Reg t as a private soldier four months - That the said service was in the County of Westchester aforesaid and in the County of New York - That the deponent well recollects that he saw the said James Williams doing duty as a soldier under arms on York Island at a place called Horns Hook at that time, but does not recollect the precise time said Williams entered or left the said service.
Sworn and Subscribed
Elijah his Holmes Mark
The day and year aforesaid
before me Ezra Cookwood One of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas in and for said County
I Certify that I am well acquainted with Elijah Holmes the above named deponent and that he is a person of credible person and that full credit is to be given to his statement. Ezra Cookwood Judge de -

April 12, 1938
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JAMES WILLIAMS S. 23488 BA-J/MLB Bar
Mr. L. Livingston Sands Secretary, Sons of the Revolution Corner Broad and Pearl Streets New York City
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Williams (Williamson) who was born in 1754, in Bedford, New York, where he later resided and where he died in 1844. You state that he served also in Company "A", 27th Infantry, from the vicinity of White Plains, New York. You cite one pensioner listed on page 457, Volume 2 of the Pension Roll, where James Williams is recorded as a private of the New York militia and placed on the pension roll June 24, 1834.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no claim for pension found based upon service in that war of a James Williams or Williamson who, it is shown, was born in 1754, in Bedford, New York, nor is there a claim for pension on file based upon service in the War of 1812 of a James Williams or Williamson who served in the 27th U. S. Infantry.
The record has been found of the New York pensioner, James Williams, recorded on page 457 of the Report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835. His record is furnished you herein as found in pension claim, S. 23488, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
James Williams was born April 15, 1757, in New Canaan, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Bedford, Westchester County, New York, James Williams enlisted sometime in the fall of 1775 and served three months as a private in Captain Gray's company, Colonel Samuel Drake's New York regiment. He enlisted the following year, or in the year of the battle of White Plains, and served two months as sergeant in Captain Marcus Moseman's company, Colonels Budd's and Thomas' New York regiments. He enlisted again during that year and served between three and five weeks in Captain Marcus Moseman's company, Colonel Thomas' New York regiment. He enlisted the following year

and served two months in Captain Richard Sackett's company, Colonel Thomas' New York regiment, stationed at Rye in Westchester County, New York. He was again called out during the same year and served eight weeks under the same officers. He enlisted the next year and served five weeks under the same officers then returned home. He served another tour of one month in Captain Mosman's company, Colonel Thomas' New York regiment; dates of enlistment except for first tour not given.
James Williams was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1834, at which time he was a resident of Bedford, Westchester County, New York.
It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of James Williams, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
James Williams Certificate #23796 Issued June 24, 1834 Rate $40 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1938 Apr. 12 - Hct to Lexington Funds - M.B.
Resolutions
23488
INVALID.
File No. 23488
James Williams
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern
Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City
February 15, 1938
Pension Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me a copy of the pension record of James Williams (Williamson), who was born in Bedford, New York in 1754; was a resident of Bedford and died in Bedford in 1844. There is a record that he served in Company "A", 27th Infantry from the vicinity of White Plains, New York, and this information is listed in Volume 2 of the Pension Roll, page (514) 457, which gives the name of James Williams, private of the New York Militia, as having been placed on the Pension Roll, June 24, 1834.
this is L. 23488 he was b. 1757 in Conn., however
This information is required to assist an applicant in establishing his eligibility for membership in this Society.
We would appreciate very much your cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely yours,
L. Livingston Sands, Secretary.

Mechanics Bank
New York 13 th March 1840
Sir
I enclose for your examination the papers in the cases of James Williams a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832, at Forty Dollars per Annum, and Jonathan Taylor, a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832, at Thirty five Dollars per Annum who claim their pensions from the 4 th March 1839,
Very Respectfully
Your Att d Serv t
J Knapp Post
James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington