Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40697, John Williams, Penn. Va

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Williams, John
S. 40697
CONTENTS

7.830. Ohio. Pittsburgh
John Williams of Franklin the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Comp. of 7 commanded by Captain Ods. of the Reg. to commanded by Lt. Bodd. in the Penna line for six months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. Pittsburgh. at the rate of 20. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of April. 1833 and sent to R.P. Spading - Warren, Ohio.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. 40. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 33 10.-
$50.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. R. Dalmer Clerk, Book G. Vol. 8, Page 132.
Rate of 20 Dollars per annum

Found in the claim of John Williams (Md. & Va.) N. 19635 resident Orange Co., Va.
St Charlesville O, July 30 1853.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Sir,
About one year since I received a circular from L. C. D. Pierce of Washington D. C. (being one of the heirs to John Williams a Sgt of the Revolutionary War), informing me that "The amount of Pension now already granted for the revolutionary services of John Williams as Sgt. in the first of Va. Vol. but we are satisfied we can obtain a larger amount still, due for his revolutionary services &c." Accordingly executed and sent him a Power of Attorney as an atty of John Williams of Va, directing him to act in behalf of myself and associates.
In a letter of recent date re. specific claims being allowed for large sums &, as I understand, includes this among them, & them largely expressed - "I will recommend yours just as possible"
But there are other parts of the correspondence which seem to conflict with the above; & hence, and for other matters that have come to my knowledge, I have deemed it my duty to address you directly; & to state that if he has not received said Pension for me, I am ready and anxious to put my business in other hands,

and will provoke the Power of Atty given me True. Until I hear from you, I file this as a Caveat against any payment to him by any direction.
My father resided in Coshocton Co. O. & used to receive money from the Department, at Zanesville or Wheeling. I desire to know whether anything has been done by Mr True in my behalf, and how the business now stands. I plan furnish information on the subject, if there is not enough on file to answer the purpose. Being in need of any amount that may be due me, as above, I am extremely anxious to receive a full statement in the premises.
A prompt answer from your office will relieve much anxiety, and lay me under many obligations.
I am very truly &c.
Matthew Williams
N.B. Address me to the care of J. W. Tipton Esq McConnelsville O.
M.W.

John Williams 23 April found on the Roll -
Admitted
John Williams, affidavit - for a Pension -
Coshocton N.Y.

John Williams of the County of Coshocton and State of Ohio, being duly sworn deposes & saith, that he enlisted, at Hagerstown, County of Frederick, now Washington) in Maryland, into the Service of the United States under the Continental Congress, as a private Soldier against the Common Enemy, in the war of the Revolution On or about the middle of March seventeen hundred & seventy six - That he enlisted into John Nelson's Company of Infantry belonging to the first Pennsylvania Regiment under the Command of Colonel De Haue, & served in said Company & Regiment one year, the period for which he enlisted, & Received his discharge at Philadelphia in March 1777 - And enlisted again in March 1777, for the period of three years into Capt. William Olden's Company, at Philadelphia, that shortly after said enlistment, on account of a dispute between his officer & himself he deserted from said Company; and joined, in the Summer of 1777 the thirteenth Virginia Regiment under the Command of Colonel Ruffel - that he was placed in the Company of Captain Springer, & continued in the said thirteenth Regiment, the period of three years, for the most part Stationed at Pittsburgh, where he received his discharge in 1780. That immediately upon being discharged he again enlisted, into Capt. Springer's Company, of the same Regiment, but then as he thinks under the Command of Colonel John Gibson, That he enlisted & served as a first Serjeant, during the remainder of the Revolutionary War. That his last period of service was more than three years, which he performed at Pittsburgh, And in September seventeen hundred and eighty three, at Pittsburgh, received his final discharge from Colonel John Gibson - And this Deponent saith that as a Soldier of the Revolutionary War he served more than seven years against the

Common Enemy, has never received any pension from the United States, and that he does hereby relinquish his right to such pension (if any) as may have been granted to him — And this deponent further saith that he is a citizen of the United States of America residing in the County of Coshocton & State of Ohio & that by reason of his reduced circumstances, is much in need of assistance from his country for support
John Williams
Sworn & Subscribed to, by the within named deponent, John Williams, this twenty third day of April eighteen hundred and eighteen. before me
Benj Robinson associate judge
Coshocton April 23 d 1818
I do hereby certify that it has appeared satisfactory to me, by the oath of the within named deponent, that the statements in the foregoing deposition or affidavit are true & correct according to the best of his knowledge & belief & I think he is entitled to receive a pension as a soldier of the Revolution.
Benj Robinson associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas and for the County of Coshocton and State of Ohio

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State of Ohio Coshocton County ss -
I Adam Johnston Clerk of the court of common pleas for said county hereby certify that Benjamin Robinson before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and whose name stands subscribed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof one of the Associate Judges of the court of common pleas for said county duly commissioned and qualified as such
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Coshocton the 2 nd day of May Anno Domini 1818 -
A Johnston Clk

For the purpose of Obtaining the Benifits of an act for the Relief of Certain Surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution Approved on the 15 th of May 1828 I John Williams of Mill Creek Township in the County of Coshocton in the State of Ohio Do Hereby Declare That I Enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and During the War and continued in its Service untill its Termin- -ation at which Period I Was a Sergeant in Captain Miah Springer's Company in the 13 th Regiment of the Virginia Line Commanded by Col. John Gibson and I also Declare that I Afterwards Received a Certificate for the Reward of Eighty Dollars to to which I Was Entitled under a Resololee of Congress Passed the 15 th of May 1778
And I further Declare that I Was not on the fifteenth Day of March 1828 on the Pension List of the United States
July the 2 nd 1828
J m Williams
Before Me Jacob Seidle in the County of Coshocton in the State of Ohio Personally Appeared this Day Samuel Morrison and William Morrison of the Said County Who Did Severally Make Oath that John Williams by Whome the foregoing Declaration Was Subscribed is Generally Reputed and believed to have been a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution in Manner as therein Stated Witness My Hand this 2 nd of July in the year 1828
Jacob Seidle J.P.

State of Ohio Coshocton County ss
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I Adam Johnston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Coshocton in the State of Ohio, do certify that Jacob Seiale before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and duly empowered to administer oaths —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
A. Johnston, Clerk

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
March 22, 1927
Frances E. Lewis State House Boston, Mass.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 40697, it appears that JOHN WILLIAMS enlisted at Hagerstown, Frederick County, which was later Washington County, Maryland, in March, 1776, in Captain John Nelson's Company in Colonel DeHaas' Pennsylvania Regiment and served one year.
He enlisted in March, 1777, in Captain William Oldham's Penn-Heilman Pennsylvania Company but on account of a dispute with his officer he deserted that company in the summer of 1777 and joined Captain Springer's Company in Colonel Russell's Virginia Regiment and served three years in all.
He immediately enlisted in Captain Uriah Springer's Company in Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment and served until the close of the Revolution as first sergeant.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Coshocton County, Ohio.
In 1828 he was living in Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. There are no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner
See Heilman page 192
See page 47

Rehran
40697 INVALID.
1927 Mar. 22 list to France & E. Service m.p.
File No. 40697
John Williams Seiz Rev 1870
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 567
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sec'Y Dept.
State House, Boston,, Mass
March 14, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir-
Do You find on our pensions rolls that a John Williams who was a Revolutionary soldier and lived at Coshocton County, Ohio in Mill Creek Township in that county. He died at 1833 and lived in Coshocton County from about 1812. He was born in Maryland in 1753 or thereabouts. His wife was named Jane. Perhaps she was a pensioner. Any charges I will very gladly pay.
Very Respectfully,
Frances E. Love

FRED
Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
No. of Assigned Payroll 642
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Aug t 15. 1828.
John Williams, of Mill Creek Township in the County of Coshocton , in the State of Ohio — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain U. Springer  13 th company, in the regiment of the Virginia line, commanded by Col. Gibson and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
20 th August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to John Williams — in the Col. Gibson Detachment of the Virginia line . It further appears that John Williams is now on the pension list of the Ohio agency, and has been so since the 4 th March 1826 at the rate of $8 dollars per month.
There is now on the Ohio Pension Roll at the rate of $8 per month, a man by the name of John Williams, who, it appears from his pension papers, served in Cap t Springer's Company, Col t Gibson's Regiment of the Virginia line — According to the accounts rendered he has only received his pension up to the 4 th March 1826 — John Hagner And
See Letter of the War Department 12 September 1828.

Act 1828
Settled at Treasury
Covered with Invalid file # 110.697

Coshocton, Coshocton County Ohio July 19. 1828-
Sir
Being one of those revolutionary: who appear to be entitled by the law of 15 th May 1828 I have herein enclosed my Application agreeable to the form prescribed in our news paper -
I have also enclosed a certificate of Pension under the law of 1828 granted to me of the further provisions of which I was prevented by the law of 1820, this certificate is enclosed for the purpose of enabling you to refer to my Original Affidavit and Evidence on file I presume in the War Office, So that you may particularly discover the several enlistments for I enlisted first for one year, then for three years and last for during the war, that you may also carefully examine the companies and regiments in which I served at the different Periods, My Object in soliciting your particular attention to this declaration is because there were several of the same name in the Army and one in the same Regiment with myself, and who perhaps might be referred to for me -
If my papers enclosed are not in form or Satisfactory Or if Satisfactory evidence of my Identity or Service or Enlistment is not to be found I wish you to advise me of the fact as by Subjecting myself to considerable expense and trouble I believe I can produce living testimony of the fact, Or if any other form are Necessary I will thank you to forward them with such instructions As you may deem Necessary -
Respectfully yours &c - J. Williams