Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt 831-100, for Benjamin King, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
W. J.
King Benjamin
B. L. 77-831-100
CONTENTS

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The heirs of Benj. King — private Rhode Island line —
Warrant Issue d (Dec. 18 th 19)
Hon ble James Burill

Providence R
The State of Rhode Island &
Providence Plantation
At a Court of Probate held within and for the town of Johnston in the County of Providence and State aforesaid on the 15 th day of February, 1819
Whereas the Hon ble discharge of Benjamin King late of said Johnston deceased who was a non commissioned officer in the Rhode Island Line during the Revolutionary war, having been produced to this Court as incontestable evidence of his enlistment and faithful service to the end of the war, and whereas Satisfac- tory evidence having been adduced to this Court at the same time that Content King of Johnston aforesaid was the Mother of said Benjamin and that the said Benjamin by his last will and testa- ment gave after the payment of a certain legacy, to Phebe Chase of twenty Dollars, all the rest and residue of his estate he gave to his Mother Content King and the said Content King died on or about the 20 th day of March 1784 in the State of New- York leaving Anne Williams of said Johnston her legitimate heir at Law, which said Anne Williams on the Eighth day of July A D 1806 made her last will and Testament, wherein and whereby she gave and devised after the payment of certain debts and legacies all the rest and residue of her estate to her three children, to wit, to Sally Angell of Providence in the County and State aforesaid then the wife of Isaac Angell of said Providence yeoman and to her two sons William Williams & Robert Williams and that the said Anne Williams having so made her last will and Testament afterwards to wit on the 13 th day of Feb. 1807 died at said Johnston and on the ninth day of January, thereafterwards the said last will and Testament of the said Anne was duly proved, approved and allowed of by the Court of Probate, then held at said Johnston — And whereas it further appears to the satisfaction of this Court that the said Sally Angell William Williams & Robert Williams the legitimate heirs at law and devisees of the said Anne Williams as aforesaid are now living and that the said Sally Angell for herself and the other heirs is claimant, to the land warrant or bounty land originally

due to the said Benjamin King Deceased and as his right — On Consideration of the Premises it is decreed by this Court that the foregoing Statement of facts be — entered on the Records of this Court to the end that they may subserve as far as may be, to substantiate the claim of the said Sally Angell, for herself and the other heirs to the land warrant due to them in right of and as the legitimate heirs at law of the said Benjamin King Deceased
Providence R.I.
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations —
I Benjamin Whipple Clerk of the Court of Probate of the town of Johnston in the County & State aforesaid — do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the Records of this Court. —
In Testimony whereof I the said Benjamin Whipple have hereunto set my hand at said Johnston this fifteenth day of February A.D. 1819.
Benjamin Whipple P. Clk.
Be it remembered that I Reuben Matthewson President of the Court of Probate of the town of Johnston aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin Whipple above named is Clerk of said Court and is duly appointed & qualified to act in said Office and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to the foregoing act, and attestation of the said Benjamin Whipple and that the foregoing attestation is in due form of Law.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Seal of said Court to be affixed the day and year last aforesaid
Reuben Matthewson

Providence February 19 th 1819 Honourable John Calhoun Sec y at War
Sir As Heirs at Law to the Land Bounty of Benjamin King, dis- tate a non Commissioned Officer in the Rhode Island Line during the Revolutionary War, we request that you will deliver to the Hon. James Burrill Jun Esq. Senator in Congress from this State the necessary Titles to said Bounty Lands, Granted in the Name of Sarah Angell, on his producing the necessary documents to Substantiate said Claim
Your humble Serv ts Isaac Angell Sarah Angell

Hon. James Burll Jr Esq Providence February 19 th 1819 Sir
George Tillinghast Esq having consulted you during the present Session of Congress upon the subject of a Land Warrant due to the Heirs of Benjamin King formerly of Johnston in this State, a non commissioned Officer in the Revolutionary Army we hope you will pardon the Freedom we take in asking your further assistance relative to the same subject. In pursuance of the Regulations prescribed at the War Department Evidence has been procured and Exhibited to the Court of Probate of Johnston as to the Heirs and Legal Representatives of the said Benjamin King, and it appears from the Certificate of their President and Clerk herewith enclosed that Sally Angell of Providence is one of the Legal Heirs. We have united in requesting that you would have the Goodness to procure the Warrant and Patent in her Name from the respective Offices which we hope may be effected in Season to be delivered to you before you leave Washington. We enclose the Hon. Discharge of said King, and also a Letter of Order to the Honourable Secretary at War requesting him to deliver the necessary Titles to you
Respectfully your Ob ts Serv ts Isaac Angell Sarah Angell

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Benjamin King, Corporal in the Rhode Island Regiment, having faith- fully served the United States Six years, two months and three days and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 15 th June 1783
G. Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY's
Command,
J. Hunsdell Lieut Col
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment, Rhode Island
J. Greenman Adjutant.
THE above Benjamin King has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for six Years faithful Service.
Genl. Olney Lieut. Col. Comd. Rhode Island Regt.

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 15. 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Benjamin King Discharge
Benjamin King B X MS 831-100 R. J.