Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,357, for William Richards, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn.
Richards, William Anne
NUMBER
W. 3357
CONTENTS

No. 18517  Pennsylvania
William Richards of Mercer in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Culbertson of the R gt commanded by Col. Ball in the Penn a Troops time for 6 months
Order to pay Pension to Band Leavitt H o 26 Dec 1837.
Deed Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6. April 1838 from 4. March 1838 to 7. Oct 1839. Age Notified 27. Aug 1845
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9. day of Sept. 1833 and sent to John Fisher Newcastle Pa.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833  50.00    Rem d ant. allowance ending March 1834  10.00     $60.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D Brown Clerk; Book E. Vol. 5 Page 48

7296 Pennsylvania
Anne Richards, widow of William Richards, who was a Private, in the Pennsylvania line .
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Sept: 1846 and sent to W. S. Allison, Present.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
17 June, 1844.
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 2 , Page 115.
1890 Sept 30 Howard Richards history Proj
No 885
Box 24

State of Pennsylvania } Mercer County } P
On this 22 nd day of September 1832 Before the Subscriber one of the Justices the of peace in and for the county of Mercer in the State of Pennsylvania Personally appeared William Richard a resi- Resident of Neshannock Township in the County of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania a aged seventy years who being first duly affirmed according to law on his affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress Passed June the 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That said applicant en- listed for six months in a Brigade of Pennsylvania troops commanded by Brigadier Gen. Rwing and that the Regiment to which he belonged was commanded Lieut Col. Thomas Bull and Maj. Bartholomew his Captain Name was Samuel Culbertson Lieut Hezekiah Davis 2 nd Lieut John Fitting Ensign Jacob Bower he further states that he was born in the County of Philadelphia in the State of Penna in the year 1756 on the 31 st day of March he has no record of his age. When he entered the service he li- ved in Chester County Penna and that he lived part of the time since the revolutionary war in Centre County Penna but for the last twenty eight years & at present he resides in Mercer County Penna and that he entered the service as before stated in a Bri- gade of Penna troops denominated Minute Men or the Flying Camp and that he he recollects the names of Colonels Swope - Cadwalader, Williams and Magaw and that Col. Magaw com-

manded at Fort Washington and that he was within view of Fort Washington when it was sur- rendered by Col. Cadwalader that he first drew his arms at Bergen  Amboy in New Jersey that he passed through Bergen in New Jersey and was stationed in Fort Lee and returned home again through the state of New Jersey after the expiration of the time for which he had enlisted and that Edward Roberts of the County of Beaver Penna has been ac- quainted with him during the principal part of his life and will testify to the foregoing statement and that he has been known by the Rev David Roberts of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the last thirty years who will testify to his character for truth and veracity He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pre- sent and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Affirmed to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Fisher
William Richards
I Edward Roberts residing in the County of Beaver Penna do hereby certify that I am acquainted with William Richards who has subscribed and affirmed to the above declaration and that I believe him to be of the age therein set forth and that of my own knowledge do hereby testify to the truth of the facts set forth in said declaration con- cerning his revolutionary services Sworn and subscribed the day and year - aforesaid before me
John Fisher
Edward Roberts
I David Roberts a clergyman residing in the County of Beaver Penna do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Richards

Who has subscribed and affirmed to the above declaration and that I believe him to be of the age therein set forth that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and that I concur in that opinion Affirmed and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before
John Fisher
David Roberts
State of Pennsylvania Mifflin County
Sealed I John Fisher one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Mifflin do certify that William Richard who subscribed and affirmed to the foregoing de- claration is unable to attend court on account of bodily infirmity and that I am well acquaint- ed with him and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and believe he performed the sur- vows he states in the foregoing declaration and that Edward Roberts is of about equal age with said Richard and is a person in whose testimony entire confidence is to be pla- ced - And that David Roberts is a respec- table clergyman of the Methodist Episco- pal Church
Witness my hand and seal at East Brook Sept 22 nd 1832
John Fisher

Pennsylvania Mercer County ss I W m S Rankin Clerk of the court of common pleas of Mercer County do hereby certify that John Fisher Esquire before whom the within and foregoing proceedings were had now is and was at the time thereof a Magistrate as within stated duly commissioned qualified & acting as such & that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such. And I further certify that I have been personally acquainted with the applicant William Richards for the term of twenty three years & more and that he is a person of strict veracity and that entire confidence can be placed on his statements, that the said William resides about fifteen miles from the County seat and is so infirm as to be unable with safety to ride Witness my hand and seal of said court at Mercer this 28th day of September 1832
W m S Rankin Clerk
W m Richards 1832

19.147 William Richards
21 st March 1833 -
Obj. declaration made before a justice of the Peace
B 306 Admit-
A Mr $20.-
John Fisher Esq. Newcastle pa
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BRIEF in the case of William Richards  county of Mercer  in the State of Pennsyt  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 7 6 As a Private Gen. Col d Calbutson Col d Ball  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chula 6 th Penn a  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richards Examining Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania Mercer County SS
Before me the Subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Mercer Pennsylvania personally appeared one Anne Richards on the 16 th day of May 1845. "Anne Richards" at her place of residence in Schuamaker Township in the County & State aforesaid who after being duly sworn according to Law with affirmation that she is unable to go "into open Court at Mercer which is the distance of fifteen miles from her residence to make affidavit from old age & bodily infirmity And on her oath with make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 7 th July 1838 & 3 rd March 1843 Acts entitled granting half pay to Pensioner's & Widows Widows. That she is the widow of William Richards deceased who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of "Twenty Dollars" per annum whose certificate of pension was sent to the pension office in Washington City is now on file she further declares she was married to the said "William Richards" on the 11 th day of May 1779 as will appear by the marriage certificate hereto annexed which is endorsed "4 May Sixteenth 1845" & signed "Thomas Wilson" which certificate was given by the Minister whose name is attached thereto at the time of marriage, and that her husband the aforesaid "William Richards"

Died on the seventh day of October 1839 at the Town of Edinburgh in the County of Forsyth that he was in receipt of his pension until his death. And that still she continues a widow being not Maria Reine
Attest D. M. Griffin
Anne F. Richards Matri
Soon thereafter before me the day of your of service I made a further entry that I was then acquainted with "William Richards" and the pensioner spoken of and I know the above named "Anne Richards" to be the widow of the said "William Richards deceased" and that she is, now and for many years past, in receipt of pension of fifty dollars a year until that the endorsement on the back of the marriage certificate marked Letter "A" May sixteenth 1845 signed "Thomas Wilson" was endorsed & signed by me in his presence which is herunto attached the said "Anne" is a person of good character Given under my hand & seal this 16 day of May 1845 one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County State of Pennsylvania
Thos Wilson
I know all men by these presents that I "Anne Richards" of Schuylkill Township Mercer County Pennsylvania widow of William Richards deceased a pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Jay Cook of Philadelphia my true & lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from

1845 May
"A May Sixteenth 1845." "The Wilson"

To all whom it may concern These are to certify that William Richards of Coventry Township Chester County and Anne Roberts were joined in the Holy Bands of Matrimony According to the Form appointed by the Church of England A.D. and Pro- nounced Man & Wife by me This 11 th Day of May 1779
David Roberts John Milhouse
Lewis Forgy

Rev. and 1312 Wars Section AWF:MLB
November 15, 1930
Wm. Richards W. 3357
Mrs. James Gregg 420 Steuart Avenue Grove City, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3357, that William Richards was born March 31, 1756 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in Chester County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted July 1, 1776 and served six months in Captain Samuel Culbertson's company, Colonel Thomas Bull's Pennsylvania regiment of the flying camp.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 22, 1832, at which time he was living in Neshannock Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
He died October 7, 1839 in Edinburgh, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
The soldier married May 11, 1779, Anne Roberts.
She was allowed pension on her application executed May 16, 1845, at which time she was living in Neshannock Township, Pennsylvania. Her age was not given.
There was no reference to children.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

9626.
Pennsylvania
Anne Richards,
widow of William Richards, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 7 th : October, 1839, of Mercer (in the State of Penna: who was a private in the coy commanded by Captain Robertson — of the Regt. — commanded by Col. Ball in the Pennsylvania line for Germantown —
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia, at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March 7 th : October, 1839 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Sept: 1845 and sent to W. S. Ellison, Present —
Total amount, $ 25. 30
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. H. Stewart Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 231.

Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8357
Anne Richards Widow William Richards Rev. Rev. War
Act: March 23, 1842
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 161.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1930-Nov. 15-Asst. to Mrs. James Snagg 1931, Dec. 10 Hist. to Mrs. F. L. Simonton by personal request Nov. 20, 1931 by Rev. Chas. Frederick Boyer P. 1102 ms.

Ann Richards, widow of William Richards, private.
6 months service
$20 per annum.
Pennsylvania Roll
Adts July 7, 1838.
March 3 d 1843.
June 17, 1844.
To com. Oct. 7, 1839
Burial due Oct. 7, 1839
Married May 11, 1779.
Left to W. S. Alleson, Present.

Pittsburgh Dec 19. 1837 J. S. Edwards Esq Comm te of Pensions
Si—
The enclosed pension had been paid at the Grand Bank but as more than one year was due they require your order. Will you have the goodness to give the necessary instructions and oblige the pensioner
Yours Respectfully
David Leavitt Co.

William Richards Penn of 20 - 7. June 1832
To What time lost paid p to the 14 Sep 1834 JH
Pension Office 26 Dec 1837

State of Pennsylvania } V A A Douglass Mercer County ss } Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County State aforesaid holden at Mercer in and for said County do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that "William Richards" was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of "Twenty dollars" per annum was a resident of the County of Mercer State aforesaid and died in Cambridge, County & State of said on the "seventh day of October 1839" and that he left a Widow whose name is "Anne" & that she remains a Widow and that Thomas Nilson before the forgoing affidavit is made is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County State aforesaid duly commissioned and that signature
Mr. J. Wilson Clerk
attached to the forgoing affidavit & to the acknowledgment of the foregoing power of attorney purporting to be his is genuine and also the signature with the words "A. May Sixteenth 1845" Thomas Nilson" endorsed on the Marriage certificate his own genuine handwriting
12/11/45 A. Richards of William
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed my seal of office at Mercer this 21 st day of July — in the year of our Lord a 1845
A. A. Douglass Prothonotary

The "United States" from their Agent at the city of Philadelphia the pension that I may be entitled to & is due me from the United States as widow of William Richards" since a pension from the seventh day of October 1839 the day of the death of the said William Richards up to the day of paying the same, or the amount that I may be entitled to Law up to paying the same
Witness My hand Seal this 16 th day of May 1845 W. H. Chapman Thos Wilson
for Anne X Richards mark
State of Pennsylvania Be it known that on the Mercer County 16 th day of May 1845 before me the Subscribed one of the associate Justices of the court of common Pleas of Mercer county Pa personally appeared the above named "Anne Richards" and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed Intersting where I have been to set My hand & Seal the day & year above written
Thos Wilson

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 16 th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of William Richards, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia, Pa. Agency, at the rate of — Twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 7 th Oct. 1839.  Respectfully, yours,
J. Wilson  Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

War Department Pension Office March 21 st 1833
Sir. I herewith enclose you the papers of William Richards, a declaration made before a Justice of the Peace is inadmissible. In case of bodily infirmity, it should be taken by a Judge, or Justice of a Court of Record, who must certify the inability of the applicant to appear in open Court.
I am respectfully Your O bt Serv t J x Edwards
John Fisher Esq. New Castle y r .

State of Pennsylvania } County of Mercer } ss.
On this 16 th day of July A.D. 1839 Personally appeared in open Court, before Alexander Brown & William Amerson, Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting. William Richard a resident of Freshwater Township in the County of Mercer & State of Pennsylvania aged 77 years who being first duly affirmed according to Law, doth on his affirmation make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer, and served as herein stated. viz That he entered the service first, at the Yellow Springs, in Chester County State of Pennsylvania, by enlisting for six months, in a Brigade of Pennsylvania Troops, commanded by Brigadier Genl. Elkins, in the Regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Thos. Bull, and Major Bartholomew. In the Company of Capt. Samuel Calberson, Lieut. Hays, Richard Davis, 2 d Lieut. John Fitting, Ensign, Jacob Coover, on the first of July 1776. We marched to Philadelphia staid there perhaps two weeks, from there we went to Trenton, N. Jersey. from there we went to Princeton, next day to Elizabeth Town, and then to Amboy. lay there one night, from Amboy, back to Elizabeth Town from there to Newark. and then to Hackensack, stationed there about one week, from there we went to North River, and assisted in building Fort Lee; and while there Fort Washington was taken, and five days after we retreated to Genl. Green's Quarters, Genl. Washington commanded in Person and we retreated through the Jerseys to Trenton, there he this declarant was taken with the Generals, and sent to the Hospital sometime in December 1776. had the Camp Fever and was not clear of it before the next march, so that his term of enlistment expired while he was sick, and consequently he was not present to get his discharge, being in actual service not less than six months, and for which he claims a pension. He states that he was not actually in any battle, but would have been at the battle when Fort Washington was taken, had not his Captain sent him back to Fort Lee to take care of his property at Fort Lee.
Says he has no documentary testimony to prove his services. knows of no living Witness who can prove his service, in a reasonable distance, that can bear those here to attached, — Says he was born in Philadelphia County Penn- sylvania in March 1756 as his Mother informed him. Says he did not receive his discharge because he was absent lying sick when his enlistment expired. Genl. Washington, Green, Putnam, Robertshaw, & Lord. Stirling Col. Montgomery, Bull, & Swope. and many other offe

Col. Magaw & Cadwallader who were taken Prisoner at Fort Washington
He hereby relinquishes every 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 nor never was.
William Richards
July 16. 1833 Affirmed & Subscribed in open court
John Keck Prothry. 3
And the said court do here by declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them
By the Court
John Keck Prothry
State of Pennsylvania Mercer County ss.
I John Keck, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Mercer do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Richards for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Mercer the twenty fifth day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty three
John Keck Prothry 3
I herewith send the Testimony of David Roberts and Edwards Roberts taken by John Fisher Esq. relating to William Richards application, They live distant from Mercer, are old, and not convenient for them to attend in Court
Please to make return to Hon. Brown in Mercer Mercer County Pennsylvania

Elizabeth N.J. 28 th July 1890
Dear Sir I have the honor to apply for a Certificate of Service on such old roll report or record you have showing that William Richards served as Standard bearer. (Sergeant), in the Second Battalion of Associates Chester County Penna. in the Army of the Revolution 1775. 1776. 1777.
Very Respectfully Howard Richards Box 202

General Richard July 28 1890 by Mr. Richard for Wether

Howard Richards
July 28 1890
Sgt M c Richards . Por
✓ Widar

Grove City Pa Oct 24 th
Would you please look up Rec- of W m  Lock Mercer Co Pa Private Pennsylvania line received a Pension granted Dec 18 th 1819 aged 67 th , Died Nov 25-1823. Please give data concerning his Revolutionary service, His family and in what part of Mercer Co he lived
Also W m  Richards Mercer Co Pa Private Pennsylvania Militia Pension granted Sep 8 th 1833 Age 79 yrs. Please give data concerning Revolutionary service his family in what

part of Mercer Co he lived and when he died and many thanks,
Mrs James Gregg, 420 Stewart ave Grove City Pa.
DAR Daughter,

RECEIVED OCT 27 1930 BUREAU OF PENSIONS