Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,010, William Hillard, Continental (Conn)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Conn)
Hillard, William
W. 18.010
or
Hilliard.
Hannah
CONTENTS

Hannah Hilhard -
Conn.
Act 7 th July 1838.

Know all Men by these Presents, Me
Cornelia M. Coby of Williamsburgh Atty for John B. Hilliard of Brooklyn in said County of Kings and surviving children of the late Hannah Williams nee of Bridgeport in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut a Revolutionary Pensioner have constituted, ordained, and made, and in our stead and place put, and by these Presents, do constitute, ordain, and make, and in our stead and place put
L. M. Ivory of Canandaigua N. York irrevocably to be our true, sufficient, and lawful attorney for us and in our name and stead, to to make application to the proper de- partment of the United States Govern- ment for an increase of the pension of Hannah Williams deceased late of said Bridgeport in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut and for the payment of any & all arrear of said pension And hereby witness my & all power of Attorney in the premises given by me (if any such there be) to any other person or persons
Giving and hereby granting unto our said attorney our full power and authority in and about the premises; and to use all due means, course, and process, in the law, for the full, effectual, and complete exe- cution of the business afore described; and in our name to make and execute due acquittance and discharge; and for the premises to appear, and the person of us the constituent to represent be- fore any governor, judges, justices, officers, and ministers of the law whatsoever, in any court or courts of judicature, and there on our behalf, to answer, defend, and reply unto all actions, causes, matters, and things whatsoever, relating to the premises. Also, to submit any matter in dispute, respecting the premis- es, to arbitration, or otherwise; with full power to make and substitute, for the purposes aforesaid, one or more attorneys, under him the said attorney and the same again at pleasure to revoke. And generally to say, do, act, transact, determine, accomplish, and finish all matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises, as fully, amply, and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as we the said con- stituent if present, ought or might personally, although the matter should require more special authority than is herein comprised the the said constituent ratifying, allowing, and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever our said attorney or his substitutes shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, by virtue of these Presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seal this 26th day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us. Cornelia M. Coby J. B. Boswell on part of Cornelia M. Coby John B. Hilliard I M. Boswell att. John B. Hilliard Charles Robinson witness for both signers

State of New York ss Kings County.
Brooklyn March 26 1857
Then & there personally appeared before me Cornelia M. Cote, who is known to me to be the person described in the within instru- ment & acknowledged that same to be her free act & deed for the purposes & consideration therein expressed
H. C. Boswell Justice of the Peace
County of Kings
City of Brooklyn
ss On the 26 th day of March
ad 1857 before me personally came
John B. Hillard known to me to be the same person described in and who executed the within instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same.
John M. Cornwell Com. of Deeds.

955.
Connecticut
Hannah Hilliard
widow of William Hilliard
who was an Artificer
Conn. in the Revolution.
Inc. from $144.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 240 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Ending 24 Aug 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Oct 1851 and sent to
L. M. Drury Canandaigua 1851.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. Page 55

State of Connecticut } ss. County of Litchfield } ss. Bids, at on this 10 day of November A.D. 1838. Personally appeared before me the bearer of these presents within and for the District of Stratford in said County (State). Herbena Millard a resident of said Bridgeport in said County, aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "an Act granting half pay Pensions, to certain widows."
That she is the widow of William Millard who was a private Artificer in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War, in Col Sedgwick's Wadsworth Regiment of Artificers and commenced service in said Regiment on Nov 1777 & served until December 1780 at least 3 years and for proof of his Service she refers to the Comptroller's Certificate annexed to prove the Company he served in. She refers to the Rolls of said Regiment of Artificers at Washington, although it is understood that in the fore- part of the War he was employed as a Clerk at Corners Store. That her husband the said William Millard was born in Stratford in the County of Litchfield December 5 1759. That she was born July 23 rd 1761 in Westerly State of Rhode Island.
Has a record of both their Births, their Marriage & Births of their children in her bible which is now by the Judge of probate taken out of said Bible & there is an record which Recordings taken from an old Bible about 80 years

ago. on which old Bible the original Record was made on the hand writing of son William the Bible being at the time loose was the reason of entering it on to her present Bible, and the original being worn & thought to be of no importance has not been preserved. The Record relative to the births & deaths of her family referred to was entered by her son John and the Record of her marriage by herself. see the leaf of the Bible hereto annexed.
Said William was living in Redding in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut when called into service and lived in the Town of Stratford in said County from the close of the War until about the year 1797 when he moved with his family to the Town of Westport in the State of Rhode Island, and after having lived there several years he removed to the Town of Warwick in the State of Connecticut, and from Warwick to Bridgeport about the year 1820. where she now resides. Said William for a number of years before he died pursued the business of trading to the Havanna & other places and when he died was at the Borough of York, County of York & State of Pennsylvania. he was called into service as a volunteer has no documentary evidence in her possession to prove his service if he had a discharge she cannot say what has become of it as all his old Revolutionary papers are lost.

She further declared that she was married to the said William Hillard on the second day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two in the Town of Westerly State of Rhode Island by Joseph Clark Esq. who lived about 8 miles from said Westerly who was a justice of the peace and was sent for to marry them in consequence of their Parish Minister being Sick. — That That her maiden name was Hannah Babcock. and that her husband the aforesaid William Hillard died from the best of her knowledge and belief on the 16 day of May A.D. 1830. at the Borough of York in the State of Pennsylvania aforesaid. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794. for proof of her marriage to said William Hillard she refers to the deposition of Nathan Babcock hereto annexed who was her own brother and was present at her marriage to said William.
Hannah Hillard
Subscribed & sworn to on the day of your first above written. Before Me Alanson Hamlin Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation along the matter and that that the above named Hannah Hillard is the Widow of William Hillard a Revolutionary Soldier who served as the States.
Attest Ira Sherman Clerk      Alanson Hamlin Judge

I Ira Sherman Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the Widow Hannah Willard for a Pension that I said Sherman is a Justice of the peace in and for Franklin County duly sworn and qualified and that his signatures to the depositions of Eliza Barrett & Corrinah Gannett hereto annexed are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal at Office this 30 day of November 1838.
Ira Sherman Clerk
I Alanson Hamlin Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Stratford do certify that the paper herewith attached, purporting to be a Record of the births of William Willard and Hannah Babcock and of their marriage and of the births & deaths of their children, & having on it "March 2. 1782" as the date of their marriage, was by me cut out of a Book, entitled "The New Testament," shown to me by the above named Hannah Willard, and by her declared to contain her family Record. —
Done at Bridgeport the day & year first above written. — Alanson Hamlin Judge

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK:
AND
With the FORMER TRANSLATIONS diligently compared and revised.
MORRIS-TOWN: PRINTED AND SOLD BY MANN AND DOUGLASS.
..... 1805.

William Hillard was born Dec 5 1759 Hannah Packard " " July 25 1761 ... 1782
Children
• Nathl Hillard was born Oct 18 th 1783 • John H. Hillard " " May 27 th 1785 • Wm Hillard " " June 12 1787 • Charles Hillard " " Sep 23 1789 • Maria Hillard " " Oct 17 1791 • Charles Hillard 2 nd was born March 3 1793 • Harriet Hillard " " Feb 15 1797 • Francis Hillard " " Aug 24 1798
Deaths
Chas Hillard (2 nd ) Died March 1 st 1792 Wm Hillard 2 nd " " Feb 28 1797 Francis Hillard " " March 5 1797

State of New York } Montgomery County } ss.
Nathan Babcock of said County being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Hannah Hillard now living at Bridgeport in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut - that she is the widow relict of William Hillard now deceased - that this deponent was present at the marriage of the said Hannah and William Hillard, which took place during the revolutionary war, and as near as this deponent can recollect about two years before the close of said war - and that this deponent has always understood and believes that the said William Hillard was employed during said war, for some time, in a Commissary store in the service of the the United States, - and further saith not -
Nathan Babcock
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 9 th day of Dec. 1836 -
Allen Burr justice of the
Peace of - Breakeen Montgomery County I certify that I am personally acquainted with Nathan Babcock & that I believe his statement above to be entitled to full credit & that he is a person in whom you may have the utmost confidence. Given the 9 th 1836
New York Montgomery County Clerks Office
I Richard H Cushing Deputy Clerk of the County of Montgomery
do certify that Allen Burr Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Inat of the foregoing affidavit was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and believe his signatures above written to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed my seal of office this 15 th Nov 1836
R H Cushing Dep Clerk

Cornelia Curran of Bridgeport in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age Deposeth and saith that she is the 5th child of William & Hannah Hillard that her mother the said Hannah who is now applying for a Pension is the widow of said William Hillard who has never been married to any other person, and is now residing with me in the said Town of Bridgeport. That she fully believes that her father the said William died on the 26 day of May 1830 at a place called York in the State of Pennsylvania that her father had not resided with her mother for several years previous to his decease but was absent as she understands doing business at the Havana & other places. She remembers of her father often returning to her & his other children about the service in the Army of the Revolution but cannot remember to specify any particulars about his service, that the family record set out of the Bible by the Judge of Probate and attached to her mother's application for a Pension is a true Record of their family. She remembers to have often seen the original refer to in her mother's application who can testify that her mother has stated correctly about the loss of the original and that her brother John Hillard made the entries on said Record except the Record of said William & Hannah's marriage which was entered by my mother, and I know the date of the marriage is the same as it was entered on the original Record by my father (the said William (Aug. March 2 1782). my mother in entering the Marriage aforesaid left out her husband's surname
Cornelia Curran

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield } By Bridgeport Nov 10 th 1838 Personally appeared Cornelia Barnes and Subscribed and made oath to the Truth of the foregoing Disposition before one who I certify is a credible witness well known to me. Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace

Elijah Burnett of the Town of Providence in the County of Bristol and State of Connecticut of lawful age (Deposeth and saith that he has, been well acquainted with William Hannah Millard husband & wife, since the close of the Revolutionary War, with him before and remembers that soon after they were married they came to live in the Town of Stratford on the same Farm with Deborah, and remembers that said William built a House in said Stratford, and lived in it with said Hannah for several years, and that about the year 1797 said William & Hannah removed from said Stratford to Rhode Island as, aforesaid understood, they were a very respectable couple and had a family of Children when I first knew them living together in said Stratford, and I always understood that said William Millard married said Hannah (whose maiden name was Hannah Babbock) in the State of Rhode Island, has not seen said William since he removed from Stratford as aforesaid, but has frequently seen his widow within a few years past, & is within a few days past in Providence in Bristol County where she now resides with her daughter Deborah was acquainted with said William during the Revolution and remembers that he served as an Artillerist in the Continental Army of the Colonies in the Revolutionary War.
Elijah Burnett
State of Connecticut County of Bristol ss. Providence Nov. 10 1838 Personally appeared Elijah Burnett & subscribed to the truth of the above deposition before me who hereby is a credible witness well known to me.
Dana Sherman Justice of Peace

I believe that an application for inance of the services of William Willard I have examined the Records of Settlement made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army and find his name in a settlement with the Regiment of Artillery He dutifully paid during Col. before 1780 - where he is entered as private and commenced Service Nov 25 1777 and settled with Jan 1 1780 making 2.1.6 Amt of wages £80.8. Again in Genl. Regiment where he commenced Service Jan 1 1780 and settled with Dec 31 1780 1.0.0 - Comptroller's Office Hartford Oct 20 1838
Henry Kirtland Compt

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Hilliard
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on 17 Dec 38.
adm
2 years Alifia
7144
Reduction
Hn. S. J. Whittlesay HR

State of Pennsylvania York County, ss.
Robert S. Fisher Attorney
at Lang aged about thirty two years of the Borough of York County & State of Pennsylvania being duly affirmed & according to Lang doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with the late William Hilliard deceased, that he was a resident of the said Borough of York and that the said William Hilliard died in said Borough on or about the sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty. That the deponent atten- ded the funeral of said deceased. The depo- nent further says that the said William Hilliard was aged about seventy at the time of his death, and that in conversations with the said de- ceased the deponent understood the said deceased to have formerly resided in the States of Rhode Island & Connecticut.
Sworn & Subscribed Before me a justice of the Peace
Robert S. Fisher
In York County this
27 th day of October A.D.
one thousand eight hundred
and thirty eight
John A. Wilson

State of Pennsylvania York County to wit }
Peter A. Hill Esq. Treasurer of the County of York, aged about fifty years, who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth & saith, That he was well acquainted with William Hillard, late of the Borough of York & State aforesaid deceased; that he knew the said Hillard for about fifteen years previous to his death - That in various conversations with the deceased, previous to his death, he was informed that he formerly resided in the States of Rhode Island & Connecticut. That he was present and saw the deceased die at his residence in the Borough of York & State aforesaid on the thirteenth of May Eighteen hundred & thirty - That by his last will and Testament he appointed the deponent his Executor; & that a Tombstone has been erected placed at his grave in the Lutheran Burial Ground in said Borough.
Peter A. Hill
Sworn and subscribed before me a justice of the Peace for York County this 17 th day of October A.D. One thousand Eight hundred & thirty Eight
John A. Wilson
Deponent
State of Pennsylvania York County to Wit }
Benj. Hillard a resident of the city of Baltimore & State of Maryland being duly sworn according to Law deposeth & saith, That William Hillard late of the Borough of York deceased & the same person named by Peter A. Hill & Robert L. Fisher in their affidavits herewith annexed, was the Husband of Hannah Hillard of Bridgeport Connecticut; and that the said Hannah is still in full life.
Benj. A. Hillard
Sworn & subscribed before me a justice of the Peace for York County this 17 th day of October A.D. One thousand Eight hundred & thirty Eight. John A. Wilson

State of Pennsylvania } York County to wit } }
I Benj Laneus Esq Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record in said County do hereby certify that John C. Nelson Esquire before whom the annexed & foregoing aff- -idavits of Robert J Fisher, Peter Ahl & Benj T Hillard were made & taken is an acting justice of the Peace for the County of York aforesaid and as such is duly authorized & qualified to administer Oaths & Affirmations, and to take affidavits
Benj Laneus
Proth.
State of Pennsylvania } York County to wit } }
I, Daniel Riskee president Judge of the nine- -teenth judicial district of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Benj Laneus Esquire is the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of York being one of the Counties Comprising the said nineteenth judicial district, and that the above Certificate is in due form and according to Law. And I do further certify that Robert J Fisher, Peter Ahl, & Benj T Hillard whose affidavits are hereto annexed are credible witnesses (and on whose oaths and affirmations due reliance may be placed.) In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this seventeenth day of October A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred & thirty Eight
Daniel Riskee

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Connecticut
Hannah Hillard, dec d
Widow of W m
who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died on the —
of — in the State of Conn — who was an A lt in the
commanded by Captain — of the commanded by Col Baldwin in the — line for — one from 1844
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn — at the rate of 240 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Oct 1851 and sent to
L. M. Drury Canandaigua
Total amount, $ 121
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. C. Robinson Clerk, Book 10 Vol. 4 Page 147
91

Connecticut
953.
Hannah Willard
widow of William Willard who was an Artificer in the Conn. line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the _____ at the rate of 144 _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of July, 1843. and sent to
John D. Willard Brooklyn N. York.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 68.

Union County, Pa.
Deponent appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace for said County and said that he knew of the war in said County. knew of the proceedings and being able to read both before and after. — That William Hillard did was brother of said deponent, and that about the year nineteen hundred and sixty eight. The said William Hillard enlisted in the regular service of the United States (then at least with great Britain), as an artificer in the Army. That he enlisted in Reading Penn. and went to Washington where he had the small-pox in the Hospital. From thence went to West Point N.Y. — That he served in the regular Army nearly five years. That this deponent was about fourteen years old when the said William enlisted, and distinctly recalls the great events of the war. — That about 22 years before the close of the war in the said William married Hannah Bobeck and that the said Hannah his widow, now resides in Bridgeport Penn.
Sworn and subscribed this eighth day of Oct 1890 before me William H. Read Justice of the Peace
Yaso Read

1553
May 29 '43
NY
Mar 3 o 1843
Han Hillard
1421
Ad cut: to John B Hillard Brooklyn, N. York
Compliments of Henry Washington
P.C.

(Declaration) State of New York, Is
On this Twenty second day of May 1843 Personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace of the City of Brooklyn, County of Kings and State of New York Hannah Hillard formerly of Bridgeport, State of Connecticut but now a resident of Brooklyn, County & State aforesaid - aged Eighty two Years, nearly, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the third of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of William Hillard, who was an Artificer in the War of the Revolution, (the Regiment he served in she does not recollect) and that she received a Pension at the Connecticut agency Hartford under Act of July 7th 1838 at the rate of One Hundred Forty Four dollars per annum - She further declares that she is still a widow
Given to and subscribed on the day and year above set forth -
H Hannah Hillard
My Commission Expires June 10th 1844 M c Whorter Justice of the Peace Municipal Court of the City of Brooklyn being about 9 Records
I hereby certify that Hannah Hillard personally known to be the person described in the above deposition made by her -
M c Whorter Justice aforesaid

Brooklyn. N.Y. 27. May 1843
Sir Herewith is Declaration of Mrs Hannah Hillard, &c. &c. for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843. She rec d the five years pension granted 7 th July 1838 through the agency of Isaac Sherman Esq. of Bridgeport Conn. Her residence for the future will probably be here, or in the City of New York. If there is found to be no irregularity in these papers, you will be pleased to forward Certificate enclosed to me New York , at that Post Office I have been most in habit of receiving communications.
Very respectfully,
John B Hillard

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. COUNTY OF KINGS.
I, ADRIAN HEGEMAN , Clerk of the County of Kings, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said county, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Francis Garrison Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace  Municipal Court of the City of Brooklyn with powers of a Justice of the Peace in and for said City  City , dwelling in the said City , commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe the signature to the said proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this twelfth  Seventh  th day of May 184 3
A. Hegeman Clerk.

State of Connecticut } ss. Docketed 21 st March 1851 County of Fairfield } I, Eliza J. Almy, widow of the late J. Roberts for the District of Connecticut in said Fairfield County do hereby certify that, satisfactory evidence has been submitted to said Court, that William Williams was a Pensioner of the United States, on the rolls of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of one hundred fifty per diem per annum. That she was the widow of William Williams, who was an attorney in the War of the Revolution that she was a resident of said Fairfield in said Fairfield County & State of Connecticut and died in said town of Bridgeport on the 29 th day of August 1843, leaving only two children now living to wit John B. Williams and Cornelia H. Cady.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Probate Court at said Bridge- port, this 21 st day of March 1851 Eliza J. Almy, widow

Connecticut - 1421
Hannah Hillard widow of William Hillard, deceased.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 16 th of May, 1830 - of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut - who was a Artificer in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. Baldwin in the Connecticut line for 2 years Artificer
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 144 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Dec r . 1838 and sent to Hon. J. L. M c Clusky, N. R.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 1838 $360:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar - 72:00
$432.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. S. Elliot Clerk, Book _____, Vol. 1, Page 184.

(Department of War J. B. Poinsett
Bountly Land Office W. Gordon
Isaac Sherman Esq. Bridgeport Conn.

(Department of War
Bounty Land Office
Novemr. 16 th 1838
Sir,
In answer to yours of the 31 st ult o . I have to inform you that, the name of William Hilliard, is not returned on the records of the Connecticut Line, or on those of the Corps of Artificers, both on file in this Office, among those entitled to bounty lands from the U. States; it is concluded therefore, that he left the service prior to the close of the War, and probably in March 1781. at which period Col s J. Baldwins Reg t of Artificers was dissolved under a Resolution of Congress to that effect.
In regard to the case of Benjamin Bennett, I have to inform you that, in July 1831, an application for land bounty, in his behalf, was made to this Depart t , by a Mr. Lewis Wakeloy, then of Greene County N. York, now of the City of New York, and the Depart t was referred to the Pension papers of Mr. Bennett, for the facts and proof of his service, the reference was made, and it appeared from his own affidavit that he entered the service in 1777. and served until some time in the year 1779, when he was discharged from Bradleys Reg t . as an Invalid, in consequence of his having been "badly frozen"; he does not allege, or in any prove, that he afterwards re-entered the service. It is manifest therefore, that he is not the Benjamin Bennett, whose name is returned on the records of Webb's Regiment among those men who acquired a right to bounty land from the U. States in virtue of their enlistments for "during the War", and actual service to the close thereof, in 1783: without which enlistment and service, no Revolutionary Soldier is entitled to the bounty in question. — Isaac Sherman Esq r . Bridgeport - Conn t .
Resp y G t H. St W. Gordon

Isaac Sherman Esq. Hartford Conn.

Reading May 26
Dear Thomas Esq
For your letter requesting information relative to Wm Hilliard's service in the revolutionary war was duly received, I should be glad to assist you if it was in my power, I would refer you to Daniel Bartlett of America who is connected with the Hilliard family by marriage and conversant with them in many respects in and out of the army. Wm Hilliard has a small sister living in America.
I have been this morning to see William Starr, her son. His information relative to Hilliard's living in service agrees with mine that he served in the Army as an Artificer. When he commenced or who he served under we know nothing about, I served under his Father who was a Captain in the Army a winter's Campaign at Manawac. One of his sons I think it must be Wm I have the impression served only as a settler all of which will amount to nothing more than to strengthen stronger evidence. Hilliard's sister Read who resides in America may be able to give some light on the subject. I thought Bartlett would be the most likely one so but since I commenced writing have been informed that he has lost his memory. Yours Respectfully
Salmon P. Chase

Brief in the case of Hannah Williard, Br., widow of W m late of Fairfield a County and State of Connecticut act 7 July 38
Claim, ( "original" or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Artillery Artificer — enlisted for "during the war", Adm d at $240 per ann deduct d $144 per annum .
Name and residence of Agent.
L. M. Sprague, Canandaigua NY
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

Hannah Williams. do
Luc to $240. do 9 $11411. 11c
38
43. End 9
29 Augt 1843
Payable to
John B. Williams &
Cornelia M. Coley,
only children
L. M. Dury
Canandaigua
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1000  William H. Smith  1870  William H. Smith  1870
Act: March 3rd 1870
Index: —Vol. 1 Page 236
[Arrangement of 1-70.]