Wake County, NC - John & Martha Williams Revolutionary War Pension, 1835

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January 14, 1936

Margaret Williams
Byron, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War records of John Williams, of Wake County, North Carolina, and Thomas
Williams, of Currituck County, that state.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data, and the limited
trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is
impossible to comply in full with each request relative to soldiers of
that war. The record of John Williams is furnished you herein as shown
in pension claim, W.177, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Williams was born in 1754 in Warren County, North Carolina; the 
names of his parents are not given.

John Williams enlisted in Bute (which was later Warren) County, North
Carolina, in the fall of 1775, served as private in Captain Gamble's
Company, Colonel William Washington's Regiment of Light Dragoons, was
in the battle of Savannah and in many skirmishes with the British and
Tories, and was discharged in September, 1781.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed May 20, 1833
while a resident of Wake County, North Carolina, and died there June 7
or 10, 1845.

John Williams married in 1810 in Franklin County, North Carolina, Martha
(or Patsey) Jones, a resident of that county, his residence than not shown.
Their marriage bond dated January 6, 1815, and signed by the soldier and
one Henry Baker (no relationship stated), was recorded in the County Clerk's
Office in Franklin County, North Carolina. The date and place of Martha
Jones' birth and names of her parents were not given.

Soldier's widow, Martha Williams, was allowed pension on her application
executed March 16, 1853, in Wake County, North Carolina, at which time
she was aged eighty-four years. She died June 6, 1861, in said Wake County.

In 1869, William Jones, aged sixty-seven years and residing at 275 South
2nd Street, Williamsburg, New York, stated that he was a son and heir of
soldier's widow, Martha Williams. He did not state his father's name and
no reference was made to a former marriage of Martha Williams.

In 1833, one Joseph Williams was a resident of Wake County, North Carolina,
and his relationship to soldier's family not shown.

                               Yours very truly,

                               A.D. Hiller
                               Executive Assistant to the Administrator


Source:
HeritageQuest Online
Series: M805  
Roll: 873  
Image: 78  
File: W177/BLWT2181-160-55
Pages 11-12

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