War of 1812 Survivor's Pension Application for Littleton Williamson

No. 28,982

Act of February 14, 1871

War of 1812

Littleton Williamson

Franklin, Heard Co., Ga.

Capt. Whitaker's Co., Ga. Mil.

Discharged April, 1815

Wid. 39891

Lar. Ct. 20981

Received June3, 1873

Hosmer + Co.

Washington, D.C.

Declaration for a pension under act of February 14, 1871

War of 1812

State of Georgia

County of Heard

The declaration of Littleton Williamson, a resident of the town of _____, in the county of Heard, in the State of Georgia, setting forth: I am married; my wife's name was Mary Kight, to whom I was married in Heard Co., Ga. on the seventh day of February, 1832. I am the identical Littleton Williamson, who under that name served in the military service of the United States as a Private in Captain Whitaker's company of Maj. John H. Broadnax's Battallion, Georgia militia volunteers in the war of 1812. That I was mustered in the said service at Fort Hawkins, in the State of Georgia, on or about the _____ day of February, A.D. 1815, for a period of six months, and was honorably discharged at Fort Hawkins, in the State of Georgia, on or about the _____ day of April, A.D. 18185, having continued in said service for more than sixty days. I further declare that I am not in receipt of a pension, nor have I made application for a pension.

By reason of the premises, I ask to be placed on the pension rolls of the United States, in pursuance of the provisions of the act of Congress, approved February 14^th, 1871, granting pensions to certain soldiers, &c.

I further declare that, at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, did I give adherence to the cause of the enemies thereof; nor have I at any time given or rendered unto such enemies any aid or comfort whatsoever, nor have I at any time exercised the functions of any office whatsoever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States.

I further do solemnly declare, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States thereunder.

I hereby appoint Chipman, Hosmer, & Co., of Washington, D.C., my attorneys to prosecute this claim in my behalf, with power of substitution and revocation.

My post office address is Franklin, county of Heard, State of Georgia.

Littleton Williamson, his mark

Two witnesses to signature.

W.L. Mozley

N.H. Smith

Also, personally appeared William L. Mozley and N.H. Smith, residents of Heard Co., State of Georgia, who being duly sworn, say: we were present and saw Littleton Williamson, the claimant, make his mark to the foregoing declaration; we have every reason to believe from the appearance of the said declarant and our acquaintance with him, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be. That at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, did he adhere to the cause of the enemies of the Government, nor did he give or render unto such enemies any aid or comfort. And that we have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

W.L. Mozley

N.H. Smith

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21^st day of May, 1873.

John B. Beall, Ordinary

Personally came the declarant, Littleton Williamson, and upon oath, by me administered, in due form of law, solemnly stated the truth of the facts and thing contained in the foregoing declaration; and in like manner, upon his oath, duly administered, acknowledged the binding force and effect upon him, of the oaths therein contained, and in my presence, and in the presence of his witnesses, subscribed his name thereto.

I hereby certify that the declarant is the person he represents himself to be; that his witnesses are respectable, and entitled to credit, and that the contents of the declaration and affidavits were read over and explained to the declarant and his witnesses before execution thereof. I am not interested in the premises.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my office, which is the seal of a court of record, this 21^st day of May, A.D. 1873.

John B. Beall, Ordinary

War of 1812

Department of the Interior

Pension Office

Washington, D.C., July 12, 1873

Gentlemen,

In the claim for pension of Littleton Williamson, a survivor of the War of 1812, under the Act of February 14, 1871, No. 28982, William L. Mozley and N.H. Smith testify to the claimant's loyalty.

You are required to show by the certificate of an officer of a United States Court, a United States Commissioner, an Assessor, Assistant Assessor, Collector, Deputy Collector, or Supervisor of Internal Revenue, or a Postmaster, to the satisfaction of this Office that, after careful investigation, he is convinced the above witnesses are men of undoubted good character for truth and veracity, and that their statements in the affidavit referred to are worthy of full faith and credit.

Very respectfully,

J.H. Baker, Commissioner

Messrs. Hosner + Co.

Washington, D.C.

I, William Wilson, Postmaster at Franklin, Ga., certify that after careful investigation, I am convinced that Wm. L. Mozely and N.H. Smith, witnesses who testify to the loyalty of Littleton Williamson, are men of undoubted good character for truth and veracity, + that their statements in said affidavit are worthy of full faith + credit. Witness my hand this 29^th day of July, 1873.

William Wilson, P.M.

1812

Ad Evidence

28982

Littleton Williamson

Hosmer + Co.

War of 1812

Act of Feb. 14, 1871

Department of the Interior

Pension Office

July 12, 1873

Sir:

You are respectfully requested to furnish official evidence of the enrollment, muster, service, and duty of Littleton Williamson, who enlisted at Fort Hawkins, on the _____ day of February, 1815, in Captain Whitaker's Company of Georgia Militia, and who was discharged at Fort Hawkins on the _____ day of April, 1815.

Please return this circular with your report.

Claim No. 28982

J.H. Baker, Commissioner

No. 28,982

Treasury Department

Third Auditor's Office

July 23^rd, 1873

Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions with the information that the rolls of Capt. West Whitaker's Company of Georgia Militia show that Littleton Williamson, Private, served from February 3^rd, 1815 to April 3^rd, 1815.

Allan Rutherford, Auditor

War of 1812

Act February 14, 1871

Brief of Claim for a Survivor's Pension

In the case of Littleton Williamson, a Private of Captain West Whitaker's Company, Georgia Militia.

Residence: Heard County, Georgia

Post office address: Franklin, Heard Co., Ga.

Enlisted: February 3, 1815

Discharged: April 3, 1815

Declaration and identification in due form, filed June 3, 1873

Service for sixty days shown as follows:

The Third Auditor reports that Littleton Williamson, Private, served in Capt. West Whitaker's Co., Ga. Militia from Feb'y 3, 1815 to April 3, 1815.

Length of service: 60 days

Claimant declares he is not a pensioner under any previous act. Name not on list of pensioners.

Loyalty, claimants averment and testimony of, Wm. L. Mozeley and N.H. Smith

Their credibility shown by certificate of Wm. Wilson, P.M. at Franklin, Ga.

Oath to support the Constitution of the United States subscribed.

Admitted August 6, 1873, to a pension of eight dollars per month, from February 14, 1871.

J.C. Proctor, Ex'r.

App'd, John M. Welty, Reviewer

Hosmer + Co., Esqr.

Present

No. 20981

Sur.O. 28982

War of 1812

Survivor's Pension

Georgia

Littleton Williamson

Rank: Private

Company: Capt. West Whitaker's

Regiment: Ga. M.

Wash. D.C. Agency

Rate per month: Eight dollars

Commencing February 14, 1871

Certificate dated Aug. 11^th, 1873 and sent to Pension Agent.

Act 14^th February, 1874

Vol.: Georgia Page: 199

J.M. Kavanaugh, Clerk

Consolidated with Widow's 39,891 July 13, '80

W.C. 30368

War of 1812 Widow's Pension Application for Mary Williamson,

widow of Littleton Williamson

No 39,9891

15895-120-58

Service Pension

War of 1812

Act of March 9, 1878

Mary Williamson

Franklin, Heard Co., Ga.

Widow of Littleton Williamson

Capt. Whitaker, Ga. Mil.

Died May 5, 1880

Sur. Certf. 20,981

Washington, D.C.

Received June 16, 1880

R.M. Allister, Jr.

P.O. Box 493

Washington, D.C.

Attorney

Widow's Pension

War of 1812

Mary Williamson

For Widow of Littleton Williamson of Capt. Whitaker, Ga.

Sur. Certf. 20,981

No Dup. W.L.C.

Filed by R. McAllister, Jr.

P.O. Box 493

Washington, D.C.

War of 1812

Claim of Widow for Pension, under the Provisions of Sections 4736 to 4740 Inclusive Revised Statutes, and the Act of March 9, 1878

State of Georgia

County of Heard

On this 31^st day of May, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty, personally appeared before me, AT. Fuller, Clerk Supr. Court, the same being a Court of Record within and for the county and State aforesaid, Mary Williamson, aged 67 years, a resident of Heard, in the State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is a widow of Littleton Williamson, deceased, who was the identical Littleton Williamson, who served under the name of Littleton Williamson as a Private in the company commanded by Captain W. Whitaker, in the regiment of ______, commanded by ______ in the war of 1812; that her said husband volunteered...and whose services terminated, by reason of an honorable discharge. She further states that the following is a full description of her said husband at the time of his enlistment, viz: 5 ft. + 8 or 10 inches tall, dark hair, fair complexion + gray eyes. She further states that she was married to the said Littleton Williamson, at the city (or town) of ______ in the county of Heard, and in the State of Georgia, on the 7^th day of Feb'y, A.D. 1831, by one George Terrentine, who was a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Kight, and that she has not remarried since the death of the said soldier; and she further states that her said husband Littleton Williamson, died at his residence in Heard Co., in the State of Georgia, on the 5^th day of May, A.D. 1880; and she further declares that the following have been the places of residence of herself and her said husband since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz: That she + her said husband have never resided anywhere but in Heard County, Georgia, since their marriage.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which she may be entotled under the provisions of Sections 4736 to 4740 inclusive Revised Statutes, and the Act of March 9, 1878, and hereby constitutes and appoints with full power of substitution and revocation R. McAllister, Jr. of Washington, D.C. her true and lawful attorneys, to prosecute her claim and she further declares that she has heretofore made no application for bounty land, her said husband obtained a land warrant for ___ acres on or about ___ day of ___, 18__, + he also obtained Pension Certificate No. 20,981, which has been returned to the Knoxville agency, Tenn., and that her residence is in the county of Heard, State of Georgia, an that her post-office address is Franklin, Heard County, Georgia.

Mary Williamson, her mark

Attest:

Green B. Crews

William Simpkins

Also personally appeared Green B. Crews, aged 58 years, residing in Heard County, Georgia, and William Simpkins, aged 65 years, residing in Heard County, Georgia, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they have known the said Mary Williamson for 35 years and for 4 years, respectively; that they were present and saw her sign her name (or make her mark) to the foregoing declaration; and that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the said claimant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further say that they are able to identify her as the person who was the wife of the identical Littleton Williamson, who rendered the service alleged in the above application (in the company of Captain W. Whitaker, in the war of 1812) by the following-named facts and circumstances, viz: that they live near the residence of the said deceased, + have for many years visited +known the applicant +said Littleton Williamson + know they lived together as man + wife.

Green B. Crews

William Simpkins

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31^st day of may, A.D. 1880; and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declarations, &c., were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.

A.T. Fuller

Clerk Supor. Court

State of Georgia

County of Heard

In person comes before the undersigned A.T. Fuller, Clerk of the Superior Court of said County, Green B. Crews + William Simpkins, both residents of said County, under oath say that they are residents of said county, and their Post Office address is Rockalo in the County of Heard and said State of Georgia, and that they are well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Williamson, who is an applicant for pension, and they have known her for 35 + 4 years and know her to be the widow of Littleton Williamson, late of said County, deceased, and they know that said Littleton Williamson died on or about the 5^th day of this present month, that they each one saw him, said deceased, after his death and before burial, an the said Green B. Crews was present and saw said Litleton Williamson die, and they are well acquainted with the said Mary Williamson and know that she has not remarried since the death of her said husband.

Green B. Crews

William Simpkins

Sworn to + subscribed before me, May 31, 1880.

A.T. Fuller

Clerk, Supr. Court, Heard Co., Ga.

U.S. Pension Agency

Hon. J.A. Bentley

Commissioner of Pensions

Sir:

I hereby report that the name of Littleton Williamson "Act 14 Feby. 1871", who was a pensioner on the rolls of this Agency under Certificate No. 20, 981, and who was last paid at $8.00 to 5^th May, 1880, has been dropped, because of death. Pd. from 4^th Mch. 1880 to 5^th May 1880, to widow = $16.53

Very respectfully,

D.S. Boynton

Pension Agent

Service Pension

War of 1812

Widow's Brief

Claim No. 39,891

Act of Mar. 9, 1878

Claimant: Mary Williamson

Soldier: Littleton Williamson

Action: Admitted

Examiner: William P. Thomas

Admitted Sept. 8, 1880

John T. Clements

Revr.

Service Pension

War of 1812

Widow's Brief

Claim No. 39,891

Act of Mar. 9, 1878

Cert. No. 30,368

Original Case

Mary Williamson, widow of Littleton Williamson

Rank: Pri.

Captain: West Whitaker

Regiment: Mil.

State: Georgia

Post Office: Franklin, County of Heard, State of Ga.

Attorney: R. McAllister, Jr., P.O. Box 493, Washington, D.C.

Agent not to pay fee.

Sur. Pen. cert. #20,981, Washington D.C., death proven May 5, 1880.

Application filed June 16, 1880

Alleged service: in Capt. W. Whitaker's Co.

Record evidence of service: July 3, 1873, 3d. Aud. Dep. Served in Capt. West Whitaker's Co., Ga. Mil. from Feby. 3, 1815 to Apl. 3, 1815.

Length of service: 60 days

Proof of identity: Affidavit of identifying witnesses. Claimant alleges that soldier received certif. #20,981.

Admitted Sept. 7, 1880 to a pension of eight dollars per month from May 6, 1880, the day after the death of the soldier. No pension previously applied for.

Wm. L. Cooke

Pension Searcher

Bounty Land claim 15895-120-55

[illegible]

Bounty Land Searcher

Wm P. Thomas, Examiner

Approved Sept. 8, 1880

John T. Clement, Reviewer

Summary of Proof

Marriage: Date: Feby. 7, 1831, of Littleton Williamson to Mary Kight. Alleged by claimant + soldier. Cohabitation shown by affidavits of Green B. Crews and William Simpkins.

Proof as to capacity to marry: no barrier presumed.

Death of soldier: Date: May 5, 1880. Alleged by claimant, Green B. Crews, and William Simpkins to date of death.

Widowhood: Alleged by witness.

No. 30368

War of 1812

Act of March 9, 1878

Widow's Pension

Georgia

Mary Williamson, widow of Littleton Williamson

Rank: Private

Company: Capt. W. Whitaker

Regiment: Ga. Militia

Knoxville Agency

Rate per month: Eight dollars

Commencing: May 6, 1880

Certificate dated: Sept. 14 / 80 and sent to Pension Agent.

Sept. 17, 1880

William L. Cooke, Clerk

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