Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4856, Stukley Whitford, R. I.
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Service Number
R.I. Whitford, Stuckley W.4856
Stukeley or
Rose Anna or
Rosanna
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New York 28.544
Stuckley Whitford
of Otsego County in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Farrington of the Regt commanded
by Col Carnel in the Rhode Island Militia
line for 24 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of April
1834 and sent to
A. Cook Sr
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $240.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4 1834 40.00
$280.00
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Samuel H. Page Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 135
let 3rd January 1838
M. Sheplar of Ohio
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State of New York
Otsego County ss ⎬ On this 25th day of
May 1833. personally
appeared before me the undersign a Justice
of the peace in & for the County of Otsego
Stukely Whitford who being duly sworn
deposeth & sayeth that by reason of old age
and consequent loss of memory he cannot
swear positively as to the precise length of his
service but according to the best of his
recollection he know not less then the fore
admention below and in the following
grades. I was a private from May 1776
till in August 1776. Three months. From
Sept 1776 to Dec. 1776 as a Substitute for Stephen
Abram who was drafted as a private. Three months.
From April 1777 to January 1778 for the
period of nine month as a soldier and
the sum nine months as a soldier from the
month of March 1778 to the month of Dec
1778 - and for such as he claims
a pension.
And that he never did incur a written
discharge at any time & further that he knows
of no person living by whom he can prove his service.
Stukely Whitford  (signed with an X)
I certify that on this 25th day of May 1833
personally appeared before the undersigned
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Justice. Stukely Whitford knoweth to me
to be the person described in & who sign
the within affidavit and made oath to
the parts therein stated. and further that
I am well acquainted with said Whitford 
& that he is a man of truth in
veracity
Allen Baker Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Otsego County : I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the
said County, do certify that Allen Baker
Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit
purports to have been sworn was at the date
of the same one of the Justices of the Peace
in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with
his hand writing, and verily believe his name sub
scribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand
writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal
of Office this 28th day of May 1833
Horace Lathrop Clerk
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Stukely Whitford
Cook
A. Cook Jr Atty
Cooperstown N.Y.
18005
NY
admd
24 mo pre
$80
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State of New York
Otsego County ss: On this 16th day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred & thirty two. Personally
appeared in open Court before the Court of Common
Pleas. now sitting at the Court house in the
Village of Cooperstown within & for the County of
Otsego of arnaid. Stukely Whitford a resident of the
Town of Milford in the County of Otsego in the
State of New York aged 74 years on the 18th day
of July last past who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June
7, 1832. That he served as a soldier in the army of
the Revolution for two years from the first of
May 1776 under the following circumstances
About the first of May 1776 he was drafted in the
Militia as a Soldier at the Town of Foster in Rhode
Island and went to Warick Neck in R. I. and joined
a company commanded by Capt. Simeon Harrington
in the Regiment of State Militia commanded
by Col Cornel and was stationed thus for a few
days over three months & served all the time as a
soldier & was discharged about the 10th of
August 1776.
About the 15th of Sept 1776, he again went into
the Same Company under the same Captain and in same
Regiment under same Col as a substitute for
Stephen Place who was drafted in the Militia
and served at the same place for the form of three
months as such substitute, and was discharged
about the 15th day of Dec 1776.
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That in the latter part of April 1777 he [unknown]
as a soldier in a company of Rhode Island State
troops in Capt John Carr for nine month
(at Foster in R.I.) and went with the said Corps
to Warick Neck in R. I. and joined a Regiment of
R.I. State troops under command of Col Archibald 
Czaary and remained there with said corps
about three months and then marched to Providence 
in R.I. & staid then a short time and then
went to Bristol R. I. and was stationed with
said Corps at that place tell his said term of
nine months had expired.  And was then & there
about last days of January 1778 discharged
& went home. And that he faithfully served
out the whole of said term.
That he again until [unknown] at Foster in Rhode Island
in a company of State troops commanded by Capt
John Carr for the term of nine months
in the latter part of March in the year 1778. 
And in a few days went to Howlands Ferry
in R.I. and joined a Regiment of R.I. State troops
under command of Col Czaary and was stationed
there all of said term of nine months except
about three months when said corps was stationed
on the island of R.I. The army was at this time under
command of Genl Sullivan during this time
he was in the Battle fought on the Island under
Gen. Sullivan which was in the month of August
of that year and immediately after the Battle
he retired with his Corps to Howlands Ferry and
remained there till the expiration of his time and
was then discharged in the latter part of Dec 1778
and that he faithfully served out said term.
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And that he has not in his possession any docu-
mentary evidence of his service nor does
he now know of any person by whom he
saw for his service.
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present
and he declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of any [unknown] of any state.
Sworn & Subscribed the day
& year aforesaid in open court.
That he was born Greenwich in R. I. on the
18th day July 1758 and lived till he was 2
years old, then moved to Little Hoosack in Vermont.
And lived there to about 9 years and then moved
to New Amsterdam in New York & live thru our
time of war and then moved to Milford Otsego Co
N. Y. where he has since resided.
Has a record of his age in the Family Bible.
He refers for various of his [illegible]
Harrison & Judge Russell. Gen Levi Stewart
Sworn  & subscribed in open Court Stukley Whitford (his mark)
the 16th day of October 1832
Horace Lathrop Clerk

Mr Salman Harrison residing in the Town of
Laurens in the County of Otsego and
L Jenks of the Town of Laurens
the same County and State of New York
do certify that we are well acquainted
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with StukleyWhitford of Milford who
has subscribed & swore to the above declaration
that we believe him the 74 years of age and
that he is reputed and belived in the neighbourhood 
where he resides to have here a soldier
of the Revolution and that he under
in that opinion-
Sworn & Subscribed
the day & year of
Salmon Harrison
Levi Jenks
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
And the court do hereby declare this opinion
after the investigation of the matter and
after putting the interrogatories furnished by
the War Department that the above named
applicant was a soldier of the Revolution
and served as he states. and the Court
further certify that it appears to them that
Salman Harrison & Levi Jenks are residents
of the Town of Laurens in the County
of Otsego & State of N.Y. and are credible persons
sons 
J. O. Moser
E Cook [or E Foote ]
Seth Chase
Justices
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for the County
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of Otsego Do hereby certify that the fore
going contains the original proceedings 
in the matter of the application
of Stukley Whitford for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here unto
set my hand and seal of office
this 19th day of October 1832
Horace Lathrop Clerk
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4306.
Ohio Pittsburgh
Rose Anna Whitford
widow of Stukley Whitford decd
R.I.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832-
and who died on the 29 January 1835
of Wayne Co in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Farrington of the Regiment commanded
by Col Cornel in the R.I. Militia
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh
at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Sept
1839 & sent to David Sloane
Wooster, Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $280.00
Semi-annual allowance ending t months 40.00
$ 320.00
{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by D M Curdy Clerk
Book A Vol 2 Page 219
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V3815
Rose Anna Whitford
of Stukley
Ohio
3815
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Declaration
of Rose Anna Whitford in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress of the seventh of July one thousand eight hundred
and thirty eight entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions
to certain widows".
State of Ohio
Wayne County. On this third day of December in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty eight, personally appeared before Hugh Culbertson Esquire
one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas within
and for the County and State aforesaid. Rose Anna Whitford
a resident of said County, aged Eighty four years in March
A.D. 1839. who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth,
on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the
benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July
7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain
widows": That she is the widow of Stutley Whitford, who was a
private soldier in the regular Army of the United States, and 
enlisted in the same, some time in the year 1775, in the Town of Foster in the County of Providence in the State Rhode Island.
That according to the best of her recollection her said husband
was in the engagement commonly called Bunker Hill; as also
one other engagement at least, as she believes, in the State of
Rhode Island under the command of General Sullivan. That
she has no documentary evidence in reference to the legality of her
said husbands claim to the receipt of a pension from the United States
; but that he did receive the same from and after the date
of his first application until the 29th of January 1835, the time
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of his death; upon evidence, which, she was informed, was deposited in the Department of War in Washington City__That she does not know precisely when her said husband was first in the receipt of said pension; but that she well recollects his having drawn the same three times at least,  before his death; and that she drew  arrearages after his death.
The said Rose Ann Whitford further declares, that she was married to the said Stukley Whitford,  in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight a short time after his return from his service in the army;  and that her husband, the aforesaid Stukely Whitford, died in the county of Otsego in the State of New York, on the 29th day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty five;  that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four
and at the time above stated to the best of her knowledge and belief. and also that I positively was never married to any person since but still remain his widow.
her
Rosanna X Whitford
mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, on the day and year above written
Hugh Culbertson
Associate Judge

I do herby certify that Rose Anna Whitford, the signer to the foregoing declaration, is in my opinion, too infirm in body to attend the sitting of a regular Court for this purpose.