Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11442, Thomas White, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.
White, Thomas
NUMBER
R.11442
Sarah
CONTENTS
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State of Ohio}
Belmont County} SS
On this day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the honourable George Sharp James Alexander Jun. and John Davenport Judges - of the court of Common Pleas now sitting Thomas White a resident of One leg township in Tuscarawas County and state of Ohio aforesaid aged seventy eight years seven months and eighteen days who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated: Namely, That he marched from Leesburg in Loudoun County Virginia June the 5th 1777 bearing the commission of ensign of militia of said State granted by governor Dunmore in company with his fellow officers Captain Thomas and Lieutenant John [illegible] commanding a militia company of upwards of sixty men; that this company with others were under the command of Major West and Colonel Clapham and after crossing the Potomac halted a short time in Maryland not far from Fredericktown at which place he was advanced to the office of Captain in consequence as was alleged of the great age and intemperance of Captain Thomas after which the march was continued under the same commanding officers into Pennsylvania and through York Lancaster and Downingtown in the Great Valley of that state until
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a few days before the battle of Brandywine on the 11th of September when the companies aforesaid joined the main army under the command of General Washington; that he with his company were stationed on the right wing of said army during said conflict but were ordered to retreat before coming up with the enemy; that he with his company retreated a number of miles north of Germantown and was shortly ordered back to Germantown and was placed in the left wing of the army during the battle at that place on the 4th day of October and participated in the engagement; that in the midst of the bloody conflict orders were given to retreat and it was afterwards rumored through the camp that this order was given by General Lee improperly and that but for it the Americans would have gained the day; that he and company with a considerable division of the army under the command of General (usually called Colonel) aforesaid retreated up the Delaware and arrived to an encamped at a place called the Wet encampment from the muddiness of the place and wetness of the time which caused many to leave their tents and seek shelter through the country; that on the retreat after the battle of Brandywine above Germantown inteligence arrived of the success of General Gates and surrender of Burgoyne which was duly celebrated with great joy; that the division of the army under Crawford remained at the wet encampment a number of days during which the Brittish had possession of Philadelphia and the Americans threw a [illegible] across the Delaware to prevent the enemy from communicating with the sea by
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means of which and cutting off their supplies by land it was hoped to have compelled them to surrender but after a close conflict all of which he heard and and part he witnessed between the Brittish shipping and the American forts at Mud Island and Red Bank the Brittish succeeded in opening the navigation of the Delaware having first lost a ship which exploded with tremendous noise causing great alarm in the camp for the moment it being feared it was the American magazine; that from the Wet Encampment he with the division aforesaid under the command aforesaid crossed the Schuylkill not far from the Valley Forge and soon after were ordered to join Patters brigade near Chester in Pennsylvania as it was said to go and take the spindles out of the Brandywine mills in Delaware to prevent them from manufacturing flour for the Brittish but this was done before his arrival; that by this time Washington's main army were said to have gone into winter quarters at the Valley Forge and he and his company and other militia companys were ordered to march in that direction but before arriving there were all discharged by General Crawford who he well recollects sitting on horseback called up said militia companies and discharged them saying "Gentlemen officers and soldiers you are all discharged" and that he immediately marched his company home where he arrived on the 28th day of March
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June 27, 1938

File No.

Thomas White, S.11448
War/1812

Mr. Floyd C. Blair
56 Wall Street
New York City

Dear Sir:

The data which follow are obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S.11448, based on the military service of Thomas White.

He was born March 17, 1764, in Newcastle County, Delaware. The
names of his parents were not given.

While living in Loudoun County, Virginia, he was on June 5, 1777,
commissioned ensign of Captain Thomas’ company in Colonel Chapman’s
regiment of Virginia militia and as an ensign of the Virginia militia
did company and continued to serve as a private of the Virginia militia
at various times until late October, 1781; a part of his service was
in Captain Samuel Cox’s Virginia company which had been commanded by
him under brother, Joseph White, who was commissioned lieutenant of
militia and this service was under Colonel Hite. He was in the battles
of Brandywine and Germantown.

About 1813 or 1816 he moved from Loudoun County, Virginia, to
Belmont County, Ohio. He stated that he was first married in Loudoun
County, Ohio, to Rebecca (maiden name not stated) and that he moved
from Belmont County, Ohio, in 1813 or 1816 to Tuscarawas County, Ohio,
in 1820.

Thomas White was allowed pension on his application executed in
November, 1832, at which time he was living in One Leg Township, Tusca-
rawas County, Ohio.

He died September 10, 1839, in Orange Township, Carroll County, Ohio.

The widow, Sarah, married January 13, 1783, at Keys Ferry on the Shenan-
doah River, Berkeley County, Virginia, Sarah Keys who was born about
1764. The marriage bond was signed by Sarah Keys and Thomas White. Both
Thomas White and Sarah Keys were residents of Berkeley County,
Virginia.
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in which the petition is referred to the duty of the said
Thomas White, and from which it also appears that the said
child, Elizabeth, was born on the 15th of June, 1785, and that
her second child, was born on the 17th of February, 1787. This
record, and other evidence in the case, afford the strongest legal
presumption in favor of the marriage.

The committee are of opinion that the prayer of the petitioner
ought to be granted, and therefore report a bill for her relief.
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8089
Sarah White
Harrison — Ohio

Hon Geo Fries Aug 19
1858 — 80? (unclear)
21 Dep — Frany 2

Dec 1894 — 75 per mo
appl went to Hon Will
Churchwell HR 25 age

1894
R. Washington Aug 18 1896 Law City

1161 — 12

July 7 / 1838
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Paris, Ky.,
Rt. 2

Commissioners of Pensions
Washington, D.C.,

My dear Sir:

Will you kindly mail me any records you may have of two Revolutionary Ancestors:

Thomas White who moved from Va. to Ohio (Belmont Co.) after the war (do not know wife’s name)

and

Frederick Harris, of Va., who married 1st Miss Terrell
2nd Miss Smith,

Thanking you, I am
Very truly,
Jessie P. Spencer
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11442

P.O.
Sarah White

Service:
REJECTED

Enlisted: ______ 18__

Discharged: ______ 18__

Application filed: ______ 18__

Alleges:

Re-enlisted:

Attorney:

P.O.

— Recognized — Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for ___ 18__
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Rec’d & admitted
April 2, 18__ (last digits unclear)
O.C.
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2

J. L. Edwards
War Office
Washington

[Left margin, sideways:]
Octy 16, 1816
(…illegible name/signature…)
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Washington, Dec 9th 1846

Sir,

I have been requested by the children of Mrs. White to make enquiries into her case whether a commutation certificate be issued in her favor.

Thomas White of Belmont County (this commonwealth) received a pension in 1829 and continued to receive the same until 1839 when he died. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. His wife, Sarah White, now residing in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, has applied for a pension and has been informed that she cannot receive a pension in her own name because her husband was not entitled to the pension which he had received.

The reason assigned was that the fact of the husband having received a pension shows he died the widow to two pensions, she receives but one right of law. This very claim has been allowed in the papers and said to be in order.

I hope to be informed if Mrs. White is in the enjoyment of pension.

Respectfully yours,
P. B. Johnson

To J. Edwards Esq.
(…rest faint…)
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February 6, 1930

Mrs. Phil S. McClellan
800 S. Penn Street
Wheeling
West Virginia

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the pension claim S. 11448, it appears that Thomas White was born March 17, 1764 in Newcastle County, Delaware.

While living in Loudoun County, Virginia, he was commissioned June 5, 1777 Ensign of Captain Thomas’ Company, Colonel Chapman’s regiment of Virginia militia and as an ensign of the Virginia militia he served until 1781 and continued to serve as a private of the Virginia militia at various times until late in October 1781. He was engaged in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown.

Virginia, Sarah Keys was born November 13, 1764.

He was allowed pension on his application executed in November 1832, while living in One Leg Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

He died September 10, 1839, in Orange Township, Carroll County, Ohio. They had the following children:

Elizabeth — born June 8, 1785
Sarah — February 17, 1787
John — April 3, 1789
James — June 6, 1791
Thomas — September 16, 1793
Catharine — October 18, 1795
Winfield Scott — April 9, 1798
Lucretia — August 2, 1800
Jane — April 7, 1803
Ruth — January 21, 1805

Very truly yours,
Earl D. Church
Commissioner
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They had the following children:

Elizabeth — born June 8, 1785
Sarah — born February 17, 1787
John — born April 3, 1789
James — born ___ 6, 1791 (month unclear)
Thomas — born September 16, 1793
Catharine — born October 18, 1795
Winfield Scott — born April 9, 1798
Lucretia — born August 2, 1800
Jane — born April __, 1803 (day unclear)
Ruth — born January 21, 1805

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(Signed)
UNITED STATES
Pension Office
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Declaration of Sarah White of 
Carroll County Ohio
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