Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39892, David Whitford, R. I.
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SERVICE
R. I.

Whitford, David


NUMBER
S. 39892
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8197

Rhode Island
David Whitford,
of Exeter in the state of R. Island
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Angell of the R. Island
line, for the term of six years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24" of Mar 1819
and sent to Benjn. Cowell, Esq.
Providence, R. Island

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 - 85.83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept. 1819 48.00
$133:83

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}



Cond Decr 5,
1821 and sent
to Amos Cross,
Westerly
R. I
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David Whitford
Judges certificate
wanting as to claimants indigent circumstances

Admd

Col: Angells R. Island
Regt. -

1777 - 6 Apr: 4 Mos.

13" April 1818 -

Judges certificate of privates service, added
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Washington Sc  At North Kingston April 13th, 1818

I do hereby Certify that in the Year 1777 I enlisted David Whitford within named as a Soldier to serve during the War in the Company of Capt. Thomas Hughes of which I was then a Ensign, and in the Regiment of Colo. Israel Angell - Rhode Island line - & that I afterwards knew him in the Regiment as a Soldier & that he discharged his duty as such with fidelity till the close of Revolutionary War.
B L Peckham


Washington Sc  At North Kingston Apri 13th, 1818

Personally appeared the above named Benjn Peckham & make solemn Oath to the above
Before me Philip Tillinghast JC Com. Pleas

Rhode Island Disctrict 22 April 1818.

I certify that the said Tillinghast is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in sd County in this State - In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my name and caused the Seal of the Court to be hereto annexed.

David Howell
District Judge.
The signature of the Judge and the seal of the District Court of United States for said District are hereto affixed.
Witness Benjamin Cowell
Clk R I Dis
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations

Washington Sc  David Whitford of Exeter in the County of Washington formerly a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army of the United States & who by reason of his reduced Circumstances and situation in Life is in need of Assistance from his County for support In conformity to the Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval services of the Revolutionary War, and on Oath declares and says That on the 28th day of February AD 1777 he was enlisted by Benjamin L Peckham Ensign as a Soldier in the Company then Commanded by Capt. Thomas Hughes in Colonel Angell's Regiment of the Rhode Island line to serve during the War, that he served in the United States Army under said Enlistment until the end of the War when he received an honorable discharge from Lieut Colonel Jeremiah Olney then commanding said Regiment (which accompanies this) and that his Circumstances require assistance from his County for support.  And this Declaration he makes to entitle him to the provisions of the Act aforesaid

David his X mark Whitford

Attest B L Peckham

State Rhode Island &c.}
Washington Sc}  North Kingston April 13th AD 1818

Be it Remembered that the above named David Whitford Personally appeared before me the subscriber, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above statement.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at North Kingston aforesaid the day and Year abovesaid -
Philip Tillinghast JC Com. Pleas

said Whitford is 89 - years old
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David Whitford

Washington Cy
8197
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State of Rhode-Island & Providence-Plantations.

Washington SC--Court of Common Pleas, Special Term, A. D. 1821

ON this Thirteenth day of Novr. 1821, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for the County of Washington in the State of Rhode-Island, &c. David Whitford, aged Ninety Two Years residing in the Town of Exeter in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:-That he served as a private in the Revolutionary Army under the Command of Colo. Angell, Greene and Olney for Six Years the latter part of which was rendered in Capt. Hughes Company and Colo. Jeremiah Olneys Regiment.
That he made a previous Declaration on the thirteenth Day of April 1818, and that he has received a Certificate for a Pension, being No. 8197 -And the pursuance of the Act of Congress, passed May 1st, 1820, I do solemnly swear, That I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
David  his X mark  Whitford
Witn. Sam. Holme

A SCHEDULE of Property and Income, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of 
David Whitford - none of any Kind
That he has been a Shoemaker but is not past labour And should his Pension be taken from him he must be Supported by Publick or private Charity

David  his X Mark  Whitford
Witn. Sam. Holme

Sworn to and declared, on the thirteenth day of November 1821 before said Court
Witn. Sam. Holme Clk of said Court

Washington County, SC.  Clerk's Office of the Court of Common Pleas.  A. D. 1821

I Samuel Holme Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Washington in the State of Rhode-Island, &c. do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court;--And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Nothing
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirteenth Day of November 1821.
Sam. Holme Clerk of said Court.

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39892

INVALD.
Revy

File No. 39,892

David Whitford
Pri Rev War

Act:  18 March 18"

Index:--Vol. T, Page 559

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.

THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof 
David Whitford Soldier -- in the Rhode-Island Regiment, having faithfully Served the United States Six years, four months and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.

GIVEN AT HEAD-QUARTERS the
15th June of 83 ~

G Washington


By HIS EXCELLENCY
Command,
J Trumbull [illegible]

REGISTERED in the Book
of the Regiment, Rhode Island
J. Greenman Adjutant


THE above David Whitford
has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for Six Years faithful Service - Jereh. Olney Lieut. Colo. Comd. Rhode Island Regmt.
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HEAD-QUARTERS, June 15th, 83.

THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, Hence to be considered as being Furlough.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.



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[stamped and hand-written at bottom of page]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
OF THE UNITED STATES

David Whitford
18.J-
S39892
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For David Whitford
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The Deposition of Henry Reynolds of Exeter of the State of Rhode Island who being engaged depose & says that he is well acquainted with David Whitford of said Exeter an applicant for a pension & from his Knowledge of is affairs he verily believes him now to be in indigent circumstances & needing the assistance of his County - said Whitford is now a very old man upwards, as this deponent believes of 86 years old - This deponent has Known him for forty years & during that time he has been a labouring man -
Henry Reynolds

17 Feb.


Rhode Island District Sc

I certify that on This Seventeenth day of February 1819 personally appeared before me the above named Henry Reynolds & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed
Witness Benjamin Cowell
Commss Dis Court R I Dis

Rhode Island District 8 March 1819.

I am entirely Satisfied that sd David Whitford is poor & needy and [illegible] as required by Statute.
Hon. Secry at War.

David Howell
District Judge.