Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3530, James White, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va

White, James

NUMBER
S. 3530
carded

CONTENTS
[blank]
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3162
Pittsburgh Agency
James White
of Washington Co in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the Company commanded Captain Jacobus [illegible] of the Regt commanded Col Gibson in the Militia

Virginia Line. Records corrected

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency Mar 4 '04  arnold
at the rate of 40 Dollars- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Decr
1832 and sent to Hon T. M. S. McKennan House of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832                     $60.
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th May 1834 20
[total]                                                       $80.      

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Vinal Luce, Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 2 Page 216

See letter 14 May 1834 to Hon. Harmar Denny H.R. [House of Representatives]
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Rev War

3530
INVALID.
File No. 3530

James White
Pri Pa Mil

Act: June 7, '32

Index: -- Vol. A, Page 402

[Arrangement of 1870.] 

Virginia Line. Records corrected, Mar 4, '04
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
Pennsylvania Washington County
On this second day of Octr 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesd. James White a resident of  Strabane Township County & State aforesd aged 78 years in the 13th of July last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on
Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers served as herein stated. In the year 1777 I resided in what was then called Youghiogheny County Virginia now being part of Pennsylvania and in the spring of that year I was drafted with others of my neighbours [sic] and joined the army at Petersburg on the 17th of April then under Gen. Hand. I was there placed under the command of Capt. Jacobus Sulivan [sic] & Lieutenant Vance & Second Lieutenant Wat Graham. Our Company belonged to the 13th Virginia regiment. While the troops lay at Petersburg myself with eleven others were sent
up the Monongahela to build store was where
Elizabethtown now stands, we spent 19 days at
this and were ordered back to Petersburg. About the 1st of harvest hearing that the Indians had rendered a family of the name of Miller in Ligonier Valley we went under our Captain with a scout of sixty men but could not overtake the Indians & after an absence of two or three weeks returned to Pitt, where we kept
Garrison until the fall. About the latter part of
Septr or 1st of Oct the whole army went down to Beaver & our Captain having resigned I was
put under the command of Capt Urias Spring
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er of the infantry with Gen. MacIntosh From this post we made frequent incursions into the Indian Country but without being in any engagement with them or making any prisoners. About the 1st of Nov the 8th Penn Regiment with Col Broadhead and our regiment all under the command of Gen. MacIntosh went out upon a campaign to Tuscarawa and the Infantry immediately returned to Beaver where we had previously built Fort MacIntosh after staying one night we marched back again to the Tuscarora guarding supplies of Flour on the way we met the militia coming home. We went to Fort Lawrence which had been built during our absence for provisions where we arrived on the 10th December. Here the infantry having broken up we continued under the command of Col. Gibson who had joined us with Simon Morgan as our Captain. Our garrison now consisted of only the 13th Virginia regiment. The 8th Penna Reg and Col Broadhead & Gen. MacIntosh having left us On the 22d of Jan. a guard of 8 men with clothing coming to us in the fort were attacked by the indians and 2 of their number killed 4 wounded. I taken whose name was Jones. On the 24th of Feby a party of 18 men were sent out for horses to bring in firewood the Indians attacked them in sight of the fort and killed them all, a strong party who were ordered out to assist them were obliged to return the Indians attempting to get between them and the Fort. On the 28th of March the 8th Penn Regiment came and relieved us. From the 10th Decr to this time we were on half allowance of provisions. After we were relieved we came in to MacIntosh and on to Pitt. where we remained untill [sic] the 17th of April 1779 when our year was up. I then received a written discharge from Colonel John Gibson which I have since lost. I was born in the year 1753 in Chester County Pennsylvania. I have no certain record of my age. When called
into the service I lived in what was then called Youghiogheny  County
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Virginia & have lived in Washington County, Pa. since it was laid out as a County. In my service. I was drafted, I dont know of any of the 9th Regular Continental officers, & if I ever served with any of the continental regiment, it was when I entered the 13th Virginia Regiment I received a discharge from Col Gibson, but it has been lost for some year. I am well known by John Watson Esqr. the Rev James Ramsey of Wharton township, & John White who believe that I was a revolutionary soldier who can testify to my character for veracity. I know of no witness who can prove my services except my brother John White, who can testify in part
I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court,
James White
Thomas Officer Prothonotary

We James Barnes a Clergyman, of Chartiers township  & John White of the same hereby certify that we are well aquainted [sic] with James White of Strabane township who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be about seventy eight years, of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood [sic] where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
in Open Court
John White
James Ramsay

Thomas Officer Prothy
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states, And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that James Ramsey of Chartiers Township W [Westmoreland] Co Pa. who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the aforesaid township & that John White who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same township & is a credible person, & that the statement is entitled credit
Thomas Off
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I Thomas Officer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for county of of Washington aforesaid, do  hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings, in the matter of the application of James White for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this second day of October 1832
Thomas Officer Prothy

13351
Declaration of
"James White"
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Signature of
John White
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Washington County Pennsylvania
In the Court of Common Pleas
Personally appeared in Open Court John White Esqr of Chartiers township & County aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is well acquainted with James White of Strabane township W. [Washington] Co., who is now applying for a pension.
that in the spring of the year 1777. I well remember that the above James White my brother was drafted at my fathers house, in what was then called Youghioghy [sic Youghiogheny] County Virginia & is now in Washington County  Pennsylvania, & that I distinctly remember of my brother James picking up his brother to go on the march to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
In the month of March in the year 1779. I went with a number of others under Gen Mackintosh, to carry provisions to the Army at Fort Lawrence. When we arrived then I well remember of seeing James White my brother in the fort with the Army.
The men who carried the provisions returned home & I with them. And the said John White further saith that he well remembers when his brother the said James White, returned home, which was some time in the last of April or the first of May in the year 1779.
Sworn & Subscribed this second day of
October 1832, in Open Court
John White

Thomas Officer
Prothy

An [sic] the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named John White who has subscribed & sworn to the above statement is a person of good moral character & that he has been a Justice of the Peace in Washington County Pennsylvania for many years past,
In testimony whereof I Thomas Officer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Washington have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this second day of October 1832.
Thomas Officer Prothy
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No 13.351
James White
(Pittsburgh agency)
Admitted 15, Dec. '32
Private 1 year
$40
Honble S. M. S. McKennan
House of Rep's
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BRIEF in the case of James White County of Washington in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 78 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. In 1778 Apl 17 
                1779 Apl 17
Duration of Service. 1 Year
Rank. As a private drafted Militia
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen Hand 13th Virginia Regiment
Gen MacIntosh
Col Broadhead
Col Gibson
Capt Jacobus Sullivan
Capt Urias Springer
5. In what battles was he engaged? [blank]
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Youghioghy [sic Youghiogheny]  County Virginia now part Pennsylvania
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one Witness & Traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective Opinion of the Court not signed. papers not property attached
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Vinal Luce Clerk