Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2013, David Whitney, Conn.
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Whitney, David
Sollace, Eliza Whitney
(Former Widow)

NUMBER
W 2013
B. L. Wt. 105237 - 160 -55
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CONTENTS
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No 8030
Vermont
David Whitney
of Addison Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Staunton of the Regt commanded
Col. Burrill in the Connecticut troops
for
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of March
1833 and sent to John S. Haight
Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00
Seminal allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833 40.00
$200.00
[Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832 ⎬
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book D. 
Vol. 4 Page 92
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321-661
Dec 18
Eliza W. Sollace
Goribadi
David Whitney
Reves
Revolutionary Soldiers
Refer to Pension papers
Jany. 8th 1866 onfile
Admit for 160 acres under act
3. Mch. 1855.
MC Boynton
Mr.Boynton
Penall
Damon E. Cheney
Orange
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STATE OF VERMONT.
[] County
I EDWARD D. BARBER, Clerk of the County Court for the
County of Alison, do hereby certify that the annexed documents contain
the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of David
Whitney for a pension
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said Court this 13th day of July A.D.
1832
Edward D. Barber Clerk
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State of Vermont
County of Addison S

on this fourth day of July A.D. 1832
appeared in open Court before the judges of the County Court for the County of Addison in the State of Vermont now sitting David Whitney a resident of the town of Addison in the said County of Addison aged seventy five years on the 25th day of March 1832 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 7th 1832
that he was born as he believes in Norfolk in
the State of Connecticut on the 25th of March 1757 and has no record of his age when he was about these years of age his father as he has been informed and to plainfield in Connecticut and when he was about
ten years of age he went to live with his sister in Cannan to said State of Connecticut
In the year 1775 in [strikethrough, illegible]
in October he enlisted into the service of the United States for one year at said Canaan - The captain of the company to which he belonged was Joshua Stanton and he believes the colonel who commanded the Regiment
was Charles Burrill-- The enlistment was made for the Northern Expedition to Canada [strikethrough, illegible] He further states that he was interested and
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remained with the company till January 1776
when he received an injury by a fall that for the
time rendered him incapable of performing duty His heart was examined by the Surgeon and pronounced to be of a character that would until him for the campaign and he was discharged before the company marched to join the main army. He thinks that the time he served his enlistment and discharge was between four and five months He was discharged at Canaan received no
written discharge-
In the month of March 1776 having recovered
of the injury above mentioned, which was a sprain in his hip. He enlisted again as a minute man and trained as such under Capt Greshom Hewitt till some time in the month of May following. In June 1776 he enlisted for six months under Capt Edward Rogers in a Regiment commanded by Col. Gay and marched to New York and was
afterwards stationed on Long Island [strikethrough, illegible] and where his company remained till the army retreated from Long Island to New York - from New York the regiment to which he belonged was ordered to South Bay on East River at which place they were attacked by the British and after a short resistance made [strikethrough, illegible] by his regiment which was in the year of the army
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wherein to a place called Harlem Heights where they had another engagement with the British and Hessians and the American forces maintained the grounds. The next movement was to White Plains. He was in the battle of White Plains and from there his regiment was ordered to North Castle in the State of New York where they remained till the 25th of December and the term of enlistment having expired the company was then discharged, received no written discharge nor did any other person to his knowledge. He returned
immediately to Canaan in Connecticut with 17 other young men from that town who belonged to the same company He recollects the time of his discharge from the circumstance that it happened on Christmas day-
In the year 1777 in the spring of the
year he enlisted into a company of Militia Calvary commanded by Capt Ruluff Dutcher and was at the Danbury on duty when the British came out and burnt the stores and buildings Worcester who was chief in command at that place was at that time killed. He does not think He was in actual service at this time more than two weeks but from the time of his enlistment kept himself in constant readiness for actual service at a moments warning-- some time in the same
year he enlisted in a regiment raised for three
months under the command of Col. Hooker
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the Company in which the said Whitney belonged was commanded by Capt. Timothy Gaylor.  This enlistment was made in Canaan aforesaid and his company marched immediately to a place in the state of New York called Crompond.  The regiment lay there to watch the motions of the British Fleet and when the Fleet moved up the Hudson River said Regiment march to a place called Peekskill Hill, nearly opposite Fort Montgomery.  The said Whitney was at this place with said Regiment at the time Fort Montgomery was taken by the British and when the British sailed up the river his regiment marched up  the river to watch the movements of the Fleet to Red Hook.  They were at this place when the news of the capture of Burgoyne army reached them.  They then march back to Fishkill barraches and lay there till the enlistment expired when the said Whitney was discharged and he returned to Canaan in Connecticut.  Received no written discharge.
The 1778 he still remained in Capt. Dutchess Company of Militia Cavalry ready for duty when called upon.  About July he was called out and the company joined the Battalion commanded by Major Bull and marched to Fishkill Plains in the state of New York and thence
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Declaration of
David Whitney
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2d sheet
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to Westchester and there joined the Continental Regiments one commanded by Col. Webb and the other by Col. Meiggs all under the command of Gen. Putnam.  At which place he remained in the service about two months when the company marched back to Canaan in Connecticut.  At the time Norwalk in Connecticut was burnt he was again called into actual service under Capt. Dutchess and marched to Norwalk.  He was stationed there about two weeks and participated in the fighting and skirmishing.  After this he returned to  Canaan.  The October afterwards he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Beebe in the Regiment commanded by Col. Roger Enos and marched to West Point.  He thinks this enlistment was for three months.  Col. Markham at this time commanded the Continental Regiment at West Point and Col. Aaron Burr was at the time a Lieutenant Colonel of the said Markham Regiment.  He remained to the end of enlistment and was discharged and returned to Canaan.  Received no written discharge.  He resided in Canaan till the close of the war, when he removed and settled in the town of Addison where he has ever since & still resides.  He state further that during the whole of the revolutionary war
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he kept himself equipped and for the most part as a cavalry soldier.  Was on various occasions called out for short excursions and verily believes that he was in the actual service of his country more than four months in addition to the several terms herein before mentioned.  But is unable to recollect the particulars of each different call upon him so as to relate the time & place.  He was engaged for 65 days almost constantly, night and day, in collecting horses and other materials for the French army when they landed at Newport in Rhode Island.  When news reached him that the British had landed or made an attack at any place along the coast he was always called out with the rest of his company.  Sometimes only for a few days and never for any long time except as stated herein before.  He has no documentary evidence and knows no person whose testimony he can procure in addition to that herewith knows [    ] to substantiate his claim.
David Whitney

He hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
David Whitney

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid.
E. D. Barber,  Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states; and court also certify that from personal acquaintance with the said David Whitney, as well as with Simon Smith and Eben W. Judd whose affidavits are herewith transmitted, they consider them persons of vercity  whose statements are entitled to credit.
E. D. Barber  Clerk
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E. W. Judd's
Affidavit

D. Whitney's Case
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Simon Smith's
Affidavit

David Whitney, Case
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Declaration of
David Whitney
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[  ] O,
July 28  183[ ]

S. Haight

Admd
private
2 yrs
$80----

Hon. S. Haight
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No. _____________________
Mrs. Eliza W. Sollace
Former Widow of David Whitney
Private
War of the Revolution
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Jan 2 1836
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DAMON E. CHENEY,
Attorney,
ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS.
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105237
160 ACS
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THIS IS JUST A BLACKED OUT SECTION OF THE PAGE.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION
405
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I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the Act of February 3, 1853, Eliza Whitney Sollace  former -- widow of David Whitney who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Eighty dollars and ----------- cents per annum, commencing on the Twenty Sixth of October 1865, and continuing for life, unless she should agan marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this Tenth day of January 
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Six
W. T. Otto
Acting Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned.
Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Brief in the case of Eliza Whitney, Widow of David,  Addison County and State of Vermont
act  3 Feb 1853
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Claim, ("original,")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $80 per annum
Proof of marriage -  Record
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(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?



Name and residence of Agent
Henry Weed
Hinesburg
Vt

S. Cole 
Examining Clerk.
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Eliza: W. Sollace
for: wid;
David Whitney, 
Vt:

DEPARTMENT
[     ]
[        ]
J[  ] 2 1866 
[            ]
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No 488
Eliza Whitney
widow of David
Vt
Act 3 Feb 1853

$80 per annum
comg  3 Feb 1853

Burlington

Henry Weed
Hinesburg
Vt
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Hinesburgh, Vermont March 9, 1853

Sir

Enclosed you will receive the declaration of Eliza Whitney widow of David Whitney claiming the benefit of the law of Feb. 3d  1853.  The evidence of her marriage & identity as his widow I trust will be satisfactory.
I am very respectfully
Your Obt servant
Henry Weed

J E Heath Esq
Com Pensions
Washington
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State of Vermont, }
ADDISON COUNTY, SS. }

I, Rufus Wainwright Deputy Clerk of said County and of the Courts of Record thereof, hereby certify that N. S. Bennett whose signature appears to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by law to take such proof or acknowledgment.  I further certify that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and believe said signature to be genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged in accordance with the laws of this state.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court for said County, at Middlebury, this 20th day of March A. D. 1869
Rufus Wainwright  Deputy Clerk
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David Whitney Case
Sylvanus Chapin Affidavit
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Renewal of Pension
Act February 3d 1853
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Mrs. Eliza Whitney Sollace
Former Widow of 
David Whitney
Private
Revolutionary War

Damon E. Cheney  Atty.
Orange,
Mass.

(Stamp unreadable)
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appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Nelson P Barbour
Dugald Stewart

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23d day of November A. D. 1885 and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Jeda S. Bushnell  Register of Probate Court
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Pension Claim
Act of February 3d 1853

Mrs. Eliza W. Sollace
Former Widow of
David Whitney
War of the Revolution

(Stamp unreadable)

Damon E. Cheney
Attorney
Orange, Mass.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MAR 27 18[   ]

Returned for proof
of enlistment [     ]
& return of certificate
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State of Vermont}
County Addison ss.}
On this 29th day of January A D 1869 personally appeared before me Clerk of the county Court within and for the county and State aforesaid Eliza Whitney Sollace, aged 67 years, now residing in Bridport, County of Addison and State of Vermont, who being duly sworn according to law declares that She is the identical Eliza Whitney Sollace to whom was granted pension certificate No. 405 payable at the Rutland Vermont agency at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum issued under the act of 3d of February AD 1863, reissued 26th October 1865 that she makes this declaration in order to Secure the increase of her Pension to which she is entitled under the 13th Section of the act of July 27th AD 1868.  She
hereby constitutes and appoints  Henry N. Sollace her attorney to present and prosecute her claim.  The Post office address is now at Bridport, Addison County, Vermont.
Eliza Whitney Sollace

Also personally appeared Rufus Wainwright & Chas. C Colby and who are
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residents of the County and State aforesaid, who are persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn, say they were present and saw Eliza Whitney Sollace sign her name to the foregoing declaration and they further Swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Rufus Wainwright
Chas C. Colby

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of January AD 1869 and I certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.
D. Stewart  Clerk of 
Addison County Court