Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 24,004, Oliver White, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.
White, Oliver
NUMBER
S. 24,004
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1486
Vermont
Oliver White
of Starksborough in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Fletcher of the Regt [Regiment] commanded
by Col. [Colonel] Benwell in the County militia
for 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Novr [November]
1832 and deld [delivered] to S. Haight
Present

Arears to 4th of Sept. [September] 1832
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Mch [March] 1833

[numbers tallied on right hand side]
34.99
11.66
-------
$46.65

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J M Duffield Clerk
Book D Vol. 4 Page 92
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State of Vermont
District of Addison SS
[illegible seal on left]
I Harvey Bell, Register of the Probate Court
for the District of Addison aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the annexed contains the original proceedings
of the Said Court in the matter of the application
of Oliver White for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of Said Court at Middlebury this 17th day of September
1832.
Harvey Bell Register
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We Joseph Ayers a clergyman residing in the town of
Starksborough in the County of Addison, Vermont, and
[illegible]

Isaac Stowell
David Kellogg
and Myron Bushnell
Almon Atwood
residing in said Starksborough hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Oliver White of said Starksborough,
who we understand has made his declaration before
the Probate Court for the District of Addison, for the
purpose of obtaining a pension; that we believe him
to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and he
lived in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been
a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in
that opinion.

Sworn Subscribed this day 
of September 1832, before me,

Joseph Ayers Clergyman
[illegible]
Isaac Stowell Just. Peace
David Kellogg Justice Peace
Myron Burnell Just Peace
[illegible] Justice Peace

the Above Subscribed and sworn to before
me
Ira Bushnell, Just Peace
Starksboro Sept 13th 1832

State of Vermont
Addison County SS
[illegible seal]
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court
for the said County of Addiso, do hereby certify
that Ira Bushnell, before whom the foregoing certificate
was Sworn to was, at the time, a Justice of 
the peace for said County, and his name above written
is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court, that 15th day of September 1832
Saml [Samuel] Swift Clerk
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Oliver White
7336
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State of Vermont
Addison District 
On this 8th day of September 1832, personally
appeared in open Court, before the Probate Court
for the said District of Addison, a Court of record, now sitting, Oliver
White, a resident in Starksborough in the County of Addison &
the State of Vermont, aged sixty eight years, 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 7, 1832: That he entered the service of the
United States under the following named officers and served
as herein stated.
In the year 1780, about the first of December, I was drafted into the
service, being then sixteen years old, the preceding July,
at Salisbury in County of Litchfield; Connecticut, in a company [inserted text: of militia] commanded by Captain Ebenezer Fletcher of Salisbury aforesaid, for the term
of four months, Colonel Charles Burwell of Canaan, Connecticut,
being Commander of the regiment, to which I belonged, The above time
of four months I served in the said Corps on the North River,
at Rhinebeck, Red Hook, Esopus, & Fishkill, keeping guard, and
cutting, drawing & beating [insert: wood] for the army. The army was
then at West Point, and the militia were stationed at the
several places on the river above mentioned. The only
troops, with which I had any connexion [connection] were Connecticut
militia. Colonel Brewers regiment lay below us.
In August or September 1781, General Washington, before
he left the north for the south for the purpose opposing
Cornwallis, sent a requisition for a certain number
of militia to the Governor of Connecticut. And I was drafted
with others, for the term of six months, in case the
troops were needed so long, at Salisbury aforesaid,
in a company commanded by Captain John Ensign
of Canaan aforesaid, in the same regiment commanded
by the same Colonel Burwell. Col. Bloyden being
Leut. [Lieutenant] Colonel. This Corps was raised for the purpose of
guarding the lines, during the absence of the Continental
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army, at the South. We were first marched to Rhinebeck,
thence to Fishkill, thence we were divided off into parties
for the purpose of keeping guard, cutting wood etc. While
at Esopus, three miles from the North River, information
arrived, that the Indians & Tories, from Wyoming, had come
to the Forks of the Delaware, & had distroyed Neversink;
and we were ordered out, to defend the Country and
pursue the enemy. When we arived there, the enemy
retreated, out of our reach, and we returned to the
North River. After General Cornwallis had surrendered,
and the army returned to the north, we were dismissed, after
having served something over three months.
I do not recollect the exact time we were dismissed,
but recollect that it was cold weather, & there was
snow on the ground.
I was born at Salisbury in the State of Connecticut
on the 25th day of July 1764: There was a record of my
birth made in the Town Clerks Office in said Salisbury;
from which I transferred the record to my family bible
which I still have in possession. I resided in said [insert: Salisbury]
until seven or eight years after the war when I went
to Sheffield, Massachusetts, where I worked out four or
five years, and [insert: then] moved to Canaan Connecticut, where
I resided about seven years and then moved to
Starksborough in the County of Addison Vernon, where
I have ever since resided, and still reside. I never received
a written discharge; and have no other documentary
evidence, or know of any person who can testify to my service,
having left all my acquaintances, who had knowledge of
my service in Connecticut. I refer to Elisha Ferguson, Ira Bushnell, Sharon Downey, David Kellogg [illegible] Justice of the peace, William Worth, & Jonathan Elliott Selectmen in
said Starksborough, who can testify as to my character
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for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier
of the revolution.
And the said Oliver White hereby relinquishes 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. Oliver White

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Saml [Samuel] Swift, Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter, and 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 Joseph Ayers, who has signed the presiding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Starksborough
in the County of Addison, and that Elisha Ferguson,
Isaac Stowell, David Kellogg, Myron Bushnell and
Almon Atwood, who have also signed the same are residents
and Justices of the peace in said town, and are credible
persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Saml [Samuel] Swift, Judge
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No 7336
Admitted
Private 7 months
$23:33
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BRIEF in the case of Oliver White
of Starksborough in the State of Vermont.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In the Probate Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
68 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank | Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

In 1780 Dec? | 4 months | As a private | Conn. Militia, Capt. Fletcher, Col. Burwell

1781 Aug or Sept | 3 months | private | Drafted under Capt. Ensign, Col. Burwell

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Salisbury Conn.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J M Duffield
Examining Clerk.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.
May 26, 1926.
Mrs. C. W. Nabb,
6049 Harwood Ave.
Oakland, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 24004, it appears that
Oliver White was born July 25, 1764, at Salisbury, Conn.,
and while living there, he enlisted December 1, 1780 and
served four months as a private in Captain Ebenezer Fletcher’s
Company, Colonel Charles Burrall’s Conn. Regiment.
He enlisted in August or September 1781 and served
over three months in Captain John Ensign’s Company, Colonel
Charles Burrall’s Conn. Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 8, 1832, while living at Starksborough, Addison
County, Vermont.
There is [underline] no data [stop underline] on file as to his family
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Revolutionary
24004
INVALID.
File No. 24,004
Oliver White
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7  32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 448
(Arrangement of 1870.)

[across outside fold]
1926 May 26, sent to C. W. Nabb
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Daughters of the American Revolution
SIERRA CHAPTER
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
Oakland, Calif.
March 24th, 1926
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am seeking information regarding
one Oliver White, Revolutionary Soldier, and on
Pension Roll of Vermont or Connecticutt [Connecticut].
Any information as to date and place of birth,
Revolutionary service, marriage, children and
death will be of value.
As this name appears on Revolutionary Rolls
of at least three states, will say this
Oliver White had a son named Augustus White
of Starksboro Vt. and probably other children
Thanking you, I am
Sincerely
(Mrs. Chas W) Caroline W. Nabb
6049 Harwood Ave
Oakland, Calif.