Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2136-100, Peter White, New Jersey
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Service
New Jersey
White, Peter
B.L. Wt 2136-100
Contents
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County }ss
Know all men by the presents that we Ely Smith and Mary his wife, late Mary White one of the heirs at law of Peter White deceased a soldier of the New Jersey Continental line as above expressed in the foregoing declaration do hereby constitute and appoint the aforesaid William White also one of the heirs at law of the said Peter White to be our true & lawful attorney for us and in our names to demand to receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to [illegible] as aforesaid and our said attorney is hereby fully authorized & empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the official purposes above expressed.  
Ely Smith
X her mark Mary Smith
Signed by the above subjectives and acknowledged before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in & for the county aforesaid this 24th day of February 1835
James Snyder
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County }ss.
I Isaac G. Farlee Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Hunterdon do hereby certify that the within writer James Snider is & was a magistrate authorized to administer oath and take acknowledgements &c. in the State of New Jersey at the within date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the County seal and subscribed my name and quality at Flemington this twenty fifth day of February A.D. 1836
Isaac G. Farlee C. Clerk
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State of New Jersey
At a court held for Hunterdon County, February term 1836 satisfactory evidence was adduced in court, to prove that Peter White deceased was a soldier of the Revolution, of the New Jersey line, that he entered the service in the year 1777 for the term during the war as a private, that he belonged to the third regiment commanded by Col. Dayton, that he continued in the service of the United States until the close of the war and was then regularly discharged by Congress, that there was no other person by that name attached to the said regiment, that he is the same individual of that name returned on the record of the War Office at Washington, that William White, Samuel White and Mary White, wife of Ely Smith are the children and only heirs at law of the said Peter White and the said William, Samuel and Mary are heirs at law in fee to the estate of the said Peter White deceased late a private in the third regiment of the New Jersy Line commanded by Col. Dayton in the revolution.
I Isaac G. Farlee Clerk of the county court do certify that the above evidence is taken from the records in my office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my official seal, this twenty second day of February 1836
Isaac G. Farlee Clk
The above form will answer for the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and other western States.
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Dear Sir,
I am acquainted with the address of Wm White.  The papers which entitle him to a land warrant were sent to me by Charles Fraily Esq of  Orwigsburg who namely states that Wm. White resides in Schuylkill County.  If you send me the warrant I will forward it to Mr. Fraily who appears to be acting as the agent of Wm. White.  I will deliver it to him.  I am ever acquainted with Mr. Fraily & have no difficulty incurring responsibility on his account.  
Respectfully yours,
Edw B. Hubley
Washington 18th March 1836 
Wm. Gordon Esq
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Department of War
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heir of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N.B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:
State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon
I, Samuel White heir at law of Peter White deceased do, upon oath, testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Peter White decst did enlist in 1777, for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. third under the command of Colonel Dayton of the New Jersey Continental line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war till discharged by Congress.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Peter White decst on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefore, Samuel White
Know all men by these presents, that I, Samuel White aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint William White, also one of the heirs to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, Feb 23 1836 Samuel White

Personally appeared the above named Samuel White subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest this twenty third day of February P. H. Dils Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written Peter H Dils was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements &c. in the State of New Jersey at the above date and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality at Flemington this twenty fifth day of February A.D. 1836
Isaac G. Farlee C. Clerk &c.
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Peter White
No. 2136
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Wm. Gordon Esq.
Dear Sir,
Inclosed are the papers relative to the claim of the heirs of Peter White decd. for bounty land, which I will thank you to examine & inform me the result at your earliest convenience. 
Respectfully
Y. Obt. S!
Edw. B. Hubley
10 March 1836
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The National Archives
Vorm VAM-51
12-3-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*
Name White, Peter
Grade Private  
Line New York
Warrant Number 7953
Acreage 100
Issued January 25, 1791
to Silvanus White, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.