Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31474, Thomas White, Md.
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SERVICE
Md

White Thomas

NUMBER
S. 13474
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7456
Kentucky
Thomas White
of [illegible] in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Goodwin of the Regiment commanded by Col. [illegible] in the Md line for 1 year

Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of 40 dollars blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 12 day of April 1833 and sent to applicant Tompkins Lee

Arrears to the 4th of March $80.00
Sem-anl allowance ending 4 Sept $20.00
$100.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol 7 Page 32
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State of Kentucky
County of Monroe

On this fourth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of Monroe County Court now sitting Thomas White a resident of Monroe County State of Kentucky aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers. He enlisted for four months but served six before discharged under Capt. Jacob Goodman of Frederick County Maryland where the claimant resided. His Lieutenant name not remembered and his Colonel of the name of Shrihawk we marched to Annapolis and thence to the head of Elk thence to a small town on the Delaware River and went to Philadelphia there the "the clothes of the regiment was colored black and was called the Black Hunting Shirt Regiment in the Flying Camps" but the number of the regiment the claimant does not recollect. Thence to Trenton New Jersey, thence to New York thence to York Island where we had an engagement with the British Resen Bell was commander of the day and we defeated them. Thence to White Plains where we under arms the whole night expecting an engagement. Thence to Fort Lee across the North River where we remained until after the surrender of Fort Washington the claimant saw the Americans march out of the fort from Fort Lee we then abandoned Fort Lee and marched to Philadelphia where we remained in
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barracks until money was received to pay off the soldiers and was discharged having served six months which discharge is entirely worn out. The claimant further states he was a daily laborer and traveled into the state of Pennsylvania and substituted in the place of a drafted man for two months but the name he has forgotten. His Captain's name was Ferguson who was killed a few days before the Battle of Brandywine in a small skirmish. The claimant was in the Battle of Brandywine and then retreated to Philadelphia thence we were ordered out towards Lancaster where we expected to meet the British. We had an engagement with them near the sign of the White Horse we were marked to the Schuylkill River above Philadelphia and crossed and soon as we got across the English came to the other shore where we remained between the Schuylkill & Delaware rivers above Philadelphia. We had no other engagement in this. He was acquainted with Genl Washington and Arnold. He was discharged by his Captain.

The claimant further states he volunteered under Captain Moses Cavet from the county of Galivan in the territory of the United States south of Ohio River (now Tennessee) and Colonel Shelley. We marched through North Carolina and into South Carolina to general Marions Camp on the Santee River where we remained a few days and went to a house surrounded by logs where we took upwards of one hundred prisoners and returned to this encampment having travelled nearly all night until near day the prisoners was sent across the river Santee as we expected the enemy to follow us which they did until
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they came to the swamp and sounded a charge while we lay in ambush waiting for them, they retreated back towards their Fort but the claimant now being old and infirm and badly cripple he cannot recollect the year in which he served this tour but the opinion he served two months and returned home.

And the claimant further saith he volunteered under Captain Vincent from the County and Territory aforesaid under Gen. Martin as an Indian spy but the year he cannot recollect against the Cherokee Indians. They marched to the Lookout Mountain in the nation near the Tennessee River there they met the Indians where the Indians fired on us and three Captains was killed and Capt. Vincent was wounded. The Indians who defeated we only killed two Indians that we saw then we returned home having performed a tour of two month. The claimant further saith he has no documentary evidence in his possession and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify as to his services without too much expense and inconvenience.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name iso not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory. 

Thomas White
His X Mark

Sworn to and subscribe the day and year aforesaid

Test Will Butler - Clerk

We Henry Dickerson and John C Sympson residing in the same county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted Thomas White who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be 74 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides
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to be a soldier of the revoltuion and that we concur in that opinion.

H Dickerson
John C Sympson

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Teste
Will Butler - Clerk

and the said court do hereby declare there opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above name applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that Henry Dickerson & John C Sympson who has signed the proceeding certificate is residents of this county and is creditable persons and their statement is entitled to credit.

Philip Emmert - JP MC

I Will Butler clerk of Monroe County and Chairman of the court do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application Thomas white for a pension & that the certificate herein was sworn to in open court.

Thos. White
Declaration
for pension
18509

SEAL

In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4 day of September 1832.

Will Butler - Clerk
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18509
Thomas White
Monroe Co
Kent.

illegible - Private
1 year $40.00

Goodman Shrihawk

Applicant
Tompkinsville
Kent.
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Brief in the case of Thomas White
of Monroe Co in the state of Kentucky
(Act 7th June 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of 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? - 74

4. State his service as directed in the form annexed:

Period - Enlisted, substituted and Volunteered 
Duration of Service: he thinks 6/2/2/2 months
Rank - blank
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt. Jacob Goodman, Col, Shrihawk, Capt. Ferguson, Capt. Moses Cavet and Gen. Martin

5. In what battles was he engaged? - BRANDYWINE

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? - FREDERICK COUTNY, MD

7. Is his statement support by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence or incidental evidence or by the rolls? - TRADITIONARY

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? - PERFECT

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

J E Bradford
Examining Clerk
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[Bad copy - best guess on some things will mark such with  [?   ]]

Honorable John M. [illegible] [?Robsion]
Barbourville, Kentucky.
BA-J/ILL
Thomas White
S. 31474 [?51474]

My dear Mr. Robsion:
Reference is made to your letter of August 10, 1936 [?], in behalf of Hon. Frank M. White, Tompkinsville, Kentucky, whose letter you enclosed.  Mr. White requests the Revolutionary War record of Thomas White who applied for pension September 4, 1832, while a resident of Monroe County, Kentucky.

The data which follow was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim S. 31474, based upon service of Thomas White in the Revolutionary war.

Thomas White, while a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, enlisted in 1776 served as private in Captain Jacob Goodman's (evidently meant for Jacob Good's) company, Colonel Shryock's Maryland regiment, marched to Annapolis, thence to the head of the Elk, thence to a small town on the Delaware River, then to Philadelphia where "the clothes of the Regiment was coloured black and was calld the Black Hunting Shirt Regiment in the flying Camps", then proceeded to Trenton, New York, and York Island where there was an engagement with the British, thence to White Plains, thence to Fort Lee, across the North River and remained until after the surrender of Fort Washington, and marched back to Philadelphia, there he was discharged, having served six months.  He travelled then into the State of Pennsylvania, enlisted and served two months as private in Captain Fergison's Pennsylvania company, during which he was in the battle of Brandywine, retreated to Philadelphia, marched towards Lancaster and was in an engagement with the British near the "Sign of the White Horse".  He subsequently volunteered under Captain Moses Cavet [?Cavot] of Sullivan County, which was later in the State of Tennessee, and served two months in said company in Colonel Shelby's regiment, marched through North Carolina to General Marion's camp on the Santee
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River in South Carolina, went to a house or fort, where they took about one hundred prisoners, after which he returned home.  He again volunteered under Captain Vincent of the same county or territory and served two months as Indians Spy in a campaign under General Martin against the Cherokee Indians and was in a severe engagement with them, after which he returned home.  It is not shown whether or not his residence at the time of his last two tours was in that section of the country.

Thomas White was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Monroe County, Kentucky.  The soldier was then aged seventy-four years: the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

No reference was made to wife or children of Thomas White.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following:

Thomas White
Certificate #7456 [?7455]
Issued April 12, 1833
Rate $40 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1932
Kentucky Agency.

The letter of Honorable Frank White is returned herewith.

Very truly yours, 


A. D. HILLER  [?MILLER]
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

2.
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3-595
Record Division.
O. W. AND N. DIVISION
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
March 23, 1908.
Searched by ________
Sur Fil 31 474.
Certificate No. 7456.
Claimant, _________
Soldier, Thomas White, Pri.
Service,  Capt. Moses Cavet, Col. Shelby,
General Marion.  Rev. War.

Remarks:  Resided in Monroe Co. Ky. in 1832, aged 74 years, date and place of birth not stated.  A report from the Auditor for the Interior, Treasury Department, shows that pension was last paid to soldier in September 1844, date of death not shown.  No other Thomas White that appears in any way identical.
_____
Chief of Division
27498b4m2-07
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31,474
Rev [?] INVALID 
File No. 31,474
Thomas White 
Pri Rev War 
June 7th 32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 449 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mch. 13, '08. To And for Intr. Dept.
Treas. Dept. for date of last payment, &c.
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Mch 21, 1908 Tombstone data
to Q. M. Guil  US A dot
1936- Aug. 18 - Hist to Hon. John M. Robsion. 
[I. L.L] for Mr. Frank White.
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SK
[seal of] OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Washington, Mch 16th 1908,

The commissioner of Pensions.
Sir: In reply to your letter of 13th inst, 
in case of 
Thomas White, Rev. War. Act 1832  Certificate #7456  Louisville Ky Agency, ___   Roll,
you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, the records of this office show last payment to have been bade at $21.12 per 12 months to 4 September 1844, in September 1844.  The date of death is unknown.  the pensioner had resided in Adair Co Ky. for about forty seven years, and previously in Fayette Co, Ky,

Letter herewith retuned.
W.  Respectfully, 
Robert S. Person
Auditor
By
[signature]  J R [illegible] 
Deputy Auditor.

Form 3577. Feb. 16 07   1.000
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[square stamp containing]
Army and Navy DIVISION
FILES
MAR 17 1908
RECEIVED
[end stamp]
3-397.
(Old No. 399.)

[crossed out words] O.W. and N. Div [end]

Record Division.
Sur. File No. 31,474
Revolutionary War

Case on Desk
F. W. Ex'r.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., March 13, 1908.

SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of 
Thomas White  pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832   by certificate No. 7456, issued Apr. 12. 1833, Ky. Agency, showing date of last payment, to whom paid, and date of death.

Very respectfully, V. Warner.  Commissioner.

[illegible 2 lines very light handwriting]

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Treasury Department

[stamp round containing] U. S. PENSION OFFICE.  H MAR 17 1908  [end stamp]

[stamp square containing]  OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEP'T. 
o-2    MAR 13 1908
Pension Division [end stamp]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Thomas White of Monroe co. Kent. which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  [blank]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  No

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled?  [blank 'No' crossed out]

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  [blank]

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes

XIV. ** If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  [blank]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  [blank]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  [blank]

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  [blank]

XVI. *** Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2.


EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V.   In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;  
For ____ year ____ months, and ____ days, I served as a __________
For ____ months ____ and days, I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

**QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

***QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

[symbol finger pointing to]   In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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JOHN M. ROBSION
NINTH KENTUCKY

MEMBER: 
COMMITTEES   JUDICIARY   REVISION OF LAWS

Congress of the United States
House of representatives
Washington, D. C.
August 10, 1936.

Hon. Frank T. Hines,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

My dear General Hines:
I enclose herewith letter from Hon. Frank M. White of Tompkinsville, Kentucky, in which he expresses a desire to secure some information regarding the service of one Thomas White, who served in the Revolutionary Army under General Francis Marion.  Mr. White's letter is self-explanatory.

I shall appreciate your furnishing me with the information desired in this case.  Kindly return Mr. White's letter with your reply.


With kindest regards, I remain
Yours very truly,
[signature] J. M. Robsion
J. M. Robsion

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Tompkinsville, Ky,
Sept 6th 1832

Free

War Department
Pension Bureau
Washington City

[at right angles written]
Sep 25-
KM.
18506  9. ✓
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Tompkinsville Sept 6th 1832
Sir at the request of the enclosed named Revolutionary Claimants I send them to you for Consideration &c In your correspondence you will send to each of them I am yours &c 
A.T. Marrs P.M.