Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43294, James White, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
White, James
NUMBER
S. 43294.
CONTENTS
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9754
New York
James White,
of Dutchess in the State of N. York,
who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Van Schaick of the N. York
line, for the term of the revolt, was
Inscribed on the Roll of New York,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence
the 4. of May, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d of April '19,
and sent to Cornelius J Elmendorph  judge, Poughkeepsie NY
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. 78.97
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 48."
9mo. 27/31.} 1919 $126.97

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Discontinued
Re-instated

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Notification sent to R. Rowley Esq. 21 May 1820
Upper Red Hook
New York
Reinstated by Rev'y aft War 6th July 1821 & notification sent
as above
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1 Case 622 v
Cornelius I Elmendorph, Judge,
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y
Recd 12th June 1818.
James White [lined out "private"] Serjeant
'76 til close of war
^Van Schaick New York line
[lined out "Wanted the Judges cerrtificate
of reduced circumstances of the party" -]
9. May, 1818.
Adm@.
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Dutchess County ss
On this ninth day of May in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & Eighteen before
me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in & for the County of Dutchess personally appear
James White resident in the town of Milan in said
County, who being by me duly sworn according to Law, on
his oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the provision made by the act of Congress -
entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the Land & Naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary War, --
That the said James White enlisted in the year one
thousand seven hundred & Seventy Six in the Company
of Captain John H Wendell first New York Regiment
Colonel Winekoop at the City of Albany during that
year he went to Fort Ticonderoga, and some time
before the time of his first enlistment had expired, he
again enlisted under the same Captain, at the City of
Albany to serve during the war, the Regiment
was commanded by Colonel Van Schoick, that he
was in the battle of Monmouth afterwards was at
Fort Stanwix in the Western part of this State
That he returned from thence to West Point & remained
there until the army moved to Virginia that he 
was at the takin (sic) of Lord Conwallis at Yorktown
he received a regular discharge in the year 1782 or
1783, that some fourteen or fifteen years ago, he
gave said discharge to a man by the name of Elmendorph
to keep, who resided in the neighbourhood, but
that said Elmendorf has removed at a considerable
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distance from said White, & therefore it is impossible for him to procure his discharge & that now he has no other evidence in his possession of his said services, and that he by reason of his reduced circumstances in Life he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support.-----

And I Cornelius I Elmendorf judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James White did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceeding declaration against the Common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress, --
[signed] Cornel.. J. Elmendorph

State of New York}
Dutchess County}
I Cornelius I Elmendorph a Commissioner In and for the County of Dutchess to take the proof and acknowledgements of Deeds taken affidavets &c. do hereby further to the above certify that the said James Wite (sic) Named in the foregoing declaration and the above certificate was at the time making the said forgoing declaration and is to this present by reason his reduced circumstances in life stands, in need of the assistance of his Country for his support ---
Red Hook April 7th
1819 -
[signed] Cornel. J. Elmendorph} Commissioner

I John Van Benthuysen Clerk of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York do hereby certify that Cornelius J Elmendorph was on the ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned and sworn and I further certify that the said Comelius was on the seventh day of April 1829 a Commissioner of said County duly commissioned and sworn and that the above are his signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common  Pleas of said County this twelfth day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
[signed] John V. Benthuysen Clerk of Dutchess County
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In the matter of
James White a Pensioner
of the United States
9754
23 Apr 1819
not artitled
Fees N/-
Fees 81.3 [illegible] to R. Rowley
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At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the
Village of Poughkeepsie in and for the County of Dutchess in the State
of New York on Monday the twenty sixth day of June in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty -
Present the Hon James Scott First Judge
Daniel C Ver Planck (Verplanck)}
Abraham D Van Wyck} Esquires Judges
Thomas Sweet}
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State of New York}
Dutchess County }on this twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dutchess aforesaid being a court of record for the said County, James White aged seventy one years resident in the Town of Milan in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, that he enlisted under Captain John H. Wendell at the City of Albany in the State aforesaid in the first New York Regiment commanded by Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop for the term of our year. that the said enlistment took place in the month of May 1776 that he served under the said enlistment until some time in the month of October in the same year. That he then enlisted under the same Captain in the same Regiment [lined out "then"] commanded ^at that time by Colonel J. Van Schaack during the war. that he served in the said company commanded by Captain Wendell until some time in the year 1779, when he was drafted into a light infantry company commanded by Capt. Leonard Blocker, that he continued to serve under Capt Blocker of
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as a Sargent, and in the regiment aforesaid
commanded by Col. Van Schaack until the
close of the revolutionary War conformably
to his said enlistment and was honorably discharged from his said enlistment same time
in the month of August in the year 1783
at the Town of New Berg in the State of New 
York aforesaid, that he was in the battle of
Monmouth, at the taking of Lord Cornwallis, and several skermishes. That this deponents declaration to procure a pension
under the act of Congress passed the 18th of
March 1818 was made on the ninth day
of May one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
from which time this deponent has received his pension at eight dollars per month up to the fourth of March 1820
that his pension certificate is numbered
9754 - And I do solemnly swear ---
that I was a resident citizen of the United States
on the 18th day of March 1818, and
that I have not since that time [illegible]
[illegible] or in any manner disposed of my
property or any part thereof with intent
thereby ^so to diminish it, so as to ^bring myself within
the [illegible] 
"an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
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[lined out "War"] passed on the 18 day of March 1818 and
that I have not nor has any person in trust
for me any property or security, contract or
debts due to me nor have I any [lined out "other"] income
other than what is contained in the schedule hereto 
annexed, and by me subscribed viz
15. acres & 72 perches of Land of an inferior
quality lying in the Town of Milan aforesaid
upon which is a mind house occupied by
me at $5.00 per acre ----$76.00
2 Cows $20.00. 1 small hog $2.00 2 Sheep $2.00 - 24.00
1 old Loom & Tackle $3.00 4 pots 3.00 1 tea kettle 37/2 - 6.37/2
1 Spider .25. 1 wash tres 37½ 4 old pails 50 - 1.12½
1 [illegible] barrel, .75. 3 old flour barrels. 37½-- 1.12½
1 old 1/2 hagscb.  25. 1 old ax .50. 1 Fork 25-- 1.00
1 small Iron Stove $2.00 Andirons shovel & Tongs 1.50 - 3.50
2 old Tables, 50, a small dresser $1. 6 old plates 25 .1.75.
4 Knives & forks 12 ½ 4 earthen bowls, 12½-- 1.25
4 [illegible] 12 ½  4 old chairs 1.00 . 1.12½
$116.26 ½
and further that I am a weaver by trade, that
have lost the sight of one of my eyes; and the
sight of the other is so [lined out "much"] impaired, that
I can no longer follow my said trade. that
I am also afflicted with a fever upon my
left leg which is constantly considerably swollen
& frequently breaks out in a sore, this with the
loss of the use of my left hand and arm {lined out "[illegible]]
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totally incapacitates me to perform any kind of
labour by which to procure a livelihood for my ┃
self and family, that my wife [illegible] aged
sixty nine years who is sorely afflicted with a
disorder (called the salt rhume [rheum]) in her eyes and upon
her hand to such a degree that she can work
but very little & a small girl named Sarah
my grandaughter ^aged eight years constitute my family. And
further that I have no other income than
the pension which I have received under the
act of Congress passed 18th of March 1818 and
that I owe about twenty six dollars. a debt
which I necessarily contracted for the
support of my family during the inclemency
of the ^past [illegible]
[signed] James White
Sworn to & declared on the
26th day of June 1820 aforesaid
before me in open Court}
[signed] W. Henry Ruthley Dep'y Clerk

I John Johnson, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York
Do hereby certify that [illegible] the foregoing oath
and Schedule are truly copied from the Records of
the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion
of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is One hundred & sixteen dollars and twenty six cents. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court this 26 day of June 1820
[signed] John Johnston. Clerk

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James White a
Revolutionary Affidvt.
June, 1820
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Property valued at $116.26  /
age 71 very infirm
wife 69 - D.-"
Grandchild 8 yrs old
served from 1776
to the end of
the War.
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43294
INVALID.
Revy
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File No. 43.294
James White
Serg Rev War
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Act: 18 March 18"
Index: - Vol. 3, , Page 560
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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UPPER 
RED HOOK
N Mar.

Rec. day of Mar: 1821

PREE FREE

The Hon. John Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
District of Col.
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Upper Red Hook March 2d 1821
the Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War 
Sir:
Aucton'd I send, for
your consideration, a statement of the case
of James White a Solder of the Revolution.
He received a pension of $8 per month from
the 9th May 1818 until a year since. [illegible] June
last I attended to his application for him
to have him continued on the Pension List
under the Act of 18th March 1818, and May
1820 notwithstanding and in the month
of July last ae rec'd a letter from the War
department informing him that his name has
been stricken from the Pension list on account
of the amount of his property. Was there not some
misconception in this case? If ^I recollect right the
whole amount of his property did not exceed
about $100. none of which was productive.
He has 15 acres of land but it was as he
stated worth a mere trifle, in fact in was not
worth [lined out "what he"] the valuation he put upon it.
It is complete ledge of rocks and produced
nothing had it been disposed of at that time.
The rvalis (sic) would not have more than paid the
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debts he owed as they were stated. I have
observed that many have been retained on
the Pension List whose property was much
more in amount then Mr. White.
Their infoities (sic) I am convincerd could not
exceed his. Believe me Sir, that if there are
any of the Revolutionary Patriots who are 
deserving of the Pension M. White is among them,
as well on account of the infirmities of
body and consequently a total incapacity to
provide a support for himself and family
which oft-times suffer much. As on the
Score of services to gain our Independance.
At the time Mr White made his application
last Summer he had 2 cows that he had been
able keep by the assistance of the 
Pension: but since then he has been compelled
by the cries of hunger to sell them both besides
many other articles that were surrendered
for the purpose of getting
bread for himself & equally helpless family. His situation
that of the family appear fully by
his statement under oath. The charity of
his neighbors has done much to relieve
the sufferings of this truly deserving Patriot
The enclosed representation is Signed by persons
of respectability being all ^of them intimately acquaint
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with [lined out "with"] Mr Whites situation It is to be hoped
that this truly deservisng man will (if he can
Legally) be placed upon the Pension List again to
receive a pension from the time it was discontinued 
in March last - Should anything more
authentic be required to warrant a reconsideration of his case, you will render a lasting favour by mentioning the requestity (sic).
I can not however but believe that a
recurence to the statement of the White Case
made by him in open Court, taken in connection
with the enclosed will be sufficient to
resecure his name a place acceding the Peciscany
with a pension to be continued from the
time it was discontinued
I am Respectfully your Obed.
/c/. Servant
R. Rowley
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1752
[illegible] 1829
Report to
R. Rowley Esq
Upper Red Hook
NY
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To the Hon Secretary of the War Department 
Whereas James White, a soldier of the Revolution and who in consequence of his poverty and his services received the pension of a private soldier until March last, but has since been deprived of it, by an erroneous representation ^or a misconceived idea, of his circumstances-
Wherefore we the Subscribers, well acquainted with {illegible] Character and situation, would respectfully represent that He is an infirm and aged man, possessed of no property in any measure competent to his support, and having faithfully fought the Battles of his country, as his Certificates fully shew) now to be abandoned under all the infirmities of old age, to want & suffering is as unjust, as it is cruel & oppressive; and we have no doubt, that if the case of this worthy old soldier was known to the Government, they would restore to Him that small pension which would relieve him from present want & render comfortable his tottering footsteps to the Grave. We do therefore respectfully solicit your aid in his behalf, and can assure you Sir, that if the cause of suffering humanity, and of justice to an old & suffering soldier is dear to you; you can hardly meet with a more deserving object-- Your interest & attention to this subject will be gratefully acknowledged by your fellow citizens-- Dated Red Hook Dutchess County & State of New York January 9th 
[signed] Andrew A Kittle - R. Rowley
Herman Hoffman
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Cyprian Elton
John B. Latham
Nicholas Attendorph
Jacob P  Acut
Hugh Rea
John H Coon
James Houghtail
Henry Shorok
Henry T Stall
William Link
George G Killmer
James Knickerbacker
John L. Knicherbacher
Peter L Knickerbacker
John Stall
Jacob Stall
Frederick Shver
Jejetitha Wilbun
Ruben Wilbur
Philip T Link
Adam Shaver
John S Link
Wm Winting
Henry Corkentan
Henry Witterway
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Edward Short
William Becker
Jacob  J. Van Stienbush
George Shook
[illegible] T Bartett
George Shore
Ephraim Fultar
John Fielton
Cornes. J  Elmendorph