Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21566, Eli White, Mass
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Service
Mass

White, Eli

Number
S21566
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11,666
Burlington
Vermont
Eli White of Orange Co. in the State of Vermont who was a pri. in the Company commanded by Captian Curtis of the Regt. commanded by Col. Vandyke in the Masstts. Troops.
2 yrs Private  80.00 
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 4th day of June 1833 and sent to Clk. Strafford Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00
Semi-anl-allowance ending 4 Sept. '33  40.00
$200.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by J. T. Sprague, Clerk
Book C Vol. 3 page 97
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28 Eli White 28
Declaration
20587

Care of Danl. Cobb
Strafford Vt.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of Vermont
County of Orange SS

On this 21 Day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before Titus Hutchinson, Daniel Cobb & Thomas Jones Judges of the Court of Orange County now sitting Eli White resident in Vershire in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged seventy three 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 7th 1832. that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
In the fore part of the month of October or Nov. 1775 he inlisted at Kent Ct. for the term of one year in Capt. Curtis company, Hill & Clark Lieutenants, Burril Ensign, Gibbs & Curtis Sergeants, from there marched directly for Albany N.Y. where he remained a few days from thence to Fort George where he joined the regiment commanded as he understood by Col. Van Dyke but he never saw him. Garnsworth Lt. Colonel. Here he drew his arms & clothing, deerskin breeches, chequered linen shirts &c. here he remained till the month of June on guarf && fatigue when he was ordered to Fort Ticonderoga where he remained about a month, from thence to Crown Point where troops were arriving from the South, he remained here about three weeks from then to St. Johns L.C. where he was ordered out on a Lieutenants guard under Lt. Hill on a scouting party to look after the Indians & tories. He went about sixteen miles in the northwestern Direction from St. Johns. Here we met detachments of the American Army returning to the States (illegible) the enemy were coming command a retreat embarked at St. Johns in Battians for Crown Point thence to Ticonderoga thence to Lake George, thence to Fort George. Here he and many others had the small pox. Remained here about a month, thecce to Saratoga, here he remained till about a week before his term of inlistment expired when he & many others being (illegible) were informed they might start for home & did.
About the 15th day of July 1777 he again inlisted at Norwich Vermont in Capt. Elisha Burton's company for six months, from Norwich went down Connecticut river a short distance, from thence to Manchester Vt. thence to Pawlet where with our forces we had about four hundred soldiers called Green Mountain Boys her he remained a few days. From thence to Lake George landing where we had a battle with the enemy. Maj. Waite commander of the party to which he belonged took four hundred of the (illegible) liberated some american prisoners & who were in a (illegible)
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in a short time he returned to Pawlet part of our forces went to Saratoga, he remained at Pawlet on scouting parties till his term of service expired was then dismissed & returned home.
In the month of April 1778 he again inlisted in Norwich Vt. for the term of one year in Solomon Cushmans compay, Col. Bridles Reg. from Norwich went to Cornish N. H. then to Manchester Vt. then to Albany N.Y^. where he was mustered, drew his rations & remained two or three weeks sometimes on guard. From thence to Haverhill N. H. where he arrived in the last of Nov. 1778 he(and he thinks the other companies) were discharged.
He was born in Hebron Ct. on the 25th of March, he does not recollect the year. he lived in Kent Ct. when he first inlisted he afterwards lived in Norwich Vt. Since the revolutionary war he has lived in Norwich, Hartford, Strafford,& Vershire Vt. where he now resides. He volunteered in the serve, was not a substitute. Does not recollect the names ofother officers, ha stated the geneeral circumstances of his service to the best of his recollection. He never received a written Discharge. He is k now to Asa Smith Esqr, Jeremiah Prescott, Moses Bartholomew, Oliver Bartholomew, Asa Smith Jr., Esq. & many others in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State to his knowledge.
Eli  X  White
his mark
Subscribed to & sworn the day & year aforesaid
H. E. M. McLaughlin, Clerk

We Asa Smith, residing in Vershire in the County of Orange & State of Vermont & Moses Bartholomew residing in Vershire aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eli White who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. And we know of no clergyman in the vicinity who would probaly be able to testify about this subject.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
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Eli White who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
[the above has an X through it]

Eli Whites Declaration [in margin]
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 and served as he states, and the Court further certify that it appears to them Moses Bartholomew who has signed the preceding certificat is resident in Vershire in said County and that Asa Smith who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and are credible witnesses and that their statement is entitled to credit and that we know of no clergeman residing in the vicinity who could probably testify on the subject.
H. E. G. Mclaughlin Clerk
I H. E. G. McLaughlin clerk of Orange County Court hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eli White for a pension.
in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 25th day of August 1832.
H. E. G. McLaughlin
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Application for a Transfer

State of Vermont
County of Franklin ss.
On this Tenth day of September 1838, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Franklin personally appeared Eli White of Enosburgh who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Eleazer Curtis in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Ames in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont, Windsor agency, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the Town of Enosburgh in the Co & State aforesaid where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be payable in furture at the Burlington agency. the following are his reasons fr removing from the Windsor agency to that of the Burlington agency was on account of his children living in Enosburgh afsd.
Eli White
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid
Horace Eaton, Just. Peace

-->The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Aldemran, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
-->The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit.  The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above described.

I David Fassett of Enosburgh in the County of Franklin & State of Vermont of lawfull age do testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Eli White who has subscribed and made oath to the above, that I know him the said
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White to be the identical person described in the within affidavit.
David Fassett

Sworn to & subscribed this 10th day of September AD 1838
Before me Horace Eaton Just. Peace

I further certify that sd. David Fassett is a man of truth & veracity.
Horace Eaton, Justice Peace

The words "State, District or Territory of" & the work "there" in the 12th 13th & 14th lines of the application erased, and the words "Windsor agency", " & State afsd" & at the Burlington agency" inserted before signing
Horace Eaton, Just. Peace.
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State of Vermont
Georgia District SS
(Seal)
I William Bridges Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the district afsd. do hereby certify that Horace Eaton Esqr. who has affixed his name to the within is a Magistrate duly qualified to act as such, and that the signature within purporting to be his is his own proper hand writing with which I am well acquainted. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate for the District of aforesaid at St. Albans in Franklin County and State of Vermont this 11th day of September Ad. 1838
William Bridges
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20,587
Eli White

Admitted
2 year $80.--

Claimant
Strafford Vermont
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office   183.....

Sir,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabluar form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed.  The rules and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, )thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, sen this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, showing the Serive of Eli White of Orange County, Vermont

Period when service was performed: enlisted 1775
Duration of claimant's service: 1 year
Rank of the claimant: Private
Names & Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt. Curtis
Names & Rank of General & Field officers: Col. Vandyke
Battles in which engaged: 
Country through which he marched: From Kent Co. to Albany then to Canada then Vt. 
Place of abode when he entered service & age at present period: Aged 73 years
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: Living Witnesses

Period when service performed: enlisted 1777
Duration: 6 months
Company officers: Capt. Burton
General & Field officers:

Period when service performed: enlisted 1778
Duration: 1 year
Company Officers: Capt. Cushman
General & Field officers: Col. Beedle

I am respectfully your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line", "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers", all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval service
4. Indian Spies
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exists in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of.......County of ......SS.
On this ....day of ..........personally appeared (a) before.................A. B. a resident (b) of .........in the county of .......and State, Territory or District of .......aged (c) .......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 provision make by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. that he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)....., with ....and served in the........ (e) regiment of the ........line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rand and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 
-->This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes ever claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ............
A. B. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I.............of the court of .............do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ..............for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ......day of ........&c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found they will produce such proof as the rule given in not (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., A Clergyman, residing in the ............and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with ..........., who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe hin to be ........years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
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, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the.............and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,...............Clerk of the Court of .............do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ............for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this .....day of .........&c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. this is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.
A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, not favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops,, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called ito service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
   To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons, one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. and the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required and submit to the examination before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge of Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge of Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) the age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under who he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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., 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 that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: for....year .....months, and ....days, I served as a.............For .........month and ......days, I served as a .........; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that 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 shown 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 eighter in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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.

Proof of Service
(j) 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 the affidavits the time of the claimant's 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.
--->the notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a Witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department with the declaration.
--->the notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a Witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department with the declaration.
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Revolution
21566
INVALID

File No. 21,566
Eli White
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7 '32
Index: vol. 2, Page 447

[Arrangement of 1870]
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J. W. Evans  Spt. 29
Bellows Falls 
Sept. 24

Free
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Pension Agency
Busch of Bellows Falls 22 Sept. 1838

Sir
The last payment made to Eli White that is upon the roll was to 4th Sept. 1837.
Your obt. servant
Nathl. Fullerton, P. Agt.
by W. Henry

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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J.W. Evans Sept. 27

(post mark-St. Albans Sept 23)

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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State of Vermont Franklin
County St. Albans Septem. 22d 1838

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir,
I have recently received your circular and from a paragraph enclosed in brackets I infer that I have sent the transfer of Mr. Eli White unaccompanied by any direction, if that be the case you will please direct it to me.
I mailed the certificate for the transfer of Mr. Eli White on the 11th September Inst. It is not my intention to embarrass the Department with unnecessary communications, nor to omit any that are necessary in the ordinary course of business.
Very respectfully your obt. servt.
William Bridges
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J. W. Evans July 16
(Post mark-St. Albans Vt. Jul 11)

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
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State of Vt. Franklin Co.
St. Albans July 10th 1838

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir,
The pension power of Eli White of Enosburgh Vt. was made out last Sept. & sent to Burlington for pay, but was rejected by the agent, saying that it was payable at Windsor & Mr. W. was subjected to the inconvenience of sending there for his money. In March last his power was again made out & taken by Mr. White's atty to Burlington, but was again rejected saying it was payable at Chelsea. Mr. White is in habitant of Enosburgh in the County of Franklin where he as ( as he informs me) taken up his permanent abode, and wish his pension money in future paid at Burlington.
Mr. White has not rec'd his semiannual payment for March last You will please direct in this case.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Wm. Bridges

J. L. Edwards
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Moses (illegible)
(illegible) Smith

H. E. G. McLaughlin Clerk
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I Samuel Bliss of Strafford in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged seventy eight years testify  & say I have been acquainted with Eli White of Vershire in said Orange County for more than sixty years past. The said Eli White & I entered the service of the United States at the same time & place in the month of Oct. 1775 at Kent in the State of Connecticut for the term of one year. We enlisted in Capt. Curtis company & marched together from Kent to Albany N. Y. from Albany to Fort George & from thence to Ticonderoga & back to Fort George. The said White as I always understood & verily believe marched with a Detachment to St. Johns (illegible) & I verily believe said White served out the full term of his enlistment. The said White was reputed as good soldier and further this deponent saith not.
Samuel Bliss
Subscribed & sworn to this 21st Day of Sept. 1832 Before Daniel Cobb, Judge of Orange County Court & Jus. Peace in office

I Daniel Cobb Judge of Orange County Court hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Bliss who has subscribed & sworn to the above deposition. the sd. Bliss is a credible person & his statements entitled to full credit.
Certified by Daniel Cobb, Judge of Orange County Court & Just. Peace in office.

State of Vermont
Orange County Clerk's Office November 16th 1832
I H. E. G. McLaughlin clerk of Orange County Court hereby certify that Daniel Cobb before whom the foregoing affidavit was Taken is a Judge of Orange County Court duly authorised to administer oaths and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Orange County Court the day & year above written.
H. E. G. McLaughlin, Clerk
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I Elias Stephens of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawfull age depose and say that about the 15th of July 1777 Eli White of Vershire in the County of Orange enlisted under Capt. Elisha Burton in his company for six months. I was with him during the sd. six months, we marched from Norwich Vermont to Charleston Newhampshire from thence to Manchester, from thence Pawlet & from thence Lake George landing thence back to Paulet & from thence to Saratoga & was there at the time Burgoine surrendered. 
Also in the month of April 1778 said White enlisted into Col. Timothy Biddle's Regiment, raised by order of Congress, under Capt. Solomon Cushman for one year. I was with him during this service and we marched to Albany, New York, where we were mustered. We stayed there two or three months and then we were ordered to Haverhill Newhampshire . Said regiment was discharge the 27th day of November 1778, said White served during the time aforesaid.
Elias Stevens
Subscribed and sworn to this 15th day of August AD. 1832 Before me,
Reuben Spaulding Jucitce Peace.

I Reuben Spaulding a Justice of the Peace in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont hereby certify that Elias Stevens who has subscribed & sworn to the above deposition is a credible person & to me well known. 
Certified by me, Reuben Spaulding, 
Justice of the Peace
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I Solomon White of Norwich in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawfull age depose and say that I was with Eli White during the campaigns as stated by Elias Stevens as above, and say that I was knowing to said Eli White doing the service as stated by said Elias Stephens.
Solomon White

Subscribed and sworn to this 15th day of August AD. 1832 Before me
Reuben Spaulding Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Solomon White is a credible person and to me well known. Certified by me,
Reuben Spaulding Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County SS

Woodstock County Clerk's Office November the
15th, 1832.  I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, do hereby certify that Reuben Spaulding is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County and that the within are his signatures.
(Seal)
In Testimony whereof I hereto annex the Seal of said Court and subscribe my name the day & year above.
Benj. Swan