Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32061, Robert White, Penn.
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Penn
White, Robert
S32061
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26323
Indiana
Robert White
of Marion Co in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the com. commanded
by Captain Shearer of the Regt commanded
by Col Crawford in the Penn
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Mar
1834 and sent to Hon John Tipton S US

Arrears to the 4th of March 34  240.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00
$280.00

 Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by 
Dan’l Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol 7 Page 134

Died Jan 1. 1835
Agent notf’d
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State of Indiana  Marion County ss
On this 12 day of February 1834 personally appeared
before the honorable, the Marion Probate Court for the County of Marion in the State of Indiana, in session, Robert White a resident of the County and State as aforesaid, aged seventy three years the 17th day of Dec 1833, 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
made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That in the year 1775 his Father resided as well as this declarant within one half mile of McDowels Blockhouse in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania, that during that summer and fall, they had no attack from the Indians; but as a precautionary measure, his Father with his family moved into the Blockhouse-- That during the succeeding summer (1776) he volunteered as a spy and Ranger at least two months, at McDowel's Blockhouse. Waltours, Ruberns, Tegarden's, Maskell's and several other Blockhouses, along the range of the frontier and within Westmoreland County - The names of the officers in this service he has entirely forgot, except Capt John Shearer. That during the year 1777 he served as a
volunteer and private, the same services as a spy and Ranger in the vicinity of the before mentioned forts, as in 1776 - That Shearer was his Captain, no other officer's name recollected, That his services amounted to several months; but at least he says Two months. And that in the years 1778 & 1779 & 1780, he performed as a Ranger similar services at and within the vicinity of these forts above mentioned under the same Captain, at least Two months in each year as a volunteer to prevent Indian agressions and this declarant further states that during the three last mentioned years but the particular year he cannot from old age and great bodily infirmity and consequent loss of memory designate, which of the three years, he, as a volunteer served a six months tour, for which he specially volunteered; but his recollection has almost entirely failed him and the account which he is enabled to give is so indefinite, that he cannot insist on the Department’s making any allowance for the same.
That in the spring of the year 1781, still residing in Westmoreland County, he volunteered under the aforesaid
Captain Shearer and entered into his company as a Ranger,
for the term of six months, which six months service he performed under such Captain, but the other officers names
he does not recollect, and had entirely forgotten his Captain's
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name, until he procured the statement of his fellow soldier
John Gullion, which is hereto attached, and which has brought
many incidents to his recollection, which were before forgotten, he being illiterate, and having had no opportunity to converse with a fellow soldier for many years past. He does not recollect, of receiving any discharge from the six months tour, if he did, he has lost the same. The service last above stated was performed in the vicinity of the forts above mentioned and in the same manner as before described. That in the forepart of the year 1781 this declarant moved from his former residence from Westmoreland County, to the vicinity of Fort Pitts. That in the month of March of that year, he volunteered into the Company of Captain Joseph Cisney at Mr Mickle's Station, about four miles from F. Pitt for the summer season. That he remained in that Company for at least one month, when on a call for troops to go under Col Crawford he left Cisney’s Company and volunteered into the company of Captain Andrew Hood, Peter Carr Lieut, Lewis Reno ensign and he left Mr Mickle's station, and rendezvoused at Mingo bottom, on the Ohio side of the river above Wheeling-- He left that place with his company about the last of May in the expedition commanded by Col Crawford. He remembers the names of following officers, Col Crawford,  Col Williams, Maj. Rose, Benton, Light and Harrison - Sergeant
Knight pilots, Nicholson Slaver & Zanes- That the troops moved to the Sandusky plains, where they were attacked some time in June. The first attack was about the middle of the day that they stood on the ground all that day & night succeeding and the next day all day on the ground and on the 2d night the Indians stormed them and there was a disorderly retreat. The next morning this declarant with a number of stragglers had assembled & Col Williams at the head formed them into order & about noon they stopped to take some refreshments & were again overtaken and had a skirmish with the enemy for about 2 hours, when they again retreated in good order and brought off the wounded. The Indians however followed them that day and on the morning of the 4th after the engagement, the Indians fired on them for the last time, just as they were leaving Camp and one Hays was said to have been killed but he did not see him. Col Williams conducted them back to Mingo bottom and from there, he returned to Mr Mickle’s station, and joined Capt Cisney's Company in which he served until late in the fall. & that he served at least eight months from his enlistment
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in March, until he left his company during this year.
That in March 1783 he again volunteered into Captain
Cisney's company at Mr Mickles station & moved to Montine’s Island 12 miles below Pittsburgh. That in about 2 or 3 weeks after that he with his company went to Smokey Island and routed a number of Indians, who had taken up a temporary residence there. That the company attacked them early in the morning & killed six Indians, the rest fled. That they marched back to Montine’s Island, where the company were stationed, & he continued to serve at least five months during this year, when the company went home. That from old age
and consequent loss of memory he can not tell the precise period of time. He has no documentary proof as to his services as aforesaid, neither does he know of any living witnesses who can testify to any part of the services as aforesaid except John Gullion whose statement under oath is hereto attached and who now resides in Decatur County Indiana, and one Robert Gullion who resides in Switzerland
County in this state, nearly 100 miles from this place, whose
testimony he cannot procure without much inconvenience
from his destitute means he is unable to send any person
for such statement. That he served with said John in the
as 1782 & 83 the principle part of his services during those years. That he became acquainted with Robert and served
with him in the expedition under Col Crawford in the year 1782.
In answer to the interrogatories he would state
1st That he was born in Decr 1760 in some of the Eastern Counties of Pennsylvania, but the name of the County he does
recollect.
2d That he has no record of his age.
3d That he was residing in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania when he entered the service in these years 1776-7-8-9 & 80. 
That when he entered the service in the years 1781 2 & 3 he
resided with his Father near Mackle’s station 4 miles from
Fort Pitt. That soon after the Revolution he moved
into Kentucky & resided there until he removed to
Switzerland County in this State, then returned to
Kentucky & lived there until 1831 when he moved to Hancock
County in this State where he resided one year since, and
then removed to the County of Marion in this State of Indiana where he now lives 

4th That he entered
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and performed the foregoing tours of service as a volunteer and a private.

5th He does not recollect any other officers than as before
described.

6th He does not recollect with any certainty whether he
ever received any discharge from the several campaigns
set forth, if so he has entirely forgotten from whom they
were received or from whom he received them.

7th That he knows of no Clergyman residing in Marion
County, but that he was very well acquainted with
James Catterson, Capt Lewis ONeal & Col Albright
to whom he is known in his present neighborhood
who can testify as to his character for veracity and
the belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The first named witness knew him in Kentucky several
years and the two last, have known him for at least
twenty years past.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or an annuity, except the present & declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
whatever.

Sworn to and subscribed the day year aforesaid
in open Court.  Robert White his mark 
James M. Ray Clerk


We James Catterson, Lewis ONeal residents of Marion
County Indiana and of the same immediate neighborhood
where Robert White who signed the above declaration, now resides and Alexander W Russel of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Robert
White who subscribed & swore to the above declaration & we were well acquainted with him in the State of Kentucky as well as in the neighborhood where he now lives, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he now resides as well as in the State of Kentucky where we once knew him to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion-
James Catterson
Lewis ONeal
A.W. Russel

Sworn & subscribed to the day year aforesaid in open Court
James M. Ray Clerk
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29.789
Robert White
Pension application
Indiana
Please to return the papers to James
Ray Clerk of said Probate Court
Indiana
frm 1776 Pr 2 yrs
$80

Hon. J. Tipton
Senate U.S.
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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 James Catterson Lewis O. Neal and A. W. Russell who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Marion and are credible persons, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.

I James M. Ray Clerk of the Court of Marion
County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the
application of Robert White for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office, this
twelfth day of February 1834
James M. Ray Clerk
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Rob’t White’s application
for pension

Clerk’s fee $.50
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Be it remembered that on the twentieth day of November 1833
personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in
& for Decatur County Indiana, John Gullion, a revolutionary pensioner
who being duly sworn according to law saith that some time about the
years 1770 or 71, he became acquainted with Robert White then
residing in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania, but now of
Marian County Indiana, & that in the year 1781the said White
was emploid in the service of the revolution as a volunteer for six months, but has forgotten the officers names, except the Captain whose name (he thinks) was John Shearer and he further saith that the said White served with him in a tour under Capt Cisney as volunteer to Munturer’s island, in the year 1783 but within 12 months after Col Crawford’s defeat. The time of service in this expedition he does not remember. And he further saith that he served as a volunteer in the year 1782 under Col Crawford Whose men rendesvoused at Mingo bottom on the Ohio river in May & fought, & were defeated in June following at upper Sandusky, which battle commenced about the 12th day-- the officers whom they
were under were Capt Andrew Hood, Lieut Peter Car,
Ensign Lewis Renno  And he also saith that the servises
which the sd White rendered in the revolution before peace
was finally concluded, was as much as twelve or thirteen months-within his knowledge that is, in the different tours and
further saith not.
John Gullion his mark
I hereby Certify as Justice of the peace aforesaid that the foregoing is the statement of the said Gullion under oath, & further state that from a personal acquaintance with him that he is considered & reputed a man of veracity, & of good character. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal the day and year first above written
James Johnston J P {Seal}
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The State of Indiana  Decatur County Set
I Henry H. Talbott Clerk of the Decatur Circuit
Court do hereby certify that James Johnston
who certifyed the within is an acting -
Justice of the peace within and for the
County of Decatur duly commissioned
and qulified and that full faith and credit
are due and ought to be given to
all his official acts. In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
the Seal of the County aforesaid
at Greensburgh this 20th day of November
in the year 1833
Henry H Talbott C. D. C. C.
Clerks fee $50
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June 11, 1934
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BA-J/EEL
[initialed]
Robert White-S.32051
Mrs. Elizabeth E. White Martin
826 Canyon Road
Ogden, Utah
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of a Robert White and his family.  You state that Robert White's first son was born in 1811 and that some of his children were born in Indiana.
This office has no general genalogical data on file as a means tracing ancestry. Data furnished by this office in regard to service rendered by soldiers of the various wars, are obtained from claims for pension which have been made to the United States.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and the record found of Robert White, of Indiana.  It is hoped this record will aid you.  It is given below as found in pension claim, S.32061, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.  No other records could be identified with the data you gave.
Robert White was born in December 17, 1760, in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, name of county not shown. In the summer of 1775, he was living with his father (whose name is not given) within one-half mile of McDowell's Blockhouse in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and fearing an attack from the Indians, he and his father moved into said blockhouse.
In the summer of 1776, while residing at McDowell's Blockhouse, Robert White volunteered, and served in that year and in the years 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780, at least two months in each year as a spy and ranger along the frontiers in Westmoreland County, under Captain John Shearer in the Pennsylvania Troops: from the spring of 1781, he served six months in the same service under same captain; early in 1782, he moved to the vicinity of Fort Pitt (later Pittsburgh), and in March, 1782, volunteered and served in Captain John Cisney's Company at Mickle's Fort, after being at the fort for about one month, he volunteered to go on an expedition to the "Sandusky plains, served
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under Captain Andrew Hood, Colonels Crawford and Williams and was in the battle near Sandusky with the Indians; after this, he returned to Nickle's Fort and served under Captain Clancy; length of this entire service about eight months; he again volunteered in March, 1783, and served five months under Captain John Cisney and went out against the Indians.
After the Revolution, Robert White moved to Kentucky; thence to Switzerland County, Indiana; returned to Kentucky and lived there until until 1831; then moved to Hancock County, Indiana, and lived on year; then moved to Marion County, Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 12, 1834, while a resident of Marion County, Indiana.
He died January 1, 1835, place not stated.
There are no data as to wife and children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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In reply to your request of ____,  received ___
for a statement of the military history of Robt White 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. I File 32061

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
76,77,78
79 & 80
Spr 81
Mch 82
Mch 83

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 mos.
each year
6 mos.
8 mos.
5 mos.

RANK.
Pri

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Shearer
John Shearer
John Shearer
Joseph Cisney Andrew Hood
[Joseph] Cisney

COLONEL.
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
Crawford & Williams

STATE.
[blank]

Battles engaged in, Sandusky, Ohio.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westmoreland Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Feby 12, 1834  Allowed
Residence at date of application, Marion Co., Ind.
Age at date of application, B. Dec 17 1760, Pa.
Remarks: D. Jany 1. 1835 Agency book
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
FORM 3230
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Remarks: Could Mrs Finch find anything on this?

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Cannot identify
nni 3/22/34
836 Canyon Road
Ogden Utah
Mar 13

Veterans Administration
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir

I would like a brief history
of the Robert White & family
if you have it. They were born
in Ohio Territory. Also the
parents of Robert White if you
have it.
Frist son of Robert White was
William A. Born 1811 - 1862
Niclass.[Nicholas?] 1815 - Feb 21, 1919 at
Pulaski Co Indiana
David 1820 - June 22, 1912
Pulaski Indiana
John 1822
Samuel J 1824 Nov 7 1914

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Jasal [Isaac?] Died Mar 16 1865
George Missing in action
1860 - 65

Also the son of William A
White
Nather C White Born June
27. 1837. Living at Francesville
Pulaski Co Indiana
Henry Born Oct 30. 1838
1860-65
George Born Jan 14 1842
1860 - 65
I understand this family
are from the Miami Indian
Tribe of Ohio.
If you have other information
of this family I surely would
appreciate it.
Sincerely
Mrs Elizabeth E White Martin

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CArr
Indianapolis, Ind.
Feb. 13
Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D. C.
Will you kindly send me a statement of the military history of my uncle Robert
White a soldier of the Revolutionary
war who is buried in Marion Co. Ind. and
very much oblige
32061
Sincerely yours,
Marion Carr
1934 Ashland Ave
STAMP (U S A  PENSION OFFICE FEB 16 1909)
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32061
Revy INVALID.
File No. 32,061
Robert White
Pri Rev War
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Act June 7"" 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 450
(Arrangement of 1870.)
1909 Feby 26. Hist to Marion Carr
1934 June 11 - Hist to Mrs 
Elizabeth E White Martin eel