Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6473, Abram White, Penn.
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State
Penn.

White Abram or
Abraham Milly

Number
W.6473
B.L. Wt. 36540-160-55
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Indiana 29.039
Abraham White of Vermilion Co in the state of Indiana who was a private in the comp command by Captain Spinzer of the regt command by Col Evans in the Penna line for 12 months and & 10 days

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Inscribed in the roll of Indiana at the rate of 41 dollars 12 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

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Certificate of pension issued the 28 day of Sept. 1833 and Isaac Pearson

Arrears to the 4th of Sept  102.80
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March  20.56
$123.36
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Danl Boyd, Clerk,
Book E     Vol. 4   Page 134

2 June 1853
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Declaration of Abm. White for a pension.

State of Indiana
Vermillion County} ss.
On this __ day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three personally appeared in open court before John. R. Porter president Judge of the First Judicial Court for the state aforesaid, now sitting at the courthouse in the said county, Abraham White a resident of Holt Township in said county & state aged seventy-0ne 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 and served as herein states, that is to say;

 1st, in the  month of January (day of the month not recollected) in the year 1777 he entered as a volunteer and served as a private under Captain Tador Springer and served two months on the west fork of the Monongahela at Prickett's fort garrison, a Captain's command under said Capt. Springer.  Deponent resided what is now Fayette County, Pennsylvania (was) discharged at Prickett's fort in the month of March 1777. 

 2nd, In the month of September (day of the month not recollected) in the year 1778 this deponent was drafted into a company under command of Captain James Daugherty his Col.'s name Evans, Major Tador Springer, Corps under command of Gen. McIntosh on an expedition against the Indians west of the Ohio river.  while on the expedition. the Corps to which he belonged built Fort McIntosh on the Ohio River and Fort Lawrence on a branch of the Muskingum, served four months (4 months) discharged in January 1779 at Fort McIntosh his residence at the time of this engagement same as above.

3rd, In the month of August 1780 (day of the month not recollected) this deponent entered as a volunteer under Captain Ichabod Ashcroft in a Regiment under command of Col. McLeary, whole Corps commanded by Gen. Clarke on a expedition to the falls of Ohio that term for which he engaged was six months but the Company to which he belonged was dis(illegible) near Wheeling on the Ohio River as near as this deponent recollects in about these months, his residence same as before mentioned.

4th, In the month of Marh 1782 these deponent states that he engaged as a volunteer to keep guard at a station called Bans Fort on the Conemaugh a branch of the Alleghany River in this term of service there was only a guard of ten men under John Alexander, Sergeant. Dis(illegible) at said fort sometime in May following the engagement term of service about two months. 

5th, In the month of May 1782 these deponent states that immediately after being dis(illegible) from Bans Fort he engaged as a volunteer in a Company commanded by Captain Thomas, (Carr) on an expedition against the Indians under Col. Crawford to Sandusky Plains and was in the action at said Plains commonly known as Crawford's Defeat. The names of field officers which deponent recollects on said expedition were David Williamson, 2d in command, Thomas Goddis 3d in comd. John McLelland and James Buston Majors.  Deponent's residence during all the said engagements same as first mentioned.

1st tour Capt. Tador Springer, 2d tour Gen. McIntosh, Col. Evans, Major Tador Springer, Capt. Jos. Daugherty, Lieut. Michael Cott, Loeut. Thomas Carr.  2d tour, Col. McLelland, Buston, Capt. Thos. Carr,  Lieut. Peter Patrider. 3rd tour, Capt. McLeary, Capt. Ichabod Ashcroft.  4th tour, Sergeant John Ashcroft, 5th tour, field officers Crawford, Williamson, Goddis, McLelland, Buston, Capt. Thos. Carr, Lieut. Peter Patrider. 

And further this deponent states that he has not in his possession and discharges or other documentary proof, knows of no living person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services, except Joshua Reed whom he has recently learned lived in Orange County, State of Indiana, and whose deposition (illegible) of his service, he has provided and enclosed  to you with these papers, and of which the following is a copy.  

State of Indiana, Orange County, set, Paoli, August 13th 1833, personally came Joshua Reece before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace of said county and under oath to the following statements, viz; that as near as this deponent's recollection serves, in the year 1776 that Abraham White commenced the service of the United States as a soldier in the revolutionary war about the first of  September in 1776 and was legally discharged about the last of the following September and the Mr. White belonged to Colonel Evans' Regiment and Capt. James Daugherty's Company and in the Pennsylvania Line, and further that Mr. White was in the service of the United States from the 20th of May 1782 and was legally discharged about the 25th of June making about 24 or 35 days in Col. Willaimson's Regiment in Thomas Carr's Company in the Pennsylvania Line and further saith not.
                                            //s/
          Signed Jonathan (his mark) Card        

Signed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August.

                                    //s//
                        A.  (illegible) J.P.  (illegible) for further authentication of deposition (next page).
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.....for further authentication of said declaration, see endorsement on the original, enclosed.

And further this deponent on his oath declares that by reason of old age and the consequence of loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service in the different tours; but according to the best of his recollection, he served no less than the periods herein stated and, in the following grades, for the first tour in the year 1777 two months, I served as a private soldier for the 2nd tour in the year 1778 four months I served as a private soldier, for the 3rd tour in the year 1781 three months I served as an orderly sergeant for the 4th tour in the year 1782 two months I served as a private, for the 5th tour in the year 1782 forty days I served of an orderly sergeant for said services I claim pension.

  And this deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity, nis name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state. Sworn and subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid.

And further the said Abraham White being duly sworn, the following questions were put by this court; 
1st - Where & what year were you born: 
Ans. - I was born in Washington County in Maryland, June 21st, 1762.
 2nd - Have you any Record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Ans. - I have my father's record of my age at home.
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3rd. Where were you living when call into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? 
A. At the time I entered the service I was living in the Redstone Settlement in Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River in what has been called Fayette County since the Revolution I have lived in Shelby County, Kentucky seven years, when I moved to Bullit County, Kentucky where I resided by about fourteen and fifteen years I then moved to the State of Indiana and have lived for the last 11 years. I now live in Vermillion County, Indiana. I lived in Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War sixteen of 17 years before I moved to Kentucky.

4th. How were you called into service? were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, for whom? 
A. I was called into service by the loyally constituted authority of Pennsylvania, and in the second engagement I was drafted in all others I was a volunteer.

5th. 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 service?
A. Where I have above mentioned I know of no other regular officers excepting Col. Broadhead who served in McIntosh's Campaign, Col. Gibson & Captain Sullivan, the circumstances of my service I have stated above as was as my recollection now serves.

6th. Did you receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
A. I do not recollect ever receiving a written discharge. It was not the custom at that time for the militia men to receive written discharge.

7th.  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?
A. I can refer to Joseph Schooling Esqr. who has been acquainted with me for about 23 years, and also to the rev. Richard Mack with whom I have been acquainted about 9 or 10 years.                                  //s//
                                   Abram White
Sworn to before me in open court.
                      //s//
             John W. Rush

We Richard Mack a clergyman residing in Holt Township in Vermillion County & State of Indiana and Joseph schooling in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham White who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-one 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. 
                                         //s//
                               Richard Mach
                               Joseph Schooling
Sworn and subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid.
                                            //s//
                                 John W. Rush Clerk

And the said court do hereby declare this 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 Richard Mach who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Township of Holt County of Vermillion & state of Indiana and Joseph Schooling who has also signed the same (illegible) resident of Holt Township in the neighborhood of said applicant in the county & state aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled as to credit.
                                                   //s//
                                           John R. Porter

State of Indiana
Vermillion County} ss.

    I John W. Rush Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said county do hereby certify that the following forgoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Abraham White for pension. 

    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
                                       //s//
                          John W. Rush Clerk.
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5.556
Indiana 
Milly White
widow of Abraham White
Penn
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Infy
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 41 dollars 12 cents per annum to commence on 22 June, 1853. 
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Certificate of Pension issued 10th day of Nover 1855 and sent to Miller V Brown Present 
215645
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Pension Claim 
of 
Milly Widow of Abraham White
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Act. of Feby 3d/53.
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Triplett
[??]

Miller Brown
Washington D.C.
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County} ss.

    On this 26 day of Sept. AD 1855 before me Edmund James a Justice within and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Milly White - aged 72 years a resident of Welo Township in the county of Vermillion and state of Indiana who being sworn according to law doth on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is too infirmed to appear in open court, that she is the widow of Abraham White deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner under Act of Congress passes June 7th, 1832.  For proof of her said husband's services, she refers to the papers in his claim now on file in the Pension Office at Washington D.C.  She further declares that her said husband was placed on the pension roll at forty dollars and twenty cents per annum which was paid him at the Agency in Madison in the state of Indiana.
    She further states that she was married to the said Abraham white in Bullit County, state of Kentucky on the 1oth day of Jan. AD 1808.  And she further stated there is no public record of her marriage except a record of bend and issuing of license an exemplifier copy of which she has sent to the department with her application for a land warrant (next page)
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under Act of 1855.  That her husband's certificate cannot now be found it having been lost and further she declares that she is now a widow.  She hereby appoints Miller & Brown of Washington DC her true and lawful attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this, he claim for a pension to receive the certificate when issued and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises. 
                                     Milley (her mark) White
Witnesses    //s//
         Samuel Ransom
         Abraham Carter

    Sworn to any subscribed before me on the day and year first mentioned and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Milley White and believe her to be as is above stated and that she is of the age above stated and too infirmed to attend in open court and further that I am not interested in this her claim as attorney or otherwise.

    Witness my hand and seal.   //s//
                                     Edmund James J.P. Seal

State of Indiana
Vermillion County} ss.

     On this 26th day of September AD 1855 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Samuel Ryerson and Abraham Carter who are to me well known and who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly acquainted with Mrs. Milley White the above applicant for a pension that they have known her for 25 years last past.  That they were acquainted with Abraham White her late husband (next page)
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having known him for twenty-three years, previous to his death that they, the said Abraham White and Milley white which together as her husband and wife and were reputed to be that deponents never heard the act of their said marriage disputed or questioned.  That the said Abraham White died on the 22nd day of June AD 1853 and the said Milley White that day and still is reputed to be his widow which deponents believe to be the fact that she has never married since her said husbands death and still is his widow and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a pensioner in her declaration above and further that they were present and saw Milley White execute the foregoing declaration by making her mark to the foregoing declaration and making oath thereto in due form of law and that they, deponents do reside in the county aforesaid.

                                              //s//
                                     Samuel Ryerson
                                     Abraham Carter
Witness
   Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of Sept. AD 1855.
                                          //s//
                                   Edmund James J.P.  (SS)
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County} ss
  I hereby certify that Edmund James Esq before whom the foregoing declarations Power of Attorney and affidavits were made and acknowledged and who thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
  In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit court of the County aforesaid this 24th day of September AD 1855
  James A. Bell  Clerk C.C.
 for Geo H Sears
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Know all men by these presents that we Abraham White and John Hopewell are held and firmly bound unto Christopher Greenup Esquire Governor of Kentucky in the penalty of Fifty pounds current money to be paid to our said Governor and his Sucessors [sic] jointly  Severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 5th day of January 1808
  The condition of the above obligation is such that if there be no legal cause to obstruct a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound Abraham White, Milley Hopewell Daughter of said John Hopewell consent being personally given them this obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue in law
  Abraham White
  John Hopewell  his x mark
Witness  Fred W.S. Grayson

A copy att C. R. Samuels  DO
  For R F Samuels Clk
Upon which bond a license issued and no certificate of marriage has ever been returned to this Office.
Given under my hand this 18 day of October 1855
 [R?] F. Samuels  Clk
 Bullitt County Court
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213.645
Oct 3, 55

Milley White wid - of Abraham White
Soldier of the Revolution
Pri: [private]
War of Revolution
Pensioned under Act 7 June 1832
and Feby 53 - 5556

Inda. [Indiana] June 32-22039

[?]: 160 Acr [acres] July 31/56
 Boynton

Claimant
 Newport
 Vermillion Co
Inda [Indiana]

Vol W=1=150
[written across page] 36540 iss Aug 2/56
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State Indiana
Vermillion County} ss

    On this 16 day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Milly White aged seventy-two years a resident of Helf Township in the State of Indiana who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Abraham White deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and received a pension under Act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832 for proof of he said husband's services.  She refers to the papers in his claim now on file in the pension office at Washington DC.

   She further states that she was married to the Abraham White in Bullito County Kentucky on the 10 day of Jan. 1808 (illegible) one Wison a Justice of the Peace and that her name before said marriage was Milly Hopewell that her said husband died at Keelo Township in the 2nd day of June AD 1853 and that she is now a widow. 

   She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act applied March 1855.

                                   Milly (her mark) White

Sworn to and subscribed the day and month above mentioned and I certify I have no interest in said claim.
                                         //s//
                              Edmund James J.P.  (seal)
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County} ss.

    On this 6th day of September AD 1855 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Samuel Ryerson and Abraham Carter who are to me well known and who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn depose and say that they are each well acquainted with the Milley white the above applicant for a land warrant.  That they have known her for twenty-five years last past.  That they were acquainted with Abraham White he late husband having known him for twenty-three years previous to his death.  That they the said Abraham White and Milley White lived together as husband and wife and were reputed so t be that deponent never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned.  That the said Abraham White died on the 29th day of June AD 1853 and the said Milly White has since that day and still is reputed to be his widow which deponents believe to be the facts.  That she has never married since her said husband's death now still is his widow and further that they were present and saw Milly While execute the foregoing affidavit by making her mark to the foregoing declaration and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that they have no interest in said claim.

                                         //s//
                                Samuel Ryerson
                                Abraham Carter
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Sworn and subscribed the day and year above mentioned and I certify that Samuel Ryerson and Abraham Carter are credible citizens of said county.                         //s//
                            Edmund James J.P.   (SS)


State of Indiana 
Vermillion County} ss.

   I James A. Bell Clerk of Circuit Court of said county do certify that Edmund Janes is and was at the time of making the foregoing signature which I certify to be genuine a Justice of the Peace in and for said county having been duly commissioned and sworn.

                  In testimony whereof I 
                  have hereunto affixed the 
                  seal of said court and subscribed
                  my name this 28th day of Sept.
                  A.D. 1855.
                                          //s//
                             James A. Bell Clerk C.C.
                                  for Geo. H. Sean
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21327
Abraham White
Ind. 
Vermilion Co
From 1777 private
12 mo 10 days
$41.12/100


8224
2056
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102.80
Can only allow as a private

Isaac Pearson
Newport
Vermillion Co
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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 hereby returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular 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 notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those 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, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

S-Statement, showing the service of Abraham White  Vermillion Co Inda [Indiana]

(Below is a chart showing rank)
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's services | Rank of the claimant | Names and Rank of the Company officers under which he served | Names and rank of the General and Field officers | Battles in which the applicant was engaged | Country through which he marched } Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period | Evidence by which the declaration is supported

Vol Jany 1777 2 months  private Capt Springer  no Col none [battles] Pa [marched through] Fayette Pa age 70  Traditionary [evidence]

Drafted Sept 1778  4 mo  pri  Capt Daugherty  Col Evans  none [battles]  Pa & [?]

Aug 1780  about 3 mo  pri Capt Ashcroft Col McLeary  none [battles]

[?] March 1782  about 2 mo  pri  none  none
[?] May 1782  about 40 days   Cap Carr  Col Crawford

I am, respectfully
 Your obedient servant

J. L. Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Regulations Under the Act of June 7, 1852.

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 Commisaries and to Store Keepers &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board od 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 exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commisioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance make application by transmitting the following decleration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every court having by a law a seal and clerk is considered a court of Record.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress on the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District 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 made 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 names of his officers;) the town or country and State in 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 every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present and he declares that the name is --- on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of     
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                                A.B.
[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                         &c.
do hereby certify that (h) that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the 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 note (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 decleration 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 him to be     years of age; that he is reputed and beleived, 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, 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 commision; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state its 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 therewithin, 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, weather he produces 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 services, 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; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no 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 into 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 he 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 be
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or 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 or 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 [rest of line illegible due to crease in page] 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.

-- [Footnotes below; brackets in the original] -- 

  [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 whom 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. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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: [space] For [space] year [space] months, and [space] days, I served as a [space]; 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 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.

  [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
  [g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
  [k] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
  [l] 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 not 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.  [Centered]

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 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. [Centered] 

  [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 their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 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.

[A stylized hand pointing to the following] 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.

[Footnote e and the Mode of authenticating papers highlighted; in the lower margin the naem W L Williams Ex Clk is written]
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Hon J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
 Present

[on side]
Milly White
 wid
Abraham White
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No 6053
Milly White
Widow of Abraham
 Indiana

Miller & Brown Octo 5/55
3d Feby 1855
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Milly White widow of Abraham White, Vermillion
County - Indiana
Admd Act Feby 3 1853
at rate of $41.12c per annum, commencing
June 22, 1853 - date of husband's death
 Husband was a private of Infantry 12 months and 10? days
 Pay widow -

Certificate to Miller & Brown
 Present
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36.540

Rev War
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No.	6473

Milly White Wid. of Abraham White

Pvt. Infy Rev. War

Act 	Feby, 3d 1853

Index: Vol M, Page 329

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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3d  auditor's office
Novr 5 1835

It is noted, in lead pencil, on our books that the within named pensioner died 22 June 1853
  Robt [Jaminson?]
 auditor
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Pension Office
Novr 5, 1855

The Third Auditor will please certify the date of within named pensioner's Death
  Very respectfully
 B. Stooer
For the Commissioner
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Washington D.C. Oct 3rd /55
Hon. J. Minot
 Comm. of Pensions
 Sir - Herewith please find Claim of Milly - widow of Abraham White - for Pension under act of 3d February 1858.
 A more full proof of marriage and husband's death may be found with her Bounty Land Claim under act of 1855 - Her husband was a pensioner during his life under act of 1832 - and to his papers on file in the office reference is made for evidence of his  service.
 Respectfully
 Miller & Brown
By Israel Williams
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Washington DC Nov 2/55
Hon. J. Minot Com of Pensions
 Sir - Herewith find certified copy of marriage bond of Abraham White which please file with suspended application of Milly White under 2d section of act of Feby 3d 1853 -
  This application was suspended by letter to us of October 5/55 -
Although the clerk certified that the marriage certificate has never been returned yet her affidavit with others in the case will doubtless satisfy you that the marriage was duly consummated
 Yours Respectfully
 Miller & Brown
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Official Bsness
Newport Ind
Sept 28

J Minot Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

215.645
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Brief in the case of Milly White, widow of Abraham White Vermilion County and State of Indiana, act February 3, 1853.
=========================
Claim ("original,")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
    Husband was a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832, as rate of %41.12 for 12 months, and 10 days service as private.
    Marriage, in 1808, proven by certified copy of marriage bond, and parole.
    Death of husband, 22nd June, 1853, proven by third audition certificate.
    That the claimant is the present widow of the above-named pensioner proven by Abraham Carter and Samuel Ryerson certified to be credible witnesses.
    Pension allowed at above rate commencing June 22, 1853 - date of husband death. 

Messers. Miller & Brown                         //s//
Name and residence of Agent.             R. Gilles
                            Present          Examining Clerk
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    Know all men by these presents that we Abraham White and John Hopewell are held and firmly bound unto Christopher Greenup Esquire Governor of Kentucky in the (??) of fifty pounds current money to be paid to one said Governor and his successors jointly severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 5th day of January 1808.
    The condition of the above obligation is such that if there be no legal cause to obstruct a marriage (surely) intended to be solemnized between the above-bound Abraham White and Milley Hopewell daughter of said John Hopewell consul being personally given, then this obligation to be valid (??) to remain in full force and virtue in Law.
                                                  //s//
                                     Abraham White
                                     John Hopewell
Witness
//s//
Fred. W. Grayson

    The marriage certificate has not been returned, and the foregoing bond is truly copied from the records of my office.
           Attest                              //s//
                                          Chs. R. Samuels  D.C.
                                   for      R. F. Samuels Clerk
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State of Indiana
Orange County} ss. 
Paoli, August 13th 1833 this day personally came Joshua Reed before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace of said County and made oath to the following statements viz: that as near as his recollection serves, in the year 1776 that Abraham White commenced the service of the United States as a soldier in the Revolutionary War about the first of September in 1776 and was legally discharged about the last of the following December and that Mr. White belonged to Col. Euinses' Regiment and Capt. James Daugherty's Company and in the Pennsylvania line and further that Mr. White was in the service of the United States from the 20th of May 1782 and wa legally discharged about the 29th of June making about 34 or 35 days in Colonel Williams' Regiment in Thos. Carr's Company in the Pennsylvania Line and further saith not.

                                            signed
                               Joshua (his mark) Reed

Signed and sworn to
before me this 15th
day of August 1833
                  //s//
           A. Meachum J.P.
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I the undersigned justice of the Peace of county of Orange and state of Indiana do herby certify that I believe that Joshua Reed is a man of truth.
                                             //s//
                                      A. Meachum J.P.

State of Indiana
Orange County set.

    I Jno. McVey Clerk of the county of Orange in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that Anderson Meachum (illegible) has made the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Orange aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that his signature thereto is true and genuine.

    In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said county at Paoli the 13th day of August in the year of our Lord 1833.

                                           //s//
                                    Jno. McVey Clk.
                                       Thornton Dep.