Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19617, John Whitehead, New York
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Service                                                      Number

New York.   Whitehead, John        W19617
                      Margaret                      B.L. [illeg] issued March 6,1792
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[illegible] 454
New York

John Whitehead
Private,
New York Line,
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of__8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 5th of May 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of Jan y 1819
and sent to Salmon Child Esquire
Ballston Spa, Saratoga county
                           New York

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.             $32.02
Semi-anl.all'ee ending 4. Mar 1819. $48.00
                                                               _______
                                                               $80.02
                                                                _______

                                        Revolutionary claim
                                         Act 18th March, 1818.

                                                  [illegible]
                                                      1776

                                 Continued
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Notification sent May 16th. 1821, to H.W. Palmer
Esq. Ballston Spa, N. York
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John Whitehead:

Affidavit

To [illegible] [illegible] Calhoun

Secretary of [illegible]

Correct

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The  [illegible] cer-
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State of New York
Saratoga County
On this fifth day of May 18 [illegible] before me Salomon
Child one of the Judges of the Court of [illegible]
and in the County of Saratoga and State of New York
personally appears John Whitehead aged fifty nine years resident of
the Town of Milton in the County and State aforesaid who being by
me duly sworn to law doth on his oath made the following
declaration in order to obtain the provision of the [illegible] act of Congress
Entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engages in the Land
and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war That the said John Whitehead in March 1776 Enlisted in Newburgh in the
State of New York for one year in. the Company commanded by Captain
John Belnap that he continued to serve in said Company until the 
25th day of December 1776 when he enlists in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Lee of Colonel Dubois regiment of the said
New York line for three years and continued to serve in the said corps 
until the said three years were almost [illegible] When he [illegible] for  the said
war he thinks in the Company Commanded by Captain Dubois of the said
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State of New York
Saratoga County §
I Salman Child the judge within named do hereby certify that they within named John Whitehead is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support as witnessed hand this first day of January 1819.
Salmon Child

State of New York
Saratoga county
Clerks office§ In testimony that the above named Salmon Child is a judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and state of New York. I find that the above is his signature. I subscribe my name and affix the county seal this second day of January 1819
Thomas Palmer
Clerk of Saratoga
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State of New York
County of Saratoga SS: 
On this 10th day of February 1821 personally appeared in court in the court of common pleas of the said County, the same being a court of record for the said County proceeding according to the course of the cannon law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeps record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment. 
John Whitehead
Aged sixty three years, resident in the said county, in the state aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that served in the revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted in the fore part of March 1776 in a company command by Captain John Belnap for one year in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Clinton in the New York line and enlisted again on the 25th December in the same year in a company commanded by Captain Thomas Lee 
in the regiment commanded by Col. Lewis Dubois ( it being [crossed out] the 5th Reg’t of the New York line and) for the term of three years and served that time nearly out when I again enlisted in the same company for and during the wars, and was on or about the latter part of the year 1780 or the fore part of 1781. Transferred from the said regiment into the second New York Regt. commanded by Philip Van Cortlantd in a company commanded by  [illegible] Dubois who resigned about six months before the close  of the war. When [illegible.] Paulding took the command of said company. and received an honorable discharge with the badges of merit at the close of the war at Snake Hill state of New York.
That his original declaration was made on or about the fifth day of May 1818and that his pension certificate is numbered 5454.
And I solemnly swear that I was a resident United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled “ an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war”, passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or security contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
John Whitehead
Sworn to and declared on the 1st day of February 1821  in open court
Thomas Palmer
Clerk
I Humboldt U. Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the county of Saratoga do hereby certify that the following oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is forty one dollars and eighty cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this third day of February 1821.
H U Palmer Deputy 
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga
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John Whitehead
Copy
5454
March 1819
On roll cut see of
5 NY Regt
Entered 25 Dec 1776
Mustered to June 1782
On
I.L.E.
H.w. Palmer Esq.
Ballston Spa
N.Y.
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An inventory or schedule property of the pen Within named to wit.
1 cow of the value of                              12.00
1 table                                                          2.00
6 Chairs                                                       3.75
1 stand .50 cts 1 small looking glass   1.50
1 iron pot and kettle $2. 1 small brass
                                                   Kettle $2. 4.00
1 old frying pan w/spider $1. 
1 tea kettle .75cts.                                    1.75
1 tea pot.25 cts.
6 earthen cups/saucers .50 Cts.           .75
9 earthen plate. 2 earthen platters.    1.00
2 milk pans earthen 50 Cts 
6 knives & forks 50 cts.                          1.00
6 pewter spoons 25 Cts.
2 stove pots 50 Cts                                  0.75
1 churn 50 cts 2 wooden pails 
1 pair hand[illegible] . 75.                       1.75
1 wash tub 50 cts 
1 small oak tub$1
1 dye tub .50.                                              2.00
2  candlesticks 50 cts. 
1 shovel & tongs  .50 cts.
1 pie chest .75.                                           1.75
1 small trunk $1.
2 earthen pitchers .50 ea
1 Bible 3.                                                     4.50
1 psalm book 50 cts 
1 account book 25 cts.
4 small books $1.                                     1.75
2 smoothing irons .50
1 meal cask .75
2 cider barrels $1.                                   2.25
1 razor .25cts. 
1 cream cup/ sugar bowl
& 2 canisters.                                          1.00
                                                               $41.80
John Whitehead
Sworn and subscribed in open court the 1 sr Feb 1821.
Thomas Palmer
Clerk
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431
New York Albany
Margaret Whitehead
Widow of John
Who served in the revolutionary
N. Y.
War, as a private
[illegible] from $80
Inscribed on the roll at the rate of
96 dollars 00
Scents per annum, to commence on the
[Crossed out section 4th day of March, 1848]
1st of July 1848
Certificate of pension issued the
22Nd day of Jany 1837
And sent to
Samuel H. Marks.
Albany N.Y.
Recorded on roll of pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, page 242. Vol. 4.
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State of New York
Saratoga County SS:
On the 17th day of September 1847 Margaret Whitehead of the town of Milton in the county of Saratoga and state of New York , age 82 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit the pension made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 and of the act of Congress passed on the  17th day of June 1846 entitled “ Act grantor has pay and pensions to certain widows that this is the widow of John Whitehead who was a private in the Revolutionary Army of the United States and further according to the best of her knowledge, information, or belief, her late husband the said John Whitehead deceased, during the period of the revolution he resided in Newburgh in the County of Orange in the State of New York, where he resided when he enlisted into the service of the United States and stood as a private for the names of the officers under whom he served and commanders and the length of his service the department is refused to the purpose at which a certificate of pension was issued in his favor under the Act of Congress passed March 18th 1818, and she further declares that her husband, the late John Whitehead was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of eight dollars per month and that he died on the 28th day of May 1847, and she further declares that she was married to the said John Whitehead on the 5th day of September 1784 at the town of Newburgh in the County of Orange and the State of New York by W. Ackerman, Esq. a Justice of the Peace of the county aforesaid, that her name before marriage was Margaret Cosman and her place of residence, Newburgh in the county of Orange and State of New York. That she was not married to the Sid John Whitehead previous to him leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the 1st of January 1794. To wit at the time above stated.
Margaret Whitehead X her mark
Subscribed and sworn in open court this 17th day of September 1847
A. Bocks Sar. Co. Judge
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At a county Court made in aforesaid County of Saratoga held at the court house in the village of Ballston Spa on the 17th day of September 1847.
Before Augustus Bocks Esq. county judge of said County the foregoing proceedings now had and I further certify that Augustus Bocks Esq. before whom said affidavit was taken was at the time of taking such affidavit a Judge of the County duly qualified to take such an affidavit that his signature to said affidavit is genuine and I further certify that the reason of Margaret Whitehead making her mark is that has never learned to write.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county court this 17th day of September 1847
James W. Horton
Clerk
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[677]
FAMILY RECORD

MARRIAGES
John Whitehead
Margaret Cosman
Was married
Sept. 5th 1784

MARRIAGES
Elizabeth Whitehead
Was married April 25 1803
Martha Whitehead was married

Oliver Whitehead was married 
Jan’y 1 st 1816
John Whitehead Jr.? Was married
Dec. 31st 1816
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FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS.                                         BIRTHS.
John Whitehead
Was born October
13th 1759
Peggy Whitehead was born May
8th 1766
Lizabeth Whitehead 
The are daughter was
Born in July 29Th 1785
Martha Whitehead was
Born August 9Th 1788
John Whitehead Junior
was born June 23 rd the year 1791
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State of New York
County of Saratoga}SS: I the undersigned Joseph L. Davis of Milton in the county and State aforesaid aged fifty years do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with John White late  [crossed out two words] Milton, the Revolutionary pensioner of the United States & also with his wife Margaret now his widow for about 30 years past, and that the annexed is the family register of the said John and Margaret, recorded by the undersigned by their request & in their immediate presence about the year 1817 or twenty.
Joseph L Davis
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of November 1847
David Maxwell
Justice of the Peace

Saratoga County SS: 
I certify that Joseph L. Davis. Above described and sworn is known to me to be a man of good character for truth and veracity and that he is a credible witness also that the word “ years” is intended between the second and third lines and are erasures on the fifth line. Dated November 18, 1847
Before sworn
David Maxwell
Justice of the peace
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No. 13512
Margaret Whitehead
Wid. Of John
NY
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1784
Husband died 25 May ‘47
Resided
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The national archives
Bounty land warrant record card
Division of veterans administration archives
Name  Whitehead, John
Grade private
Line New York
Warrant number 7982
Acreage 100
Issued March 6, 1792
To -not shown
Pencil notation: “ papers on file”.
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Information as contained in his( or his widows) application for a pension on file in this bureau.
John Whitehead M.F. 19617
Dates of enlistment or appointment -March 1776
Length of service-December 25, 1776
Rank- Pvt.
Office whom served was rendered-
Captain John Belknap  N.Y.
Captain Thomas Lee N.Y.
Colonel James Clinton N.Y.
Colonel Lewis Dubois N.Y. Fifth Regiment.
States of enlistment or appointment 
December 25, 1776- transferreed
Captain Henry DuBois N.Y. 
Captain Harry Paulding N.Y. 
Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt second regiment
Served to the close of March

Battles engaged in-Fort Montgomery, Newtown, Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment- Newburgh, Orange County New York
Date of application for pension- May 5, 1818
Residence at date of application- Milton, Saratoga County, New York
Age at date of application- October 13, 1759, died May 25, 1847
Remarks: soldier married Newburgh, New York, September 5, 1782 Margaret or Peggy Cosman, who was born May 8 1766.  She was allowed Pension on an application executed September 17, 1847 while a resident of Milton, New York. Family record, shows Elizabeth Whitehead, their daughter b. July 29, 1785 Mar. Apr. 23, 1803. Martha Whitehead b. Aug. 9, 1788. John Whitehead Jr. b. June 23, 1791, Married Dec. 31, 1816.
Very Respectfully,
Commisssioner
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Wid. File No. 19, 617,Rev. War, John Whitehead stated that he enlisted at Newburgh, New York and was discharged at snake Hill, New, Windsor, New York; his parents and ancestry are not stated.
This bureau has no records of services rendered prior to the revolutionary war.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mr. O. O. Whited
1206–5 St. S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Also sent W. F. 20.126. Rev. War
Wm. Whitehead.
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712 Grand St. Troy, Ny
Dec. 2 nd. 1920
Commissioner of pensions
Washington DC 
Will you please advise me if you have any record that John Whitehead a pension during the revolutionary war. John Whitehead was a private and Colonel Philip Van Cortland’s Second regiment of the New York line. He was also a private in Colonel Lewis Dubois’ fifth regiment of the New York anything pertaining to Said John Whitehead appreciated
Caroline M Spicer
712 Grand St.
Troy, New York
D. A. R.
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Pension office
U.S.
December 6, 1920
Record division
December 7, 1920
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Ballastone Spa, Nov 23 1847
Herewith you will receive the papers of Mrs. Margaret whitehead widow of John Whitehead late deceased, for a pension under the acts of 1838 & 1844, which please examine & make return to me at P. O. As at on early as consimint.
Yours  respectfully
James W Horton

Hon James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of pensions
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1911 May 27 Hist.  To Oric O. Whited V.L.M.
1912 Feb. 28. Place of enl. & disch to above
1921 Jany 12 Hist to Caroline U. Spicer

Rev. 
WIDOW, & c.
File nut. 19.617
Margaret Whitehead
Wid. Of 
John Whitehead
Priv Rev War
Act: Feb. 2 nd. ‘/48
Index:- Vol. M. Page 332.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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John Whitehead N.Y. Act 18, March 1818.
$96.00 per ann.
To what time was he last paid?
G. C. A.
Paid to 4th Sept. 1846.
BLB
December 23Rd
Pension office
December 23, 1847
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431
New York Albany
Margaret Whitehead.
Widow of JohnWhitehead.
Who served in the revolutionary war
As a private
Inscribed  on the roll at the rate of 
80 Dollard
Cents per annum, to commence on
The 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of pension issued the
20 day of June 1848
And sent to
Hon. Hugh White
HOfR
Recorded on roll of pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, page 240 vol. 4
Reported
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3-871.
Record Division 
.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions 
Briefed by A.O.T. May 23, 1911
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier John Whitehead
Service N.Y.
Additional Service Rev.
No.   Claim, State records, …..,191….
No. Claim, combination records…..,191…
Remarks:
No widow any since 
Above 22000
To Ref:
No Rev as above below W.22000
Except W. 19617
…..
Chief Division
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Pension claim
No 816.7
Pension Certificate 
Declaration 
Margaret Whitehead 
James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Comm department 
Washington D.C.
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460
New York, Albany
Margaret Whitehead 
Widow of John
Who was a private 
In the Revolution 
Ending 1 st July 1848
Inscribed on the roll at the rate of
80 dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
The 25th day of May 1847 ( 4 is crossed out)
Certificate of pension issued the
22nd day of Jany 1837
And sent to
Samuel H. Marks
Albany N. Y.
[Act of June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in book A
Vol. 2 page 92
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460
New York Albany
Margaret Whitehead
Widow of John Whitehead
Who was a private
In the Revolution
[illegible] 25 May 1847
Inscribed on the roll at the rate of
80 dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
The 25th day of May 1847.
Certificate of pension issued the
30 day of Dec. 1847.
And sent to James W. Horton
Ballston Spa
New York
[Act of  June 17, 1844]
Recorded in book A
Vol. 2 Page. 90
Reported
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John Whitehead’s
Discharge see
1783
H.H. Issued
No. 7982.- Mar. 6th 1792.
Deposited by the bank
J. W. Taylor.
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I know all men by these present That I John Whitehead who was a private soldier in the second  New YorkRegiment who was enlisted to serve during the revolution and did actually serve to the end of it as will more fully appear by my original discharge hereunto annexed. I have by there present, do appoint John W. Taylor my attorney to procure and receive a warrant for the quantity of land to which I am entitled for the services rendered by me as a soldier in the army of the United States during the revolutionary war. Hereby empowering him to do all acts and things in the premises as fully as I would do were I personally present.
Witness my hand and seal November 6, 1815
Sealed and delivered in presence of
David Rogers
John Whitehead
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State of New York
Saratoga county SS: John Whitehead being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is the same person described in the original Discharge hereto annexed and that he has never received or authorized any other person to receive any land warrant or title to the land to which he was and is entitled for the service rendered by him as a soldier in the revolutionary war.
John Whitehead
Subscribed and sworn to, this sixth day of November in the year 1815 before me,
David Rogers, one of the justices of the peace of the county of Saratoga.
I John W Taylor of Ballston in the county of Saratoga representative in Congress to hereby certify that David Rogers before whom the above affidavit was made is a justice of the peace of the county of Saratoga acting under the authority of the state of New York and that the above is his signature.
Dated November 6, 1815
John W. Taylor.
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Oric O. Whited
Office 1206 5th St. S.E.
Minneapolis, Minn.
N.W. Phone East 762.
Tri-state spruce 1280
May 18th, 1911.
Mr. G. L. Davenport, commissioner,
Department of the interior
Bureau of pensions
Record division
Dear sir:
I will be under the deepest obligations to you and your department, if you will kindly give me the military history of John Whitehead, a soldier of the revolutionary war. This is greatly desired in connection with patriotic societies of the early wars.
His captains were Philip Bevier and Henry Dubois; his colonels, Louis Dubois, and P. Van Cortland from New York.
Any and all remarks regarding any collateral relations, children, ancestors, place of enlistment, birth, and death will be most gratefully.
Kindly give me as full report as you can, in connection with the pension department or otherwise.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Very Truly yours,
O. O. Whited
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Sol’44 545
No. 13572.
Margaret Whitehead
Wid of John
NY
Act seven July 1838
Rejected husband
Died 25 May 1847
Allow act 17 June 44
2 years/per
$80.00 per annum
From 25 May 1847
James W Horton
Ballston Spa NY
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Albany, October 28, 1950
James L. Edwards. Esq.
Com. Of pensions
Sir
I here enclose the declaration and pension certificate of Mrs. Margaret Whitehead, widow John Whitehead who was a pensioner under the act of 18th March 1818, for the purpose of obtaining an increase of her pension under the acts of congress of 7th July 1838, 3 March 1843, 17th June 1844, & 
2 nd Feby. 1848.
I am Sir,
With high regard,
Your humble Servt “
Samuel H. Marks
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Washington 20 June 1848
Hon. I. S. Edwards.
Commissioner of pensions
Dear sir
Enclosed herewith are two application for a pension a consequence of wounds received during of 12. With England, and the other for removal of a Widows pension under The act of Feb last. As we are Resolute upon Adjourning The day named in the resolution. I hope you Will be able to consider the several cases which I have referred to you before that day.
Respectfully yours
Hugh White
P.S. enclosed I also application of Sarah Ayers for a pension under the Act of Feb. last.
H.W.
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Payment to be made at
Albany N. Y. By
T. W. Alcott Esq.
Agent for paying pensioners, in the agency of
Albany N.Y.
Payable on the  4th September and the 4 th March
Recorded in the pension office, in
Book A Vol. 2 Page 92
Henry R. Weightman 
Clerk.
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Department of the Interior
Widows pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of June 17Th, 1844,
Margaret Whitehead
Widow of John Whitehead
Who was a private in the revolution
And died on the 25th day of May 1847
Is inscribed on the pension list at the of eighty dollars and— cents per annum, commencing 25th May 1847, and terminating on 1 stJuly 1848, unless the pensioner married or died before the last mentioned date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the department of the interior,
This 22nd day of January
One thousand eight hundred and fifty one,
Alex H. H. Stuart
Secretary of the interior
Examined encounter signed
J. E. Heath.
Commissioner pensions.
431
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Albany Jany 27th 1851
J. E. Heath Esq.
Comm. Of pension's
Dear sir
I conclude that you issued the enclosed certificate through mistake as Mrs. Whitehead has been paid in full under act of 17th June 1844, as shown by the books at the agency here. I therefore deem it my duty to return it to you immediately
I am, Sir,
With great respect 
Your ob’t Servt 
Samuel H. Marks
P. S. An order is made for an increase from 1st. July 1848
S.H.M.
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[Illegible]
Margaret Whitehead
Wid of John
N.Y.
Act 17 June 1844 &
Issu.     Nov. 1 July 1848
Sol? Two years. Pri.  &80
Per Ann from 25 May 1847
To 1 July 1848
And from that last
$96 per ann-
Cert. sent to
Sam’l. Marks
Albany
N.Y.
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Payment to be made at Albany
Thos. W. Olcott Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of New York 
Payable on the 4th September and 4 th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 
2d, 1848, Page 240 Vol. 4
Leo. Jenkins
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
WIDOWS PENSION 
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2nd 1848,
Margaret Whitehead
Widow of John Whitehead
Who was a private in the revolutionary war
Is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of 
Eighty dollars [Crossed out Two words] per annum, commencing on 4 March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should get marry; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the war of the United States
This twenty third day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W.L. Marcy 
Secretary of war
Examined encounter signed
J. L. Edwards.
Commissioner of pensions
March 1848- 58 years in Stilton previous in Newburgh.
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By his Excellency
George Washington, Esq.
General and commander in Chief of the forces of the United States of America.
These are to certify that the bearer hereof
John Whitehead soldier in the Second New York Regiment, having faithfully fevered the United States Six years and five months and being inlifted for the war only, is hereby discharged from the American Army.
Given at headquarters the
George Washington
By his Excellency
J Trumbull J of P
Registered in the books
Of the Regiment,
Christ. Wilson  Lid. Adjutant
The above John Whitehead 
Has been honored with the Badge of Merit 
For Six Years of faithful Service.
P. Van Cortlands, Coln’
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Head-Quarters, June 9th 1783
The within certificate shall not avail the bearer as a discharge, until the ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
George Washington 

John Whitehead 
New York W79617
B.L.Wt. Issued 1792
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State of New York,
Saratoga County Clerk’s Office§SS:
I, James W. Horton, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that David Maxwell before whom the annexed Affidavits were taken and whose name is thereunto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the said Affidavits and is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 19th day of November 1847
James W. Horton, Clerk.
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State of New York
Saratoga county SS: I, James Ladow of Milton in the county and state aforesaid, I do hereby certify that I hold the office of clerk of the first protestant church of the town of Milton in the county and state aforesaid and that the records of said church are in my possession and in the first book of registry of the members taken into said church by which it appears that John Whitehead and Margaret his wife were taken into said church on the 19th day of January 1799, and that they continued until his death which took place in May or June last, and the said Margaret is still a member of said church and I verily believe she is still his widow.
James Ladow Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16 day of Nov. 1847.
David Maxwell Justice of the Peace 
Saratoga County SS: 
I Certify that James Ladow is known to me to be the individual in and who executed the above affidavit
David Maxwell
Justice of the peace
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State of New York,
County of Saratoga SS:
On this seventeenth day of October A.D. 1850, before me, a justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Margaret Whitehead being duly sworn according to law, doth, upon her oath, make the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the full benefit of the act of Congress of 29th July, 1848, and the joint resolution of the 1st of July, 1848, to wit:
That she is the widow of John Whitehead of Milton in said county deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum : since the decease of her said husband, she has been placed upon the pension roll at the rate of eighty dollars —-[Word crossed out] per annum, and is now in the receipt of said pension. And she further states that she has been advised by  virtue of said act of 29th July, 1848, and said Joint Resolution of 1st July, 1848, she is entitled to receive the same rate of pension that her said husband received in his lifetime.
She therefore herewith returns the Certificate she now holds, and prays that a new certificate may be issued to her for such increase of pension as she may be entitled to by law.
Margaret Whitehead X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me,
A. Meeker
Justice of the Peace 
In presence of S. H. Marks
I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me October 17, 1850
A. Meeker Justice of the Peace 
State of New York
County of Saratoga SS: 
I, James W. Horton clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that Abel Meeker was, on the day of the date of above instrument, HS of the peace in and for the said county, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal, at Ballston Spa this 17th day of October A.D. 1850.
James W Horton clerk
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Margaret Whitehead
[Illegible] N. York
Act of 44-now 48
Admitted
Hon Hugh White
H of R
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State of New York
County of Saratoga SS:
On this 29th day of May 1848, before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for the said County, personally appeared Margaret Whitehead, a resident of Milton in the county and state aforesaid, aged 82 years; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed 2 nd day of February, 1848, “ Granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.”
That she is the widow of John Whitehead, late of Milton, in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, deceased.
That her husband, the said John Whitehead, during the period of the Revolutionary War resided in Newburgh, in the County of Orange and state aforesaid- And served in the infantry company commanded by Capt. John Belknap in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Clinton, the New York line and served under Capt. Thomas Lee in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lewis Dubois in the New York Line.
And she further declares that she drew a pension under the act of Congress passed 17th June, 1844, the rate of $80 per annum.
And she further declares that she is still a widow.
Margaret Whitehead X her mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
David Maxwell
Justice of the peace
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Saratoga County SS: 
I certify that The within named Margaret Whitehead is known to me to be the identical person described in and who executed the foregoing declaration and that she signs her name by making her mark for the reason as she says that she never learned to write.
David Maxwell
Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Saratoga county clerks offices:
I, James W. Horton, clerk of said County, do hereby certify that David Maxwell, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit [Words crossed out here] was, at the date of the [Word crossed out here] therein mentioned, a justice of the peace in and four the said county of Saratoga; that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said justice, and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said  affidavit [Word crossed out here] is his proper handwriting and signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribe my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, the 27 day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
James W. Horton. Clerk.