Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15240, Thomas White, Md.
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[date mo-year] (8-1776)
[Form Heading] SERVICE [Handwritten text] Md. White, Thomas, [Form Heading]NUMBER [Hndwritten text] S. 15240
[Handwritten text, all lower case] carded
[Form Heading of list] CONTENTS [nothing listed on lines below heading]
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Maryland 31, 963
Thomas White
Baltimore Co. in the State of Maryland
who was a Private in the company command
by Captain Grosh of the regt command
by ______________ in the M.
line for 2 years
[illegible]scribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 80 Dollars - [crossed out] Cents per [illegible] to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of June
1862 and sent to Mr. Ephraim White, Baltimore, Md.
[illegible] to the 4th of Sep. 1862
[illegible] an allowance ending March '63
920.00
40.00
---------
$960.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by D. Brown      Clerk
Book E.2. Vol. 5 Page 114

Reported to Agent
[crossed out] to Hon Job [illegible]
Death not on A. B. [illegible]
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Ephraim White
Baltimore, MD
[illegible] June 10, 1842

Presented by the Son of the applicant
35.340 Ephraim White Baltimore

State of Maryland
Baltimore County Sch
Be it Remembered and it is hereby certfied that on this twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two, before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Orphans Court for Baltimore County aforesaid, (the same being a Court of Record) personally appeared at his residence in said County Thomas White, aged Eighty three years, who was prevented from attending in open Court by reason of bodily infirmities, and who being first duly sworn according to law did on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June the Seventh One Thousand eight hundred and Forty Two, That he [illegible] ... named officers and served as therein stated, that he was born in Baltimore County in the said State of Maryland in the year Seventeen Hundred and fifty nine, and resided in that County until he attained his Seventeenth year, that he was then drafted into the Continental Services for nine months in Captain Baily's Company under the command of Colonel Smallwoods, he then with the rest of the Company marched through the following named states to with, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, and was in the Battle of German Town that was fought in October Seventeen hundred and seventy seven [crossed out - and was considered by General Stephens*] 

*[side bar of letter] On occassion of Thomas White not [illegible] recollecting the name of the General and whom he served at the battle of German Town, I have erased that phrase of the affidavit concerning General Stephens [illegible] of the [illegible] Court.

That after the expired how of nine months he was with many others returned home to the aforesaid County on Furlough, where he remained until he went to the City of Baltimore and enlisted.
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Enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Grosh's company in the 7th Maryland Regiment on the Seventeenth day of March Seventeen hundred and seventy eight, for and during the war; and that he marched through the states of Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, aforesaid , and also the states of New Jersey, South Carolina and Virginia; and he further states that he was in many skirmishes during the years seventeen hundred and seventy eight seventeen hundred and seventy nine; that he was in the battle of Camden, fought in August Seventeen hundred and eighty; and also in the battle of York Town fought in October Seventeen hundred and eighty one; and that after the battle of York Town he remained in service until Seventeen hundred and Eighty three.
[Illegiable] 
For the Maryland line, for his services rendered the United States, and then he was verbally discharged by his captain by orders of General George Washington. After which he with many others returned home. And he further states that he well knew Colonel John Stone of the Maryland line, who was wounded in the battle of German Town and also Colonel John Eager Howard when in service of the United States, and that he has a perfect knowledge of Colonel Lodwich Waltner and he further states that he has faithfully served his Country. 
He Hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any person or [?] [illegible] present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension List or Roll of the Agency of any State except the State of Maryland. Having been heretofore enabled to procure his daily (bread)
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bread by his own hands, he was unwilling to become a pensioner upon the bounties of this Country, but recent indisposition and growing infirmities has reduced him to a dependence hereon, and he therefore new prefers his claim. 
In testimony whereof this deponent hath hereunto subscribed his name this day and year first above written
James B. Price 
Justice of the Orphans Court 
               his
  Thomas  X  White 
               mark 
[illegible]: April 20 1842
and I the said justice of the Orphans court do hereby declare my opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Solider and served during that war. 
James B. Price 
Maryland 
I hereby certify that James B. Price Esquire who has signed the foregoing Certificate was at the time of so doing one of the justices of the Orphans Court for Baltimore County duly commissioned and qualified according to law
 In Testimony whereof I hereunto associate my name and affix the Seal of said Court this 22nd day of may 
1842
Test D.M. Perine Regr
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Land Office, 
Annapolis, 
11th April, 1842
I Certify, that it appears by a Pay Roll remaining in the Office, that Thomas White, a Private, received of John Hamilton, Agent of the Maryland Line, arrears of pay from the 1st August, 1780, to the 1st of January, 1782 also pay from the 1st January 1782, to the 1st Janurary, 1788 also $37.60 from the 1st January, 1788, to the 15th of November, 1788. 
Gratuity, $80.00, Total received $117.60.
George G. Brewer, 
Register Land Office, W. S. Md.
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Land Office, Annapolis, 14th July 1842.
I hereby certify, that it appears by the Master Rolls of the Revolution, remaining in this office, That Thomas White, enlisted as a private, in Capt Grosh's Company, in the 7th Maryland Regiment, for during the war, on the 17th day of March 1778, and on the 16th of August, 1780, was missing, and john further certify, that by a pay roll kept by John Hamilton, Agent for the Maryland Line, that the name of Thomas White appears upon said roll to have received pay and gratuity up to the 15th November 1783. 
George G. Brewer
Register land off. [illegible]
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State of Maryland Baltimore County To wit
Be it Remembered that on this second day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty two, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the County of Baltimore, 
 Personally appeared Joshua Owings aged Eighty five years a resident of said County, and made oath on the Holy Evangely [Evangel] of Almighty God, That, he was first Lieutenant in Captain Stichcomly Company in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six, and that on the 29th day of August Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven he was duly commissioned by the Governor of Maryland first Lieutenant in the Company aforesaid, of Militia soldier delight Battalion Baltimore County, and this deponent further declares under oath that he was and has been intimately
acquainted and have lived near neighbour [neighbor] with Thomas White from his childhood up to this period and that he well knows in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six, when the said
Thomas White
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Thomas White was mustering in the Company of Captain Bailys, and that he further knows in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven the aforesaid Thomas White marched with the rest of his Company aforesaid from the City of
Baltimore for to Join the army at the head of the Chesapeake bay, and that he returned home to the aforesaid County, some short period after the Battle at Germantown, where he remained until the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy
eight when he the said Thomas White went to the City of Baltimore and enlisted as a private soldier in the Company of Captain Grosh and under the command of Colonel Gunby, then he with the rest of the Company marched from the City of Baltimore to Join the main armys where he remained with his Company until
the end of the Revolutionary War, after which he with many others returned home to the County aforesaid where he has resided ever since and this deponent further declared that the said
Thomas White
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Thomas White has many years ago related his Revolutionary services over and Spoke freely of the skirmishes and the Battles to him in which he was engaged during that war that he further declares, that he Read the said Thomas White Declaration as sworn to before the Hon James. B. Price one of the Justices of the Orphans Court of Baltimore County, and of the truth of the facts, to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that he knows him to be the same person aforesaid that the said Thomas White can with safety be relied on for truth and correct statement-
Joshua Owings
Sworn to and subscribed to before me a Justice of the peace of [the peace crossed out] for the State of Maryland in and for the County of Baltimore on the date above written on the other page
John Ash
Justice of the of the State Maryland
Baltimore County
State of Maryland Baltimore County to wit
I hereby certify that I John Ash a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland and for Baltimore
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Baltimore County do certify that Mr Joshua Owings whose deposition is on the other pages writen [written] is a Gentleman of great respectability of Character of strict honour [honor] and integrity and that the most implicit reliance can safely be placed on any statement he may make
John Ash
Justice of the Peace
State of Maryland} 
Baltimore County Sct}
I hereby Certify that John Ash, Gentleman before whom the aforegoing [foregoing] deposition was made and by whom the above Certificate was given, was at the time of so doing, one of the Justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court this 11th day of June 1842
Thos. [illegible] 
Balto [Baltimore] Co [illegible]
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Resolution No. 10 of December Session 1827 in favor of Thomas White of Baltimore County ~
a Private in the Revolutionary War ~

Cost of copy 61 cts [cents]
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Maryland Sct.
At a session of the General Assembly of Maryland begun and held at the City of Annapolis on the last monday of December being the thirty first day of the said month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven and ended the sixteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
His Excellency. Joseph Kent Esquire Governor, 
Among others the following Resolution was read and assented to to wit.
No 10
By the House of Delegates
February 1st 1828
Resolved That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to Thomas White of Baltimore County or to his order, during life, in half yearly payments, a sum of money equal to the half pay of a private, as a further renumeration for his services during the revolutionary war.
By order. 
Gideon Pearce Clk [clerk] 
By the Senate,
Feby.  8th 1828.
Read and assented to
By order  Wm Kelty Clk [clerk]
Maryland Sct.
I Richard W Gill Clerk of the Court of Appeals, for the Western Shore of Maryland do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full and true copy of the Resolution of the
General Assembly of Maryland of which it purports to be a copy as taken from Liber T. H. No 10
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folios 577 &c one of the Law records of the State of Maryland belonging to the office of the Court of Appeals for the Western Shore of said State.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as Clerk and affixed the seal of the said Court of Appeals this twenty sixth day of February A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and forty two. 
Wm Gill, Clerk
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To the Hon
J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
This is to Certify that I Red James Hamilton the undersigned resident of Baltimore County. am well acquainted with Mr Thomas White who is applying to the general Government for a pension for his Revolutionary services with who I have lived neighbour [neighbor] for a number of years, that I know him to be a man of unquestionable veracity, and at any time within my knowledge of him, would undoubtly [undoubtedly] believe any statements of facts made by him, And that I know he mustered during the war of the Revolution in Captain Baily's Compnay, [company] and that I do believe he served as he stated in that war [illegible crossed out] and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood]  where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, In testimony
whereof I subscribe my name
James Hamilton,
preacher of the methodis [methodist] Church
State of Maryland
Baltimore County to wit
Be it Remembered that on this sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the State and County aforesaid, Personally appeared Red James Hamilton who has subscribed to the above and aforegoing [foregoing] certificate, aged Seventy four years and upwards and made oath [that crossed out] on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the matters and
things set forth in the above certificate is just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief
Sworn before me a Justice of the Peace James S Hamilton
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This is to Certify, that I have read the [illegible crossed out] statements relative to Mr Thomas White on the other page writen [written] and sworn to by James
Hamilton, and that I do believe the said Thomas White Served in the war of the Revolution and I do concur in the the character given by the said Mr Hannton
Thomas Ely

State of Maryland
Baltimore County to wit
Be it Remembered that on this seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty two before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas Ely Esq and made oath on the holy Evangely of Almighty God, that the matter and things set forth in the above certificate is true
Sworn to before me

And I further certify certify, that a Justice of the Peace in consequence of Mr Joseph Ely Esqr [esquire] being from home and not convenient his affidavit cannot be
procured In testimony whereof I subscribe my name
John Reed
J. P.
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County Sct ⎬ 
I hereby certify that James S Hamilton &John Reed Gentleman before whom the aforegoing [foregoing] affidavits were made, and who have thereto signed their names, were at the time of so doing, two of the Justices of the Peace of the State of
Maryland, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and Sworn.
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto Subscribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court on this 23 day of June 1842
Thos [Thomas] Kelly
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To the Honbl. [Honorable] 
J. L. Edwards
(Commissioner) Pension office
Washington 
D C
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Elyville MD. May 14th 1842
Dear Sir
This is to recommend to your favourable [favorable] consideration the application of Thomas White a soldier of the Revolution whose declaration, made before the Honorable James B. Price one of the Justices of the Orphans Court for Baltimore County I have read and of the truth of the facts set fourth therein I have no doubt as I have often heard some of the Oldest citizens in this neighbourhood [neighborhood] speaking of the services of the said Thomas White as a faithfull [faithful] soldier in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war and I would further state that I was a member of the General Assembly of Maryland in 1827 and presented to that body the Petition of Mr White for a Pension and that I obtained the passage of the Resolution set fourth [forth] as a part of the evidence of his having been in the service during the revolutionary war I then believed him entitled to a pension the state and I have always believed that he was entitled to a pension from the United States I would further state that I have known M. White from my childhood and have lived a near neighbour [neighbor] to him ever since and I have always believed him to be a man of strict integrity and truth and his declarations may be fully relied upon
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as evidenced by the further concernent testimony of one of the oldest citizens of this
part of Baltimore County who was acquainted with him at the time of his entering the army of the revolution, Mr Joshua Owings who held a commission at the time as certified by him and who I have heard speak of the services of Mr Thomas White many years since when he the said White had not thought of applying to either the State or United States for a Pension and I can further assure you that I have often heard the oldest persons in this very [illegible] speak of Mr White as a soldier of the Revolution and that I never heard any person express any doubt about the fact of his having as such faithfully served his country and believing as I do that he is justly entitled to a pension from the United States I have therefore recommended him to your favourable [favorable] consideration
Very Respectfully your Obdent Servt [Obedient Servant]
Hugh Ely
To the Honble [Honorable] 
James L. Edwards
Comm of Pensons [Pensions] U. S.
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State of Maryland Howard District of Anne Arundel [illegible crossed out] County to wit
Be it Remembered that on this twenty third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred and forty two, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for [Baltimore crossed out] Howard District of Anne Arundel County, Personally appeared Hugh Ely Esquire, and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the matters and things set forth on the other pages writen [written] and subscribed to by him are just and true
Sworn to before me 
Jas. Martin
Howard District of Anne Arundel County Sct.
I hereby certify that James Martin Gentleman before whom the above affidavit was made and
who has thereto signed his name was at the time of so doing one of the Justices of the peace of the said State in and for the District and County aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe 
my name and affix the seal of said
County Court this 23d day of June 1842
Jno [John] Moore Clk [Clerk]
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October 17, 1938.

Mr. George F. Partridge | BA-J/ILL
9 Ashburton Place | Thomas White
Boston, Massachusetts. | S. 15240

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of October 6, 1938, in 
which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas White, 
pension claim-S. 15240.

The data which follow are found in the papers on file in 
pension claim, S. 15240, based upon service in the Revolutionary 
War of Thomas White.  

Thomas White was born in the year 1759, in Baltimore 
County, Maryland; the names of his parents are not shown.

At the age of seventeen years, while a resident of said 
Baltimore County, Thomas White enlisted and served as private in 
Captain Bailey's company, Colonel Smallwood's Maryland regiment and 
was in the battle of Germantown, length of service nine months.  He 
enlisted March 17, 1778, served as private in Captain Gresh's com
pany, Colonel Gunby's 7th Maryland regiment, was in the battle of 
Camden in August 1780, in the siege of Yorktown, and was discharged 
November 15, 1783.

Thomas White was allowed pension on his application executed 
April 21, 1842, at which time he resided in Baltimore County, Mary
land.  He was allowed pension by the State of Maryland, also, on 
account of his service in the Revolutionary War.

In 1842, the soldier's son Ephraim White, was a resident of 
Baltimore, Maryland; the name of the soldier's wife is not shown, nor 
the date of their marriage.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name 
and address of the person paid and, possibly, the date of death of
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Thomas White, you should write to The Comptroller General, General 
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the 
following:

Thomas White
Certificate #31963
Issued June 27, 1942
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Maryland Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.


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P 15240
INVALID.
File No. 15.240
Thomas White
Priv Rev. War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1  Page 405
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1932- Jan 21 - Hist. to Anna M Halsey, I. L. L. 
1938 - June 24 - Hist. to Floyd G C. Bl
1938 - Aug 20 - Amended Hist. (Floyd G. Blau
1938 - Oct. 17 - Hist. to Mr. George F Partedge - J L L
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35.340
Thomas White
Maryland
Admitted
Private 2 yr $80
Cap Grosh Col 7 mo
Act 7 June 1832
Mr Ephraim White, 
Baltimore
Md
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August 20, 1838

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Mr. Floyd G. Blair | THOMAS WHITE
Fifty-five Wall Street | S. 15240
New York City | BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request a check 
of the records to adjust a discrepancy in the report furnished you 
by this office and the one furnished you by the General Accounting 
Office, in regard to the date and place of death of Thomas White, 
S. 15240, the report from this office stating that he was living in 
Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1849, and the one by the General 
Accounting Office stating that he died July 9, 1842, in Baltimore 
County, Maryland.

With the papers in the pension claim of Thomas White (S. 15240), 
whose record was furnished you June 24, 1938, there is a letter on 
file written by Honorable Job Mann, House of Representatives, dated 
January 16, 1849, making inquiry in regard to Thomas White, soldier 
of the Revolutionary War, "from the State of Maryland, now residing 
in Bedford County, Pennsylvania."  When that letter was received by 
the Commissioner of Pensions, it was placed with the case cited above 
and the reply made that "Thomas White of Baltimore, Maryland, who was 
a soldier of the Revolution in the Maryland line, was inscribed on 
the pension roll at $80 per annum, on the 27th of June, 1842".  No 
subsequent correspondence is on file in regard to the matter, and as 
there is no other Thomas White Revolutionary War claim for pension 
to which the correspondence is applicable, and as this office had no 
knowledge of the date of last payment of pension and final settlements 
in this case, the data in the letter of Honorable Job Mann were incorpo
rated in the report to you.

Since official contest has been made with the General Accounting 
Office by this office, and the information received that Thomas White 
(S. 15240) died in 1842, it is evident that the letter from Mr. Mann 


[Note bottom of page] I omitted the month as he 
stated the G.A.O. reported July 1842 
Mrs. Hewson reported to 
me June 1842.
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does not pertain to this Thomas White.

Another report is furnished you herewith to be used in place 
of the one furnished you June 24, 1938.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator

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August 20, 1938

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Mr. Floyd G. Blair | THOMAS WHITE 
Fifty-five Wall Street | S. 15240
New York City | BA-J/ILL:MLB

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in 
pension claim, S. 15240, based upon service of Thomas White in the 
Revolutionary War.

Thomas White was born in the year 1759, in Baltimore County, 
Maryland; the names of his parents are not shown.

At the age of seventeen years, while a resident of said Baltimore 
County, Thomas White enlisted and served as private in Captain Baily's 
company, Colonel Smallwood's Maryland regiment and was in the battle 
of Germantown, length of service nine months.  He enlisted March 17, 
1778, served as private in Captain Gresh's company, Colonel Gunby's 
7th Maryland Regiment, was in the battle of Camden in August, 1780, 
and in the Siege of Yorktown and was discharged November 15, 1783.

Thomas White was allowed pension on his application executed 
April 21, 1842, at which time he resided in Baltimore County, Maryland. 
He was allowed pension by the State of Maryland, also, on account of 
his service in the Revolutionary War.

In 1842, the soldier's son, Ephraim White, was a resident of 
Baltimore, Maryland; the name of soldier's wife is not shown, nor the 
date of their marriage.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and 
address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Thomas 
White, you should write to The Comptroller General, General Accounting 
Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Thomas White, certificate #31963, issued June 27, 1842, rate $80 per 

[Note regarding the above paragraph] This was repeated for his future 
reference. J
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annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Maryland Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator


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Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

Founded [Seal of Massachusetts Society] Incorporated
1889 | 1907

9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS.

[Circular time and mail receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing to 3
RECEIVED
OCT 17 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER. NO. 19

[Note] Hist. mailed -
Oct. 17 

October 15, 1938.

Veterans Administration
Revolutionary Pensions Section, 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

On October 6th we asked if you would kindly send us 
the pension record of one Thomas White of Baltimore, Maryland, 
who was born in 1759 and served in the Battles of Germantown, 
Camden, and the Siege of Yorktown.

We have as yet received no reply to this request and would 
appreciate it very much indeed if you would give it your earliest 
possible attention, as we are holding up approval of an applica
tion paper, pending its receipt.

Very truly yours, 

George F. Partridge,
Registrar.

GFP/agw
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Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

Founded [Seal of Massachusetts Society] Incorporated
1809 | 1907

9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS.

[Circular time and mail receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing to 2
RECEIVED 
OCT 7 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER NO. 23

October 6, 1938.

[Note] 17-
[illegible handwriting] TW of Md pen- J

Veterans Administration,
Revolutionary Pensions Section, 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

It would be very much appreciated if you would 
kindly send a copy of the Revolutionary pension (S-15240) 
record of one Thomas White of Baltimore, Maryland, who was 
born in 1759, and served in the Battles of Germantown, 
Camden, and the Siege of Yorktown.

This information is desired with reference to an appli
cation for membership in this Society.

Very truly yours,

George F. Partridge, 
(w) Registrar.

GFP/agw
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FIFTY-FIVE WALL STREET 
NEW YORK

August 2nd, 1938

Mr. A. D. Hiller, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator, 
Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Hiller:

BA-J/IILL
THOMAS WHITE
S. 15240
______________

Referring to you letter of June 24th with refer
ence to Thomas White, a soldier in the Revolutionary War: You 
state that in 1849 Thomas White resided in Bedford County, 
Pennsylvania.  In a letter dated July 28th just received from 
the Records Division of the General Accounting Office (their 
file R-76274-hll) they state that the pensioner died in Balti
more on July 9, 1842.  There is an inconsistency in these two 
statements.  I just wanted to check your statement again.  Pos
sibly it referred to a son, and not to Thomas White himself.

I shall appreciate a further word from you on this.

Sincerely yours, 

Floyd G. Blair

[Notes] d. June 9, 1842
[illegible note]
He never re a pen
Is. June 27, 1842
[illegible note]
$901.11 from
Mch 4 1831

[Circular time and mail receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing to 3
RECEIVED 
AUG 3 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER NO. 31
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June 24, 1938.

Mr. Floyd G. Blair
58 Hall Street
New York, New York

RAS/MMHI/ILL
Thomas White
S. 15940
Thomas White
R. 11443

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish all the data you have in regard to a certain Thomas White in whom you are interested. You believe he was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, that his daughter, Rachel, married about 1838 in Baltimore, Maryland, Samuel Plurpest, that she was one of a large family of children, and that your ancestor, Thomas White, you believe was of Pennsylvania, Maryland or Virginia.

The records of two soldiers with the name Thomas White are furnished you herewith; however, the name of a child Rachel is not shown in either record. It may be state, too, that in many instances, not all the names of the children of the soldiers are recorded in the claim for pension.

It is hoped that these two records will aid you in your research. Should neither record be what you desire, another effort will be made in your behalf.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Hill,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

3 carbons —
One in Mrs. Corr - file - / MMHI.
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June 24, 1938.

Mr. Floyd [struck out: C.] G. Blair | BA-J/ILL
55 Wall Street | Thomas White
New York, New York. | S. 15240

Dear Sir:

The data which follow are found in the papers on file 
in pension claim, S. 15240, based upon service of Thomas White in 
the Revolutionary War.

Thomas White was born in the year 1759, in Baltimore 
County, Maryland; the names of his parent are not shown.

At the age of seventeen years, while a resident of said 
Baltimore County, Thomas White enlisted and served as private in 
Captain Baily's company, Colonel Smallwood's Maryland regiment 
and was in the battle of Germantown, length of service nine months. 
He enlisted March 17, 1778, served as private in Captain Gresh's 
company, Colonel Gunby's 7th Maryland regiment, was in the battle 
of Camden in August 1780, was in the siege of Yorktown and was 
discharged November 15, 1783.

Thomas White was allowed pension on his application 
executed April 21, 1842, at which time he resided in Baltimore 
County, Maryland.  He was allowed pension by the State of Maryland 
also, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.

In 1842, the soldier's son, Ephraim White, was a resident 
of Baltimore, Maryland; the name of the soldier's wife is not 
shown, nor the date of their marriage.

[The following sentence encircled] In 1849, Thomas White resided in Bedford County, Pennsyl
vania.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name 
of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, 

[Note regarding encircled sentence] 
[illegible]Does not pertain to this Thos. White.  See my copy of the data 
fur. me by Mrs. Hewson, Gen. Acct. Off. after I rec. Mr.Floyd G. Blair's letter 
of Aug. 2, 1938.
M H Finch
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you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting 
Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:

Thomas White
Certificate #31963
Issued June 17, 1842
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1842.
Maryland Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.


2.
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January 21, 1922.

Anna M. Halsey | BAJ/ILL
520 North 28th Avenue
Omaha, Nebraska.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to White Brown and 
Thomas White, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein relative to Thomas White are obtained 
from the pages on file in pension claim, S. 15240, based upon his service 
in that war.

Thomas White was born in 1759 in Baltimore County, Maryland.

At the age of seventeen years, while residing in said Baltimore 
County, he enlisted and served as private in Captain Baily's Company, 
Colonel Smallwood's Maryland Regiment and was in the battle of Germantown, 
length of service nine months.  He enlisted March 17, [illegible]* served as  *1778
private in Captain Gresh's Company, Colonel Gunby's Maryland Regiment, was 
in many skirmishes during 1778 and 1779, was in the battle of Camden in 
August 1780, was in the siege of Yorktown and was discharged November 15, 
1783.
[Note regarding Colonel Gunby's Maryland Regiment: 7" Md Regt
use number of regt. next time.]

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 21, 1842, 
while a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland.  He was also allowed pension 
by the State of Maryland for his service in the Revolutionary War.

Soldier's son, Ephraim White, was a resident of Baltimore, Mary
land, at the time his father made application for pension.  The name of 
soldier's wife was not stated.

The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a 
claim for pension on file on account of the services of White Brown.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLDER,
Assistant to Administrator.

[Notes: [struck out: Did not use residence of Thomas White in 1849 as there is 
nothing to identify it with this soldier.]  Included 1938]
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Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Can you tell me if there was any 
pension issued for

White Brown born Mch. 23 1749 Dorchester Co Md. [struck out: or Sussex Co. Del.]
Lieutenant in company of Volunteers Minute Men 
2nd wife Anna Thithgott
who were the children?
Bethel Chapel Dorchester Co. Md. noted during 
the was was on his farm.
Who was his father?  Is this the Brown family 
chronicled in Hayden's Va. Genealogies

[Circular time and mail receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing 1:45
RRECEIVED 
JAN 4 1832
[illegible]
PENSION [illegible]

White Brown's father in law was 
Judge Thomas White who gave aid to [illegible] side
Dorchester Maryland.
Has he any record?

White Brown lived at one time in Sussex Co
Delaware.

What records do you have for Thomas White 
pvt. or corp. 7 Maryland Regt. [Note before pvt.: OK]

Anna M. Halsey
5320 No. 28 Ave
Omaha
Nebr.
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Pen: Office
June 13, 1842
Sir 
The papers of Thomas White under act of 7th June 1832, have been examined and therefore herewith returned [filed with illegible crossed out]. Besides other testimony, that of Hugh Ely, [and crossed out] James Hamilton [and crossed out] Thomas Ely and Joseph Ely Esqr [esquire] [illegible crossed out] is exhibited. The rule requires that all testimony in most cases, should be given under oath. They should therefore, make oaths to their statements, in compliance with [said crossed out] the regulations. 
Mr. Ephraim White
Baltimore, MD

OC
35,340
[illegible]
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Battimore June 24th 1842
Sir
In reply to your letter of June 13th requiring witnesses to make oath to their
statements, has been received and complied with and I have herewith Enclosed the same which I am in hopes will prove satisfactorily, an answer as soon as practible [practicable] will be thankfully acknowledged
Respectfully [illegible]
Ephraim White

To
J. L. Edwards Esqr [esquire]
Pension office
Washington
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Do not use these letters 
with this case S. 15240.
Must be another Thos. White. 
There is no other in our 
records, however, to which 
it belongs.  See Report from Gen.
Acct. Office (Mrs. Hewson) this date.
MHF
Aug. 17, 1938
Page 41

300
Pension Office
Jan 25, 1849
Sir: 
In answer to your letter of the 11. inst [instant] I have the honor to inform you that Thomas White of Baltimore, Md. who was a soldier of the Revolution in the Md line was inscribed on the pension roll at $80 per anr [annum],  on the 27th June 1842,
Hon Job Mann,
H of R

[illegible]
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Washington City
Jany [January] 16/49.
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Dr. Sir,
I have been requested to enquire whether Thomas White, a soldier of the Revolution, from the State of Maryland, now residing in Bedford County Penna 
I would thank you for the information, if within your Power
I am very respectfully
Your obt. Sert [obedient servant] [illegible] 
Job Mansel
Page 43

Mrs. Hewson, Clerk in the General 
Accounting Office, informed 
me by telephone, Aug. 17, 1938, that 
Thomas White (Ctf. No. 31963) Md. 
Agency, died June 9, 1842 in 
Baltimore Co., Md., where he had 
always resided, that he never 
received his pension, & that only 
one payment was ever made & 
that was made to the children,
$901.11 due the soldier from 
Mch 4, 1831 to date of his death.
Names of children: Ephraim, 
Mary Lee, Rachel Pierpoint, 
Susanna White & Charles White.
MHF