Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42070, Ezekiel White, N.C.
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Service NC
White, Ezekiel or Ezekial
Number S.42070
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(Left page)
[illegible] sent 10 Feb. 1891 to Hon. Wm Benton N R.

(Right page)
7052
North Carolina

Ezekial White
of Berten Coy in the state of N Carolina 
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Carious of the N Carolina
line, for the term of 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of N Carolina
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 24th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of March 1819
and sent to Hon J. H. Bryan
H of Reps

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1819 10 mo 7/20 4/31- 82,89
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sept 1819 48
130. 89
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
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42070
Invalid.
Revy
File No. 42.070
Ezekiel White
Priv Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index:-Vol. S, Page 560

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Ezekiel White
North Carolina line
3 years

Good-
W.H.
Adm. if W. Burk
certify as to need
Hon. J. H. Bryan
H. of Rep.
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State of North Carolina}
Bertie County-}
Personally appeared before me Thomas Ruffin Judge of the Supreme Court of Law and Equity for the County of Bertie Ezekiel White who maketh oath that he was a soldier in the army of the United States for three years in time of the Revolutionary War that he was enlisted by Thomas Bland Whitmale in the town of Windsor on the 4th day of May 1776 and that he served under Cap. Jeremiah McClane of the fourth North Carolina regiment commanded by various officers but at the time of his discharge by Col. Thomas Clark at  place called Paramus in the State of New York. That he sold after the conclusion of the war his discharge to Col Hardy Menfree and further states that from his [illegible] circumstances he needs the assistance of his government for support
Sworn to before me
this 24th April 1818 - Ezekiel (his X mark) White
Thomas Ruffin [illegible]
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State of N. Carolina Secretary's Office 5th Feby 1819
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the state aforesaid do hereby certify that, it appears from the musterroll of the N. Carolina Continental Line in the Revolutionary war, that Ez.kl White enlisted as a private in said line on the 4th May 1776 for three years under Capt. Lewis of the 4th Regt. and was discharged on the 14th May 1779.
Given under my hand the date above
Wm Hill
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State of North Carolina}
Bertie County}
Superior Court of Law 
April term 1818
I Hursted Reynolds clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the honorable Thomas Ruffin, whose name is subscribed to the preceding affidavit of Ezekiel White did attend and preside as Judge, serving the present term of this Court, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to his official acts.
Given under my hand and
seal of Office- 
H. Reynolds Clk
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Schedule
Ezekiel White
$68
Copy 7052
Sept 1819
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The State of North Carolina}
Bertie County Ss.-}
Court of pleas and 
quarter sessions held in
and for the County of Bertie
at the Court House in
Windsor on the 2 Monday
of November A.D. 1820.-

On this thirteenth day of November AD 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for the said County of Bertie, made so by the laws of North Carolina, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Ezekiel White aged 65 years resident in the said County of Bertie who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as followed: that he enlisted on the 4th day of May 1776 for the term of three years in Windsor Bertie County North Carolina, in the company commanded by Jeremiah McLogan or McLean in the regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Polk in the line of the State of North Carolina on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve until about the 8th of May 1779 when he was discharged from said service in the State of New Jersey: that he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth; that he has received a pension under the Act of 1818 commencing on the 24th April 1818; that his pension certificate bears date the 5th day of March 1819
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and that he has received payment up to the 4th of March last; that his pension certificate has no number upon it. And I the said Ezekiel White do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the 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 the intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions 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 securities, contract or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed: (schedule) viz: a life estate in eighty four acres of poor land. one horse 11 years old- one cow- one yearling- two sows- one chair- and table- two old wheels- He further saith that he is a farmer by occupation able to work but very little, being lame in his right arm, having lost one eye and the sight of the other is greatly impaired- that his wife Mary about 60 years old and his daughter Polly about 16 years old composes his family residing with him; the daughter able to work; but his wife able to do
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but little; being in bad health-
(signed) Ezekiel (his X mark) White

Sworn to and declared in open Court by the said Ezekiel White on the 13th day of November 1820. 
attest. E. A. Rhodes Clk

State of North Carolina: Bertie County. SS:
I Elisha A. Rhodes clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of Bertie County N.C. do hereby certify that the foregoing 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 sixty eight dollars. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 19th day of December 1820
E A Rhodes
Clerk of the Court for the
County of Bertie NC.

State of North Carolina}
Bertie County Ss.}
I Robert M. Brickell presiding magistrate of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of said County do hereby certify that Elisha A. Rhodes is clerk of said Court and that his attestation as above is in due form. Dec. 19. 1820.} R M Brickell pres mag