Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30785, Christopher White, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.

White, Christopher

NUMBER
S. 30785

CONTENTS
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To Mississ [missing] Virginia from [missing] April 1845 [missing] to Hon J. [missing] Miss.

[illegible]
March 27/55
Let [illegible]
March 30/55
1884 June 23, S. A. Crabtree Children not entitled to any due to Soldier’s widow & Sent circular
1884 July 9th, Mrs S A Crabtree- that she had misunderstood the [illegible] letter & sent copy of circular [illegible]
1884 July 23 Mrs S. A. Crabtree (no instruction Sent as requested as She is not entitled to the pension claimed due her mother
1885 May 15. R. C White that no pension was due for the widow after her death- send circular [illegible]

29.556.
Mississippi
Christopher White of Halifax Co in the State of Virginia who was a private in the [blank] commanded by Captain Wallace of the Reg commanded by Col Green in the Virginia line for 6. Months

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Decr 1834 and Sent to J G. E Baynham Halifax Va

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by N. Rice
Book E Vol. 64 Page [missing]
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ONE OF ORIGINAL DAUGHTERS
AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

[date stamp]
MRS. VIRGINIA WHITE.
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
MAY 14 1926

Mrs. Virginia White, 710 Woodlawn avenue, is one of the original Daughters of the American Revolution. Her father, Christopher White, served in Virginia under General Green. He was 17 years old at the time of the war, and after several years’ fighting he married and made his home in Culpepper County, Va. Later, upon the death of his wife, he remarried and moved to Mississippi. Mrs. White is the daughter of his second marriage. He died while she was a small child. Christopher White drew a pension several years previous to his death.
Mrs. White was born in 1842. She has lived in Dallas for forty-nine years. She now makes her home with her granddaughter, Mrs. A. J. Lewis. Mrs. White will be presented to the Daughters of the American Revolution conference in Dallas.
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Christopher White’s Decl

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Virginia, to wit:
On this 29th November 1832 Personally appeared before the Court of the County of Halifax Christopher White a resident of the County & State aforesaid. aged Seventy five 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 the 7th June 1832. This applicant states that enlisted as volunteer in the County of Charlotte and State aforesaid in the year 1779. under Lieutenant John Moore for the term of eighteen months, and marched to Richmond crossing James River at that place and from thence crossing Pamunky river at new Castle and from thence crossing the Potomac and joined Head Quarters in the State of Pennsylvania, and was attached to the Seventeenth Regt: Virginia eighteenth months men & served out his tour of 18 months in that and Same in the adjoining States in Genl Delayette’s Brigade and in Colo Green’s Regt: and in Genl Green’s Brigade and was discharged by Colo Green before Genl Green was sent on the take charge of the Southern Army. after Genl Gates was defeated that he volunteered in February 1781 about the time Cornwallis came with his troops to Halifax and marched from Charlotte County crossing Staunton River at Cole’s ferry, and Dan River at Irvine’s ferry, from thence crossing Haw river at the Highrock ford and from thence to Guilford and was in an engagement about the 15th
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March hear Guilford Courthouse, and was in Genl Stephens brigade. and served three months in that expedition and was discharged near Fayetteville- That after he returned home he was called on in three or four days to serve his own tour was drafted and marched from Charlotte County crossing James River at the Glebe, and from thence to Morben Hills, from thence to Old James Town and there had an engagement, and from thence to Richmond and from thence to New Castle and from thence to King William County on the Natahony river, crossing the Pamunky river at Ruffin’s ferry and recrossing said river to Williamsburg and from thence to Little York and was discharged after the Surrender of Cornwallis for that tour of duty making in all two year of his Services as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, That he was born in Mecklenburg County & State of Virginia-, was a resident of Charlotte County in the time of the Revolutionary War.- that he removed to Halifax County, after the close of the revolutionary- and [illegible] now live in the same.- that he knows no living Person near him by whom he can prove any Part of his Services as a Soldier of the Revolution, that his discharge was washed in his clothes, and Lost- that he has no record of his age, that he believes that his register was burnt that he is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Christopher White
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
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We John Arrington & James Willis residing in the County of Halifax & State of Virginia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Christopher White who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy five 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
John Arrington
his X mark
James Willis
his X mark

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 John Arrington & James Willis who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County & State aforesaid and are credible Persons, & that their Statement is entitled to credit.

I Samuel Williams clerk of Court of the county of Halifax do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Christopher White for a Pension
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 12th day of December 1832
Samuel Williams
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The State of Mississippi Noxubee County,}
Be it Known, that on this the twenty ninth day of November A.D. 1854, before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in & for said county & state, personally appeared Keziah White, surviving wife of Christopher White late of said county & state deceased, and resident, of said county & state, near Macon, the county site of said county, and made oath according to law, that she is the surviving lawful wife of the said Christopher White deceased, who was the same identical Christopher White, whose name, under the Act of Congress, approved, 7th of June A.D. 1832, has been placed on the Virginia Pension at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, payable on the Semiannual 4th of March & 4th of September in every year, That she is credibly informed, that the said Pension may & ought to be increased from its commencement, and during its continuance; that she is directly interested as a claimant, in said increase, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my agent, may use in prosecuting said claim,
Countermanding & revoking all powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint Samuel M. Knight of Washington City, my true & lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of me the said Keziah White, for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension, (or both) that may be due, and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the said Christopher White, the soldier for whose military duty in the Revolution,
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the aforesaid Pension was granted, I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from state archives, or other sources established proofs of such service, to examine all papers, or documents in relation to said service on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file addition evidence or arguments, and to receive for my benefit the certificate for Increase which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim; which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency, of this, the state of Mississippi aforesaid; to appoint one, or were substituted under him for the purposes, herein expressed, and to do all things that I might, or could do were I personally present, acting or consenting thereto, Hereby ratifying and conferring all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
Keziah White
her X mark

Sworn to, subscribed subscribed & acknowledged, before me the day & year above first written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Keziah White to be directly interested in said claim, as set forth, and to be the identical party therein obliged, in whose claim, I am in nowise interested
Henry Sims (seal)
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Mississippi Noxubee County. Ss.}
I Charles G. Bowen Clerk of the Probate Court of Said County & State do hereby Certify that Henry Sims whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace for Said County of Noxubee duly Elected Qualified & and Commissioned and that all of his acts in the premises are and ought to be entitled to full faith and Credit in Judiculture and thereout.
Given under my hand and Official Seal at Macon Mississippi this the 26. day of December A.D. 1854.
C.G. Bowen Clk

The attorney will not act in this case. The com= will please consider the application as made through me.
S. Adams U.S.S.
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Application of a transfer.
State of Mississippi Noxubee County}
On this the Seventeenth day of February. one thousand Eight Hundred & forty two, before me, the subscriber, a justice of  the peace, for the said County of Noxubee, personally appeared, Christopher White who on his oath, declares, that he is the Same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded, Anderson Holaway, in the Regiment commanded, by colonel- Greene in the service of the united States. that his name was placed on the pension “Roll” of the State of Virginia, from whence he has lately removed. that he now resides in the County of Noxubee and State of Mississippi, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons, for removing from the state of Virginia to Mississippi, “to evil” That his circumstances in life, were such, as he thought rendered it necessary, the county being newly settled. and Lands were lower in price, and enabled him to procure a home for the better support of his family.
Christopher White

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year above written}
A. W. Dabney (seal)
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Mississippi Noxubee County}
Personally appeared before me Anderson W. Dabney an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County John T. Dismukes, who after being sworn in due form of Law, deposeth and saith that he was personally acquainted with Christopher white, whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit, in the County of Halifax and State of Virginia, previous to his removal, to this State, and that he always [illegible] him to be a pensioner of the united States, as a revolutionary soldier, am that said Christopher White, is the Identical person, named in this and the foregoing affidavit 
John T. Dismukes
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 18th day of February 1845}
A. W. Dabney (seal)
Justice of the Peace.

The State of Mississippi Noxubee County}
I Anderson W. Dabney an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify, that John T. Dismukes, whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit, is a gentleman of high standing, and veracity uimpeachable,
Given under my hand and seal this te 18th day of February 1845, A W Dabney (seal)
Justice of the Peace
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The state of Mississippi Noxubee County}
I John B Roberts Clerk of the Probate Court of said County do hereby Certify that Anderson. W. Dabney whose name appears signed to the foregoing Certificate is a Magistrate as stated and the signature purporting to be his is genuine & that due faith & Credit should be given all his official acts such
Given under my hand & seal of Office at Macon this the 18th day of February Ad 1845
Jno B Roberts
Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

May 18, 1926.

Mrs. Ida Stokes,
Box 136,
Wilmer, Texas.

Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30785, it appears, that Christopher White was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, date of birth and names of parents not on record.
While a resident of Charlotte County, Virginia, he served as a private in the Virginia Troops, under Captains John Wallace and Anderson Holoway and Colonels Holt Richardson and Green, as follows: He enlisted in 1779 and served eighteen months. He enlisted in February 1781, served three months and was in the battle of Guilford. He enlisted soon after, served three months, was in an engagement at Jamestown and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 29, 1832, while living in Halifax County, Virginia, aged seventy-five years.
In 1839, he was residing in Noxubee County, Mississippi, with his children.

[written in margin] No 17th Va Regt of the Line or that could be proved. officers so mixed up that I could not fit them into the various enlistments
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His daughter, Mrs. S. A. Crabtree stated that he died in 1845 and that her mother Keziah died in 1865. The date of marriage and maiden name of Keziah are not on record.
There is no provision of law that would entitle the children and grandchildren of soldiers of the Revolution to arrears of pension, or to pension in their own right.
For the address requested, you should direct as follows, The Ambassador for the United States of America, London, England.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.

[handwritten postscript] Family data given in this letter is with reference to the granddaughter’s requests. the death date is given in the claim as 1848 also- but not by child, only by some one writing for a child
I did not tell this woman to apply to Sen. Accounting Office for date of last payment as it- would only complicate the issue and make her think she was entitled to arrears of pension
I told her that instead, they have been writing for years about it.
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Wilmer Texas.
April 24 1926.

Secretary of War Department
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir Will you please give me the Desired information concerning Christopher Columbus White war record. Between the years of 1772-1780. He enlisted during the times I have mentioned. At the age of 17 years
I would like to have a coppy of his discharge. also his enlisting papers. And Give his Birthplace and also the names of his mother and Father and their Birthplaces. he lived to be 96 years old. was drawing his pension at the time of his death. he also fought under. General Green. And can you find out what time his last pension money was paid. I am a liveing own Granddaughter of Christopher Columbus White. I am also sending you a printed Statement made by his own Daughter Mrs. V. White our mothers mother never did receive any money after his death. And is his Grand Childrein
over
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[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
O
MAY 14, 1926

entitled to the back Pension money. Will Gladly. appreciate any Information you can give me on this subject. We also have a Knee Buckle that was worn by our Grandfather White During the Revolution War. Please answer this I am very Respectfully
Mrs Ida Stokes
Wilmer Texas Box 136

[date stamp]
ASSISTANT AND CHIEF CLERK
APR 29 1926
WAR DEPT.

Registered A G O APR 29 1921

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
APR 29 [illegible]
OLD RECORDS DIVN.
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Wilmer Tex,
May. 11th 1926.

The Commissioner of Pensions Washington. D.C.

Dear Sir, Can you give me a datta, on the Pension of Chris or Christopher- or Christopher Columbus. White, when his Last pension was ever paid, he had not drawed any pension for several years before his death, which was July 2, 1846, he enlisted in the war at the age of 17 yrs between 1775- and 1780, and have you any war Record, his enlisting papers
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or Discharge. Just any information will be gladly Received, and does it give his wife name or his parents, he was our Grand father and we do not no which one of the 3 names I have mentioned he enlisted in the name of. We have in our possession one large silver Knee Buckle he wore under George Washington. Our mother and aunt Virginia White never received any pension money after their Fathers death, and should there be any pension money is his
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Grand Children entitled to the same. Our mother was only 9 yrs old prior to his death, he was 96 yrs old when he died, does it give any information concerning his enlisting Mc Ries Regiment may 9 1781, for 12 months, and transfered to Legion July 1781, all the Datta Possible from this letter will be Greatly Benefited,
Hoping you will Kindly Give this your attention
I am Very Resp,
Mrs Ida Stokes
Wilmer Texas, Box 136
Dallas Co-
over 

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
O
MAY 14, 1926
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U. S. PENSION OFFICE
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MAY 14, 1926

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P.S I am sending you the letter letter I wrote to the Secretary at Washington D.C. Maby you can get some information from it,
Resp
Mrs Ida Stokes-

And can you Give me the correct addrss of the U.S.A. embassador of England- for to address letter to him
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30785
Revy INVALID.

File No. 30,785
Christopher White
[illegible] Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index:- Vol. D, Page 449
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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June 13/85 [illegible] that no allowance [illegible] made [illegible]
Jan. 7/86 Letter, to [illegible] stating date of last [illegible] the soldier. & that wid. [illegible] evidence to allow her [illegible]
March 23/98 Mrs. [illegible] that no [illegible] Servace can be [illegible] to any one.

1926. May. 18. [illegible] Mrs Ida Stokes [illegible] was also infd. grand children had no title
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Virginia 29556
Christopher White [missing] Halifax in the State of Va was [missing] was a pr: in the [blank] commanded [missing] Captain [blank] of the Rg’t. commanded [missing] Co’l Green in the Va: [missing] for [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20. Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Decr 34 and sent to J.S.E. Boynham. Halifax Va

Arrears to the 4th of Sep’t. 34 70
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar: 35. 10
$80
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk,
Book C Vol. 64. Page 39-

[illegible] to R. [illegible] 30 April 1839.
Same person of 3rd Auditor
14 Oct 1839
Paid at the [illegible] -der the Act of the [illegible] 1838 from 4th March 183 [missing] to 4 Sept 183. Agt [missing] 30. Oct 1839.
Letter to R.A. Grant 23 [illegible] 1841.
[illegible] to R. H. Grant Esq- and 3d Auditor Nov 1st 1842
Paid as above from Spt 4th 1838 to the 4th Sep’tr 1841. Ag notified Nov 10th 1842
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1842. To 4. March 1843. Agt Notified 4. Dec. 1844
Paid as above from 4. Sep 1838 to 4. Sep 1842 Agt notified 9. Decr 1844
Letter to Hon J Thompson & 3 Audr 5 March 1845.
Paid as above from 4 March to 4. Sep 1843 Agt notified 24. April 1844
[illegible] to Per Agt 26 April 1844.
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Christopher White, Virginia. Act 7th June 1832
$20 per annum
To what period last paid? to 4 March 1835 [illegible]
Pension Office 30th April 1839.}
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[date stamp]
FEB 14 1898
FILES,

Dallas Texas Feb. 4- 1898

[date stamp]
LAW DIVISION
FEB 10 1898
RECEIVED:

Commissioner of Claims-
Dear Sir-
I write you on regard to the old war Claims of Christopher White who was in the revolutionary war & lived in Halifax Co Va- he died in 1848 leaving an [underlined] insane [end underline] widow & five children three of whom were minors- the widow died in 1865- & never regained her reason the oldest son was killed during the civil war- the next died in 1868 & the oldest sister in 1888- the next who was eight years old when Christopher White died is in the insane asylum & has been there for years- & the last & youngest is living here in Dallas & for years was almost helpless- they moved from Halifax Co Va. to Macon, Noxubee Co Miss & in 1869 the family came to Dallas Co
over
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Texas, where they have lived ever since the last pay received by Christopher White was in 1848- & he received it through the Macon Post Office Miss- Mrs White- the youngest daughter tells me that she has a slight recollection of going to the court house with her mother & others & of the authorities trying to get inteligent replies to questions asked their mother & of hearing the Dr say-”no use she is hopelessly insane”- these are the facts now Mrs White wants to know if she can not get her share & that of her insane sister- as well as that due her mother up to her death- Has this claim been barred? From my belief it has not, as she, the mother was insane when Christopher White died & was up to time of her death & no legal guardian appointed for the children- Kindly look into the matter & while mi at once- & oblige.
Yours respectfully
Mrs. Sam Nelson
225. Griffin St-
Dallas- Texas-

[date stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE.
FEB 9 1898
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[illegible] 30785
B. 19
Lancaster Dallas co Texas
May 6 1885

Mr.. Commiser Pasians sir I wish to state a few facts in regard to a pension and ast your Advise on the same Mr Christopher white a soldier in the Revolution war and from the state of Va a Pension [illegible] his life as the Pension Roll will show his wife lived 17 years after his death and she or any other person Never Drew another cent of Money as Provided By Law at the time and it was in concequence of her having lost her Mind and would Not answer my questions as ast her or sign her Name or allow any other person to doo so or Make her Mar to on paper in fact she was Perfectly Irrational and Remained as Lunatic as long as she lived Never a gain owned her
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And would Not answer my questions as ast her or sign her Name or allow any other person to doo so or Make her Mar to on paper In fact she was Perfectly Irrational and Remained a Lunatic as long as she lived Never a gain owned her or children and the children had to take cear of her all the time 17 years and it was a grate cost on them to yard her all the time and wactch after her Now I can Prove By 5 witnesses her husband Drew a Pension and she lost her Mind in a few weeks after his death and the Pension Roll shoes her Husband Drew a Pension I ast your honor if this dose Not
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set up a claim for her if not Please say so the Reason the Money was Not Drawn at the time as I hav all redy stated was in concequence of her insanity and under the Law at the time it was Nsissary for her to sine certain papers or Make a cross Mark acknowledging her willingness to the same Now we Prove Mrs Kisire White was the wife of Christopher White and that sayd to White Drew a Pension and that sayd Kesire White Never Reced a cent after her Husbands Deat and all in concequence of her loosing her Mind if this dose Not intitle her claim of her under
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Existing law she is intitle to a service pension I am not a lawyer and I wish you to giv Me the Neissary information or state whose duty it is to give Me the Neissary information I wreate to secratary of the interor some time Back and he states it is My Buisness to forward all the proof to the commisoner Department acting under this advise I forward this Document hoping to hear from you soon
I am Sir your obedient serv
R C White
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May 15 1885
In answer to yours of the 6th inst relative to a pension supposed to be due to Keziah White, deceased, as the widow of Christopher White, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and a pensioner, you are informed that her children or other heirs, cannot, under existing laws, or under the circumstances described in your letter, claim the pension to which the widow may have been entitled in her life time. Your attention is invited to the enclosed printed circular which [illegible]
To R.C White Texas
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May 23 1,85
Lancaster Pallas co Texas
Box 19

Mr John C Bucks commisioner your communication of 16 is Record and Bring intiligence Not fully satisfactory to My Mind I suppose I hav not given you all the particular Mr Back I hope you will Not become offended at Me for furter Interogating you on the subgect of the heirs of Christopher & Kisire Now in the first Place I will state that the heirs Never New of a law Being in Existence tuching on Back Pensions or dues until some time last year and as soon as I could find who to Write too concerning the Mater
Forwarded a commucation
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To W W Dullley the commisioner at the time he forwardeded Me a printed slip of the law A- Now at this time this Money should have bein paid to the widow White her 2 youngest childrens of yes was 6 and 9 years old girls though in conceqen of her Being a lunatic and would Not doo any thing her self that thee law Required at her hand, to doo there Never was any thing don Now the law granted the 2 children under 16 years of agee a land Bowntey or land warent But they [illegible] Recceivd them owing to there Being No person to attend to it for them there was 5 children of the heirs 2 of them Miners under 16 years of age
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New I would ast your honor what the following Paragraph in the law of act Mar 9 1878 Means
But the widow of a Revoluson soldier who searved 14 days or More May obtain a service Pension Now Christopher White served 7 years and obtained an honorable discharge
Section 4719 Requires satisfacto evidence of the failure to Apply for said pension in three years and I Presume your honor is to Bee satisfied Now I am a farmer and doonot keap up with the varous laws of the land and of congress and I plead ignorance concerning to the law If how slept on our Rits I confess I was never apprised of the Rite
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said sect 4719 Requires M D Declars cirtificate in case of invileds Not Subgect to Benial Examineation Now the family ppsition hav died a Bout 3 years ago [illegible] cannot Produce a Drs certificate But it seems to Me if we Prove she was a Maniac all of her life after her husband Deceased the law would Be satisfied on that Point Now I would Respectfully ast your cearful concideration of this Matter as the widow was creasy and couldnot act for her self or her children it seems to Me her heirs or some other person should act for her
I think you will agree with Me in the assertion that others No more Meritorious
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and no more I will say less Entitled to pension Money hav Bin paid long a go Now Be cause the Money has Bin Due so long and No call for it until the government is [illegible] able to pay
it seems there would Bee Noperson to think hard or think we ar acting hasty Now the service pension is all the pension I am continding for and it is Minor heirs. Rights I am continding for - for one of them is My wife and the other her sister they was the same who had charge of ther Mother Most all the time for 17 years and consumed ther effects in so Doing
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Revised statute sect 4742
Apr 2 1862 Provids for No pay of pensions after said Date [illegible] ther is No claim sit up for a pension there was a claim set up and Drawn By the husband of said Kisire White up to 1843 as the Pension Role will show Now Read carrfuly it says any person or his widow who Died without Establishing a claim
Now in as much as he Establish a claim and Drew a pension his widow or her children would Bee entitled to a servier pension $8 pr Month Dewering her life time who lived till 1865 Feb the 2 day
Hoping to hear from you a gain I Remain very Respectfy your obt servt
R..C..White
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[date stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
D
DEC 21 1885

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bd. Pens. Appeals
RECEIVED
DEC 15 1885
[illegible]
[illegible]
DEP’T OF THE INTERIOR
Dec 17th 1885.
Respectfully referred to the Com’r of Pensions
Geo M Lockwood
CHIEF CLERK.

Rev
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Chris White Va to Miss’pi 30785
Lancaster Pallas co Texas
Dec 12 1885

gen’l [illegible]
Sir you will doo Me a Grate Kindness and I will Bee unde Lasting obligations to you If you will Examine the the Pension Roll of Date 1,8,46 A..D.. Rivolution war and forward Me coppy of the Last Money Paid to Christopher White who was a soldier from the state of Va And lived in the state of Miss co Noxubee when he Drew his last Pension Money and white lived 17 years after he Died and she Never Received one cent after he Died owing to her for having gon crasy Non of the commissioners
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That have Bin in office cince [illegible] so understood the Law as to pat the pension to her or to her heirs
Now your honor the obgect of a coppy of the last Money Paid to said White is we ar Preparing Evidence to Lay the Matter Before Congress of the [illegible] and see if they think the widow should hav the Money the same as other widows of Deceased soldiers Receaved- the heirs to which the Money should hav Bin paid ar all Native Borned Miss [illegible] I cannot state the Regiment or the co to which Christopher White was attached But he was at many the first voltrs as he was in the war 7 years hoping you May Regard our [illegible] with same Degree of [illegible] and some Trouble to our self And hoping to hear from you soon as convenient
I Am with Much respect yours obt servant
Address your answer to
R C White
Lancaster Box 119
Dallas co Texas
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Sir:-
In response to your inquiry referred to this office for reply by the Hon Secy relative to payment of pension to Christopher White for his service in the Revolutionary War, I have to advise you that it appears by the records of the office that he was paid to March 11, 1848, or to about the date of death, as you state that he died in 1848.
Keziah White, widow of Christopher White, failed to furnish the Evidence required to Establish her claim and for that reason it was never allowed
Mr. R. C. White
P. O. Box 119
Lancaster
Dallas Co
Tex.

Jan. 7. 1886.
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Christopher White
Va
Suspended

Letter 11. March 1834
Hn. T. Davenport
[illegible]
6 mo. $20-
J.G.E. Brynham
Halifax Va
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Hamby. Noxubee Co Miss
July 21st. 1884
Hon. Wm. W. Dudley
Sir
yours of the 9th received. My reason for writing like I did, I Knew my Father Christopher White was a Revolutionary pensioner from Va. and my mother Keziah White his widow having drawn his pension one time after his death (then shortly shortly afterwards lost her mind) I thought she would have to receipt for what she drawn and that if she did the receipt would establish her claim to my Fathers pension and I also thought that you had found my Fathers papers on file in the pension office and amongst them
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my mothers receipt which I thought would establish her claim.
Consequently I wrote in my last to you laboring under that belief
With many thanks to you and Hon. H. D. Money for your prompt attention in that past. I will ask one more favor of you and that is to examine the record of Revolutionary pension or for the years 1844 & 1845 and see if you can’t find my Father and mother Christopher and Keziah White’s papers on file in the pension office and if so if it would not establish my claim as her heir without any further proceedings
And if it should please instruct me how to further proceed and the amount that would be coming to me, With many thanks to you for your Kind and prompt
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reply and hoping to hear from you again soon
I remain very Respectfully your Truly
S.A. Crabtree
P.S
my Father died in 1845 and my mother in 1865
Address.
S.A. Crabtree
Hamby. P.o
Noxubee. Co. Miss

As instructed by you I return your letter
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R93.
April 29. 1839
Pension Office,

[illegible]

Macon Ms
Ap [illegible]

Hon. Joel R. Poinsett
Secretary of War
Washington City
D. C.

Express mail}
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Macon Miss April 3rd 1839.

Sir, I give you the copy of a Pension Certificate of Christopher White late of Halifax County Virginia, who has not received his pension but [illegible] and now resides in this Noxubee County & State of Mississippi, and wishes to draw the balance [illegible] due him, hor which he several times whilst in Virginia unavalingly applied at Richmond but- his papers as made out being defective, he could not obtain his pension. You will please forward me or him to this place, if you can, conveniently, and have [illegible], a form, to be used, to enable him to get his money. The original Certificate is in his possession of which the following is a copy.
To wit. “War Department”
“Revolutionary Claims.”
I certify that in Conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832. Christopher
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“White of the State of Virginia- who was a private in the war of the Revolution.- is entitled to receive Twenty dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually on the 4th of March 24th of September in every year.”
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this 8th day of December on thousand eight hundred & thirty four.”
signed Lew Cass
“Secretary of War.”
(seal)
“Examined and counter signed”
“J L. Edwards”
“Commissioner of Pensions.”
[illegible]
“Payments to be made at Richmond by the Pr U.S. B. Bank. Agent for pay vis pensioners in the Agency of Va” Recorded in the Pension office in Book E Vol. 62 Page 39. By Nath. Rice
Clerk.
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The Pension, if to be done [illegible] to be transferred to this state, [illegible] to him in the North Eastern part of the state.
Also information to what time he received his pay. We Know this is not properly within your [illegible] of Duties, but it is asked in favor to Mr. White, whose memory without a [illegible] may be supposed from his extreme age (83) years, to not be certainly ready or [illegible] in duty.
By your drant of this favor you will confer a favor upon one whose Life, requires it, and much oblige your
Obt. srvt.
R: Rutt
His Atty.

P.S. Please give us all necessary information in relation to a conect cause
R. Rutt
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Christopher White paid to 4 March 1848.
[illegible]
Auditor

4 Mar 48
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Pension Office (II)
March 27th 1855.
Sir:
I herewith submit the papers on which Christopher White was inscribed on the Mississippi Roll, under the Act of June 7th 1832, at the rate of $20 per annum, and will be obliged if you will state to what time his pension has been paid.
I am, respectfully
Your obt. Svt,
L P Waldo
Commissioner

R.J. Atkinson, Esqr.
Third Auditor.
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Old war Div.
Ins Ex’r.
[blank] No. [blank]
Co. [blank] Reg’t [blank]
Return this letter with your reply.

Department of the Interior.
Pension Office.
Washington, D.C. July 9th, 1884

Madam,
Yours of the 2d inst, as received requesting that such blanks may be forwarded as will enable you to properly present your claim, as the heir of Keziah White, the widow of Christopher, who was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner, for the pension to which the said widow was entitled up to the day of her decease in 1865-
It appears from your letter that you have entirely misunderstood the Communication dated 23d ult. Addressed to you through the Hon: H.D. Money, which distinctly stated that there was no law existing which gives to the heirs of a widow of a Revolutionary Soldier the right to claim the pension she might have been entitled to, but neglected to establish in her life time.
There was also enclosed a printed circular which referred to the law that prevents the favorable Consideration of a claim to a pension, presented after the death of the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier.
Very respectfully
Wm W. Dudley
Commissioner

Mrs. S.A. Crabtree
Hamby
Noxubee Co
Miss’pi
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Old War and Navy Division.
[illegible]

3-486.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., Mar 5, 1898

Madam:
In response to your inquiry relative to pension for Revolutionary service your attention is invited to paragraph No. 1,
No. 1. WAR OF THE REVOLUTION SERVICE PENSIONS. --(a) Widows of soldiers who served for fourteen days or more, or were in any battle during the war, are entitled, provided they have not remarried, to eight dollars per month from March 9, 1878, and twelve dollars per month from March 19, 1886. (b) Widows of Revolutionary soldiers who in their lifetime were granted pensions, are entitled under section 4743, Revised Statutes, to pension at the same rate as was paid the husband, notwithstanding remarriage, upon proof of present widowhood. (c) There is no law granting pension to the daughters or other descendants of soldiers of the Revolution. The daughters of Revolutionary soldiers who are now drawing pensions were placed on the pension roll by special acts of Congress.
No. 2. WAR OF 1812, SERVICE PENSIONS. –(a) Under section 4736 to 4740, Revised Statutes, soldiers and sailors who served for sixty days or more in this war and were honorably discharged, or who were personally named in any resolution of Congress for specific service therein, and the widows of such soldiers and sailors, are entitled to eight dollars per month from February 14, 1871, upon proof, by all applicants, of loyalty to the United States Government during the war of the rebellion, and by widow applicants, of their marriage to the soldier or sailor prior to the treaty of peace, February 17, 1815. (b) Under the act of March 9, 1878, soldiers and sailors who served fourteen days or more, or were in any battle during the war, and were honorably discharged, and the widows of such soldiers and sailors irrespective of the date of marriage, are entitled to eight dollars per month from March 9, 1878. Under the act of March 19, 1886, widow pensioners mentioned in this paragraph are entitled to twelve dollars per month from that date. (c) There is no law granting service pension to the descendants of soldiers or sailors of the War of 1812, nor increase to the soldier or sailor himself on account of disability, age, or infirmity. The rate of pension does not vary with the rank of the soldier or sailor, nor can it be increased for any cause
No. 3.--INDIAN WARS FROM 1832 TO 1842, SERVICE PENSIONS --(a) The act of July 27, 1892, provides pension for the surviving officers and enlisted men, including marines, militia, and volunteers, who were in the military or naval service of the United States for thirty days in the Black Hawk War, the Creek War, the Cherokee disturbances, or the Florida War with the Seminole Indians, and were honorably discharged; or who were personally named in any resolution of Congress for specific service therein; and their widows, provided they have not remarried. All pensions under this act are fixed at eight dollars per month irrespective of rank; are not subject to increase for any cause; and are payable from July 27, 1892; but the pension of a widow whose husband was living on that date commences from the day of his death. (b) This act does not provide pension for any descendant of the soldier or sailor.
No. 4. MEXICAN WAR, SERVICE PENSIONS.--(a) Under the act of January 29, 1887, officers and enlisted men who were in the military or naval service of the United States for sixty days in Mexico, or on the coasts or frontier thereof, or en route thereto, or who were in a battle, and were honorably discharged; or who were personally named in any resolution of Congress for specific service therein, are entitled to pension if sixty-two years of age; or, if not, upon proof of pensionable disability or dependence. (b) Widows of officers and enlisted men who served as above are entitled to pension on the same conditions as to age, disability, or dependence, as apply to the officer or soldier; but disability incurred while voluntarily aiding or abetting the late rebellion does not give title to pension, nor are any persons entitled thereto while under the political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. Pensions under this act commence on January 29, 1887, if a pensionable condition by reason of age, disability or dependence, then existed; if not, then on the date the applicant becomes sixty-two years of age, or disabled or dependent within the meaning of the law The rate of pension is eight dollars per month irrespective of rank; which rate, for survivors who were pensioners on January 5, 1893, may be increased to twelve dollars under the act of that date, on proof that the pensioner is wholly disabled for manual labor and in such destitute circumstances that eight dollars is a sum insufficient to provide him with the necessaries of life. (c) Widows' pensions are not subject to increase, nor are the descendants of survivors entitled to service pension.
No. 5. NAVY SERVICE PENSIONS.--(a) Under sections 4756 and 4757, Revised Statutes, pensions for twenty years' service, and for ten years' service, are allowed by the Secretary of the Navy to enlisted men and appointed petty officers who have not been discharged for misconduct. Pension commences on the date of filing the claim therefor in the Navy Department, and, for twenty years' service, amounts to one-half the monthly pay of the applicant's rating at his discharge; for ten years' service, the pension can not exceed the rate for total disability, and is fixed, as is also its duration, by a board of naval officers. The application should be addressed to the Secretary of the Navy, and all subsequent communications, to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. (b) Pensions are not granted for a service of less than ten years except as provided in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4.
No. 6. PENSIONS FOR DISABILITY OR DEATH DUE TO SERVICE PRIOR TO MARCH 4, 1861.--(a) Soldiers who were wounded or injured, or who contracted disease in the line of duty, are entitled to pension corresponding in rate to the degree of disability incurred in service. Persons in the naval service are entitled to a like pension under the same conditions, excepting that no pension may be granted to an engineer, a fireman, or a coal-heaver, for disability incurred prior to August 31, 1842. (b) The widows, or children under sixteen years of age, of soldiers who served prior to March 4, 1861, are entitled to pension if the soldier's death was due to causes originating in time of
[OVER.]

[handwritten note across whole page]
Have search made & let White answer
F W [illegible]
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actual war, and not otherwise. (c) The widows, or children under sixteen, of sailors who served prior to March 4, 1861, are entitled to
pension only when the death occurred in the service and in the line of duty. Pensions mentioned in this paragraph, if not applied for within three years from the discharge or death of the person on whose account the right to pension exists, or within three years of the termination of a pension previously granted on account of the service and death of such person, commence from the date of filing by the person prosecuting the claim, the last paper requisite to establish it. (d) There is no provision of law allowing pension to the parents, brothers, or sisters of persons who rendered military or naval service prior to March 4, 1861.
No. 7 BOUNTY LAND.--(a) Service to give title to bounty land, must have been for at least fourteen days, or in a battle, prior to March 3, 1855; and, if in the navy or regular army, must have been in some war in which the United States Government was engaged, (b) Inquiries relative to the assignment of bounty-land warrants, and to homestead lands for services during the war of the rebellion, should be addressed to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department.
No. 8. MISCELLANEOUS.-- (a) Applications for reimbursement should be filed with the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury
Department. (b) Communications relative to back pay, extra pay, and bounty in money for military service, should be addressed to the Auditor for the War Department; in regard to bounty, extra pay, or prize money for naval service, to the Auditor for the Navy Department. © When a certificate of service in lieu of a lost discharge is desired, application should be made to the Adjutant General, U. S. Army, War
Department, if the service was in the regular army; to the Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department, if the service was in a
volunteer organization, and to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, if the service was in the navy, (d) Copies only of
discharges are furnished by this Bureau when the originals were filed in claims made on account of service rendered prior to March 4, 1861.
and no such copy will be furnished for use in claims against the Government. (e) Remarriage after the soldier's death (except in the case of certain widows referred to in (b. of paragraph 1) and prior to the passage of an act taking effect from the date of its approval, deprives the widow of the benefits of such act. In the case of remarriage subsequent to the approval of such act, pension may be paid from the date of approval, or from the date of soldier's death, if after approval, to the date of remarriage.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Sam Nelson, Commissioner.
Dallas
Texas
225 Griffin St.
3608b5m7-97
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Macon Mississippi
[illegible] Nov. 6th 1841
Comsr of Pensions
Hon. W Foward
Sir permit me trouble you for an old revolutionary soldier, Christopher White of Virginia, who is allowed a pension of twenty dollars pr. ann. during his natural life I enclose you a power of Attorney [illegible] by him.. he has not received his pension since March 1838. Mr. White has been residing in MIssissippi for five or six years, and formerly drew his pension at Richmond in Virginia and is desirious to have it paid in Mississippi.
The old man is extremely poor, and the small sum would be of great service to him, will you be so good as to examine into this case and inform me how he can change the place of payment you will see that I have is due on the 4th of Sept last seventy dollars, and if the power of Attorney is sufficient foward the amount to me at this place or to Christopher White who resides in this neighbourhood.
I must also trouble you to attend to my friend Mr. R.D. Barkers. Case he has been anxiously looking for the appointment of Chickesaw Agent. I considered his appointment certain
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As the Present had given Senator Walker and myself assurances that Mr. Barker should have the appointment, and am certain no man has a stronger recommendation for the office and understanding that complaints had been made against the incumbent [illegible] Upshaw, and that he woud certainly be removed.. I consider that secretary Bell has not dealt out justice to Mr. Barker keeping him so long in suspense and on expenses, if I have show be no vacancy in the Chickesaw agency con’d. you not give him same office from your department say Register or Receiver, at Pontatue for testimonials refer you to his vouchers in the war department, I believe him deserving and qualifyed.
I arrivd home on the 21st of Oct.
my family enjoy good health
Mrs. G resents her respects to you
I am respectfully your friend [illegible]
R.H. Grant
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30785
Hamby Noxubee Co. Miss
July 2nd 1884
To Mr. Wm. W. Dudley
Commissioner of Pensions
Respected Sir
I received your letter in reply to me handed you by the Hon. H.D. Money enquiring after the pension of Keziah White widow of Christopher a Revolutionary soldier from Va who died on 1845 you say I am entitled to the pension of my mother Keziah White widow of Christopher. Will I not have to send the certificate of some court to show that I am the heir of the widow of Christopher White please inform me on this point so that I will Know how to reply to yours of the 23rd and send it back with my reply as instructed in said letter. I made a mistake in giving
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my address it ought to be Mrs. S.A. Crabtree in the place of Mr. S.A. Crabtree
Hoping you will reply soon
I remain very Respectfully
S.A. Crabtree

address 
Mrs. S.A. Crabtree
Hamby Noxubee Co.
Miss

I send postage stamp for reply
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[date stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
JUL 7 1884
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller’s Office,
October 16th, 1839,
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” Christopher White, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va, Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1835, to the 4th Sept, 1838, 3 ½ years-
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Bank of Virginia
April 28, 1845.
Sir
It appears from the Books of the Pension agency at this place, that the last payment to Christopher White, a pension under the Act of June 7. 1832, at twenty dollars per annum, was to the 4. day of September 1843.
I am, respectfully,
Your obed’t. Servant
Ant’y. Robinson
For James Caskie.

J.S. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington.
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GIDEON, PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE
Nov, 3d, 1842.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Christopher White, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept, 1838, to the 4th Sept, 1841,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller:

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present

29.556
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GIDEON, PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE
May 11th 1844,

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Christopher White, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept, 1838, to the 4th Sept, 1842,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller:

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE
March 8th, 1845.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Christopher White, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1843, to the 4th Sept, 1843,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller:

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE
June 18th, 1844,

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Christopher White, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept, 1842, to the 4th March 1843,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller:

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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La
Leighton Young
Subaltern 3 years
2666 ⅔ 12 [illegible]

Danl Abbott
Serg’t. inf’t. Wm. Vanter
Roger Abbott Serg’t

Jas Abbott Sol
Isaac Cole
June 29th 1784

John Abbott
So’l In’fty Danl. Abbo [trails off, likely Abbott]

Rob’t Jones Serg’t
Cap’t Sam’l. Jones

[upside down] (Syl: Index)

Lieut Charl Yarbrough Con’t line
2666 ⅔ Sep’t 8th 1783

Rob’t Jones Serg’t
200 acres Sep’t 8th 1783

Cap’t Rob’t Yancy
light dragoons
Virginia Contintal line Jany 1783
March 26 1783
[illegible]

[upside down]
Christopher White
[illegible]

90
175
2.65

May allay 6 mo
Rob’t Moore

Claborn [illegible]

Emanuel [illegible]

Hly Mosley
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Christopher White which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there an [illegible] assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension
he is entitled?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? No
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining It?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. [dagger mark] If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? No
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. [double dagger mark] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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 of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, 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; For – year – months, and – days, I served as a – For – months and – days, I served as a –; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 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 shewn 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.
[dagger mark] QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as 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.
[double dagger mark] QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
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 paper 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. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no 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.

# As this declaration was returned to the applicant for proof of service, and as no such proof has been added, it is again returned
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Charlotte County and State of Virginia} to wit,
Hillery Mosely aged seventy three years personally appeared before me William Bacon a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and made Oath in due form of Law that in the year 1781; as well as he can recollect in the month of February of that year; he volunteered his services for six weeks with an express understanding that he was to be discharged as having served a tour of three months, and that Christopher White marched with him from Charlotte County & State of Virginia to Guilford County State of North Carolina and was in an engagement near Guilford Court House and is now a resident of Halifax County Virginia and an applicant for a pension, further that the said Christopher White is a man of Veracity and respectability
Hillery Moseley [illegible]

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 26th, day of June 1833}
P.S. The word White interlined before signed
Wm Bacon
Wm Bacon

I do hereby certify that Hillery Moseley who has sworn and subscribed his name to the above instrument of Writing is a man of Strict Veracity and respectability
Given under my hand this 21st, day of June 1833
Wm Bacon
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Know all men by these presents that I Christopher White of the County of Halifax & State of Virginia do hereby Constitute and appoint Joseph GE Baynham of said County my true & Lawful attorney with a power of subsitution for me and in my name to receive from the united states the amount of pay now due to me under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 entitled an act supplementary to an act for the relief of the surviving Officers & Soldiers of the revolution as a Soldier of the army of the revolution
As witness my hand & seal this 1st day of June 1833
Christopher White

sealed & delivered in presence of}
Tho: L. Spragins}
Francis M. Bostick}

Before me Tho: L. Spragins a Justice of the peace in the county of Halifax & state of Virginia Personally appeared this day Christopher White whose name is subscribed to the forgoing Power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed.
Given under my hand this 1st day of June 1833-.
Tho: L. Spragins

Before me Tho: L. Spragins a Justice of the peace in the county of Halifax & state of Virginia Personally appeared Joseph G E Baynham the attorney named in the forgoing power of attorney and made Oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer or of any attachment Levy or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay therein [illegible] to be received but that the said pay is intended to make wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was excluded- Witness my hand this 1st day of June 1833-
Tho: L. Spragins
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Virginia, to wit;
I Samuel Williams clerk of the County Court of Halifax in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas L Spragins before whom the within power of attorney was acknowledged and the affidavit of J.G.E. Baynahm was sworn to is an acting Justice of the peace for said County, and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8th day of June 1833
Samuel Williams
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State of Virginia Halifax County [illegible]

In addition to the declaration of Christopher White to which the following is annexed make the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefits of a provision made by an act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832 that the reason he did not produce the afidavit of a Clergyman there was none in the neighborhood that Joseph Faulkner, John Fitts, Drury Easley, who are acquainted with him in the neighborhood and who can testify as to his Character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in that revolution- also Con’l. Henry E Colman who have been acquainted with him forty Years or upwards That he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state
Christopher White

Halifax County
Given to and Subscribed before me Thomas L. Spragins a Justice of the peace in the county aforesaid as the law directs.
Given under my hand the day of June 1833
Tho: L. Spragins
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Virginia to wit
I Samuel Williams Clerk of the County Court of Halifax in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas L. Spragins before whom the within addition to the declaration of Christopher White was made is an acting Justice of the peace for said County, and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 8th day of June 1833
Samuel Williams
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The State of Mississippi Noxubee County ss.}
On this the sixteenth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Noxubee, personally appeared Chirstopher White who, on his oath declares, that he is the same identical person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Wallace in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Holt Rhcardson in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Virginia from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the county of Noxubee & state of Mississippi where he intends to remain, & wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Virginia to Noxubee County Mississippi, viz that he had several children residing at the later place, and was by there invited- & that he could live easier.
Christopher White
Sworn to & subscribed before me the 16th day of July AD 1835
A.W. Dabney
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Mississippi Noxubee County}
Personally appeared this day before me Anderson W Dabney an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county John White who after being by me first duly sworn said that Chirstopher White the person described in the within affidavit and whose name appears thereto is the identical person described in said affidavit Sworn to and subscribed before me this sixteenth day of July A.D. 1839.
A.W. Dabney
Justice of the Peace

John White

The state of Mississippi Noxubee County}
I Anderson W. Dabney Magistrate in & for said county, do hereby certify that John White whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is a person of Truth and Veracity. Given under my hand this sixteenth day of July A.D. 1839.
A.W. Dabney
Justice of the Peace

The State of Mississippi Noxubee County}
I John B. Roberts Clerk of the Court of Probates of said County do hereby Certify that, Anderson W. Dabney, before whom the within named Christopher White made oath and signed the within application for a transfer, and also before whom John White whose name appears to the above affidavit made oath to and signed the same; whose name is signed to the respective Certificates there of and before whom, the said Christopher White and John White made oath, and whose name appears to the last above Certificate of the truth and veracity of John White is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Magistrate, and Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Noxubee, that the same is in due form of law, and that the signatures severally thereto, signed A.W. Dabney, purporting to be his are genuine, and that full faith and credit are
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due all his official acts as such-
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Macon, in said County of Noxubee, the sixteenth day of July AD, One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty nine-
Jno B Roberts
Clerk of Probates, Court of Noxubee County aforesaid