Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8311, Silas Whitney, N.H.
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 (3—1776)

Whitney, Silas
Sally

SERVICE
N.H.

NUMBER
W. 8311
B.L. Wt. 38,336-160-55

CONTENTS
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4001

New Hampshire

Silas Whitney
of Grafton in the State of N.H.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain — of the Regt commanded
by Col. Dearborn in the N H
line for 9 Mos 11 Ds
14 Mo & 3 days

Inscribed on the Roll of NH
at the rate of 31 Dollars 21 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Jany
1833 and Suit Hon. H.
Hubbard H. of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832                  $46.81
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33   15.60
                                                              ---------
                                                                $62.41

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by I H McBlain Clerk
Book D - Vol. 1st. Page 193
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Silas Whitney

9 mo & 11 days

H. Hubbard
of H of Rep

in final Settlement [illegible]
[illegible] Vol. 1 page 227 No
22463 —

dom

$31.21 -
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DECLARATION.

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

State of New-Hampshire,
County of Grafton} ss.
Sept. 1. 1832

On this sixth day of 6. Sept personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of 
[C]ommon Pleas for sd. County Silas Whitney a resident of Thornton in the County of 
Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, aged 66 years, who being first duly sworn,
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1782 with Capt. Gage and served in the First N.H.
regiment of the continental line, under the following named officers:

to wit that at [New] Hampshire in sd. state the first of July 1782 he enlisted for term of three years in the company commanded by Capt. Gage in Col. Henry Dearborns regiment & [illegible] his regiment at Saratoga & remained there till the [fol]lowing November & then proceeded to New Windsor for [win]ter quarters & remained at said New Windsor until [illegible] the year following 1783 when his company proceeded [illegible] [S]tony Point when his company was divided one half stationed on one side of the river in town on the other side & there the [com]pany remained till time for Winter Quarters when it pre[ceed]ed to West Point into Winter Quarters at [illegible] that said company continued on said Island [illegible] in the [illegible] during the winter till the first part of April 1784 - Where he received a discharge and he thinks under the hand of Gen. Washington That he served in said company & regiment full twenty one months That at Stony Point Capt Moody [illegible] succeeded Capt Gage in command of the company - That Dracon Appleton of New Ipswich settled for him his wages with the papers authorised & required of him his discharge for that purpose & he has not seen or heard of it since - That he was on the pension roll under the act of March 1818 & [illegible]? then from an account of property. that he has under a statement under oath of the fact & has secured a certificate for not more than [illegible] months [illegible] & [illegible] it bring for the sum of $29.45 - 

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that when he forwarded his application for a pension under the act of 1818 he accompanied it with the disposition or affidavit of Moses Moore of Bath N.H. who testified. t hat he entered at the same time the applicant did, & how such Morse said deposition proved he does not recollect, & with the deposition of [illegible] Thompson who was the Lieut of the company when G And Dustin had the command & also that for this proof was made by a letter from Col. Dearborn to the War Dept. of the contents of which he is [illegible] That he does not know that either of the witnesses is living from whom he can procure his former testimony nor does he know how much time of service in said testimony proved - That he has no documentary evidence nor can he by direct testimony prove more service than was proved in his first sd application. as he knows of no surviving witnesses. That he was born in Concord Mass 1766 -  has a record of his age at home - was living at sd New Hpshire when called into service - Since the revolutionary war has lived in Concord N. H. & in said [illegible] where he now lives & has lived for forty years - Voluntarily entered the service - That at New Windsor Gen. Washington commanded in person - & that N.H. Jersey, N.Y. - & Maryland troops wintered in the place - That no troops wintered, as he thinks, on the Island, except his own regiment. That he lost his discharge as stated - William Morriston Esq & Ephraim Ollid his neighbors will swear that he is a man of truth & veracity - 
He hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present one, with a favorable decision, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any [illegible] of any states 

Silas Whitney

Sworn & subscribed the
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present one, & with a favorable decision, and declaration his name is not on the pension roll of any way of any state

Silas Whitney

Sworn and subscribed to this
day & year aforesd

Geo. Woodward Clerk


We William Thornton residing and said town of Thornton & Ephraim Elliot of same Thornton, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Silas Whitney who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty six years of age, that he is refuted & believed in the [illegible] where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion & that we believe he served as to time as he states —

Wm Thornton
Ephriam Elliot

Sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesd. }

Geo. Woodward Clerk


And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the [illegible] of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - and the court certifies that it appears to them that William Thornton who has signed the preceding certificate is a Justice of the Peace resident in said Thornton & that Ephrm Elliot who has also signed the same is a resident of the same Thornton & a reputable witness, & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

Geo Woodward Clerk


I George Woodward Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Silas Whitney for a pension

Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 6th day of September 1832

Geo Woodward Clerk
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4.181

New Hampshire Concord

Sally Whitney,,
widow of Silas Whitney
NH
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 46 Dollars 99 —
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
25th. day of May 1854
and sent to
Jesse A. Gore
Concord
N.H.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 23 Vol. A.

224842
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State of New Hampshire.

Secretary's Office, Concord.

May 17th, 1854 —

I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestations, O. F. Fowler was a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and Ozias Holmes, T, R. Humphrey, and Nathan H Week are Justices of the Peace, within and for the county of Grafton —
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

[seal affixed]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written.

John L. Hadley
Secretary of State.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I
Sally Whitney of Thornton
in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire,
do hereby constitute and appoint Jesse A. Gove
my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute my claim
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or Increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said agent to examine all the papers and documents of every description in relation to said claim that may be on file in the departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file any additional evidence or arguments that can be obtained, and to receive the certificate which may issue for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable to myself; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might do were I personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent and attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.

Witness my hand and seal this Seventh day of March A.D. 1854

Signed and sealed in presence of 

O F Fowler
Ozias Holmes

Sally Whitney [seal]

STATE OF New Hampshire,
Grafton COUNTY, SS: On this Seventh day of March A.D. 1854, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Sally Whitney and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her free act and deed for the purposes therein expressed. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above mentioned.

Ozias Holmes Justice of the Peace.
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the 2d Section of the act of 3d February 1858: —

State of New Hampshire;
County of Grafton. }

On this Seventh day of March In the Year 1854; personally appeared before me, Oscar F. Fowler one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for Grafton County, Sally Whitney, a resident of Thornton. in the County of Grafton and state aforesaid, aged Seventy two years, who, first being duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed on the third day of February AD 1853; - 

That she is the widow of Silas Whitney who was a revolutionary soldier and pensioner and who was at the time of his death in receipt of a pension from the United States at the Rate of forty six dollars and ninety nine cents | $46.99 | per annum: New Hampshire Agency, Concord:

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she further declares that she was married to the said Silas Whitney on the Tenth or Eleventh day of June: Eighteen hundred and fifteen: that her said husband died on  the first day of September A.D. 1850: That she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hundred; but at the time above stated; she further declares that she is now a widow: 

Sally Whitney

Wittness
O.F. Fowler
Ozias Holmes

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I certify that the said Sally Whitney is a credible witness and entitled to belief in her statements - That she is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in open court: I further certify, that I have no inteterst in the result of this case, nor am I concerned in its prosecution:

O.F. Fowler Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas for the County of Graton
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss.

I Luther C. Cheney clerk of the Town of Compton, in the County of Grafton, and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that I have in my official custody the Records of marriages solemnized in this Town. And upon application made dilligent search for the marriage of Silas Whitney to Sally Lovejoy, and it cannot be found: I further certify that I am disinterested:

Luther C. Cheney



Subscribed & duly sworn to, before me, this fifteenth day of May AD 1854: and I certify that I have no interest whatever in the result of any case or cause where this is to be and as evidence: —

Ozias Holmes Justice of the Peace
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I Jacob S. Whitney of Thornton in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, depose and say, that I am personally acquainted with Sally Whitney, (the widow of Silas, who was a Revolutionary Soldier & pensioner of the United States), who is now applying for a Pension. 

That the aforesaid Sally was married to the said Silas Whitney in the Town of Compton on or about the tenth day of June, AD 1815: and that I was present and witnessed the ceremony. I further say that the aforesaid Sally is still a widow, and that I am disinterested.

Jacob S. Whitney



State of New Hampshire
County of Graton:

On this sixth day of May A.D. 1854: personally appeared Jacob S. Whitney above subscribed & named and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, and certify that he is a credible witness, and that I have no interest in her application, 

Justice T. R. Humphrey Justice of the Peace
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We TR Humphrey and Gilman Lovejoy all of Thornton, in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, depose and say that we personally know Sally Whitney, the widow of Silas, deceased, a Revolutionary pensioner, & well knew the said Silas before his death in 1850. That they lived together as man and wife for many years before his death, and they were always reputed as man & wife, and we never heard any thing to the contrary, and we verily & truly believe that the were lawfully married at the time stated in her declarations, that we are disinterested.

T.R. Humphrey
Gilman Lovejoy



State of New Hampshire, Grafton ss, 

Sworn and subscribed, before me, this twenty eighth day of April A.D. 1854, and I certify that they are credible witnesses, and that I am disinterested in any case where this affidavit is to be used as evidence.

Justice Nathan H. Week Justice of Peace
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We Sarah C. Merrill and Marinda Merrill all of Thornton in the County of Grafton and state of New Hampshire, jointly and severally depose and say that we well knew Silas Whitney in his lifetime; that he Died in this town on the first day of September AD 1850 - that we were both present at his funeral - That said Whitney was a revolutionary pensioner and Drew at the rate of $46.99 per annum: as we verily believe - That he left a widow - Sally Whitney - who is now applying for a pension: In his lifetime, they lived together as mand and wife. and were so reputed - That she is still a widow - we further say that we have now interest in her application for a pension - nor are we concerned in its prosecution - 

Sarah C. Merrill
Marinda R. Merrill



State of New Hampshire -
Grafton ss 

Subscribed and [continued]
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duly sworn to before me, severally, and jointly, this sixteenth day of March AD 1854: And I certify that the above affiants are credible witnesses: I further certify that I have no interest in the result of any case in which t his affidavit is to be used as evidence:

Ozias Holmes Justice of the Peace



I William Merrill of Thornton, County of Grafton, State of New Hampshire, depose and say, that I was present at the death of Silas Whitney which occurred on the first day of September A.D. 1850, That he left a widow - Sally Whitney - who still survives - and is now making application for a pension. That I am disinterested in its prosecution - 

Wm. Merrill



State of New Hampshire: Grafton ss. Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this Sixteenth day of March A.D. 1854: I certify that the above affiant is a credible witness:

Ozias Holmes

{Justice of
the Peace
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38336 s any 20s s6

Act of Mar 3
Nov. 27. 1855

224:842

Sally Whitney widow
of Silas Whitney
dec. Silas Priv &
Pensioner

Revolutionary War


Recd. Pension $46 —
3 Feby: 1853
[illegible] 53-4181

AW [illegible] Aug: 18/56
Boynton

[illegible] Benj. E. Badger
Concord N.H.


Vol. W=1=150
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord,

November 14th 1855,
I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestations Charles F. Bowen and Trumna R. Humphrey were Justices of the Peace for the County of Grafton —
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations; as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of court.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto - 
affixed the Seal of the State, the
date above written


Lemuel N. Patter
Secretary of State

[seal affixed]
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State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton } ss

On this third day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sally Whitney aged seventy two years, a resident of Thornton in the State of New Hampshire, who, being duly sworn according in law, declares that she is the widow of Silas Whitney deceased, who was a soldier and Pensioner of the revolutionary war, the said Sally Whintey draws a pension of forty - six dollars & ninety nine cents as on file — Department of the Interior, Widows Pension 

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the art of February 3, 1833 Sally Whintey,, widow of Silas Whitney,, who was a Private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Forty six dollars and ninety nine cents per annum commensing on the 3d of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the Department of the Interior this Twenty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty four

R McClellen
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned
L. P. Waldo
[illegible - Commissioner of Pension - as appears on the following page]

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[continued — signatures and titles from previous page]

R McClellen
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned
L. P. Waldo



Payment to be made at Concord by George Minot Esqr Agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of New Hampshire Payable on the 4th September and 4th March Recorded in the Pension office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d 1833 

Page 23 Vol A

G. T. Getley Clerk



She further states that she was married to the said Silas Whitney in Campton on or about the sixteenth day of June 1816  That she was married by one Drury Fairbanks a minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Sally Lovejoy  that her said husband died at Thornton on the first day of September 1850 and that she is now a widow

She makes the declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 1833

Sally Whitney


We Levi B. Lovejoy and William Merrill residents of Thornton in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sally Whitney in our presence, and that we believe from t he appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents her self to be

Levi B Lovejoy
William Merrill



The foregoing declaration and affadavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and t hat I have no interest in this claim - 

T. R. Humphrey Justice of the Peace
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Grafton ss    Sept 7th 1835

I Jacob S. Whitney of Thornton in the County of Grafton and State of Newhampshire depose and say that I was personally acquainted with Silas Whitney who was a soaldier and pensioner of the Revolutionary war & that I was present at his marriage to Sally Lovejoy of Campton in said County on or about the sixteenth of June 18116   They lived together as man & wife until his death on the first of Sept 1850 I was present at his buriel   I also depose & say that the within named Sally Whitney who's applying for a Land Warrant is the Identical person & that I am disinterested

Jacob S. Whitney



Grafton ss    Sept 7th 1835

Personally appeared the above named Jacob S Whitney & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me

C F Bowen Justice of Peace
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We William Merrill and Sarah Merrill of Thornton in the County of Grafton and State of New hampshire depose and say that we were personally acquainted with Silas Whitney who was a soldier and pensioner of the revolutionary war, and that we was present at his death and buriel

We further depose and say. that he lived with Sally Whitney that they lived together as mand and wife until his death. That he died the frst day of September 1850 That sally Whitney is still living and is his widow and t he above named Sally Whitney is the identical person and that we are disinterested

William Merrill
Sarah C. Merrill



Grafton ss    November 3d 1835

Personally appeared the above named William and Sarah C. Merrill and made oath that the above affidavit by them subscribed is true before me

T. R. Humphrey Justice of the Peace



For further [illegible] I will refer you to evidence on file at the office of the Interior

William Merrill for
Sally Whitney
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Otis Whitney
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I Otis Whitney of Campton in the county of Grafton & State of New Hampshire abpose & say that i lived in Lincoln Mass. in the spring of 1784, that I well recollect the return of my brother, Silas Whitney, now of Thornton in said county, from the war of the revolution, to my parents then living in said Lincoln - that my mother did not recognize him til after I said who it was; & I further testify & say that I well recollect that he had then been out in said war between one & a half & two years & had not been home during that time —

Otis Whitney



State of New-Hampshire
Grafton ss.   September 5th 1832

Then personally appearing the above named Otis Whitney and made solemn oath that the above affadavit by him subscribed is just & true

before me
Wm Thornton Just of the Peace



Sept - 6th 1832

I certify the above named Otis Whitney with whom I am well acquainted is a man of truth and veracity

Wm Thornton J.P. —



New Hampshire

Grafton Co

I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Grafton do certify that William Thornton Esq is a Justice of the peace within and for said county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits & that I believe the above to be his genuine signature

Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 6. day of September 1832
George Woodward Clerk
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 8311
Sally Whitney
Wid.
Silas Whitney
Privt Rev War

Act: Febry 3d 1853

Index:—Vol. M, Page 330

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Grafton Co N.H. Six Sept: 1"50.
1 pr. 4 " to ref: & Co; Jesse Alsom. Concord N.H.
Boynton."
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38.336

Holmes
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No 195

New Hampshire

Silas Whitney
of Grafton Co in the State of New Hampsh
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Isaac Frye of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Dearborn in the New Hamps
line, for the term of 8 months 25 days 
from 16th July 1782 to 11 April 1783

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 29 45/100 Dollars per year, to 
commence on the 6th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of August
1832 and Commanded to
Joseph C West Esq Concord NH

Arrears to 4th of March 1832         29.65
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept "      14 72
                                                         --------
                                                          $44.17

{Revolutionary Claim,}
June 1830

Recorded 
Book D vol 7 
page 193
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4001.

New Hampshire

Silas Whitney
of Grafton in the State of NH
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain — of the Regt commanded
by Col Dearborn in the HN
line for 14 Mos 3 Days

Inscribed on the Roll of NH
at the rate of 46 Dollars 99 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Jany
1833 and Sent From
H Hubbard H of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                  $70.48
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33   23.49
                                                                ---------
                                                                 $93.47

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 11th. Page 193.



Paid at the Treasury under 
the Act of the 6 April
1838 afresd the 4 March
1837. to 4 Sept 1837 ‚ Agt
Notified 20. June 1838.

46.99
29.45
76.44
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13.917 R

New Hampshire

Silas Whitney
of Thornton in the state of N. Hampre.
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Dearborne of the N Hampre.
line, for the term of one year

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 22nd of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of June 1819
and Sent Ezra Bartlett Esq
Haverhill New Hampre.

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819                   75.61
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819    48.00
                                                             --------
                                                             $123.61         
Mo 9 14/31

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

16 July 1782
11 April 1783
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This may certify that the Resolution which passed on the last evening of the session given authority to the Secretary of War to compute the time of service up to the 3d day of Sept 1783. (date of the Treaty of Peace) and to allow pensions under the act of June 1739 accordingly.

March 6. 1833 H Hubbard H of Rs
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Payments to be made
at Portsmouth NH
by the Tres U S B Bak
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of NH


Cancelled


Recorded by J H McBlair
Clerk, in Book D. Vol 1st.
page 193
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21 M.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United 
States, of the 7th June, 1832, Silas Whitney
of the State of New Hampshire
who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution

is entitled to receive Thirty one — dollars and
Twenty one cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States,
this Eighth - day of January
one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three

Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned. }

J L Edwards
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Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,

June 15, 1838

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," Silas Whitney a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord N.H. Agency, at the rate of forty six Dollars and ninety nine Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th of September 1837

Respectfully, yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller


TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Concord. N.H.
May 17th, 18541,

Sir:

I herewith transmit the papers in the case of Sally Whitney. widow of Silas. for a Revolutionary Pension under the Act of July 8, 1833:

Respectfully your
Obet Servant
 J.A. Gore

Hon L.P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Case of Sally Whitney, Widow of Silas,
Grafton County and State of N.H.
act 3d. Feby. 1853.

Claim, ("original,") 

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832.
Said witness testifies he was present & sd witness testifies to general reputation of marriage & cohabitation

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, What?
[blank]

Jesse A. Gove, Esquire
Concord, N.H.
Name and residence of Agent


J. C. Boynton,
Examining Clerk.
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46.99

Pensioners Office
22 May 1852

Sir,

Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid, on the date of His death

Very Respectfully,

S. Cole

For the [illegible]

[illegible]

Francis Burt, Esquire
[illegible]
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Silas Whitney, Act 1832. $46.99 per annum
Died 1 Sept 1850. pd.

F. Burt
Auditor
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May 20th 1854

Sally Whitney
Wid. of No.. 4,714
Silas.
Grafton Co:
N.H.

Act / 53
$46.99 Per An:
Com: Feby: 3d. 1853.

Revy

Jesse A Gove, Esq.
Concord,
N.H.



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business

Commissioner.
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I Moses Moor of Bath County of Grafton State of New Hampshire testify and say that. I was a Continental soldier in the revolutionary war for the term of two years and More and was personally acquainted with Silas Whitney now of Thornton in said state and he [illegible] with me in the same serving in the year 1782 part and 1783 and he was then an inhabitant of Winipsage in the State of New Hampshire and joined the Company of Capt. Gilman at Saratoga for a short time and then joined the company of Capt. Moody Dustin in Colonel Henry Dearborns Reg in the first New Hampshire Regiment

Moses Moor



Grafton ss
Bath
November 23th 1818
Personally appeared Moses Moor and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him signed is just and true

Before me [illegible] Justice Peace
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Silas Whitney

38336
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Mr. Waldo
Sir I take the liberty of addressing a few times to you for the purpose of ascertaining if the Widow of Capt Silas Whitney who was a soldier and pensioner of the Revolutionary War is entitled to a land warrant he drew a pension of $46.99 per annum

if she is entitled will you please state on what terms you will obtain it and what you give for her claim    She draws pension under the act of /53

Yours with resect
Wm Merrill

Thornton July 10 /53
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Concord NH Nov 16th 53

Dear Sir:

I herewith transmit to you the Application of Sally Whitney for Bounty Land under "Act Approved March 3d 1835.

I am yours most respectfully

Benj E. Badger
To
Hon Josiah Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
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Ezra Bartlett Esqr
Haverhill
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Boston May 5th 1819

Sir, 

Mr Silas Whitney having called and we with [illegible] hope that i should recollect him as a former Soldier in the first New Hampshire Regt. of Continental Troops, I very much regretted my recollection of him & his services is not such as will exclude us to give him such a certificate as his case required. I am satisfied that he served as he has stated, under Lieuts Thortnon & Wilkins and others have testified, [illegible] I should present that the evidence he now possesses will be considered sufficient.

I am Sir your Humble Servt. 
H. Dearborn
Ezra Bartlet Esqr.
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2264.842

[postmark as follows]
CONCORD
N.H.
NOV
17

FREE

Hon Josiah Minot,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington,
D.C.
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State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. }

Be it known that before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said State for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June A.D. 1832 entitled An Act Supplementary to an Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution personally appeared Silas Whitney and made oath in due form of law that he is the same Silas Whitney named in an original Certificate of Pension hereunto annexed. Given at the War office of the United States the Twenty ninth day of June A.D. [illegible] numbered 13.917 and Signed J.C. Calhoun Secretary of War. That he did not forward to the War Department the schedule of Property required by the law of 1820 supposing he had too much to be retained or the less under that law that he served as a Private in the 1st New Hampshire Regt under Colo Dearborn & Gen. Geo Washington. That he now resides in Thornton in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire & when he applyed for & obtained the Certificate annexed he annexed in to & [illegible] and now wishes his name to be enrolled on the Pension list agreeably to the provisions of the above mentioned act. for proof of service reference will be had to the evidence produced when I obtained the Certificate annexed.

Silas Whitney



Sworn and subscribed to the Eleventh day of July A.D. 1832

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal this Eleventh day of July A.D. 1832

[illegible] in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire

[seal affixed]

Joseph Low Notary Public
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War Department

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Silas Whitney late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the Twenty second day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty ninth day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen

J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Silas Whitney

Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will
be made on the 4th of Septr
next, in Portsmouth N.H
at the U. S. Branch Bank

July 19 1832
P. Off.



Received
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We Ephraim Farnum of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire & William Wheeler of Loudon in the State & County aforesaid. Testify that we are well acquainted with Silas Whitney named in the Pension Certificate hereunto annexed & know him to be the same Person therein named -

William Wheeler
Ephraim Farnum



Sworn and subscribed to the Elevth day of July A.D. 1832

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal this Eleventh day of July A.D. 1832 at Concord in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire

[seal affixed]

Joseph Low, Notary Public
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I Silas Whitney of Thornton in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire of fifty three years of age depose & say that at the time I made my declaration to obtain a pension in May last, I was mistaken in the year in which I enlisted; it is there stated to be in 1781 but I find it was in the year 1782 that I enlisted for three years; that in July of that year I passed muster at Amherst in said State under Capt. Isaac Frye,  that I was placed under Capt. Moody Dustin in Col Henry Dearborn's Regiment being the first New Hampshire Regiment where I continued to serve more of the time until I was discharged in 1783 on Constitution Island. —

Silas Whitney



State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss }
Jany 20th. 1819. —

Sworn to before me
Ezra Bartlett Just. Peace

I Ezra Bartlett Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for The County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire do certify that Benjamin Champney, Saml. Batchelder, Stephen Ambrose & Amara Buck Esqrs. are acting justices of the Peace in the respective Counties in which their certificates are made & that full faith & credit is due to t heir attestations as such —

Ezra Bartlett
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I Samuel Batchelder Town Clerk of New Ipswich depose and say - that I have examined the records and files of the Town and find that a bounty was paid to Silas Whitney to joint the continental army in the year 1782 to make one of the number called for from this town. I likewise find on file among the volunteers made out for the purpose of obtaining payment of the state for expenditures of the town during the war, the following deposition - - - -

" Hillsborough ss. December 4th 1787 Then
" Capt Josiah Brown made solemn oath that the
" bounties given by the town of New Ipswich to
" Eleazer Ballard, Joshua Davis were sixty six pounds
" each solvent money to join the continental army, and
" the bounty given by said town to Silas Whitney fifty
" two pounds for the same service in silver money
(copy)    [illegible] John Printer Just. Peace

and further saith not

Saml. Batchelder



State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss.
May 16. 1818

Then personally appeared the aforenamed Saml. Batchelder and made Oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true

Before me

Benjamin Champery
Justice of Peace
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I Benjamin William aged seventy two, depose and say, that in the year 1781 or 1782 Silas Whitney, being at that time about sixteen years of age, being at that time about sixteen years of age, hired in my family, and enlisted into the continental army, to make up the number that were called for from the town of New Ipswich. That after the end of the War he returned to this town and obtained payment for his services. It is my belief that he served to the end of the war. I feel quite confident that he enlisted in the year 1782. I have no doubt he served to the end of the war, and was honourably discharged, for the affer'd to sell me t he state securities received in payment for his services

Benj William



State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. }
New Ipswich May 14. 1818

Then personally appeared the above named Benjm. William and made aoth to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Before Me

Saml. Batchelder Jus. Peace
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Deposition
Leonard Whitney
Canterbury
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I Leonard Whitney of Canterbury in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire of lawful age do depose and say. that I was knowing to Silas Whitney being in the Continental service in the state of New York on North vines at Newburgh or New Windsor in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Reed from December — 1782 to September or October 1783 said Silas Whitney now resides in Thornton in the County of Grafton in the state of New hampshire

further saith not
Leonard Whitney



State of Newhampshire
Rockingham ss }
Canterbury May 8. 1818

Personally appearing the above named Leonard Whitney made solemn oath to the truth of the forgoing declaration by him subscribed —

before me

Obediah Mooney Jus Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office — }

May 18th. 1818 —

I Samuel Sparhawk Secretary of said State do certify that Obadiah Mooney Jus Esqr whose name is to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Rockingham and that to his official acts and attestations faith & credit are due and to be given in & out of Court of the State —

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the public seal of said State on the day of the date hereof —

[seal affixed]

Saml. Sparhawk Secretary
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Silas Whitney

82 to 83

Dearborne N. Hamp.
Regt
Rejected. Name
not on the Roles -

Admitted

22 May 1818
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Silas Whitney

Silas Whitney priv
Reid'r N. Hamp. Regt.,
1781 to 1783
22nd May 1818
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

Grafton SS.)

ON this twenty second day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County personally appears Silas Whitney aged fifty two years, resident in Thornton in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Silas Whitney enlisted in Amherst on the 16th day of July 1781 in the State of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Captain Isaac Frye of the first New Hampshire regiment commanded by Col Reid; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the month of December 1783, when he was discharged from service in Constitution Island
State of New York; that he was in the battles of --- and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.

Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Ezra Bartlett

I, Ezra Bartlett Judge of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said SilasWhitney did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.

May 25th 1818. -

Ezra Bartlett

[seal affixed]

I Ezra Bartleld Judge as abovesaid do certify that Silas Whitney is in reduced circumstances stands in need of assistance from his country for support

Ezra Bartlett
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R B. Wilkins
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I Robert B. Wilkins, of Concord, Rockingham County & State of New Hampshire, declare upon oath that I was a Lieutenant in the New Hampshire Line in the Revolutionary Army, & know that Silas Whitney, now of Grafton County in said State, enlisted and served Capt Moody Dustins Company in Cole Henry Dearbourns Regiment in the Continental Army in the summer of 1782, and continued to serve as a soldier in said Regiment until July of 1783 & was afterwards Discharged as I understood from the same regiment then commanded by Colo George Reed, & well know the said Whitney rendered more than ten months continued service in the Continental Army aforesaid.

Robert B Wilkins

Concord May 8th 1819



State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss }
Concord May 8th 1819

Be it known that on the eighth day of May A.D. 1819 came before me Joseph Low, Notary Public within & for said State Robert B. Wilkins & made solemn oath that the above dclaration oby him subscribed is Just & true.

[seal affixed]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed my notarial seal at Concord in the County & State aforesaid on the day aforesaid

Joseph L. Low Notary Public
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Deposition of
to Joshua Thompson
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I Joshua Thompson of Concord in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, depose and say, that I was a Lieutenant in the New Hampshire Line in the Continental Revolutionary 
Army and was personally acquainted with Silas Whitney, who was a Soldier in Capt Moody Dustins Company in the first New Hampshire Regt. commanded by Col Henry Dearborn that I joined said Capt. Moody Dustins Company early in the month of May 1783 at which time the above named Silas Whitney was a Soldier in said Company and continued in said Company until the last of December following at which time he received an honourable discharge from the service.

further saith…
Joshua Thompson
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss }

Concord May 3d. 1819

Personally appearing the above named Joshua Thompson made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed.

before me,
Stephen Ambrose Justice of the Peace



State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss }

Concord May 8th 1819

In testimony that Stephen Ambrose Esqr before whom the above deposition was take was a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Rockingham in Said St ate, on the 3rd day of May AD. 1819.

I hereunto set my hand and affix my Notarial Seal at Concord in the county & State aforesaid on the day aforesaid

Jospeh L Low Notary Public