Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43296 And S. 11746, William Whiting, Conn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Whiting, William
NUMBER
S. 4329 and
S.11746
Bh Reg. 181980-1855
carded
CONTENTS
This soldier married Elizabeth Noble,
widow of Lyman Noble W 22613
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2537
New York
William Whiting
of Warsaw in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Kimball of the Regt commanded
by Col. Chandler in the Connecticut
line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars   Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th dah of Novem-
ber 1832 and sent to {Illegible}

Arrears to 4th of September 1832  $120.00
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Mar' 33  40.00
$160.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by John Cromwell Clerk.
Book D Vol. 5

Let A.L. Lynde Aug 26, 1853
A.L. Lynde 20th Dec 1853
Date of death
not  WAB
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William Whiting
Declaration

Recd at Pens Office
5. November 1832.
Old Case
aometted
2 years 80$
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State of New York}
County of Genesee}  On this fifteenth day of
                     October in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before
the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Genesee holden before Isaac
Willson first Judge William Mitchel and Robert Earll Jun. Judges
William Whiting a Resident of the Town of Warsaw in the County
of Genesee in the State of New York aged Seventy three years on
the Sixteenth day of December last, 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 on or about the twentieth day
of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and seventy seven with Captain Kimball who then commanded
the Eight Company in the Regiment then commanded by Col
John Chandler which was then or during a part of his term of Service
the Eight  Regiment of the Connecticut Line, and that he served
 under the following named Officers. That Captain Kimball
continued to command the Company for about one year after
he entered the service, that Captain Nehemiah Rice succeeded
him in the command of the Company. That Colonel Russell
succeeded Col Chandler in the command of the Regiment and
was successed by Joseph Hoyt who was promoted from
the Office of Major, which he had previously held in the same
Regiment. That he resided in Hartford in the State of
Connecticut at the time of his enlistment and when he entered the
Service. That he marched first to Newtown, thence after a 
few days to Danbury, and thence after a few days to Peekskill
where the Regiment to which he belonged, was with others under
the command of Brigadier General McDougall, that while
there he together with a large number of the Soldiers took the 
Small Pox by means of which they were detained a considerable
time. That he thence proceeded to New Jersey and the Brigade
in which he then served, formed a part of the Army under
General Washington, and was under his immediate command
that he was in the battle fought with the British at Germantown.
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town in the Autumn of the year 1777, and also in the Battle at
Fort Mifflin on the Delaware River in November of the same year 
year, that he went thence to Princetons and was for some
time sick at the College which was then used as a Hospital
after his health was restored, he rejoined his Regiment at
Valley Forge where he remained till the opening of the Spring
Campaign. That he thence marched down the Schuylkell and
was engaged in the battle fought with the British at Monmouth
on the 27th or 28th of June 1778, that he remained through
the Summer of that year in New Jersey, and was engaged in
the service, in different parts of the State as one of the scouting
parties, sometimes with a larger and sometimes with a smaller
force, but generally near Head-quarters. That in the Autumn
he went with the Brigade to which he belonged to Reading 
in the State of Connecticut to Winter quarters. That in the 
Spring of 1779 he together with the Brigade, rejoined the Army
East of the Hudson, where they spent the season in such
service as was required at various points on the river and
in the County, watching the motions of the Enemy and
protecting the inhabitants, and in the Autumn he crossed over
into New Jersey where he assisted in building Huts for the 
accommodation of the Soldiers at Morristown during the winter
but before he had had an opportunity of resting in one of them
for a night her marched with the Regiment and Brigade
to which he belonged to Westfield where he was stationed during
the winter and employed in scouting parties, and in protecting
the inhabitants on the lines (as it was then called). That while
at Westfield int he State of New Jersey, on or about the tenth
day of April 1780, and about Eleven days before the Expiration
of the period for which he had enlisted, which was three
years, he received his discharge signed by Col. Meigs
who at that time in the absence of the General, was command-
ant of the Brigade, that his discharge was given at that 
Tim on the recommendation of the Officers of the Company
to which he belonged in consequence of his not having
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been absent on furloughs in the whole exceeding twenty
days during the term of three years. That when he
removed from Hartford in Connecticut which was
about the year 1794 he left his discharge and has not seen
it since, that he first removed from Hartford Connecticut
 to Granville, Washington County, and thence to Hamptons
in the same County of the State of New York. That he resided
in Hampton when the Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818
was passed, and that he obtained a pension under that act,
by virtue of a Certificate bearing date March 12th 1819 
which is numbered 7544. That his pension was afterwards
discontinued on account of his having property of the value of a
few hundred Dollars which has since been principally expended
in support of himself and wife. That he removed from Hampton to his present residence in Warsaw, Genesee County in July 1822.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name
is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State, though
previous to the discontinuance of his pension as aforesaid it 
was on that of the Agency in the State of New York.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in open Court
William Whiting

Timothy Fitch Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion 
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier and served as he states
William Mitchell
Robert Earll Jun.
Isaac Wilson
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the Court of Comman Pleas
of the County of Genesee the same being a Court of Record
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of William Whiting for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office this 15th day of
October 1832
Timothy Fitch Clerk
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William Whiting's
Schedule
Copy
Property Certified
at forty four dollars and
Eighty Cents over and above
what he owes
$44 ann 80/100
William Mitchell
Robert Earll Jr
James Taggart
Filed 12 October 1826
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County of Genesee }  On this twelfth day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six
personally appeared in open Court being the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Genesee in the State of New York being a 
Court of Record according to the Constitution and Laws of the 
said State proceeding,according to the Course of the Common
Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount
keeping a record of their proceeding, having a power of
fine and imprisonment) William Whiting, resident in,
said County, aged Sixty seven years who being first
duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make
the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision
made by the act of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and the
1st May 1820, that he the said William Whiting enlisted for the
Term of three yeas on or about the twentieth day of April in
the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven
in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain
Kimball in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Chandler
in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establish-
ment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until
the ninth day of April one thousand seven hundred and
eighty according to his best recollection, when he was 
discharged from the service in the Town of Westfield in,
the State of New Jersey. That he hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension except the present.
That his name has been placed on the pension list. That
the number of his pension Certificate is 7544. That 
he never until the last June Term of this Court exhibi-
iced a schedule of his property, which schedule has 
been returned by the Clerk of the War department 
as incomplete. That is the reason why he did not
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before exhibit a Schedule of his property is that until
recently he had more property in his possession than he has at present
which with the assistance of his children, added to
what he could do for his own support when not confined
with rheumatism, has enabled him to procure the neces-
saries of life though he has often wanted many of
its comforts. That his children, who have lived with
him and laboured for him, have left him, and in
pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1830, I do solemnly
swear that I was a resident citizen, of the United 
States on the 18th March 1818, and that I have not
since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed 
of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so
to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions
of an 
act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States in the revolutionary War, passed on the
18th day of March 1818. And that I have not, nor has
any person in trust for me, any property or securities
contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any
income other than what is contained in the Schedule
hereto  annexed and by me subscribed, to wit
one Cow, worth $10.00                      1 dish Kettle $0.50
6 Sheep          4.50                              1 old shoud and tongs 1.50
1 old 3 pail Kettle 1.50                         1 small brass Kettle 1.68
1 pot leg broken out .25                      1 milk pail  .50
1 small tea kettle    .50.                        1 old water pail   .12 1/2
 5 earthen bowls      .63                       6 other old chairs 1.50
Six cups and saucers  .31                    1 old clock   2.50
2 small platters        .37                         1 pair flat irons    1.00
8 plates                1.75                            1 Tub        .50
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5 spoons  .50  I small crane  1.50
1 old Sieve  .25   A quantity of hemlock and Bassword boards 8.00
1 Looking Glass  1.50    
Six knives and forks  1.00  1 pair old oxen  30.00
1 Bake Kettle (lid broken) 1.00  1 Plough Harrow and Chains  13.00
1 small spider  .25
1 Skillett .25  2 Small Shoats  3.00
 6 Kitchen chairs  3.00

26.56     65.25
               26.56
91.81
George D. Farham owes me in Cabinet work
about the sum of  9.00
Isaac Alderman owes me about  1.12
Noyer Knight owes about 1.00
11.12
I am indebted to Orson Hough for dressing
cloth in about the sum of $11.37
To Conable and Moss  .30
To Agustus Frank for Goods at his Store 4.13
To William Flower for Cash borrowed  3.00
To Silas C. Fargo for Cash and Labour 39.33
Principally Cash lent
58.13

And I the said William further say that since the 
18th of March 1818 the following changes have
been made in my property to wit
I have sold a Farm containing sixty five and a fourth 
acres to Oliver Cleaveland. The Deed was executed April
14th 1822, I received in payment cash  $550.00
One horse at  250.00
One Waggon at 100.00
making nominally nine hundred dollars   900.00
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I had in 1818 a small pair black horses which I exchan-
ged for others and afterwards exchanged them and in 
1822 at the time I sold my Farm. I had but one Horse 
until I received payment for the farm. I cannot
particularly recollect the particulars of the property
received in payment, not the disposition made of it
I had one cow which in 1822 I sold and applied
it in part payment for a horse bought of Zyadock
Scribner
I has some farming utensils which have been worn out
with service previous to 1822, when I removed to Warsaw
I had some sheep and hogs and received a pension
for about the Term of two years with which together with
my laboring in transporting goods, I paid part of a demand
for goods taken up at the Store of Daniel and John P. Adams
in Hampton, Washington County and after I sold my farm
I settled with and paid them my account against
them then with what I paid was $247.51
over and above what had been credited.
I paid P.J. H. Myers and Co. for goods   16.66
paid for a horse to furnish team to remove
with my family to Warsaw 40  .00
I paid as expenses of removal    15.45
I paid for the expenses of my son who came with the
Horse and single Waggon received in part payment for
my farm  7.50
I paid to and for David Martin as a consideration
for his assigning a contract for a Lot of Land in
Warsaw containing about sixty four acres which con
tract was made with the Holland Land com
pany    $400.00
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The Horse received in payment for my farm became diseased
and was sold for one hundred dollars in property consisting of
a Mare and Waggon, I let my son Demmon have the mare
in part payment for his labour at   $60.00
and I sold the Waggon to William Shipman for  40.00
after having expended six Dollars in repairing it-
I received in part payment a heifer which was applied in
part towards payment on the contract for Land with the Holland
Company and the residue was received by my son
Timothy in payment for services
I have had dealings with Eliphalet Patel, and have paid
him a balance of about twenty Dollars
I sold the Waggon, received of Oliver Cleaveland to
Samuel McWhorter, at a sacrifice, obtaining only $75.00
I received in part payment a Cow at Eleven Dollars
and a quantity of Pork at fourteen dollars and he paid
Ms Elisha Barns for Hay I had purchased of him, twelve
dollars and fifty cents and the residue in cash-
In consequence of my ill health, having been for a 
considerable portion of the time for some years past
unable to perform much Labour, and having suffered
much from Rheumatism, much of my business
has been done by my sons who have acted for me
in the disposition of my property- as well as labored
for the support of my family; and I cannot state
everything that has been received by me or raised
and sold- The Lot purchased by me of Mr
Martin has been partially cleared and cultivated
and besides what was necessarily expended in the
support of my family, payments have been made on the
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contract for Land with the Holland Company for the
same Lot originally taken my Mr. Martin amounting to $264.77
but of that amount William Whiting Junior advanced
in cattle-----------------------------------------105.50
My sons Timothy and Demmon Whiting have labored
for me and received partial payments heretofore--I paid
Timothy Whiting in a horse and cattle-----$130.00
I found myself unable to pay what was due at the 
Land Office on the contract for Land, and having
nothing else but the improvements made, on the interest
in the contract, to satisfy Demmon Whiting and
William Whiting Junior the sums due them, I assigned
to them the contract, for which they respectively dis-
charged their demands, the balance due to each
being estimated at about two hundred and sixty
five dollars---And I further declare that
I heretofore paid Aaron C. Lyon for making
a Plough for Potatoes and corn         $20.00
To Chauncy Sheldon for Hay about  10.00
The avails of the Labour of my sons and my-
self on the Land I formerly occupied, has 
been honestly and economically expended in the
support for myself and family.  My Wife
is sixty seven years of age, and afflicted with
rheumatism--I have at present no other
family--I have borrowed money of Silas
C. Fargo to defray the expenses of this applica-
tion and have no means of payment
or procuring provisions for my family the
enduring Winters--We live in a House belonging
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to Silas C. Fargo which in stormy weather does
not protect our gray hairs from the wind and
rain.
Sworn to and subscribed           William Whiting
in Open Court this 12th 
day of October 1826 by me
John A Coffin
Deputy Clerk

State of New York}
Genesee County ss}
I Ralph Coffin, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of  Genesee in the State of New
York, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction 
of the Court  that the said William Whiting did serve
in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding
declaration, against the Common Enemy for the,
Term of nine months under one engagement on
the Continental establishment- I also certify that
the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereunto annexed
are truly copied form the records of the said
Court- and I do further certify that it is the 
opinion of the said Court that the total amount in
value of the said property exhibited in the aforesaid
Schedule is forty four Dollars and Eighty cents
over and above what he the said William Whiting owes
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said Court
on the thirtieth day of October 1826
R. Coffin Clk
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State of New York}
Wyoming County}
Roswell Gould and Silas C Fargo
being duly sworn according to law on
their oaths depose and say that they were
well acquainted with William Whiting
formally of the town of Warsaw in said
County diclosed That the said William
Whiting married Mrs Elizabeth Noble
and they lived together and sustained
the relation of husband and wife for
several years before his death
and she survived him and is
now his widow
Subscribed and Sworn}     Roswell Gould {Signature}
before me this 26th}          Silas C Fargo {Signature}
day of June 1855 and}
certify that the}
deponents are credible witnesses and
I have no interest in this Claim

J W Knapp Justice of the Peace
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State of Illinois}
McHenry County}  On this 12th day of April
AD 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice
of the peace within and for the County aforesaid
Elizabeth Whiting aged 81 Years a resident
of Woodstock in the County and State aforesaid who
being duly sworn according to law, declares that
she is the widow of William Whiting who was a Revo
lutionary Soldier and Pensioner under the act
of June 7 1832 at the rate of 80 dollars per annum
and resided and died at Warsaw in the State of
New York. That her husband the said William
Whiting resided at Hartford West Division
in the State of Connecticut and served as she
has been informed in 1776 under Lt. Kellogg
Col. Chester and subsequently 3 years under Capt
Kimball Colonels Chandler and Hoit and at
other times
She further declares that she was
married to the said William Whiting at
Warsaw New York on the 16th day of October
AD 1841 by one Rev---Stimsen
a minister of the gospel that her name before
her said marriage was Elizabeth Nobles
and that her husband the said William
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Whiting died at Warsaw aforesaid on
the 22nd  day of March 1849 and that she
is now a widow and a Pensioner of the 
United States under the actor of Feb 2. 1848
and her pension certificate bears date the 17th
day of July 1849. She makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land
to which she may be entitled under the act
approved March 3. 1855
Elizabeth Whiting {Signature}

We Fredrick J Mansfield and Maranda
Mansfield residents of Woodstock in the State
of Illinois upon our oaths declare that the
foregoing declaration was seguid and ack-
nowledged by Elizabeth Whiting in our
presence; and that we are personally ac-
quainted with the said Elizabeth and know
her to be the identical person she represents
herself to be and that she is now a widow.
F. T. Mansfield {Signature}
Maranda Mansfield {Signature}

The foregoing declaration and affidavit
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Application of 
Elizabeth Whiting
for 
Bounty Land
Act of 3rd March 1853

A.L. Lynde
Warsaw
New York
Atty for Claimant
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Certificate of Magistracy- Woodstock Democrat Print
State of Illinois}
McHenry County} ss  I, ELAM M. LAMB, Clerk of the County Court
in and for said County, do hereby certify that the said Levi Sherwood 
Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed*
was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace of said County, duly elected, sworn and commis-
sioned, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Levi Sherwood
and believe his signature thereunto is genuine, and that the said Instrument is executed and acknowledg-
ed according to the Laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my 
official seal, at Woodstock, in said County, this 13th
day of April A.D. 1853
Elam M Lamb COUNTY CLERK

*Affidavit and Declaration
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were Sworn to and Subscribed before me
on the day and year first above written
and I certify that I know the affiants to be
credible persons; that the claimant is the per-
son she represents herself to be and that I 
have no interest in this claim

Levi Sherwood Justice of the the peace (Seal)

See papers on which applicant was
pensioned under act of Feb 2, 1848
for further proof of death of Whiting
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181980
Application of
Mrs Elizabeth Whiting
Widow of Wm Whiting
for
Bounty Land
Act of 3rd March 1855

Presented by
A. L. Lynde
Warsaw
New York
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State of New York}
Wyoming County Clerks Office} ss.
I, Nathan P. Currier, Clerk of said County, do hereby CERTIFY That
J. W. Knapp Esquire, was, at the
date of the Jurat appended to the annexed affidavit in writing, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same:  that I am well
acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said
jurat is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
said County this 27th day of June A.D. 1855
N. P. Currier Clerk.
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State of New York}
Monroe County}     Hiram K. Stimson being
duly sworn according to law
on his oath deposit and says that he was formerly
Minister of the Baptist Church at Warsaw in
the State of New York and while such minister
he united in marriage William Whiting a Revolutionary
Pensioner of that town and Mrs Elizabeth Noble of
the same place. That said marriage took place
at Warsaw aforesaid on or about the 16th day of
October in the Year 1841 and that often said marriage
said parties lived together and seastainied the relatives
of husband and wife
H. K. Stimson
Subscribed and Sworn to
before me this 5th day of
June AD 1855 and I certify
deponent to be a credible
witness and that I have
no interest in the Claims of Elizabeth Whiting
Edward J Reed
J.P.
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State of New York}
Monroe County Clerk's Office}
Rochester, }   I W. Barron Williams, Clerk of the County of Monroe, of the County
Court of said County, and of the Supreme Court, both being Courts of Record having
a common Seal, do certify that Edward J. Reed
Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit in writing was taken, was, at the time of
taking such affidavit, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted 
with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature of the Jurat to such affi-
davit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of said County, at Rochester, this 20th day of June
A.D. 1855.
W. Barron Williams Clerk.
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Declaration of Mrs
Elizabeth Whiting
widow of
William Whiting for
{Illegible} of his pension
Act of 7th June 1832

A.L. Lynde
Warsaw
N. YK
Attorney
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[handwritten]

State of New York
Wyoming County ss
Before the subscriber a Justice of the
peace in & for said County personally
appeared Elizabeth Whiting and made oath in due
form of law that she is the widow of William
Whiting who was a Pensioner of the United States
under the act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of
Eighty dollars per annum & that the said William 
Whiting resided & died in the town of Warsaw
in the County of Wyoming & State of New York

She further states & declares that as she
was informed by said William Whiting & believes
he was engaged in the team service of the
United States in the year 1781 and 1782 under Capt
John Waters of Hebron Connecticut who was conductor of teams
that the said William Whiting was regularly
enlisted into said service & served as teamster
in all from one to two years according to
her best recollection & belief. She makes this
declaration for the purpose of obtaining any
increase of pension to which the said Whiting
may have been entitled at his death
[signed] Elizabeth Whiting

Subscribed & Sworn before me 
this 25 day of August 1853
& I hereby certify that I am
not interested in the result
or concurred in the prosecution
 of the above claim
[signed] J W Knapp Justice

[printed section, completed in handwriting]
STATE OF NEW YORK,
WYOMING COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
SS.
I certify that J W. Knapp Esquire,
was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument
in writing, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take
the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the
signature to said certificate is genuine; and that the annexed Instrument is executed
and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
County this 26th day of August A. D. 1853.
[signed] N.P. Currier Clerk

[faint round seal visible to the left of this signature, not legible]
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[typed]
November 18, 1936

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/EEL
William Whiting -s 1 S. 11746

Mrs. F. B. Brian
Toulon
Illinois

Dear Madam:

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.11746, based upon the military
service of William Whiting in that war.

William Whiting was born December 16, 1758. The place of
his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Hartford, Connecticut, William Whiting enlisted
April 20, 1777, served as private in Captains Kimbal's and 
Nehemiah Rice's Companies, Colonels John Chandler's, Russell's
and Joseph Hait's Connecticut Regiment; was in the battles of
Germantown and Fort Mifflin, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the
battle of Monmouth and was discharged April 9, 1780. He enlisted
in 1781 and served between one and two years as a teamster under
Captain John Waters, Conductor of Teams Connecticut Troops.

In 1794, he moved from Hartford, Connecticut, to Granville, Washington County, New York; thence to Hampton, Washington County,
New York, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension
on his application executed May 11, 1818. He was also allowed
pension under the Act of June 7, 1832, on his application executed
October 15, 1832, while residing in Genesee County, New York, to
which county he had moved in 1822.

In 1836, soldier's wife, Abigail, was aged sixty-seven years;
there are no further data in regard to her. In 1863, Elizabeth
Whiting made affidavit in Wyoming County, New York, that she was
the widow of William Whiting, but she did not give the date of her
marriage to the soldier or her maiden name.

Three sons of the soldier are referred to William Whiting.
Junior and Dammon Whiting, who, in 1826, were aged respectively
thirty-eight and twenty-seven years and Timothy Whiting, age not
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[typed]

given. William Whiting, Junior and Demmon Whiting made affidavit
in Genesee County, New York, in 1826, in support of their
father's claim for pension.

In 1818, one James Whiting resided in Hampton, New York, and
made affidavit that he knew the soldier, William Whiting, during the
Revolution, but gave no relationship.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the Revolutionary War pensioner, William Whiting (s. 11746), you
should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
William Whiting, Certificate No. 2537, issued November 29,
1832, rate $80 per annum, commenced March, 1831, Act of June 7,
1872, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
[no signature]

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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43296
INVALID
Revy
File No. 43, 296
William Whiting
Pri  Rev  War
Act:  18th March 18
Index: -- Vol. 3. Page 560
[Arrangement of 1870]
Consolidated with
Inv. File #11746
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[printed form completed in handwriting]

11746
Rev War
INVALID.

File No. 11,746
William Whiting
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index: - Vol. A, Page 404
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right page, handwritten]
1906 June 22 - History to 
M. Eleanor Willcox - C
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1924, June 27 - Hist. to Mrs Wm. H. Latimer   U.M.
____________________________
1925 June 5 - Letter to Mrs. Irene F. Latimer
M.D.Y.
____________________________
1933 - Dec 4 - Hist to Mrs. R. F. Keller - EEL
____________________________
1936 - Nov. 24 - Hist. to Mrs. F. B. Brian  EEL
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[handwritten]
See letter 27 June 1826 to James Crocker
of Warsaw New York
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[handwritten]
See letter to James Crocker
Esq. 24 November 1826



Septr 1819
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[printed letterhead of Seal of "Daughters of the American Revolution"] 
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Chapter
Holland, Michigan
[handwritten]
132 East 12th Street

November 16, 1933

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:
I shall be most grateful for any information you may have concerning the following, if, of course, they received pensions.

William Whiting, b. Dec. 16, 1758, Hartford, Conn.; d. Mar. 22, 1849, Warsaw, N.Y. m. Abigail Flower.
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[handwritten]
John Peat, Peet or Peatt of Westchester Co., N.Y.

Benjamin Sniffen, Westchester Co., N.Y. He may m. May 21, 1753, Mary Brown.

Very truly yours,
[signed] (Mrs. R. F.) Grace C. Keeler

They served in the Revolutionary War.

[round stamp]
Received Nov. 20 1933
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Pension Bureau
Will in hease give me the service of William Whiting of the Revolutuary war?
He was born in Hartford Conn in 1759 - Died in Warsaw N.Y. the 22d day of Mar. 1849
Very Truly
M. Eleanor Willcox
46 Norton Ave.
Pontiac Michigan

June the 4th 1906
-
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affidavits &c
accompanying Willam Whitings 
Schedule
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7544
New York
-
William Whiting
of Washington in the state of New York
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Chandler of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years
---
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 18 of Mar 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of Mar 1890 and sent to Jon A Wood Esqr
Washington Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 8744
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48
$12.44
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Payable semi-annually -- the first payment
on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next at the Branch Bank
of the United States, New York
Recorded
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[printed, completed in handwriting]
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March 1818-
William Whiting late a Private in the
Army of the Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight
dollars cents
per month, to commence on the Eleventh day of May
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United
State, this twelfth day of
March one thousand eight hundred
and Nineteen
[signed] J. C. Calhoun
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A.L. Lynde
Aug. 26, 1833
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880
Pension Office
August 26. 1853

Sir
In answer to your letter or inquiry
of 13th June last, I have to inform you that
William Whiting of Warsaw, N.Y. was pensioned
for service in the Connecticut line. He alleged
three years service in the line, and in his
declaration described his entire service, no part
of which was as waggon conductor or waggon master.


A. L. Lynde Esq
Warsaw
Wyoming {Illegible}
N.Y.
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[handwritten]

A. L. Lynde,
Dec 10/53.
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[handwritten]

300
Pension Office.
20th Decr 1853.
Sir,
In reply to yours of 12th ultimo,
I would enclose you a letter from
this Office to you of date 26th August 1853, which will inform you
of the condition of Elizabeth Whitings claim

A. L. Lynde Esqr
Warsaw
N.Y.
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Warsaw Wyoming Co N Y
June 13, 1853
Hon L. P. Waldo
William Whiting who lived & died in this town was a pensioner under the act of June
7. 1832 at the rate of $80 per annum
Mr Whiting in 1781 & 1782 was in the team service under Captain John Waters of Hebron Connecticut Conductor of teams & is supposed to have been entitled to a larger pension than he received
He left a widow and I am an authorized by her to prosecute her claim for the increase. Will you please to inform me whether the said Whiting was entitled to such increase &
at what rate per annum, also what evidence
on the part of the widow will be required
Very Respectfully
A L. Lynde
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War Dept Pension Office
28 June, 1826

James Crocker, Esq.
Warsaw, N. York
Sir:
COPY
War Dept Pension Office
28 June, 1826
The claim of William Whiting to a continuance of his name on the pension list has been examined, and I have to state, that before a final decision can be had in his case, he must state his reasons for not having applied at an earlier period for a continuance of his name on the pension list, and account for all the property that he may have disposed of since the 18 of March, 1818, in the manner prescribed by the regulations attached to the blank form herewith endorsed. Returned herewith are the documents in support
of his claim.
J. L. E.

C O P Y
War Department
Pension Office
24th November 1826

James Crocker, Esq.
Warsaw, New York
The documents in the case of William Whiting have been examined, from which it appears that he has conveyed to his sons his interest in 64 acres of land, and some personal property in consideration of services alleged to have been performed by them. Before a decision can be had in his claim, he must exhibit evidence of a written contract entered into with his sons, prior to the performance
of the services mentioned and furnish authenticated copies of the conveyances referred to in his declaration. It may be
proper to remark that unless the testimony required, shall be offered. the claimant ought not to look for the continuance of his name on the Pension List.
J. L. E.
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[faint handwritten note on top right of page]

Papers relating to Elizabeth Whiting's rejected bounty land claim were placed in the file on 2/14/[illegible]. The [illegible] sent Jan. 18 - 36 & before do not contain information shown on said papers.

[typed] 
November 18, 1936

BA-J/AWF

Mrs. F. B. Brian
Toulon
Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request to be advised as to whether the following
named persons served in the Revolutionary and War of
1812:

William Whiting, born in October, 1736 in Hartford,
Connecticut, married Marry Wadsworth, and their children-
William Whiting, born December 17, 1758 in West Hartford, Connecticut; Elihu Whiting, born January 11, 1761, lived in Washington County, New York in 1790;
Elisha Whiting, born November 21, 1763 in West Hartford, Connecticut; Charles Whiting, born August 25, 1765; James Whiting, born August 28, 1768, lived in
Washington County, New York in 1790.

The Revolutionary War records of this office
fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of the service of a William Whiting, born in 1736, or of any Elisha, Charles and James Whiting. The War of 1812 records do not show claims for pension based on the service of William and James Whiting
as described by you, nor to any Elihu, Elisha and Charles Whiting.

The Revolutionary War records of Elihu and
William Whiting are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[handwritten]
181.980 Act 3/35
July 2/55
______________
Elizabeth Whiting
Widow of 
Williams Whiting,
Pri
____________________
Lt. Kellogg
Col. Chester


Rev. War
___________
Rec. Pension
Files [illegible] 48 - 4958
____________________
A. L. Lynde
Warsaw N.Y. 

St. A. L. Lynde [illegible] EC 56
Page 48

December 4,  1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BS-J/EEL

Mrs. R. F. Keeler
132 East 12th Street
Holland, Michigan

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Whiting, of Connecticut, Joh Peat (Peet - Peatt) and Benjamin Sniffen, of Westchester County, New York, who served in the Revolutionary War.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of such claims having been made to the United States based upon the service in that war of a John Peat(or similar spelling), as described by you or of a Benjamin Sniffen.

The history of William Whiting is furnished herewith as contained in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.11746, based upon his military service in the war.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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December 4, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/EEL
William Whiting-S.11746

Mrs. R. F. Keeler
132 12th Street
Holland, Michigan

Dear Madam:

William Whiting was born December 16, 1758.  The place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

While residing in Hartford, Connecticut, he enlisted April 20, 1777, served as private in Captains Kimball's, and Nehemiah Rice's Companies, Colonels John Chandler's, Russell's and Joseph Hait's Connecticut Regiment; was in the battle of Germantown and Fort Mifflin, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged April 9, 1780.  He enlisted in 1781 and served between one and two years as a teamster under Captain John Waters, conductor of teams, Connecticut Troops.

In 1794, he moved from Hartford, Connecticut, to Granville, Washington County, New York; thence to Hampton, Washington County, New York, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed May 11, 1818.

In 1822, he sold his farm in Washington  County, New York, and moved to Warsaw, Genesee County, New York.  He died in said Warsaw, date not given.

In 1826, soldier's wife, Abigail, was aged sixty-seven years: there are no further particulars in regard to her.  In 1852, Elizabeth Whiting made affidavit in Wyoming County, New York that she was the widows of William Whiting, but she did not give the date of her marriage to the soldier or her maiden name.

Three sons of the the soldier are referred to: William Whiting, Junior, and Demmon Whiting, who in 1826 were aged respectively  thirty-eight years and twenty-seven years and made affidavit in Genesee County, New York, in behalf of their father's claim for pension:  the third son referred to was Timothy Whiting:  his age is not shown.
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In 1818, one James Whiting resided in Hampton, New York, and made affidavit that he knew the soldier, William Whiting, during the Revolution, but gave no relationship, and there are no further data as to family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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MDG

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

June 5, 1925.

Mrs. Irene F. Latimer
617 Beechwood Avenue
Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

Madam:

I have to advise you, that in the Revolutionary War pension claim S-11746 of William Whiting it is not stated that he had a son Nathan, nor are the dates of birth, death and marriage of his wife, Abigail, on record.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
n

June 27, 1924.

Mrs. William H. Latimer,
617 Beechwood Ave.
Carnegie, PA.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S11746, it appears that William Whiting was born December 16, 1758.  While a resident of Hartford, Connecticut, he enlisted April 20, 1777, served 3 years as a private in Captains Kimball and Nehemiah Rice's Company, Colonels Joh Chandler, Russel and Joseph Wait's Connecticut Regiment and was at the battles of Germantown, Fort Mifflin and Monmouth.  He enlisted in 1781 and served from one to two years as a teamster under Captain John Waters.  He was allowed a pension on his application executed May 11, 1818, while a resident of Hampton, Washington County, New York.  He died at Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York, date not stated.
In 1822 reference is made to his wife, Abigail, and in 1826, he referred to his sons, William, aged 38 years, Demmon, aged about 27 years and Timothy.  A widow, Elizabeth, was living in 1853.
Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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[printed form completed in handwriting]

O. W. and N. Division.
3 -- 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

[faint handwriting to the left]
[illegible initials]
Serv File 11746
Rev War.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
William White
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT./
LENGTH OF
SERVICE./
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL./
STATE
[Row 1 - writing is very faint]
Apl 20, 1777/ 3 ms/ Pri/ Kimball/ John Chandler/ 8th Conn.
[Row 2] Blank/Blank/Blank/Nehemiah Rice/Persell
[Row 3] Westfield N J/blank/blank/blank/ Joseph Hoyt/ blank
[Row 4] 1781 - 1782/ 1 to 2 years/Teamster/John Waters

Battles engaged in, Germantown, Fort Miffline, Mon.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hartford, Conn
Date of application for pension, May 11, 1818: allowed
Residence at date of application, Hampton, Washington Co, N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Jan 16 1758 d. in Warsaw, NY
Date of death not shown
Remarks: wife Abigail mentioned in 1822. 
1
with Aug 1853
8
COLONEL.
STATE.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Wid. Elizabeth living in 1853 - 
son William at 38 in 1826
[too faint] 27 "   "
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[letterhead]
MRS. EDITH COLE BRIAN
TOULON, ILLINOIS

[round stamp]
Received Nov 6 1936
Mail Bob [illegible blurred ink]

[handwritten]
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Can you furnish me the following information?

{William Whiting Oct. 1736 - Oct. 19 -  1775 @ 39 Hartford Conn
{ Mary Wadsworth   1739

children (5)

I. William Whiting Dec 17- 1908 Mar 22 1832 Rev. Soldier West Hartford, Conn. Sept. 20 - 1782
{1. Abigail Flower
2. Mrs. Lucinda Whiting
3. Mrs. Phebe Clark Rich
4.  Mrs. Lyman Noble

II. Elihu Whiting Jan 11. 1961 Lived in Washington Co, N.Y. in 1790
Margaret Padden

III. Elisha Whiting  (3) Nov. 21 - 1763 West Hartford Conn, Mar. 25 - 1784
Susannah Butler

IV. Charles Whiting Aug 15 1865

V. James Whiting (4)  Aug 28, 1768 Lived in Washington Co N.Y. 1790
1812 

Were any of these men soldiers in Revolutionary War? Probably enlisting from Conn., New York, Vermont, or Mass. Were any killed in that war?
Mass. We

Were any of these men in War of 1812? And were any killed in that war?

Can you furnish me the names of the wives of
Charles Whiting, and James Whiting?

Please state charges

[signed] Mrs. F. B. Brian
Toulon, Illinois
Nov. 2 1936
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section

Mrs. William H Latimer
617 Beechwood Avenue
CARNEGIE, PENNA.

April 1, 1925

Washington  Gardner,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir,
Sometime ago, I wrote enquiring about the Revolutionary record of William Whiting , Born Dec. 16, 1758, Hartford Conn and you very kindly supplied it.
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Among other things in the letter you told me that reference was made in 1822 to his wife, Abigail.
Do you by any chance have the birth and death date of Abigail Flower Whiting and their marriage date? Is there any mention made of Nathan Whiting,  their son who married Rhoda Toles? If you have any of this information would you kindly send it to me and I assure you it will be much appreciated.  If you don't have it, can you tell me where I might find it.

Very Truly yours
Irene F Latimer
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OFFICE OF 
THE COMMISSIONER 
APR - 3 1925
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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PENSION
W
MAY
U.  28  S.
1924
OFFICE

Mrs. William H Latimer
617 Beechwood avenue
CARNEGIE, PENNA.

United States Pension Office
Washington D. C.

Gentlemen,
I am trying very hard to find the Revolutionary War Record of William Whiting.  Born in Hartford, Connecticut, 1759 and Died in Warsaw, New York, March 22, 1849.  He drew a pension from the Government for many
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years and think, of course, that the pension records will show the name of his company and Regiment. He was married to Abigail Flower of Hartford, Conn. They removed with several 
children to Granville, N. Y.,  thence to Hampton and from there to Warsaw, New York, about the year 1820.
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I will be very thankful
if you can supply me with
this information.

Very Truly yours
Mrs. Wm. H Latimer

May 26, 1924
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[handwritten]

Clerk's Office Washington County
August 23d. 1826 ~

I certify that a deed bearing date the Eleventh day of April 1822 and Executed by William Whiting of the town of Hampton in the County of Washington and State of New York and Abigail his wife to Oliver Cleveland of the town of Saratoga the County of Saratoga and State of New York  for the consideration of the Sum of Nine hundred dollars, was on the 13th day of August 1823 at 9 A.M. duly recorded in this office.
[signed] S. Shipherd Deput Clk.
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[handwritten]
I, John P. Adams being one of the firm of
Daniel & John P. Adams Merchants in the
Town of Hampton in the County of Washington
being of Lawful age depose and say that
William Whiting commenced a deal with
the above said firm the 29 day of April 1816
and said deal continued to the 1 day of July
1822 the whole of our account against
said Whiting amounted to $501.51. on the
first day of July 1822 at which time we
settled and found due our said firm a
ballance of $247.51 which him the said
William Whiting Shortly after paid us
to the full satisfaction of our said firm
[signed] John P. Adams

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th
day of August 1826.
[signed] Moses Ward Justice of the Peace

State of New York Washington County ss
I certify that Moses Ward Esq whose
signature appears to the above Jurat was on the 18th day of August
1826 a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly appointed &
sworn, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said
Justice and verily believe that the signature of Joseph Ward Subscribed to the Jurat
of the above affidavit is his hand writing. In Witness whereof
I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said County this
23 day of August 1826
[signed] J. S. Leigh Clerk of
Washington County Court
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[handwritten]
I Eliphalet Patee of the Town of Poultney
County of Rutland & State of Vermont
being of Lawfull age depose & say that I commenced
a Deal with William Whiting the 15 day of
July 1824 which continued untill September
the 28th 1825 at Which time I settled with the
said William Whiting and found due to me
Twenty Dollars for which I received payment
in full
[signed] Eliphalet Patee
The above Subscribed and sworn to
before me at Hampton this 17th day of
August 1826.
[signed] Moses Ward Justice Peace
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[handwritten]

State of New York
Washington County ss
I, Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the County
Courts in & for said County do certify that
Moses Ward Esqr whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit was on the 17th day of August 1826 a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly appointed & sworn and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signature of Joseph Ware subscribed
to the Jurat of the within affidavit is his handwriting
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court this 23d day of August
1826
[signed] J. S. Leigh Clk
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[handwriting]
Mr Whiting
Bok of P.J.H. Myers & Co
7 Yd Callico 2/4   2.04
7 Yd Bombazet 2/9   2.41
3/4 yd Fig B Muslin 3/6   .33
3/8 " Plain " Do 4/    .19
6 " Stripe    1/9   1.31
Paid Mr       .22
4 Yd Shirting  2/   1.00
3 " Do     2/8   1.00
4 " Sheeting   1/9     .88
3/8 " Crape         0.28
8 lb  Sugar            1.00
14 6/16 " D Sugar  17 cts      2.45
1 Gall Molasses        .50
1/2 lb Tea     5/6       .34
1/4 yd Mull 5d 1/4 yd crape 1/6     .00
1/4 Yd Book Muslin       .13
[total]  $14.22

1 Looking Glass  2.13
1 pr spectacles     .31
[total] $16.66

Recd Payment
Whitehall June 11 - 1822 P.J.H Myers
Adams
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[handwritten]

State of New York
Washington County ss 
Peter J. H. Myers one of the firm
of Peter J. H. Myers & co being duly Sworn Saith that
Orange Adams in whose hand writing the annexed
bill of Goods is, was on the 11th of June 1822
before and Since a Clerk of this Deponent
and this Deponent has not the least doubt but
the above bill of Goods were purchased and
paid for by Mr William Whiting but as the
bill appears to be made in the hand writing of
his Clerk he cannot swear positively to the fact
and this deponent further saith that the
said Orange Adams now resides in
the North part of Vermont a distance of
more than a hundred miles from this place
The said Bill of goods amounts to Sixteen Dollars & Sixty Six cents
[signed] P.J.H. Myers
Sworn this 18th day of August
1826 Before me [signed] W. H. Parker Justice
of the Peace
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In the matter of
Wm Whiting
affidavits   tc

for the 
Secretary of War
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[handwritten]

State of New York
Washington County SS

I Jesse S Leigh Clerk of the County
Courts in and for said County do certify
that the within named William H.
Parker whose signature appears to the
Jurat of the within affidavit was on the
18th day of August 1826 a Justice of the
Peace in & for said County duly appointed
and sworn and that I am acquainted with the hand, writing of said Justice and truly believe that the signature of
W. H. Parker Subscribed to the said Jurat is his hand
writing In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said Court this
day of August 1826
[signed] J. S. Leigh Clk
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In the matter of 
William Whiting
affidavit.
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[handwritten]

State of New York
Genessee County SS. 
Chauncey L. Sheldon, Post Master of
Warsaw in said County being duly sworn, deposeth &
saith that he has for four years past been well
acquainted with William Whiting of Warsaw aforesaid -
that said Whiting is a man of good moral
character and correct habits-- and according to
the best information and belief of this deponent
all his acquaintance, without any exception
repose entire confidence in the truth of his statements and declarations
and this deponent further
saith that said Whiting is subject to Rheumatism
which at his advanced age often render hims
unable to labour
all which is true according to
the best knowledge and full belief of this
deponent and further he saith not-
[signed] Chauncey L Sheldon
Sworn to and subscribed
November 6th 1826
before me
[signed] Mayhew Safford
Comr Jr
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[handwritten]
State of New York
Genesee County SS  
I certify that Mayhew Safford
Esquire whose name appears
to the within Jurat was on the sixth day of
November 1826 a Commissioner for taking
affidavits, acknowledgements of Deeds
and Bail in & for the County of Genesee
duly appointed & Sworn-- and that I am
acquainted with the handwriting of said
Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature
of Mayhew Safford Subscribed to the Jurat of the within
affidavit is his hand writing - In
Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said
County this Eleventh day of November 1826
[signed] Ralph Coffin
Clerk of Genesee County
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Free

Hon James Barbour
Secretary of War
Washington City
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[handwritten]

Hon James Barbour

Sir,
I send herewith the Declaration
of William Whiting, made for the purpose of obtaining a Pension
under the act of Congress of March 18. 1818 and May 1. 1820
His declaration and the papers accompanying them
except those procured from Washington County were principally drawn
by me, and were as far as was practicable
made pursuant to the instructions and precedents
forwarded from your department. The Clerk of the
County of Washington, when applied to for a copy of the Deed of Conveyance to Oliver Cleaveland, sent instead of the
copy, a Certificate which it was said was considered
by you to be equally as good evidence as the copy   - Presuming
that was the case, it was not thought expedient to subject Mr Whiting to the additional expense
and inconvenience of sending more than 200 miles
for other evidence-- Mr Whiting was not able to
recollect with sufficient precision, all the articles
which he had bought and sold or exchanged to
enable me to present a tabular view of the disposition
and changes of his property as your precedent would
seem to require - his declaration contains as substantial a compliance with your requisitions as
from the lapse of time he was able to make. His sons have sometimes been his agents in disposing of some
articles and property has been perhaps in some instances, exchanged for necessary provisions
or merchandize used in the family, and it must
occur to you that the property he possessed in 1818 would have been inadequate to the support of Mr Whiting and his wife until this time without his
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[handwritten]

his personal labour for a portion of the time and his statement and the affidavits of others go to shew that in consequence of Rheumatism he is not able to labour all the time-- You will excuse me I hope if I am prolix in my explanations and you will allow me to state that the applicant is by all his acquaintance here considered a poor & infirm but an honest man, who has faithfully
served his Country, and has struggled to avoid becoming dependent on her liberality or her justice for his support. He was unable to pay the amount due at the Land Office, or any part thereof on account of the Land of which he had the possession and the real value of the interest he had in the contract would not have sold for enough money to discharge the debts due to his sons-- Many of his neighbors however I have been informed thought his sons deficient in filial regard, for exacting payment.-- not that the amount was not
due them but it was thought his age joined with his necessities should have prevented their requiring payment-- Since his two youngest sons left him, one has gone to take up a new piece of Land in another State with barely the means of
removing himself and wife, and another at
the age of 26 has gone to learn the trade of a
Blacksmith-- I mention these facts to shew
that the remnant of what he possessed has not
enriched them, and they are not probably in as
good circumstances as they would have been had they laboured for other men instead of their father-Dr Sheldon's affidavit shews
the Estimation in which he is held and I
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[handwritten]

should very much regret that my want of skill
in setting forth his claims and necessities
in the declaration required of him, should
prevent his obtaining of the government, which
is seldom bestowed on men of his merit - for
it is unfortunately true that some of those who
faithfully served their County have contracted
bad habits from which he is exempt.
The circumstance of the declaration made
by him, and drawn by me in June Term of
the County Court being returned as informal
and insufficient, is the cause of my having
occupied so much time in this communication
as there was no other opportunity for him
to apply till October  Would it not be proper
to make his certificate payable from
that application-
Should any
further statement or evidence be necessary
(which I trust will not be the case) will
you have the goodness to specify the
particular in which the accompanying
declaration is deficient
Respy Your Obt Servant
[signed] James Crocker
Warsaw N.Y. November 14. 1826
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William Whiting

Col. Chandler's Regt.
Connecticut Line
1777 ---- 3 years
11th May 1818
--------------------

Admimed
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[printed form completed in handwriting]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of New York.
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
TO WIT:
In conformity with the provisions of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March
18th, 1818, entitled ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, the following DECLARATION, in writing, is made under oath, by William Whiting 
of the Town Hampton in the County of Washington in the State of New York
before the Honorable Johnathan Wood
Esquire, one of the Judges of [blank] Court of Common Pleas in said County in the said State,  which Court is a Court of Record of the County and State, in which William Whiting
doth reside, that is to say:
DECLARATION
I William Whiting of the Town of Hampton in the County of Washington in the State of New York on this Eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen-- do solemnly, sincerely and
truly swear and declare, that I served against the common Enemy in the Army, in the War of the Revolution.

and that I am a resident Citizen of the United States, to wit, in the Town, County and State aforesaid; and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. -- I do further swear and declare, that I served in the said Revolutionary War, in the capacity of, and being a Private Soldier that I belonged to the Army, to wit, I belonged to Captain Kimballs Company, John Chandler Regiment and Connecticut Line - That I entered the said service in the Month of April
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and left it in the month of April in the year of our Lord 
one thousand seven hundred and eighty in the manner following, to wit: I left it by reason of the said term of three years for which I enlisted  and served having expired. 

that I received a document concerning the same service and discharge, which discharge I lost at Hartford in Connecticut the next year after I was discharged   have not since seen it 
and that there is no other evidence in my power to my knowledge, concerning the matters deposed by me than what I have herein before mentioned
 
And I further declare, that in pursuance of the requisitions of the aforesaid Act of Congress, I do hereby freely and absolutely, and to all intents and purposes, relinquish all claims to any pension, under any of the Laws of the
United States, except the Pension contemplated to be allowed me under the Act of Congress aforesaid mentioned.
and under which this Declaration is made.

IN WITNESS of the truth of this Declaration, I have subscribed the same in presence of the said Judge, and have solemnly deposed to the truth thereof, on the day herein before, for that purpose, specified.
[signed] William Whiting

Sworn before me, this eleventh 
day of May 1818
[signed] Johnathan Wood one of the 
Judges of Washington County 
[illegible]
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[printed form completed in handwriting]

United States of America.
By the Honorable Jonathan Wood
Esquire, one of the Judges of a Court of Record in the State of New-York, to wit, of the Court
of Washington Common Pleas in the said State.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States of America.
SIR,
I do respectfully certify to you, in pursuance of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," that William Whiting of the town of Hampton in the County of Washington and State of New-York, personally appeared before me, at the
town of Hartford in the said State, on the Eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and then and there was carefully and minutely interrogated and examined by me under oath, touching the facts stated in his foregoing Declaration, and thereupon he then and there subscribed the said Declaration in my presence, (after the same was deliberately read and explained to him by me) and at the same time made solemn oath before me, on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that the said Declaration was, in all respects true -- Whereupon, I required of him to produce such other evidence as was in his power to support the truth of his said Declaration -- Accordingly, he produced as testimony, the following affidavit = which is hereto annexed.

(and which accompanies this Certificate) -- and I having duly considered the said Declaration, and the said testimony produced in support thereof, DO CERTIFY to you, Sir, that I am fully satisfied that the said William Whiting
did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common Enemy, for the time and in the manner by him stated in his said DECLARATION: and I am likewise satisfied, that the other facts in that Declaration stated, are in like manner, true--I do therefore, respectfully transmit to you the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, according to the Act of Congress aforesaid.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the said Court, at Hartford the Eleventh day May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
[signed] Jonathan Wood
one of the Judges of the court
of Common Pleas in & for the county
of Washington
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State of New York
Washington County} ss
I James Whiting of the Town of Hampton in the County of Washington in the State of New York - do solemnly and sincerely and truly swear and declare that I am well acquainted with the said William Whiting, was acquainted with him at the time he says he enlisted into the service as in the preceding declaration in form aforesaid made before the said Johnathan Wood Esq and that I know of his returning from said service, therein stated it being generally said and understood in that time that he the said William Whiting had served  in the said revolutionary war for said term of three years - I do further swear and declare that I believe the preceding facts stated in the said declaration of the said William Whiting to be true. 
[signed] James Whiting

Sworn and subscribed this
Eleventh day of May 1919 
before me Jonathan Wood 
one of the Judges of Washington
Common Pleas

State of new York
Washington County SS

I David Shephard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County do certify that Jonathan Wood Esq before whom the above affidavit was made is one of the Judges of the said Court acting under the authority of the said state and that the above is his signature. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said Court this 22nd day of May 1818.

[signed] D Shepard Clk
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Genesee County ss. David Martin of Warsaw in, the 
County of Genesee being duly sworn saith that in the
year one thousand Eight hundred and twenty tow
he was pofessed of a small tract of Land in
said Town of Warsaw under a contract with the
Holland Land Company for the purchase of the
same- and that he had made some improve
ments on the said Land- and this Deponent
further saith that in the year aforesaid he
assigned to William Whiting all his interest in the said Contract
being an Article of Agreement by which the
Holland Land Company were bound to convey
the said premises to this Deponent for his assigns
on the payment of a sum of money therein
mentioned- and this Deponent further saith
that said William Whiting paid this Deponent 
the sum of Four hundred Dollars as a 
consideration for the assignment of the said Contract 
and this Deponent further saith that in the same
year he sold to said William Whiting one Tone
of Hay for which he paid this Deponent the sum
of five Dollars- and further he saith
not-
David Martin
Sworn to and subscribed
October 7th 1826 before me Chauncey Sheldon JP
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Genesee County ss. Chauncey Sheldon being duly sworn 
saith that in the month of March in the year
one thousand eight hundred and twenty three he sold
to William Whiting of Warsaw in said County Two
Tons of Hay for which the said William paid him
the sum of Ten Dollars and further he saith not
Sworn to and subscribed
October 7th 1826                     Chauncey Sheldon
before me    David Knapp  J.P


Genesee County ss   Aaron C. Lyon of Warsaw in said County
being duly sworn saith that in the year one thousand
eight hundred and twenty two he made a Plough for
William Whiting of Warsaw for which he charged him
two Dollars- That in the same year he sold
him twenty four Bushels of Potatoes for Six
Dollars and twenty four Bushels of Corn for the
sum of twelve Dollars and that said William
Whiting paid him for the said Plough, potatoes 
and corn the sum of Twenty Dollars
and further he saith not-
Aaron C. Lyon
Sworn to and subscribed
October 9th 1826
before me      Saml McWhorter JP
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Genesee County ss:  Elisha Barns of Warsaw in said
County being duly sworn saith that in the year
one thousand Eight hundred and twenty three
he sold to William Whiting of said Town a
quantity of Hay for the same of twelve Dollars
and fifty cents for which the said William
paid him that sum and further he saith
not
Elisha Barns
Sworn to and subscribed
October 7th 1826
before me Chauncey Sheldon JP


Genesee County ss:  William Whiting Junior being duly
sworn deposeth and saith that he is of the age
of thirty Eight years- that since he arrived at
the age of Twenty one years to wit in the years
one thousand Eight hundred and ten and one thousand
Eight hundred and Eleven he labored for his Father
William Whiting to the Value of about one hundred 
and seventy Dollars over and above the value of
what he received in payment for his services, and
this labor and services then performed were rendered
for the purpose and had the effect of assisting him
to pay for the Farm which has since been sold to 
Oliver Cleaveland- and this Deponent further
saith that since the said William Whiting removed
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moved to Warsaw in the County of Genesee this
Deponent has occasionally labored for him and
advanced him money for which he has received
partial payments- that their mutual accounts
were to a considerable amount but the Exact
amount this Deponent is not now able to state
and this Deponent further saith that on a settlement
in the month of February last he received a
transfer of the interest of said Wm Whiting in a Contract
for land valued at two hundred and sixty five
Dollars as the balance due to this Deponent though
this Deponent verily believes that if interest on the
sum due him for services rendered fifteen years 
ago had been allowed him, he would have
been entitled to a much larger sum but in 
considerate of the inability of the said William
to pay him the full amount he received that 
in full- and further he saith not-
Wm Whiting Jr
Sworn to and subscribed
October 7, 1826 before me  Chauncey Sheldon  JP
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Genesee County ss:  Silas C. Fargo being duly sworn 
deposeth and saith that he received of William
Whiting a Bay Stud Horse some time in the year
one thousand Eight hundred and twenty three and
that in the month of July, in the same year he
sold and disposed of the said Horse and received
property in Exchange for him of That he sold the
Horse as agent for and in behalf of the said William
Whiting and that the Value of the property received by
said Whiting for the Horse did not Exceed one
hundred dollars- and this Deponent further saith
that he is informed and believes said Horse cost
the said William Whiting at the time he purchased
him the sum of two hundred and fifty Dollars
and that during the time he owned him, he
became diseased so as materially to diminish
his value-and further he saith not
Sworn to and subscribed}
October 7th 1826 before me}   Silas C Fargo
Chauncy Sheldon JP

Genesee County ss:  Dammon Whiting of Warsaw
in said County being duly sworn deposeth and 
saith that he is of about the age of twenty seven
years-That in the year one thousand Eight hundred
and twenty two at the time of his Father William
Whiting sold his farm in Washington County to
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[handwritten]
Oliver Cleaveland, he resided with him. that the
said William Whiting received in part payment for the said Farm a House and Waggon at the prices following to wit.  the House at two hundred and fifty Dollars and the Waggon at One hundred Dollars - And this Deponent further saith that he resided with and worked for the said William Whiting from that time till the month of February in the present year. that he received partial payments for his services occasionally in clothing & otherwise. That for a great portion of the time the said William has been severely affected with rheumatism and unable to labour and that his mother, the wife of said William has sometimes suffered from the same Complaint - That in the
month of February last this Deponent wishing to engage in other business settled with his Father and after allowing partial payments that had been made including a horse of the value of Sixty Dollars in the year one thousand Eight hundred and twenty three, the Balance due to this deponent was estimated at about the sum of Two hundred and sixty five dollars. And this Deponent received in full satisfaction thereof a transfer of one half the interest in a contract for a parcel or tract of Land in
the Town of Warsaw which was assigned to this
Deponent and William Whiting Junior, and is the same lot purchased by said Wm Whiting of David Martin. And this Deponent has since sold all his interest in said premises for about that sum; and
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[handwritten]
this Deponent further saith that he did in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty two as agent for and in behalf of his Father sell the Waggon purchased by him of Oliver Cleaveland for one hundred Dollars to Samuel McWhorter for the sum of Seventy five Dollars - All which is true according to the best recollection, information and belief of this Deponent and further he saith not
[signed] Demmon Whiting

Sworn to and subscribed
October 7th 1826-
[signed] Chauncey Sheldon JP

Genesee County SS: Samuel McWhorter being duly sworn saith that he did in the year one
thousand Eight hundred and twenty two
sell to Mr Wm Whiting a quantity of pork for
the price of fourteen Dollars which was
received by him in part payment for
Waggon purchased by [him of] him
said Whiting
[signed] Samuel McWhorter

Sworn to and subscribed
October 9th 1826-
before me-
[signed] Mayhew Safford
[illegible] in and for the
County of Genesee N.Y.
I
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[handwritten]

I hereby certify that in the year 1822, a date committed between me and William Whiting or which I received of said William Whiting one [illegible - herd?] considered worth sixty dollars and continued deal with said Whiting
till the year 1826 when I received of him seventy
dollars month of Cattle it being for Labor done
by me on the farm of said William Whiting and Elsewhere Given under my hand at 
Warsaw this third day of October 1826 
[signed] Timothy C. Whiting

I hereby certify that Timothy Whiting personally appeared before me and made oath to the above certified
Warsaw October 3 1826
[signed] Chauncey Sheldon JP
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In the matter of 
Wm Whiting, a pensioner
affidavits.

990
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[handwritten]
Genesee County ss Walter M. Seymour being duly sworn
saith that he is a Clerk in the Land Office of the
Holland Land Company kept in Batavia
in said County - that the Clerk who received
and keeps the accounts of payments, is absent
on a Journey but from an examination of
the Books it appears that payments made
by & credited to William Whiting on account
of a contract for Land amount to Two
hundred sixty four Dollars seventy seven cents
of which one hundred three dollars twenty seven
cents appear to have been made in wheat
and one hundred sixty one Dollars fifty cents
in cattle and said payments appear to
have been made in the year
One thousand Eight hundred and twenty five
That there appears by the Books to be a balance
due on the said Contract of more than
Two hundred twenty Dollars - and
further this Deponent saith not
[signed] Walter M. Seymour

Subscribed & Sworn
this 12th October 1826
Before me [signed] Ralph Coffin
Commission for Genesee County
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[handwritten]
State of New York
Genesee County ss

I Ralph Coffin Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Genesee
do certify that Chauncey Sheldon Esquire whose name
is subscribed to the Jurat of the affidavits of David
Martin, Elisha Barns, William Whiting Junior
Silas C. Fargo & Demmon Whiting which affidavits
are hereto annexed was on the seventh day of October 1826
Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly appointed
and sworn, and that I am acquainted with his
hand writing and verily believe that the signature of Chancy
Sheldon, Subscribed the Jurat of said affidavits is his
hand writing   And I further certify that Daniel Knapp Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the affidavit of Chancey Sheldon hereto annexed was on the said seventh day of October 1826 also a Justice of
the Peace in & for said County, duly appointed & sworn
and I verily believe the said signature to be in the hand writing of said Daniel Knapp with which I am well
acquainted-- And I further certify that Samuel
McWhorter Esquire was on the ninth day of October 1826 a Justice of the peace duly appointed and sworn in
for said County and that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe that the
Signature of Samuel McWhorter to the Jurat of the
affidavit of Aaron C. Lyon hereto annexed is
in his proper hand writing and I
further certify that Mayhew Safford Esq
whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the
affidavit of Samuel McWhorter hereto
annexed was on the ninth day of
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October 1826 a Commissioner for taking the acknowledgement of Deeds and for taking affidavits in said County duly appointed and sworn and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and believe the signature to be his and I further certify that Ralph Coffin before whom the affidavit of Walter M Seymour was taken was on the day therein mentioned, duly appointed and sworn a Commissioner for taking affidavits in said County and the name of Ralph Coffin subscribed to the Jurat of said affidavit is in his hand writing.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Courts, this thirteenth day of October 1826.
Ralph Coffin Clk