Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,251, Luke White, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
White, Luke
NUMBER
S. 15251
CONTENTS
carded

Luke White
Private
Col Marshall, Regiment Massachusetts Line
1777-3 years
On Roll.
Adm c
Greenfield, Mass.

I Luke White a Citizen of the United States now resident in the Town of Heath in the County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts do on oath declare that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war and served in the same against the Common Enemy.
I entered the service as near as I can recollect in the Month of February in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the Company commanded by Captain William Warner in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall in the Massachusetts Line to serve for the term of three years - and served in the same company (except when on command in the Commissary department which was most of the time) until my term of enlistment had expired and was discharged at West Point.
I do not recollect that I ever had any written discharge from the Army but if I had I soon lost it and cannot now tell where or when.
I am now in the sixty second year of my age I am so infirm that I am unable to labor and am possessed of no property little or no property and stand in great need of assistance from my Country for support. Dated at Greenfield in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid this thirteenth day of March A.D. 1814.
Luke White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. 30. March A.D. 1814.
Then personally appeared Luke White signer to the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me -
J. G. L. Smith
Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the Western Circuit

To the Secretary of the Department of War, I the undersigned, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that I have read the Record of Proceedings in the Cause of Commonwealth vs. John Brown, and do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Brown did receive a fair and impartial trial, and that the verdict rendered against him was just and right, and that he was not denied the right of appeal or any other right to which he was entitled by law. Given under my hand this 30th day of March A.D. 1859
John Leavitt, Judge
And I further certify that the Deponents Abel Wilder & Justus Taylor are well known to me as honest upright men, whose char- acter for truth has never been impeached. And I also certify that Taylor is the Maxwell Esq. who took the Depositions which are hereto annexed as well known to me as a man of truth & integrity in respect to all matters of fact in the Circuit of Franklin County. Dated this 30th day of March A.D. 1859
John Leavitt, Judge

on the twenty ninth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen. Abel Wilder Esqr. being duly sworn deposes and says, that some time in the month of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven. He enlisted as a Soldier in Capt. Wilder Warrens Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall in the revolutionary army. during the war. and that Mr. Luke White who now resides in the town of Heath in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. was a Soldier in the same Company. that he was well acquainted with said White. who had enlisted for the term of three years. and that said White continued on the Roll of said Company during the term for which he enlisted. but generally did duty in Command Separate from the Company. The said Deponent further says that he has no no interest in procuring a pension for said White.
Abel Wilder
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin ss. March 29. 1819. Then Abel Wilder Esqr. personally appearing made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed is true. Before me Sylvester Maxwell Justice of the Peace
To the Secretary of the Department of War.
I the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Abel Wilder Esqr. the Deponent above named is well known to the subscriber and is a man to whose declaration full credit is to be given.
Sylvester Maxwell Justice of the Peace

on the twenty ninth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. Tertius Taylor of Charlemont in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being the duly sworn, testifies and says. That some time in February in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred Seventy Seven: he enlisted as a Serjeant in Capt. William Warrens. Company in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Thomas Marshall in the revolutionary Army & that he did duty as or- derly Serjt. in said Company: he also says that Mr. Luke White who now resides in the town of Heath in this County enlisted as a private Soldier in the same Company at the same time for the term of three Years. he also testified that said White was constantly inrolled in said Company during said term of three Years: but was generally returned as on command. The said Deponent also testifies that he is in noway interested in pro- curing a Pension for said White. Charlemont March 29. 1819
Tertius Taylor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Franklin ss. March 29. 1819. Then Tertius Taylor personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed is true. Before me Sylvester Maxwell Justice of the Peace
To the Secretary of the War Department.
I the Subscriber do hereby certify. That Tertius Taylor the Deponent abovenamed is known to me, and that he is a man to whom Declaration full credit is to be given. Sylvester Maxwell, Justice of the Peace

Sister White Declaration

State of New York St Lawrence County ss. On this thirteenth day of October 1869 personally appeared in Open court being a board of Common pleas in and for the County of St Lawrence and a board of record. Peter White resident in said County, aged seventy one years, who being duly sworn according to Law doth in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818. and the 1 st of May 1820. That he the said Peter White entered in the service of the year 1778 at the fort part of the year 1777 at Niagara in the State of New York in the Company commanded by William Morris in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall for three years and served under Colonel Marshall until 1780 that he continued to serve in the said Camp until sometime in the year 1780 when he was discharged from the service at West Point in the State of New York. That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension whatever to a pension except the present that his name has been placed on the pension roll list that the number of his pension certifi- cate is 11.047 that he this deponent

has never before exhibited a schedule of his property, because until he was severely visited by misfor- tune he was in hope of being able by his manual labor to support himself without any further aid from Government. The misfortune to which he alludes are as follows.
In the month of July in the year 1822 he this deponent sustained an injury by falling from a waggon which injured his hips and both his legs so badly as to render him a cripple the remainder of his life and this deponent is unable to walk without two crutches.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820 I do hereby swear that I was a resi- dent citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to be disqualified or as to bring myself within the provisions of an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services 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

What is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me Sub- scribed
Schedule of property
Real I have now personal property Our House ————— $30.00 Our bed & Bedding ————— 25.00 Three chairs ————— 1.00 Our Desk ————— 5.00 Two 2 Year old Mat Stock 18.00 One Fringing Mill ————— 10.00 One Old Ladder & ladder ————— 1.00 One grid Iron One Pot and One Other Articles the following furniture ————— 4.00 One suit of common wear clothes and some other old clothes of little value ————— 20.00 $114.00
Caleb White
Known subscribed in open court the 12 th day of Oct 1829
J. G. Hopkins Clerk

St. Lawrence County Clerk Office
I John V Barnes Deputy Clerk of St. Lawrence County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a dictation filed of record in this office the 23rd day of October 1829. that I have compared the same with the original and that it is a correct transcript therefrom. and of the whole thereof as the same remains of record in this office.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of St. Lawrence County this 2nd day of February 1832
J Barnes Deputy Clerk

345 New York
Suke White
of Heath in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Warner of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall in the Mass line, for the term of 3 Years from the Year 1776 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eighty Dollars per month  annum , to commence on the 4 th day of Mar 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of August 1832 and sent to Suke White . Richville St Lawrence Co NY
the Roll on day of 182 and notification sent to at Pension commencing on the of 182
Amount due on 4th of Mar 1832 $ 80 - Semi annuals  differs " $ 40 $120
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
7 June 1832
Recorded Book 20 Vol 5 Page 155

State of New York - St. Lawrence County ss.
On the 31 st Day of July 1832 Before Harvey D Smith a Justice of the peace of Governor St Lawrence County State of New York personally appears Luke White aged seventy four Years, and being duly sworn makes oath and says that on the 24 th day of May 1819 he was placed on the pension list of the United States as a revolutionary Pensioner - on the Roll of Massachusetts agency - that he has now his original Pension Certificate in his possession - that very soon after being placed on said pension list - he was struck from the same on account as he supposes of his not being poor enough - that he enlisted in the United States Service for three Years in the latter part of 1776 or for part 1777, at P'keepsie State of New York in the Company commanded by Capt William Warner, in Col. Marshall's regiment - Massachusetts line - & served the whole of three Years in the regular service in said Col. Marshall's regiment - that he was discharged in the year 1780 at West point - that he now resides in DeKalb in the State of New York - that formerly for the most part of his life he resided in the State of Massachusetts - that when he was placed on the pension roll in 1819 he resided in Heath in the State of Massachusetts - That he made application for the continuance or renewal of his Pension on the 13 th day of October 1829

by a declaration then made before the County Court of St Lawrence County, State of New York - That the facts stated in that declaration are true - That he is the identical person who recd. a pension certificate Number 11,047 dated 24 th May 1819 - That the application filed - That he is not now in the receipt of any pension - That when he made the application in 1829 he resided & still resides in Dekalb St Lawrence County - State of New York That he was born in Massachusetts - is now Seventy four Years & Six Months old - That he now relinquishes all claim to a pension except the claim now made
Subscribed & sworn to this.
Luke White
31 st July 1832 before me Harvey Smith justice of the peace
I Harvey Smith justice of the peace for St Lawrence County New York further certify That from personal knowledge I know that Luke White who made the above cer- -tificate is the same Luke White who made a declaration before the County Court of this County October 13 th 1829 in order to obtain a continuance of pension - and I have no doubt at all but he is the identical Luke White who was placed on the pension roll in 1819 - & I fully believe that he served in the revolutionary war as stated in his declaration
Harvey Smith justice

State of New York In Lawrence County ss. I, Alvin Dorr Clerk of the County of St. Lawrence and State of New- York do hereby certify that Henry D. Smith Esq. before whom the within Certificate was taken and by whom the within Certificate purport to have been made and sworn to at the time of taking said affidavit, and making said Certificate a true copy of the Record in and for said County duly returned to me, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Smith and truly believe that the signatures to the said affidavit and Certificate are genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County The 2nd day of August 1832
A Dorr Clerk
Luke White Declaration under Act of 1832

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15251 INVALID.
File No. 15251
Luke White Pair Pew War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 405
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb 6-1900
J. B. White - Kao. C. B. Mg.
Hitz - copies can't be furnished

11.044 R Massachusetts
Luke White
of Death in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall of the Massachusetts Line, for the term of Three Years
Subscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th of March 1819 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of May 1819 - and sent to Jonathan Leavitt Esq. Judge Greenfield - Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of September 1819 - $ 8 5 m. 2/31 4/30 41:56
Payable on 1 st Sept. 1819 - 41:56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Caveat within. See letter to Hon. J. Hawkins H. R. March 10. 1830 do. to Hon. C. Eayen H. R. Dec. 19. 1831 do. to same Feb. 13. 1832 —

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, _____
Luke White _____ late a Private _____ _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of _____ Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the _____ 30 th day of March _____ one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen -
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this _____ 24 th day of May _____ one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edwards, in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on the in the archives of many of the original States.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Nov 17 1899
O. W. & N. REVOLUTIONARY WAR. Sir:-
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing information relative to Revolutionary war soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted, is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
Very respectfully, Mr. J. B. White - Kansas City, Mo. H. C. Brant Commissioner. 309 Keith and Perry Bldg. Luke White
Full name of soldier, Luke White. Place of residence before service, Charlemont, Mass. Place of residence after service, Heath, Mass, and Richville, St Lawrence Co, N.Y. Approximate date of death, 1837 - aged 79 years 3 months. Given name of widow, Died a widower. Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? No.
Additional information, He applied for a pension, but application rejected because of his having property in excess of limit. Think he lived in York state at time of application. Want copy of his statement and application, and all papers, showing nature of his service. He served in Commissary Dept. Signature, J. B. White
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State, 616 East 36 St. Kansas City, Mo.
He served in Col Marshalls Reg Capt William Warner Co. Feby 1st 1777 to Dec. 31, 1779. Enlisted as Private. Wanted his statement and copy of application
papers for pension

Gouverneur, St Lawrence County Feby 9. 1830
Sir / At the request of certain individuals, residents of the adjoining town of DeRall, I write to you to request of you the favor to examine at the Pension Office into the state of the application of Luke White of that town for a Pension, under the acts of Congress of March 1818 & May 1820 — according to the declaration of White which was filed in Octbr last the number of his pension certificate is 11.047 — The object of making these enquiries is, that if there is any prospect of his succeeding in his application — Some of his neighbors feel it their duty to oppose —
He swears in his declaration that he has no real property, & personal to the amt of only $114 — I understand that he has now, or has recently had title to real property to the amount of $2000. or $3000. —
I know that he has rec d & paid title to real property to the amt of several hundred dollars within a few months —
His claim extends back several years & would now amt to perhaps $1000 — It is certainly wrong that it should be established by fraud —
Excuse this liberty & let me beg of you the favor of an answer as soon as may be convenient — With respect
To Hon: Joseph Hawkins & M.C.
Yours sincerely Edwin Dodge

Governor St. Lawrence County New York — 3 August 1832 To the Hon. The Secy. of War —
Sir In order to obtain a pension under the Act of June last I now apply to Your Department — I enclose 1- my original pension certificate 2- a Declaration made before the County Court in 1829 which was made with a view to get enrolled to Pension roll under former laws but failed — 3- a new declaration made as I hope in accordance with the directions in your late circular — & duly au- thenticated by the County Clk —
If these papers are sufficient I wish a new certificate to be for- warded to me directed to me at Richville St Lawrence County N.Y. with instructions how to draw the payment re — if insufficient I wish directions as to what further is wanting — I hope not to have to appear before a court of Record because I am so old & infirm that it very difficult — I suppose there is sufficient evidence of my Service in the old rolls at Washington as I think I did not have to furnish any other proof when I first recd. my Pension Certificate — I hope an examination will be made soon so that if necessary I can take other means very respectfully Duke White

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME White, Luther GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5262 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED — — — Date and to whom issued, not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.