Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11806, John Whitmore, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Whitmore, John Rebecca
N. 11806 B.L. # 11077-160-55,
CONTENTS

New York, 24.810
John Whitmore of New York, in the State of New York, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Knott of the Reg't, commanded by Col. Nijon in the Mass. Mil. time for 11 mo. 10 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York, at the rate of 37 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of March, Bland sent to Hon. Dickson No. of Rep't U.S.
Arrears to the 4th of March 34, $ 113.28 Semi-ant. allowance ending 6 Sep't 34, 18.88 $132.16
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ele. Brown Clerk Book 6. Vol. 4 Page 129
Reported 1 st May '34 to N.Y. Agency Det. Hon P. 6 Fuller 1 May 1834 John Geo. Hasmer 5 th July 1833.
26 Sep 1834
See B L ap 90.905

State of New York Livingston County ss - John Pierce and Hannah Pierce his wife of the town of Rush in the county of Monroe and State aforesaid, being duly sworn do severally depose swear and declare as follows - that they are well acquainted with John Whitmore, now resident in Avon in the county of Livingston, that they are severally aged as follows, the said John Pierce is aged sixty eight years and upwards, and the said Hannah is aged seventy years, wanting about five months - that they severally resided in the town of Royalston in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, during the whole of the time of the war of the revolution, that John Whitmore lived about two miles from them, that they were during that time intimately and personally well acquainted, that they well recollect that said John Whitmore served as a soldier in the war of the revolution - that they severally well recollect that he went and returned from service at four different periods or terms of service during said war - they recollect of his going into service in the year 1776 under Captain Knapp, and that he was absent according to their best recollection and belief about six months - and that shortly after his return home he went again into service as a substitute for one William Dike whom name they well remember, on which occasion he was absent several months - they further well recollect that after his return, he again went into service, as they understood as a minute man to oppose the army of General Burgoyne, on which occasion he was absent several months - and they further recollect that he again went into service in the year 1778, 1779 or about that time under one Captain Stearns, as they understood and well believe to be true, in which service he was absent several months according to their best recollection and belief - they further say that for about forty years last past they have resided within a few miles of said John Whitmore both in Massachusetts and State of New York and have been all that time intimately acquainted with

with the said John Whitman, and that his character and reputation for truth and veracity has never been questioned to their knowledge & belief - and further their deponents say not
Subscribed and sworn
this first day of September
A.D. 1832 before me M c Becker clerk of the Peace
John Pierce
Hannah her X Pierce mark
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Pierce and Hannah his wife, and that they are respectable and credible witnesses and entitled to full credit and belief -
S m M c Becker
State of New York
Livingston County ss I Chauncy R. Bond Clerk of the said County of Livingston do certify that Lewis W. Beecher Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace of said County
And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name as it appears to said affidavit and the above certificate of Credibility is his own proper hand writing and signature
Chauncy R. Bond Clerk by J. G. Haven Dep Clerk

12.854
Declaration
of John Whitmore for a Pension
Admitted
Private 11 mo & 10 days
Hon. J. Dickson H.R.

State of New York Livingston County ss
On this twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Livingston now sitting John Whitman a resident of the town of Honeoye in said County of Livingston and State of New York age twenty four years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as hereinafter stated. In the spring of the year 1776 and soon after the evacuation of Boston by the British, but in what month, or the day of the month the deponent does not recollect, he went as a volunteer from the town of Royalton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, where the deponent then resided, under the Command of Captain Hutton to serve for six months, and were marched to Dorchester heights near Boston where he remained until the expiration of six months - he does not recollect who was the commanding officer at the fort on Dorchester heights where he was stationed, but thinks it was a major of the Artillery, the first lieutenant of the company to which he belonged was named Varnum, the second lieutenant by reason of some accident which befell him did not march or serve with the company, during the time of deponent's service, he thinks the ensign was a brother of the first lieutenant, of the name of Varnum, but is not certain he was discharged late in the season of that year, and after cold weather had set in, and thinks in December - after his discharge he returned to his father's house in Royalton aforesaid - he remained at home a short time, and thinks not over two weeks, when he entered the continental service as a substitute for one Dyke, his christian name he cannot remember with certainty, but he thinks it was William, said Dyke had enlisted into a company commanded by one Wheeler a Captain, in Colonel Thomas Nixon's regiment, in the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General John Nixon, to serve as deponent understood for one year.

said Dyke had served out a part of his term, but what part he cannot say, at which time this deponent took his place and served out the residue of his term which he thinks and believes was six months or thereabouts, he went with four others as substitutes, and joined the said Regiment near White Plains about one mile from the North River in the State of New York when the Army were in camped & in winter quarters, he cannot say who was the Commanding General at that Station, but thinks that General Rhet and General Nixon were then in Command and he remained there in service until the fore part of the following year 1777, and was discharged sometime in the Spring of that year, but at what time in particular he cannot remember, nor has he any means of determining, but remembers it was before the commencement of the harvest; the Army made no considerable movement during the time of his service, and he was not in any engagement during that time - he received a discharge which was signed by Colonel Nixon, but the same is now lost or destroyed. He further says that soon after his return from the Army at White Plains, and he thinks it was in the month of July of that year, from the fact of his being engaged in the harvest field, at the time of the alarm given, he went as a volunteer with a Company of minute men to which he belonged, to assist the Army opposed to the Army of Burgoyne then Advancing from the Northward, the Company with which he marched was commanded by Captain Daniel Woodbury, John Oliver Scituate, James Murphy, Ensign. They were marched from the town of Royalton aforesaid to Stillwater on the North river above Hoang, when this deponent (with thirteen others) was taken from said Company and annexed to a Company of Ranges commanded by one Stewart, they were selected by reason of their skill as marksmen the deponent served in such Corps the residue of that Campaign and until after the Capitulation of General Burgoyne, he was employed on the flank of the Army.

as a Scout, frequently in small detachments, and upon particular service, he was almost daily engaged with the flanking parties of the enemy, or the Indians, this dependence was in the action at Bemus' heights where the whole American Army was engaged with the British Army under Genl Burgoyne, and soon after that time he was further engaged with the enemy at Saratoga, whither the British Army had returned after the action on Bemus' heights, a few days after which last engagement the British Army capitulated which this deponent thinks was on the seventeenth day of October 1777 - and soon after such capitulation this deponent returned home with other volunteers, he did not engage for any particular term of service, nor was he formally discharged from service he neither received pay or discharge, he was in service altogether from, as he thinks, about the twentieth of July, to the first of November, and for a term of three months and rising - And this deponent further saith that afterwards in the year 1778 or 1779 and which year he is not certain he entered the service as a volunteer in the militia for a term of eight months service, at Poygan aforesaid, under Captain Ephraim Sloat, of the regiment commanded by one Colonel Dyke their place of rendezvous was Peekskill in New York, he entered the service early in the Spring and before the roads were settled, he was employed in marching to the Long Island Sound, was some part of the time at Mamaroneck the town of Rye, and upon and about White Plains during the whole eight months, he thinks that Generals Knox and Nixon were there in command at that time, this deponent saith that he has become old and forgetful, and thinks it is possible and even probable that he was mistaken in supposing that Generals Knox and Nixon were in command at White Plains in the winter and spring of 1778, or else that he is now mistaken as to their being in command at White Plains at this time, he has had a confused and indistinct recollection of the commanders and events at White Plains during either of the periods when he was there in service and supposes it to be owing to the

Circumstance of there being no talents in those towns of duty worthy of notice - he served out his tour of eight months and was then suffered to return home, he did not receive any written discharge, nor were such discharge given to any other of the militia by his knowledge or belief - he further saith that he doth not know that it is in his power to produce any other evidence of his service than the depositions of John Pierce and his wife to this schedule annexed - And to the particular inquiry of the Court he saith that he was born in the town of Brooklyn, in the State of Massachusetts on the eleventh of June 1758, according to a record which he has seen in the family bible of his father, which record he believes is in possession of the family of his brother Isaac now deceased at Royalton aforesaid - That he lived at Royalton afor- said when called into service, that he resided at Royalton aforesaid until sixteen years since, when he removed to the town of Avon aforesaid, where he now resides, that the manner of his entering the service, and the nature of such service is as has been before related - That owing to the imperfection of his recollection he cannot state the names of the regular off- icers who were with the troops when he served nor describe the regiments or the circumstances of his service more parti- cularly than he has done - That he is known to Captain Hunsan Smith, Major Stanford Gacy, and other inhabitants of the town of Avon aforesaid, who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his having served as a soldier of the revolution - He hereby relinquishes his every claim what- soever to a pension or annuity except the present, and ac- knows that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid - in open court
S. S. Haven Dep. Clerk
Joseph H. Westmore
18
and
sworn to this time of trial and Court of Sessions

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states which opinion they have formed as well from the appearance of the applicant, and the declaration afore, as by him subscribed, as the depositions of John Peirce and Hannah his wife, hereto annexed and in due form of law attested
I - Chauncy R. Board Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Livingston aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of, and the documentary proofs submitted to the said court in the matter of the application of John Whitmore for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty Eighth day of September A D 1832
Chauncy R. Board Clerk by S. G. Haven Deputy Clerk

State of New York Livingston County
On this third day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace, in this and for the state and county aforesaid, Rebecca Whitmore aged Seventy three years a resident of Java in the state and county aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Whitmore, deceased, who was a private during the war of the Revolution; that she was married to the said John Whitmore in the town of Royalston in the state of Massachusetts on the 23 rd day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twelve by one Andrew Kendall a Justice of the peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Rebecca Barker, that her said husband died at East Ham in the County of Livingston state of New York on the twenty fourth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty one and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County land tax which she may be entitled under the act approved March 22, 1855. And also for the purpose of obtaining the pension of thirty seven Dollars and seventy six cents her annuity to which she may be entitled under the act of February 22, 1855 granting pensions to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers without reference to the date of their marriage to which pension the said John Whitmore her said husband was entitled in accordance with the law of the United States.

90903-1
of the 7th of June, 1832 as will further appear by reference to a certificate signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War, bearing date March Seventh one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, Examined and Counter-signed by A. P. H. 1834, Commissioner of Pensions and recorded in the Pension office in Book B. Vol. 4 Page 127.
And on her oath further declares that her said husband John Whitman did receive said Pension of thirty seven dollars and seventy five cents annually from the fourth of March 1831 to time of his death April 24, 1831 in which time said Pension has ceased. And that his death was published in the Purgitine magazine. Rebecca S. Whitman
We Jonas Brown Mary Whitman residents of Dover in the state of New Jersey upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Rebecca Whitman in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Cyrus Brewster Mary Whitman
The foregoing declaration wasaffidavit made sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible witness, that the claimant is the person she represents her- self to be, and that of my own no interest subsists in this claim. Isa. Perkins Justice of the peace

On this 9 th day of April A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me Amory Barker and Nancy Woodward residents of Fann in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares they are well acquainted with the within named applicant, Rebecca Whitmore and that they were well acquainted with her said husband John Whitmore in his lifetime that they lived together as husband and wife and that they verily believe the statement made by the within named applicant in all respects truly true.
Amory Barker Nancy Woodward
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. WYOMING COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I CERTIFY That Thomas P. Ring 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 author- ized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 10 day of April A. D. 185 5 N. P. Currier Clerk.

Increase
No. 5752
New York.
Rebecca Whitmore widow of John Whitmore who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Mass
Canandaigua agency.
Rate 96. Dollars cents per annum.
Commencing 27 th July, 1868. Deduct payments made since
Certificate dated 9 th May, 1870 and sent to Claimant Java Village, Wyoming Co N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under acts Feb- and July 27, 1868 ry 3, 1853, Page 51 • Vol. 96

State of New York } } Wyoming County } }
On this twenty first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty six, before the General  Wyoming County Court in of the State of New York, personally appeared Rebecca Whitmore, a resident of Java, in said County and State aforesaid, aged seventy four years, who, first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the third day of February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of John Whitmore, who was a private in the revolutionary war in a company commanded by Capt Wheeler and afterwards in Capt Morgan's Company, who was afterwards General Morgan; that he enlisted at Royalston in Worcester County Mass in 1775 and continued in actual service in said war about seven years according to her best knowledge and belief. She further states and declares that she was married to the said John Whitmore at said Royalston on the 29, day of May 1812 that she was not married to the said Whitmore prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated And that her said husband died at Java in the State of New York on the 24, day of April 1841 And She further declares that she is now a widow; That her said husband was a pensioner under the act of Congress of the

7 th of June 1832 as will further appear by reference to his certificate dated the seventh day of March 1834 and re- corded in the Pension office in Book E. Volume 4 Page 129 By E Brown, Clerk which said Pension was payable at New York by the President of Mechanicks Bank
Rebecca Whitmore
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before the County Court in and for the County of Wyoming in the State of New York in open Court.
U. S. Cornstock County Judge of Wyoming Co. N.Y.
State of New York
Wyoming County Clerk's office I. John H. Bailey, Clerk of the County of Wyoming, do hereby certify that H. S. Cornstock Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, & therein written, was at the date of taking such proof or acknowledgment a Judge in and for said County duly authorized to take the same that said Certificate is genuine; & the aforesaid instrument is executed & acknow- ledged according to the laws of this State, and I further state that said Court is a Court of Record. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 21 st day of March 1836
J. H. Bailey, Clerk
For further proof you are cited to her application as a land claim No. 90905 and the evidence then produced

Alaska Certificate Mrs. Whitmore
Go 9.05

To whom it may concern
I hereby certify that the marriage of Mr John Whitmore and Miss Rebecca Barber stands recorded in the records of the town of Royalston, — Said marriage took place May 29 1812 — by Andrew Kendall Justice of the Peace.
Attest, Joseph Raymond S. Clerk
Royalston Sept. 3 1850.

No. 12, 854
John Whitmore Livingston County New York
5.16
Suspended P 374 E. D. Bangs Certificate Feb. 1. 93
6 May 33
Susp 2
Chauncy R. Bond Hoon Livingston County New York

BRIEF in the case of John Whitmore County of Livingston in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunt d In 1776 6 2 Private Gen. Captain Knapp   Substitute Not State 4 6 " Capt n Mueller. Col l H. Nixon   Vol s . "1777 3 10 " Brig. Gen l John Nixon   Vol s "1778 or 9 8 " Capt n Daniel Mowbray   11 10 Capt n Eph t Stearns. Col l Dyke  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bennington, Saratoga  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Worcester County Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses and Revolutionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Daniel D. Davidson Examining Clerk.
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Free
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
John Dillinger July April 11

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11806
Rebecca Whitmore
Widow of
John Whitmore
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb 3. 7 / 55
Index:—Vol. M , Page 331
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York Revo.
John Whitmore
Suspended
let. to C.R. Bond 30
Octr 1833-
Returned let. to Hon. J Beckson 22 Jany 1834
Act. y June 1832

April 5th 1853
Rel: to claim of
John Whitmore
Cnowd
N.Y.
Act 17th June 1832
Sec Pension
Geo. Hodges
Aurora
Livingston Co.
N.Y.

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5752 5752 Rebecca Whitmore and John

Commisioner
Java Village N.Y. } April 2
Free of Densons Washington
Rebecca Moore City D.C. ms
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W.C. Hon H Vanderman Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Jun 14. Ap l 15-1836
Sir
Please state when John Whitmore of my act 1832 was last paid at $37. 50 a year
Very Respectfully
R. J. Atkinson Esq The Auditor
to the Comptroller
J. C. Cole
Ch of Clerk
Triplet

3 rd Auditor's Office April 13, 1836
Rev.
John Whitman, N. Y. Act 1832, at $37.76 per ann. has been paid to 4 March 1841.
Very Resp y
J. Minot Esq. Comm d of Pleasants.
Wm Garrison Auditor.

No. 90905
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 20, 1878.
John Whitmore Rev. Star
Warrant 11077-100-55
Claimant Java Village NY

No. 6327. Rebecca Whitmore M rs of John N ew York
Act 3 Feby 1833 (2 d Sec)

Relinquishment of John Whitmore

In the matter of Application
of John Whitmore for a Pension
Whereas, the proofs submitted to the War Office in the above
case, on application for a pension, are not deemed satisfactory proof of more than Eleven months and ten, or Eleven months and fifteen days - Therefore, the undersigned John Whitmore hereby consents to accept a Certificate of pension for the said term of service and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever for service beyond the said term of Eleven months and ten days, or Eleven months and fifteen days - Dated at Crown Servington County February 4 th 1834
In presence of Geo. Hosmer
John Whitmore

5752 New York Rebecca Whitmore, widow of John
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 37 dollars 76 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 28 th day of April 1856. and sent to Tho s B King Esq Sara Village New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 31. Vol. 160

Ann Livingston Co N. York March 29 th 1853
Secretary of the Interior Pension Bureau — Sir
In 1832 John Whitmore of this place a soldier of the Revolution filed his declaration in the War Department, upon an application for a pension for military services. His deposition proves services for over 2 years, which were proved to the satisfaction of the Court of Common Pleas of Livingston County, as appears by the certificate of its clerk under its official seal to the declaration and proofs annexed. After encountering many vexatious delays & objections the Department finally in the beginning of 1834, allowed him a pension (for 11 months & 10 days services (less than half his just right) on his releasing his claim to all over! Age, poverty, & infirmity compelled him to accept, the hard alternative of accepting the trifle or suffering for the necessaries of life. —
He is now dead, leaving a widow by a second marriage. And 2 children by his first wife. — At the request of his aged and crippled daughter I make this communication, with a request that the Department will review the claim and proofs of her father, and say whether, his pension ought not to

have been a full one, or not, at least a more liberal one, it will be seen that about 6 months of the service was on the Continental establishment as a substitute for one Slyke, under an engagement for 12 months. This term was not allowed, as it is now settled that the substitute, who performed the service, and not the drone who remains at home, is entitled to the pension — Query —
1 st Ought not Whitmore to have drawn for the whole 12 months of service and if so, from 1813 under the act, allowing a full pension for 9 months service in the Continental Army!
2 d At all events, should not the 6 months service be added to the allowance made him under the act of 1832, in virtue of which he applied!
3 d Was not the proof before the Court sufficient to have justified an allowance of full pension, as for two years of service?
It is respectfully requested that the Department will carefully review this case and correct what may appear to have been error, and advise me as to the result, and the evidence required to entitle the heirs to draw the arrears, to which their father may appear to have been entitled.
I enter upon this enquiry to subserve the cause of the wronged orphans, of one well known as a most devoted and patriotic Soldier of the Revolution — If any doubt is entertained as to the purity of my motives, or the credit due to my

representations, I would refer you to the Honorable Secretary of State, to whom I am personally known and also to the Testimonials of the late General Porter, late Secy of War, now on file in the War Office, showing no motive of private gain to myself beyond a moderate compensation for actual services rendered.
I would be thankful for a copy of all the pension laws enacted since 1849
I am
Very Respectfully
Your obed t Servt
Geo. Hosmer

George Horner Esq.
Albany.
New York

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov r 13. 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of "John Whitemore" is borne on a roll of "Capt. Ephraim Stearns' Company in Col. Ezra Woods Regiment of Massachusetts Bay Militia raised for the defence of the North River", where he is stated to have "entered the service" May 27. 1778, to have been discharged Jan y 31. 1779 - and is allowed for "8 months 15 days" service — There is only one other roll of Capt. Ephraim Stearns, which is for service in 1780, and the name of John Whitemore is not thereon. Said Whittmore claims for service under Capt. Knowton in 1776 — There are two rolls of "Capt. Ezekiel Knowton" for short service near Boston, in 1776 — but Whitemore's name is not borne thereon.
Said Whittmore claims for service as a substitute for one Dyke under Capt. Wheeler in Col. Nixon's Regiment. There is but one Roll of "Capt Adam Wheeler in Col

Nixon's Regiment, "remaining, which is for services in 1777 — but no such name as Dyke or Whittmore is borne thereon.
Said Whittmore claiming for services in 1777, under Capt Daniel Woodbury. — There are no Rolls of that Captain on file.
The Rolls are evidently very imperfect & incomplete.
Edward D Bangs. Secy

Rebecca Whitmore Widow of John Wyoming Co NY
Albany Feb'y 1833 $37 25 a year from the postage of the Ad
Becht Thos B. King Esq Gutha Village NY

Agency
Mdous
Canandaigua New York Heart

5752 W Increased Brief in the Case of Rebecca Whitmore, Widow of John Whitmore Private 1st War Iowa Village Wyoming County and State of New York.
Act 2 d Sec. Feb 3. 1853.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE. Due 13 th Sec. Act July 27. 1868
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pension on the Roll of New York as $37.66 pr. Ann. Pension Certificate surrendered.
She applies for increased pension as provided in 13 th Sec. Act July 27. 1868.
Identity Shown. Said to be 88 years of age
Admitted April 9. 1870 to pension as $96. pr. Ann. to commence July 27. 1868. Deducting payments since.
Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant As above.
W.E. Trask Examining Clerk.
E.E.

Brief in the case of Rebecca Whitmore widow of John Tryon County and State of N York act 3 Feb 1833
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the act of June 7 1832 at $37 25 a year and died 1841
Record of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage her identity as the widow of the late pensioner, his death & her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses See Bland Application
Name and residence of Agent Thomas B King Esq Staten Island NY
Thomas B King Examining Clerk.

Commission of Pensions
Dear Sir
In the month of April last I forwarded to the pension office an application for a pension for Rebecca Whitmore the widow of John Whitmore who was Revolutionary soldier and a pensioner — said application being under act of Feb 3, 1853 — Said application was made in all respects according to the instruction I received from the department at the time of receiving her land warrant. She has been waiting as I told her she must patiently, untill the 4 th of Sept the time of issuing, but have not received any information respecting the same — Will you be obliging enough to inform whether the application has been received or has miscarried or what is the cause that a certificate does not arrive.
Yours respectfully
Thos B. King
Juana Village Wyoming Co N.Y. Oct 7, 1854

Payment to be made at Albany by Isaac Vanderpool, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 31. Vol. 26
D. W. Totty Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Rebecca Whitmore, widow of John Whitmore, who was a _____ Private, _____ in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of thirty seven, dollars and Seventy five cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, thistwenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty six
Robert L. Clarke
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
G. Smith
Commissioner of Pensions.
Moved to Jan 24. Sec. 1842. - from Aron, N.Y. John Whitmore died 24. Apr. 1821.

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester Town of Royalston
May twenty ninth eighteen hundred and twelve I joined together in Marriage Mr John Whitmore with Miss Rebecca Barber both of Royalston Andrew Wendall justice of Peace
I certify that the above is a true Copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows; - May 29 th 1812 Chas H. Newton } Town Clerk of Royalston
Town Clerks Office in Royalston December 19 th 1855 I Charles H. Newton above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me. Chas H. Newton } Town Clerk of Royalston
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this nineteenth day of December in the year A D 1855 and I certify that I have no interest whatever in the prosecution or result of the annexed claim
Barnet Bullock } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court , which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Barnet Bullock Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his SIGNATURE to said CERTIFICATE is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, this twenty first day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five .
J. Mason Clerk.

State of New York County of Wyoming } S.S.
On this 30 day of April  March A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy personally appeared before me Lyman Fuller Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Rebecca Whitmore aged Eighty eight years, a Resident of Java Village, in the County of Wyoming and State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Rebecca Whitmore to whom was granted pension certificate No 5752, payable at Canandigua, at the rate of Thirty Seven dollars and Seventy Six Cents per annum, issued under the 2 nd Section of the act of February 3, 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth Section of the act of July 27, 1868
My Post Office Address is as follows: —
Java Village Wyoming Co. New York
Rebecca Whitmore
Also personally appeared and Amory Barber Charles Barber residents Java Village, (County & State aforesaid) whom I certify to be respectable, and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Rebecca Whitmore sign her name to the foregoing declaration; And they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the Applicant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Amory Barber Charles Barber
Witnesses Sign here (over)

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20 day of April  March A D 1870; Thomas Barker and Charles Barker And I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim
Glynn Fisher { Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. WYOMING COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. I, JOHN P. ROBINSON, Clerk of the County of Wyoming and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify, that William Diller whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof of the annexed affidavit, and thereon written, was, at the date of taking such affidavit a father of the  heir in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verify believe that the signature to said cer- tificate is genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and Courts, this 14th day of March A. D. 1870  J. P. Robinson Clerk.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
WYOMING COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, JOHN P. ROBINSON, Clerk of the County of Wyoming and of the Courts of
Record thereof, do hereby CERTIFY, that Symmas Buller Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof of the annexed affidavit, and thereon written, was, at the date of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and Courts, this 11th day of April A. D. 18 70
J P Robinson Clerk.

State of New York Livingston County §
John Whitmore the declarant in the annexed declaration named, being duly sworn saith; that he cannot be any more certain as to the time of the commencement and ending of the several terms of service mentioned in the said declaration, but saith, that he is confident to have served in the first instance mentioned six months, in the second instance six months, in the third instance as long as three months, and in the last instance eight months, making in all twenty three months of service during the war of the revolution, which he is confident to have served - The deponent further saith, that the clergymen of his acquaintance in Avon and the neighborhood thereof, have not been resident therein but for a short time, and this deponent has not become much acquainted with them, wherefore he is not able to obtain a Clergymen's Certificate to the effect prescribed by the regulations of the war department, and that the reason of not procuring the certificate of Laymen as to his character for truth, and their belief of his having served in the war of the revolution, was, that he was advised it was unnecessary, as he had produced higher and better proof of his actual service - and this deponent saith that he does not know that it is his power to produce any further testimony to sustain his declaration, than that of the certificate of his neighbor and acquaintance, in the annexed affidavit contained, besides the testimony already offered - and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn this 25 th day of May 1833 before me
John H. Whitmore
J. C. Beecher Clergy of the Gospel
Livingston County § Ransom Smith, Chester Reye, David H. Albertson, & Lewis Thompson — of the town of Avon in the county of Livingston being duly sworn severally do depose and say, and each for himself saith, that he is well acquainted with the above named John

Whitmore of Aron, and has been well acquainted with him for several years past, that we believe him to be as many as Seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - and we further say that the said John Whitmore is a respectable and credible citizen and that his declarations and statements upon oath are in our opinion entitled to full faith and credit
Subscribed & sworn to this twenty fifth day of May 1833 before me
Ransom Smith Chester Keyes David H. Albertson Lewis Thomson
State of New York Livingston county ss
I Chauncy H. Bond Clerk of the said county of Livingston certify that Lewis W. Beecher, before whom the preceding affidavit of John Whitmore and also the preceding affidavit of Ransom Smith, Chester Keyes, Daniel H. Albertson and Lewis Thomson purport to have been taken was at the date
thereof a legally authorized justice of the peace of said county And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe that his name subscribed to the first of the said affidavit is his own proper hand writing and signature
Witness My hand and seal of office this 28th day of May A.D. 1833. at Geneseo
C. H. Bond, Clerk By S. G. Haven Dep. clk

Whitmore, John
Mass.
B.L.Wt. 11077-160-55.
A copy of the "Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate" published at Utica N.Y. date of May 21. 1841. containing a notice of the death of Mr. John Whittmore which occurred at East-Avon April 24. This paper has been removed from the case for safe keeping and may be found locked up.
E. H. Mch 8. 1912.