Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,381, Seth White, R. I.

SERVICE
R.J.
White Seth
NUMBER
S.6381
CONTENTS
carded.

1200 New York. ... $4280.
Seth White
of Canajoharie in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Com. F. commanded by Captain Wells — of the Reg't commanded by Col. Richmond in the N. Y. line for 1 year 7 months.
CH. 14,280
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 63. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of May 1833. and sent to A. Gould Auburn N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $12 6 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4/1/1833. . 31. 66
$158 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 37.

Anderton 19. July 1839.
Letter to John Fleming Esq. Sept. 3 rd 1834 " " Pension " " " " " A. J. Ferris " 27. " " Pension agent ap l . 13. 1836 " " Rev. U. F. Doubleday ap l . 13. 1836 Letter to Agent at Albany 7. May 1836.
He to S o
Dead. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1834 to 13 May 1836 the day of his death. Age Notified 7. Aug 1839.

Beth White
23961

State of New York Cayuga County
On this thirteenth day of March AD 1833 personally appeared before me the first judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Seth White of Ira in said County aged 87 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 herein stated
That he was born in the town of Mansfield in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1745, and has a record of his age at home, that when he was twenty two years of age he removed from said County of Bristol to the town of Tiverton in the County of NewPort in the State of Rhode Island where he resided at the commencement of the Revolutionary war
That in the month of April AD 1775 he entered the service of the United States as a minute man in a company of minute men commanded by Captain Thomas Thompson & Sargeant Nathan Smith, and continued to serve in said company as such minute man a term of six months. That he was employed during said term in guarding the sea shore and was stationed at different places, that he was stationed for about three weeks during said term on Block Island, and was stationed at other times along the sea shore to guard the same against the depredations of the enemy, that he had no other officers than above stated -
He further says that about the middle of October AD 1775 at the town of Tiverton aforesaid he enlisted into a company of Rhode Island State troops commanded by Captain Thomas Wills, Lieut John Blivin, & Ensign Peleg Perry in the Regiment commanded by Col Richmond, Lieut Col Gideon Foxie & Major Barton for a term of one year. That he marched with said company first to Conanicut Island where
6 - Minute men

where he was stationed a term of four months when he marched from thence and was stationed on the Island of Rhode Island a term of about eight seven or eight months and then marched from thence towards the city of New York - that he continued said march as far as New Haven in the State of Connecticut from thence he marched back to the Stonnington in the said State of Connecticut where he was discharged at the expiration of said term of one year - that he was stationed at said places for the purpose of protecting the inhabitants and their property from the depredations of the enemy that when he marched towards New York it was for the purpose of aiding the American Army then under the command of Gen Washington at a near New York - He further says that in the month of January A.D. 1777, the militia company to which he then belonged was divided into three classes, one of bearing arms were divided into classes, containing about fifty men in each class the militia company to which he belonged was divided into three classes one of which classes was required to serve in its turn for the purpose of guarding the lines, that the term of service was one month - that he belonged to one of said classes, and in the said month of January entered the service and was stationed at a place called South Kingstown for one month that he served during said month in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Thompson & Lieut John Bivin - under the command of Col Joseph Noyse - That his whole term of service amounts to one year & seven months as he verily believes - That he did not enter said service afterwards on account of ill health contracted whilst in the service - that he never received a written discharge from said service and has no documentary proof thereof He further says that he has not the testimony of any living witness to said services and cannot procure it - that he never served with any

continental Regiment or under any continental officer. that he never served in company with any Regiment than the one to which he belonged as he believes, said company & Regiment being engaged in guarding the shores -
He further says that in the year 1783 he removed to the town of Sharon in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut where he resided one year and removed from thence to the County of Dutchess in the State of New York where he continued to reside seven years, from thence he returned to Sharon aforesaid where he continued to reside nineteen years - from thence he removed to the County of Washington in the State of New York where he continued to reside about seventeen years from thence he removed to Ira aforesaid where he has resided ever since. that John M Bartlett of Victory in said County of Cayuga is a clergyman and Silas Kellogg of Ira in said County is a layman that the both reside in his neighbourhood are well acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for truth & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or territory Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid I refer me to J. L. Richardson } Seth White Just Clerk of Co. Com.
We John M Bartlett a clergyman residing in the town of Victory in the County of Cayuga and Silas Kellogg of the town of Ira in said County do certify that we are well acquainted with Seth White who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration - that we believe

him to be 87 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Silas Kellogg
J. L. Richardson John M. Bartlett first Judge of Pleas etc -
And I the said judge do hereby declare my opinion after an investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War department that the said applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that John M Bartlett who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in Victory in said county & Silas Kellogg who has also signed the same is a resident of Ira in said county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. I further certify that said Applicant is unable to attend court by reason of age & bodily infirmity
J. L. Richardson first Judge of Pleas etc
State of New York Cayuga County
ss I Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of Joseph L Richardson in the matter of the application of Seth White for a pension I further certify that said Joseph L Richardson before whom the foregoing declaration certificate were made & by whom the foregoing certificate was made was on the day of the date of the same first judge of said court

that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of said judge and believe his signature to said declaration & certificates to be genuine Witness my hand & seal of office the 14 th day of March A D 1833
W. S. Myers Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 25 th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Seth White a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Sixty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1834, to the 13 th May, 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Abner K. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

23961 Seth White New York
Served as a minute man Not qualified — Not fifty years of time be- tween the commencement of the service & the Disburs- ment —
A. Gould Auburn Me

111111  WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Seth White of Ira Cayuga Co July 1832
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enl. 1775. 1 6 Private Capt Thompson M c Donald. 87 years County of Traditionary Evidence   Enlisted 1775. 1 " " " Capt McCall Col Richmond Newport State of R Mo Colonel given in   Enl. 1777. " 1 " " Capt Thompson Col Moyse. Island the first tour of service no living witness. no claim given for not having any. Clergyman & others  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
111111111 8)

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

May 9, 1933
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John White-S.24007 Seth White-S.6381 BA-8/AWF
Mrs. H. D. Pritchard 231 Eastern Avenue, S. E. Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of pensioners with surname White, other than the ones which have been furnished Professor H. A. White of Lincoln, Nebraska, who has given you copies of his records.
You cite Henry, John, Seth and William. The Henry cited by you is the same as furnished Professor White on March 9, 1933, file No. W.18411, and William, the same as furnished him on the same date from file No. S.44035. The records of John and Seth White are given below as found in the papers on file in their respective claims for pension, based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
John White-S.24007
He was born October 30, 1756 in Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County, New York; the names of his parents are not given.
John White enlisted, while residing in said Fredericksburgh, sometime in May, 1776, served six months as a private in Captain Joshua Barnum's company, Colonel John Fuld or Fute's New York regiment.
The soldier, John White, was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1833, then a resident of Locke, Cayuga County, New York, having lived there about twenty-three years. He moved from Fredericks-

burgh, New York to Williamstown, Massachusetts, then to Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, and thence to Locke, New York.
There are no data in this claim relative to his family.
638/ Seth White-S.6517
Seth White was born in the year 1745 in Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts; when about twenty-two years of age, he moved to Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. The names of his parents are not shown.
Seth White, while residing in said Tiverton, enlisted and served with the Rhode Island troops, as follows- from in April, 1775, six months as minute man in Captain Thomas Thompson's company, guarding the sea shore; from in October, 1775, one year in Captain Thomas Wells' company, Colonel Richmond's regiment; from in January, 1777, one month in Captain Thomas Thompson's company, Colonel Joseph Noyes' regiment.
He moved in 1783 to Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut and was there one year, then to Dutchess County, New York, where he stayed seven years, then back to Sharon, Connecticut, where he lived nineteen years, then to Washington County, New York, remained seventeen years, and thence to Ira, Cayuga County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 13, 1833, then a resident of Ira, New York.
The soldier, Seth White, died May 13, 1836, leaving children, whose names are not stated, nor is the name of his wife shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Receipts of George Potter Henry Potter Elisha Card Elijah Card Daniel Sherman Jr.
Acknowledging payment for services rendered in Ensign John Green's co - loz. Jos. Noyes regt. Conn. troops
have been removed from this case to be forwarded to the War. Dept. Oct. 25, 1905 -
AW.
Seth White S.F. 6381
R. I.

Resharp
6381
INVALID.
File No. 6381
Seth White
in Rev war
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 403
[Arrangement of 1870.]
H. D. Pritchett in St. Georgeville, N. H. 1870-1880

Yarmestown 4 th of December 1775
These May Certify that Seth White an Indefatigable in the Colony Service Belonging to Capt. Thomas Wells Company hath since To leave his Wife and Two Children to Newport and Return in Two Days. Gideon Hardy

Seth White 8.7.6381. R3
Parts of a Shilling.
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Parts of a Pound.
   L S D L D 12ths     1/2 10 0 is 1/6 26 8 is   1/3 6 8 is 1/8 13 4 is   1/4 5 0 is 1/10 12 0 is   1/5 4 0 is 1/12 10 0 is   1/8 3 4 is 1/16 8 0 is   1/9 2 6 is 1/18 7 6 is   1/10 2 0 is 1/20 6 8 is   1/12 1 8 is 1/24 6 0 is   1/15 1 4 is 1/30 5 4 is   1/16 1 3 is 1/40 5 0 is  
Parts of a Dollar.
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State of Rhode-Island Kings County Westerly October 7 th 1778 This may Certify all Persons whom it may Concern that the Bearer Seth White Jun r . has Ever Conducted himself as a Real True Friend, to the United States of America. & as Such is hereby Recommended to the Publick. & to have the Free Liberty to Pass & Repass through any Part of the Said States
Yrs Sam l Brey. Justia

Lyons Twerton Sep. 24 th 1779
Jeth White an inhabitant of Webbham hath made application for a pass to that place. I find he hath some time since lived in this place his barrector at that time was free. & therefore is no objection to his returning here
To all whom it may concern

David Cla |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Colburn C |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Betty C |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Adam G |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Lemuel Do |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Asa Dyer |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Amhurst W |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Ephraim T |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Warren Colli |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| John Colli |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Betsy Colli |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Polly C |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Michael Cla |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Leekha |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Samuel Colli |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Joel Cla |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Barker |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Job G |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Comfort Ray |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Moses Wheel |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Arad Meach |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Sarah Meach |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Daniel |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Edmond |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Josiah |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Dorcas |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Zipporah |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| Dennis |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  |||||  ||||| 
David Cla Colburn C Betty C Adam G Lemuel Do Asa Dyer Amhurst W Ephraim T Warren Colli John Colli Betsy Colli Polly C Michael Cla Leekha Samuel Colli Joel Cla Barker Job G Comfort Ray Moses Wheel Arad Meach Sarah Meach Daniel Edmond Josiah Dorcas Zipporah Dennis
Seth White 8.7.6381 R.D.

231 Eastern Ave. S.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
April 29, 1933
Veterans Administration
Bureau Of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
A.D. Hiller,
Dear Sir:
On March 20th ., I sent a letter to your dept., asking for a transcript of the records of four pensioners that were listed in the Congressional records of the 23rd .U.S. Congress. Not receiving a reply I am repeating my request as we are compiling papers for D.A. R. lineages and will greatly appreciate your assistance on these records.
" Onondaga county , New York, Henry White, placed on the rolls March 22, 1819, to date April 10, 1818, aged 79 years, Served in Mass., Line."
Steuben county , New York, William White, placed on the rolls, June June 30, 1818, to date Apr, 22, 1818, aged 77, Served in the Mass., Line.
Cayuga County , New York, Seth White, placed on the rolls May 16, 1833, to date Mar. 1. 1831, aged 88 years, Served in Rhode Island Cont.,
Cayuga county , New York, John White, placed on rolls Nov. 21, 1833, to date Mar. 4, 1831, aged 77 years.
Very Sincerely yours
Yrs Harry D Pritchard

231 Eastern Ave.S.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
March 21, 1933
Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions (Rev.War Sec.)
Washington, D.C.
2 chs 8 " 4 "
A.D. Hiller
Ast.Admst. Dear Sir:
I recently received from Prof. H.A.White of Lincoln Neb.,copies of Pension Applications under the surname of White and I find much to my surprise that there were evidently several men who were pensioners bearing the same name in much the same vicinity, and for the purpose of identity I am asking you for the transcripts of some other applications found in Senate Documents 1st Session 23rd Congress, Cayuga Onondaga county, N.Y. same as in H.A.W. "HENRY WHITE of Onondaga county, N.Y. placed on pension rolls March 22, 1819, to date from April 10, 1818 aged 79 years, Served in Mass.Line". WILLIAM WHITE of Steuben County, N.Y. placed on the rolls June 30, 1818 to date from April 22, 1818 aged 77 years, Served in Mass.Line." ✓ SETH WHITE , of Cayuga County, N.Y. placed on the rolls May 16, 1833, to date Mar. 4, 1831 aged 88 years. Served in Rhode Island Cont." ✓ JOHN WHITE of Cayuga county, N.Y. placed on the rolls Nov. 21, 1833, to date March 4, 1831, aged 77 years, Served in New York Militia!"
I sincerely appreciate your assistance in tracing this history.
Mr. H. D. Pritchard 231 Eastern Ave. S.E. Grand Rapids Michigan

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Secretary's Office March 15. A 1836.
I certify that at the session of the General Assembly of the Colony of Rhode Island &c in October seventeen hundred seventy five Gideon Hosmer was elected Lieutenant Colonel and Thomas Wells (the 2 d ) Captain - in the Regiment ordered to be raised at said session; of which William Richmond was Colonel.
That at the session of the General Assembly of said State in February seventeen hundred seventy nine Ezekiel Cornell was elected Brigadier General of the Brigade then ordered to be raised.
That in June seventeen hundred and seventy five Joseph Noyes was elected Colonel of the First Regiment of Militia in Kings County; and so continued until May seventeen hundred seventy nine, when he was superceded.
That at May session seventeen hundred seventy eight Samuel Berry was elected a Justice of the Peace for the town of Westerly in Kings County, for one year. All which appears of record in this office.
Witness Henry Bowen Secy.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name " HENRY BOWEN " to the afore- written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation, full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi- dence, this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- six and of Independence the sixty- eth .
John Brown Francis
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
Henry Bowen Secy

Ans: 7 May 1886

Mch. 4 Farmers Bank Albany Pension Agency May 3 d 1836.
James L. Edwards Esquire Commis n of Pensions, Sir,
Seth White, a P nt . under the act of June 7. 1832, claims pay for two years - Shall be pay him upon the enclosed Vouchers &. Very Respectfully Your ob t Serv t .
Thos. W. Cerutti

Washington April 7. 1836
Sir
I have the honor to transmit the accompanying papers relating to Seth White's claim to a pension, which I hope will receive an early and careful examination. Please return such papers as are not necessary to be retained in your office.
I have the honor to be
Respectfully
Yr ob t Serv t
U. F. Doubleday
Hon. J. L. Edwards

F. M.
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Sarah White certificate recd. Cash N.Y. Sept 21

Cato Sept 20. 1834.
Dear Sir
By request of Mr Seth White. I return his pension certificate that an error may be corrected as stated in your letter of the 3 rd inst.
I am Sir
Your Obedt Servt
Augustus F. Ferris
Direct to him or me Cato P. Office N.Y.

Hm U. R. Donbliday HR

Cayuga County ss
Silas Kellogg of the town of Seneca in said county being duly sworn before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in & for said town & county makes oath & says that he has been intimately acquainted with Seth White for the space & term of about six years. That ever since this Deponent verily believes that the said Seth White has always supported an unblemished character for truth & veracity & in every other respect. About some two or three years ago this Deponent went in company with the said Seth White to the Office of Asaph Gould in the Village of Auburn & Seth White did then & there employ the said Gould to make application to the Pension Office for a pension for the said Seth White. That this Deponent has not the least recollection that the said Seth White gave the name of Thompson to said Gould as his Captain but verily believes that the said Seth White gave the name of Thomas Wells as his Captain. This Deponent further says that previous to that time and after in private conversation the said White informally said that said Thomas Wells was his Captain & this Deponent further says that he verily believes said Gould made a mistake in the insertion of the Captain's name & further this Deponent saith that the said Seth White is a very aged & infirm man that he has pretty much lost all recollection & that said Seth White has ever since this Deponent's acquaintance with him has been troubled with deafness. Silas Kellogg Sworn & Subscribed this 25 th day of March 1836 before me Elyah C. Potts Justice

Bayfield County Pa
Chauncy Bird of I'm in said County being duly sworn before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in & for said Town & County makes oath & saith that he has been well acquainted with Seth White of said Town & County for the space or term of about five years & from personal observation & information which this Deponent Deponent verily believes to be correct & true that the said Seth White mental faculties are extremely impaired so much so that he cannot forget the persons with whom he resides & even his own children & further that Deponent verily believes that the hearing faculty of the said Seth White has been for a number of years very much impaired & it was with great difficulty that a person could make him any communication
Chauncy Bird
Sworn & Subscribed this 25 th day of March 1836 before me Elijah S. Everts Justice