Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,128, Oliver White, R.I.

SERVICE
R.S.
White Oliver Cynthia
NUMBER
W.20.128.
CONTENTS
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No. 131 New York
Oliver White
Deceased in the State of New York who was a Serjt. V.C. in the Comp. commanded by Captain Randall of the Regt. commanded by Col. Vanam in the Rh. Island
time for 9 Months Serjeant 5 Private } $45. 16.66 $61.66
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Nov: 1833 and to F.C. Chittenden Adminr
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $154.16 Pension allowance ending Apr. 34 30.83 10 Supt 7 Pensions $184.99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. C. [Signature] Clerk, Book C. Vol. 4. Page 128.
Paid by the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from March 1834 to 10 April 1834, the day of his death. - Age 60 years 29. July 1839
the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 March 1834 to 10 1834, the day of his death. - Age 60 years 29. 1839

State of New York Jefferson County ss:
On this 11 th day of September 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Jefferson now Oliver White a resident of the town of Adams in the County aforesaid aged seventy three 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 act of bankruptcy passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated. I enlisted at Hopkinton, then in Briggs County, now Washington in the State of Rhode Island, some time in the months of May 1775 under Capt John Randall. Oliver Black was Lieut. & Arnold Black was Ensign. The Regiment was commanded by Col. James M. Varnum, in the Rhode Island Troops. We first encamped at Providence, where we staid a few weeks & went to Winter Hill Wallers, where we remained a short time & then went to Prospect Hill & staid until the first of January following, when I was dis- charged & went home. In September 6 th 1776 I again enlisted at the same place under John Gannett, Capt. & Lieut. Eliezer Wells Col. John Cook commanded the Regiment. Daniel Stafford was Ensign. Our first encampment was at Newport in the State of Rhode Island, where we
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remained until we were driven off by the British troops, in the month of December following, when we went to Howland's ferry, in Newton, & I was dis- charged on or about the first of January following & returned home. I remained at home two nights & one day only then went as a volunteer to Boston neck, where I joined a company commanded by Capt. Alr. Farnum, the names of the other officers of the company I have forgotten - neither do I rec- all the name of the Col. who had commanded - He was absent at Hopkinton - I remained at the scene here two months, I was dismissed & went home - Some time in the month of March following I was called out as a militia man & went to Narrag- ansett in the State of Rhode Island & then remained about two months - I do not recollect the names of any of the commissioned officers of the company except that of Matthew Randall, who was Lieut. Neither is the name of the Col. of the Regiment re- collected. After serving about two months I was again dismissed & returned home - I was engaged as a volunteer in the Rhode Island troops at the time of the Battle between Sullivans & Butts in August  September in the year 1777 if I rec- lect the year & remained one month, under Capt Henry Wells. I think, in the Regiment commanded

by Col. Noyes - At the expiration of the month I served another month immediately after, in the Rhode Island militia, but I do not recollect the names of any of the officers of the company, but was under the command of Col. - Noyes - I remained in the State of Rhode Island during these two last periods, on the Island of Newport & was on guard at the time of the battle between Drake & Dyer's Hills in the month of September (if I recollect right) 1777 - General Cornwallis had the command of our troops at the time - After serving the last month as above stated I was dismissed & went home - I was again called out with the militia & went to Little neck Beach in Rhode Island & remained two months & was dismissed & went home - Elkanah Wells was my Capt. but I cannot recollect the names of the other officers of the company - Col. Noyes had command - After the expiration of two months I remained at home a short time & was again called out & went to Point Judith & remained two months & served under Ensign Daniel Stafford, as one of the guard - I was then dismissed & went home - I was soon after called out again & went to a place called the road Road, in Newtown & remained one month under Capt. Henry Wells - Thomas Wells was Ensign, but the name of the Lieut. is forgotten - Supt. Mason was the Col. - I was dismissed & went home & soon afterwards & some time in the fall, I was again called out &

went to Point Judith & staid two months - Col. Mox- on was Col. of the Regiment, but I do not recollect the names of any of my company officers - They were of- ten changed & some times a sergeant only had com- mand of a company - After serving two months I again went home - Soon afterwards I was again called out with the militia & went to Point Judith & staid again two months - My duties were to serve as one of the guard - I was frequently & at various times afterwards, during the continuance of the war, called out & served from four to twelve days at a time - I was in the service of the United States in the whole, about twenty six months, besides the last mentioned times of from four to twelve days at a time - I was never engaged in any important battle, but was once engaged in a skirmish at Sitsnow's point, when the enemy landed there to take away some stock - I was acquainted with Genl. Washington, Putnam & Greene - Once at Prospect Hill Genl. Washington solicited me to become one of his life guard - In the month of May 1776 I was chosen a Sergeant & served as such at all times after that during the war - I had two written discharges - one from Capt. Black, which I received at Prospect Hill & the other from Capt. Gant which I received at Mis- erstown in Rhode Island - They were both of them burnt with many other papers about sixteen years ago, at

Alfred. County of Allegany State of New York, when my house & all my effects were burned, except one feather bed - I have no documentary evidence in re- lation to my services & I know of no persons by whom I can prove my services, excepting a small portion of the time, & I can obtain no other evidence of my services, excepting Joseph Parmachuk (which is annexed) without more trouble & expense than I am able to sustain - I am extremely poor & unable to lan- da, & am sustained by my children who are the most of them in low circumstances in life - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the a- gency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed this 11 day of September 1832 - P. Purchease Clerk
Oliver his White X mark
In presence of J. C. Clittenden
a clergyman residing
Mr James Melan in the town of Adams aforesaid & Scranton Green residing in the same town hereby certify that we are acquainted with Oliver White who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the revolution; that we concur in that opinion & that his declaration is entitled to full credit
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. C. Purchease Clerk
James Wilson Scranton Green

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. That the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that James Miller who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident of Adams aforesaid & that Scranton Green who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town, & an respectable person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Oliver White's papers I, P. B. Buchanan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Luzerne aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Oliver White for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my Office. This 11 th day of September in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty two
P. Buchanan Clerk

Oliver White
Pension Super
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State of New York Jefferson County } ss:
Personally appeared, before me the undersigned, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Jefferson aforesaid, Oliver White the applicant, named in the foregoing declaration who being duly sworn deposes and saith, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear more positively than he had already, in his declaration as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served, not less than the periods therein mentioned, and in the following grades: For Seven 7- months I served as a private, it being my first tour of service. For three months and twenty four days, my next 3. 24 term of service, I served as a sergeant. For two months my third term of service I volunteered, and served as a 2. - sergeant. For two months my fourth term of service I served as a sergeant. For one month my fifth tour 2 I served also as a sergeant. For one month my sixth tour 1- I served as a sergeant. For two months I served as a 1- sergeant, it being my seventh tour of service. For two 2- months my eighth term of service I served as a sergeant 2- For one month my ninth term of service I served as a 1- sergeant. For two months my tenth tour I served as 2- a sergeant. For two months my eleventh tour I served 2- likewise as a sergeant. Besides short periods of service from four to twelve days each - This deponent further says he was born in the year 1754. in the town of
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Resid Newport in the State of Rhode Island & that he has no Record of his age, that he formerly had one, but that it was burnt with his House some sixteen or seventeen years since - He further deponeth and says that he knows of no person living, with the exception of Joseph Palmer whose affidavit is annexed, by whom he can make any proof of his service. And further this deponent saith not.
His Oliver White mark
Sworn & subscribed before me this Ninth day of September 1833-
Benjamin Wright one of the Judges of the Court
I Peleg Burchard, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Jefferson aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin Wright before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and whose name is subscribed thereto, was at the day of the date of the same, one of the judges of the said court of common Pleas, duly authorized and commissioned to take affidavits, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit to be his own proper signature.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 10 day of September A.D. 1833 - P. Burchard Clerk

Madison County ss
Be it remembered that on the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - personally came before John Davis a Justice of the peace in and for said County , and on oath deposed and says - that he this deponent and Oliver White were both enlisted soldiers in the revolutionary war - and this deponent served as a musician and the said Oliver served as a sergeant in Colonel Cook's Regiment under Captain John Gavit in the state and town of Rhode Island. and this deponent further says that he and the said Oliver both served together the full term of four months in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty six and were both discharged from the service by the said Capt. Gavit - and further this deponent saith not
Joseph Palmiter Sworn and subscribed to before me this 9th day of March 1832 -
John Davis - Justice of the Peace
I John Davis the above named Magistrate do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Joseph Palmiter and that he is entitled to full credit & belief - Dated at Brookfield in the County aforesaid this 14th day of June 1833 -
John Davis - Justice

And I the above named Magistrate do further certify that although the name of Joseph Palmiter the within named Deponent is not inserted in the within affidavit, yet the said affidavit was sworn to by the said Palmiter & that his name was omitted in the body of it by mistake.
Dated at Brookfield this 30 th day of July 1833.
John Davis - Justice of the Peace
I, Andrew S. Sloan - Clerk of the County of Madison in the State of New York, do hereby certify that John Davis before whom the within affidavit was taken, & who has signed the above certificate, is an authorized & commissioned Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Madison aforesaid, & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & know his signature and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and certificate to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of office this Second day of July August 1833 -
AS Sloan Clk.

2130.
New-York Albany
Cynthia White R.S. Oliver White widow of who was a Private and Serjt in the R.S. line.
for 5 mo. Pr. 9 1/2 195
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 61 Dollars 16 6 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to
Adriel Ely Watertown N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 116
Pension Sept 28

V2654
Cynthia White widow of Oliver
White - Application for a pension under the 3d section of act
July 4. 1836
Placed direct to Admiral Ely
Watertown N.Y.
Agent
2 St Edwards Esq Clerk of Pension

State of New York
Jefferson County. On this 21 st day of August 1837 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County aforesaid Cynthia White a resident of the town of Adams in the County of Jefferson and State of New York aged Seventy six years the 5 th day of December next, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4. 1836 - That she is the widow of Oliver White, who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution - and was actively engaged in the war, as is fully detailed in his application, on which a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832 was granted to him, to which she begs leave to refer - The first year of the war the said Oliver went to Boston & was in the battle of Bunker Hill & after the marriage of this deponent to the said Oliver; he did two tours of duty - one was on Rhode Island and the other at New London at the time that City was burnt & the fort Griswold taken - This deponent cannot now recollect the names of the officers under whom the husband served nor number of times he was engaged - but will remember the last two periods of service - for her Father & Brother went with her Husband in the expedition to New London - She further declares that she was married to the said Oliver White on the first day of March 1781 at Hopkinton by Elden Loshua Clark of the Baptist Church, who gave her a Certificate of Marriage which was afterwards burnt in the destruction of her House - She further declares that her Husband the aforesaid Oliver White died on the 10 th day of April 1834: and that

She has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herein annexed
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Lydia his + White mark
Benjamin Wright one of The Judges of Jefferson County Courts Coun te L.C.
I hereby certify that in consequence of bodily in- firmity the above named applicant cannot attend the Court & in consequence of infirmity by age cannot write her name
Benjamin Wright one of the Judges of Jefferson County Courts Coun te L.C.

State of New York
Jefferson County
Godfrey White of Watertown in the County aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath say that he is 77 years old the 4 th day of Sept m th - that he is brother of Oliver White deceased - that he well knows Mrs. Cynthia White widow of the said Oliver - that he knew her before she was married - her name then was Cynthia Burdick - that he was present at the wedding of the said Oliver White & Cynthia Burdick - that they were married in the Spring of the year 1781 - that he knows it was in the Spring of 1781 from the fact that he went into service that year & soon after the marriage of his Brother Oliver White - but cannot now say on what day of the year -
Subscribed & sworn to this
24 th day of August 1837
before me
Godfrey his + White mark
William W. Gilbert Justice Peace
State of New York
Jefferson County
Joseph Green of the town of Adams in the County aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath say that he is well acquainted with Mrs. Cynthia White of said Town - that she is the widow of Oliver White a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States deceased - that the said Oliver died on the 10 th day of April 1834 - & that the said Cynthia has remained his widow ever since -
Joseph Green
Sworn to & subscribed this 14 th day of August 1837 before me
W. W. Gilbert Justice Peace

I hereby certify that the above named deponents Godfrey White and Joseph Green are credible per Marinus W. Gilbert Justice of the Peace - sons -
State of New York Jefferson County Clerk's Office for the said County. I, Peleg Purchard, clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Benjamin Wright Esq. & Marinus W. Gilbert Esquires before whom the (annexed) affidavit purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same, (to wit: the said Benjamin Wright a Judge of said County Courts, N.Y. & the said Marinus W. Gilbert a Justice of the Peace) in and for the said County, commisioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same - and further that I am well acquainted with their handwriting and rightly believe their names subscribed to the same to be their proper handwriting and signature.
Witness my hand and the seal of said County this fifth day of September in the year 1837..
P. P. Purchard Clerk

State of New York
Jefferson County ss Godfrey White of the County aforesaid being duly sworn according to law says that he is a brother of Oliver White deceased, whose widow Cynthia White is an applicant for a pension - that in the year 1781 in the month of September if he remembers right himself this deponent and his now deceased brother Oliver White both then living in the town of Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island were called upon to go to New London - that they both went with a number of others and arrived at Groton Bank or Fort Griswold soon after its capture and while the dead bodies yet remained in the fort - that his brother the said Oliver was married the spring before - that they were militia and were commanded by Colonel Noyes - that he cannot now certainly say who was the captain - that his brother was in much other service, but he does not now recollect any other than the one above which took place after his marriage this from the circumstance of the dreadful massacre at the fort he shall never forget & further saith not
Sworn & subscribed this 26 day of January 1838
his Godfrey White mark
before me & I certify that the above was read to the deponent and that he says he never learned to write Nathaniel W. Gilbert Justice of the Peace
The above deponent Godfrey White is a credible person
Nathaniel W. Gilbert Justice of the Peace

No. 12035
Oliver White
Obj. 5.14 12 25.16
Admitted
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J. C. Chillenden
Adams
Jefferson City
Mo. 1894

No 12035
BRIEF in the case of  Plover White of Adams  County of Jefferson  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy three years - 73  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.     Enlisted sometime in May In 1775. until 1776 1 11 15 Private Gen. Col. James M c Armstrong, Col. Charles G. Ledyard, Capt. John Randall.   Enlisted 6. Sept. 1776 & was discharged about 1. June 1777 0 11 15 Sergeant Lieut. Col. Clark, Capt. John Gant, Lieut. Col. John Cook's regt. Capt. John Gant, Lieut. Col. John Cook's regt. Ensign Dan. Stafford.   after being at home two nights & 1 day volunteered 0 2 1 do Capt. Abel Warner.   some time in March following 0 1 1 do officer, not recalled, except Lieut. Col. Randall.   volunteered in August 1777 0 1 1 do Capt. Henry Dilly, Col. Moyer.   immediately after 0 1 1 do Capt. Moyer's regt. company officers not recalled.   was a six months and 1 day service in different periods & under different officers 0 9 1 do Col. Moyer - Capt. Chatham Wells, Lieut. Col. Jesse Mason, Ensign Dan. Stafford & Ensign Thomas Wells.    5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Hopkinton. Rhode Island.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By a living witness as to his service as Sergeant & by traditional evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Albany or Utica New York
Oliver White on roll act 1832 June 7 th to what time paid?
VL
John Harry Ely
p to 4 March 1834
217

Cynthia White New York
Suspended
for letter 30 th Nov. '37 to A. Ely. do. to same Aug. 20. 1838- do. to same Sept. 3. 1838
Rejected under act 1838

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20128
Cynthia White wid of Oliver White Priv Rev War
Act March 3 rd 743
Index: Vol. M , Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Albany 2,328
Cynthia White widow of Oliver White
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 10 th April 1834 of Jefferson Co. in the State of N. York who was a Pr. V. Serjt. in the company commanded by Captain Hardull of the Regt. commanded by Col. Varnum in the R. Island line for 5. months Pr. 16.66 2 / 3 " 9 " Dug. 45.00 $61.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of April 1839 and sent to Adriel Ely. Watertown, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 184.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 30.83 $215.81
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2 - Page 109

Watertown N. York
Oct 3. 1838
Sir
Herewith is the declaration of Mrs Cynthia White widow of Oliver White. She was an applicant for a pension under the act of July 4. 1836 & her pension refused on the ground that her husband had not declared for any services rendered after the date of her marriage—
She refers to certain proofs in her former declaration to establish her claim under the Law of 1837— and as you have heretofore examined all the papers required to be examined under the acts for which she now claims I indulge in the hope of an immediate decision
Very Respectfully Yr ob serv
J. L. Edwards Esq
Admiral Ely
Com d of Pensioners
Washington

Watertown June 29. 1843
Sir
I send herewith the declaration of Mrs Cynthia White for pension under act of March 3 rd 1842
On the 11 th April last I mailed to your office the declarations of Miss Hollows, Mary Johnson, Catharine Hubbard & Nancy Delony for whom I have not yet rec d any certificates. As you have sent me certificates for several which were sent to you one month later I fear that they have not been received by you
Yrs Ob d Servt Admiral Ely
J. H. Edwards Esq Com d of Pensions (Washington)

Clarice
In at July 10.
Ms.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Watertown N. York
July 4. 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
Mrs Cynthia White widow of Oliver White is very anxious to have a decision upon her application for a pension made in Sept. last
I sent to you the affidavit of the town clerk when she was married & an additional affidavit of service of the said Oliver, so long ago as 28 March last -
I think Mrs White is entitled to a hearing & hope she may get one without further delay
Yrs &c
Admiral Ely

W. L. G. Aug 30. Mab
[A large, stylized signature or mark, possibly a 'K' or 'A' with a long horizontal stroke.]
W. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Watertown N.Y. Aug. 24. 1838
Sir
Your letter of the 20 th inst is rec d , in which you say that a pension cannot be allowed Cynthia White widow of Oliver White, as it does not appear that he performed any service whatever after the Marriage is alleged to have taken place - The Marriage is proven to have been in the Spring of 1781, alleged to have taken place on the 1. day of March of that year - I desire to know if in the examination of her claim as stated in the above letter you examined the affidavit of Godfrey White which was sent to your department the 28 th March last - As you do not allude to it but say there is no evidence of service after Marriage I apprehend it has not reached you - In said affidavit he says that himself & Oliver White performed one tour of duty under Col. Noyle at New London in September 1781 - If there exist any doubt as to the period of marriage I shall be able to forward evidentiary other witnesses of the fact who are now living in the State of Rhode Island - Please let me know if the deposition above referred to has been received It Edwards Esq &c - Yr Obedt Servt Adm l Ely

2234 NY. Oct. 8, 7 July 1838. Cynthia White widow of Oliver White
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Watertown N. York March 28. 1838
Sir
I herewith send the affidavit of Godfrey White, establishing one period of the service of Oliver White, which have been performed after his marriage to Cynthia Burdick. This service was in the Regt of Col. Noyes & in Sept. 1781. The marriage was 1 March 1781 —
I also send the affidavit of the town clerk of Hopkinton showing that the marriage was never recorded.
The comg officer Cynthia White was as you informed me under date of 30 Nov. 1837 suspended for the want of the above proof.
Yr immediate attention to this is requested by Yr Ob. Servt Admiral Ely
J. L. Edmunds Esq son of Parson Washington

Aug 17.
Cam.
Cyntha [unclear] to
10 July, D.B. with add: W.
[Large stylized signature or mark]
L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington

Watertown Sept. 6. N.Y. August 11. 1838
Sir
I think I have good reason, in the case of Cynthia White widow of Oliver White, for believing that no rule of equal justice to all prevails in your office. I hope I am mistaken in this opinion - but when applications for pensions & letters relating thereon are attended to promptly when coming from particular persons, and those made by me unanswered as in the case above for nearly 5 months I think my opinion must be well founded.
Mrs White made her application Sept. 6. 1837 under act of Nov. 30. 1837 you gave information that her case was suspended because it did not appear from Oliver White's papers, what period of time he was her servant & because her papers did not show what proof the records of the church or town afforded.
On the 28 th of March last I sent you a copy of those records and the affidavit of Godfrey White showing the service of Oliver White after said Oliver's marriage -
Since which time I have received nothing from you respecting on the subject of her claim - I must insist on a decision in her case - H. L. Edwards Esq Comm d of Pensions Yr obed serv t Admiral Ely

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 16 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 widow of Oliver White, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York, Agency, at the rate of Sixty one Dollars and sixty six 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 10 th April, 1834, the day of his death!
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

file with Cynthia White's papers.
No 2654.
Sept. 30.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 13 v. 5 p. 13 Cynthia White
FILE
W. J. L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington

Watertown Jefferson County New York
Sept 25 1837
Sir
On the 6 th Sept inst I sent you the declaration of Mrs Cynthia widow of Oliver White for a pension - As it was unaccompanied with a letter & my name endorsed upon it as agent - I now inform you of the fact that said claim may be attended to in its turn
Yr obed Servt
Admiral Ely
H. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions
Washington

State of Rhode Island &c — Washington County ss —
Hopkinton. Town Clerk's office, March 22 d — 1838 —
I Christopher C. Lewis, Town Clerk of the Town of Hopkinton, do hereby certify, that I have searched the Records of the Town of Hopkinton, and likewise called on the clerk of the Swanton Baptist Church in said Hopkinton, over which Elder Joshua Clark presided in 1781- and that he, in my presence searched the Records of said Church, and that no Record exists in either, of the marriage of Oliver White to Cynthia Burdick - as we have been able to find -
Attest Chris t C. Lewis Town Clerk
State of Rhode Island &c — Washington ss —
At Hopkinton in said County March 22 d . 1838 — Personally appeared Christopher C. Lewis. Town Clerk of the Town of Hopkinton, and made oath, that the foregoing certificate, by him subscribed, was true in all its parts. Before me.
Henry M. Wells Justice of the Peace

2352
July 3 1843.
3
N.Y. Mar 3 1843
Cynthia White
$67:66 per ann
Adriel Ely Watertown N. York
Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington

2352 Cynthia White widow of Oliver White
Act 3 March 1843
Adair Ely
Watson
No. 9
Agarwal
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State of New York § Jefferson County §
On this 28th day of June 1843 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Cynthia White — a resident of Adams — in the county of Jefferson and State of New York aged Eighty One years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War — That she is the widow of Oliver White — who was a Private in the war of the Revolution for whose services this declarant was pensioned under the act of July 7 th 1838 at the rate of Sixty One \frac{66}{100} dollars per annum —
She further declares that she is still a widow — sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me
Cynthia her X White mark
Lucien Burr Justice of the Peace State of New York § Jefferson County §
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Cynthia White the above named declarant, and that she is the widow of Oliver White
Lucien Burr Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW YORK JAMES BARNARD SECRETARY OF STATE

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office, }
I, DANIEL LEE , Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Lucien J Burr Esquire before whom the Peace the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn,
was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same ; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand writing and signature.
WITNESS my hand, and seal of said County, this 29 th day of June in the year 1843
Daniel Lee
CLERK.

2339 In the matter of Mrs Cynthia, Widow of Oliver White for a pension act July 7. 1838
Admiral Ely Watertown N.Y. agt
Admitted Private 5 months Sergeant 9—do 14
Admiral Ely Esq. Watertown N.Y.

State of New York Jefferson County ss. On this eighteenth day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Subscriber the Hon. Benjamin Wright one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Jefferson Cynthia White a resident of the town of Adams in the County of Jefferson aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows: That she is the widow of Oliver White, who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7. 1832 inscribed on the roll of the New York Agency: That she was an applicant under the act of July 1836 for a pension: and that her papers are on file in the Pension office to which she refers for the proof of her marriage and the death of her husband: She further declares that she was married to the said Oliver White on the first day of March 1781 and that her husband the aforesaid Oliver White died on the 10 th day of April 1834: That her marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 viz at the time above stated Subscribed & sworn to on the Cynthia her White mark day and year above written before
B Wright Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County N.Y.
Adriel Ely being of sworn says that Cynthia White above named still remains the widow of Oliver White sworn & subscribed on the day and year above written before me - Adriel Ely B Wright Judge

I certify that Mrs White the forgoing did or can cannot appear in court on account of bodily infirmity Benjamin Wright Judge of Jefferson County
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office, }
I, PELEG BURCHARD , Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that Benjamin Wright Esq _____ before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn,
was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same.—and further, that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand writing and signature. _____
Witness my hand and seal of said county, this Third _____ day of October _____ in the year 1838 _____
P. Burchard Clerk.