Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,286, John Whiteman, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penn.
Whitman, John Sarah
P. 20,286 B.L. Mt. 2011-100
CONTENTS

Further evidence of Mrs. Elizabeth Whiteman

In the matter of the Claim of Mary Blackett Whitehurst for a Pension of $100 per month Philadelphia Pa
Personally appeared before me the subscriber Mary Sarah Whitehurst in lieu of John Whitehurst de- ceased or he being duly sworn the deponent said that the said John Whitehurst in 1828 received a decree in the Genl 1828 in February. That his Children obtained Bounty Land from the United States for his services and their names were Charles Whitehurst Samuel Burns and Elizabeth Shaffer that the present was present when the application was made by the Youngs for said Land that he was a stranger in Philadelphia and knew not the said Parties up at the time and has since left for the west or has afterwards believing that he did - that said Young Mans gave his Deposition through his agent Jerry Flaherty for the Land and Mr Youngs now that all Deposition knowing of the services of her said husband in the Revolu- tionary war are these that he belonged to the Army from Philadelphia and there a bazaar for the Army and his employment was not a soldier but a bazaar that the bazaar was the Christopher Hall and the then he was under that he chose the bazaar bazaar at Southwark in Green Street & Valley Forge and that she never heard her husband say what Regiment her husband belonged to. That the Youngs wrote the Deposition upon which the Land was obtained and that she could not say she could say of said Children & that what Regiment her said husband belonged to. Deposition is positive that her husband was not a soldier but a bazaar and that her said Claim to belong to Colonel Daniel Broadhead's Regiment and if it is so stated in the Deposition it is an imposi- -tion upon Deposition and her Children and upon

Government - That Deponent is well acquainted in the Island with William Whiteman the late husband of Elizabeth Whiteman the wife of the Rev. William Whiteman, but is entirely unacquainted with the said William Whiteman. - That said John Whiteman was a Shoemaker, and Deponent knows that he was an in his last residence in the County of Limerick since - But does not know any thing further of him - that Deponent knows by her that well as they were going along Deponent is now about seven years of age - but her memory on it goods, and she is satisfied that the facts are as stated by her - that she has never seen any blot book with her to the best of her knowledge and only gives this deposition to put matters right and just - she present exhibiting her original Marriage Certificate to the Magistrate before her this is sworn. an interlineal being first made Sworn to & in the presence of me
this 29 day of November 1842 Sarah J. Whiteman Widow Arnon Davis } Alderman
I Deponent do hereby state that the above named Sarah Whiteman the Widow and say that said Depo- tion was taken in my presence and read over to my said Grandmother and that she has made her original Marriage Certificate as above mentioned -
Sworn to & in the presence of me this 29 day of November 1842 Deborah H. Smith Arnon Davis } Alderman

(Copy)
I do certify that the John Whiteman and Mary Sarah Wren were lawfully married on the 11 th day of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and Six- teen - In witness My hand and seal
Seal
John C. Batten Minister of the Gospel German town
I certify that it has been clearly proved before me that Mary Sarah Whiteman is the identical sister of John White- man aforesaid and that the original Marriage Certi- ficate of which the above is a copy was exhibited to me and that said Mary Sarah is a woman of true faith and veracity In witness My hand & seal this 29 th day of November 1842. Aaron Davis clerk
Pennsylvania Philadelphia County
I Samuel Heart Esq: the Honou- -tary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do Cer- tify that Aaron Davis Esq: before whom the annexed affidavits were made and whom in his own proper hand- writing has thereto generally subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is an alderman in and for the City of Philadelphia and of Official Notice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Indication as thereout.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Phila- delphia this 29 th November 1842. S. Heart Esq.

John Whitman's Widow declaration.
inform. Mr. V. Ellis
Re: 23 Dec.
Not allowed act 1828
Rej' # 20212

State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia } ss
Before me Joseph B. Norberry a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally appeared Sarah Whiteman, widow of John Whiteman late of said County. Known to me as a lady of good repute & entitled to credit, who being duly sworn doth on her oath say that she always heard & understood from her husband John Whiteman that he served in the Revolutionary War in the Pennsylvania line until the War ended that she was his second wife & knows nothing personally of his services - that she has often heard him speak of being entitled to land from the United States for his services & talk of seeking seeking for it - but that he died without obtaining it as she believes. that this deponent does not know what pay if any he received or what bounty if any he received after the War ended. That she often heard him mention Ruffle Hart & Colonel Broadhead as being in service with him, and thinks Colonel Broadhead must have been his Colonel Commandant that she does not know any thing about his discharge, if he had any, but that she verily believes from his statements that he served till the War ended and in testimony thereof she has hereunto annexed her signature.
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 21 st day of November A.D. 1833. J. B. Norberry J. P.
Chas Sarah + Whiteman widow mark
Before me Joseph B. Norberry Justice of the Peace as aforesaid personally appeared Elizabeth Mathers & Margaret Newton persons known to me as credible witnesses who did severally make oath that they were each of them intimately acquainted with John Whiteman from the time of the Revolutionary War till his death: and the said Elizabeth Mathers says she distinctly recollects that the said John Whiteman enlisted and served in the Pennsylvania line in the Revolutionary War and remained in service until the War ended: and the said Margaret Newton says that she distinctly recollects that said John Whiteman enlisted & served in the Pennsylvania line in the Revolutionary War & remained in service until the War ended. that they were both raised in the same neighbourhood with said John Whiteman & knew him from his boyhood. that they cannot say they ever saw him in service. but that they knew the fact

that he did serve as aforesaid as well as they know any fact that they did not see personally & that it is generally reputed and believed that he did serve as before stated.
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 26 th day of November 1833.
W. B. Norbury J. P.
Elizabeth for Matters Margaret & Newton marks
Know all men by these presents I Sarah Whiteman widow of John Whiteman late of the County of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania hereby constitute & appoint Vespasian Ellis of Accomack County - Virginia my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the United States the arrears or amount of pay due me as the widow of John Whiteman under the act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution approved 15 th May 1828 which said John Whiteman served in the Pennsylvania line in the Army of the Revolution. Witness my hand and Seal this twenty sixth day of November A.D. 1833. -
Sarah for Whiteman mark
Isaac H. Smith
Before me Joseph B Norbury a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia personally appeared Sarah Whiteman widow of John Whiteman, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be her act and deed and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or any attachment levy or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to her personal benefit Witness my hand this twenty sixth day of November A.D. 1833. -
W. B. Norbury J. P.

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania Sarah White- man and made oath that she is the Widow of John - Whiteman a Revolutionary Soldier as aforesaid and that said John Whiteman died on the 5 th day of February 1828
Sworn & Subscribed before me This 26 th day of November 1833
Jos. B. Norbury
J.P.
Sarah her  X Whiteman mark
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid Elizabeth Mathers & Margaret Newton known to me as credible witnesses who severally made oath that they were well acquaint- ed with John Whiteman a Soldier of the Revolution of the Pennsylvania line & with Sarah Whiteman - that said - John Whiteman died on the 5 th of February 1828 leaving the said Sarah Whiteman his Widow
Sworn & Subscribed before me This 26 th day of November 1833.
Jos. B. Norbury
J.P.
Elizabeth Mathers
Margaret her  X Newton mark
State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia } ss
I Richard Palmer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Joseph B. Norbury Esq is and was at the dates of the foregoing several certificates, a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly qualified to administer oaths &c and that the foregoing several signatures purporting to be his are genuine Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 29 th day of November A D 1833
(Signature) R Palmer Protho

John Charles Whiteman
Power for Warrant
V. Ellis
Rec. Dec 21, 1833

John Whiteman N o . 2011.

The affidavit of Elizabeth Mathers who says that she was well acquainted with John Whiteman from the time of the Revolutionary War to his death and lived nearly all her life time in the same neighbourhood with him and that he served in the Pennsylvania line in the Revolutionary War and continued in service until the War ended and that it was the same John Whiteman who was the father of Charles Whiteman, Hannah Burns and Elizabeth Schaffer
Elizabeth Mathers
The affidavit of Margaret Newton who says she was well acquainted with John Whiteman from her infancy till his death in 1838 and that he served in the Pennsylvania line in the Revolutionary War and remained in service till the War ended and that it was the same John Whiteman who was the father of Charles Whiteman, Hannah Burns and Elizabeth Schaffer
Mark Margaret X Newton affiant
State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia }
Elizabeth Mathers and Margaret Newton Credible and disinterested Witnesses made oath to the above affidavits before me a Justice of the Peace This 26 th day of November 1833
M. B. Norbury J.P.

STATE OF Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia }
I Charles Whiteman heir at law of John Whiteman do upon my oath declare and testify, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said John Whiteman did enlist in year unknown for the term of during the War
and served in the Regiment, No. One
under the command of Colonel Broadhead
of the Pennsylvania line, and that he continued in the service until the War ended I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to said John Whiteman on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: Therefore Know all Men by these Presents , That I Charles Whiteman aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Vespasian Ellis of Accomack County , Virginia, to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed. Witness my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of November 183 3 .
ATTEST
Susan Norbury W. P. Norbury
Charles Whiteman 
PERSONALLY APPEARED THE ABOVE NAMED Charles Whiteman subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subscribed to be his act and deed. Witness my hand and seal this 26 th day of November 183 3 .
W. P. Norbury  S. P.
IN TESTIMONY that the above written
Joseph B. Norberry Esq was a Magistrate duly authorised to administer Oaths and take acknowledgements, &c. in the State of Pennsylvania at the above date and that his name as subscribed to the foregoing certificate &c. appear to be his usual signature. I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name and quality as Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, at the County of Philadelphia this 29 th day of December , 183 3
W. M. Wetzel

State of Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Charles Whiteman and made Oath in due form of law that he is the Son and One of the heirs at law of John Whiteman a Revolutionary Soldier that said John Whiteman died in 1828 leaving this affiant and Hannah Burns and Elizabeth Schaffer his children and only heirs at law—
Sworn & Subscribed before me This 26 th day of November 1833. W. D. Norbury J. P.
Charles Whiteman
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia aforesaid Elizabeth Mathers and Margaret Newton Credible and disinterested Witnesses who made Oath in due form of law that they are well acquainted with Charles Whiteman, Hannah Burns and Elizabeth Schaffer and that they are reputed and believed to be the Children and only heirs at law of John Whiteman a Revolutionary Soldier dec d
Sworn & Subscribed before me This 26 th day of November A.D. 1833. W. D. Norbury J. P.
Margaret x Newton mark Elizabeth Mathers
State of Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia
I Richard Palmer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Philadelphia hereby certify that Joseph B. Norberry is and was at the date of the above and foregoing several certificates, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified to administer Oaths &c and that the foregoing several signatures purporting to be his are genuine Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 26 th day of November 1833
Richard Palmer Notary

John Whiteman N o . 2011
The papers in this case delivered to Mr John Wilson of the Pension Office • Nov r 12 th 1841 W.G.

Rejected
Ex'r. OLD WAR.
No. 20286
REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1872.
Sarah Whiteman.
Died at _____
other claim.
_____, 187 .
Clerk.
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____