Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40683, Wollery Whiteman, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Whiteman, Wollery a Whitman, Woolery
S. 40683
CONTENTS

15713 R Pennsylvania Wollery Whiteman
of Germantown in the state of Penn a who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Craig of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 6 years War
inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of October 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of November 1819 and sent to J. Caldwell, Esq. Clerk, Philad a
arrears to 4th of Semi-annual all'ce ending March 1819
35
Oct 1819
35 14  21
Note sent to General Sharkey Apr 12 1820 Germantown Pa

Wolsey Whiteman →
(Not on Rolls)
Admitted in author Deposition.

District of Pennsylvania ss:
On this fifteenth day of October 1819 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the District Court of the United States for the said District personally appeared Wollery Whiteman aged Ninety one years resident in Germantown Philadelphia County who being by me first affirmed according to Law doth on his affi- mation make the following declaration, in order to obtain the pro- vision made by the State act of Congress entitled "an act to pro- vide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolution war". That the said Wollery Whiteman enlisted for "during the War", sometime in the year 1776 or 1777 at Germantown in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain Brubaker or Bruback of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Craig in the Line of the State of Pennsylvania; being the third Regiment of Infantry in the Continental establishment. That he conti- nued to serve in the said Corps until he was removed to the Company commanded by William Craig and from that to other Companies but still in the said Regiment; and still continued in the service of the United States until the expira- tion of the War, when being sick and on furlough, he never received a regular discharge. That he was in the Battles

of Brandy wine, Germantown, and Monmouth, besides a number of Skirmishes. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support, and that he has no other evidence in his power of his services except what may be hereunto annexed. That he has never received a pension from any State or from the United States. That the last Captain he served under was Captain W. Cullough as he verily believes
Affirmed to and declared before me on the day and year aforesaid. Witness J. Phillips his Wolery Whiteman mark Richard Peters
I Richard Peters Esq. Judge & as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common enemy for more than nine months at one time, on the Continental establishment. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
October 15th. 1819
Richard Peters
United States } Eastern District of Pennsylvania } I certify - That the honorable Richard Peters who has subscribed the foregoing attestation is the

Philadelphia County ss:
We Henry Brunner and George Miller do certify on our solemn oath & affirmation that we have known the applicant for a pension Wollery Whiteman for between forty and fifty years; That we know he did enlist in the service of the United States in the Company of Captain Brissband or Brissbane in the years 1776 or 1777 and that he served in the Continental establishment during the Revolutionary War. We also certify that he is now of the age of 91 years of age, decrepid and infirm, in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Sworn and subscribed to Henry Brunner before me this Eighth day of October to Geo Miller A. D. 1819. Jacob Reaver.
one of the Justice of the Peace in for the City and County of Philadelphia.
Jacob Reaver Justice as aforesaid do do certify the above named people to be reputable and respectable persons.
Eighth A.D. 1819
Jacob Reaver
I believe the above Statement Richard Peters

Philadelphia County ss:
We Henry Brunner and George Miller do certify on our solemn oath & affirmation that we have known the applicant for a pension Wollery Whiteman for between forty and fifty years; That we know he did enlist in the service of the United States in the Company of Captain Brissband or Brissbane in the years 1776 or 1777 and that he served served in the Continental establishment during the Revolutionary War. We also certify that he is now of 91 years of age, decrepid and infirm, in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Sworn and subscribed to Henry Brunner before me this Eighth day of October to Geo Miller A. D. 1819. Jacob Reaver
one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the City and County of Philadelphia.
Jacob Reaver Justice as aforesaid do certify the above named people to be reputable and respectable. witnesses Eighth A.D. 1819 Jacob Reaver
I believe the above Statement Richard Peters

District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, duly commissioned and qualified -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name and affixed the Seal of the said District Court, at Philadelphia, this fifteenth Day of October, A. D. 1899. and in the forty fourth Year of the Independence of the said United States.
R. H. McAdoo - Clerk. Dist. Ct.

Woolsey Whiteman
15713
March 1880
6
Leonard Frailey Esq Germantown Pa

District of Pennsylvania ss.
On this twentieth day of October 1870 personally appeared in open Court before the honorable John Hallowell Esq. President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, it being a Court of Record for the City and County of Philadelphia, Woolery Whiteman, Aged Ninety One Years Resident in Germantown in the State of Penn a Who being first duly sworn According to law, doth, on his Oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war (as follows) in the Third Regiment of the Penn a line, Commanded by Colonel Thomas Craig, and in the Company Commanded by Cap n M c Culloch the date of the Original Certificate is in dated the the ninth day of Nov r 1819, and the date of the Original Oath, is dated the fifteenth of October 1819, and the Number of the Original Certificate is numbered 18,713. And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1811, And that I have not since that time by Gift, Sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to being myself within the Provisions of an Act of Congress of Congress Entitled an Act to provide for Certain persons Engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for

in trust for me any property, or securities, or Contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained hereunto Annexed which is the sum of forty Eight old Dollars per Annum as a Pension from the State of Pennsylvania and that I have no property of any kind whatever but have lived on Charity previous to the Act Aforesaid
I was and subscribed in open Court October 20 th 1820
Woburn his Whiteman mark.
I Joseph B Norbury Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia do hereby certify that foregoing draft and schedules are truly copied from the Record of the Court and I do certify that it is the opinion of the Court that he hath no property what- soever except the pension from the Commonwealth of Penns yl . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court Aforesaid on this twentieth day of October 1820  J. B. Norbury Prothonotary

40 683
INVALID.
Rev
Rev
File No. 40, 683
Mary Whitman
Dr. Dr. Dr.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 559
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15/13
Pennsylvania
Wesley Whitman
of Germantown in the state of Penn a who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the regiment commanded by Colonel Craig- in the Penn a line, for the term of 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of October 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of Nov r 1819 and sent to D Caldwell Esq r Philadelphia
Arrears to 4th of Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1819 37- 41
$37- 41.
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Continued