Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S: 7871, Samuel White, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
White, Samuel
S. 7871
CONTENTS
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Virginia
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Samuel White — of Ohio Co. — in the State of Va. who was a Pvt in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Gibson on the Flann a- line for 9 \frac{1}{2} months —
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Samuel White. ★ Va. Line. Aug. 8/1914. Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Aug 21: 33 and Sub John Parrott Grave Creek. Ohio Co: Va
Arrears to the 4th of March 1823. 63.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 15.83 $79.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nathl. Rice Clerk Book E Vol. 6 Page 31.

State of Virginia
Ohio County, ss
In This 4 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the County courts of Ohio county now sitting Samuel White a resident of said County in the Town of Wheeling and state of Virginia aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June the 9 th 1832
I was born, in Flower-de-grass in the state of Maryland on the 25 th day of December 1756 I moved with my parents, from there to Chester county Pennsylvania when very young, and continued to reside there till the commencement of the Revolutionary war, when I was drafted from a company commanded by Capt Isaac Taylor and under him marched to Harnet square twenty six miles from Philadelphia and there between the fifteenth and twentieth of August, 1777- I joined a Regiment under the command of Col s William Gibbon and Major Hall his Christian name not recollected. The Lieut t who had command in the company to which I belonged was William Serneson. from Harnet square we marched to a place called Iron Hill having understood that the enemy had landed at the Head of Elk about nine or ten miles from Iron Hill from there we marched to Brandy

wine where on the Eleventh of September we had an engagement, I was stationed at Chads Ford and there remained till about the Battle of Brandywine when we received orders to march to meet the enemy who we understood had crossed the Brandywine about nine miles above us, we met them on a rising piece of ground near a Quaker Meeting house called Brandywine Meeting house where we im- mediately engaged them, and sustained our position for about an hour when we were compelled to retreat. we lost a number of our men in the en- gagement and killed a great many of them as we retreated. during the night, as far as Old Chester about twelve miles from the battle ground on the Delaware river we remained there a few days, and Marched in to Philadelphia. from Phila- -delphia we marched to an encampment near German Town. The British took possession of

Philadelphia a short time after our marching out of Philadelphia we attacked the British near German Town took some prisoners but the enemy having received a strong reinforcement we were again defeated with great loss, and it was said and believed that our defeat in a great measure was owing to the improper conduct of one of our officers. from German Town we were marched into New Jersey, and there the company to which I belonged was attached to another Regiment one remained in The Jerseys till the battle of- Trenton, our army was divided and the division to which I belonged crossed the Delaware on the night of the Twenty fifth of December, Gen l Washington Tom commanded, and we reached Trenton between day light and sun rise, after a severe and fatiguing march owing to the depth of the snow and the severity of the cold, we engaged the

The enemy immediately and after a very short and severe conflict, they gave way we pursued them so closely that we killed and took a great many Prisoners principally Hessians, and marched from Hesse to Valley Forge in Chester County where we remained during the winter and till some time about the first of April, at which time I received an honorable discharge, having been drafted for six months, but consented to continue in the Army till the Spring recruits come in having served for seven months and a half. During the summer of 1778- I Volunteered under Capt Nathaniel Voorhies who was called in to the service to save a scouting party to guard the settlements on the Delaware from the depredations of the British and refugees who were in the habit of looting and plundering our people, I remained in this service for two months as the expiration of the two months I was discharged, I retained my discharge

Till last February 1832 at which time I lived in The Town of Wheeling in Ohio County Virginia and in the extraordinary fire that in the Ohio river I lost both discharges with nearly all the little proper- ty I possessed in the world, as the water was over several feet deep in my house. Since the revolution I volunteered in a company commanded by William McCluskey as Capt and Garbent Briggs left and marched from Hampshire County Virginia to Wings Bottom about two miles above what is now called Wellsburg, in Brooke County Virginia I served for six months, we were stationed on the West side of the Ohio river, it was in 1792-3. I am now seventy six years of age poor and infirm I never have received a pension at any time nor has my name ever been enrolled as an applicant for a pension. and I hereby reaffirm  certify

claimwholesome to any pension or any annuity except the present fact which I am now an applicant sworn to and subscribed M rs Samuel X White month this fourth day of September 1832 -
We John Burch and clergymen residing in the County of Ohio and State of Virginia and John Parrott in the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that we have been and are well acquainted with Samuel White who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age and he is deputed and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a son the revolution and we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Burch Geo McCloud clerk John Parrott 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 stated and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Burch who has signed the proceedings certificate is a Clergyman resident in the county of Ohio and State of Virginia and that John Parratt who has also signed the same is a resident in the county and state aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit
I John McCallack clerk of the county court of Ohio county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the application of Sarah White for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of September 1832
John McCallack clerk

This County be Wit
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said county in the state of Virginia: Daniel White who being duly sworn deposes, and saith that he knoweth of no person living at this time by whom he could prove his claim - as set forth in his declaration to the war department to which this is attached. Having removed from that section of the country upwards of forty years ago and never having visited that country since, and further that he received two discharges for his services, during the revolutionary and that said discharges were lost as set forth in said declaration. Signed June the 21 st 1833-
12.6.99 James M. White Stephen Patten
John Parrott                      James his White Justice of the peace mark for Ohio County, Va
Virginia                      3 Ohio County                      3rd I John M c Colloch Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do certify that John Parrott Esq before whom the foregoing deposition was taken then was and yet is an acting justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn according to law to all whose acts as such due faith and credit is due & given
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County Court at Wheeling this twenty second day of July 1833 Jno M c Colloch

12.499
Samuel White
Ohio co.
Virginia
Admit as parole 9 1/2 months, 37.66
13.16.
Ant. 1.2.7.
Apl 30. '37-
P. 364
John Parrott
Flats of Grave Run
Ohio co.
Virginia

BRIEF in the case of  Samuel White  of  Ohio co  in the State of  Virginia  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Draft     Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1777 7 15 Gen. Washington Col. W. Gibbon & Maj. Bell   1778 2  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Brandywine, Germantown, Trenton  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chester co. Penn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not attached together by tape as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. W. Bradford. Examining Clerk.

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7871 INVALID. am
File No. 7871
Samuel White
Prin Row War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 163 , Page 203
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel White, Ohio co Virginia which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
The object for which this was originally returned has not been accomplished as a general practice release of authentication —

Samuel White Piqua Ohio City.
Dead

Samuel White.
This Penruddock is dead. - I was unable to ascertain when he did die - from all the information I could collect. I am inclined to think that he was killed in the war- of the Revolution. but how long he served as such I could not ascertain.
W G Duglethor
July 4, 1835