Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1964, Ebenezer White, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass
White, Ebenezer Abigail
W. 1964
CONTENTS

10.390 P
From Massachusetts
Ebenezer White
of Plymouth in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Sergeant of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence 7 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of May 1818 and put to Nahum Mitchell Esq. East Brattlewater Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Mar ch 1819. 79. 48
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sep r 1819. 48. 00
9 Mo s 29 31
$127.48
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Massachusetts Dept. of War Ebenezer White Pension Boston 6th March 1819 64. 48 Dollars

Ebenezer White Middleboro
(1775)
Private
1st Sergeant, Regiment Massachusetts Line 1776-1780
Samuel
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Plymouth
ss.
On this 7 th day of May A o 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Ebenezer White of  Middleboro' 60 of Plymouth aged sixty one years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed , in order to obtain the provision made by the late act 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," viz That he enlisted and enter- ed into said war in July 1775 in Capt. John Porter's Company and Col. P.D. Sargeant's Regiment in the Massachusetts Regiment Line and contin- to serve to the last of December 1775, the term for which he enlisted; and without leaving the service enlisted again for one year in Capt. Frederick Pops Company and the same Regiment and con- tinued to serve therein one year and until the last of December 1776 - and that he was at the taking of the Hessians at Trenton - that he was also on Long Island during said term and had a great deal of skirmishing, but no regular battle. - That he was discharged on the West side of the Delaware opposite Trenton, but was so badly sick and frozen that he was unable to move for six weeks and did not arrive home till the next April - That he afterwards served in the States service a considerable time -

That he knows of no person excepting Luther Cary who was a fifer in the same Company, who can testify to his services, & he lives in a remote part of the District of Maine, if he can procure his affidavit he will forward it — that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support, —
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ebenezer White — — — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress; and that the said White is poor and needs the assistance of his country for support — Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge; and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

Ebenezer White Faulkner
10390
from Mass. to Ohio
om

In the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County Ohio Tuesday August 8 th 1820 Present the Honorable Benjamin Lappan President of the Fifth circuit of the courts of Common Pleas in the State of Ohio — and the Honorable — John Hoover Samuel Beckett James Black & Enquiries
His Associates and Judges of the same court when held in this County of Stark — Then Ebenezer White comes into Court and makes his affidavit under the act of Congress entitled "An Act In addition to an act 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 — which is in the words and figures following that is to say — State of Ohio Stark County ss. On this 8 th day of August 1820 personally appear- ed in Open Court being a court of Common Pleas for the aforesaid County Ebenezer White aged 63 years resident in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows in the Regiment commanded by Col Paul D r Sergeant and the Company commanded by Capt Frederick Updegraff of the Massachusetts Line Pension certificate num- bered 16.390 date of original declaration of March 1818 — And do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof without thereby so to diminish it as to bring me within the provi- sions of an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & naval service of the United States in

in the revolutionary War & passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not now has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contain- ed in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed —
  An Old Horse . . . . . $25.00   And Yoke of Oxen . . . . . 60.00   One Cow and Calf . . . . . 10.00   One Yearling Heifer . . . . . 5.00   Four Hogs . . . . . 5.00   One Horse waggons . . . . . 20.00   One Plough . . . . . 10.00   One Axe . . . . . 2.00   One Old Scythe . . . . . 0.75   137.75   Cash . . . . . 8.75   146.50   Debts due by me to individuals 178.00   Amount of Property . . . . . 146.50   Balance against me 31.50 
My occupation for 25 years past has been that of a Mariner excepting the two last years being unable to make a living excepting by the labour of my son Albert White aged 17 years the other part of my family Abigail White my wife aged 45 years David White aged 15 who is unable to do any thing being weakly and partly blind James White aged 11 years I myself am not able to do much if any thing being afflicted with Rheumalick. Com- plaints
Ebenezer White
Sworn & subscribed in open court at Court town 8 August 1820
W. Lacey for Clerk

Whereupon the court order the said Affidavit be recorded and that it be certified that it appears to the satisfaction of the court by disinterested testimony that the said Ebenezer White is possessed of property to the value of 137\frac{75}{100} Dollars and no more —
Record
Attest
Ques W. Reynolds Clerk
Frank County Ohio.
In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of the court of common pleas in the said county of Frank I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said county at Canton 1 st day of November 1820
W. Reynolds for Ques W. Reynolds Clerk

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Ohio County of Stark -
ss.
On this Eighth day of February 182 1 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Stark personally appeared Ebenezer White who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Frederick Dape in the regiment commanded by Colonel Paul D. Sargent in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
Ebenezer White
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
James Williams Justice of the Peace
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

Stark County Ohio Yrs
In Testimony that Janus Williams Esq is now one of the Justices of the peace in said County by lawful authority duly Commissioned qualified and acting as such I hereunto Sign my Name and affix the Seal of said County at Canton the 8th February 1820
Wm Reynolds Esq
[Faint mirrored signature: Janus Williams Esq]
[Faint mirrored text: Note. The call to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.]

359. Ohio C Nigail White of Ebenezer White
served in the Revolutionary Mass
as a private
one from $40
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
per annum, to commence on day of March, 1848.
rate of Pension issued the day of July 1857, nt to
Edwards & Smith Present
on Roll of Pensioners under act 1848, Page 359 Vol. a.

The State of Ohio } Portage County } On this sixth day of July A.D. 1849 Personally appeared before me, the undersigned an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, Abigail White, a resident of Deerfield in said Coun- -ty aged seventy four years who being duly sworn, according to law, dott, on her oath, makes the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July the 29 th 1848. That she was Married to Ebenezer White on the 29 th day of March (1797) Seventeen hundred and ninety seven, that her husband the said Ebenezer White died on the 27 th day of April A.D. 1824; that she was not Married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hun- -dred, viz: at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension - and that she has never married since the death of the said Ebenezer White - Abigail White
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me - Thomas B. Silby Associate Judge -
I hereby certify that Mrs. Abigail White who made and executed the above affidavit cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court - Thomas B. Silby Associate Judge -

The State of Ohio On this 6 th day of July A D 1849 personally appeared Portage County ss before me an Associate Judge within and for said County, Albert G. White who being duly sworn, according to law, atts. on his oath, say that Abigail White is the wid- ow of Ebenezer White that he died on the 27 th day of April 1824 that the said Abigail White has lived, and made her home with me since the death of her husband, and that she has never remarried since the death of the said Ebenezer White
Albert G. White
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Thomas W. Kelby Associate Judge

The State of Ohio, PORTAGE COUNTY, ss.
} J. Horace V. Beebe
Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, within and for the county of Portage and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that Thomas B. Selby Esquire, before whom the foregoing and an- nexed affidavits were taken, was at the time of taking the same, an Assistant Judge in and for said coun- ty, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts, as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the fore- going signatures purporting to be his, are genuine as I believe.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna, this eleventh day of July A. D. 1849 Horace V. Beebe CLERK.

"Ebenezer White and Abigail Nye, both of Wareham, were married March the Thirtieth Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Seven."
I, G. A. Shurtleff, certify that the above is a true copy of the Record of the town of Wareham with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows: "March ye 30 th 1797." G. A. Shurtleff, Town Clerk
I, G. A. Shurtleff, above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Wareham in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town with the exception above-named, as certified by me.
G. A. Shurtleff { Clerk of the Town of Wareham
Plymouth p December 23 d 1848
Sworn to Before me
Seth Miller Jr Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Clerks Office Dec 25 1848
Plymouth ss
I Nathaniel Clarke of the Superior Court for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Seth Miller from before whom the present affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature before written is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Superior Judicial Court on this day & year aforesaid
Nathaniel Clarke

December 20, 1933
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Mrs. H.D.Pritchard 231 Eastern Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan
BA-J/EEL Daniel White -S.15238 Ebenezer White-W.1964
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the records of Daniel, Ebenezer, Ebadiah and William White, pensioners for Revolutionary War service.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to make a series of investigations and reports for one person or organization, in regard to soldiers of that war. The records of Daniel and Ebenezer White are given herein as found in the respective claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel White S.15238
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Daniel White are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Hebron, Connecticut, he enlisted in June, 1775, served as a private in Captain Eliphalet Bulkley's Connecticut Company and in Colonel Erastus Wolcott's Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged about the first of February following.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, at which time he was aged eighty-three years and resided in Hebron, Connecticut, where, he stated, he had always resided.
He died April 10, 1833, place not shown.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
*****

Ebenezer White W.1964
Ebenezer White was born in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts: the date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Middleborough, Massachusetts, he enlisted in July, 1775, served as a private in Captain John Porter's Company, Colonel Paul D. Sargent's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged the latter part of December, 1775: he immediately re-enlisted, served in Captain Frederick Pope's Company, in the same regiment, was in the battle of Trenton and in several skirmishes on Long Island and served one year. He stated that he afterward was engaged in state service but gave no details.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-one years and resided in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
Later, he resided in Wareham, Massachusetts and in 1820, was residing in Stark County, Ohio: At that time he stated that he had been a mariner for twenty-five years, "excepting the last two years". He was referred to as Captain White: no explanation was made for the title.
He died April 27, 1824, place not shown.
The soldier married March 30, 1797, Abigail Nye: both were then of Wareham, Massachusetts, and their marriage was recorded on the records of the town clerk of said Wareham.
Soldier's widow, Abigail, was allowed pension on her application executed February 1, 1849: said application was made in Portage County, Ohio. Abigail was aged forty-five in 1820. She died August 23, 1851, place not shown.
In 1820, the following children are referred to: Albert, aged seventeen: David, aged fifteen: and James aged eleven years, respectively. In 1849, son D.W. White was editor of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: in same year, one Albert G. White stated that Abigail White, widow of Ebenezer White, had resided with him since the death of her husband, but did not give the relationship.

In 1818, one Silas White was a resident of Middleborough, Massachusetts: relationship to the family not shown.
There are no further data as to family.
* * * * *
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Boston May 15. 1820
Capt. Eben White
Sir I have at length been able, to draw your Pension Money, and herewith enclose you Forty Seven Dollars - viz - U.S. Bank Note $20 dated Feb. 1. 1817 pay to Wm. Gray N o 938. also $20 U.S. Note. dated Feb. 1. 1817 pay to Wm. Gray N o 681. - $5 U.S. Note dated 24 th March pay to E. Wentworth N o 195 also a Note of State Bank pay to W. King N o 3288 dated June 17. 1814 for $2. Hope the enclosed money will arrive safe. -
With Esteem
Yrs O b t. Serv t
James P. Pkins

253 Abigail White widow of Ebenezer Ohio.
Suspended let 25 May 1849 Hon. M. Hampton Det. White June 5 49
Act 23 July 1848

Mr Shapleigh Wrote Nov 15, returning letter of H. L. Marshall 35 yrs old of York as it contained but so common name no data by which he could be identified with the only person of that name from Me. who lived during the war in Middleboro married Abigail Nye of Wareham both in Plymouth Co. Mass & after the war moved to Ohio
Abigail Nye

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1933 Dec 20 - Hint. to Mrs H.D. Pritchard. Letter in case of Daniel White D15239 E6L
File No. 1964 Miguel White Widow Ebenezer White Pr. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1845 Index: Vol. M. Page 328.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sir,
Feby 6. 1851
We desire to examine the papers in the case of Abigail White widow of Ebenezer White a rev. pension under act of 18 march 1818 at $96 —
* The widow resides in Ohio
Edwards & Smith
J. Heath Esq.

Abigail White Ohio - 29 yrs
Feb 6, 1851
Ex 63 Feb 57 Ed. Smith

Pension Agency
Cincinnati 1 st May 1850
Isaac D. Cook Com r . of Pensions
Sir, Please find enclosed the Certificate of Mrs. Abigail White, which appears to be entitled to a pension. Shall her name be entered under act 31 st July 1848 or 2 nd of February 1848.
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t James Hall,
Pension Ag t

Washington 23 June 1831
Sir,
Enclosed is the original Pension Certificate of Abigail White, widow of Ebenezer White, which you called for in your letter of the 13th ultimo, Eight months additional service of her husband having been established. Please send the new Certificate to us.
Very Respectfull Edwards V Smith
J. B. Heath Esq Comm. Pens,

Reported
Certificate returned for correction - Corrected returned to Pension Agent 13 May 1857 Edward Smith 13 May 1857
359 C Ohio lin Higail White ow of Ebenezer White
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00
Certs per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Oct r 1847. and sent to
D. N. White Pittsburgh Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 29 1848, Page 399 Vol. 1 Book Q.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 1 th February 29, 1848, Abigail White widow of Ebenezer White who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Forty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 4 th day of October one thousand eight hundred and Forty nine.
T. Manning
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

War Department,
No 10.390.
PENSION OFFICE,
March 24 th 1821.
SIR :
You are hereby informed that the Schedule of your property has been examined, and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
You will be paid, at the ensuing semi-annual payment in September next, the sum that may be then due from the time of suspending your pension. Funds for the purpose will be transmitted at that time; but no arrearages will be paid previous thereto.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Ebenezer White
of Stark County. Ohio
Care of the Hon. S. Sloane.
Wooster.
Ohio.

Gazette Office Fithburg, Aug 17, 1847,
J. L. Edwards, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions; Dear Sir,
Your letter, of date June 4, last, states that the claim of my Mother, Abigail White, widow of Capt. Ebenezer White, "may be allowed for $40 per annum, commencing March 4, 1848, upon a declaration being exhibited, made before a Court of Record, or before a Judge of a Court of Record, if she is unable to appear in open Court by reason of "old age and infirmity."
That declaration is enclosed in this letter, and you will oblige me much, by allowing the pension at the earliest possible day, as it is not probable my Mother will be permitted long to enjoy it.
She declines to attempt to procure evidence for the purpose of obtaining an increased amount, as you suggest—as you suggest—as the $40 will be sufficient for those little necessities and purposes of benevolence which she contemplates.
Respectfully, your Obedient son J. N. White

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
March 24 th , 1821.
SIR:
AGREEABLY to your request, you have this day been transferred from the Roll of Massachusetts, to that of Ohio. . . . . . to take effect from and after the 4 th day of March 1820.
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your obedient serv t ,
J. L. Edwards
Mr. Ebenezer White, U. S. Pensioner.
care of the Hon J Sloane. Wester, Ohio.

Pittsburgh, Feb. 12, 1848
To the Commissioner of Pensions:
Sir. - Some weeks since I transmitted to your office, through the Hon. Moses Hampton, an application for a pension for Mrs. Abigail Abigail White, widow of Capt. Ebenezer White, a Revolutionary pensioner, deceased, and forwarded at the same time documentary evidence to show that Capt. White was a revolutionary soldier, and received a pension, as such, from Government while he lived.
I now transmit documentary evidence to show:
1. A paper, properly certified, the showing the applicant was married to Capt. White previous to 1800.
2. The affidavit of the applicant, that she is the widow of Capt. White, and that she has never been married, or applied for a pension before.
3. The same paper certified to G. Albert G. White.
I now think the chain of evidence to entitle Mrs. White to a pension is complete. If any thing more is wanting please let me know.
Respectfully, D. A. White, Editor Pittsburgh Daily Gazette
Communications may be addressed to Mr. Hampton, or myself

Gazette Office Rithborough, May 29, 1897.
Hon. Moses Hampton,
Dear Sir: I sincerely thank you for your kind and prompt attention to the business of my aged Mother, in relation to her application for a pension. The blessing of the widow will come upon you. Yours, of the 25th, enclosing a letter from the Pension Office was received this morning, and I beg leave still further to trouble you, to make another inquiry in relation to the matter. Mr. Edwards finds two defects, if I understand him correctly, in my Mother's application. One is, that her declaration was made before a Justice of the Peace, instead of in Open Court. I know not why it was so made, as I know she travelled to the County seat for the purpose of legalizing this paper. However, this is a defect which can be remedied. The other defect is, some omission in the papers filed by my father, and on which he obtained a pension. If this is a defect, I fear it is a fatal one; as it is hardly probable that the names of the officers Mr. Edwards mentions, can be obtained at this late day, as, although my father went from the town of Middlesex, in the county of Plymouth, when he first joined the army, yet he was then afterwards, being a young single

near, to  have joined troops raised in any part of the state. But it appears strange to me, that if my father, during his life-time, presented such evidence to the Department as entitled him to a pension, that my Mother is not entitled to a pension on the same evidence, but is asked to go back for evidence to establish my father's claim. And this is the question I wish you to propound to Mr. Edwards, whether it is necessary for my Mother in order to secure a pension, to search the records of Massachusetts to obtain evidence of my father's service in the Revolutionary War. This is a question which I assuredly thought was once decided, and that my Mother having shown that my father was once a Revolutionary Pensioner, under the act of 1818, and that she was married to him previously to 1800, and that she has remained in a state of widowhood since his death, was strictly entitled to the bounty of the country. But if she is to go back for seventy odd years to find evidence to substantiate what the Department has once decided upon, I fear that the benevolent intentions of Congress to the few remaining widows of the revolution will in her case never be realized.
Truly your friend and well-wisher, S. N. White

I beg leave respectfully to call the attention of the Commissioner of Pensions to the letter of Mr White, and direct his answer to Dr. N. White Esq Pittsburgh Penn a , as I am about to leave the city -
Very Respectfully M Hampton

Gazette Office
Nittany, Sept. 27, 1849.
To Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir - Some time last spring, application was made at your Bureau for a Pension for my Mother, Mrs. Abigail White, widow of Capt. Ebenezer White, deceased. Evidence that my father was a pensioner was sent and admitted, and on the 25th of May last, I was informed, by letter of that date, that her declaration, which had been transmitted, was incorrect, from not having been made before a Judge of a Court of Record. The same letter contained the following extract:
"On referring more particularly to her husband's declaration under act March 18, 1818, I find that besides his year's service in 1776, for which he was pensioned he alleges to have served in 1775 in Capt. John Porter's Company, and Col. Paul D. Sargent's Regiment and that after 1776 he served in the State service but does not give the officer's names. On application being made to the Secretary of State of Massachusetts sets forth the town from which her husband went, it is probable that some evidence of the service in 1775 and after 1776 may be obtained."
I immediately wrote for explanation of this, and received in reply a letter dated June 5, 1849.

from which I learned that my mother received a pension of $96, for proof of one year's service, and that for "That I receive the rate of her widow's Pension would be but $40 per annum." But if proof could be produced of more than one year's service, the Pension would be larger. The letter closed with the following statement:-
"The claim may be allowed for $40 per annum, commencing 4 March, 1848, upon a declaration being at- "hibited made before a Court of "Record, or before a Judge of a Court "of Record, if she is unable to appear "in open Court, by reason of old "age and infirmities!"
I placed the matter before my Mother, and she preferred to take $40 per annum, rather than take any further trouble with it, and the Declaration drawn up in due form before a Judge of a Court of Record, was despatched to your office two or three months ago, since when we have heard nothing about it.
I now write, sir, to ask the cause of this delay? My mother's days are nearly numbered, if she is to receive this pittance from her country, she wants it now, or it will soon be too late. Will you please inform me why my Mother's Com-

trifecta of Pensions does not issue, and after there are still any difficulties in the way. An early reply would be much obliged
Yours, Most respectfully J. A. White, Editor Pittsburgh Gay.
Hon. L. L. Edwards, Commission of Pensions

Feb 7 1857
Mr Cole
- a Copy
Eraw
copy of versions

Cincinnati 27. Jany 1857 J. S. Edwards Esq Sir.
Please find enclosed the papers of Abigail White & a copy of letters written by you on the same subject in 1849. She supposes that something is due her for services of her husband rendered in 1775. If so please have the claim attended to & she shall pay all the necessary charges Very Respectfull W. B. Barry

Washington 3. Feby 1857
Sir,
It appears from a copy of a letter which we have, dated the 5. June 1849 from the Com d . of Pensions to a Mr. D. N. White, son of Abigail White, widow of Ebenezer White who was a revolutionary pensioner under the act of 18. March 1818 at $96. per annum, for one years service in 1776, & which widow, we suppose is now pensioned for the same service at the rate of $40. per annum, Also a copy of a letter from Com d . of Pensions to Hon. M. Hampton, dated May 25. 1849, that upon furnishing the Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of more than the one years service of said Ebenezer White, for which he was pensioned, an additional pension would be granted to Mrs. White, We herewith send such Certificate of the Secretary of Mass, of the service of said Ebenezer White for 8 months service in 1775, in Capt John Porters Co. Col. Paul D. Dargents regiment, as a private of Middlebury, Please report to us the result of the case, & if a certificate for an additional pension is issued, send it to us &
Much Oblige
Very Respectfully Yours
Edward K Smith
J. C. Heath Esq. Com d . of Pensions

Abigail White Application for a Pension Evidence in cause
Edward V Smith agents for applicant

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
January 16, 1857.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Ebenezer White is borne on rolls of 8 mos. service in 1775, in Capt. John Porter's Co. Col. Paul D. Sargent's Regt. as a private, of Middleboro, - on coat roll of this Co. Nov. 20, 1775. —

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
Francis Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, made by the Widow of the party who rendered the service.
State of Ohio County of Hamilton Town of Cincinnati
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Ebenezer White in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts , in the year 1775 as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain John Foster in Col. Bowdoin's Regiment and he served as follows, * viz:—
From 1775 to 1776 and after said period he served in the State Service
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

State of Ohio } Be it known that before me Wm B Hamilton Co } Barry a Notary public duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared before me Abigail White the wife of Ebenezer White the identical person who served in the War of 1775, 1776 and afterwards in the State Guard, who being duly sworn testifies to the correctness of the statements made herein
I am now 75 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand, this 20 th day of Oct r A. D. 1850
Signed by said in my presence,
J. M. White
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Abigail White
Wm B. Barry Notary public

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Abigail White widow of Ebenezer Ohio.
admitted age 29 July 1848. Pr: $40 per an Con 4 March 1848
D. N. White Pittsburgh. Pa

The State of Ohio } Personally appeared Abigail White, before Portage County ss: } me, Peter Hartzog a justice of the peace in and for said County and in said State of Ohio, who being first duly sworn by me, deposes and says, that she is widow of Ebenezer White, who was a revolutionary soldier and a United States Pensioner the evidence of which is already furnished to the department. The said Ebenezer White died April 27 th 1824. That she has never re-married, but still continues to be the widow of the aforesaid Ebenezer White, and that she further swears that she has never before made application for a pension. Abigail White
Sworn to and subscribed, on the first day of February in the year 1849. before me, Peter Hartzog, justice of the peace.
The State of Ohio } Also Personally appeared before me, the subscriber a justice of Portage County ss: } the peace in and for said County, in the State of Ohio, Albert G. White, who being first duly sworn by me, deposes and says, that he knows the above named Abigail White, to be the widow of the above named Ebenezer White who was a United States pensioner, and died, at the time above stated, that she has ever since resided with him, that she has never re-married, but still continues to be the widow of the above named Ebenezer White. That she has never before made application for a pension. Albert G. White.
Sworn to & subscribed before me. the 1 st day of February 1849. Peter Hartzog, justice of the peace.

The State of Ohio Portage County ss
I Horace G. Beebe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Portage in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that Peter Madzelle Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine as I believe -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this seventh day of February A.D. 1849
Horace G. Beebe Clerk

I Solomon Bryant of Weston in the county of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & say that Ebenezer White now of Wareham in the county of Plymouth & Commonwealth aforesaid & formerly of Middleborough in said county did enlist in the American Service in the Revolutionary War, at said Middleborough, sometime in the month of July or August in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy five, in a company commanded by Capt. John Porter & in a Regiment under the command of Col. Paul D. Sargents, & served at this time until the month of December then following & in said December the said White again enlisted in the Continental Service in a company commanded by Capt. Frederick Pope in the Regiment aforesaid for the term of one year; I do further testify & say that the said White served during the time for which he enlisted as aforesaid; that I was during the whole of the times aforesaid a soldier in the same companies, & that he the said White & myself were in the battles of Glosin Hook fort, Harlem Heights, White Plains & Trenton. And further I say not.
Solomon Bryant
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. August 12 th 1810.
Personally appeared Solomon Bryant above named, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed: — I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office.
I hereby certify that Solomon Bryant has resided in the town of Weston for about fourteen years, & sustains a good character as a man of integrity & veracity. Isaac Pitkin. J. Pray.

Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I hereby certify that the aforesaid Isaac Tike is a respectable Magistrate and attorney for the county of Middlesex and is authorized to take depositions, and that I am well acquainted with him and have no doubt that the fore- going is his true and genuine handwriting & signature.
Nahum Mitchell: Judge etc.

I Ebenezer White of Wareham do Testify that in the year 1776 I was in Capt. Fredericks Pops Company & Col. Paul D. Sargants Regiment, and that Joseph Wright of Plympton was in the same Company with me until the first of December when he was left at Peeks hill in the State of New York unwell -
Ebenezer White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. Plympton August 1st. 1818
Then Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for the said County the above named Ebenezer White who after being Carefully Examined and Cautioned to testify the whole Truth and nothing but the truth - made solemn Oath. to the truth of the above Deposition by him signed. Taken at the Request of Joseph Wright of Plympton, in the said County of Plymouth to be Used in the Office of the Secretary at war of the United States of America
Elijah Pribbee
The aforesaid Joseph Wright and Ebenezer White are both credible witnesses and the said Elijah Pribbee is a magistrate in the County of Plymouth and authorized by law to take depositions and the foregoing is his hand writing and genuine signatures in each instance
Nahum Mitchell: Judge

I Joseph Wright of Plympton of Lawful age Testify and say that Ebenezer White of Wareham but formerly of Middleton in the said County of Plymouth - that the said Ebenezer White in the year 1776 was in the service in the American Revolution Army for one year with me in Capt. Frederick Poper Company and Col. Paul D. Sargants Regiment - and that we served in said Company & Regiment from January 1st 1776 until then sometime in December following when we were separated by my being taken sick
Joseph Wright
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss - Plympton August 1st 1818
Then personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for the said County the above named Joseph Wright - who after being carefully examined and cautioned - to testify the whole truth and nothing but the truth Made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him signed - Taken at the Request of Ebenezer White of Wareham in the said County of Plymouth to be used in the Office of the Secretary at war of the United States of America
Elizah Bisbee

Silas White's affidavit

I Silas White of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts & of lawfull age do testify & say, that I know that Ebenezer White went into the Revolutionary Army as a soldier in the year 1775, sometime in the Month of July & was with the troops at or near Boston in the Regiment commanded by Col l Paul D r Sergeant — And that he continued in the Army till about the the 1 st of April 1776. — when he returned home, — That I was out in the Army myself & saw said Ebenezer White at New York City about the time of the retreat of our troops from Long Island; — And afterwards at White Plains, And further your deponent saith not.
Silas White
Plymouth ss On the 25 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1818. the aforesaid Silas White personally appeared & made oath that the above statement by him subscribed was just & true according to the best of his knowledge, before me.
Thomas Weston Justice of Peace
And I do certify that the said Silas White is a credible Wit- ness and that the said Weston is a respectable Magistrate of the said County of Plymouth and authorized to take Depositions and the foregoing is his true and genuine hand writing & signature.
Nahum Mitchell: Judge