Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37551, William White, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
White, William
S. 37551
CONTENTS

12.227 p
Alaine
William White 20
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel M c Donough of the Mass c line, for the term of 3 years
scribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of July 1818 and sent to Sarah  Alaine
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  86.89 emi-anl. all'ce ending 15 Sept 1818 10 22.40 30 31  $134.89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Notification sent July 22 nd 1820 to Josiah Stebbins, Alvah Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that William White , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Whitfield , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the ninth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of 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 March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, is is evidence produced by said applicant hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private and corporal in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this ninth day day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

I William White, of Whitefield in the County of Lincoln, and District of Maine, a resident citizen of the United States, on oath declare and say: That I served in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment in the Massachusetts line from about the first of May in the year 1775 to the end of the same war, in the following manner. First, I served eight months in the company of Capt. Rogers, in the regiment of Col. Gerrish, who was cashiered and succeeded by Col. Baldwin, from the first of May to the last of December, 1775. The year 1776 I served in the company of Capt. Bedlow in Col. Baldwin's regiment. The years 1777, 1778, and 1779 I served in Capt. Carr's company and Col. Weston's regiment, under a three years' enlistment. I then enlisted during the war, and served, part of the time as a private, and part of the time as a corporal, in the company aforesaid of Capt. Carr, to the end of the war, and received an honorable discharge under the hand of George Washington the Commander in Chief, which was dated about June, 1783. This discharge was put into the

hands of a gentleman to be used in a particular way for my benefit, and it is now out of my power. William C White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lincoln ss. On the ninth day of April A.D. 1818, before me Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit, personally appeared William White above named, and made oaths to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed.
Josiah Stebbins.
I, William White, further testify and declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support. William C White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Lincoln ss. April 8. 1819. Sworn to before me,
Josiah Stebbins, a Judge, C.C.P. 2 d E. Circuit.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
May 29 1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that William White served as a Soldier in Capt. Carr's Company, and Col. Wesson's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Jan'y. first 1777 to Decr. 31 st 1780 , being four years and months . That he enlisted for during the war. & that our records are not of a later date.
Helen Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

107 William White 2 o .
Whitford
12.227
Sept 1819
Hutton

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER , Judges of said Court.
ON this eighth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Jonah Stebbins a judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, William White aged Fifty nine years, resident in Whitefield in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private & corporal in the company commanded by Capt. Carr in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the ninth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12. 227 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
William White
Sworn to and declared, on the 8th day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Jonah Stebbins { One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
The Right of redeeming 32 acres of land mortgaged at $ 45 dollars — one yoke of oxen. Two cows One pig — a small number of articles of household furniture old & decayed. I have no debts due me & owe to Colo. B. Page one hundred fifty dollars, and the interest thereof for several years, exclusive of the above debt on the mortgage —
William White
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me who, by occupation am a husb and man reason of age & a rupture.
William White which I am not able to pursue by
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Polly White 58. my wife, able to support herself only in part.   That Nat. Coffin William White  
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Nothing  dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventh day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William White a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. file 37,551
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1, 75 8 mos. me  Rogers Gerrish Mass.   Baldwin "   76 1 yr me  Badlam Baldwin (Vol. Inf.)   Jan 1 77 June 1783 mi. & child. Samuel Carr Nesson "   " Michael Jackson "  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Apl. 8 1818-
Residence at date of application, Whitefield, Lincoln Co., Me.
Age at date of application, 57 years.
Remarks: 1820 he ref. to his wife Polly as 58 yrs. No further fam. data

Wm. White.
Rec d . 22 nd June 1819
# Mass s line Reg t Col t . Wilson
29 Jan y 77 - War
Correct by roll for AB certificate. see case of James Robinson

37551 Rev INVALID.
March - 5 - 1900 History to Mrs. Clifford Hubbell Buffalo 1911 Feb. 4. To G. S. Stewart later in John White S. 37,552.
File No. 37,551
William White Rev Rev
Act: 18 n March 18 n
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 575
[Arrangement of 1870.]