Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11428, John White, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass,
White, John Lucy
R.11428
CONTENTS

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act passed by Congress July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to Certain Widows -
State of New York } Cayuga County } } on this first day of September 1838 Personally appeared before me
Ebenezer Smith one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State of New York. Lucy White aged Eighty Years on the 8 th day of October 1838. a resident of the Town of Seneca, in said County & State, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath Make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions Made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled an Act granting half Pay and Pensions Certain to Widows -
That she is the Widow of John White, who Died on the 25 th day of August 1828. That he was a Revolutionary Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and that he never drew a Pension. she says, that he Enlisted in the Town of Dudley, County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts for the term of one Year as a Private & served his time out honorably and faithfully, she believes - that she was Married to him on the 15 th day of April 1779 by the Reverend Mr. Gurnea that her name was Lucy Bonant before she was Married, she says, that he Enlisted under Captain Whitehead & belonged to his company, & Col. Mifflins Regiment in March 1777 - she says, the reason he did not try to obtain a Pension under the act passed by Congress in 1818, was, that he was worth Three or Four Thousand Dollars, & he was told, he could not obtain a Pension, and he Died in 1828. That he lived in the Town of Charlton, Worcester County, and State of Massachusetts when he Died, he was unwell several years before he Died & died of the Dropsy - That she was

not Married to him prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 Subscribed and Sworn this Lucy White 1 st day of September 1838 before me Eben d Smith judge of Cayuga county courts
State of New York } I Josiah White aged Forty two Years Cayuga county } & Susannah R White aged Thirty Eight Years both of the Town of Seneca Falls, County & State aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law, doth on their Oath say, that they have been personally acquainted with Lucy White, the Widow of John White deceased as long as they can remember, & that they know, she has remained a Widow, ever since the period of said John White's death, & that he died on the 25 th day of August 1828 as stated in her Declaration - Subscribed and sworn before Josiah White on this 1 st day of September 1838 Susannah R White Eben d Smith judge of Cayuga county courts
I certify that Josiah White & Susannah White are persons of truth and morality & reputable in their neighbourhood, & that they subscribed and sworn to the above before me Eben d Smith judge

I Ebenezer Smith the Judge within named and before whom the Declaration of Lucy White the Applicant for a Pension within named was made, and before whom the proceedings were held, do hereby certify and declare my Opinion after the investigation of the Matter that the said Lucy White is the Widow of John White Deceased, and that her said Husband was a Revolution- ary Soldier, & that her Declaration is just and true - & I further certify, that in my Opinion the said Lucy White is utterly unable from bodily infirmity consequent on old age to attend Court for the purpose of making her De- -claration
E. Smith Judge
State of New York County of Cayuga ss I hereby certify that Ebenezer Smith Esqr whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the first day of September Inst. a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cayuga duly qualified and that the several signatures within and above purport to be his are genuine. Witness my hand and official seal this 27th day of September 1838 Geo. Nassau Foster. Dep. Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. I Jos. G. Kendall Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County, certify, that Linus Child, within named, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified and that the sig- nature of his name, within written, ap- pears to be in his own hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester, this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1808. Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk.

I Elisha W. Williams of the Town of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, do depose and say, that I am Clerk of the Town of Dudley aforesaid, that I have examined the Records of said Town from which I make the following extract, viz -
"This certifies whom it may concern that the couples hereafter mentioned were married at the times specified by the subscriber (viz)
John White & Lucy Leonard, both of Dudley, April the fifteenth one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine Dudley March 8 th 1780.
Charles Gleason, Clerk
I Elisha W. Williams, above named, depose and say, that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Dudley with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair, legible figures as follows. "April 15 th 1779."
Dudley August 11 th 1856 E. W. Williams Clerk of the Town of Dudley aforesaid
Sworn before me - Linus Child Justice of the Peace
I certify that Elisha W. Williams who subscribed and sworn to the above before me is a man of truth and integrity and respectable in his neighbourhood Linus Child J. P.

V m 2221 N. York
Lucy White
let. to L. B. Canfield 26. April '39
" Hon. H. S. Conger July 16/50
Sylvester Taylor Octo 13/
Same Nov 12/53
11 H 28
Act July 1838

11428
P.O. Lucy White
Service: John  Mar
Enlisted: N.Y. _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
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Granville Bradford Co. Pa Sept 23, 1883.
Wond Sir
I am requested by Mr. Rufus White for- merly of Josephus Co. N.Y. to make the following enquiries respecting an application made by Lucy White - widow of John White a Revolution- ary soldier, who served as an artificer in said war - whose claims were made out & agreed to be presented by an authorized agent by the name of - Canfield of Homer N.Y. about the year 1837-8 -
If rec d - by whom - & whether a pension was granted - & to whom - If rec d & not granted - please state the reasons - & also - whether the heirs can now be permitted to supply what- ever testimony is now necessary - if so - state whether the testimony is now in the Pension Office - or has been removed - if so by whom -
2. Mr White is fearful that a pension has been granted & not paid over to the widow in her life time, & therefore has instructed me to make the above enquiries -
Respectfully Yours.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sylvester Taylor

Cramaville Bradford Co Pa.
Oct 29, 1853.
Friend Sir
Yours of the 13 th inst was rec d the 22 nd . It was from a verbal statement made to me by Mr Rufus White son of John & Lucy White that I made my former communication -
He has since put into my hands a letter from "J. S. Edwards" dated "War Department Pension Office April 26, 1839" wherein I learn the date & that "the papers of Mrs Lucy White widow of John White have been examined & filed " -
Here I learn the difficulty - for "It is alleged that the claimants husband served 12 months in 1777 under Capt o Whitehead in Col. Mifflins reg t in the State of Massachusetts; but it does not appear (say the letter) that there was a Capt o of the name of Whitehead - or a Col. of the name of Mifflin in the service of that state" - The proof in regard to the date of the claimants marriage if no other objections existed is insufficient &c" -
In reference to the first objection I know nothing of the statements made in the "Declaration" - but I understand that it since has been ascertained that there were such officers in the Pennsylvania line of troops in which state he was stationed & must therefore have been transferred under those officers if at all -
In reference to the proof of marriage - Mr White says he assured that Mr Canfield sent to "Dudley, Worcester Co Massachusetts & obtained a certificate from the Town Records & which if lost can be obtained again -
Whether Mr Canfield ever sent the certificate when the papers were in his hands - or whether

Mr — Rhoads — or — Conger whom he afterwards authorised to transact his business & who now has his "power of attorney" — he is unable to say — In conclusion permit me to enquire whether there remains anything further that Mr Rufus White can do to revive & obtain what is evidently his due in his mothers right who is now dead . If so please to forward me the necessary blanks & I will endeavour to assist & have them properly made out —
Respectfully Yours Sylvester Taylor

2221
Lucy White Application wid. of John for a Pension
Oct 1838

I Caleb Rider of Bennington in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont being now in Charlem in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that John White of Charlem in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts enlisted as a soldier in Capt. White's company and Col. Mifflin's regiment, in March A.D. 1777, and served therein in the revolutionary war in the Continental establishment, the term of one year, and at the expiration thereof was duly discharged. That I served with him as a soldier in the same company, during the same term and was discharged therefrom at the same time.
Caleb Rider
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss, August 2 d 1819. Caleb Rider personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed in my presence —
Wm. Stedman Justice of the peace

Belotown 1 st 1838
Dear Sir -
please examine this claim and inform me the result - This
Affidavit was taken some years since, & it is not authenticated agreeable to the rules, they thought of trying for a Pension for the old man at the time it was taken - but found out they could not succeed, because he was worth too much property - your aff.
D. H. Campfill -
Warren, Cortland County N. York
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Upham John
near me