Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11765, Reuben White, Mass. New York

SERVICE
Mass. New York
White Reuben
NUMBER
S. 11765
CONTENTS
carded
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8723
New York
Reuben White
Greene Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Lusk of the Reg't commanded by Col. Carson in the N.Y. militia for 24 mos
N.Y. and Mass. Records completed May 12/55
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Apr 1833 and sent to Reuben Hooper Lexington Heights.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book Vol. 4 Page 35

11.333
Ruben White Offshore
admitted.
24 mo. Private.

Declaration In order to obtain the Benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. . . . .
State of New York
Green County Esq. On the Sixth day of September In the year one thou- , sand Eight Hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me William Buel the of the Judg s the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of Green State of New York. . . . . Ruben White a resident of the Town of Windham In the County of Green and State aforesaid aged Eighty years old who being first duly sworn according to law doth in his last make the following declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he Entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as I hereafter stated That he Enlisted at the Town of New Lebanon in the County of Columbia In the State of New York Enlisted on or about the seventh day of April in the year 1775 Enlisted for Nine Months In the Company Commanded by Captain Thomas Eustis Stephen Smith first and Hezekiah Osborne Second Lieutenants In the Regiment Commanded by Colonel James Egan Massachusetts Colonel or Gene- ) ral Ethan Allen had the Command Embodied a few days after Enlis- ) tment and marched to Albany and there waited a few days for orders from thence we marched to Fort George from thence to Schantaroga where we remained three or four months from thence to the river Saint Lawrence near to Saint Johns here we had a smart skirmish with the Enemy here I continued to serve out the term of my enlistment and on or about the first day of January 1776 I received an Honorable discharge from Captain Thomas Eustis. . . . And further this deponent says that on the first of April in the year 1777 he Enlisted his services as a New Soldier for the term of three months under Captain Smith of New Lebanon from thence marched to Canajoharie on the Mohawk River that he there continued to serve guarding the frontiers until his three months expired and was there Honorable discharged At that place by Captain Smith. . . . And this deponent further says that about the fourth of August 1776 he again Enlisted at New Lebanon under Captain Smith Enlisted for six months went from New Lebanon through the Country to Schenectady and after being there some months he

was taken Sick and Carried to the Hospital at Fort George where he lay Sick for more than two months unable to help him remained Sick In the Hospital at the time his Six Months Expired and sometime after this his friends came after him to Fort George and Carried him Home sometime In the winter about February in the year 1777. And this deponent further says that he remained Home the remainder of that winter where he was restored to his former Health again and that he again Enlisted at New Lebanon and was Enlisted for Six Months Enlisted under Captain Noah Wheaton of New Lebanon Enlisted on or about the twenty day of May 1777 that their march was to the northward To Ticonderouge was attached to General Simons Brigade was In the Battle at Bemington and after the Battle at Bemington he was put Into the Company Commanded by Captain William Douglas the Company moved to a place Called Pollet In the State of Vermont waited there a few days for some recruits and then proceeded across the Mountains through the Wilderness In a Body of six or seven hundred troops arrived at a place Called Stillwaters In the State of New York that he was In the Battle and taking of Burgoyne that some short time after the surrender of Burgoyne sometime the first of October or November he received his discharge from Captain Douglas his First Captain whom he had served between three and four months and during these several Campaigns he was In the Battle near St Johns In the Battle at Bemington and In the Battles before the surrender of Burgoyne. And this deponent further says that after the surrender of Burgoyne he volunteered at the above named place New Lebanon In an alarm and went to the northward under Captain Smith was gone twenty days and returned Home and discharged by Captain Smith. And this deponent further says that he volunteered In a Northern River to the northern frontiers under Captain Douglas to the northward was gone forty days returned Home discharged by Captain Douglas further says that he was out a number of other short hours on alarms that he forbears to mention He further says that he served In the service of the United States during the revolutionary war more than two years besides these alarms And this deponent further says that he sometimes received written discharges but they

have been for many years ago and further says that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services and I do further relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pension and I do further declare that my name is not on any pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn and Subscribed this Sixth day of September 1832 before me William Root one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of Green State of New York
Clergyman's Certificate
We Henry B. Stimson Clergyman and Eli P. Robinson a private character both residing In the Town of Windham In the County of Green and State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. Reuben White who has subscribed his name and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty years of age and that he is generally reported and believed In the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur In that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed this Sixth day of September 1832 before me William Root one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of Green State of New York Henry B. Stimson Eli P. Robinson
Interrogatories of the Judge
Question 1 st Where and In what year were you born and have you any Record of your age if so where is it
Answer I believe I was Born In the year 1752 I was Born In the Town of Situate In the State of Rhode Island I have no record of my age
Question 2 Where were you living when called into service where have lived since the Revolutionary War and Where do you now live

Answer When Called Into Service I Lived In the Town of New Lebanon In the County of Columbia State of New York and after the Revolutionary War Closed I lived In the same place for some years from thence I moved Into the Town of Parnachenee In the County of Albany from thence I moved Into the Town of Windham In the County of Green where I have lived Many years and where I now live
Question 4 th How were you Called Into Service were you drafted did you Volunteer or were you a Substitute and If a substitute for whom
Answer All my services In the Revolutionary War was Voluntary by Enlistment and not otherwise
Question 5 th State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your Service
Answer I will remember my Captain Thomas Swift Stephen Smith first and Hezekiah Osborne second Lieutenants Later by the Major James Eason The Colonel and General Ethan Allen had the Command In the 1775 In the year 1776 I will remember my own Company Officers I think Colonel Van Alstine Commanded a Regiment there In the Campaign to the northward in the year 1777 I will know my own officers well know General Gates General Lincoln had the Command of our Brigade and Many other Officers that I have seen and know by name I have forgot
Question 6 th did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and If so by whom was It given and what has become of It
Answer I most generally received a written discharge from my officers when My Time of Service Expired but all these discharges have been lost Many a year ago considering them of no Importance to me
Question 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are acquainted and know In your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your Character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer I am well acquainted with the Reverend Henry B. Hinson and Captain G. P. Robinson

Judges Certificate
I William Buel — Judge as aforesaid do declare that my opinion is 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 states and I do further certify that it appears to me that the Reverend Henry B. Hinson is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Windham and that the said Capt. E. P. Robinson who has signed his name with the said Henry B. Hinson in the above Certificate is also a resident of the Town of Windham is a man of respectability truth and veracity and is entitled to full credit as a witness And I do further certify that the said Ruben White the applicant is esteemed as a man of truth and veracity and I do further certify that it is my opinion that the said Applicant by reason of bodily infirmity cannot attend Court And it is my opinion and belief and I believe the general belief in the neighbourhood where the applicant he resides that he served in the revolution war as he states and I do further state that when I put the interrogatories to the applicant he was under oath
William Buel —
Judge as aforesaid
Clerks Certificate —
I
State of New York
Green County ss. Henry B. Hinson and E. P. Robinson
of the Town of Windham in the County of Green and State of New York being duly sworn doth on their several oaths depose and say that they and each of them are well acquainted with Mr. Ruben White who has above signed his name to the foregoing declaration believe him to be eighty years old and have often heard the said Ruben White say that he had served as a soldier in the revolution war and believe this to be the general opinion of his neighbours where he resides and

And that we concur in that opinion and further say that he is esteemed as a man of truth and veracity
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of September 1832 Before me Munson Buel - Henry B. Stinson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Eli P. Robinson for the County of Greene State of New York
I the said Judge do certify that the above named deponents are men of truth and veracity - Munson Buel
State of New York
Greene County ss
William T. D. Hermance Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene aforesaid do certify that Munson Buel Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn, was at the date of the same, a Judge of the said Court, (being a court of record) and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of September 1832
William T. D. Hermance Clerk

11,333
Reuben Wait
admitted
24 mo. Private
5.6.16
14 Feb. 1832
21. Dec. "
Reuben Hooford Lexington Heights New York
P 172

11,333
BRIEF in the case of Reuben White, - Windham,  Co. of Green in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does  3. How old is he? 80 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Ap l In 1775 9 private Gen. c Lusk, Col. c Eason   Ap l 1776 3 " Cap c Smith   + ab t 10 Aug t 76 6 " do   ab t 7 May 1777 6 " Cap c Wheaton, Cap c Douglas   "on Burgoyne's surrender" 20 " Gen l Lincoln   (blank) some 40 " Cap c Smith, Cap c Douglass  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bemington, Battles in taking Burgoyne, near St. Johns.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Trad'y 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? + part of time sick. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. Fawcett Examining Clerk.

Perkins
11765 INVALID.
File No. 11,765
Benjamin White
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 404
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
Green County Esq in the thirtieth day of January 1832 personally appeared before me Mennon Dome one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York Ruben White a resident of the Town of Windham in the County of Green and State of New York aged Eighty years old who Being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 says that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served under them as hereinafter stated says that he entered the service by enlistment on the seventh day of April in the year 1775 at the Town of New Lebanon in the County of Columbia State of New York for the term of nine months enlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Gush Stephen Smith was the first and and Stephen Osborne was the second Lieutenants and in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Eason of the Massachusetts Line Colonel or otherwise General Ethan Allen had the Command Embodied a few days after enlistment and marched from New Lebanon to the City of Albany and there halted a few days for orders from thence we marched to Fort George from thence to Ticonderoga where we remained three or four months from thence we marched to the river Saint Lawrence near to St. Johns here we had a smart skirmish with the Enemy here I continued to do service in the said Company and Regiment until the first day of January 1776 when I received an honorable discharge from Captain Thomas Gush And further he says that on the first day of April in the year 1776 he volunteered his services by enlistment at New- Lebanon for the term of three months and entered the service under Captain Stephen Smith of New Lebanon and from New Lebanon on

we Marched to Canajoherry on the Mohawk River there Continued to serve in the said Company in guarding the frontiers untill the first day of July 1776 and was there Honorably discharged on that day by Captain Stephen Smith and he further says that he again Entered the Service at the Town of New Schenobore on the fourth day of August 1776 under Captain Stephen Smith Enlisted under him for the term of six Months from New Schenobore we Marched through the Country to Schenectady and after being there some Months he was taken Sick and Carried to the Hospital at Fort George where he lay Sick for more than two Months unable to Help himself remained Sick in the Hospital at the time the six Months expired which six Months expired on the fourth day of February 1777 and that he Continued there unable to be removed for some days after which my friend came after me from home to Fort George and Carried me home some time after in February in the same month that in consequence of his being left Sick in the Hospital at the time his six Months expired and the officers not being here he received no discharge that He returned home and remained home during the remainder of the winter when he was restored to his former Health again and he further says that he again Entered the service at New Schenobore that on the seventh day of May 1777 he Enlisted under Captain Noah Wheaton of New Schenobore Enlisted for six months that we Marched to the northwards to a place called Schenectady where we were attack- ,ed to General Simons brigaid that I was in the battle at Bennington and after the battle at Bennington I was put into the Compa- ,ny commanded by Captain William Douglas in Egan's Regiment the Company moved to a place called the Picket in the state of Vermont - waited there a few days for some units to come on and then proceeded across the mountains through the wilderness in a body of six or seven hundred troops arrived at a place called Stillwater in the state of New York that he was

In the battles and taking Burgoyne's Huts after the surrender of Burgoyne on the twent fifth day of November 1777 he received his discharge at Stillwater from Captain Douglas his Last Captain And he further says that he again Entered the service at New Lebanon says that he volunteered his service on an Altman In the Company Commanded by Captain Smith Col. Eason's Regiment went to the Northward Entered the service on the South day of Summer 1777 and Continued In Service doing duty In the said Company until the thirtieth day of December 1777 returned Home and discharged by Captain Smith on said day And he further says that he again Entered the service at New Lebanon on the first day day of January 1778 volunteered his service under Captain Douglas went to the northward to guard the frontiers went to a place Called Mount Independence near Connecticut there Continued to do duty In the said Company until the twenty first day of January 1778 when he was discharged at Mount Independence And this deponent further says that he has made this Last declaration with a view to State the times of his Entering service and being discharged from the service In a more particular Manner than his former declaration made and swore to on the sixth day of September 1832 which said declaration accompanies these proceedings that he Considers this declaration as a part of the former one and this deponent further swears that he is now an old man and by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear so particular to Every Circum- stance as he could wish but according to his best recollection that he has above swore to is perfectly correct and true and He further swears that according to his best remembrance and recollection he served twenty six months In the United States Service In the Revolutionary War and for such service claims a pension
Sworn and subscribed this thirteenth day of January Reuben White 1833 Before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of Ulster State of New York

State of New York Green County ss. I William T. B. Keerman Clerk of the County of Green do hereby certify that Munson Buel Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to at the date of the same and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and that his signature attached thereto is a genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office
This 29 th day of January
1823
William T. B. Keerman
Clerk as aforesaid