Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,408, Elisha White, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
White, Elisha Abigail
R 11,408
B.L.Wt. 18370-160-55
CONTENTS

Elisha White Declaration for a Pension
No 4038
rejected
Enlistment
27
Discharged Dec
9
evening Mr. White's three to town new

State of Connecticut ss
Middlesex County Hudson Aug 9 th 1832
On this 9 th day of August AD 1832 Personally appeared before before the Court of Probate in and for the District of Hudson in said County, Elisha White a resident of said Hudson aged Seventy the 2 nd day of See last part who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following decla- ration in order to attain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th AD 1832 That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the Continental Line on the first of June AD 1780 with John Lam Ebenezer Green Joel Elliot Elias West- cott and Joseph Lam then all of Shillington in said County but none are deceased excepting the said Joseph Lam who is now living to serve for the term of six months - and that he served in - Major Woodbridge Regiment of the Continental Line under the following named officers - Huntington was General of the Brigade and Woodbridge was Major of the Regiment - that he does not recollect their Christian names - that in the 1 st of June AD 1780 he enlisted under Capt Aaron Stevens then of said Shillington but now deceased for the term of six months that he immediately marched for Chelsea Point in the State of New York East of the Hud- son River - that after remaining there some time he marched down said Hudson River to Fishkill and camped the same night

New Jersey and Marched to Haverhurst from there to East Raleigh - Then he returned back to Fishkill and again crossed the said Hudson and Marched up north of said Ulster Point in the woods for winter quarters and commenced building barracks - That after said Blanchard when raised his said term of enlistment expired and he was discharged it being same time in the year part of December 1780 - That he resided in said Haverhurst  Fishkill when he entered said service. That he has no recollection of ever having any written dis- charge - That if he had it has long since been lost by time or accident -
He hereby renounces every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity excepting the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Elisha White
State of Connecticut - ss. Middlesex County, Haverhurst Aug 9 th 1832 Personally appeared before the Court of Requests in and for the District of Haverhurst in said County, now sitting Elisha White subscribed to the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same State of Connecticut Haverhurst Aug 9 th 1832 Ely Warner Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- ion from the foregoing declaration and the Depo- sition of Joseph Lane hereto annexed marked D that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary War soldier and that he served as he states
Ely Warner Clk

State of Connecticut
Middlesex County Haddam Aug 9 th 1832
I Ely Warner Clerk - of the Court of Probate in and for the District of Haddam in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the following and the Deposition of Joseph Lane hereto annexed (marked D) contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of of Elisha White of said Haddam for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 10 th day of Aug 1832
Ely Warner Clerk

140,6415 - Act March 3/55 May 19/55
Abigail White mother of Elisha White
Capt Aaron Stevens in the Revolutionary War & was a Prisoner Act 1832 & she refers to evidence on file
Private Conn Court Line
Conn June 32 19183
Ad. 160 a's Mar 12/53 Dr Igo
D. M. Marvin the River bound
Vol 111. page 144

State of Connecticut COUNTY OF Middlesex
} ss. Haddam April 7, 1855
On this Seventh day of April A. D. one thousand eight hun- dred and Fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, Abagail White aged Eighty five years, a resident of Haddam in the State of Connecticut , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Abagail White who was a Private The Widow of Elisha White deceased
in the company commanded by Captain Aaron Stevens of the War in the Regiment of Revolution and, commanded by Served at Horse-necks and she in the War with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812. further states that Elisha White her said husband made application for a Pension in 1832 to which she refers for further proof. and she declares that she has not received a certificate for  Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor.
that he enlisted at on or about the day of A. D. for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at on the day of A. D.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under
this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. And she further states that she was married to the said Elisha White in Haddam on the Ninth day of September A. D. 1789 by one Nehemiah Brainard a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Abagail Bates. that her said husband died at Haddam on the Thirty First day of March A. D. 1834 aged that she is still a Widow.
We, Reuben White and Abby Ann White residents of Haddam in the State of Connecticut upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was marked  signed and acknowledged by Abagail White in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the iden- tical person he represents himself to be.
Reuben White Abby Ann White
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he rep- resents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. W. Marvin Notary Public Saybrook
Justice of the Peace.

We Dudley Clarke and Joseph Bates residents of Haddam in the State of Connecticut hereby certify that we have always lived neighbors to Elisha White deceased while he was married, and kept house with and brought up children with Abagail White the signer of the within declaration and that we attended the funeral of the said Elisha White and that we are still neighbors to and acquainted with the said Abagail White and that she is still a Widow. In testimony whereof witness our signatures Dated Haddam May Seventh 1855 hearsay attached.
Dudley Clarke Joseph Bates
Sworn to before me on this Seventh day of May A.D. 1855 J.W. Marvin Notary Public
Say Brook
I Charles W. Snow Judge of the Probate court for the district of Say Brook hereby certify that the official certificate appointing J.W. Marvin of Say Brook is before me and that by it he was empowered to take the acknowledgment of deeds and administer oaths at the date of the within acknowledgment that I have examined his signature attached thereto and believe it genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said court on this Sixteenth day of May A.D. 1855 Charles W. Snow
Judge of the Probate court for the district of Say Brook
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Eliza White rejected
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Chas Arnold Nov 16. 1853
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Hudson Nov. 9 th 1853
Dear Love B. Waldo
Sec y
The Wives & Children of Elisha White late of Hudson deceased, have applied to me to have some Persian papers I inherited from what may be their far services rendered in the Revolutionary war, the great difficulty is to prove the marriage of their Parents, the said Elisha White died 1834, his widow Abigail White is now living and has not been married since his death, there was a record made by their Father in his life time soon after his marriage with Abigail his Wife are the old family Bibles, several of the Children will testify that they have seen the record are the old family Bibles, but the leaf on which the record was made, is by time or accident lost and cannot be found, before the record in the old Bible was lost, his son Ruben White copied of the record in old Bible into the other family Bible which has been in the family about 30 years, this is all the proof that can be found of their parents marriage except the declarations of their mother Abigail White, the widows & Children are all to be relied on for truth and veracity, the question is whether the proof as before stated would be deemed sufficient or not, This same Elisha White applied for a pension under the act of Congress 1832 before me as Judge

of Probate, the same year the act was passed, but did not receive one, the name as I understood was be failed to prove the "length of time necessary by 2 or 3 days" to obtain a pension by that act . She widows & Children, now wish to obtain a pension by the acts that Congress have passed since that time, I presume the time and place the said Elish White served in the Revolution are all to be found on the records and files in Washington - The widow states her Husband served at Haverneck, Doylestown and other places, she is now 83 years of age yet her mental faculties are very good. I have so much dilemma about doing any thing in regard to these pension propos, not knowing what the pension department will regard as proper or sufficient proof, that I almost decline doing anything with them, in this case the heirs were so pressing upon me that I finally said to them that I would write you upon the subject, I am well acquaint- ed with the family, they all live in Hadley my native town I was well acquainted with Elish White in his life time. If you can give some time, I should be pleased to receive an answer to this. In so doing you will oblige your old friend Charles Smith

11408 P. O. Elisha White
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Joseph Lane Marked of Tillingworth in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut - of lawful age depose and say that on the 1 st of June A D 1780 I enlisted with Elias White of Haddam in said County in the Army of the United States Continental Army for the term of six months, under Capt. Aaron Stevens of Col. Tillingworth's Regt. that the said White and I marched for Nelson's Point on the East side of Hudson River in the State of New York - that we remained there some time and then marched down said Hudson River into Fish-kill and crossed said Hudson into New Jersey and marched to Hackensack & from there to Red Bank - where we returned back to Fish Kill and again crossed said Hudson River and marched up North of Nelson's Point into the Woods and commenced building earthworks for winter quarters after said earthworks were receded I and Mr. White were discharged it being the full part of Dec A D 1780 having fully served out our six months term of service - Gen. Huntington was Gen of the Brigade and M c Donough was Major of the Regiment - and Joseph Willcox was Adjutant the said White was with me during the whole term and was discharged at the expiration of the said six months Further the Dependent's mother rec d - Bates at Haddam this 6 th day of Aug A D 1832 Joseph Lane

State of Connecticut
Middlesex County November 9th 1882
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate in and for the District of Norwalk in said County Joseph Lord subscribed to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same as said Court certifies that the said Lord is not particularly known to him but that he has the reputation of being a credible witness
Ely Warner Clerk