Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22608, Silas White, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
White, Silas Bethiah
N. 22608
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15331 Massachusetts
Silas White
of Madbury in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wood of the Reg t commanded by Col. Clary in the Mass line for 6 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1833 and sent S.A. And Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 10.00 $ 50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Abel Addison Clerk, Book 20 Vol. 20 Page 91
V

Silas White
7/7/94
thousand eight hundred and thirty five
day of
in the year of our Lord one
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this
in the matter of the application of for a pension.
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
of the Court of
person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
also signed the same, as a resident in the and is a credible
and that who has
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of
the Court further certifies that it appears to them that

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this eight day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting at M'adoborough within and for said County of Plymouth, Silas White a resident of M'adoborough in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine years, 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, 1832. He hereby relinquish- es every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the month of July 1776 he enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt Nathaniel Wood for the term of six months & marched through Providence & New Haven to the City of New York & joined Col. Carey's Regiment & Genl. Fellows Brigade & was on duty in the vicinity of said New York & in the Battle of White Plains until the expiration of the term of six months when he was discharged, had no written discharge & has no documentary of his service. That he has taken the deposition of Capt. Cole who was with him in said service - That he was born in said M'adoborough on the eighth sixteenth day of October 1752 have a record of my age in my bible that he resided in said M'adoborough at the time of his service & has ever since resided in said Town

That Seth Eaton Esq. & Isaac Stevens Counsellor at Law live in the vicinity & can testify to his character for veracity & to their belief of his services of the adoption in every -
Silas White
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Attest Jacob H. Lord
Register

We Isaac Stevens Cornusella at law at law , residing in the town of Middleborough and Seth Eaton Esquire residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Silas White who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Seth Eaton Isaac Stevens attest Jacob H. Lord Register
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Isaac Stevens Esq. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident resident in the town of Middleborough and that Seth Eaton Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Silas White for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Jacob H. Lord

756.
Massachusetts
Bethiah White
widow of Silas White
Mass who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Rejected
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. day of July 1848 and sent to
Peter H Pierce Middleboro' Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 172 Vol. 2.

453
Bethiah White
Wid of Silas
Mass
Ad 7 July 1838
Manner 1778
deed 1835
Allow. $20 per ann.
J H Lord Esq Plymouth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth County ss.
On this ninth day of August 1838, personally appeared before the Honorable Wilkes Wood, Judge of Probate in and for the County aforesaid Beulah White of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth aforesaid aged Eighty one Years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" She being unable by reason of bodily infirmity to travel to attend Court.
That she is the Widow of Silas White of Middleborough in said County deceased, who served in the Revolutionary War, and who drew a pension under the act of Congress, June 1832, and whose papers are now on file in the pension office, and reference is to be had to said papers for a description of said White's services.
She further declares that she was married

to the said Silas White on the Twelfth day of November, in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Eight, that her husband, the aforesaid Silas White, died on the Ninth day of January Eighteen Hundred and thirty Five — That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four, viz at the above time stated.
Bethiah x White's mark.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me and I further certify that the Deponent is a credible person — Wilkes Wood
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Wilkes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this sixteenth day of August 1838. Jacob H. Lord

November Twelfth Seventeen Hundred Seventy Eight. Married Silas White and Bethiah Washburn both of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth
Pr. Joshua White Justice Peace I Allen Shaw certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record of said Town with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows Nov. 12 1778.
I Allen Shaw above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town of Middleborough County of Plymouth Commonwealth 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.
Middleborough Aug. 10 th 1838.
Allen Shaw Town Clerk of Middleborough.
I swear before me
Wadsworth Justice of the Peace
Middleborough August 10 th 1838

O Charles White of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Silas White, late of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth, deceased, while living, and with his Wife Bethiah White, who still survives and is the Widow of the said Silas. I further testify and say, that the said Silas died on the ninth — day of January in the Year Eighteen Hundred and thirty Five — and the said Bethiah his Wife has remained a Widow ever since that period and still continues the Widow
I have always lived in the same neighbourhood with the said Silas White and Bethiah White and still live there.
Charles White
Plymouth ss. August 9 th , 1888.
Then personally appeared the above named Charles White, subscriber to the foregoing affidavit and is well known to me to be a creditable Witness, and made a oath to the truth of the same.
Before me — William Wood Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth Ys. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Brad Thompson and Willis Wood Esquires are Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that I believe the signatures to the an- nexed papers purporting to be signed by them to be their true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this sixteenth day of August 1838
Jacob H. Lord

7794
Silas white
14 06
March 20 1833
P. 303
Private 6 months Amide
2 H Land Plymouth Mass,

BRIEF in the case of  Silas White  of Middleborough in the State of Mass;  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy nine 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. As a Gen.     In 1776 July 6 Gen. Fellows Capt Wood, Col. Cane.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? of Middleborough  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? two persons certify to traditionary evidence M th Cole, privy the service.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Keith , Examining Clerk.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22608 Bethiah White widow of Silas White Pris Rev War
Act Feb 2d 48
Index: Vol 46 Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8348.
Massachusetts
Reported.
Pethiah White widow of Vilas White who was a Private in the Revolution
Heubner's circa 9th Jany. 1835
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of May, 1848 and sent to
Hon. A. Heale Secy of Rev. War
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book W Vol. 2 Page 40 .

Massachusetts 333
Bethiah White widow of Silas White decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 9th January 1835 of Plymouth Co. in the State of MS. who was a Pirate in the Company commanded by Captain Wood of the Regt. commanded by Col. Carey in the Mass. line for Ormone's
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass L. A. at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Sept. 1838 and sent to F. G. Lend Plymouth MS.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1838 $37.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. 39, 10.00 $47.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by W. C. Addison Clerk, Book 7. Vol. 125 Page 143
Let to Hon A. Neale March 20 '48

No 9450 Bethiah White wid of Silas Marp
Acts 3 March 1843 17 June 44 $20 00 per m per 4 March 1843
Sam A Hale House of Reps

House of Reps. Washington Dc. April 28. 1848
Dear Sir
Herewith I hand you the declaration of Deborah White, in relation to her Fanny - and solicit for it your early attention.
Resp. Yours
O. H. Smith
William Lloyd
J. L. Belknap Esq.

Bethia  White .

Hon. Rep. Washington Feb 23 1848
Dear Sir
Enclosed herewith I have the honor to hand you the letter of Peter N. Pease in relation to the Pension of Betheah White widow of Silas White.
Will you have the goodness to examine the claim and send me a reply as soon as convenient & oblige
Yours Resp y
William Hale
J. L. Edwards Esq

7794
Silas White
J H Gould Plymouth Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Silas White which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? neg II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? neg III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? neg IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? neg V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? neg VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? neg VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? neg VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? neg IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? neg X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? neg

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? no
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeh and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

State of Massachusetts } Plymouth County ss } On this 14th day of June 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of County aforesaid Bethia White a resident of the Town of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth aged ninety two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Corrigan passed on the 2nd day of February 1842 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the Widow of Silas White who was a private in the War of the Revolution & served as she believes in Capt William Tuffett's Company of Middleborough & in a Company in Maine in the years 1778 & 1780 & that she received a pension under the act of June 17. 1842 of Twenty dollars per Annum She further declares that she is still a Widow
Bethia has White mark
Witness L. A. C. Paine sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above Written before me Peter H. Pierce
Justice of the Peace
I certify that Bethia White the above declarant is personally known to me
Peter H. Pierce
Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss
I John B Thomas Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify, that Peter H. Diver Esq r is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified; and that his signature to the foregoing paper is genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this third day of July, 1848.
Matthews Clerk
Attorney
Peter H. Diver Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth ss. On the sixteenth day of April A.D. 1833. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Plymouth aforesaid, Silas White a resident of Middleborough in said County, who being duly sworn deposes & saith that he is an applicant for a Pension under the Law of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, & that there is no settled minister in the religious society to which he belongs & that there is no Clergyman who resides in his neighbourhood. Silas White
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Before me, Seth Eaton Justice of Peace
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Isaac Stevens Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this ninth day of May A.D. 1833. Jacob H. Lord

I Nathaniel Cole of Middleborough & County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age to give evidence do testify & say that in the year Seventeen Hundred & Seventy six that Silas White of Middleborough aforesaid enlisted in the month of July for six months under the command of Capt Nathaniel Wood of Middleborough aforesaid and then marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and from thence to New Haven London and from thence by water to the City of New York and joined the Regiment comman- -ded by Col. Gery and was at the action at the White Plains and after and after the six months were up the said Silas White returned to Middleborough aforesaid Further the deponent saith not.
Nathaniel Cole
Plymouth ss August 8 th 1832 On this day the aforesaid deponent was cautioned examined & sworn to the truth of the above deposition to be used by the above named Silas White in proving his claim to a pension agreeable to an act of Congress passed June eighteen Hundred and thirty two — and further certify that I am acquainted with the said Nathaniel Cole & that he is a man of veracity and a creditable witness.
Seth D. Eaton. Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Seth Eaton Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that I believe his name above written is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this eighth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. Jacob H. Lord

State of Massachusetts
Plymouth County S.S. }
On this nineteenth day of April 1848 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the County aforesaid Betsy White a resident of the Town of Middleborough in the County aforesaid aged Ninety two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed on the 3 d of March 1843 and June 17. 1844 granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the Widow of Silas White who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and served as she has reason to believe in Captain William Dyer's Company of Middleborough & in a Company raised in Maine in the years 1778 & 1780 she further states that she received a Pension under the Law of the U.S. of July 9 1838 at the rate of twenty dollars per Annum she further declares that she is still a Widow
Witnesses Charles White Clarissa White
Betsy his X White mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me Peter H. Pierce
Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me & I fully believe that all she states in the above declaration is true
Peter H. Pierce
Jus. of the Peace
Middleborough April 19 1848

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss.
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth, hereby certify, that Peter H. Pierce Esq r , before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, was on the day of the caption of the same, & now is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth to administer oaths & take depositions - And that his signature to the jurat of the same is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court this twenty second day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
John B. Thomas Clerk