Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,046, Daniel White, N.C.

SERVICE
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N.C.
White, Daniel
S 22,046
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South Carolina No. 1177
order to pay Jan. 24. 1837 do do 28 Sept 1837.
Daniel White
Spartburg in the State of S.C. who was a Pvt. — in the — commanded by Captain — of the Regt commanded by Col. Cleveland on the N.C. Co. time for 10 mos. 12 days —
Enscribed on the Roll of S.C. Pension the rate of 34 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Aug. 1833. and Lieut. G. B. Beman Spartanburg S.C.
Earnings to the 4th of March 1833 69.76 Pensional allowance ending Sept — 17.44 $87.20
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Math. Rice — Clerk, Book E Vol. C Page 53

+ Samuel White De Hon.
26,041

South Carolina Spartanburg Dist by On this 8 th day of March 1833. personally appeared in open Court, to wit, the Court of Sessions and Com- mon Pleas, held for the District of aforesaid, before the Judge of the said Court, now sitting, Daniel G. White, a resident of the said District, aged seventy two years, and being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following de- claration, in order to obtain the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. "I joined the service of the United States, in August 1780, in the militia of N. Carolina in the company of Captain Allen, and marched from Wilks County N.C. to Char- leston South Carolina, and joined the Re- giment commanded by Col. Little, and was stationed at Charleston until the last of March 1781. when I was discharged at Charleston, by my Captain, Allen, - some short time afterwards I joined the company of Cavalry commanded by Capt. Isaac Lewis, and served a tour of about one month, - I again volunteered in the company of Captain Viers, in Col. B. Cleland's Regiment , and served a while in Colonel Heron's Regiment, during this campaign I served six weeks - and after guarding the prisoners taken at Kings Mountain, as far as Wilks in N.C. I was discharged. At different times afterwards I served in

various scouts and parties for the space of one two or three weeks at a time under different officers - and in the Spring of 1781. I served about one month in the Company of Capt. Tudd, in Col. Herndon Regiment, in pursuit of Lord Cornwallis, as he marched through N.C. to Yorktown in Virginia - after this service I continued in the scouting service at broken periods until the end of the war.
I have no documentary evidence of my service, nor do I know of any person now living in this State who served with me in the Army. I do hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State - In answer to the questions proposed by the Court, I am as follows:
1 & 2 I was born in April 1761. in Orange County, Virginia, as I have been informed having no record of my age - 3. I resided in Wilkes County N.C. when I entered the service - and have lived in this District upwards of forty five years - 4 I always served as a Volunteer - 5 See within 6 I received a discharge, but it has been lost - 7. I refer to the Revd. Abm. Crow, Thomas Kimbrell and Solomon Abbott, to attest my character for credibility. -
I was sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
W. Gault
Daniel his + White mark

South Carolina Spartanburg Dist { We Abraham Crow a clergyman residing in the said District and Thomas Kimbrell and Solomon Abbot residents in the same, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David White, who has sworn to and subscribed the forgoing declaration - that we believe him to be seventy-two years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighbor- hood where he usages to have been a Revolutionary soldier and we concur in that opinion. sworn to & subscribed } Abraham Crow the day & year aforesaid Thomas his Kimbrell Solomon with Abbot mark  Jno Finney D.D.
And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion after investigating the matter, and after putting the interrogatory put by the Court, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states, and the said Court further certifies that it appears that Ab- ram Crow who has signed the forgoing Certificate is a clergyman residing in said District and that Thomas Kimbrell & Solomon Abbot residing in the same, are credible persons and their statements entitled to credit —
Agate

The State of South Carolina Spartanburg District — 3
I Elisha Thomas Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for said district, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel White for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the 15 th day of May 1833. — E. Thomas Clerk.

No 26041 Daniel White Spartanburgh District S. Carolina
Adm d as private 10 mo 12 days — 34.88
E. Bonar Col d Office Depart t of State S. Carolina.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Daniel White  Spartanburgh District South Carolina
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Entered Aug t 1780 about 8 - - priv t Col Allen, Col Little 72 years Wilks County N. Carolina Traditional evidence, papers correct -   Served - 1781 - 1 - Cavalry Col Lewis   Vol - " 1 12 private Col Vines, Col Cleveland   Served   Served Apr 1781 - 1 - private Col Dudd, Col Herndon   Served to the end of the war, 10. 12  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. †
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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, deposeth 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
† The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
July 16, 1925
Daniel White S. 22046
Honorable Joseph W. Byrns Nashville TENN.
My dear Mr. Byrns:
In response to your letter of the 13th instant, I have the honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22046, it appears that DANIEL WHITE was born in April, 1761, in Orange County, Virginia.
While a resident of Wilkes County, North Carolina, he enlisted in August, 1779, and served until late in March, 1780, as private in Captain Allen's Company, Colonel Lytle's North Carolina Regiment. Soon afterwards he enlisted and served about one month in Captain Joel Lewis' North Carolina Company. He later enlisted and served six weeks in Captain Vier' Company, Colonels B. Cleveland's and Herndon's North Carolina Regiments. In the spring of 1781 he served about one month in Captain Judd's Company, Colonel Herndon's North Carolina Regiment. He also served on various short tours of from one to three weeks in length, until the close of the Revolution, names of officers not stated.
* The date of enlistment must have been Aug. 1779 instead of 1780 as Charleston was occupied by the British in May, 1780. W.A.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 8, 1833, while a resident of Spartanburgh District, South Carolina. There is no data on file relative to his family.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

MAJORITY MEMBERS
MARTIN B. MADDEN, ILL., CHAIRMAN. CHARLES R. DAVIS, MINN. DANIEL R. ANTHONY, JR., KANS. WILLIAM S. VARE, PA. SYDNEY ANDERSON, MINN. WILLIAM R. WOOD, IND. LOUIS C. CRAMTON, MICH. EDWARD H. WASON, N. H. WALTER W. MAGEE, N. Y. GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM, MASS. BURTON L. FRENCH, IDAHO. MILTON W. SHREVE, PA. L. J. DICKINSON, IOWA. FRANK MURPHY, OHIO. JOHN W. SUMMERS, WASH. HENRY E. BARBOUR, CALIF. ERNEST R. ACKERMAN, N. J. GUY U. HARDY, COLO. FRANK H. FUNK, ILL. JOHN TABER, N. Y. MAURICE H. THATCHER, KY.
MINORITY MEMBERS
JOSEPH W. BYRNS, TENN. JAMES P. BUCHANAN, TEX. JAMES A. GALLIVAN, MASS. JAMES F. BYRNES, S. C. GORDON LEE, GA. BEN JOHNSON, KY. CHARLES D. CARTER, OKLA. EDWARD T. TAYLOR, COLO. WILLIAM B. OLIVER, ALA. ANTHONY J. GRIFFIN, N. Y. THOMAS W. HARRISON, VA. JOHN N. SANDLIN, LA. JOHN J. EAGAN, N. J. WILLIAM A. AYRES, KANS.
House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Sixty-Eighth Congress Washington, D. C.
MARCELLUS C. SHELD, CLERK. MARGARET M. PERRY, SECRETARY.
Pension Commissioner, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I have heretofore had some correspondence with you relative to the revolutionary record of Daniel White. I am enclosing a letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Historical Commission of South Carolina stating that he was a U. S. Pensioner from March 4th, 1832 and that he was from the Spartanburg District. Will you please have the records again searched and advise me of any information contained therein relative to Mr. White.
Yours very truly,
Nashville, Tenn. July 13th. 1925.

Resolution
22046 INVALID.
1925 July 16. H. b. to Hon. Jos. W. Byrns M.C.
File No. 22,546
Daniel White
His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Daniel Althute 7. June 1833 $34.88. So 6 a
To What time last paid
Pension Office P o No 4 Sep 1836 28 Sept 1837. JH