Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31471, Ambrous White, Va.

SERVICE
Wa.
White, Ambrose
NUMBER
S. 31471
CONTENTS

19 056 Kentucky
Ambrose White
of Franklin Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Tulin of the regt commanded by Col Calloway in the Virginia line for two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky, at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of August 1833 — and paid to H. C. R. M. Johnson Great Crossings.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160. — Semi-ant. allowance ending 14 Sep " 40 —
$200 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. H. Ellison Clerk.
Book C Vol. 7 Page 35
Entered on Indiana roll 1 st — 2 o on that of Kentucky by —
A. M. Treas.
June 24. 1834
H. N. J. Crittenden Jany 11/35
rate of death not on AG

State of Kentucky Franklin County Set
On this 24 th day of February 1820 personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for Franklin County & by virtue of his office one of the Judges of the County Court of Franklin Ambrose White, resident in said County of Franklin, aged Seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in Order to obtain the provisions made by the several acts of Congress concerning persons disabled in the Revolutionary War, or in the actual service of their Country, that he the said Ambrose White enlisted under the late Col n Richard Calloway, then of the County of Bedford and Commonwealth of Virginia, some time about the fifteenth day of July Seventeen hundred and seventy nine for the purpose of guarding powder lead and other Ammunition from the said County of

Bedford, to Boonsborough in the now state of Kentucky a distance of some hundreds of miles that he enlisted for a term sufficient to effect said object, and did whilst so enlisted in said service accompany the said Col. Calloway to the said point called Boonsborough as one of his said Guard as aforesaid, and whilst he was in said actual service he with two others of his comrades whilst hunting for provisions for the said Guard under the orders of the said Col. Calloway were attacked by a party of Indians then at open war & enmity with the Government of the United States, being a party of Weyandottys Indians who fired on him the said White and his said comrades to wit Moses (Mucklewain and Smith, his Christian name now forgotten, he believes however his name was James, and that he the said Ambrose White was by said fire of said Indians shot and wounded in his left arm just above the elbow, the Ball from said fire passing through his arm bone and breaking the same, by reason of which he was utterly & wholly disabled in said arm and hath remained so ever since, the Indians being an

over Match in Numbers, being Seventeens - they took the said White and Muehlwayn prisoners, Smith made his escape & returned to the fort as he hath since been informed the said wound & capture was received & took place in the month of August Seventeen hundred and seventy nine the day of the month not recollect- ed that the said party of Indians took him the said White & Muehlwayn across the Ohio as prisoners aforesaid and detained him the said White in captivity for the space of four years and about four months. The said Muehlwayn made his escape from the Indians in about 18 months after his capture. The said White being unable to make his escape in consequence of his disability from said wound: he ultimately made his escape through the aid of James Gray, Adam Shoemaker & others who had been in captivity with said Indians but who were taken long after him the said White - he the said White after his captivity returned to the state of Virginia, to the County of Bedford where he remained until about the year 1791 - or 2 - then he removed to the state of Kentucky to the now County of Franklin, in which County he

has resided ever since. His only occupation since he received his said wound or rather since the date of his said captivity has been that of farming & having it carried on - That the reason he never applied for a pension before, was on several grounds first that in consequence of his captivity & the death of his Commander Col. Calloway who was killed by the Indians during the captivity of the said White, he was never able to procure a discharge, 2 nd That most of his Companions in said service had dispersed were killed or had died before him the said White could see them and that now he does not know of one single one of his said Companions being alive. and lastly, he never knew until recently that he was entitled to a pension although he was conscious he was entitled to his pay which he has never to this day received because of his inability to procure his discharge as aforesaid he further maketh oath that he hath never heretofore applied for any pension than the one now applied for and that his name hath never been placed on the pension list of the United States for any services whatever, nor is he on the pension list of any of the States of the Union. he

further states that until recently he hath been enabled to make his living by the superintendence of a small farm, but that now he is old & infirm & that his said arm is altogether useless he is constrained to ask of his County that County which has has provided for those in his situation. Ambrose White
State of Kentucky Franklin County Sat
The above named Ambrose White this day personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County & by virtue of his office one of the Judges of the County Court of Franklin, and made the foregoing statement and Declaration, and made oath oath to the statements therein contained, at the time & place therein stated. and I do further certify that the said Ambrose White resides in the County of Franklin & State aforesaid, and that he is a man of respectable standing & that his oath is entitled to full credit. Given under my hand this 24 th day of February 1830 - Garret Shannon

Frankfort Kentucky February February 24 th 1830 Thomas Church of the County of Franklin and State of Kentucky being aged Sixty Three years past. and first duly sworn deponeth and saith -
That he is well acquainted with Ambrose White who hath made the foregoing Declaration and Statement and has been from his infancy and knew him at the time of his enlistment with Col. Callaway, and knows that he left the State of Virginia with the said Callaway about the time stated in his the said Whites Declaration which he the said affiant has heard read. I will recollect that shortly after the said White went to Boonsborough as afo d to have heard the rumour that he was taken by the Indians or that he had been killing. About two years afterwards Moses Muehlreine having returned from his captivity with the Indians and who he knew had gone out with the said Callaway as one of his guards told him that Ambrose White was with the Weyan- Indians, that he had been latter prisoner with him near Boonsborough by the Indians a day or two

after their arrival at Boonsborough, whilst they were hunting for provisions for the Camp or Garrison under the orders of the Commandant - and that when they were taken, White was shot through the arm by the Indians, that his arm was broken and had not then when he Mucklewan left the Indians got well, that he had suffered very much from it, and that he would not be able to make his escape until his arm got better - Mucklewan stated that he had been a prisoner with White for about eighteen months with the Indians; he further states that from the information of said White Mucklewan, and others who were with said Galloway on said expedition he doubts not but that the statement of said White is true & entitled to full credit. It is matter of history that Col. Galloway was killed by the Indians in the early settlement of Kentucky, he never returned to the state of Virginia after his said expedition in the year 1779. White after his captivity returned to Bedford County Virginia where the Deponent resided, his arm was

then disabled. White had a family there which he had left on his enlistment with Calloway, he returned to them and continued there carrying on a small farm until this affiant removed to Kentucky which was in the year 1786. about four years afterwards this Deponent settled on Main El Rhon where from about two miles where he now resides in which near the now County of Franklin in which neighborhood he has resided ever since, and about the year Seventeen hundred & ninety one or two, the said White moved to Kentucky and settled in about one mile of this Deponent in which immediate neighborhood he has resided ever since, in all which time the said White has followed farming and has made his & his family support (which consisted of a wife & three children two of the latter having since departed this life) by farming or carrying it on. This Deponent was acquainted with many of the men who enlisted with Calloway under said service, he does not know that one of them is now living. The said Muckleman has been dead ten years or upwards he further saith that he has heard it generally stated, and believed and in no instance to his knowledge

has it ever been contradicted from the said year 1779 until now but that the said Ambrose White was wounded by the Indians whilst under the said Col. Calloway in the service of his County and for this the deponent saith not -
Thomas Church
Also the Deposition of John Reading taken at the same time & place, the deponent being in his seventy first year of age & duly sworn deposeth & saith, that in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty he was taken prisoner by the Indians at Reddies Little Station, then in Virginia now in the County of Harrison & State of Kentucky; that they took him to Upper Sandusky north west of the Ohio River, there in the fall of that year he became acquainted with Ambrose White who hath made the foregoing Declaration & statement here to attached - that at that time the said White was a prisoner with the Wyandotte Indians, he then informed this deponent that he had been taken prisoner the year before near Boonsborough by the Indians, that he had been wounded in the Arm and his Arm broken, his Arm then was

in a crippled condition, he further deposes that in the latter part of the year seventeen hundred and eighty one he went from the Indian Towns to Detroit leaving the said White still a prisoner among the Indians - In the year 1780 whilst this deponent was a prisoner with the Indians he was told of the escape of Moses Mucklewas, from among them, and some years afterwards he was made acquainted with the said Mucklewas in the state of Kentucky, who related to this deponent the circumstances of his and the said Amboon White being taken prisoners by the Indians near Boonsborough and of White being wounded by the Indians at that time - Some years afterwards he met with the said White also in the state of Kentucky which was at least as early as the year 1795 or thereabouts Upon meeting him he recognized him as the same person he saw with the Indians as aforesaid and has been well acquainted with him ever since, from his knowledge of White he doesn't & other circumstances he this affiant does not doubt the statement made

by the said White - This Deponent knew James Gray & Adam Shoemaker referred to in the statement of White, and knew they were prisoners with the Indians - that the said White is a man of good Moral Character and Respectability, and has lived in Franklin County Kentucky ever since 1795. to the best of his knowledge  and before that he has pursued the business of Farming - the 5 Mothers Mrs. Newman has been dead many years since, and further this deponent saith not -
John Reading
State of Kentucky } Franklin County } Feb.
The foregoing depositions of Thomas Church, and John Reading were this day taken subscribed and sworn to by the said Thomas Church and John Reading Rev. before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, at the Town of Frankfort on the 24 th day of February 1830. and I the undersigned do certify that they the said Deponents do reside in the County of Franklin, and that they are both

Men of Reputable Standing, and that their oaths are entitled to full credit. Given under my hand this 14 12 day of February 1838.
James Shannon Jr.

Frankfort February 27 th 1830
It is hereby certified that Ambrose White who hath made the foregoing statement and two resident Physicians & surgeons in the Town of Frankfort Ky Declaration, having appeared before us, and by us diligently examined, has the marks and appearance of an ancient wound in the left Arm just above the elbow joint, which appear to have been inflicted with a musket or other Ball from a musket or rifle, which Ball appear to have passed through the arm bone obliquely upwards from the point of its entry, whereby the bone was broke and the arm greatly destroyed, there being much of an enlargement of the said bone at the place of the said wound. The Muscle of the Arm are contracted and its natural action destroyed and a great decay in the whole arm and its immediate members, and we the said Ambrose White is thereby incapacitated for labor and in the opinion of the undersigned is totally disabled from obtaining his subsistence from Manual labour.
Patrick Major. J. H. H. H.

State of Kentucky Franklin County Set.
This day the within named Doctors Patrick Major and Allen F. Macurdy personally appeared before the undersigned and severally made oath to the statements contained in their within certificate. And I do hereby certify that they are practising Physicians and Surgeons resident in the Town of Frankfort, and that they are respectable in their professions. Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and by virtue of my office as one of the Judges of the County Court of Franklin. This 1 st day of March 1830. James Shannon. J.P.H.C.
State of Kentucky ss I Alexander H. Kennick Clerk of the Franklin County Court, Do certify that James Shannon Esqr who hath signed his name to the Certificate underneath the statement & declaration of Ambrose White and also to the deposition of Thomas Church & John Reading Esqr and to Certificate of Doctors Patrick Major & A. F. Macurdy was at the time of doing the same a justice of the Peace in for the County of said duly Commissioned and qualified by virtue of which office he is one of the judges of the Franklin County Court. Given under my hand this 1 st March 1830 A. H. Kennick C.H.C.

May 3, 1934
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Ambrous White-S.31471 BA-J/AWF Am
Mrs. Jouett T. Cannon Kentucky State Historical Society Frankfort, Kentucky
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Ambrose White, a pensioner of the War of the Revolution, in Franklin County, Kentucky.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31471, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Ambrous (as his signature appears in the claim) White.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown; he was the son of Stephen White, name of his mother not given.
While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, Ambrous White enlisted July 15, 1779 in Captain Thomas Dulin's Virginia company; very soon after enlistment, he, with twenty-five or thirty others from said company, under Colonel Richard Calloway started to Boonesborough, Kentucky, soon after reaching the fort in August, 1779, while hunting for provisions, he was shot in the left arm and taken prisoner by the Indians, carried across the Ohio River and was not released until in November, 1783.
He moved in 1791 or 1792 to Kentucky, which was later Franklin County. He was allowed pension from March 13, 1830, on account of disability resulting

from the above mentioned wound; he was then seventy-two years of age and living in Franklin County, Kentucky.
The soldier, Ambrous White, had a wife and children in Bedford County, Virginia in 1783 and a wife and three children were referred to in 1830; no names were given.
The soldier's father and two brothers, James and Thomas White served in Captain Thomas Dulin's company during the Revolution.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data:
Ambrose White (as he was pensioned) Certificate # 19056 Issued August 1, 1833 Rate $80.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Embrose White May 6 1832
As with others in like
George B. Whiting Esq. Commissioner Pensions Washington
Hon. J. H. Littleton

25929 INVALID.
Recd
File No. 25,929
Ambrose White
Dis Rec War
Act: May 24 th 28 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 448
[Arrangement of 1870.]

31471 Reiz  INVALID.
File No. 31,471 Ambrose White Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1827
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 449
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925-Apr. 22 - Miss to Alice Mahon Gwt. Mrs. Janet J. Cannon Aug. 3. 1934-May 3.

Ambrose White Private in Richard Calloway - Va Regt Company of the the Army of the revolution
Ratio of disability, total,
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony, 13 March 1830
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at eight dollars per month, to commence on the 13 March 1830.
Certificate of pension issued on the 15 of March 1830 and sent to Hon. R.M. Johnson H.R.
Arrears to 4th September 1830 $35.96 Sem-an'l all'e ending
35.96
Act of the 24 May 1828,
Rec: Book D. Vol: 9. Fol: 22,

Senate chamber - Jany 7 th 1858
My Dear Sir,
I request that you shall read the enclosed letter from one of my constituents, & furnish me with answers to his enquiries, & enable me to give him all the information he solicits.
Pray give to this subject the ear- liest attention you can, & return, with your answer, the enclosed letter.
I am
Very Respectfully, yrs &c
J. J. Brethren
Geo: C. Whiting Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

See my Certificate on your letter -
Pen: to com: 13 March 1870
$8 per mo.
Ken. Role
Hon. R. M. Johnson
at May 24. 1828

War Department Pension Office March 12 th 1830
Sir
The papers in support of the claim of Ambrose White have been examined, and they are herewith returned. If you or Mr. Bibb will certify that Alexander H. Rennick is Clerk of Franklin County Court, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine, the testimony will be deemed sufficient.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt
J. S. Edwards
I do certify that Mr. Alexander H. Rennick is the Clerk of the Franklin County Court Ky. and that his signature as such to the Denson case above alluded to is genuine
Wm. M c Johnson 13 th March 1830
Hon. K. B. Johnson House of Representatives

Kentucky State Historical Society
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
H. V. MCCHESNEY SAMUEL M. WILSON MRS. J. P. HOBSON R. C. BALLARD THRUSTON DR. W. R. JILLSON MISS MARY MASON SCOTT MRS. W. T. LAFFERTY MISS ANNE THOMAS MRS. CASSIUS M. CLAY LUCIEN BECKNER MRS. JOUETT TAYLOR CANNON
HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS
MAJOR EDGAR ERSKINE HUME MRS. E. B. SMITH COL. T. G. STUART MISS ALICE E. TRABUE MRS. W. T. FOWLER MRS. W. LESLIE COLLINS MRS. W. H. COFFMAN MRS. GEORGE BAKER MRS. WM. B. ARDERY MRS. LUCAS BRODHEAD
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT EX-OFFICIO—GOVERNOR RUBY LAFFOON FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AND EDITOR—H. V. MCCHESNEY SECOND VICE PRESIDENT—JUDGE SAMUEL M. WILSON LIBRARIAN—MISS NINA M. VISSCHER CURATOR—WILLIAM E. RAILEY
MRS. JOUETT TAYLOR CANNON, SECRETARY-TREASURER
April 19, 1934
Frankfort, Kentucky
Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Department, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
only me Will you kindly furnish this Society with a copy of the statement of service and any family record connected with the re- cord of AMBROSE WHITE, a pensioner of the Revolution under the Act of June 7th, 1833, living in Franklin County, Kentucky , in 1835, aged 78.
All we have is that he was a soldier of the Virginia Line, and that his will was probated in Franklin County, Ky., in May 1839.
We should very much like to know in what county in Virginia he was born, and the date of his marriage, and any other available data relating to him.
With thanks for the service,
Yours very truly
Jouett Taylor Cannon Secretary

MRS. JAMES CAMPBELL CANTRILL LIBRARIAN FRANK K. KAVANAUGH ASSISTANT
MRS. ALICE HINES WALCUTT CLERK MISS ALICE MAHAN BOOKKEEPER
KENTUCKY STATE LIBRARY FRANKFORT.
March 31st. 1925.
Bureau of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me the pension record of William White who received a pension under the law of 1841 while living in Halifax County Va.
Also send the record of Ambrose White who received a pension under the law of 1832 while living in Franklin County Kentucky.
Thanking you in advance for your prompt attention ,
Sincerely,
(Miss) Alice Mahan State Library Frankfort Ky.
no Wm. White in Halifax Co Va. See negative slip

Rev. and 1813 War Section.
AWJ April 22, 1925.
Miss Alice Mahan State Library Frankfort, Ky.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31471, it appears that Ambrose  Ambrose , son of Stephen  Thomas White, while a resident of Bedford County, Virginia, enlisted in July 1779 in Captain Thomas Dulin's Virginia Company. Very soon after, he with twenty-five or thirty others from said company under Colonel Richard Calloway started to Boonsborough, Kentucky, to take ammunition to the fort there, soon after reaching the fort in August 1779, he was shot in the left arm and taken prisoner by the Indians, and was not released until in November 1783.
He was allowed pension, from March 13, 1830, on account of disability resulting from above men-

tioned wound, at which time he was living in Franklin County, Kentucky, aged seventy-two years.
Soldier had a wife and children in Bedford County, Virginia in 1783 and wife and three children are referred to in 1830, no names are stated.
Respectfully
WILDER S. METCALF Commissioner.

Col Edwards will oblige me by examin- ing the papers in the case of Ambrose White as soon as he receives them from Mr Dickens under the act of June 7 th 1831
The Within is a letter & affidavit in the case The other papers are with Mr Dickens who upon receipt of this will send them all to Col Edwards to be A. Johnson

Frankfort—May 14 th 1833
Dear Sir
I took with me to the City of Washington a Pension Case for Ambrons White of our City— I presented his case under the act of Congress of May 15 th 1828— as that act at that time allowed to invalid pensioners the additional pension for their services as a soldier, he White being an invalid pensioner already having been put on the roll by a special act, by your influence some years since his case did not admit of being put on under the act of 1828— and there being an act passed last Session allowing invalid pensioners to be placed on the pension roll under the act of 1832, I therefore wish you to send the enclosed affidavit to Young Mr Dickins (in whose custody the paper is.) request him to have the paper sent to the Pension office to get the benefits of the act of 1832 I know they will do for you when they will not for me therefore I trouble you so often, yours respectfully Wm H Todd

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25,929

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
4 Feb 1833.
Ambrose White of _____ in the County of Franklin in the State of Ky _____ has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private - in captain Dulin's company, in the _____ regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not  inserted on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the Invalid pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, (amount not stated) of the Ky Agency
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary Francis A. Dickinson.
Excl. Ref. Ad Ins. File No 25.929
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
5 - February 1833
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to _____ in the _____
It further appears that Ambrose White - is now on the pension list of the Kentucky - agency, and has been so since the 13 March 1830 - at the rate of Eight - dollars per month.
The name of Ambrose White, is not among those of the Virginia line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued -
John H. Agnew Secy

War Department Bounty Land Office Feb. 7. 1833.
The name of Ambrose White, is not re- turned among those of the Virginia line, who acquired a right to Bounty Land of the United States — nor has a warrant issued for him —
Yours J. Gordon

State of Kentucky
Franklin County S.C.B.
On this first day of January 1833 Came in person before James Shannon a justice of the peace in for said County Amelious White a resident of said County aged 77 years who before me made oath that as follows in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed for the paper the 15 th day of May 1828
That in the month of July 1779 he the said Amelious White then lived in the County of Bedford State of Virginia, that in said month he enlisted as a regular soldier in the army of the revolution, for and during the war aforesaid, under Captain Thomas Dulin that after the enlistment aforesaid, and before Captain Thomas Dulin's Company joined any regiment, Col Richard Calloway was ordered to take twenty five men out of Captain Dulin's Company first choice, and take command of them, and with them set off out for to Boonsborough in Kentucky County, to bring ammunition to said station or fort on the frontiers, that in conformity to said order he said Calloway did march to said fort at Boonsborough having first chosen this affiant as one of his men that in the

that month of August 1779 he said Calloway landed at said Fort Boons- borough, with him said White in Company, with that they run out of provisions by the time they arrived at said Station, that in 3 days after this affiant arrived at said fort he went out in Company with others under orders to get provisions by Hunting Buffaloes, that on his return to said fort he was shot through his left arm and badly wounded, and was taken prisoner by the Indians, at the same time, and that he continued as a prisoner aforesaid, until peace was made in 1783, when he made for his home in Bedford County State of Virginia to his wife and Children, having been absent from them four years and five months, this affiant states that on the day he engaged his father Stephen White his brothers James & Thomas White likewise enlisted and each of whom served during the whole war in Captain Thomas Dulin's Company until he was killed when some other person was appointed to command said Company the name of whom not recollects, that all his relations aforesaid received discharges from the commander, but this affiant did not not receive a discharge because he was in Captivity at the time of the war closed as before stated, this affiant states that his son Richd Calloway was killed before he left the aforesaid

for as he was informed, this affiant States that for the wound he received at the time he was taken a prisoner aforesaid. he was placed on the Pension Role of the United States as an invalid pensioner. that he is the identical person who is now receiving a pension under the certificate issued to him on on the 15 th day of March 1830 — he therefore refers to the proof taken in said case to substantiate the present application,
He hereby relinquishes all claims to a pension except the present for his services as a soldier, but not that to which he is entitled as an invalid aforesaid, and declares that his name is not on the pen- sion role of the United States or any agency thereof except as an invalid aforesaid. Witness his hand and seal this day & year aforesaid.
Ambrose White his mark
State of Kentucky
Franklin County Set
I James Shannon a justice of the peace in & for said County do hereby certify that Ambrose White this day came in person before me and made oath to the foregoing declaration, and authorized me to set his name to the same and he in my presence made his mark to the same

I further certify that said Amerson Whit has long been known to me and is a credible man as lives and is the identical man who was placed on the pension roll of the United States as an invalid on 15 th day of March 1830 as appears by his certificate of allowance, the said Whit has long been an orderly member of the Baptist Society, given under my hand this 1 st day of January 1832
James Shannon J. H. Seal
State of Kentucky } Franklin county set }
I Alexander H. Kennick clerk of the county court in & for said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Shannons signature affixed to the proceeding certificate and I know it to be genuine and he was at the time and now is an acting Justice of the peace in said county duly commissioned as such.
Andrews M c Cl 149 Prince St H o
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 3 rd day of January 1833
A. H. Kennick Clerk (By) R. Long D o

State of Kentucky Woodford County Set personly appeared before me J. H. Stockbrun one of the commonwealths Justices of the peace for said County Daniel Trabue 73 years, President of Adair County and state aforesaid and made oath that he became acquainted with Ambrous White in Bedford County V.A. in July 1779 that whereas Col Richard Callaway and myself went to Virginia to pack out powder and lead for the use of the Garrisons and Soldering in Ky and the said Col Callaway was Authorized to procure men and horses for said expedition of 35 Men turned out Vallenturs to guard and pack out said powder and lead and said Callaway promised said vallenturs that they should have pay until they returned to Virginia and they were to rest a reasonable time in Ky. every one of these Vallenturs furnished themselves with a horse saddle & bridle & gun & accoutrements and was to be paid accordingly for it but I have forgot what they was to have for it they pack horses was procured we started and went on to the lead mines on new River and got lead we had 40 pack horses to pack powder & lead on we got safe to Boonsborough with the said powder and lead I was at the time Deputy Com- missary in Col G. R. Clark's Reg I went on to Logans fort with some of the said powder and lead and in a few Days I heard that Ambrous White and Mores Muckelwain was taken or killed by the indians some time after this Mores Muckelwain made his escape and informed me of the whole affair and told me A White was yet with the indians

and when he was taken by them he was badly wounded and shot in the left arm and broke all the bones I Do further state that the said Ambrose White Did faithfully Do his Duty in guarding and packing the said powder and lead to Boonsborough agreeable to his engagement he was actually was a soldier when taken prisoner by the Indians in August 1779 and had furnished his own horse saddle, bridle, gun & P. for the said expedition I Do further state that I am now present with the said White now in Wood ford County Ky and he is the same man as I have spoken of above which I do the said service the said White now is a Resident of Franklin County with his lame Arm which was broken by the Indians and the said White is at this time much afflicted with his wounded arm - more so now than when he first came home as his fingers hand & arm is drawed up more than when he first came home and more perished away This 13 day of May 1833
Daniel Trabue
Kentucky. St Bedford County select J E. H. Black known one of the commonwealth justice -ees of the peace for the County aforesaid do here- by certify that the above named Daniel Trabue personally appeared before me and said oath that the statements contained in the ab- -ve affidavit are correct and true and that the said Daniel Trabue subscribed to the same in my presence and I here by further certify the foregoing Daniel Trabue is a man of good conscience and creditable witness given under my hand this 13 day of May 1833 E. H. Black known a justice of the peace for Bedford Co.

Commonwealth of Kentucky Woodford County set I John M Kinney Jr. Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do Certify that Edward M Blackburn Esquire whose name is annexed to the foregoing Certificate is one of the Commonwealth's Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified as such, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts - & that the signature is the same Edward M Blackburn
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office at Versailles this 20 th day of May 1833. and in the 41 st Year of the Commonwealth.
John M Kinney Jr. Clerk
to my son
Commonwealth of Kentucky Woodford County set Edward M Blackburn As presiding Magistrate of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do Certify that John M Kinney Jr. whose name is affixed to the above Certificate of attestation is Clerk of the County Court for the County of Woodford, duly appointed and qualified, and that his Certificate is in due form of Law. Given under my hand seal this 20 th day of May 1833.
E. M. Blackburn

The affidavit of John Reading taken at his house on the 18 th day of April 1833 to be laid before the Hon d Secretary of War on the behalf of Amelorous White an applicant to be placed on the pension roll of the United States
This affiant being in the 74 th year of his age deposeth & saith that in the fall of 1780 this affiant became acquainted with Amelorous White who now resides in Franklin County Ky- that said White was then a prisoner with the Indians at the upper Sandusky in the now state of Ohio on the waters of Lake Erie this affiant was himself a prisoner at the same time with the Indians, said White & this affiant continued prisoners of war with the Indians & wretches from the fall of 1780 until the close of the war in Nov 1783 when this affiant was released, having left said White in captivity with the Indians, that said White had been sent from Va to Leonsborough to fort in Company with about thirty others to bring ammunition to said Fort as this affiant understood from said White and that shortly after his arrival in said Fort was wounded in the arm and taken by the Indians further saith not John Reading

State of Kentucky Franklin County set
I A Wilson a justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am that this day John Reading made oath to the foregoing affidavit and subscribed the same said Reading is a reputable man known to me to be such given under my hand this 10th April 1833
State of Kentucky Franklin County set A Wilson J P
I Alexander H Pennick clerk of the County Court holden in & for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of A Wilson who has subscribed the foregoing Certificate and I know said signature to be genuine and that said Wilson now is & was at the time of signing said certificate an acting justice of the peace authorised to administer oaths & duly commissioned as such in & for said county
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and of fice my seal of office this 12 th May 1833
A. H. Pennick C. Clerk

A Whites Case for Pension the Affidavit of John Reading