Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2412-200, Henry Whiting, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Whiting, Henry
B.L.Wt. 2412-200
CONTENTS

Power of attorney Francis A. Whiting

Know all men by these presents That I Francis B Whiting of Clarke county & State of V a do hereby constitute and appoint Henry Northrop of Washington City my true and lawful attorney with powers of substitution for me and in my name & that of my C o heirs to prepare papers, collect proofs & vouchers & prosecute our claim against the united States, for the bounty land due my late father Henry Whiting for his services as a captain of the Virginia continental line of the army of the revolution & to ask, demand, & receive from the Secretary of war of the united States a warrant for the bounty land thus due, & to deposit the same, when so received, with the commissioner of the general land office at Washington city for land scrip, & to ask, demand, receive, & receipt for the certificates as land scrip due thereon, & to endorse, assign, transfer, & make sale of the same, & to do & perform all things touching the same which I myself could do were I personally present. In witness of which, I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 28 th day of Dec r 1846
Francis B Whiting (Seal)
State of Virginia { Personally appeared before me the Clarke County } Francis B Whiting a justice of the peace in & for the said county Francis B Whiting signer & subscriber to the foregoing power of attorney, & acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act & deed for the purposes therein named. Signed Sealed & acknowledged before me this 28 th day of Dec r 1846
Mann R Page
State of Virginia { To wit. I John Hay clerk of the county Clarke County } court of said county do hereby certify that Mann R Page Esq r before whom the foregoing power of attorney appears to have been acknowledged, was at the time of taking such acknowledgement, & now is an acting justice of the peace in & for the said county duly commissioned & qualified & that to all of his official acts as such, full faith & credit is & ought to be given, & that the signature purporting to be his, is

Genuine, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court at Berryville this 28 th day Dec r 1846
John Day, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Sessions
Henry of Calverton Barnes of Berryville

Certificate of kinship Henry Mahetango kin

State of Virginia Clarke county } Court at a county court held in & for said county -ty, on the 28 th day of Dec r 1846, on motion of Francis B Whiting it was proved in open court, to the satisfaction of the said court, that Carlisle F. Whiting deceased, Mary B Little, formerly Mary B. Whiting, now living in Clarke county V a , George B Whiting dec d , & Francis B Whiting now living in Clarke cy. V a , are the children & only heirs at law of Henry Whiting Dec d late of Frederick county V a who was reputed to have been a captain of the Virginia line of the army of the Revolution; also that Charles H. Whiting, George W.C. Whiting, Fairfax H. Whiting, Wm. W. Whiting & Ellen M. Whiting, are the children & only heirs of Carlisle F. Whiting dec d . and that Francis H. Whiting, Elizabeth B. Whiting, Frances A Whiting, now Frances A Anderson, Mary B. Whiting, George C. Whiting, John B. Whiting, Richard G. Whiting, Harriet P Whiting, Fenton B. Whiting, and Henrietta C. Whiting, are the children & only heirs of George B Whiting Dec d , the whole of which is ordered to be certified
I John Hay clerk of the county court of said county do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy from the minutes of the said court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said county at Berryville this 28 th day of Dec r 1846
John Hay J. H. H. Powell of Clarke county

V.L.M.
August 6, 1919.
Dr. George T. Tyler, Room 318 Custom House, New York City.
Sir: In response to your letter dated the 28 th ultimo, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show that Henry Whiting of Frederick County, Virginia, was a First Lieutenant of the Fourth Virginia Regiment, was retired September 14, 1778, and that Warrant No. 3413 for 300 acres of Bounty Land was allowed February 8, 1847, to his surviving children and grand children.
Children
 Francis B. Whiting.  Carlisle F. Whiting, deceased in 1846.  Mrs. Mary B. Little.  George B. Whiting, deceased in 1846. 
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Children of Carlisle F. Whiting.
 Charles H. Whiting.  George W. C. Whiting.  Fairfax H. Whiting.  William W. Whiting.  Ellen M. Whiting. 
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Children of George B. Whiting.
Francis H. Whiting.
Elizabeth B. Whiting.
Mrs. Frances A. Anderson.
Mary B. Whiting.
George C. Whiting.
John B. Whiting.
Richard G. Whiting.
Harriet P. Whiting.
Fenton B. Whiting.
Henrietta C. Whiting.
It does not appear that a claim for pension was ever made on account of his service. There is no further data on file as to his service and the date of his death is not stated.
Very respectfully,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "J. M. McLaughlin".
Commissioner.

Henry Whiting
R.L. W. N o 2412,
for 200 acres.
Leub. Va. Line
Warrant issued Feb. 8, 1847
in behalf of
Mary B. Little & others

Department of State Washington Feby 3, 1847
James L Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions
Sir
In compliance with your request, I have caused the Washington Papers to be examined for evidence of the service and rank of Henry Whiting as an officer of the Virginia line of the army of the Revolution, and have to report the following as the result:
In a paper purporting to be "A list of the Captains and Subaltern officers of General Scott's brigade, who were left out, at the late arrangement, as supernumeraries, prisoners of war, and for other causes, 14 th Sept r 1778," Henry Whiting is returned as a supernumerary 1 st lieutenant of the 4 th Regiment.
In a paper purporting to be an "arrangement of the officers of the Fourth Virg a Regiment Dec r 31 1777," signed by Col d Scott B. General, under the head of " Promotions " Henry Whiting is

reported as a 1 st lieutenant, and opposite his name, and under the head of "By what means," are written the words: "By Lieut. Cherrys promotion," and
In a paper purporting to be an "arrangement of the Virginia Line, as settled at Middlebrook, May 1779" Henry Whiting is included in the list of supernumerary lieutenants .
The letter of Henry Northup is herewith returned.
I am Sir, very respectfully
Your Obed t serv t
James Buchanan

Feb 6 '47
Mulgrave
James L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Present

Washington City C. H. of Febry 1847
Sir
Yours of the 5 th is received. in relation to the case of Henry Whiting. I stated that there was a record under date of 1847 of a Promoted in the M th Cravens 1847, but to what rank whether Lt or Capt. I did not know. And that he had recd land from Ex as Capt, this is all that I know of it
You will please deliver the warrant to my son who is here by authorized to receive it - together with a certified copy of the Power of Attorney of H. B. Whiting and of the Certificate of Deanship unless the heirs are specially known in the face of the warrant - and oblige Sir yours truly
Hervey Whiting

Rev Sec
Room 318 Custom House ,New York City.
July 28 1919.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington. D. C.
Sir:-
I have the honor to request, that you furnish me with the data as to a pension granted for Lieutenant Henry Whiting, born 1740; died 1795. He was an Ensign Fourth Virginia, March 25 1776: and Lieutenant November 29 1777. His estate was inventoried in Prince William County, Va. ; 1797.
Yours very respectfully,
George T. Tyler. N.R.D.

CW Rev. War Section.
Aug. 11, 1919.
Dr. George T. Tyler, Room 318 Custom House, New York City, N. Y.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 8" instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services and you were furnished on the 6" instant the history of the only Henry Whiting found on said records. The data given you was obtained from the sworn statements upon which the bounty land was allowed.
The Bureau is unable to aid you further in this matter.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Fitzgaber Commissioner.

In reply refer to "V.L.M."
Room 318 Custom House. New York City. August 8 1919.
Rev Sec
G.M.Saltzgaber. Commissioner. Dept. of the Interior. Bureau of Pensions. Washington. D.C.
Sir:-
Your letter of Aug.6 1919, in regard to the records of Lieut. Henry Whiting, 4th. Va. Regt.: The records of the Adjutant General's office show Henry Whiting, as an Ensign commissioned March 25 1776; as 2nd. lieutenant September 28 1776; and 1st lieutenant Nov. 29 1777: He served in the 4th. Va. Regt. in Capt. Thomas Matthews' company, also known as Capt. William Cherry's Company; and said Regiment was commanded successfully by Col. Robert Lawson & Major Isaac Beall; the last company roll on which his name appears is one for May 1778. Ist. Lieut. Henry Whiting born 1740; died 1795; married Humphrey Ann Frances Toye Nov. 1762 (Kingston Parish, Gloucester Co, Va.) His estate was inventoried in Prince William County Va. 1797. His children were: 1. Thomas, 2. Frances, (married Alexander Scott) 3. Harriotte (married Edmund Burke) 4. Elizabeth Toye born Aug. 1774, died at Big Bend Ky. June 22 1857; & married Richard Barnes Alexander June 28 1790. "The record in your letter shows Whiting of Frederick County, Va. & the children stated in your letter are not the ones as I am descended from 4th child Elizabeth T. Alexander; & her granddaughter, Hartley Alexander Murray Luckett of Owensboro, Ky. now in her 83rd. year, was with this Elizabeth T. Whiting Alexander in her Ky. home often, & said Mrs. Luckett has full use of her mental faculties & knows the Family records. Can you give me further proof that said Warrant No. 2412 was for not for another Lieut. Henry Whiting, & not the one as records given above from the Adjutant's Office, Wash. D.C.? Thanking you for this trouble, and hoping to receive a reply soon as to the correctness of this officer.
Very respectfully,
George T Tyler. M.D.

Washington City 14th January 1847
Sir
Enclosed is the papers of the heirs of Ebenezer Whiting a Captain of the Virginia Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for the County said to which they are entitled from the United States
The Papers to sustain this claim are to be found in the Washington papers, you find in the State Department to wit in Vol 100 7 and again in Vol 102 of these Washington papers
In Vol 7 he will be found to have been of the 4th Va Regt in Scott's Brigade said to have been arranged out as a Superannumerary at the White Plains Consolidated on the 11th of Sept 1778. And the Books in the Section of Paymaster's Vouchers will show whether he came from this Country or from the United States or not
The above Paymaster said from Vol 102 a Capt and at that early day within three months from the end of the war and when there could have been no mistake as to his rank - In these Washington papers (Vol 7) there is a remark (Note) in Mr. Brumstedt's of the 10th June 1779. In what part of these papers this remark is I know not in either the Proprietor's whether this promotion of the 10th June 1779 is to be a Capt but I surely think it was a Capt, however the remark will speak for itself. I know not where this remark is but think it is on the same sheet and page with the list and name of the Superannumeraries of the 4th Regt and below the list as reported it is surely there in some place and will show his actual rank and although I think it states promoted a Capt of the 10th June 1779 yet I may be mistaken as to this part of rank, on all others I am not. I have to ask that this claim be taken up and looked into as early as practicable
According to the new rule in General Smith's case this certificate of his rank is objectionable being taken in Clarke County where he died in Frederick County, I don't intend to press the division in this case I remain Sir
Yours respectfully Ebenezer Dyer Trustee
P.S. Previous to the in possession of the papers of Paymaster's in your office there were a set of rules prescribed and printed for passing his rank in the several States of the Union. The last passing his rank expired in 1840 was renewed in August 1842 since when a new rule has been adopted or in other words Mr. Gordon has shown me the form of the present rule and this rule previously known to the States of Virginia Delaware and Maryland unknown to the rest of the States. The form of these rules and a requisition for passing his rank adopted wholly at variance and unknown to the laws of these States. This arbitrary and unauthorized rule cannot with not be submitted to, no Federal court can dictate to a sovereign State how they shall pass his rank other than their own Constitution or Legislature, General Smith's case must and will be brought up for investigation of the acts of the Paymaster's office to see whether that Department shall prescribe rules at war with and unknown in practice to the States where his rank should be passed. H.C. 1847

Henry Northrop
Henry Whiting - Office V. Linn
Jan 4 47
Mr. Gordon
James L. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Present
H. Northrop
Rec d Jan 4 th 47
James L. Edwards, a Democrat for the 90. S.D. spent in favor of Henry Whiting the Chairman of the Joint Ways and Means of the War Reclamation, representing to an act of the Assembly at the State of Virginia, passed February 10th 1951