Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9525, Constant Whitford, R. I.

SERVICE
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Whitford constant
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CONTENTS

Reported 18. April 1832
Let to M. T. Clough, aft 16. 1840. do. to same & Hon. A. C. Hand, April 29. 1840.
New York. 20. 469.
Constant Whitford of Rensselaer Co. in the State of New York - who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gibbs. of the Reg't commanded by Colonel Richmond in the R. Island line, for the term of eleven months, from Feb. 7. - 1776 to Feb. 7. - 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, commence on the 14th day of September 1833.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of April 1834 and sent to Hon. R. Whallon. H. of Reps
  Arrears to 4th of March. 1834  47.47.    Semi-annual acct ending 4 September 1834  48.00.     $95.47  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818. May 1, 1820. March 1, 1825. }
Recorded Book D. vol. five, page 154 by Miss Palmer, clerk

Rhode Island Distress
I Charles Greene of Coventry in said District being now in the 79 th year of my age on solemn oath do testify & say that in the month of February in the year 1776 I enlisted as a private for one year in the company of Capt Josiah Gibbs company & in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wm. Richmond which Regiment had been raised in December proceeding & belonged to the Army of the United States I served in said Regiment until it was disbanded being Eleven Months for my services I now receive a pension under the acts of Congress making provision for the soldiers of the Revolution - and I the said Charles do further testify that I have a perfect recollection of Constant Whitford who I now understand & believe lives in Tiendnoga in the County of Essex in the State of New York Said Constant enlisted as a private in said company & Regiment very near to the time I did & for the same length of time to my knowledge he served

in said Corps as long as I did to wit about eleven months he was then honorably discharged - Charles Greene
Rhode Island Disturbance
On this second day of May A.D. 1832 Personally came before me the above named Charles Greene & made solemn oath to the truth of the facts set forth in said deposition to which he offered his name in my presence - I also certify that said deponent has been known to me for several years past and he is a credible witness in the premises & I further certify that said deposition was reduced to writing thereby in the presence of the deponent & was done at the request of Constant Whitford who is to make application for a pension -
Benjamin Cornell Clerk & Commissioner of the District Court of the U States for said Dist

Rhode Island District
I Jeremiah Webb of Warwick in said District being now in my 81st year of my age, on solemn oath do testify & say, that in the early part of the year 1776, I think in the month of March I enlisted as a non commissioned officer (a corporal) in the company of Capt Josiah Gibbs & in the Regiment of Col. M c Nicholson which regiment had been raised in the State of Rhode Island in December 1775 & belonged to the Army of the United States - I enlisted for one year & I served untill the Regiment was discharged which was in January 1776 - I further testify that in consequence of my services, my name has been placed on the Pension Roll for said States according to the acts of Congress making provision for soldiers of the Revolution And I the said Jeremiah do further testify that a man by the name of Constant Whitford who now lives in Tienderoga in Essex County in the State of New York was a soldier in said company & Regiment at the same time I was. Said Constant was in the company when I joined it

had enlisted as a private in the same company & for one year & to my knowledge he served until the Regiment was discharged and he was honorably discharged. I have a good recollection of these facts -
His Jeremiah X Webb Mark
Rhode Island District
On this second day of May A.D. 1832 Personally came before me the above named Jeremiah Webb & made solemn oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the preceding deposition, to which he affixed his mark as above made in my presence. I also certify that said Webb is personally known to me & he is a credible witness in the premises. I further certify that said deposition was reduced to writing by me in the presence of the deponent & was done at the request of said Constant Whitford who is to make an application for a pension.
Benja. Corwell
Clerk & Commissioner of the Dist. Court of the United States within said Dist.

Constant Whitford Application for Pension
30/Nov. 1866
7.47.
41

Original Claim.
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List under the act of the 18th of March 1818.
State of New York
County of Essex ss. On this fifth day of September 1833 personally appeared before the Subscribers a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & declared to be a court of record by the statutes of said State Constant Whitford a resident of the town of Tion-deraga in said County aged Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 & the first of May 1820; That he the said Constant Whitford enlisted for the term of one year on the last of February or first of March 1776 in the state of Rhode Island as a private in the company commanded by Captain Porah Gibbs in the regiment commanded by Colonel William Richmond in the line of the State of Rhode Island on the Rhode Island continental establishment; That he continued to serve in the said corps until the last of January or first of February 1777 having served eleven months when he was discharged from the service in the town of Newport in the State of Rhode Island by the force of sickness; That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present; That his name is not on the roll of any stat & that the following are the reasons for not making this application to date to wit: That he did make & present an application dated April 24. 1818 which was declared to be inadmissible on the ground as he was informed by the War Department that Colonel William Richmond regiment was not on the continental establishment which information he relied upon as correct till he was informed in the winter of 1833 by a person from the State of Rhode Island that persons who served in the same regiment to which he (this applicant) belonged had applied for & received pensions under the acts

above referred to. That he there as soon as he was able procured from Rhode Island the affidavits of Charles Green & Jeremiah Webb which are hereto annexed & again renewed his application in the month of August last 1832 which was returned a day or two since with directions requiring him to state the property in possess- ion at the date of the act the subsequent changes in the same & the estimated balance on hand.
And in pursuance of the act of the first March 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818; & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me submitted. That since the 18th of March 1818 the following charges have been made in my property:
   Description of property Name of person to whom disposed of - Time of Sale Amt. of money or description of prop. recd. in return     1 Cow which was killed & eat up by him & family expecting 30 or 40 lbs which he sold to Mr. - Stearns for labor - he sold the beef at 4 cts per lb.   1 Hoe which he wore out -   1 Axe which he wore out & still retains the poll -   1 Hay which he killed & eat up in his family -   1 piece of tongs which he still possesses   1 pot. iron   8 small dish kettles which he now has -  

has had half a doz knives/forks, 61 many spoons & board 4 & 3 trunks & 3 rams all of which are worn out & broken unfit for use - are useless -
The above includes all my property of every description in my possession at the date of the act of March 13. 1878 of the same which the same has since been destroyed. In none of the same or hand except the full of the age the dish kettle the razor & the tongs which are not worth more than 75 cents -
The following is the schedule of my property now or hand above referred to, to wit:-
  1 hoe .25 - one axe .75 - 1 cow - 1.50  $16.00    1/2 doz spoons .25 - 1/2 doz knives & forks .25  .50    2 tin dishes .25 - 3 pails .50 - 4 milk pails .50  1.25    1 churn .50 - 1 wash tub .25 - 1 razor .25  1.00    1 cotton hat .13 - 1 bible .50 - 4 chairs 1.00  1.63    1 dish kettle .50  .50         $20.88  
The above schedule includes all my property of every description now in possession - the cow was raised from a calf brought by the cow which is proportioned as described in 1878 & killed - Many of the articles now or hand were obtained by the charity of neighbors & friends. The above schedule except my bedding & security of fuel & I have none except what is necessary for my daily supply up to then -
My occupation is tilling a small piece of ground in garden which belongs to my neighbor but I am unable to work in the garden for the most part of the time - My family consists of myself & wife who is 88 years of age & both of us are unable to support ourselves & are greatly dependent upon the charity of our friends & neighbors for the necessities of life -
And I hereby solemnly swear that I am unable to attend personally in court to make this my

Declaration on oath by reason of disease & bodily inability. Sworn & submitted to the said CONSTANT WHITFORD saying as aforesaid before me Joseph S. Weed a Judge of Essex County Common Pleas
I Joseph S. Weed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, held in the county of Essex, do hereby certify that the above named Constant Whitford is from a disease called the Rheumatism with which I am credibly informed & believe he has been afflicted for the space of five years, unable to attend the court of which I am a Judge & I do not think from present appearances that he will be able to attend the court above named at its next session - I have therefore in pursuance of the act of Congress of the first of March 1823 attended at his place of residence and subscribed the foregoing oath.
Joseph S. Weed a Judge of Essex County Common Pleas
I Leonard Stone Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Essex certify that Joseph S. Weed before whom the above affidavit of Constant Whitford who is now sick with the Rheumatism & unable to attend court was made is Judge aforesaid. I also certify that the said schedule & oath have been admitted to the record of said court & that the same are truly copied therefrom: I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited on the aforesaid schedule is $20.83 - In testimony whereof I also certify that the above signatures are the genuine signatures of said Judge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court this sixth day of September 1833 - Leonard Stone clerk

32849 New York A. Constant Whitford dec.
of D in the State of who was a Priv. in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution time for
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Verdun 2 Sept. 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of March 1831 and sent to How G R Andrews in c. Scotwaga
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Recorded by H. C. Robinson { Revolutionary Claim, } Book L 2 Vol. 4 Page 83 { Act June 7, 1832. }

State of New York } ss. On this fourteenth day of Essex County } A.D. one thousand eight hundred February. and fifty one before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Personally appeared Anna Sheldon of Ticonderoga in the County aforesaid one of the Children and heirs of Constant Whitford late of Ticonderoga aforesaid deceased who being by me duly sworn according to Law on her said oath Declares that Constant Whitford late of Ticonderoga aforesaid deceased was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States That he died at the said Town of Ticonderoga on the fifteenth day of September A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty. That the said Constant Whitford left a widow who died at Essex in said County on the twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty  fifty one . That at the time of the death of the said Constant Whitford he had only two Children living to wit, Anna Sheldon your declarant and Oliver Whitford both of whom are now living and are the only surviving heirs of the said Constant Whitford deceased. That the said declarant in behalf of herself and the other heir Oliver Whitford Makes application for such Pension or arrears of Pension as may be found due to them as such heirs by the Laws of the United States, and particularly including the back pay from the time of said Whitford's application
Subscribed and sworn Sworn to before me this 14th day of February  1851 the day and year aforesaid Anny Sheldon Mark Purdy Vetch Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ralph Fitch the person before whom the within Declaration purports to have been taken, & that he was on the fourteenth day of February A.D. 1851, one of the Justices of the Peace within for the County of Essex and State of New York, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Ralph Fitch, that his signature to the juratt of the within said Declaration is genuine.
S. R. Andrews M. C.

State of New York Essex County ss
County Judges & Surrogates Office Elizabethtown March 5 th AD 1851.
We hereby Certify that Satisfactory Evidence was adduced to Me to prove that Constant Whitford deceased, late of Picoenderoga in the County and State aforesaid died at Picoenderoga aforesaid on the fifteenth day of September AD 1840, That Rebecca Whitford his Widow survived him and died at Essex in the County and State aforesaid, on the 25 th day of March AD 1850, That the said Constant Whitford at the time of his death was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that Oliver Whitford and Anna Sheldon are the only surviving Children and heirs of the said deceased
Given under My hand and Seal of Office at Elizabethtown in said County this 5 th day of March AD 1851. J. E. McKim Essex County Judge Surrogate

October 21, 1936
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Mrs. Rachel Redington 3121 East 36th Street Ct., Des Moines, Iowa
CONSTANT WHITFORD S. 9525 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Constant Whitford, born in 1760, served as private under Captain Gibbs and Colonel Richmond and died in Ticonderoga, New York, September 15, 1840.
You are furnished below the record of Constant Whitford as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 9525, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Constant Whitford was born in Coventry, Rhode Island; the date of his birth and names of parents are not given.
He enlisted in February or March, 1776, in the State of Rhode Island, served as private in Captain Josiah Gibbs' company, Colonel William Richmond's Rhode Island regiment, was in the battle of Long Island in which he assisted in taking twenty-seven Hessian prisoners and was discharged in January or February, 1777, having served eleven months.
In 1818, the soldier was a resident of Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York.
Constant Whitford was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1833, at which time he was aged seventy-three years and still residing in Ticonderoga, New York. He died there September 15, 1840.
In 1833, Constant Whitford referred to his wife then aged sixty-eight years but did not give her name. He was survived by his widow, Rebecca Whitford, and two children; namely, Oliver Whitford with whom he and his wife had lived in Ticonderoga, and Anna Sheldon who

in 1851 was living in Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York. No reference was made to any other children.
The soldier's widow, Rebecca Whitford, died March 25, 1850, in Essex, Essex County, New York.
It was stated that Constant Whitford's children, Oliver Whitford and Anna Sheldon, both had large families of children, but no names were shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Dept of Interior Bureau of Pensions Old War Div. Washington D.C.

3121 E. 36th St. Ct. Des Moines, Ia. Sept. 26, 1936
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Could you please give me the names of the children of Constant Whitford , born 1760, enlisted Feb. or Mar. 1776 as Private Capt. Gibbs Co. Col. Richmond's Reg't., served to Feb. 1, 1777. Died Ticonderoga, N.Y. Sept. 15, 1840.
Thanking you I am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Rachel Redington

Rehr
9525
INVALID.
File No. 95-25-
Constant Whitford
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 403
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec - 20 - 1902
Hon N. C. Taylor
RR.
Jan'y 29 - 1903
H. C. Chappell. RR.
Independence Iowa
1936 Oct. 21 - Stuk to Mrs. Rachel Bedington - MKB

File with Inv. 9575- Whitford

17/74
FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JAN 28 1903 U. S. PENSION OFFICE.
Speaker's Room, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
Jan. 27, 1903.
FILE WITH CASE
Hon. E. F. Ware,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Mr. Commissioner:
I have a request from Mr. H. C. Chappell, of Independence, Iowa, one of the prominent men of my district, asking for the record of one Constant Whitford, in the Revolutionary War. He states that Constant Whitford enlisted from Rhode Island and served under General Greene and afterwards became a U. S. Pensioner. I have requested the Record and Pension Office, War Department, to furnish me with a statement of this soldier's military record, but will be glad to have any information on the same subject that the Pension Office may have available. It may be that the Record and Pension Office cannot locate the soldier without knowing his company and regiment, and it may be that this information can be furnished me by your office so that I can advise the Record and Pension Office.
I hope for an early reply as Mr. Chappell requests information at once.
FILE WITH CASE
Very truly yours,
D. B. Henderson
Attorney and reply through desk to Deputy Commissioner
2 95 25

State of New York.
Essex County ss. On the 5 th day of June A D 1857, before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Lyman S. Allen, Who being by Me duly sworn deposes and saith
That in the Year 1818, this deponent sent to the Commissioners of Pensions at Washington all of the Necessary papers to procure a pension for Constant Whitford of Ticonderoga aforesaid, and that all of said papers were returned by the Commissioner A. L. Edwards Esq: With the following remarks Wrote on the back of the Declaration by him With a pencil "Richmond's Regiment Not on the Continental Establishment, Inadmissible" That the said Declaration was afterwards returned to the Pension office with the papers upon which said Whitford procured a Pension in 1833, & is now on file there
Lyman S. Allen
Sworn to and subscribed this 5 th day of June before me 1857
A. S. Clark Justice Peace

I hereby Certify that N. S. Clark whose Name is signed to the jurat of the within affidavit of Symax. S. Allen, was on the 5 th day of June 1851. Still is, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Essex in the State of New York, that I am well acquainted with his Signature & that the signature to said jurat is genuine
G. R. Andrews N.Y.C.

No Constant Whitford, dea NY Act 7 June 1832,
Ad 11 mos Yrs p 36:66 Yrs annu. Comg 11 March 1831 & endg 11 Sept 1833,
drop from roll act 18 March 1818, Payable to Oliver Whitford & Anna Sheldon only surviving children -
Alby roll
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Hon G. K. Andrews Munroe (ouga) Picanderoga NY

I hereby Certify that I Was Well acquainted With Constant Whitford deceased, late of Picouderoga in the County of Essex and State of New York, in his life time. At the time of his death, for ten years next immediately preceding his death, That the said Constant Whitford died at Picouderoga aforesaid on the fiftieth day of September A.D. 1846, That Rebecca Whitford his Widow survived him & died at Essex in the County and State aforesaid on the 25 th day of March A.D. 1857, That the said Constant Whitford at the time of his death was a revolutionary prisoner of the United States, That Oliver Whitford and Anna Sheldon are the only Children and surviving heirs of the said Constant Whitford deceased, That I resided in the same neighborhood with the said Whitford,
G. R. Andrews M.C.

Constant Whetstone C.F. Act 188 and 1884 H. A. Merrill Com RECEIVED MAR 9 1833

Sir
act March 18. 1818
pension to commence Sept. 1803 $8 per month
Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D.C.
Hon. A. Haller H.R.
J. S. [Signature]
Act
1818
Resolutions N.Y. Sept 9 th 1833
Constant Whetstone Esq

Union Square Lett. 1838-
Dear Sir
I herewith return papers of Constant Whitford - I have got him to make a new Decla- ration conforming to the instructions as now en- now understood there - the old application (C, you will see by Mr. Cump's letter which is enclosed) needed only the statements respecting property & population at the date of the act which I have inserted in this Declaration which is the only substantial difference between it & the old application - I have also sent an old declaration made by him in 1818 - the pencil marks on the back of it were made in the Department - I have also sent Messrs. Green & Webb affidavits - Mr. Cump's letter will show the alteration required which is made in this Application Declaration - I have also enclosed Mr. Eager's application - he has not applied before - Yours very respectfully E. P. Pearson -
J. L. Edwards Esq -

April 28 1840
Return
Constant Whitfield My wife #878
Single
Rev Hon J. A. Edwards Commission of Peace Washington D. C.

Dear Sir
Nantuxent April 24 th 1840
You write in yours of 16 th inst - in answer to my former Letter on this subject That Constant Whitford is not entitled to back pay, the rule being that they are not entitled till the proof shall be complete - I wish to state more fully the particulars in his case - he made an application in 1818 and made the requisite proof to entitle him to a pension, but his claim was at that time rejected because Col Wm Richmond's regiment - under which he served was not on the Continental Establishment . That being I think a State establishment to wit - of R. Island - this regiment was I think afterwards entered up on the Continental Establishment & many of the Pensioners in R. Island who served under the same are now drawing or have drawn all their back pay - In 1818 his paper was sent back not on account of the proof but - because Col Wm Richmond's name was not on Continental establishment which was afterwards entered -
Respectfully yours Moses D. Clough
Hon. J. A. Edwards

State of New York Essex County } ss
Lyman S. Allen of Ticonderoga in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn ac- cording to law deposeth and saith That he was well acquainted with Constant Whitford deceased late of Ticonderoga aforesaid. That he was so acquainted with him and also with his wife for twenty four years next preceding his death. That the said Con- stant Whitford was a Revolutionary Pensioner for some years previous to his death. That said Con- stant Whitford made a Declaration before Ebenezer Douglass one of the Judges of the Essex County Court of Common Pleas on the 24 th day of April A.D. 1818 which was forwarded to the War Department for the purpose of procuring a Pension for his services in the Revolutionary War. That the said Declaration was re- turned to him by L.L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions with this Endorsement on the back of the said Declaration "Richmond's Reg t not on the Continental Establishment Inadmissible" That the said Whitford then considered that he could not obtain a Pension and gave it up and done nothing more for that purpose until the winter of 1832 when a man by the name of Ebenezer Barney from Rhode Island (formerly a Senator and for some years a Representative in the legislature of Rhode Island from Coventry the native town of the said Whitford) preached in the neighborhood where the Deponent and Whitford lived. After service Deponent with the said Barney visited the said Whitford. The conversation naturally turned upon the scenes of the Revolution "Pension act" &c. when the said Whitford informed the said Barney

Of his unsuccessful application and the cause of its Rejection. The said Barney assured the said Whitford that he knew several persons in the state of Rhode Island who served in Richmonds Regiment who had been drawing Pensions for years for such service
That Deponent went in the spring following to Rhode Island and procured the affidavits of two of those named by the said Barney (Gren & Web). That the said Whitford made another application in the summer of 1832 which was sent to the Department together with the aforesaid affidavits. That the said application was returned for some defect which was amended and again sent to the Department. That afterwards a Certificate was sent to the Applicant granting him a Pension from September 1833. That Deponent lived in the neighborhood of said Whitford and done all of his business in relation to obtaining his pension. That the said Whitford was old and feeble being severely troubled with the Rheumatism and almost wholly unable to labor for fifteen or sixteen years previous to the date of his Pension Certificate, and lived in the house with his son Oliver Whitford the said Constant Whitford's his wife being wholly unable to labor by reason of a hernia and for many years entirely bed rid. That he had to depend entirely upon Oliver Whitford and Anna Sheldon and the Charity of neighbors to keep him and his wife from becoming town paupers. That the said Oliver Whitford and Anna Sheldon were poor and had large families of their own but did all they could for the comfort and support of the

said Constant Whitford and his wife Their Parents and Deponent knows that the Children the said Anna Sheldon and Oliver Whitford contributed besides the necessary care and attention several hun- dred dollars in provision Clothing and other ne- cessaries without which they must have suffered and become a Town Charge That Deponent transacted all the business for the said Whitford made out his Pension papers &c. and often heard him remark in view of the certain fate that awaited him in case of failure that he thought it hard that a Revolutionary Soldier who had done his duty faithfully to his Country and become old and infirm must become a Town Pauper and be set up and struck off to the one who bid lowest and would consequently keep him poorest That Deponent is not in any wise interested in any Pension that may be drawn by the heirs of the said Constant Whitford That he makes this Affidavit voluntarily as an act of Justice to the heirs of said Whitford and without fee or reward That the said Constant Whitford died at Ticonderoga aforesaid on the fifteenth day of September 1840 and his wife died on the twenty fifth day of March 1850 at Essex in the County and State aforesaid and that the said Anna Sheldon and Oliver Whitford are the only surviving heirs of the said Constant Whitford deceased
Lyman S. Allen
Subscribed and sworn this fourteenth day of Feb. 1854 before me Brady Fitch Justice Peace

The word "said" on the last line on first page and the words "the said Constant Whitford's" on the ninth line from the bottom on the second page were intoned before signing Rush Fitch Justice Peace
I hereby Certify that Rush Fitch was on the 14 th day of February 1857, was one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Essex and the State of New York, dwelling in said County that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, that his signature, to the within foregoing affidavit is genuine, I also certify that I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Barry & within Constant Whitford, within mentioned I have heard them both relate the facts within stated, relative to the first information which Whitford received from Barry, of the fact that Richmonds Regiment Soldiers were drawing Pensions, & I have read the within affidavit & know many of the facts & Circumstances therein stated, that the said affidavit is true to the best of my knowledge and belief that the said Whitford was a respectable Man that, I have been acquainted with Lyman S. Allen who made the within affidavit, for I verily was last past, & reside in the same neighbourhood, that he is a respectable Man, & this affidavit is entitled to full faith and credit,
J. R. Andrews M.C.

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Constance Whitford To the Secretary of War Alfadavil Alfadavil 24 April
** refers to the Alfadavil certif
in favour Regt not on the Continental Establishment Inadmissible

State of New York City County
State of New York Essex County On this twenty fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight, before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex personally appeared Constant Whalen of Ticonderoga in the said County 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 late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolution war:" That the said Constant Whalen enlisted in the year 1777, at the time of the British occupation of the term of one year at Ticonderoga in Rhode Island into Captain M c Leod's Gibb's Company and Colonel M c Leamond's Regiment of the Rhode Island line that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States, until the month of August in the year 1779 when he was discharged from service in Rhode Island, State of Rhode Island - That he was in the ship which was captured in taking town by our American Privateers at Long Island in the year 1776 then returned to New York and stayed there until the British fleet came into New York harbor and he remained there to Brooklyn until he was discharged - and that under all circumstances and stands in no way of assistance from his country for support; and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said services. I was sworn to & declared before me the same year aforesaid CONST. WHALEN 13 1/2 11 1/2 15 1/2 18 1/2
the day & year above said Ebenezer D. Duglass the above said Judge
State of New York City of New York
State of New York I, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Ulster, do hereby certify that it appears to my satis- faction that the said Constant Whitford as aforesaid did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy: And I now transmit the proceedings & testi- mony had & taken before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
Given under my hand the this 24 th day of April 1818
one of the Judges of Ebenezer Davenport Esq. County Common Pleas
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Whitford, David GRADE Private LINE Rhode Island
WARRANT NUMBER 3586 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Nov. 30, 1799 to Abraham Holbrook, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.