Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11770, John White, Green Mt. Boys Mass.

SERVICE Green Mt. Boys Mass.
White, John
NUMBER
S. 11770
CONTENTS
carded

34 759 Albany N. York
John White
Asa Cook in the State of New York who was a pifer in the coir command by Captain Tuckes of the reg t command by Col. Allen in the line line for 9 months and 7 days Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of Honor at the rate of 28 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of July 1835 and sent to Lt. Walworth Burlington
Arrears to the 4th of March '35 $ 3.68 Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 Sep t 10.38 $93.46
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clk Book E 2 Vol. 1 Page 81
Sett. to Medbury Sep. 4 " " " " " Sep 25 " 3 rd Aud. Apr. 4 " 1865, S. Harrington. Apr. 12 " 1865

Declaration 3
In order to attain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of New York
Otsego County S.S. On this 16th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common pleas of Otsego County aforesaid
John White a resident of the town New Lisbon in the county of Otsego and state of New York aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he was born in the town Greenwich county of Hampshire state of Massachusetts in the year 1756 and has a record of his age in his possession that in the year 1775 in the town of Williamstown county of Berkshire and state of Massachusetts he enlisted into captain Lusk's company. Latterly was the lieutenant of the said company and Col Ethan Allen
regiment this was early in the spring but the particular time not remembered and soon after joined the regiment and marched through Bennington and Manchester in Vermont to Lake Champlain opposite to Ticonderoga and on the night of the 10th of May crossed in the night across the lake a little below the fort and he this Applicant was one of the party who took
John White New Lisbon

That first cropped and took the fort under Col. Allen and the other 42 men did not cross the Lake until after day light after the Fort was surrendered and Col. Allen and Col. Arnold had a dispute in Vermont and quarreled about which they were the command and the Honor of going in and demanding the surrender of the Fort and it was finally agreed that they should go in side by side and demand the surrender and so they did and the same day an Officer was sent with 15 men by water to take Crown Point and returned with the prisoners taken at that first Fort and 15 was the number of the prisoners taken at that Fort and he there did Garrison duty and was discharged at Tyconderoga by Captain Lusk at the end of the 4 months work.
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He then returned home And then again in the year 1770 at the town of Adams in Massachusetts he returned in the Mass. State Militia the battle of August 29/30 of September in Captain Mason's Company and Col. Simonds Regiment and marched immediately through Vermont to Mount Inver- ness on the Lake and was stationed at that place at the time Gen. Arnold's fort was burned by himself to prevent its being taken by the enemy in October of that year and Private Schuyler escaped and came in to
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Ticonderoga in a shattered condition and our Garrison = in duty until late in the fall was then taken and the Hospital being full sick and was sent to White Hall and put into a private family in the town of Puyasp in Vermont by his officers and had what the Doctors called the Rutland fever and was not able to be discharged until in the month of February and then returned home was out this time about six months
And then again 1777 in the month of June re-entered in the town of Adams aforesaid in the State Militia in the Company of Captain Enos Parker William White the Lieutenant of the Company and Col. Snyders Regiment and marched to Manchester in Vermont and Col. Manners Regiment of the Continental Army was there stationed and there saw one of his soldiers off Eleazar Arthur whipped five hundred lashes and driven out of camp for drinking and disobedience was doing duty there one month and fifteen days and was then discharged by his Capt Parker and returned home
And then again in August the same year was called out in the State Militia at the town of Adams aforesaid under his brother Captain Enos Parker William White and was marched to Bennington in Vermont and was in both of the engage- ments on the 16th day of August under General. Stark on the banks of the River Watsworth and was out this time ten days

and then was discharged and returned home to Adams aforesaid
And then again in the year 1778 at the town of Adams aforesaid about the first of July he enlisted in Captain Enoch Parker and Enoch Chapin acted as major in Massachusetts State Troops for the term of six months and marched Springfield in Massachusetts to guard the public stores in that place and he served as a sifer and acted as a steward to draw the provisions for the company and served out the six months there a keeping guard and was then discharged at Springfield aforesaid by Captain Parker verbally in the month of January and then returned home to Adams aforesaid
6 1/2 months
And then again he volunteered at Adams aforesaid in the state militia under Captain Lieutenant Stephen Bates Captain Mather being absent and was marched through Bennington to Castleton in Vermont and was stationed at the forts at Castleton and Pittsford under General Ethan Allen and heard him make his pine stump speech on a large pine stump and served one month at this and was discharged at Castleton aforesaid by Col. Symonds verbally and then returned home to the town of Adams aforesaid this was in the year 1779 and was gone one month or more. It was that he estimated all his services at about nineteen months
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19 th That since the war he has lived in the town of Adams in the state of Massachusetts and except Lisbon in the county of Otsego and state of New York where he now resides and has for 30 years past and that he has no documentary evidence to prove his services by none living witness except one William White of the town of Pittsfield whose affidavit is herewith annexed
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state Sworn and Subscribed to the day and year aforesaid John White Horace Lathrop. Clerk

We James C Wansworth and Henry Sill both residents of the town of Burlington Otsego County and State of New York
To certify that we are well acquainted John White who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration and that we believe him to be twenty six years of age and that he is reputable and believe in the neighborhood to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Horace Lathrop, Clerk I & C Wansworth
Henry Sill

And the said court hereby certifies and declares their opinions after a full investigation of the matters and after filling the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above Applicant was a Revolutionary and served as testified and the court further certifies that it appears to them that James C Wheatho Harry Siss and William White that have subscribed and sworn to the affidavits are credible persons and entitled to credit in their statements
J. C. Waltho E. F. Scott S. Page Judges

State of New York
Otsego County ss. Be it known that on this 30th day of August personally appeared before James C Manders a judge of Otsego County court William Atherton a resident of the town Pittsfield in the said county and being duly sworn according to law by the said judge deposed and saith that he is 72 years old and during the revolutionary war he resided in the town of Adams in the state of Massachusetts and that he was well acquainted with John Atherton that resided in the town of Adams that resided in the town of New Lisbon in the county of Otsego and state of New York and that he then resided in the town of Adams aforesaid within one mile of him and well remembered that in the spring of the year 1775 that he enlisted into Captain Lusk's company and Col. Ethan Allen's Regiment and marched off to the south and was gone 4 or 5 months and returned with the company and well remembers that in the year 1776 at the town of Adams aforesaid he turned out in the full with the militia in Captain Mason's company of Col. Symonds Regiment and marched to the north again and that he was said to be sick and that some time in the month of February thereafter he returned home sick and weak

and again in the year 1777 at the town of Adams aforesaid as appears by the records he volunteered in the State militia in the Captain Parkers Company and Col Symonds Regiment and that this deponent's father was Lieutenant in the said company and was marched to Manchester in Vermont and they were there about 6 Weeks and then returned with the said company to Adams aforesaid and again as he well recollects that at the town of Adams aforesaid in the year 1778 in July that he (John White) enlisted into Captain Owens Parkers company for the term of 6 months and this deponent went with him and carried his pack about 30 miles and tootown thereafter he went to Springfield in Massachusetts and saw him (the said John White) in the service a doing duty and the next January after the 6 months had expired he returned home to Adams aforesaid
Then again in the year 1779 Nov 16th John White aforesaid and this deponent both volunteered in the militia under Lieutenant Stephen Bates at the town of Adams aforesaid and marched to Castleton and Pittsfield in Vermont and went under Genl. Shaw's command and he heard his firing through the ranks and that they served about one month and that he the said John White White was a good soldier and did his duty well and that he has lived near him for 30 years past and that he is a man of the strictest veracity and entitled in his statements to full credit and further with not.
Sworn and subscribed this 30th day of August 1832 Before me J. C. Mansfield a justice of the peace
John White
I the undersigned John White do hereby certify that I am present and well and understand the foregoing statement of John White that he has served in the militia of the State of Vermont and that he is a man of the strictest veracity and entitled in his statements to full credit and further with not. J. C. Mansfield a justice of the peace

State of New York } Otsego County } ss. I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John White for a pension & I further certify that James C. Walworth before whom the preceding affidavit of William White purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same an acting Judge of the Otsego County Court & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19 th day of October 1832.
Horace Lathrop By W. B. N. Long Deputy

I Francis Sikes have known Mrs Sarah Sheldon for thirty years and have lived near neighbor and believe she is a woman of truth and veracity and have no hesitation that what she has stated above is correct
Oct 15 th 1832
Francis Sikes
Sworn before me James Reed justice

The Department will please to observe the testimony of the court that they testify that all that evidence was before them and they have testify testify to the credibility of the witnesses I think that sufficiently all the papers
J. C. Warworth

The Commissioner will observe that this answer was made before the same Judge Warfield who signed the certificate of the Court in the original Declaration.

Declaration of John Whitt Revolutionary Pensioner
18197
Warrant to be sent to James C Walworth Burlington Otsego County New York
upon E. D. Bangs
Ref to E. D. Bangs for proof - Sep 25. '33

No 18194
John White Otsego County New York
e. i.
Ref d to E. D. Bump for proof Sept. 25 '33
Admitted first Fifer 6 mo 17 days
Daniel $20,77
Jas C Wolworth Burlington Otsego County New York

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. These 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 John White Otsego County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Col. Spring 1795 - 4 - private Capt. Luchs Col. E. Allen Marched to Lake Champlain opposite Ticonderoga, and took the fort under Col. E. Allen. 76 years Williamstown Berkshire Co. Mass. Testimonial evidence - unrefuted credible - none living - witness - unrefuted - credible - no claimant.   Vol. - Sept. 1776 - 6 - private Capt. Allison Col. Simon Marched through Vermont to Mount Independence. No reason given.   Vol. - June 1777 - 1 15 private Capt. Parker Col. Symon Marched through Vermont to Mount Independence. Papers and property attached.   Col. Pout Aug. 1777 - - 10 private Capt. Parker Genl. Starke Burington Marched through Vermont to Mount Independence.   Col. 1st July 1778 - 6 15 sergeant & steward Capt. Parker Major Chapin Marched through Vermont to Mount Independence.   Vol. - 1779 - 1 - private Lieut. Bates Col. Allen  
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 day 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 enquiry 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.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

September 18, 1936
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BA-J/MCS John White, S.11770
Mrs. John H. Warner 645 Myrtle Avenue Albany, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record of the Revolutionary War soldier, John White, of Pittsfield, Otsego County, New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 11770, based upon the military service of John White.
He was born in 1756 in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents were not given.
While living in Adams, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as follows: from sometime in the spring of 1775, four months in Captain Lusk's company in the regiment of Colonel Ethan Allen of Vermont, was a private and was at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775; from late in August or early in September, 1776, about six months as private in Captain Mason's company in Colonel Symonds' Massachusetts regiment; from June, 1777, one month and fifteen days as private under First Lieutenant William White in Captain Enos Parker's company in Colonel Symonds' Massachusetts regiment; from August 14, 1777, until August 19, 1777, as private in Captain Enos Parker's company in Colonel Benjamin Symonds' Massachusetts regiment and was in the battle of Bennington; from July 3, 1778, until January 1, 1779, as fifer and steward in Captain Enos Parker's company in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's Massachusetts regiment; from November 16, 1779, about one month as private in the Massachusetts militia under Lieutenant Stephen Bates.
After the Revolution he lived at Adams, Massachusetts, and New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York.

John White was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, at which time he was living at New Lisbon, New York.
In 1843 he was living at Pittsfield, Otsego County, New York.
He died in July, 1843.
His wife, her name not given, was not living in September, 1843.
A daughter, Mrs. Saphronia Harrington, was living in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, in 1865 and she then referred to a sister who was a widow but she did not give her name.
One John T. White was living in New Berlin, New York, in 1862 but it was not stated that he was related to the soldier, John White.
In 1832 one William White was living in Pittsfield, New York, aged seventy-two years and he stated that Lieutenant William White (mentioned above) was his father.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Dec. 14 3 -
March. The 28
Sir i received your most welcome letter The 23 and felt very thankful to you for your kindness in trying to help my sister and myself as my sister is a widow lady and is very poor and i myself am not much better as i am almost a cripple you requested of me to know my fathers name was
John White he was a fiber in the service what we have called for is a part debt and that is all we want is our part due it is from the time he drew his pension until his death if there is anything more write and i will

informant gave,
very respectfully yours
ADJ 11800 PENSION OFFICE
Miss Sophronia Harrington New Berlin
Chenango County
Mr Joseph Barrett

Official Business Free
Bryant
Hon Joseph H. Carritt Comm Pension Washington DC

New York Revs.
Suspended adj. Jan '32 letter 26 Oct 1833
Miss Ellen
To
Abolworth
let to same 15th Oct 1834
" " Nov 12 Dec 1834 " " Hon D Page 22 "

1920, July 28 Hild. to Mrs. Mary McKinnon
1933. June 16. First to H. Adelbert White
1936. Sept. 18. First to H. Warner
1937. Jan. 4. Prof. H. Adelbert White inf. no data rel. to relationships between Mrs. White D. 11770 & Wm. White D. 234 See letter in Isador White W. 11772
1940. June 5 - H.A. White adv. maybe determine whether H.A. is brother of Isaac & Wm White (In in Ch. of Isaac White D. 11775)
Plan ✓
11770 INVALID.
File No. 11770
John White.
Phil. Row. war
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 404
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
April 1 st 1865.
Sir, John White a pensioner of the Albany N.Y. Post roll under act 7 June 1832, at $20.77 1/2 per annum, was last paid to 4 March 1843.
The above is in answer to your letter of 4 th inst.
Respectfully John Wilson Auditor.
Joseph H. Barrett Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
W.S.C.

Department of the Interior. Pension Office. March. 16 th 1865.
Madam:
Your letter of the 1 st Instant. relating to the revolutionary pension of Your father is before me.
I have to request You, to inform me, of the name of Your father.
When this is done, the information You desire shall be furnished.
I am. Yours very Respectfully.
Jos. H. Barrett. Commissaire.
Mrs. Sophronia Harrington. (North) New Berlin.
Chautauqua Co. N. York.
John White. N.Y.

New Berlin Chenango County New York June 17 th 1862
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C. Dr. Sir.
The heirs of John White deceased (who was a private in the Revolutionary War under Col. Ethan Allen and was inscribed on the Pension list at $20 75 / 100 per annum) claim that he was entitled to a full pension of $96. per annum, he died in July 1843 and drew at the above rate up to March 4 th 1843. I write at the request of one of the heirs to ascertain what is necessary to establish the claim for full pay to which they think they are justly entitled
Yours Truly John T. White

Payment to be made at Woburn by Pres. Meek & Farmers Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Woburn P.O.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. N. 44 Page 81 by Dan Boyd Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, John White of the State of New York ..... who was a Trifer in the Army of the Revolution ..... is entitled to receive Twenty ..... dollars and Seventy seven cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 14 day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- five
C. A. Harris , Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Geo. M c Crump
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.
4 Years in Pittsfield Sept 11 1839 Pensions in New Seaborn -

Sept 23. 43
N.Y.
John White M c Gallop
J. S. Edwards. Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

New Berlin N.Y. Sept. 19 th 1843..
J. S. Edwards Esq
Sir
In answer to yours of the 14 th instant in relation to the claim of John White of N.Y. a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832 I would say that since I was at Washington has died and his wife also, his heirs are poor and needy and if any thing is justly due and could be granted them it would be very acceptable. I understand that for all White services in Massachusetts he has the certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts which was forwarded to the Department when he obtained his present pension certificate and is what entitled him to the pension he has received, the services for which he laid claim to an increase were performed in Vermont. I have been to Mr William Wallup of the Town of Hartwick Otsego County N.Y. a pensioner who was with Mr White in some of his services he recollects being with Mr White but he has become so superannuated that he cannot recollect the name of their officers probably in the papers in support of the claim of the said Mr Wallup you may find the statement of the said Wallup and also of Mr White as I understand he made an affidavit for Mr Wallup at the time he obtained his pension, their papers were made when the mental faculties of the parties were comparatively strong and recollections vigorous. Please let me know about the application of Rachael Arnold and Mercy Arnold which was sent with Mr White
Respectfully Yours Charles Medbury

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 14 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John White, as a Sifer, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Enos Parker's Company, in Col. Benj d Simonds' Regt. where he is allowed from August 14 th to the 19 th 1777, for services and travel, six days. . . . .
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John White's name, as a Sifer, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Enos Parker's Company, in Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regt. of Guards, station'd at Springfield, where he is allowed from July 3 d 1778 to Jan y 1 st 1779, for services and travel,
B. P. No.
six months and one day. . . . .
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John White claims for services under Capt. Lusk in Col. Ethan Allen's Regt. in 1775, and under Capt. Mason, in Col. Simonds' Regt. in 1776; - the rolls for which are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs. Sec y

J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir Please to attach this certificate to the Declaration of Sips Alpha now on file in your Office after examining the same -
J. C. Watrous -
Additional Enclosed John White

June 5, 1940
This corres. belongs in —————> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX John White J. 11770 and ISAAC WHITE S. 11757 BA-J/MSHF:MLB
Mr. H. Adelbert White The University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of an Isaac White who was born probably in Greenwich, Massachusetts, perhaps the son of Isaac, who lived at one time in Adams, Massachusetts, or East Hoosic, New York, and later in Springfield, Otsego County, New York, where he died. You request to know, also, whether or not he and the John White (S. 11770) and the William White (S. 26904), whose records were furnished you, were all three brothers.
There is one claim for pension, only, on file based upon service of an Isaac White in the Revolutionary War. His record is furnished you herewith, the claim number - S. 11757. This office has no way to determine whether or not those three soldiers were brothers.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 4, 1937
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Professor H. Adelbert White 111 Andrews Hall University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska
Ichabod White, W. 22612 John White, S. 11770 Wm. White, S. 23485 Wm. White, S. 26904 BA-J/MCS
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of December 19, 1937, requesting information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Ichabod White, John White, S. 11770, William White, S. 23485, and a William White who lived at Bainbridge, New York, late in life.
A careful survey of the papers on file in pension claims of John White, S. 11770, and William White, S. 23485, fails to show any information relative to these soldiers being related to each other.
You are furnished herewith, the record of Ichabod White, W. 22612, and the record of the only William White who was pensioned while living in Bainbridge, New York, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
There is no record of a William V. White.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

June 16, 1933
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BA-J/MCS John White, S. 11770
Prof. H. Adelbert White 1718 South 26th Street Lincoln Nebraska
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the record of the Revolutionary War soldier, John White, of Pittsfield, Otsego County, New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 11770, based upon the military service of John White.
He was born in 1756 in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
While living in Adams, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as follows: from sometime in the spring of 1775, four months in Captain Lusk's company in the regiment of Colonel Ethan Allen of Vermont, was a private and was at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775; from late in August or early in September, 1776, about six months as private in Captain Mason's company in Colonel Symonds' Massachusetts regiment; from June, 1777, one month and fifteen days as private under First Lieutenant William White in Captain Enos Parker's company in Colonel Symonds' Massachusetts regiment; from August 14, 1777, until August 19, 1777, as private in Captain Enos Parker's company in Colonel Benjamin Symonds' Massachusetts regiment and was in the battle of Bennington; from July 3, 1778, until January 1, 1779, as fifer and steward in Captain Enos Parker's company in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's Massachusetts regiment; from November 16, 1779, about one month as private in the Massachusetts militia under Lieutenant Stephen Bates.

After the Revolution he lived at Adams, Massachusetts, and New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, at which time he was living at New Lisbon, New York.
In 1843 he was living at Pittsfield, Otsego County, New York.
John White died in July, 1843.
His wife, her name not given, was not living in September, 1843.
A daughter, Mrs. Sophronia Harrington, was living in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, in 1865 and she then referred to a sister who was a widow but she did not give her name.
One John T. White was living in New Berlin, New York, in 1862 but it was not stated that he was related to the soldier, John White.
In 1832 one William White was living in Pittsfield, New York, aged seventy-two years and he stated that Lieutenant William White (mentioned above) was his father.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

645 Myrtle Ave., Albany, N.Y.
Director, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: I am helping Mrs. Bertha C. Laurens of Oneonta, Otsego Co., N.Y. with D.A.R. lines. I find in "Census of Pensioners" New York 1840 Page 93 Otsego Co. Pittsfield John White age 85.
It looks as though this was Mrs. Laurens's ancestor as her grandmother Sarah Jane White (born probably about 1830) mar. in 1850 Henry Cotton Halbert. She was the daughter of John White of Unadilla - Henry C. Halbert was of Butternuts - "Pittsfield lies between valleys of the Unadilla on the west and the Butternuts." There is no White family in this section in 1790 Census.
May we have the record of this Revolutionary soldier John White as I believe it will help us to find proof of her line. Thanking you for any help, I am,
Aug. 22/36
Sincerely yours,
Harriet B. Warner (Mrs. John H.)

NATIONAL FORENSIC SOCIETY OF
Delta Sigma Rho
Office of the National Editor H. ADELBERT WHITE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
1718 South 26th Street LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
May 22, 1933
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Your efforts to trace certain persons named White for me through the pension records have been greatly appreciated. I am still much in the dark, however, as to the persons previously mentioned, save in the case of Vassall White, son of Dr. John White of Blandford, Mass., who died at Litchfield, N. Y., on Dec. 1, 1830. I still have not located the place or date of death of Dr. John himself, of whom you have no record. Since I wrote you, however, I have received certain hints from the published records of the Adjutant General's department of Vermont, which lead me to believe that Dr. John served there in the Revolution, as we know he did according to the official records of Massachusetts.
May I trouble you once more in my attempt to locate also a John White, who may have been related to our people? The man I now inquire about was John White, of Pittsfield, Otsego County, reported in the list of pensioners in the 1840 volume as living there in 1840 aged 85. May I have anything about his term of service, former residence, and names of any relatives or others mentioned in the documents.
Also, may I report that on March 9 th 1933, your office wrote me in response to my inquiry as to a Henry White of Onondaga County, New York. I was asking about a Henry White, who apparently served in the Massachusetts Line, and who was pensioned on March 22, 1819 to date from April 10, 1818, and his age was given as 79 years. In your reply to me you gave me a report of Henry White, W. 18411, pensioned April 10, 1818. You also say that he was born Nov. 6, 1753. It appears, therefore, that there must be some discrepancy, for he could not have been 79 then, or could not have been the man who was 85 79 on that date, 1818.
Could it be that there were two pensioners named Henry White in Onondaga County, New York, about this date? Or, is the age wrong in the published record of pensioners as issued in 1841 as of 1840?
Hoping once more that you will pardon my persistence, I am, Very truly yours,
H. A. White

McKinnon

FRANK H. McKINNON District Deputy Grand Master 16th MASONIC DISTRICT Sidney, New York
Rev Sec
Pension Department Washington D.C.
Will you kindly send me the record of John White- of Pittsfield N.Y. who was a Revolutionary soldier and drew a pension - think he applied about 1841 - A.E. 79
Yours truly (Mrs.) Mary L. McKinnon Sidney, N.Y.
Sidney, N.Y. June 29, 1920.

Burlington Ky Sept 9th 53
Dear
N.Y. John White Esq.
L. Edwards Esq. Camp of Pueris Washington

Burlington, Otsego County, N.Y. September 9th 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner
Sir
I wish to call your attention to the claims of John Whit a revolutionary Soldier last Dec. you wrote me saying that we must apply to E. H. Bangs Secretary of State Mass. for a certificate. We did and obtained one of which the following is a true copy and forward the same to your office about the 1st of February last, and as it proved beyond a doubt more than six months services I for- =mer there has been some mistake about it as you would have sent me a Pension certificate for him please examine the following copy and see if you have approved the original
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretaries Office Jan'y 14th 1834
I hereby certify that from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to the Military services in the war of the revolution which remain in this Department it appears that the name of Johns White as a fifer is found on a pay roll of

Capt Enoch Parkers company in Col. Bangs Symons Regt where he is allowed from Aug 26 th 14 to Nov 19 th 1777 for services and travel six days Mo. Days " = 16
John Whites name as officer is born on a post Roll of Captain Enoch Parkers company in Col Jacob Garrison Regt. of Guards stationed at Springfield where he is allowed from July 3 rd to 1778 to January 1 st 1779 for services and travel six months and 1 day
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John White claims for services under Capt Lusk in Col. Ethan Allens Regt in 1775 and under Captain in Col. Simonds Regt in 1776 the Roll for which are not found in this Office
Edwards D Bangs Secretary
Sir I wish you to write to me if there is any further objection to Mr. Whites Pension
I am Sir yours with all due respect.
J. C. Matthews

Dr Crump John White J. Edwards Esq House of Peers Washington City July 12th Washington

I John White a revolutionary Soldier of the town of New Lisbon County of Otsego state of New York I hereby establish all further claims to a pension there for six months and I am sure that I have provided satisfactory to the Department by the certificate of C. H. Bangs Esq. Secretary of State of Massa- chusetts unless there after Congress may pass some new Acts for the relief and support of Revolutionary Pensioners or that I may find further proof that shall substantiate my claim satisfactory to the Department John White June 30th 1835
Burlington June 30th 1835
J. L. Ganeard Sir
I send you the release of John White and wish you to forward me a certificate for him for 6 mo and 3 days services as a fife V.C. according to your letter to me of 12th of December last of which I beg leave to refer your Honor -
Respectfully Your Hon Sarah J. C. Waldo Secy

State of New York Otsego County ss.
Amended declaration
On this 30th day of Nov 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned Judge of the said county of Otsego John Atkinson who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is now of the age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of all his services (nor of all the particular officers he served under) but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades for one year and twenty four days I served as a private For Six months and fifteen days I served as a sergeant and for such service I claim a pension the last mentioned service was done in Springfield under Captain Parker in the year 1778 And that I never served as a substitute for any other person and that I never received a letter written discharged from any officer and was in the Barrington Battle and in no other And the reason that no clergyman has testified or been sworn as a witness for him is that there is no one living in the neighborhood or that he is acquainted with and has not been for many years or that could have any knowledge of him And that the Hon. William G. Angel, member of Congress and Hon. James Wandsworth, Judge of County Court and Elias Gwynne Esq. and Henry Sill and Nathaniel Daniels are his neighbors.

that are well acquainted with him and can testify to his general character for credibility and their belief of his services in the revolution and was not engaged in biped pursuit during that time Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid Before me John White James C. Vanhook Judge of Otsego County Courts

STATE OF NEW YORK, Otsego County Clerk's Office, ss.
County, do hereby certify that is subscribed to the annexed
} Samuel Russell Clerk of said David B. St. John Esquire, whose name affidavits
was on the date of the same a Instrument of the premises in and
for said County, and duly authorised by law to take the same. And further , that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Instrument and verily believe his signature to the said Instrument is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, the 22, day of June A. D. 184 3
Samuel Russell CLERK.

We Russell Wheeler minister of the gospel residing in Scituate Otsego County and state of New York & Paschal Franchot late judge of Otsego Common Pleas & Benajah Davis Esquire both of Butternuts Otsego County State of New York and Charles Medbury Esquire of New Berlin Schoharie County & state of New York & Jacob K. Lull Supervisor of Butternuts & David B. Hopper Supervisor of Pitts- field in the County of Otsego aforesaid
Hereby certify that we have been long and well ac- quainted with John White of Pittsfield New York a Revolutionary Pensioner of Pittsfield New York who draws a Pension under certificate Number 29989. That we believe him to be about Eighty seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been long and & actually engaged as a soldier in the Revolution and that we fully concur in that opinion and that this opi- nion we have never heard questioned. That we beli- eve him to be a man of unquestioned integrity June 20 th 1843
Russell Wheeler Paschal Franchot
Benajah Davis Charles Medbury J. K. Lull David B. Hopper
Otsego County ss: On this 20 th day of June A.D. 1843 Personally came before the above named Russell Wh- eeler, Paschal Franchot, Benajah Davis, Charles Medbury & J. K. Lull and duly made oath to the truth of each and every fact set forth set forth in the foregoing certificate David B. Hopper Justice

State of New York Otsego County - ss
We the undersigned Judges of Otsego County Courts do hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with the within named Russel Wheeler Paschal Franckot Benajah Davis Charles Medbury Jacob H. Lull and David B. St John and do certify they are severally persons of good charact- er and standing in community of integrity truth and veracity and worthy of belief
In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names this 22 nd day of June 1843-
J. C. Matthews Hiram Kirne G. B. Noble
I certify I am personally acquainted with the above named Russel Wheeler Paschal Franckot Benajah Davis Jacob H. Lull and David B. St John and fully concur in the opinion above expressed concerning them June 22 nd 1843 Levi Stewart

State of New York Otsego County ss
I James C. Watworth one of the judges of Otsego county being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he went the Attorney for obtaining John White's Pension and that he arrived said White and did believe his evidence sufficient without obtaining traditional evidence of his Revolutionary Services and as this deponent believes the said John White was not allowed his Pension under Act June 7th 1832 for only about six Months Services And further saith not
J. C. Watworth
Subscribed in open Court this 22 d day of June 1843 and sworn before me Samuel Ruppell clerk

John C. Morris of Butternuts Otsego County and State of New York Conn seller at law, do certify that I have been long and considerably acquaint- ed with John White of Pittsfield Otsego County New York, said to be a Revolutionary Pensioner and to draw a Pension under certificate N o 29989, that I believe him to be about eighty seven years of age, I know nothing however personally of his having been engaged as a Soldier in the Revolution, nor as to the reputation of his having been such, never having had occa- sion to make inquiries upon the subject, nor heard it spoken of. I believe him to be a man of unquestionable integrity. John C. Morris.
Otsego County ss: On this 20 th day of June A.D. 1843 personally came before me the above named John C. Morris and duly made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing certificate
Daniel B. of John Justice
I certify that I am acquainted with John C. Morris above named and who has sworn to the above statement is a credible person and his statement is entitled to full credit June 29. 1843. Daniel B. of John Justice

We the undersigned residents of the town of Pittsfield Otsego County and State of New York Do certify that we have been long and well acquainted with John White a resident of the said town of Pittsfield who is reported to be a soldier of the Revolution and who now draws a pension under certificate Number 29.989 and who is also reported to be about eighty seven years of age. We would also further certify that the said John White is a man of unquestionable integrity. None of the foregoing facts have we ever heard doubted or disputed Pittsfield June 27 th 1843
Lyman Patrick Calvin Eddy Joseph Sewell Augustus Sheldon Elbridge G. Owens Ransom Spafard late Justice and now B. Martin
Otsego County ss: On this 27 th day of June A.D. 1843 personally came before me above named Lyman Patrick, Calvin Eddy, Joseph Sewell, Augustus Sheldon, Elbridge G. Owens and Ransom Spafard and severally made oaths to the truth of the foregoing certificate Daniel B. Hobbs Justice
I certify that Lyman Patrick, Calvin Eddy, Joseph Sewell, Augustus Sheldon, Elbridge G. Owens & Ransom Spafard the several persons sworn as above are creditable persons and their statement therein made is entitled to credit. June 29, 1843. Daniel B. Hobbs Justice