Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2298, Asa White, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
White, Asa
W. 2298
Lydia
B.L.W. 18005-160-55
CONTENTS
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15007 Massachusetts Asa White
at Bridgewater in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Small of the Regt commanded by Col. Matson in the Mass June for 8 months
Civil War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of May 1833 and Ser. No. 46 To the Rev. Asa White
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $53.34 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 1833 $66.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Atkinson Clerk, Book E Vol. 29 Page 91
72 Plym

Asa White 11555
also signed the same. In the trial of the rebel officers who were tried for the assassination of President Lincoln, the rebel officers who were tried for the assassination of President Lincoln, the rebel officers who were tried for the assassination of President Lincoln, the

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this eighth — day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before — the Court of Private now sitting at Middlebury — within and for said County of Plymouth, Asa White a resident of West Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy years 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquish- es 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the winter of 1778 he enlisted served as a substitute for two months in Capt Mayhew's company. He was substitute for Samuel Croxford of Roxbury. said company was stationed at Cambridge, Mass. in guard of Burgoyne's troops. and he knows of no one living be- longing to said company. Col. Brooks was in command.
That in 1780 he enlisted in the company under command of Capt. Tisdale belonging to the Regiment of Col. Gration for six months, and served said term in said company, which was at West- Point and in the Jerseys.

And the Applicant says, that in the two instances above specified he served eight months, and that he was born in Weymouth in the County of Norfolk, Mass. and at the time of both services lived in Roxbury in the County aforesaid, and now lives in West Bridgewater as aforesaid - The second of his births, which was in 1762 is in the town records of Weymouth - that he never had any written discharge. That he is generally known to the inhabitants of West Bridgewater and especially to Mrs. Boyles and Zina  Ebenezer Hayward, Esq. of said last named town, and that there is no settled clergyman in that town. Asa White
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Registrar

Rev. Elias Hays  a clergyman, residing in the town of West Bridgewater and Town Hayward residing in the  town  hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with Asa White  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be  seventy  years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of and that  who also signed the same, is a resident in the  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court, Attest
Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa White for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two !
Jacob H. Lord

1412 Massachusetts Lydia White widow of Asa White
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Mafs Lines
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 67
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1833 Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Aug 1833 and sent to
F. Hall Boston Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 28th , Page 47 Vol. A
3/53
1832

State of Massachusetts, ss. Plymouth County, ss.
On this Sixteenth day of April, A. D. 1853. Personally appeared Asa  White , before the subscriber, Judge of Probate within and for said County, Lydia White, a resident of Mt. Bridgewater in said County, aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the second section of the Act of February 3 d 1853:-
That she is the widow of Asa White, who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of twenty six dollars per annum, on account of his services in the war of the Revolution & was paid at the Boston Agency, & for proof of said services, she refers to the evidence on file in the Pension Office upon which said pension was granted.
She further declares that she was married to said Asa White on the twenty sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and ten; that her said husband died on the fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty seven; that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is still a widow, and that she has appor-

tea Franklin Hall of Boston her true & lawful attorney for her & in her name to prosecute her claim under the above named act,
Lydia White
Sworn to, subscribed & acknowledged the day & year above written before me. & I certify that I have no interest in the claim of the declarant to a pension & am not concern- -ed in its prosecution; and I furthermore certify, that the said declarant being unable by reason of her great age & bodily infirmities to attend the Probate Court, the above Declaration was made before me, at her residence in West Bridgewater.
Aaron Hobart. Judge of Probate for said County —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss.
I Joseph G. Beal Register of Probate for and within the said County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that Aaron Hobart, whose sig- nature is written above and before whom the forego- ing declaration was made, is Judge of Probate for said Coun- ty of Plymouth and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate for said County, this nineteenth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three.
Joseph G. Beal
Reg. Probate.

I, Samuel A. Orr, of E. Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, Physician, on oath testify & say that I am acquainted with Lydia White the within declarant; - that she was the wife & is now the widow of Asa White deceased; - that said Asa White was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States during his life time; - that he was attended by me in his last illness & that he died on the fifth day of February, Eighteen hundred & forty seven.
Samuel A. Orr -
My commission expires March 1853. The within copy of my commission is true to the best of my knowledge. Plymouth ss. April 16. 1853. Then personally appeared Samuel A. Orr, above named & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true, before me, & I certify that I have no interest in the claim of Lydia White to a pension & am not concerned in its prosecution.
Aaron Hobart Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Norfolk & Town of Weymouth.
bapt Asa White 2d { of Weymouth and
Miss Lydia Hawes } Intend Marriage
Weymouth April Sixth } Eighteen Hundred and ten.
Married by Rev Simeon Williams May. Twenty-sixth. Eighteen Hundred & ten.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legi- ble figures as follows, viz., - May 26 1810.
Oran White Town Clerk
I Oran White above named deposes and says that I hold the office of clerk in the Town County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named, as certified by me
Oran White { Town Clerk of Weymouth
Norfolk p. March 21 st 1853. Sworn to and subscribed before me, & I certify that I have no interest whatever in the claim of Lydia White to a pension and am not concerned in its prosecution
B. H. White Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 26 th 1852
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation B. F. White was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

132. 637 } Act. Mar. 3/55 May 14th/55
Lydia White, wife of Asa White. (Rev.)
Map: Centerville Revolutionary War 7th June 32.
Widow Lydia White 1800-1853
A. Newton, W.W.
Adopted aa, mch: 7/1856, Blyton Map Sep 53-1412
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Franklin Hall Boston Mass.
Vol. 1. page 143,

Ms. 6.37.
Filed by Franklin Hall 39 State St. Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, May 11, 1855
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Joseph Kingman was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY OF Plymouth , } ss.
On this twenty seventh day of April — one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Lydia White aged eighty two years, a resident of W. Bridgewater in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Asa White who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service; for proof of which facts, she refers to the evidence on file in the Pension Office, upon which a Pension was granted her said husband under the Act of June 7, 1832
She further declares that she was married to the said Asa White on the twenty sixth day of May — one thousand eight hundred and ten ; that her name, before her said marriage, was Lydia Haines ; that her said husband died on the fifth day of February — one thousand eight hundred and forty seven at W. Bridgewater and that she is still a widow ; and for proof thereof she refers to the evidence on file with her application for a pension under the 2 o section of the Act of February 3, 1853 Her Pension Certificate is dated August 19, 1853
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, and has appointed Franklin Hall, of Boston, her true and lawful attorney for her and in her name to prosecute her claim.
SIGNED AND SEALED IN PRESENCE OF
TWO WITNESSES.
Charles Churchill Leather Richards
Lydia White

AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
WE, Charles Churchill and Luther Richards residents of W. Bridgewater in the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above named Sydia White in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
We further declare that we were well acquainted with the said Asa White and Sydia White his wife (now his widow) during the life time of the former, and knew them to live together as husband and wife and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband, the said Asa White died at W. Bridgewater on or about the fifth day of February 1847, and that she is still a widow, and that they  we have no interest in this claim.
Charles Churchill
Luther Richards
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joseph L. Kingman JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

L. W. B. W. 2298.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV,
REVOLUTIONARY.
December 17th, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Asa White, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to advise you that he made an application for pension on August 8th, 1832, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing at West Bridgewater, Mass., and his pension was allowed for eight months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Tisdale and Col. Greaton. He enlisted at Roxbury, Mass.
His widow, Lydia, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Hon. William C. Lovering,
House of Representatives.

Asa White
Private 8 Mts
on Roll Col G's Mts
J H Lord & Co Wymount Mts

BRIEF in the case of  Isa White  of Nat Br. Sp. in the State of  W. Va.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? yes  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1778 - 2 As a Private Gen. Capt Maghew   1780 6 " Capt Fisonale Col Grattan  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? near by Ohio  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Lott Examining Clerk.

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. June 9 1896
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
D. M. [unclear] Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Ase White
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Rowley Norfolk Co. Mass
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Weymouth then W Bridgewater Mass
Date of death (as near as possible):
Feb 5 th 1847
Christian name of widow:
Lydia White
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He did was pensioned
Remarks:
After his death his widow drew pension
Your name and address:
Henry C. Howland Whitman Mass

Mr Murphy Sir
Enclosed please find the paper you wished me to fill out & return As I said before I am about to join the daughters of the revolution, and I must have a certificate from Washington showing Asa White to be a revolutionary soldier and a pensioner. will you please send me the money due on record which will help me any much and oblige
Mrs Lucy G Howland Whitman Mass
Aug. 15 1896

OLD WAR & NAVY AUG 21 1896 FILES.
PENSION U. AUG 19 S. 1896 OFFICE.

This certifies that Capt Asa White, Son of Abner and Margaret White was Born June 2 d 1762
(Weymouth July 28 th 1832.
John B. Hollin Jr. S ch

George A. White advice
Asa
Geary 1853 Willard
FIRM
Dear Mr. Waldo. Esq.,
Comm: of Business. Washington D.C.

Ms. A. 9. 2. 33
FR P
Loren P. Waldo, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.

April 29. 1853
App d of Lydia White widow of Asa White.
Hingham Co.
Mass:
15007
Act 3 d Sol y : 1853 p. 21. 67 Rev Annals Commencing 3 d Feb, 1853.
Franklin Hall 39 State Street Boston Mass:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Duplication

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18.005
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N o 1276
Lydia White widow of Asa Map.
Let to Franklin Hall 29 th June 1853
Act February 3. 1853

Rev Han
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2208
Sydia White, Widow Asa White, Paro. Rev. Wom.
Act. Feb. 3. 185-3.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 328
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug 22 96
seed pens
To Mrs L C Howland Whitman Mass
SWB
Dec. 17-97. Hon. William C. Lovering. House of Reps.

39 State St. Boston July 23 d , 1853.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith I forward the additional evidence required by your letter of the 29 th June ult o in the case of Lydia White, claimant of a pension as widow of Asa White, under the 2 o section of the Act of Feb. 3 d 1853.
I am Sir, most Resp t
Your obed t Serv t Franklin Hall.
L. P. Waldo, Esq., Comm r of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. July 23 d 1853—
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joseph Kingman was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth—
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
William Lloyd Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Charles Churchill of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, aged 62 years, on oath testify & say that I am well acquainted with Mrs Lydia White, of said W. Bridge- water an applicant for a pension, as widow of Asa White, and was well acquainted with the  her late Husband, said Asa White, that said Asa White was always reputed & believed, by his neighbors to have served in the war of the Revolution, & was a pensioner of the state of Massachusetts. - That said Lydia White, is now, & was a widow on the 3 d day of February - 1853 & that she is the widow of the identical Asa White who was a soldier & a pensioner as aforesaid
Charles Churchill
Plymouth ss. July 19 th 1853. Sworn to & subscribed by the above named Charles Churchill (witness) before me. & I certify that said Charles Churchill (witness) is personally known to me & that he is a credible witness, & is a resident of W Bridgewater; & that I have no interest in the claim of Lydia White to a pension, & am not concerned in its prosecution I further certify that Mrs Lydia White is personally known to me & that I believe the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit to be true
Joseph Kingman, justice of the Peace

I Lydia White of West Bridgewater, County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, am an applicant for a pension, on oath testify & say that I am the Widow of Asa White who was a Revolutionary soldier & a pensioner of the United States, & that I was married to him on the twenty sixth day of April 1810 & that my name previous to my marriage to him was Lydia Hawes
Lydia White
Plymouth ss. July 19 th 1853. Sworn to & subscribed before me, & I certify that Mrs Lydia White is personally known to me that she is a person of truth & veracity & that I have no interest in the her claim to a pension, & am not concerned in its prosecution
Joseph Kingman, Justice of the Peace

I Luther Richards of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, aged 54-years, on oath testify & say that I am well acquainted with Mrs Lydia White, of said W. Bridge- water, an applicant for a pension, as widow of Asa White, & was also well acquainted with her late Husband, said Asa White, that said White was always reported & believed, by his neighbors to have served in the war of the Revolution, & was a pensioner of the State of Massachusetts, that said Lydia, is now, & was a widow on the 3 d day of Feb- ruary 1853 & that she is the widow of the identical Asa White who was a soldier & a pensioner as aforesaid
Luther Richards
Plymouth. ss. July 19 th 1853. Sworn to & subscri- bed by the above named Luther Richards (witness) before me. & I certify that said Luther Richards (witness) is personally known to me & that he is a credible witness & is a resident of West Bridgewater, & that I have no interest in the claim of Lydia White to a pension & am not concerned in its prosecution I further certify that Mrs Lydia White personally known to me known to me & that I believe the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit to be true
Joseph Kingman Justice of the Peace

39 State St. Boston April 27 th 1853.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith I send the application of Lydia White, widow of Asa White, dec d formerly a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $26.67 per annum, for a pension under the second section of the Act of Feb. uary 3 rd 1853.
I am, Sir, most respectfully Your obed t serv t Franklin Hall.
L. P. Waldo, Esq. Comm r of Pensions. Washington, D.C.

White

Brief in the case of Sydia White, widow of Asa, Plymouth County and State of Massachusetts, act 3 d Febry: 1853,
Claim, ("original," or for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June. 1832,
Record Evidence of marriage —
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Franklin Hall S d , 39 State Street, Boston,
Name and residence of Agent
Mass!
S. C. Baynton, Examining Clerk.

O. W. & N. Div.
W 2298
L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 22, 1896.
Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Asa White, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension on August 8, 1832, at which time he was residing in West Bridgewater, Mass., and 70 years of age, and his pension was allowed for eight months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Tisdale and Col. Graton. He enlisted at Roxbury, Mass.
His widow, Lydia, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs L. C. Howland,
Whitman, Mass.

I Abner Blanchard of Weymouth in the County of Norfolk & State of Massachusetts of lawful age to give evidence on Oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Asa White of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth that I was a Soldier of the Revolution & was at West Point in the Year 1780 and in the State of New Jersey, that I knew the said Asa White at said time who was in the Army in Col. Geatons Regiment in a Company commanded by one Capt. Fisdale & that I frequently saw the said White and know that he served out his term of enlistment in the Army which was six months being for the same period with myself.
Attest Benj n Givrell
Abner Blanchard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss August 3rd 1892 Then personally appeared the within named Almer Blanchard and subscribed the within affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me Sam d Bayley Justice Peace
Norfolk ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I James Ware Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Norfolk hereby certify that Samuel Bayley Esquire above named is a Justice of peace in & for said County duly appointed commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office and that his signature above written I believe to be genuine and true
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth and subscribed my name at Dedham this fourteenth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
James Ware