Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11752, Godfrey White, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
White, Godfrey
S. 11752
carded
CONTENTS

No. 20. 824 New York Godfrey White Madison of the State of New York who was a Private in the Camp commanded by Captain Wharton of the Regt. commanded by Col. Olney in the Line line for 6 months ★ R.R. Line.
Letter to Godfrey White Dec. 28. 1876.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Oct 1833 and to S. S. Sloan Monroeville
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $ 50 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1st No '34 10 $ 60
Recorded by J. P. Hild Clerk Book E. Vol. 1, Page 10 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }

Godfrey White Declaration - Brookfield
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Declaration the act of In order to obtain the benefit of Congress passed June 7th 1832 State of New York Declaration of Godfrey White County of Madison ) B
On this 8th day of October 1832 Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of Common Pleas Now sitting Godfrey White a resident of the town of Brookfield in the County of Madison and State of New York aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In the spring of the year of General Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island this declarant enlisted for six months in the town of Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island under Lieut David Johnson in the Rhode Island State troops. He received a small bounty from the town of Hopkinton and with about thirty recruits went to Providence where we laded one night from thence we went on to the Island of Rhode Island and joined the Regiment, Commanded by Col. St. L.  Stanton at that time at a place called Middletown we were employed part of the time in repairing an old fort and during the summer for March to different parts of the Island. This declarant recollects there were some French troops on the Island while he was there the Americans and British had an engagement after General Sullivan arrived and on that day this declarant was employed to carry cannon on to a small Island to prevent the British shipping from pasing up the River between the Island of Rhode Island and the Main land, remembers of seeing a private by the name of Dungan shot for desertion - When the Army retreated from the Island he returned with his Regiment to Howland's Ferry at Livenstown and remained there and in the vicinity until some time in the fall of 1778 when his term of service expired and having served the full term of six months he was discharged and returned home the the exact day and month when I entered or left the service I cannot now recollect but when his time was out it was after corn harvest
Then

There were within the time of my engagement several Regiments of Militia and Continental troops on the Island with the whole under General Sullivan but this Deponent does not now recollect the officers names he knew Lieut Johnson who died on the Island there were Col Olney and some others of which he then knew
This Deponent further says that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person who can testify as to his services whose testimony he can procure except John Larkin whose affidavit accompanies this
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
1 st I was born in the town of Newport in the State of Rhode Island the 4 th day of September in the year 1760
2 nd I have a copy of the record of my age taken from the town clerk's book in the State of Rhode Island
3 rd I lived in the town of Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island when I was called in to service and during the whole of the Revolutionary war - about twenty years ago - to the town of Plainfield in the County of Bristol New Bedford where I resided about ten years when I moved in to the town of Brookfield where I have since resided
4 th I enlisted in to the service
5 th I cannot now state the names except Lieut Johnson and Col Olney and General Sullivan
6 th I received no written discharge
7 th Elders Daniel Coon and Samuel H. Coon are persons to whom I am known and live in my neighborhood who can testify as to my character for veracity, and their belief as to my services as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to and subscribed this 7 th day of August 1841 Godfrey White A. S. Sloan Clk

We Joseph Clarke and Nathaniel Haskell residing in the town of Brookfield in the County of Madison and State of New York - hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Godfrey White who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy two years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Joseph Clarke Sworn and subscribed the day 8th Oct 1832 and year aforesaid A. S. Sloan Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investi- gation of the Matter, and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the War Department, that the above named ap- plicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further Certifies, that it appears to them that Joseph Clarke and Nathaniel Haskell, who have signed the preceding Certificate, are residents in the town of Brookfield in the County of Madison, and are Credible persons, and that their Statement is entitled to Credit -
I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceed- ings in the Matter of the Application of Godfrey White for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this ninth day of October 1832 -
A. S. Sloan Clk

State of New York } John Larkin of the town and county County of Madison } of Schoharie, and State of New York being duly sworn, says that he is now 72 years of age, and that he Resided before and during the Revolutionary war, in the town of Westerly, in the State of Rhode Island; and that he was well acquainted with Godfrey White, who then lived in the town of Hopkington in the State of Rhode Island, but now resides in the town of Brookfield, Madison County, New York - and this Deponent further says, that the year of General Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island, this Deponent was a Soldier in Col. Olney's Regiment, who was stationed on the Island - the whole being under the command of Gen. Cornwall - until General Sullivan assumed the Command, this Deponent saw the said Godfrey White there, and knew that he was then in service as a Soldier in that Corps of troops; but that he did not serve in the same Company with this Deponent - and that this Deponent's enlistment was for the term of nine Months - and understood believed  supposed that the said Godfrey, enlisted and served the term of Six Months in that term of duty, and further saith Not
John Larkin
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of July 1832 and also that the said John Larkin is a Man of Veracity William Randall One of the Judges of Madison County Court

State of New York } John Larkin of the town and County County of Madison } of Schoharie, and State of New York being duly sworn, says that he is now
John Larkin now of the town of Schoharie in the County of Schoharie and State of New York - but formerly Westerly of the State of Rhode Island - Subscribed under Capt Peter Berry
State of New York } Madison County Clerk's Office } I, Andrew J. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify, that Elisha Randall before whom the within Affi- davit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same, one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of October 1832. A. J. Sloan Clk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Godfrey White a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 11,752.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring, 1778 6 mos. Pris. Lieut. David Johnson Olney R. I.                                     
Battles engaged in, _____ ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hopkinton, R. I. Date of application for pension, Oct. 8, 1832. Cl. al Residence at date of application, Brookfield, Madison Co. N. Y. Age at date of application, B. Sept. 4, 1760, Newport, R. I. Remarks: There is no family data.
The above is the only Godfrey White found on the Rev. War pension records.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Adams N.Y. Aug 9-1912
Dear Sir
Kindly inform me if the name of Godfrey White  Rev. appears upon your Pension roll. if so will you please send me record at earliest possible date am desirous of obtaining it for eligibility to D.A.R.
Cemetery Green Settlement Adams Jeff Co N.Y. headstone with dates
Thanking you
Most cordially
Anna C. Boomer
Vice Pres., D.A.R.

Dear Sir
Does the name of Israel Warrier
(1742-3 — 1810) also appear on Pension list Born in Springfield Mass. died in Adams Jeff Co. N.Y.
Respectfully
Anna C. Boomer
Vice Pres D.A.R.
Adams N.Y.