Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,409, Thomas White, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
White Thomas Elizabeth
R 11,409
CONTENTS

State of Virginia Hanover County = ss
On this the 28 th day of August 1840 personally appeared before Wm L. White a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs Elizabeth White a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy seven years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838: That she is the widow of Thomas White deceased who was a Captain in the war of the Revolution from Hanover County Va she does not know the time of her said husband's entering the service of his country as she never knew him the said Thos White until after the close of the war. She has heard him speak of his having the command of a Company at York Town Va and was present when the British army surrendered. That she was married to the said Thos White in January in the early part of the year nineteen hundred and Eighty three in the County of Hanover that her husband the aforesaid Capt Thomas White died on the 21 st day of March 1825 and that she has remained a widow ever since that Period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Elizabeth White
Sworn to & subscribed on this the day and year above written before Wm L. White J. Peace
I also certify that Mrs White above named is from bodily infirmity and old age unable to attend Court since under my hand this 28 th day of August 1840.
Wm L. White J. Peace

State of Virginia County of Hanover 55
I hereby certify that Mrs Elizabeth White before mentioned is a lady of high respectability and her declaration entitled to full credit given under my hand this 27 th day of October 1840
W. BROWN, J. Peace
At a Court of Quarterly sessions held for Hanover County at the Courthouse on Tuesday the 27 th of October 1840.
The Court having examined the proceedings of Colo. William D. White and of their body in qualifying Mrs Elizabeth White to her declaration for pension, and the certificate of John D. G. Brown (also a member of their body) on the standing of said Mrs White, approve of and sanction the same, and order the same to be referred to the war department.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this twenty eighth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty
Wm. O. Windas Deputy Clerk of Hanover County

Know all men by these presents that we Thomas White and Elisha White are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency Benjamin Harrison Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and to his successors, in the sum of fifty pounds, to the payment whereof well and truly to be made, for the use of the said Commonwealth, we bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors and Administrators jointly and severally, firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 6 th (sixth) day of February 1783 (one thousand seven hundred and eighty three)
The Condition of this obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage intended shortly to be had and solemnized between the above bound Thomas White widower and Miss Elizabeth Blackwell. Now if there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then this obligation to be void and of none effect, else to remain in full force and virtue.
Thomas White Elisha White
State of Virginia
Monroe County, to wit:
I Philip Winston, Clerk of the County Court of Monroe, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the above is a true Copy of the Marriage License (Bond) of Thomas White, late of the said County, now on file in my Office, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the said bond in fair legible figures as follows, "6 th day of February 1783". In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty one.
Philip Winston C.H.C.

Died - at his seat (Spring Grove) in the County of Hanover, on the morning of the 21 st ult. Gen. Thomas White, in the 67 th year of his age after a severe illness of twelve days, occasioned by a fall from a high pair of steps, which he bore with uncommon fortitude, leaving a disconsolate widow and nine children to bemoan his irreparable loss. He was an affectionate husband, a tender parent, a kind neighbor and an indulgent master. Thus has the last enemy cut off from the social intercourse of life, one whose services for more than forty years was devoted in a great degree to the public service of his country, commencing at an early age as a captain in the military department of the state, and continuing in regular promotion, until he attained to the rank of Brigadier General, in which station he discharged the duties for about 12 years with promptitude, at the close of which time, experiencing an almost inexampled increase of flesh which rendered him too inactive to discharge the duties of that office longer with ease to himself. He represented his county at the most critical and trying times in the history of his country, in the General Assembly of Virginia, and as a magistrate from the earliest years of maturity until the close of his life, he lived and died a most inflexible republican: in fine, the deceased was a true patriot; for at the early age of seventeen years, he embarked as a volunteer in our Revolutionary struggle, and was an active participator in the closing scenes at York-Town, which resulted so gloriously in the emancipation of our country from British tyranny and oppression.
He was a true believer in the Christian faith tho' not attached to any particular denomination. He said to his family a few

moments before his departure, with the most cool philosophy, that he was prepared to meet his fate - then turned over on his left side as though in a sweet sleep, and breathed his last, without a struggle.
A True Copy from the Richmond Enquirer

August 12, 1933. (Not read)
BA-J/ILL Qu
Thomas White-R.11409
Thomas White-S.O.6945
Mrs. Retta Parsons 4701 North Albany Avenue Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of two soldiers named Thomas White, one a Revolutionary War soldier who married Elizabeth Blackwell, the other who served as a sergeant in the War of 1812 and was a pensioner.
THOMAS WHITE-R.11409.
The record of Thomas White given below is found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 11409, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas White, of Hanover County, Virginia, a widower, married early in February, 1783, Miss Elizabeth Blackwell. The marriage bond was dated February 6, 1783, was recorded in said Hanover County, and was signed by one Elisha White; no relationship between this Elisha and Thomas White shown. The name of the former wife of Thomas White is not shown, nor the date and place of their marriage and date of her death.
Thomas White died March 21, 1825, at his seat, Spring Grove, in Hanover County, Virginia, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. The date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not stated. Clement White and William L. White were administrators of the estate of Thomas White, no relationship stated.
On August 28, 1840, Elizabeth White, the widow of Thomas White, was a resident of Hanover County, Virginia, then aged seventy-seven years "and upwards". The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not stated. She applied then for pension on account of the service of her husband in the Revolutionary War, and stated that he (Thomas) was a Captain in that war from Hanover County, Virginia, that he commanded a company at York Town, Virginia, and was present at the surrender of the

British Army; she gave no dates or names of commanding officers. It was stated also that Thomas White served as a Lieutenant of a Virginia State regiment, no dates of service stated.
The claim was not allowed as proof of service as required by the pension law was not established.
William L. White was a Justice of the Peace for Hanover County, Virginia, at the time the widow made application for pension.
Elizabeth White, the widow of Thomas White, died previous to January, 1842, the date not given. Children of the soldier were referred to but no names were designated as children.
In 1852, Honorable Chastain White was a member of the House of Delegates, Richmond, Virginia, no relationship to the family of Thomas White shown.
There is on file in this claim for pension, a papers which contains information relative to Thomas White, the above named soldier, which paper is marked "A true copy from Richmond Enquirer", the date of issue not stated. The text follows-
"Died, at his seat (Spring Grove) in the County of Hanover, on the morning of the 21st ult., Gen. Thomas White in the 67th years of his age, after a severe illness of twelve days occasioned by a fall from a high pair of steps, which he bore with uncommon fortitude, leaving a disconsolate widow and nine children to bemoan his irreparable loss. He was an affectionate husband, a tender parent, a kind neighbor and an indulgent master. Thus has the last enemy cut off from the social intercourse of life, one whose services for more than forty years was devoted in a great degree to the public service of his country, commencing at the early age as a Captain in the military department of the state, and continued in regular promotion, until he attained the rank of Brigadier General, in which station he discharged the duties for about 12 years with promptitude, at the close of which time, experiencing an almost unexampled increase of flesh which rendered him too inactive to discharge the duties of that office longer with ease to himself. He represented his county at the most critical and trying times in the history of his country in the General Assembly of Virginia, and as a magistrate from the earliest years of maturity until the close of his life, he lived and died a most inflexible

republican: in fine, the deceased was a true patriot; for at the early age of seventeen years, he embarked as a volunteer in our Revolutionary struggle, and was an active participater in the closing scenes at York-Town, which resulted so gloriously in the emancipation of our country from British tyranny and pppression. He was a true believer in the Christian faith tho' not attached to any particular denomination. He said to his family a few moments before his departure, with the most cool philosophy, that he was prepared to meet his fate then turned over on his left side as though in a sweet sleep, and breathed his last, without a struggle."
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THOMAS WHITE-S.C. 6945.
The record of Thomas White which follows is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.C. 6945, based upon his service in the War of 1812.
Thomas White enlisted at Millwood(?), Frederick County, Virginia, and served as sergeant in Captain James P. Richardson's company of Virginia militia from April 19, 1814 to August 3, 1814.
He married in the month of October, 1817, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Eliza Leach; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. In 1855, the soldier resided in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1871, at which time he was seventy-six years of age; the date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not stated. In 1871, the soldier resided at the home of his son, George G. White, on High Street, Paris, Kentucky. There are no further data regarding said son, and no the family of the soldier.
This is the record of the only soldier Thomas White in whose claim for pension it is stated that he was a sergeant in the War of 1812 that is found on the records of that war on file in this office.
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Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

Suspended Claims - p. 262.
Proof of service and identity not satisfactory.

1918 Apr. 27. Hist. to Mrs. R. T. Tandy letter in claim of Robert Blackwell M. 38,822. f
1933-Aug. 12. Hist. to Mrs. Retta Parsons J.L.L.
11-409
P. O. Elizabeth White Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of rejected claims printed in 1852 shows cause
Re-enlisted: of rejection as follows: "Evidence of service and of identity not satisfactory".
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Elizabeth White widow of Thomas White suspended - under Act of 1838 - Mr Deazley Esq of Richmond counsel of attys in cause -

Va - act 1838 - 7729
Elizabeth White - Thos.
Let Jas. C. Heath 26 Mar
1841. Jas. C. Butler Jr
March 6, 1841
same Jan'y 14, 1842
to Thos Bragg Secy of War
Hon. J. P. McGehee Augt 9/50
" C. White 21 Oct 52
" T. J. Butler Nov 26/53
act 7 July 38

Mrs Whites Case
Widow of St Thomas White of Hanover County Va,
This claim was Presented by me in 1841 as well as I now recollect. The papers herewith enclosed ought in my opinion I conceive, certainly to set the claim through - The Oath was sworn in 1825. When there could have been no other means in view than to relate the truth certainly with no view of obtaining a Pension. - He is said in this note to have entered service in the 17th year of his age so, as he died in 25 in his 67th year he must have entered at the earliest stage of the war and remained in service until the claim seems at first view to be claim under act of 38 I believe -
Report to Hon. J. P. Walker, J. U. S.

Dear Sir
Richmond Nov 8th 1845
At the earliest convenient moment be kind enough to forward me a copy of the restoration of Elizabeth White of Honour County Virginia filed in the war department by James Sutton some five or six years ago.
Very Respectfully Thomas D. Beazley

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Lieut. Pa.   Captain        
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, Aug 18, 1840. Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____ _____ _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

4701 S. Albany Ave.
Chicago.
Aug 3 rd 1933.
Dept of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me some information to help join the D.A.R.
Thomas White born 1755 died 1835 near Eliza- beth Blackwell, of Kanawha Co. Va. Was 2 nd ch. in 1 st ch. Regt. Drew pension we think. Only sent  the  to  you .
Another Thomas White served as Serjt in Capt Walter Wilson Co. of Inf. in War of 1812. Also drew pension. Was he son of former Thomas White of Va.?
Please give me service of both, and all in- formation given in their applications.
Yours truly (Mrs) Belle Parsons.
Our tradition is that he was grand son in War 1812 but cannot be sure.
AUG 5 1933 11/19

975 Pension Office, Nov. 26, 1853.
Sir,
The copy of the certificate of William Price, submitted by you as additional testimony to the case of Elizabeth White, widow of Thomas, is but a duplicate of one filed in this office nearly three years ago. If, however, it had been an original paper, it would not have strengthened the case for a pension conclusion in view of the office that the husband of the said Elizabeth was never a member during the Revolutionary War, and that the office of that White name, and I cannot find the Thomas White reported by the Board of officers as entitled to a pension, &c, also was a resident of Prince William County. The office of the Auditor, at Richmond, also contains evidence which will sustain the statement, and which cannot fail to satisfy you that

The claim, as stated, is attested not sur- rounded by a particle of reliable testimony.
Thomas J. Sutton Esq
Nov. 26/53
Thomas J. Sutton Jr Esq Richmond Va.
ASL

Richmond Va
Nov 18. 1853
L. P. Waldo Esq. Commr of Pension, Washington City D.C. Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you additional proof of service, in the case of Elizabeth White, widow of Lt. Thomas White dead of Hanover county Virginia, filed by me, under the act of July 7. 1838 - When I presented this case, I was not aware of the existence of such testimony, and have found it by the merest accident, and I feel very confident, that Col. Edwards never would have suspended the case, had the present testimony accompanied the declaration; I hope therefore it will be satisfactory to you.
I am, very Respectfully
Yr Obedt Servt
James T. Fulton Jr.

J. Bezely.
Nov 10/85

General Office, Nov. 10. 1845.
Sir,
In reply to your request for a copy of the declaration of Elizabeth White, of Hanover County, Va. I have to inform you that it would be a violation of the rules of this office to furnish it , unless the object for which it is wanted is stated and deemed satisfactory. But even in the latter event, we could not, in the present pressure of business, comply with your request.
Thos. Bayly, Esq. Richmond, Va.

Hon. J. V. Walker
9 Aug t 1850

140 Pension Office Aug 19 th 1880
Sir
The attached notice of the Thomas White of Hampshire Co. Va. along with Elizabeth White made application for a pension on the 2 d July 1880, has been filed. This testimony is not sufficient to remove the objection heretofore stated to the admission of the claim. The evidence of service and of identity is not satisfactory.
Rev. J. P. Walbr S.M.B.

16 April 1852
Chastleton White Richmond —
House of Delights
enquiry to be answered
W Elizabeth White Va

Richmond, Va
April 16 th 1852
Dear Sir;
Some years since Mrs. Elizabeth White, the widow of Gen: Thomas White, employed James T. Sutton of Richmond as her agent to obtain a pension for services rendered by her husband in the Revolutionary war.
We desire to know whether said claim has been decided upon by the department? If so, what that decision is? if allowed, what amount, & to whom paid? If it has not been paid out to Mrs. T. Sutton, I am instructed by the heirs of Mrs. White to request that if anything is allowed, it may not be paid to said Mrs. T. Sutton jr; as he is considered insolvent, & not responsible. Yrs. Most Respectfully, Charles White

Mr. A. White
Apr 21/52

Payson Office April 21 1820
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 16 th inst, respecting the case of Elizabeth White widow of Thomas White I have to inform you that the claim was presented several years ago, but was not admitted for want of proof.
The letter of my predecessor of the 9 th August 1830 to the Hon. J. P. Walker a copy of which is enclosed will show the objection to the allowance of the claim.
Wm Charles White H of the Exigals
Richmond
Sir
the
Rev

J. T. Fulton Jan 14, 42 D.C.

Inner Office Jan'y 14 1842
179
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 8 th inst., on the subject of the claim of Mrs Elizabeth White wid- ow of Thomas White, asking whether it is now compleat on the part of her children to show that the said Thomas White was a Lieut. in the Virginia line, and not a Captain or set forth by Mrs White, I have to state, that any proof sub- mitted by the heirs will be duly considered. The error of thewidow, if any, forms no bar against a claim fully substantiated by proof. I will observe however, that from facts within the reach of this Department, I am induced to believe that Genl Thomas White, the late husband of Elizabeth White did in Fauquier County, never performed any service on the Virginia line during the war of the revolution.
Yours
W. T. Patton Jr Esq Paving Green Va

New York 1 st January 1 st 1842
Dear Sir
Sometime since I presented the Declaration of Mrs. White of Hanover County Va for pension under the act of July 7 th 1838. In that Declaration she represented her husband Thos White had to have been a Captain in the war of the Revolution. Mr. White is since dead and it is impossible now to prove her that she was never in mistake in saying that her husband was a Captain instead of a Lieutenant, but there can be no doubt that her husband was only a Lieut. in regular army altho' he was afterwards made a Captain of Militia and finally a Brigadier Genl. The object of my letter is to ask of you if I can satisfy you that the identical individual who Mrs. White alluded to as a Captain (her husband) was but a Lieutenant in the continental line, will this induce you to issue a certificate of pension to her children as Lieutenant John White allusion to this will add to your evidences confirmed on Your friend Yr afft Servt
James T. Sutton Jr

March 31. 1841
OL

2 Pension Office
312
March 2 31 st 1841
Sir
I have examined the claim of Mrs Elizabeth White, widow of Thomas White deceased of Hanover County Va and have placed her papers upon the file of this Office
The rolls in this Office furnish no evidence of the service of her late husband, when the state was a captain in the Virginia Continental line.
Dear Sir,
Yrs J. Sullivan Jr Esq, Bowling Green Va.
1841 July 7 1838 7729

(Pension Office)
March 26. 1841
Sir,
In a letter addressed by you to the Secretary of the Treasury on the 16 th of July 1832, upon the subject of claims upon the State of Virginia for revolutionary services, among other things, you stated that the "representatives of General Thomas White who died in an adjoining county had obtained judgments for services as a Captain, in the Virginia line, while Major White who actually performed the services was another individual."
Will you please to inform me whether the General Thomas White, here spoken of was the one of that name who died in Hanover County in 1825. Yrs E. Heath Esq. Sir, H. C. Richmond Va. July 7 1838 7729

Auditor's office 27 Mar. 1841
Sir
In answer to yours of the 26 inst. I have to say that General Thomas White whose representatives had recovered a judgment for half pay alleged to be due to him, was at the time of his death and had been I believe from his birth a resident of Kanawha county Va. — I took an appeal from the judgment and whilst the case was in the Supreme court of appeals I proved by indisputable testimony that he was not the Thomas White reported by the Board of officers, and moreover that he never was in service during the Revolutionary war. — The Court accordingly reversed the judgment. The Thomas White who was entitled lived in Prince William county
very respectfully
yours
Jas E Heath
I believed that Tho d White of Kanawha died about 1825, but I am not certain as to the year.
H

I do hereby State, that I was once acquainted with the late General Thomas White of the County of Hanover. He was a Lieutenant in one of the Virginia State Regiments. I do not recollect which; he became a supernumerary and continued as such I believe, indeed I have no doubt of it, until the end of the war. I know him well.
Given under my hand this 23. December 1829.
Witness
William Price
Late Lieut: A. S. Army.
State of Virginia City of Richmond S.C.
Major William Price of the said City this day personally appeared before me the subscriber Sen: Alderman in and for the said City, and made oath that the foregoing certificate by him subscribed contains the truth. Given under my hand on this 23 rd day of December 1829.
James Rawlings
The foregoing is a copy of an affidavit filed in a suit lately depending in the Superior Court of Law for Henrico County in which Clement White and William White administrators of Thomas White deceased were appellants & the Commonwealths App l
In testimony whereof I John O. Mosby Clerk of the Superior Court of the County of Henrico, which is the Court in which the said record of said suit remains according to law, have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of my said Court this 26 th day of August 1853.
Jno O. Mosby Clk.

Copy of Price's Affidavit in case vs Tho s White

I do hereby state that I was well acquainted with the late Genl Thomas White of the County of Hanover. He was a Second Lieutenant in one of the Virginia State Regiments, I do not recollect which - he became a supernumerary, and continued as such I believe, indeed I have no doubt of it, until the end of the war. I knew him well.
Given under my hand this 23 rd December 1829
Witness
William Price
Late Lieut. U. S. Army
State of Virginia, City of Richmond ss
Major William Price of the said City this day personally appeared before me the subscriber, First Alderman in and for the said City, and made oath that the foregoing certificate by him subscribed contains the truth.
Given under my hand on this 23 rd day of December 1829.
James Rawlings
Virginia - Henrico County, and City of Richmond, to wit: John Robinson, Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for the said County and City, in Virginia aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a paper filed in the case of Clement White & W m L. White administrators of Thomas White dec d appellants against The Commonwealth, upon an appeal from a decision of the Auditor of Public accounts, and in which case a Judgment was rendered by the former Superior Court of Law, for Henrico County in favor of the appellants, on the 10 th day of November 1830
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand, & affix the seal of the said Circuit Court first above mentioned, this 29 th day of January one Thousand eight hundred and fifty
J. Robinson

Bowdoin Feby 18 th 1841
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
I enclose you the Declaration of Mrs Elizabeth White (for examination) widow of Thomas White deceased who was a Captain in the war of the Revolution it is said that Capt White drew land or rather that he sold military land sometime before he died but his widow could not swear that she knew any thing respecting it, but stated that she had heard something about it many years ago. I presume the records will show.
Very Respectfully Your obt Servt
Ed. H. Sutherland