Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,902, Simeon White, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
White Simeon
S. 33902
CONTENTS

11. 889 Q
Massachusetts
Simeon White
of Mansfield in the state of Mass ts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sargeant of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of June 1819 and sent to Jarius Ware Esqr Wrentham Norfolk County Mass ts
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 gone 27/31 = 78 96
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819 48
$126 96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Approved and Sep. 15. 1820 Elk. J. of B. 4th C. 2nd Inf. Mass.

Simon White.
1776. one year in Sergeants' Mass. regt.
Adm?

I Simeon White of Mansfield in the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that I am a resident citizen of the United States do testify and say, that I served in the War of the revolution against the common enemy twenty months in the Massachusetts line in the following manner. Viz. in the spring of Seventeen hundred & Seventy five I enlisted in the company of Capt. Alan Williams for the term of eight months I served in the company until the summer of the said year when I hired a man to take my place at the same time entered the company of which James Perry was Captain & served the remainder of said eight months in said Perry's company near Boston. That said company belonging to Col. Paul D. Seayon's Regiment of Massachusetts line, & that at or about the expiration of the said eight months. I enlisted for the term of one year and served the same term in the company of said Perry in the Regiment since aforesaid in fort near Boston until the British evacuated that place, then I march with said company & Regiment near the city of New York and served in & near said city until I was detached to take care of the sick & ordered to Peks. Kill where I completed the service of one year, and was honorably discharged but not in writing. I do further testify & say, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support And have no further evidence of my services now in my power except the affidavits of David Keith & Danl Woodward accompanying this. I am sixty six years of age.  Simeon White

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Wofolkf. May 9. 1818. Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Com: Pleas for the 4 th Circuit, personally appeared the before named Simeon White resident in s d Circuit who being duly cautioned on his oath made the foregoing declaration by him signed in order to obtain a Pension according to the provision of the late Act of Congress.
And I the said Judge do certify that it appears that the said Simeon White did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration for a term exceeding nine months against the common enemy on the continental establishment. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me under seal to the Secretary for the Department of State War pursuant to the directions of said Act.
Jairus Ware Judge of Circuit Court of Com: Pleas for 4 th Circuit
I am fully satisfied that the Applicant is in reduced circumstances in life & needs his Country's Assistance for his support.
J Ware

I David Keith of Mansfield in the county of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & say that I was in the same Regiment with Simeon White the subscriber of the foregoing affidavit. in the Eighteen months service & in the twelve months service, & that the said White performed the said eight months service & the said twelve months service in the Company. Regiment & here as he has stated in his affidavit, & that at the expiration of the term of one year was discharged at Pikes-Hill. I do further testify & say that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he stands in need of assistance from his country for support. David Keith
I Daniel Woodward of Taunton in the County of Bristol do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Simeon White the subscriber of the foregoing affidavit in the war of the revolution, that he served in the war of the revolution in the Company commanded by James Devoy, as he has stated in his said affidavit, and was discharged at Pikes-Hill, and that I served in said Company with him and was discharged at Pikes-Hill - Daniel Woodward.
Attest Yrs. May. 9. 1818. The above named David Keith & Daniel Woodward personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the Affidavits above written by them subscribed and I believe them entitled to credit. Gaius Ware Judge etc.

A Schedule, Of the Property of Simeon White of Mansfield in the County of Bristol.
Viz:
One Axe, one Hoe, one small iron bar, one iron pot, two iron kettles, two Spiders, one pair of andirons, seven chairs, one old desk, two old chests, 1 tea kettle, one Bible, one Testament, one Psalm-book, some pamphlets, some knives & forks, some crockery, and some pewter.
Simeon White.

Simon White
1889
June 1817
April 15/18
1820
EM
Sep 19
declared that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath
appeared in open court being a court of record for the said county
On this day of
1889 personally
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BRISTOL ss. l. l. Common Pleas.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said county, having the power of fine and imprisonment,  Simeon White aged sixty eight years, resident in Mansfield in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: He enlisted in the month of December in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & seventy five for the term of one year in the late Revolutionary War; served in Captain James Perry's Company, Paul D. Serjeant's Regiment, Massachusetts line, and continued to serve till his time expired; and was honorably discharged in the State of New York, as will further appear by his original declaration, made May 1818. on which he received a Pension Certificate No. 11889.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. I am a farmer; have a wife in a feeble state of health aged seventy years; have no children living with me.  Simeon White.
Property valued at $20.
Sworn to, and declared, on the seventeenth day of July A.D. 1820. in open court before Jas Spratt Clerk Bristol Co
I, James Spratt clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty two dollars and _____ cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty fifth day of July 1820.
Jas Spratt Clerk of the Court for the County of Bristol.

J.H.B. O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Jan'y _____, 1894.
Sir,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Simeon White , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. A. 33902
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1775 8 mos Pr M Williams Mass   James Ferry Paul D. Sargent "   Jan'y 1776 12 mos Pr do do "  
Battles engaged in, Siege of Boston
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mansfield, Bristol County Mass
Date of application for pension, May 1818
Residence at date of application, Mansfield Mass
Age at date of application, stated July 1820 as 68 years
Remarks: wife alive in 1820 aged 70 years
Very respectfully,
Mr H. B. White
Taunton
Mass
Commissioner.

Miss Concklin:
Add in remarks—
Owing to
the large number of similar enquiries the Bureau can furnish you with the history of but two volumes at present.
Y.S.

33902 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,902
Simeon White
Si Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 450
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Asa White
See also affinity of
David Keith
Daniel Woodward
herewith.

I Asa White of Raynham in the county of Bristol Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I served in Cap t James Berry's company and Col. Paul D. Sergeant's Regiment of the continental army of the Massachusetts line and entered the service on the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and was discharged the last day of the same year, and further saith that Simeon White of Mansfield in the same county enlisted in the same company and Regiment and joined the same on said first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and served in said company until the last day of Dec r of the same year and was honorably discharged and further saith not. Asa White Raynham May 10 th 1819
Bristol ss
On the tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the aforesaid deponent was examined and cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of Simeon White for the use of the said Simeon, at the seat of the government of the United States, to enable the said Simeon to be placed on the pension list, and I also certify that the said Asa White is a legal and credible witness Jon a Shaw justice of peace
Comm: of Mass:
Norfolk ss. May 11. 1819. Jonathan Shaw Esq d who took the foregoing is a Justice of the peace for the County of Bristol, duly commissioned and personally known to me, and his name subscribed to the affidavit is his own proper signature.
William Ware Judge