Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,484, Jenkins White, Mass. Mass. Sea Service

SERVICE
Mass. Mass Sea Service.
White, Jenkins or Ginkins
NUMBER _____
S, 23484
CONTENTS

4831
New York
Jenkins White
of Washington in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Drake of the Regt commanded by Col. Dury in the Mountains line for 10 Months
Inscribed on the Rolls of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued on the 23 rd day of Jan. 1851 and Rev. H. H. Pitcher B. of Rev.
Arrears to 14th of Sep. 1832 $50 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mo 16 66 $66 66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 148

Sit to N. J. Shumway Mar. 12 th 1845 Sit to Yrs. E. D. Culver March 24 '46

Linkins White's Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
(X)
Service on board Tartar disallowed - as there is evidence she was a pub- lic ship -
admitted 10 mo private
Apr 3. 33
See

State of New York } Washington County }
On this 28 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before us the Subj. of the court of Washington County Com. Pleas now sitting Jenkins White a resident of Greetown County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy years on the fifteenth day of January last past, 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
On the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, I enlisted in the marine service for the state of Massachusetts on board the ship Tartar under Capt. John Rethcart 1 st , Lieut. Leman 2 nd , Lieut. Pittsbery Mumford was the sail master. Capt. of the mariners was Capt. Wright. We went out immediately on a cruise when we met with a Brigg of twenty shot 12 lbs. with whom we engaged in battle but a seventy four gun ship of the English came up and we retired and kept out of the way, on our cruise we took two small briggs belong- ing to the British and brought them to Boston where we lay at anchor until the term of my six months expired on the first day of October, when I received a written discharge, which I lost or threw away, thinking it was good for nothing, I returned to Greetown aforesaid where I resided until the first of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, when I enlisted in the State Troops of the Massachusetts line for six months and went into the service under the command Capt. Benjamin Laurence and Lieut. Flix and Ensign Tompkins, We were stationed in the town of Greetown and marched to meet all the alarms which were
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frequently taking place, The Indians and Tories were continually committing their depredations and we were called to Darkmouth where we had a battle with British troops which had landed from their shipping, being having been piloted in by two Tories, Supper and castle, we kept up our fire upon them but they burnt the town and all the shipping with the boats in the harbour, and returned on board their shipping, after which we marched to Greetown. We were also called to Rhode Island and remaind there ten days then marched back to Greetown where we remained until the first of December, when my time of enlist-
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ment expired, I was dismissed and returned home where I resided until the first of September in the year of 1781 when I enlisted for three months, and went into the service under the command of Capt. Drake and Lieut. Flix and Lieut. Reed, we marched to West Point where we joined Col. Drury's Regiment and Brig. Gen. the Dougall's Brigade, where we were stationed and built a large Stone jail to put the prisoners in, we kept up camp duties &c. I was sent during this time with about two hundred men to Fort Putman where we were stationed as a guard, about two weeks when we returned to West Point, and were in the service four months, was detained one month longer than my enlistment. I did my duty as a private soldier four months, and recieved a written discharge signed by Col. Jackson, which discharge I brought home after which I sent it to the State Treasurer in Boston with an order to receive my wages, where I expect it is now if not destroyed.
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I continued to reside in Greetown aforesaid about 30 years from my infancy when I moved into the town of Fort Ann where I now reside and have resided ever since that I was werry in the town of Pown. State of Massachusetts in the year of 1762 That there is a record of my age in the

town of Freetown on the town roll in the State of Massachusetts That I have no documentary evidence and that I know of no person I can procure who can testify to my service
That there is no clergyman settled in the neighbourhood where I reside. That John H. Boyer and Leonard Gibbs reside in the neighbourhood and can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid } J. S. Leigh C.N.B.
Jenkins White
We Leonard Gibbs residing in the town of Greenville and John H. Boyer residing in the town of Shelburne hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jenkins White who has subscribed and sworn to the above declar- ation that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- bourhood 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 } in open court. J. S. Leigh A.R.
L Gibbs J. H. Boyer
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 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 preceeding certificate is a resident in the town of Granville and that John H. Boyd who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Whitehall and that they are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
I Jesse S. Leigh clerk of the court of Washington County Com. Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jenkins White for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 28 th day of August 1832. J. S. Leigh C.P.

Frank White,
admitted
Mrs. Rose Emerson 1779
Hon
Nathl. Pitcher
H. R.

BRIEF in the case of  Jenkins White of Fredon Mass  → Fort Ann  County of Washington  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy years  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.     Enlisted 1st of April In 1778. — 6 — Maine Gen. Ship Gates ; Capt. John Rescorla , 1 st Lieut. Seman 2 nd Lieut. Pittsburg , Quincy Master Newford , Capt. Night of the Maine —   Enlisted 1. June 1779 — 1 — Private Capt. Day  Laurence , Lieut. Hise Quincy  Gampkins — Mass. line   Enlisted 1. Sept 1781 — 4 — " Col. Davis's regt : Capt. Drake Lieut. Hise , Lieut. Reed  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Takenonh  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fredon Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
The declaration states Fredon Mass in lieu of Fort Ann New York as the present residence of declarant in the commencement  I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Wilcox Examining Clerk.  18. Jan. 1833

Brookton
23484. INVALID.
File No. 23,484
Jenkins White
Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 445
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914, Oct. 29. History to Mrs. C. H. White. Fr.
1921, Jan. 17 Hist to Mrs. Frank D Lewis - Ev.

✓ HHS Granville N.Y. Oct. 23 - 1914
To the Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir:—
Can you give me the war record of Jenkins White - a revolutionary sailor?
It is thought he entered the navy at Bristol R.I. or Connecticut ✓ Later he received a

pension for years at Fort Ann N.Y.
Can you give me dates of his enlistment birth and death?
Thanking you for a reply.
Yours Respectfully
Mrs. C. H. White Granville N.Y.

Ref 14
Wells. VT.
Dec. 7. 1920
Commissioner of Pensions Washington. D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me a copy of the pension record of Jenkins White who enlisted at Freetown, Mass. and applied for pension when living in Fort Ann, N.Y. He was born Jan. 15, 1762 Freetown died July 29, 1847. Fort Ann.
Yours truly, Mrs. Frank D. Lewis Wells. Vermont- R.F.D.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jenkins 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. 23,484
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1, 1778 to Oct. 1, 1778 Mariner John Cathcart on Ship "Tartar" Mass.   June 1, 1779 to Dec. 1, 1779 Pri. Benjamin Lawrence ✓   Sept. 1, 1781 4 mos Drake Drury  
Battles engaged in, Dartmouth (Dartmouth) Residence of soldier at enlistment, Freetown, Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 28, 1832. His ch. res. al. Residence at date of application, Fort Ann, Washington Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, { B Jan. 15, 1762, Freetown, Mass. Remarks: { He died July 29, 1847.  There is no data relative to family.
Respectfully, N.B. → Date of death taken from Agency Book.
Corrected Jan. 15, 1921 - E.W.
Commissioner.

Nov. 11, 1895 Fort Union N.D. No. 105
A. G. Shumway. Inverness of Jenkins Whitfield's prairie.
S 432. Sec 10-10-10 1/4 5 Pioneer Office
Race. Jenkins White
for increase,
DC

Fort Sam Washington Co. N.Y.
Nov. 6 1845
Hon William L. Navy Secy of War
Sir
Mr. Jenkins White a Revolutionary soldier of this place has requested me to make a representation of his case to the War Department in relation to his pension.
I have before me a Certificate from the War Department dated January 23 d 1833 Recd by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, in Book D. vol. 5, page 148, entitling Mr. White to draw $33. 33 as a private in the Revolutionary Army, under the Act of June 7 th 1832
Mr. White says he served two full years in the Army and six months in the Navy . The amount contained in the certificate for the land service appears to me to be too small and for the sea service he has no certificate at all, although as he says the testimony and other papers relative to the service in both capacities were made out

out and sent on at the same time -
Mr. White is now able to swear fully and particularly in relation to his sea service, giving the name of the ship - her destination - the name of her officer on but the precise date of his entering and leaving the service he cannot recollect, but as to the length of time he is confident.
You will confer a great favor on a worthy man, by causing Examination to be made for the papers on file in this matter and (if they will warrant it) increasing his pension for the land service and having the proper course taken to enable him to get the pension for his sea service. If the papers cannot be found or they are deemed insufficient to warrant the increase of his pay for the land service and do not contain enough to enable him to receive a pension from the Navy Department I presume proper documents can be obtained & sent on.
Mr. White himself is now old and very poor and his family connections are all in indigent circumstances and

if his pension can properly be increased it will be nothing more than justice
A reply at your earliest con- venience will greatly oblige
Yours Respectfully
H. G. Shumway

"A"
copy letter from
J. L. Edwards
Corr. & Trans.

"A" (Copy)
Pension Office
November 12 1845
Sir
In reply to your letter respecting the case of Jenkins White, referred by the Hon. Secretary to this Office, I would inform You that since the adjustment of his pension, the Rolls in the Secretary's Office at Boston have been discovered and relied upon for settling all claims founded upon the service for that state. By transmitting this letter to the Secretary of State at Boston he will furnish You with a Certificate showing how far his records verify the alleged service of six months on board the Tartar Cap t Cathcart - six months in 1779 under Cap t Benjamin Lawrence and four months in 1781 under Cap t Drake, Col t Drury. He was from Freetown.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
(Your O bt Sub t )
S. L. Edwards
W. G. Shumway Esq
Fort Ann N.Y.

Town of Rep. 16. March. 46
J. L. Edwards Esq for Pensions
I herewith transmit to you the copy of a letter from your office to Mr. Shaw-Way, atty for Jenkins White. Also the copy of the Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. White alleges that the Certificate of the Secy. (of Massachusetts) does not contain all that he should have credit for - He wishes me therefore to ascertain from the Department what facts it will be necessary for him to show, to enable him to obtain an increase of his annual Pension?
He has now a Certificate from the War Department, entitling him to receive $33.33 per annum. Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles in Book "D" Vol 5 page 148 - He alleges the Certificate is too small - thinks some error must have been made -
The Certificate of the Secretary of Mass. is for 11 days at one time, & 3 mo. & 17 days at another. Mr. White avers that he served much longer during the time - officers etc - The Certificate of the Secy of Mass. only gives only one year's Roll of the ship. Please inform me what other facts are necessary to obtain an increase? Yours, &c E. D. Cullen

B
copy certificate of Secy of Commonwealth Mass.

"B" (Copy)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's office Boston
January 21 1846
(L.S.)
I hereby certify that from an examination of the Books & Documents relating to Military service in the War of the Revolution which remain in this Department it appears that the name of Jenkins White is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Joseph Norton's Company in Freetown, in Col John Hathaway's Reg't for service at Rhode Island as a private from July 27 to Aug. 7 1780 - 11 days - Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Daniel Drake's Company in Col Drury's Reg't as a private of Freetown from August 30 to Dec r 16 1781 - 3 mo. & 17 days - No Roll of Capt Benjamin Lawrence's Company for the year 1779 - The only Roll of the Ship Tartar in this office is the one of the 1782 service upon which the name of said White is not borne - The above is all the evidence of any of the name shown by the Military Records in this office.
And I further certify that upon search made for evidence of said facts the Commission's letter of Nov. 12 1845 was filed in this office & that search was made by myself & my clerks alone and that said letter and certificate contain all the facts & circumstances within my knowledge pertaining to the case. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
(Signed)
John G. Pease
Secretary of the Commonwealth