Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22611, Eleazer Whitney, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Whitney, Eleanor Martha
W. 22 6 11 B. L. Wt. 1495.4-160-55
CONTENTS

5175.
Vermont
Ebenezer Whitney
Private Shepherd's Regt.
Massachusetts line - 1777 - 5 Yrs In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Enscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of Jan y 1819 and sent to John Roberts Judge Windham Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 40.85 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar. 1819 48.00 5 Mos 3 d s $88.88
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } 5 Years
Continued
Certification mark Feb y 20 th 1820 to James Collier Brattleboro Vermont

Let the seal of the Court be affixed
War Dept Pens: Office 8 May 1818
Hon John C Calhoun Esquire Secretary of War Washington D.C.
Admitted. ✓

I do hereby certify that from the above consideration of the within sworn Elmer Whitney's deposition, together with each other testi- mony as here offered (which is hereunto tendered) & which he said was all the evidence now in his power to produce, it ap- pears to my satisfaction that the said Elmer Whitney served as a soldier in the revolutionary war against the common enemy and also from my personal knowledge as he has stated in his said deposition, that he is a very poor person & stands in need assistance from his country, which is hereby certified by me John Roberts Assistant Judge of Windham County Court in the State of Vermont
State of Vermont Windham County ss on this 2 d day of April A.D. 1818 before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Vermont personally appeared the above named Elmer Whitney who being by me first duly sworn, left on his oath made the foregoing declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the late 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
John Roberts Asst. Judge of Windham Co. Court
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, New Haven June 10 th A. D. 1818.
I certify that the Honorable John Roberts, Esquire, is one of the Assistant Judges of the County Court aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting as such, and that the signatures of the preceding certificates are in the hand writing of the said Judge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and the Seal of the said Court, the day and year above written.
Attest. James Pillsbury Clerk.

Ebenezer Whitney of Melick in the County of Windham State of Vermont a citizen of the United States to all whom these presents shall come, Greeting. Whereas in the month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, he enlisted in the service of the United States, in the revolutionary war in the continental establishment, during the revolutionary war, & that he served in said revolutionary war until the month of December seventeen hundred & eighty two, at which time he was honorably discharged; & about twenty years ago, he sold his service bond to one Elias Goodwin of South Hadley in Massachusetts, & that he gave the said Goodwin, his discharge, which he rec d when he was discharged is of & he has not seen it since, & that he the Ebenezer Whitney by reason of his reduced circumstances, in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, that he is upwards of sixty two years of age; that he served during said years in the company commanded by Capt. Reuben Fletcher, in the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. John Shepard, in the Massachusetts line; of this the two years the said company was commanded by Ebenezer Fitch & then by Lieut. Ebenezer Dyer, who was left of the company when he was discharged, & that he rec d his discharge from Col. John Shepard; & that he the said Whitney has a wife & fourteen children six of whom are under his care & need his assistance, & that others are unable to afford him any assistance. Ebenezer Whitney
State of Vermont,
Wadsworth County { Absent April 2 d - DIXIE Personally appeared Eleanor
Windham County ss. Personally appeared Eleanor Whitney who signed to the above declaration & made solemn oath before me that the truth & nothing but the truth before me John B. Jewett Assistant Judge of Windham County Court in the state of Vermont

John Mory of Wilmington in the County Windham & State of Ver- mont of lawful age testifies & says that he is well acquainted with Ebenezer Whitney of Hoosier in the County of that he well knows by common report that he enlisted during the war in revolutionary war, & knew the same at the time that he enlisted, & has no doubt but that the said Whitney served during the war, though he never saw him in the service, & further testifies that said Whitney is a very poor man, & stands in need of assistance from his country, & further more the deponent saith not — John Mory
State of Vermont
Windham County ss Hoosier April 2 d AD 1818
Personally appeared John Mory & declared to the above deposition by made solemn oath that
The same contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me John Roberts Assistant Judge of Windham County Court in the State of Vermont

N o 10.
Leah Whitney. Application for Pension.
Windham County, Vt.
[Copy]
Rel.
Copy
5175-
March 1849
3.65

STATE OF VERMONT.
COUNTY of WINDHAM ss.
At the County Court, begun and held at New-Fane, within and for the County of Windham, on the second Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty....
PRESENT—Hon. PHINEHAS WHITE, Esq. Chief Judge. Hon. JOHN ROBERTS, Hon. GILBERT DENISON, Esqrs. Assistant Judges.
ON this 20th day of June, A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having, in certain cases, the power of fine and imprisonment, Eleazar Whitney aged sixty two years, resident in Wilmington 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 In the company, commanded by Captain Slater, Drew & Clark, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Shephard in the Massachusetts Line under the continental establishment, that he enlisted on the 14th day of February 1777, during the War, that he served during said term, that he was honorably discharged in 1783.
That he has received a pension under the act of the Congress of the United States of the 18th March, 1818, that the number of his pension certificate is 5175 and the date of his original declaration is April 2 o 1818.
AND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, That I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, exceeding I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. Eleazar Whitney.
SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted.
one old table 67. one old loom 35. one old broken fire pail kettle 1.50. one teakettle 1.17. one Pot, old, 1.25. one spider, old, 50. one skillet 50. one sythe & backling 1.25. 2 old rakes 34. 2 old brush sythes 1. one hoe 1.25. one beets & 3 wedges 1.50. one pick ax 50. 2 old axes 1.37. one post ax 34. one fire shovel & tongs 1.34. one stove hammer 34. wire table spoons 67. 6 case knives and forks 83. 10 crockery plates 83. 4 tin plates 34. 4 tin basins 50. 14 old chains 4.67. one flat iron 34. one old case of drawers 2.50. one woolen wheel 1. one quilt wools 75. one candle sticks 17. 7 tea cups & saucers 34. 2 cream pitchers 25. one carpet 50. 2 tin milk pails 50. one old small looking glass 1. one old grt. basin 25. one old grt. bowl 12. one old small grindstone 1.50. one tin lantern 34. one gall. glass bottle 50. auger 50. one carpenter's adze 1. 2 pitch forks 34. 3 iron rings 50. one grt. mug 17. 2 two grt. jugs 34. one gall. glass bottle 50. one 2 qt. do. 34. four pint do. 50. 3 meat tubs 1.25. one meat barrel 75. one old wash tub 34. 2 pails 42. 3 glass tumblers 25. one chop-fig knife 12. one razor 17. one butcher knife 12. one small fire steel yoke 67. one meat chest 34. one spike gimblet 6. one nail gimblet 3. one pair spectacles 50. one do. 34. one inkstand 1/2. one gun and equipments 10. one churn 30. 57.54
The use of a piece of land, have a bond or contract for a debt by maintaining a small 200 - if clear. child, which is not more than $100 in debt as much as the land is worth and have nothing due to me to the amount of ten dollars. Eleazar Whitney.
And I do also swear that my occupation is that of a farmer that he is sixty two years of age, has a wife of fifty two years of age, has five children who live with him and depend on him for support, one named Abigail 16 years old, one named Polly 13 years old, one named Jonathan 11 years, Betsey 9 years of age, Charles 7 years of age. & several children who do not live with him but want my help.
SWORN to and DECLARED in open court on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1820, Phinehas White JUDGE. Before James Elliot, Clerk of the County Court for
the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the files and records 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 fifty seven dollars, and fifty four cents. IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, in open Court, on this 18th day of July 1820. James Elliot CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WINDHAM.

Vermont National
Martha Whitney
widow of
Eleazar Whitney
who served in the Revolutionary
War
war, as a Private. increased
from 80 dollars per ann.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
first
July
Certificate of Pension issued the
14th day of July 1851
and sent to
Stephen Thomas
West Fairlee
Vermont
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 9, 1848, Page 104 Vol. 3

10374
Martha Whitley
7th
act 7. July 38.
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around 2nd mi. $50
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of Vermont Windham County ss
Probate District of Marlboro. ss In Probate Court
this 25 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three Personally appeared before the Probate Court of the District of Marlboro, aforesaid Martha Whitney a resident of said district aged seventy seven 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 Pension made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Eleazer Whitney who was a private in the Massachusetts Continental line of the Revolutionary army and was a pensioner under the act of March 18 th 1818 and placed on said roll January 16 th 1819 reference being had for proof of service to the testimony already on file in the pension office
She further declares that she was married to the said Eleazer Whitney on the 13 th day of August Seventeen hundred and eighty four, that her husband and the said Eleazer Whitney died on the 11 th day of June in the year Eighteen hundred and forty that she was not married to him prior to his having the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated
Witness Sanford Merrill
Martha her  Whitney mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written Before me Marshall Miller, Judge of Probate

State of Vermont.
Windham } - County ss: }
Probate District of Marlboro' - Brattleboro' August 25 th 1843.
I Lemuel Whitney Register of Probate, within and for the District aforesaid; - do hereby certify that Marshall Miller Esq. who made the within certificate, is now the Judge of the Probate Court for the District aforesaid: And that full faith and Credit is, and ought to be given to all his Official Acts, attestations and doings as such. -
And that the within signature is in the proper hand writing of the said Marshall Miller Esq. -
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the Seal of said Probate Court, and subscribe my Name, the day and year above written.
Lemuel Whitney Register

Stoughton Ms 25 Oct 18
Hon. Sanford Plumb, Esq.
Now at Montpelier

Elazar Whitney and Martha Crossin were lawfully married the third day of August Sixteen hundred and eighty four
Town Clerks Office } I Rufus H. Henry Town Halifax August 24 th 1843 } Clerk of Halifax County of Windham and State of Vermont, do hereby certify before you and say, that the above is a true copy of the records of said Halifax, save the hand writing of Hulbert Wells, then Town Clerk of said Halifax, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows "3 day of August 1784". Rufus H. Henry, Town Clerk
State of Vermont Windham County ss Halifax August 24 th A.D. 1843 Personally appeared the above named Rufus H. Henry and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him sub- scribed in due form of law before me Sanford Phelps Justice of the Peace

I William Burns of Halifax in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of lawful age do testify before and say that I have for many years been acquainted with Ebenezer Whitney personally late of said Halifax a revolutionary pensioner and that he died on the eleventh day of June in the year eighteen hundred and forty and that I am also acquainted with the Widow of said Ebenezer Whitney Martha Whitney and that she still lives in said Halifax and that she has not intermarried since the death of said Ebenezer Whitney but still contin- ues the widow of said Ebenezer Whitney
William Burns
State of Vermont Windham County ss } Halifax October 9 th 1843 Personally appeared William Burns the signer of the aforesaid statement and made oath to the truth of the same in due form of law before me
Sanford Plumb Justice of the peace I hereby certify that William Burns above named is a credible witness and sustains a good reputation for truth and veracity HTH Sanford Plumb Justice of the peace

State of Vermont Windham County Court Clerk's Office New Fane October 12 th A.D. 1843— I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court, certify, that Sanford Plumb is a Justice of the Peace, within said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission bears date Nov. 9 th 1842 and will expire on the 30 th day of Nov. 1843 and that his signatures heretofore hereunto written are genuine In testimony whereof, I have unto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, the day & year first above written — Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk
(A large, decorative flourish or signature mark, possibly a stylized 'M' or 'S', is drawn below the attestation line.)
1843.

Act March 3/95 122,256 May 9/96
Martha Whitney Widow of Eleazer Whitney Jr per
Revolutionary War Mass Continental Line & Pension Claimant - is also a Pensioner
Frigate Col. Shepherd Map Line
cc Feb 48 - 131
Ad. 160 acs farm 26/56 Bridge
[Large stylized signature or initials]
Martha Whitney West Halifax Vermont
!!
Vol. 101, page 142

State of Vermont
Windham County ss On this 25 th day of April A Eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace with in and for the County and State aforesaid Martha Whitney aged Eighty eight years the eighth day of March A 1855 a resident of the Town of Halifax in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Eleazer Whitney deceased, who was a private in the Massachusetts continental line of the Revolutionary army and was a pensioner under the act of Congress of March 18 th 1818 and placed on the pension Roll January 4 th 1819 to which the papers on which the pension was allowed reference is had
She further states that she was married to the said Eleazer Whitney on the third day of August A 1784 and the proof of such marriage is on file in the Pension Office among the papers aforesaid That her said husband died at said Halifax on the Eleventh day of June Eighteen hundred and fifty and that she is now a widow and is a Pensioner at the rate of ninety six dollars per year being placed on the pension roll the tenth day of July A 1855. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County land

to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd AD 1855
Martha her H. Whitney Mark
We Sanford Plumb Sophia A Whitney & George Whitney residents of the town of St. Johnsbury in the county of Caledonia and state of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Martha Whitney in our presence and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Sanford Plumb, Sophia A. Whitney George W. Whitney
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were subscribed and sworn to before me 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 the claim
Timothy Larrabee justice of the peace
State of Vermont I, Clerk of the Court for the County of Caledonia do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same was at the time of signing the same a true and correct copy of the original then and there before me and that the person who appeared to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument was known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the same and to be a person whose credit is not impeached and who was at the time of signing the same a person known to me to be a person of known credit.

State of Vermont, } WINDHAM, S. S. }
I, ROYALL TYLER, Clerk of the County Court, for the County of Windham, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that
Timothy Larabee
was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature Lotus Cutificata  Maurice Morton is genuine; that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds, take Depositions, administer Oaths, &c.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at Brattleborough, this first day of May Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Braynard Clerk.

Please direct the certificate on any other communications on this subject to Martha Whitney West Glafkip Windham County Vermont care of Sanford P. Merrill

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22611
Martha Whitney wid of Ebenezer Whitney Pr. New York
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index: —Vol. 16 , Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 14.954
3
New ans

Did not receive land from the U. S.

State of Ohio County of Franklin ss I do hereby certify that the within is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office.
Entered on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of June, 48 and sent to
Wm. M. Henry W. J. H. B.
Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act February 2, 1848, Page 123 Vol. 3.

Rep d
Vermont 8036
Martha Whitney widow of Eleazer Whitney.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 11 th June 1840 of Windham Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col. Shepherd in the Mass. — line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of January 1844 and sent to Hon. S. Foot House of Representatives.
Total Amount, $ 400 —
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown — Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 143.

5286
rep 12 ap 1844
Montpelier Vt
Martha Whitney widow of Eleazer Whitney who was a Private in the Mass a Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of April 1844 and sent to
Hon. S. Foot H. Rep.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 32

Sanford Plumb of West Halifax We sent papers
of Martha Whitney
Report the case to the Hon. S. Foote H.R.

Martha Whitney act 2-Feby/48 —
Payment to be made at
Montpelier
by
S. R. Keith, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Montpelier
Vermont.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 103 Vol. 3
H. Rankin , Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Martha Whitney, of Vermont, widow of Eleazer Whitney who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 12th day of June , one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
Geo. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

5670
M. Whitney
$80 per ans
Hon. S. Foot
House of Rep

Washington City April 8-1846-
Dear Sir. The enclosed paper is for a year's pension for Martha Whiting to which I solicit your early attention.
Respectfully Yrs &
Solomon Hook
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions

House of Representatives 18 Jan y 1866—
Sir Allow me again to invite your attention to the case of Mary Whiting of Windham Co. Vermont & to inform you whether the papers are all correct & sufficient. If not wherein & — with great respect Yr Obed Serv t Solomon Foot.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Chairman of Pensions

House of Representatives Dec. 29 th 1843-
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions.
Sir Sir,
I am
requested to inquire as to the condition of the application of Widow Martha Whitney of Windham Co. Vermont for a pension - whether the evidence of her claim is defective, & if so wherein - or whether the papers are defective in form, & if so wherein -
I am with very great respect Your CV Servt Solomon Foot.

State of Vermont } On this first day Windham County ss } of March in the year eighteen hundred and forty four personally appeared before the subscribing magistrate a justice of the peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid Martha Whitney a resident of Haledon in the County of Windham aforesaid aged 79 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war That she is the widow of Ebenezer Whitney who was a private in Massachusetts Continental line of the revolu- tionary army and was a pensioner under the act of Congress of March 18 th 1818 and placed on the pension roll January 4 th 1819 and that she the widow of said Ebenezer Whit- ney is inscribed on the pension list under the act of July 7 th 1838 on the 27 th day of January 1844 for proof of which reference to be had to testimony already in the pension office She further declares that she is still a widow and the widow of said Ebenezer Whitney Signed in the presence of
Martha Whitney mark

January 1844 for proof of which reference to be had to testimony already in the pension office. She further declares that she is still a widow and the widow of said Ebenezer Whitney. Signed in the presence of Jonathan Whitney Martha E. Whitney
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Sanford Plumb Justice of the Peace
I hereby Certify that the above named Martha Whitney is personally known to me as the widow of Ebenezer Whitney late of Halifax in the County of Windham and State of Vermont and she has been personally known to me as the wife of said Ebenezer Whitney for more than twenty years previous to his death.
Sanford Plumb Justice of the Peace Halifax March 1 st 1844
State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office J. Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court, certify, that Sanford Plumb is a Justice of the Peace, within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission bears date October 31 - 1843 & will expire
on the 30 th day of Nov. 1844 & that his signatures above written are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of said Court the day & year first above written March 21 st A.D. 1844 - Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk

Martha Whitney
Adm d

State of Vermont } Windham County ss } On this 12 th day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before justice circuit of the subjoined authority Martha Whitney a resident of Halifax in the county of Windham aforesaid aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefits of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Eleazer Whitney who was a Private in the army of the revolution (Reference to be had to his declaration on file in the office of the Secretary of war for a more particular descrip- tion of service) and that the annual pension which she received under the act of 17 th June 1844 was eighty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow Signed in the presence of Margaret Whitney 2 nd her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Sanford P. Hovey Justice of the peace I certify that the above named Martha Whitney

is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration
Sanford Plumb Justice of the peace
State of Vermont Windham County Court Clerks Office Newfane April 28 th A.D. 1848 I, Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court, certify that Sanford Plumb is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified - that his com- mission bears date October 30 th A.D. 1847 & will expire on the 30 th day of November A.D. 1848, & that his signatures herunto written are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court the day & year first above written.
Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk

Martha Whitney, widow of Eleazar Whitney -
Debt for interest under Resolution July 1 st 1848
Due to 49th beg $80 Carry 1 July 1848
Montpelier,
Please to communicate with Stephen Thomas West Fairlee Vt

State of Vermont
Windham County ss
On this 10 th day of April A D 1851, Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, Mary Whitney Who being duly sworn according to law do on her oath make the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining an increase and arrears of Pension which she claims is due to her under the Acts of Congress;
That she is the widow of Eleazer Whitney late of Halifax in said County of Windham and state of Vermont deceased who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96.00 per annum That since the decease of her husband she has been placed upon the Pension Roll at the rate of $80.00 per annum and is now in the receipt of said Pension; That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the same amount of Pension which her husband received, and therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds and prays that a new Certificate may be issued to her for such sum or increase as she may be entitled to by law
In the presence of Nicholas Clark
Martha her F Whitney mark
Abigail Garrison
Sworn to and subscribed this 10 th day of April A D 1851 Before me Nicholas Clark Justice of the Peace

STATE OF VERMONT.
Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, May 28 th 1851 }
I certify that Nicholas Clark Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Windham duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of this Office, this twenty eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
Fernand F. Merrill
Secretary of State.

Oct 28 43
Hon. J. L. up Edwards Vermont July 7 1838. Martha Whiting
Glasgow
FREE
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Montpelier Oct. 21 st 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir Inland I forward what is deemed necessary to enable widow Martha Whitney to draw a pension. It is very desirable that this application may be acted upon at as early day as may be, by the pension department for this important reason that the Applicant is very destitute indeed of this world's goods not one half enough to make her comfortable from day to day and that her connections are in the same predicament, that is none are able to support her comfortably.
The very reason that nothing was done for her to obtain a pension before, is that those whose duty it was to have assisted her were not informed that she was entitled to a pension and the old lady has suffered and still suffers in consequence; therefore I hope and ever trust that her application will receive early attention.
If the proof on form of the testimony is not sufficient or a Certificate should be given please forward to me at West Halifax Windham County Vermont and the interest of the applicant will receive attention.
Yours respectfully
Stanford Plumb
J. L. Edwards