Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11432, Gordon White, Va.

SERVICE
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White, Gordon Ann
R 111432
CONTENTS
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26624
East Tennessee
66.8.87
Gordon White
Blunt Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Clancey of the reg t commanded by Col Hubbards in the Virginia line for 6 months and 21 days
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 22 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of April 1834 and Hon Hugh J White Senate M States
  Arrears to the 4th of March  67.00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sep t  11.16     $78.16  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk,
Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 16
884

State of Tennessee
Blount County ss
On this 7 th day of February 1834 personally appeared in open Court being the Circuit Court in and for said County of Blount, and being also a Court of record, before the Hon Edward Scott Circuit Judge in the State aforesaid now sitting Gordon White resident in the County of Blount in the State of Tennessee aforesaid aged Seventy two years eight months and twenty - days, having been born on the 18 th day of May 1761 as appears of record in an old family bible, 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 the 7 th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States at Waynesborough in the County of Augusta (when he then resided) in the State of Virginia on the 25 th day of October 1777 as a drafted soldier under Capt. James Rankin in the Regiment commanded by Col. Stubboard that Declarant was marched from Waynesborough to Richmond Va. and then discharged on the 15 th day of November 1777 after having been in service twenty one days. Declarant again entered the service of the United States as a drafted soldier at Waynesborough in said County of Augusta Va. on the 10 th February 1778 under Capt Robert Scott (the Subaltern officers of the Company not recollected) in the Regiment commanded by Col. Stubboard Hubbard. That Declarant was marched from Waynesborough when he entered the service to Richmond Va. thence to Petersburg Va. thence to a place

near Sandy Point below Richmond Va where he was discharged on the 12 th of May as near recollected in 1778, after having been in service three months , and returned home to Long Meadows in Augusta County Va where he resided when he entered the service - Declarant again entered the service as a drafted soldier on the 11 th day of June 1781 at Waynesborough in the County of Augusta Va (in which County he still resides) under Capt John Givens (the Subaltern Officers of the Company not recollected) in the Regiment Command- ed by Col William Bowyer. Declarant marched from Waynesborough to Richmond Va - Thence to Pe- tersburgh Va Thence to the burnt Chimneys not far from Sandy Town - Thence to Sandy Town, having on the day our Army reached to Sandy Town joined the Brigade Commanded by Genl Wayne where a battle was fought between the American & British forces - Declarant was in the battle. The American forces Commanded by Wayne were compelled to retreat with the loss of our Cannon, but being immediately re-inforced by a Detachment under the Command of the Marquis La Fayette our forces were rallied and regained their Cannon, but were again compelled to retreat. Our Col Bowyer was taken Prison- er in the engagement. The Company to which declarant belonged continued from the Battle at Sandy Town attached to Genl Wayne's Brigade (declarant) until he was discharged at the burnt Chimneys on the 11 th or 12 th of September 1781 having been in service under said last draft three months . Declarant

never received any Certificate of his said several discharge- ges. Declarant was in service of the United States during the war of the revolution in the several Forges aforesaid Six months and twenty one days. Declarant has no documentary evidence of his service, - That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except James Caruthers with whom he served one year , whose affidavit is hereto annexed Declarant was born in the County of Augusta Va where he resided until the year 1818 when he removed to the County of Blount in the State of Tennessee aforesaid where he has ever since resided. Declarant 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 or Territory of the United States.
Sworn to and subscribed this 5 th day of Febry 1834 Gordon White in open Court DAN L. Hester CLK
James Caruthers aged Seventy three years resident in Blount County in the State of Tennessee after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state that he has been acquainted with the above declarant Gordon White since affiant was a boy. That affiant knows that said declarant served the four days for the United States of three months commencing on the 11 th of June 1781 and ending on the 11 th or 13 th of Sep- tember 1781 as alleged in his said declaration, affiant ha- ving served said four with said declarant. That he believes him to be of the age stated by him in his declaration and also believes the facts therein alleged by declarant to be true.
Sworn to & subscribed the 7 th day of Feby 1834 James Caruthers in Open Court. DAN L. Hester CLK

Re I Isaac Anderson a Clergyman residing in Blount County that I am acquainted with the declarant Gordon White and believe any thing he states to be true in the State of Tennessee, and James W. Upton, James Gillespy William McCammon.
residing in the same hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Gordon White who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a sol- dier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed the 5 th day of February 1834 in open Court
N. T. White
DANL D. Fouts
Isaac Anderson James Gillespy James W. Upton William McCammon mark
Gordon White 29. 491
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant Gordon White was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as in State, and the Court further certifies that it satisfactorily appears that Isaac Anderson who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the County of Blount in the State of Tennessee and that James W. Upton, James Gillespy and William McCammon who have also subscribed the same are also residents in said County, and are Credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to Credit,
Edw Scott one of the J. J. of the Circuit Court of Law & Equity in open the State of Tennessee
I Danl D. Fouts Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Blount in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the origi- nal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gordon White for a Pension - In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal to office this 7 th day of Febry 1834. DANL D. Fouts Clerk

Application of Gordon White of Juniper for Junia
Mr. F. Gillespie Madisonville Monroe Co. Tenn.

Amended application of Gordon White for a Pension.
State of Tennessee Blount County set 5 March Session of the County Court 1834.
The undersigned quorum justus appointed and assigned to preside over and hold the present term of the County Court of Blount County in the State of Tennessee, being a Court of record in said County, do hereby certify and declare their opi- nion that Gordon White whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration for a pension was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states in his said declaration. And the said undersigned quorum justus further certify, that it satisfactorily ap- pears that Isaac Anderson who has signed the certi- ficate attached to said declaration is a Clergyman resident in said County of Blount in the State of Tennessee, and that James Upton James Gillely and William M. Camp who have also signed said Certificate are also resident in said County of Blount and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and that the said undersigned quorum justus further certify that James Caruthers whose name is subscribed to the affidavit attached to said declaration is a resident citizen of said County of Blount. That he is a man of unblemished character, a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full credit. The undersigned quorum justus further declare

their opinion, that the said applicant Gordon White to be of the age by him stated in his said decla- = tion,
Robt Houston Justice of the peace
Eleven Hiteh Justice of the peace
John McClain Justice of the peace
I Nathaniel Ragan Clerk of the County Court of Blount County in the State of Ten- = nessee do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the proceedings of said County Court in the matter of the amended application of Gordon White for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office This 26 th day of March 1834.
Nathaniel Ragan Clerk

John Gordon White THE PSALMS of DAVID was born may 10 IN 1804 M E T R E
Translated, and diligently Compared
WITH THE ORIGINAL TEXT, AND FORMER TRANSLATIONS.
More plain, smooth, and agreeable to the Text, than any heretofore.
Allowed by the Authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of SCOTLAND, and appointed to be sung in Congregations and Families.
EDINBURGH: Printed by DAVID KERR and CHARLES KERR , His Majesty's Printers. MDCCXCV.

Steve White was born May 31 - 1791 Jenny White was born August 23 - 1793.
Dunn White was born March 13 - 1796 and was drowned July 21 - 1797
John White was born September 4 - 1798
Sally White was born January 27 - 1803

29. 491
Gordon White
Tennessee
Blount Co.
of 1777 P 6 in 21 days $22. \frac{33}{100}
Hon: Hugh L. White P. M. S.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Gordon White
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777 21 Pn. Capt Rankin Col Hubbard 72 Va Traditionary & witness.   1778 3 Pn. Capt Rankin Col Hubbard Witness not certified to be credible see note j   1781 3 Pn. Capt Givins Col Bowyer.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. { The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. }
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration
In order to secure the rights secured to, and vested in widows by the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," (and an act approved the 23 rd day of August 1842, amenditory thereof, and a resolution approved the 16 th day of August 1842, entitled "A resolution declaration of the Pension Act of July 7 th 1838.")
State of Tennessee Blount County } ss-
On this 7 th day of April 1845 personally appeared in open Court, now sitting for ordinary purposes, John White, one of the Executors of, and an heir at law of Ann White, deceased, late of said county, & widow of Gordon White, formerly a pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1832 - a resident of the county aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to secure the rights and benefits vested in the said Ann White, declarants mother - by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" and an act approved the 23 rd day of August 1842, amenditory thereof, and a resolution approved the 16 th day of August 1842, entitled "A resolution declaration of the Pension Act of the July 7 th 1838: That he is one of the legally appointed and sworn Executors of Ann White, widow of Gordon White, both late of the county of Blount and State aforesaid, as will more fully appear by duly certified copies of the Last Will and Testament of Ann White, and Letters Testamentary thereon; and a duly certified copy of the Last Will and Testament of Gordon White, late of said County, of whom, the said John White was also an heir at Law and an Executor of his said Last Will and Testament; That the said Ann White was the widow of the said Gordon White, a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress, passed June

7 th 1832, at the rate of twenty-two dollars and thirty-three cents ($22.33) per annum, and was placed on the Pension Roll on the 9 th day of April 1834. For the proof whereof, he refers to the original papers forwarded to the War Department on which said pension was granted, and now on file in the Pension office; That the said Gordon White died on the twenty-third day of February 1835, aged then 9 years, and left the said Ann White a widow, who never afterwards married; and that the said Ann White, widow of the said Gordon White, as aforesaid, died on the twenty-sixth (26 th ) day of April 1842, then aged about 17 years; That the only children and heirs of said of the said Gordon and the said Ann White now living, or that have children living, are Abby, Peggy, John, Sally, Ann Gordon, and Sophronia White, which will appear from an original family record, which is herewith forwarded to the Pension office, and which is in the hand writing of his father, the said Gordon White, and has remained in his, the said John White's possession since the death of his father until now; That Abby intermarried with William Hutchison and resides in the county of Blount and State of Tennessee; Peggy intermarried with James W. Rogers, who removed to the State of Missouri and the said James and Peggy are now both dead & left the following children, to wit, Thomas, Sarah, Ann, Gordon, Bashing and Jane White Rogers; That Sarah intermarried with Joseph Henderson and resides in Greene county, Tennessee; Ann intermarried with John Houston and resides in Texas; Sophronia intermarried with Jefferson Stone and resides in Blount county, Tennessee. He further declares that his father & mother, the said Gordon and the said Ann White, as he has always understood and believes, were married in Augusta county, Virginia, on the tenth day of March that they were not married prior to his father, the said Gordon White's leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794, to wit, at the time above stated.

That after the death of the said Gordon White, to wit: on the 23 rd day February 1835, and after the passage of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled an "Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," vesting in widows of soldiers of the Revolution certain rights, &c. the said Ann White, widow of the said Gordon White as aforesaid, never applied for, or drew a pension on account of her husband's services in the Rev- olution, nor is her name on any roll of any State, and she remained a widow and continued to reside on the farm on which husband died until the time of her death, on the 26 th day of April, 1842 as above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 7 th day of April 1845
John D. White
Will Lowry Clerk By Jas R. Lowe D.C.
And our said County Court, for the county of Blount after full investigation, and from its own knowledge, and from the evidence before it, is satisfied that the aforesaid Gordon White, was, as alleged in the foregoing declaration, a soldier of the revolution and in the receipt of a pension from the United States, as such at the time of his death, and that his death is correctly set forth in the above declaration; that the said Ann White the mother of the affiant is his widow, and her death is correctly stated; and that the said John White is one of the executors of the Last Will and Testament of Gordon White and an heir at law; and also one of the executors of the Last Will and Testament of Ann White, and also also an heir at law. And it is ordered by the court these pro- ceedings be admitted to record and that the clerk certify the same.
Witness, William Lowry, Clerk, of the county court for the county of Blount, at office, in Maryville, this 7 th day of April 1845
Will Lowry Clerk By Jas R. Lowe D.C.

Valley Forge Blount County Tenn.
On this 29 th day of July 1895, personally appeared before me Harvey H. C. Cuthbert an acting justice of the peace and one of the associate justices of the County Court in and for the County & State aforesaid. James Cuthbert, a resident of said County and a pensioner of the United States - aged eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose & say, that he was well acquainted with Gordon White, late of said County, at the time of the Revolutionary war, who then resided in Augusta County Virginia, which was also the residence of this deponent; that the said Gordon White was drafted into the service of the United States in the Spring of Seventeen hundred and eightyone under Capt. Alexander Hall; for three months & was in service at Richmond & vicinity; that the said Gordon White was married to Ann Disdelle, daughter of John Disdelle of Augusta County, by the Rev. John McLean a Presbyterian Clergyman; and that this deponent was then living at the Trunkling Spring in six or seven miles of the residence of John Disdelle and that the marriage took place agreeably to the best of his recollections, a year or more before the birth of their oldest child Abby - now Abby Hutchinson - to wit, either in the year seventeen

hundred and eighty nine or seven hundred and ninety, & that the said Gordon White is the same who in his lifetime was in receipt of a pension for his Revolutionary services, and that Ann White, formerly Ann Fiddle, was his widow, and the same person to whom he was married in Augusta County Virginia as above stated. Sworn to and subscribed this 3 rd James Carruthers 29 th day of July 1845 before me
Harvey H. C. Carruthers Esq.
a justice of the peace
for said County.
I Harvey H. C. Carruthers, a justice of the peace as aforesaid, before whom the above deposition of James Carruthers has this day been sworn to and subscribed, do hereby certify that he is an intelligent and credible person, a pensioner of the United States, & that I believe him to be eighty five years of age.
Given under my hand and seal this 29 th day of July 1845
Harvey H. C. Carruthers Esq. Justice of the Peace for Blount County
State of Tennessee Blount County 3 rd ss.
I William Lowry Clerk of the County court in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Harvey

H. C. Garuthburg is an acting justice of the peace and one of the Justices of the County Court in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the _____ day of March 1845 and will expire on the first Monday of April 1848 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County the 4 th day of August 1845
Will Lowry Clk
State of Tennessee Blount County ss
I, Samuel Pride, presiding justice of the county court, in and for said county and State, do hereby certify that William Lowry is Clerk of said court and that full faith & credit are due all his official acts, & that his signatures above written & the seal of the said County are genuine.
Samuel Pride
Chairman of the County Court for Blount County

State of Tennessee Blount County. 3 Subpoena to 6 and appear in your court, this 4th day of August 1838.
Same Price
pursuing justice
Green B. Bell John D. Robertson Esqrs. Justices of Said Court
Will Sawyer Esq
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Nancy Whitehead 1845
Mono of Gordon White
Sen
Act 7 July 1838
Inst and aird Feb 23. 1835
Widow " April 26. 1842
Rejected - Not entitled

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Gordon White R.F. 11432
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct 25 1777 Nov. 15 1777 James Rankin Hubbard Va   Feby 10 1778 May 12 1778 Robert Doak Hubbard   June 11 1781 Sept. 12 1781 John Givens William Bowyer          
Battles engaged in, Jamestown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Long Meadow Augusta Co. Va
Date of application for pension, Feby 7 1834 His ch. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Shenandoah Co. Penn
Age at date of application, born May 18 1761 died Feby 23 1835
Remarks: Soldier married in Augusta Co. Va in 1789 or 1790. Ann daughter of John Diddle She died Apr. 26 1842.
Family record herewith

June 3, 1911.
Mrs. Ann G. Burts, 1313 E. Weatherford Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
Madam:
In addition to the military history of Gordon White, R. File No. 11,432, Rev. War, you are herewith furnished the following data as to his family:
Children.
Ibby or Ibbe ---- born May 31, 1791, married William Hutchison. Peggy ----- " August 23, 1793, married James W. Rogers. Ann ----- " March 15, 1796, drowned July 31, 1797. John ----- " September 4, 1798. Salley ----- " January 27, 1803, married Joseph Henderson. Ann Gordon ----- " May 10, 1807, married John Houston. Sophronia or Sophey " February ---, 1810, married Jefferson Stone.
Children of Peggy and James W. Rogers: Thomas, Sarah, Ann, Gordon, Basking and Jane White Rogers.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

12064 Nancy White Same
Rejected
Let. to Mr. Wm. M c Lean 29. Sep. 1845. Paper copy for Hon. Wm. Cooke 11 R. Apr. 11. 1846.
11432 act 7 July 1838

1911 June 3 Hist. So. Ann G. Burts assn family record V.L.M.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
11432
P. O.
Nancy White
Service: Ann Widow Gordon White
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____ Va serv, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

May 26, 1911.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please copy for me the military service of Gordon White , born in Virginia , but later of Blount county, Tenn.
It is known that he drew a pension, but we do not know whether he served in the Rev- olutionary war or the War of 1812.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Ann G. Burt, 1213 E. Weatherford St. Fort Worth, Texas.

Maryville 26 th March 1834
Dear Sir
I again trouble you with the claim of Mr Gordon White for a pension. I have procured to be made the amendment required by the Department. And hope the old Man will be enabled to obtain a commission to draw such and as shall be allowed him.
Yours respectfully
J. F. Gibbs
Hon. H. L. White