Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,525, Henry White, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
White, Henry
S 34525
{ B.L.W. 2306 - 200. Lieut. Issued Oct. 12, 1790. No papers.
CONTENTS

7532
Massachusetts
Henry White
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wilson of the Massachusetts Line, for the term of Six Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of March 1819 and sent to William Wiltman Esquire Salem Mass:
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 221.24
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 120.
341.24
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Massachusetts Line Henry White Gloucester

Henry White Enlisted 1775 and served till 1783 —————

State of Massachusetts
I Henry White — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex — in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five —
I entered and was engaged in the land — service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the termination of the Revolutionary war —
as a private. Ensign & lieutenant against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain Dodge & the Regiment of Colonel Gurnee as a Sergeant until I received my commission as an Ensign in the same Company & Regiment; that I remained in the same till January in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy seven, that in September Seventeen hundred & seventy nine I recd the Commission of Lieutenant in Captain Childs Company & Colonel Wiggins Regiment & acted as such till the end of the war and that I left the service on termination of the war as aforesaid being then honorably discharged —
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of Seventy three years. My Commission of Lieutenant is herewith annexed & my other Commissions the lapse of time are now lost & I have no other evidence to offer than which is herewith exhibited. —
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Henry White
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding
pro hac vice the abovenamed Henry White and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence: and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of the said Court.
Wm Wetmore

I the Subscriber late Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in the State of Massachusetts & a Lieutenant in the Regiments of Col. Hutchinson & Rufus Putnam & in the Companies of Captains Putnam, Whipple, & Gates, during the Revolu- tionary war. Now resident at Gloucester in the State aforesaid do testify that the within named declaration, Henry White served on the Continental establishment in the said war & as I firmly believe for the time stated by him that he is in reduced circumstances in life, being poor & indigent & needs assistance from his Country for support
John Tucker

Lt Henry White
7532
9 March 1811
Glonarta
Con
7592
age 76
worth $15.
Sept 1811-
on this day of the said Court at Salem in said County of Essex in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and sealed
William C. Smith

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Henry White resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7532 - - now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Henry White - - - - - late a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of twenty - - - - - dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
***** * L. S. * *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this ninth - - - - - day of March - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
He has no real estate and no income but his pension, and no personal estate, except a few articles of old house furniture and farming tools -
A hoe, an axe, spade, iron crow, three chairs, two tables, pot, kettle, skillet, and spider, lookingglass, shovel, tongs, one and iron, knives, forks, plates, iron spoons, Bible, Testament and School books.
He is seventy six years old - a husbandman - too infirm to labour.
He is a widower, and has a daughter living with him Elizabeth Fitz a widow

aged 35, and a granddaughter Abigail 11, and Mary aged 7 who is weak.
He served from beginning of 1777 in Col. Nelson's Regiment till that was reduced, then in Col. M. Jackson's Regiment until all the Regiments were reduced - all in Massachusetts Line - at first in Capt. Shields' company - then in Capt. Haskell's - then in Capt. Dix's - then in Capt. Watson's - and till the end of the war in Capt. Smith's company. He was often transferred.
Henry White.
Sworn to and declared this 20th day of June A.D. 1820 before
W m Wetmore Judge of the S d Court.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon.
a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Henry White 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; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Henry White
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Henry White took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
W m Wetmore
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and 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
fifteen dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry 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. 34,525.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1777 to July 26, 79 Ensign Child Wesson Mass.   July 26, 1779 to end of war Lieut. Haskell M c Jackson   Dix ✓   Watson ✓   Smith ✓   1775 to Jan. 1777 Put. & Sergt Dodge Gerrish  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, April 3, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 73 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820, he stated that he was a widower and referred to his daughter, Elizabeth Fitz, a widow, aged 35, and grand daughters, Abigail 11, & Mary 7 yrs of age.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

34 525 Pay INVALID.
1918, May 11. History to Annie E. Rowe! Letter with claim of Wm. Haskins { W.F. 21240 Fr.
File No. 34, 525
Henry White Lient Reo Mrs
Act: 16 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 450
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 6
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To Henry White Gentleman Greeting . We, Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you, to be a Lieutenant in the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the 26 th day of July 1779. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as a Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board.
Attest. John Stockton Secretary of the Board of War
Witness His Excellency Samuel Huntington Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 29 th day of September 1779, and in the fourth year of our Independence.
Samuel Huntington President