Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37555, John White, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
White, John
S. 37555
CONTENTS

01304 Maine.
John White
of Dresden Dist: in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years -
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of March 1819 - and sent to Ser t Bailey, Esq r , Wiscasset - Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 \frac{17 \cdot 4}{36 \cdot 31} 85. 56 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819. 40. 00
$133.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
not entitled
Lincoln County.
Application sent July 6th 1820 to Samuel H. Dyer Esq r Piscataqua, Maine

John White, Private Colonel Jackson's Regt. Mass Line - 1777 - 3 years - Dec. 16 th of April 1818
Admitted -

I John White on oath testify & declare, that I am a citizen of the United States & reside in the town of Dresden in the County of Lincoln & Commonwealth of Massachusetts & aged seventy years -- that in March or April 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, in the infantry in Capt. John Bayley's Company, Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment (the number of the Re- giment I have forgotten) in the Massachusetts line, & continental establishment -- was transferred to Capt. Burnham's Company in the same Regiment -- I enlisted for three years, & faithfully served the time out, without interruption or absence. and received a regular discharge at West Point in 1780, which discharge I have lost —
And I further testify on oath, that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support —
his John X White Mark
April 14. 1818 —
In presence of Genl. Bailey —

I also hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States if any may be or hereafter be so allowed —
Attest: J. Bailey
John his  mark  White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss. Be it remembered that on this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 appears before me Jeremiah Bailey Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Lincoln in the Commonwealth aforesaid, the same being a Court of record, the above named John White, and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he makes oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence: And, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appears to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true,
Jer. Bailey
I John H. Sheppard Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the aforesaid Jeremiah Bailey is Judge of said Court of Probate aforesaid and that his signature to this caption is genuine and that the seal aforesaid is the seal of said Court,
John H. Sheppard.

John White
0130
Spring
Trinity

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this twenty first day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, John White aged Twenty four years, resident in Dresden in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Wessham in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fourteenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8130 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
John White mark
Attest Jew Bailey
Sworn to and declared, on the 21 st day of June A. D. 1820. }
Ebenezer Thatcher
BEFORE
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate - 30 acres poor land, with small old house and barn rotten
Personal - 1 yoke oxen, 1 cow - 1 heifer - 10 sheep - 1 swine - a little decayed furniture
No income except my pension - I owe not less than one hundred and fifty dollars - have nothing due me
John his White mark
Attest Jeru Bailey
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me
John White
who, by occupation am a husbandman reason of infirmity from age
which I am not able to pursue by
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Mary 61 infirm   daughter Mary 25 common health & ability   " Rebecca 23 do   son John 20 do.  
John his White mark
Attest Jeru Bailey
Attest Nat. Coffin clerk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty six dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat Coffin
Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Power attorny for examining papers of John White Residuary Pensioner State of Maine
Filed July 2nd 52
L. E. Hassler

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of Maine
County of Lincoln
William N. Litus
James White
} a Justice of the Peace
personally appeared
Be it known that before me
aged 68 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of John White
who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Maine
and that he died on the 14 th day of November 1822 and that his mother named
Mary died on the 21 st day of December 1825 and that they were
married on the 21 st day of September in the year 1783 and that they were residents of Dresden in the State of Maine and that they resided there 42 years, and that
he resides in Dresden and that furthermore He BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution—F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as heir or son of John White who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF He has on this 18 th day of June 1852, hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
James White
Witness: Ebenezer Hatch
Witness: Ebenezer Hatch Jr.
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on this 18 th day of June 1852
William N. Litus J. P.
At the same time personally appeared before me William N. Litus a Justice of the Peace two credible and disinterested witnesses named Ebenezer Hatch and Ebenezer Hatch Junior residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that John White was a Revolutionary soldier and that John White  James White was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the son — of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
Ebenezer Hatch Ebenezer Hatch Jr.
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
William N. Litus J. P.
State of Maine
County of Lincoln
} to wit:
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That William N. Litus Esq.,
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this Eighteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
Edmund B. Bowman Clerk.
* If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."
1852 68 1784
1852 1784 36

John White's papers from this file del d to Mr. Edwards May 1 st 1822

37555
Pay
INVALID.
File No. 37555
John White Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 375
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1911 Feb. 4. Hist to G. S. Stewart, letter on John White S. 37552. P. 1916 July 28. Hist. to G. S. Stewart " as above on acct of additional papers consolidated

I hereby certify that Moses Call Thomas Johnson and Charles Thayer are and were chosen Selectmen of the town of Dresden and qualified for the said office witness my hand John Dole Secretary Town Clerk Dresden March 27 th 1822

Hon. Secy of War Washington

Wiscasset. march 29. 1822
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secy of War
Sir Enclosed you have the application of John White to be be be placed on the pension Roll. Also the petition and declaration of the Select Men of the Town of Dresden. And also the certificate of Town Clerk who is the certifying officer of said Town. The applicant John White is really and in truth a Pauper. And deserving the attention of the Secretary of War having served in the revolutionary war from its commencement to nearly its close. And since a firm supporter of rights of his Country.
I have the honor to be your Most Obedient Servant the Lord
Thomas M. Foster

Maine
John White.
aged 74 years. served
Three years from April 1777.
Amount of schedule $96.
Real Estate - 30 acres of poor
land. His family residing
with him consists of his
wife aged 61 years. 2 Daughters
aged 25 & 23 years one son
aged 20 years.
See petition of the selectmen of the Town of Dresden, Maine filed within.
File Sept 29
Hon M L Bell
H Representative
The difference between the first and second schedule should be accounted for par- ticularly in regard to
The variation in the statements accompanying the first & second schedule should be accounted for - particularly in regard to the members of the claimants family
Hon Freeman N. Morse
July 16/60
Re-instated 15 July 1822

John White Copy
$3-

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Wiscasset within and for the District of Maine, on the Third Tuesday, being the 1 st of February  day of — and by adjournment from day to day , on the twenty sixth day of March  two in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Ashur Ware Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty sixth day of March — in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, John White — aged seventy seven years, resident in Dresden — in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Burnam — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson — in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 25 th day of March — A. D. 1819, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8130 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Attest Thomas McGrath
his John X White mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 26 th day of March A. D. 1820
BEFORE
Ashur Ware
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real Estate — None Personal Estate — Two Cows — Eighteen dollars One steer 2 years old — Five dollars six chairs — one pine table — kitchen furniture — Four dollars
Attest Thomas M c Grath John his White mark
Sworn to Before me Ashur Ware Dist. Judge March 26. 1822
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John White — who, by occupation am a farmer — which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age and many other complaints
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary White — 63 Wife who has not labored for eighteen months   Rebecca White — 24 Health middling — who by her exertions has labored to make her aged parents as comfortable as she can   Mary Ann Webb Granddaughter — 13 Who is also dependent on her Grandfather for support   Attest Thomas M c Grath John his White mark   Sworn to Before me   Ashur Ware   Dist. Judge  

19 MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty seven dollars and no more  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty sixth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty. two
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

To the Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
The petition of the subscribers, Selectmen of the town of Dresden in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine respectfully represents That John White an inhabitant of said Dresden Yeoman, having been a Soldier in the United States army was a Pensioner under the Law of March 1818 and so continued until the Law of March 1820 under which Law he was excluded from receiving his Pension by reason of his having in his possession about Forty acres acres of poor land & a small dwelling house and barn thereon & at the same time he was indebted justly and honestly to George Houdlette of said Dresden Merchant in the sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars: That having no other property nor income (except a few neat cattle) to pay the above debt he was under the necessity to present an attachment thereof to convey the said premises to said Houdlette by Deed under his hand and seal in payment and satisfaction of said demand.
And they further respectfully state that John White aforesaid is a very poor and infirm man about Seventy six years of age, destitute of property except the neat cattle aforesaid, with an aged wife dependent on him & that he has no means to obtain a livelihood for himself and wife; and that they now stand in need of public or private charity. Wherefore they pray that his pension may be renewed agreeably to the Act of Congress in such cases made & provided. Thomas Johnson } Selectmen of Charles Shayer } Dresden Moses Galt } Dresden. March 25. 1822 }