Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11425, John White, N.C. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb Va.
White, John
A 11425
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P. O. John White
Service: _____
Enlisted: Term  REJECTED _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

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Declaration of in dispute Superior Court for Pension
Suspended in letter 27 Dec 34 to Hon. J. Standifer
Hon. J. Standifer

State of Tennessee } Roane County }
on this 28 th day of October 1834 personally appeared before the justices of the court of pleas & quarter sessions for Roane county (it being a court of record) John White aged about 77 (having a record of his age) who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress passed June 7 th , 1832 that he was drafted in Shenandoah county Va in the year 1777 under Capt. Rider. Marched to Fort Wheeler on the Ohio river for the purpose of guarding the frontiers against the inroad of the hostile Indians where he served three months and received a written discharge went back from Fort Wheeler to Shenandoah City Va & in the fall of the same year moved to Watauga (N.C. now in Tennessee) remained there until the October 1779 when the Indians became troublesome when applicant was again drafted in Capt. Young's Company, but was transferred to Capt. Sam's Company, marched to a place called Greasy Cove in the capacity of a spy or ranger & killed a few Indians when we were again discharged after serving 3 months applicant received a written discharge but has lost it; returned home & remained there until the 1782 when applicant volunteered under Capt. Young in the regiment commanded by Col. John Sevier against the hostile Indians passed the Tennessee river at or near old Chota called by the Indians the beloved Town from thence crossed Hiwassee river about eight miles below what is now called Calhoun from thence to Wauhatchie where we burnt from thence to Bull Town on Chickamauga creek where we took some prisoners & burnt said Town from thence our course was toward the junction of the Coosa & Hiawatha river on our way to the last place at an Indian village our advance guard surprised & took a white man prisoner by the name of Fleming or Glorian but he attempting to make his escape was shot by one of our company & died immediately from an examination of his papers he appeared to have been a sergeant in the British Service from thence we proceeded to destroying the Indian Town & villages on the Coosa river as we believed burnt & destroyed every Town & village on said river killed a number of Indians & penetrated into the Indian country to a place called the Talking Rock marched from thence by way of Conasauga & burnt some Villages on that river came back by way of Hiwassee Tennessee & returned home after serving six months when applicant received a written discharge but has lost it. Know of no living witness by whom he can prove the true first power but since 1782 he can prove by Jesse Byrd, affidavit is herewith annexed, but states the names of the following persons who know him & can certify as to his veracity to wit John Jackson James Winton (Wm Winton) Anthony Sayer John Montgomery & Col James Paston from Watauga he moved to Knoxville Tenn from thence to Roane City Tenn where he has resided for 53 years & where he yet

resides he was born in Vincennes city in the year 1760, he has a record of his age, & he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the & declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any State sworn to & subscribed in open court 28th October 1834
John H. White mark
W. G. Purvis D.C.
I Jesse Byrd, aged 70 years a citizen of Posey county do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with the above applicant John White in year 1782 that he knew him when in said campaign the account he has given is correct he believes that applicant served at least nine months aforesaid & him having both service at the same & was discharged at the same time sworn to & subscribed in open court October 28th 1834
Jesse Byrd
W. G. Purvis D.C.
We John Jackson & Anthony Bickley residing in the County of Posey & State of Indiana do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John White who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 74 years of age that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion & that the aforesaid clergyman in his neighborhood cannot be got here
John Jackson
sworn to & subscribed in open court October 28th 1834
Anthony Bickley
W. G. Purvis D.C.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolutionary war & served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Jackson & Anthony Bickley who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons & their statement is entitled to credit & that Jesse Byrd is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit & that the clergyman in his neighborhood cannot be got here
Alexander Dugger
Wm. Bolen
Thos. M. Connell
James M. ...

I Henry Breazale clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Roane County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of John White for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal not having a seal of office this 1 st day of Nov 1834.
Henry Breazale clerk This attests H. S. Purvis
Certify that Henry Breazale is clerk of Roan County Court and that H. S. Purvis is his deputy and that the his signature is in his own hand writing and that there is no seal of office for said Court
7 th December 1834
Samuel H. Hensler
Send it to Samuel J. Childers Kingston Tennessee

John White W. Ten.
see letters in Genl. Regd R.15-74
Suspended
In letter to Hon. J. Standifer 27. Dec r 1834 do 16 Jan y 36
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Act 7. June 1832

War Department Pension Office December 19. 1834
Sir
I herewith enclose to you the declarations of John White and Jesse Byrd. They allege that they served a tour of six months in 1782. It should be made more satisfactorily to appear that said tour took place in that year, and that they were engaged for so long a term as set forth. in actual service.
I have the honor to be very respectfully Your Obedt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Hon: James Standifer House of Representatives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME White, John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10619 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 10, 1794 To Daniel Steuer, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.