Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,366, Samuel Whaley, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Whaley, Samuel Oliver
R 11,366
CONTENTS

Ms. A. 1. 6 v. 37 p. 37 Oliver Wharley Act. July 4. 1831
Marr. 17 June 1778 Husband and 22 March

State of New York } ss. Oneida County }
1404 1599 On this thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight personally appeared before the court of common Pleas of the County of Oneida in open Court Olive Whaley a resident of the town of Verona in said County of Oneida and State of New York aged Seventy Seven years on the first day of December last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in support of the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836; That she is the widow of Samuel Whaley who was at she has always understood and believed a non commissioned officer in the Revolution -ay was that he held the post of a sergeant in the New York forces so called that he enlisted into said forces some time in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and went to Ticonderoga and Crown Point and remained at said places until some time in the month of November in the year last aforesaid when he returned home at his residence in New London

in the County of New London & State of Connecticut where his parents then resided -
And she further declares that she has always understood and believed that some time in the month of April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six the said Samuel Whaley went into the Army in the service of the United States under General Parsons but the other officers she cannot now state from recollection (Nor is she sure that the said Parsons was a general he might have been a Colonel) and went to Long Island and was in the Army of the United States at the time of the retreat from Long Island in New York. that he was sick in the Hospital at White Plains so called in the fall of the year last aforesaid and then remained until some time in the month of November of the same year when he returned home and remained under the care of a physician until the Spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven - But the time more particularly in the country through which he traveled or the battles that he was in she cannot now state from recollection -
And she further declares that she has always understood and believed that the

Said Samuel Whaley was in the army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven and was a minute or volun- teer (and she does not now recollect) under Colo- nel Jonathan Gattaman and Lieutenant Cobb (but the names of the other officers she can- not state from recollection) to the battle at Saratoga that he was at that time a Ser- geant that he did not return home at his residence in New London in the County and State aforesaid until some time in the autumn of the year last aforesaid — but the time when or the places through which he traveled or the battles that he was in, she cannot state more particularly from recollection.
And she further declares that the said Samuel Whaley was in the Revolutionary war in the service of the United States in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight as a minute man so called under the command of Captain Seth Holmes, Lieutenant Joshua Huggins and Ensign David Hillhouse officers of the muster roll and was called as such minute man but when he went to at that time or at what time he returned home she cannot now state from recollection but that he was sick when he returned home she well recollects and did not go into the army again that year.

And she further declares that the said Samuel Whaly was in the army of the Revolution in the service of the United States as a minute man so called in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine that the news came to New London that the regulars were landing at Mill Stone point that at that time the said Samuel Whaly had been gone from his residence in the town of New London and state of Connecticut to the garrison in said town (a distance of about Eight Miles) several days but as to the engagement or the precise time when he returned home she cannot now state from recollection - That the said Samuel Whaly was called out as such minute man as aforesaid frequently during the year last aforesaid but to what places he went or what battles he was in or through what country he passed more particularly she cannot now state from recollection -
And she further declares that the said Samuel Whaly was in the service of the United States as a minute man as aforesaid at the time that New London in the state of Connecticut was burnt that after the engagement was over at the burning of New London he attended his brother one Jonathan Whaly was wounded in that engagement and who

Afterwards drew a pension from the United States or the State of Connecticut and which she does not now recollect but that the said Samuel Whaley did return home with his said brother that was wounded in that engagement as aforesaid she does well recollect and that the said Samuel Whaley told her that he had attended on his said brother all of the night previous she doth well recollect -
And she further declares that according to the best of her recollection and belief the said Samuel Whaley served in the army of the Revolution in the service of the United States as a minute man so called as aforesaid under captain Seth Holmes. Lieutenant Joshua Raymond and Ensign David Hillhouse and their successors (whose names named she does not now recollect) as officers of the muster roll from the year nineteen hundred and seventy seven until the close of the Revolutionary war -
And she further declares that in the year nineteen hundred and Eighty one she well recollects that one day early in the morning her husband came into the house in a great hurry went to his gun and took it down snapped it to see if it was in order put on his accoutrements cartridge box belt &c, that she asked him what he was going to do with his gun, that his an-

was was I am going to New London have you not heard the alarm guns, I advertised that I had not, that I supposed they were morning guns at the ports. That in a few minutes he left the house prepared for battle - just before evening he sent word that he should not be at home that night his brother was wounded and he must stay with him and help bring him home -
And she further declares that the reason why she has not before now applied for a pension is that she did not know of the act of Congress passed the fourth of July Eighteen hundred & thirty six until the first of March last or about that time -
And she further declares that she does not know of possess any documentary evi- dence that she can obtain that would be of service to her in support of her claim.
And she further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Whaley on the seven- -teenth day of June in the year Seventeen hun- dred and Seventy Eight - that she has not in her possession or knowledge any evidence of the marriage except parole evidence - that Betty Mattison is a material witness for her to prove the marriage of her the said Olive to her the said Samuel Whaley who was present at the time and personally knowing to the marriage that she might have proved the same
11 June 1778

Heziah Mathison had the known of the aforesaid act of Congress before his death, that said Mathison was a pensioner and died on the first day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight - That she might have proved the services of her husband the aforesaid Samuel Whaly in the Revolutionary war by said Heziah Mathison and one Feltin Tuttle who were personally knowing to the services of his husband the aforesaid Samuel Whaly in the Revolutionary war as aforesaid - but that the said Feltin Tuttle died about a year ago and the said Heziah Mathison died at the time above mentioned and before she had heard of the act of Congress passed at the time last aforesaid -
And she further declares that the said Betty Mathison is the best evidence that she now knows of to prove the services of the said Samuel Whaly as aforesaid - that said Betty is the only person now living within the knowledge of this declarant who was acquainted with her husband the aforesaid Samuel Whaly at the time of his services as aforesaid - that said Betty is a sister of her husband the aforesaid Samuel Whaly.
And she further declares that her name before she was married to her husband the aforesaid Samuel Whaly was Olive Darrow. That she is the

daughter of Major Christopher Darrow who was a Continental officer in the Revolutionary war - and she further declared that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Whaley died on the twenty seventh day of March in the year Eighteen hun- dred and thirteen and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the p[ro]of herunto annexed Subscribed and sworn to the day & year first above written before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oneida
James Dean Clerk Olive Whaley
I certify that the words "which", "had she", & "passed" were interlined before sworn to, dated 13 June 1838 James Dean Clerk.
State of New York Oneida County ss I James Dean Clerk of the County of Oneida do hereby certify that the above proceedings were had in open Court this 13 th day of June 1838 James Dean Clerk!

State of New York } Oneida County }
We Bery Lockwood a clergyman residing in the town of Verona in the county of Oneida and state of New-York and Harrison Bishop of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Whaley who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe her to be seventy seven years of age, that we know her to be the the Widow of Samuel Whaley deceased who is also mentioned in the fore- going declaration that he was reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resided to have been a soldier in the Revolu- tion and that we concur in that opinion
Dated this 4 th day of July and 1837 sworn to before me
Bery Lockwood Harrison Bishop
Frederick A. Loonius justice of the peace

State of New York } Oneida County }
Petty Mattison of the town of Verona in said County of Oneida & State of New York being duly sworn de- poseth and saith that she was Eighty seven years of age on the twenty third day of May last that she is and has been well ac- quainted with Olive Whaley (who is named in the foregoing decla- ration) ever since the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, that this deponent is the sister of Samuel Whaley also named in the foregoing declaration - that the said Samuel Whaley who is now deceased was married to the said Olive on the seven- teenth day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight - that this deponent was present when the marriage was solemnized by one David Jewett at what was then called New-London North Parish - that the said Samuel was married to the said Olive at the house of one Jonathan Moiner the grand- father of the said Olive (on her mother's side) who also resided at the aforesaid New-London North Parish in the State of Con- necticut - that this deponent does not know or believe that any public record was ever made of the marriage - that it was not customary in those days to record marriages in the clerk's office of the town or county or put them on any other public record to the knowledge or belief of this deponent - that said Jewett as this deponent has been informed and believes, was in the habit of keeping a private record of marriages baptisms and the like services, but that said Jewett has been dead for fifty years or more as this deponent has been informed and does believe - that this deponent does not know of any one now living except herself that was present and personally knowing to the marriage of the said Samuel to the said Olive - that the said Olive is the daughter of Major Christopher Darrow who was a Continental officer in the Revolutionary

war - that the said Olive had thirteen children by the said Samuel after their intermarriage as this deponent is informed and believes - that eight only of said children are now living.
And this deponent further saith that she this deponent was married to her husband one Hezekiah Mattison on the thirteenth day of September in the year last aforesaid by the said David Jewett - that the husband of this deponent the said Hezekiah Mattison who was a Drummer in the Revolutionary war and has drawn a pension since the year eighteen hundred and thirty three, died on the first day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. -
And this deponent further saith that the said David Jewett was a Minister of the Gospel in the town of New-London in the County of New-London & State of Connecticut for several years previous to the marriage of this deponent and continued to be such Minister as aforesaid until several years after this deponent was married as aforesaid that the time when the said Jewett died this deponent cannot state from recollection - And this deponent further saith that her marriage to the said Hezekiah Mattison was never recorded on any public record to the knowledge or belief of this deponent -
And this deponent further saith that the said Samuel Whaley the the brother of this deponent as aforesaid died on or about the twenty seventh day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and thirteen and that the said Olive the wife of the aforesaid Samuel Whaley has remained a widow ever since the day and year last aforesaid that is to say since the death of her said husband the said Samuel Whaley - And this deponent further saith that her brother the said Samuel Whaley was a blacksmith by trade, that he was at work at that business in the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and seventy five at New-York - That the aforesaid Samuel enlisted into the United States Army at New-York or Long Island (and which this deponent does not now recollect) in the Spring of the year last aforesaid and started from Long Island and went

to Ticonderaga as this deponent was informed by the said Samuel when he returned to his residence in New London in the State of Connecticut where the parents of this deponent and the said Samuel then resided and where this deponent also resided - but who the commanding officers were at that time this deponent does not now recollect and therefore cannot state the same.
And this deponent further saith that the said Samuel served in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution under General Parsons in the year Seventeen hundred and Sixty Six, that the said Samuel went away in the Spring of the year last aforesaid that this deponent helped make Shirts and pantalettes for the said Samuel before he started - that he went to Long Island as he informed this deponent when he returned home at his residence in the town and State aforesaid, that he was in the battle of Long Island at the time the American forces retreated under the aforesaid General - but the names of the other officers this deponent does not now recollect and therefore cannot state the same - That before the said Samuel returned home as aforesaid this deponent and the parents of this deponent and the said Samuel, heard that he said the Samuel was sick with the Epidemic or camp fever so called in the Hospital at White Plains in the State of New York, that the brother of this deponent and of the said Samuel, and one David Whaley went to White Plains and took the place of the said Samuel in the Army sometime in the month of November, this deponent thinks about the middle of November of the year last aforesaid and the said Samuel came home to his father's house at New London aforesaid and remained through the winter until the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven - that he was in ill health during the winter and under the care of a physician until the Spring of the year last aforesaid.
And this deponent further saith that sometime in the summer of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven her brother the aforesaid Samuel was in the war of the revolution under Colonel Lattimore at Saratoga at the taking of Burgoyne

That the aforesaid Samuel did not return to his residence in New-London aforesaid till some time in the fall of the year last aforesaid but the time more particularly this deponent cannot state from recollection - that she does not recollect the names of the other officers, that the aforesaid Samuel said he was under at that time, and this deponent further saith that her brother the aforesaid Samuel after he returned from the battle at the taking of Burgoyne, he served as a minute man so called until the close of the Revolutionary war - that her brother the aforesaid Samuel was, in the battle at the time New-London in the State of Connecticut, was burnt - that one Jonathan Whaly the brother of this deponent and the aforesaid Samuel was, in the battle last aforesaid - that the said Jonathan Whaly was, wounded in that engagement.
That the said Samuel after the engagement was, ever attending on the said Jonathan Whaly all night as he told this deponent when he returned home the next day a distance of about eight miles - And this deponent further saith that her brother the aforesaid Samuel Whaly served under Captain Seth Holmes, Lieutenants Joshua Raymond and Ensign David Hillhouse and their Successors in office as officers of the muster roll from the time he commenced his service as a minute man as aforesaid until the close of the Revolutionary war as this deponent has always understood from her brother the aforesaid Samuel, and believed.
And this deponent further saith that her brother the aforesaid Samuel Whaly held the office of a Sergeant when he was in the army in the service of the United States at the time of the taking of Burgoyne as this deponent was informed and did believe - and this deponent thinks she has seen the warrant of her brother the aforesaid Samuel as Sergeant, but as to this, this deponent cannot state for a certainty but the same is true according to the best of this deponent's recollection and belief -
And this deponent further saith that she has no knowledge or information of any person now living who served in the Revolutionary war and who was personally known to the service of the aforesaid Samuel as above stated and set forth by this deponent - that this deponent had three brothers besides the aforesaid Samuel Whaly who served in the Revolutionary war whose names were Alexander Whaly who resided on Long Island in the State of New York

David Whaly who resided at New-London in the State of Connecticut and Jonathan Whaly who also resided in New-London in the State last aforesaid and who are now all dead as this deponent is informed and believes — And this deponent further saith that the person called General Parsons in this affidavit might have been Colonel at the several times mentioned in said affidavit in lieu of General — and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4 th day of July 1838
Betty Matteson
Frederick H. Loomis justice of the peace
I certify that the word "seventeen" written an erasure and that the words "aforesaid", "this deponent", "he said" & "war" are interlined before subscribed & sworn to
Frederick H. Loomis justice of the peace
State of New-York Oneida County
Samuel P. Whaly of the town of Verona in said State & County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was forty nine years of age on the fourteenth day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight — That he is the son of the said Samuel Whaly mentioned in the foregoing declaration and affidavit that the said Samuel Whaly died on the twenty seventh day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and thirteen — And this deponent further saith previous to his father's death he has frequently heard him converse upon the subject of the Revolutionary war — that he was in the New-York troops so called in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy five as he has often told this deponent — And this deponent saith that his said father has always told this deponent that he was at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in the year last aforesaid in the army in the service of the United States but at what time he enlisted or at what time he was discharged this deponent does not now recollect as he ever heard

his said father mention and therefore cannot state the same —
And this deponent further saith that he was, on a visit on Long Island in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen at his Uncle's one Alexander Whaley the brother of his said father, the next year after the death of this deponent's father that the said Alexander told this deponent that the said Samuel was to work for the said Alexander at the time when he enlisted into the New York troops, or forces so called and went to the north — but this deponent does not recollect that the said Alexander mentioned the names of the officers under whom the said Samuel enlisted.
And this deponent further saith that his said father the said Samuel Whaley previous to his death frequently told this deponent that he was in the battle of Long Island at the time the American forces were defeated, that the troops were ordered by their commanding officers to throw down their knapsacks and make the best retreat they could — And this deponent further saith that his said father the said Samuel Whaley has frequently told this deponent that he the said Samuel was sick with the Epidemic or camp fever so called in the year last aforesaid in the hospital at White Plains —
And this deponent further saith that the said Samuel Whaley the father of this deponent has frequently told this deponent that he was in the Army of the Revolution in the service of the United States under Colonel Jonathan Sattermore and Lieutenant Cobb and went to Saratoga that at that time the said Samuel was a Sergeant — To the best of this deponent's recollection & belief he stated that he went under commissioned officers of another company, that he had a good deal of trouble to get his men that were under him together to go to Saratoga with him, that he got his brother Jonathan Whaley to go in the lieu of one Stephen Allen who refused to go (rather than to go without his full number), that he has often told this deponent that he was in the battle at Saratoga.
And this deponent further saith that he has heard the said Samuel his said father say that he was in the battle at Stillwater when the British were defeated by General Arnold, and that the said Samuel Whaley marched over Major Ackland commander of the British Grenadiers — that soon after this time he the said Samuel and the regiment to which he belonged were joined with Colonel Morgan's Regiment of Riflemen to guard the ford at Saratoga — And this deponent heard him say that they laid on their arms all night, the night the

capitulation was signed and marched early the next morning for Albany to meet the British coming up the river, and that the said Rifle regiment and Colonel Morgan marched with them to meet the British as aforesaid
And this deponent further saith that he has often heard his said father the said Samuel speak of the battle at New London in the State of Connecticut that he was in that battle under Colonel Patterson at the time New London was burnt that he had a brother wounded in that battle that he helped take care of his said brother one Jonathan Whaley and carry him back to the Surgeon and when he returned to the company he was ordered by his superior officers to take a party of men and drive the British from a house they were then setting on fire - that he did so - that in the engagement he narrowly escaped the fire of the British officer who he met but that he the said Samuel & his party happened to get the first fire and therefore succeeded and drove the British from the house - That they put out the fire and that he staid with his said brother who was wounded all night and helped carry him home next day on a litter to his father's house - And this deponent further saith that he has always understood from his said father the said Samuel Whaley that he the said Samuel was an orderly Sergeant from the year Seventeen hundred Seventy Seven or eight to the close of the Revolutionary war, and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4 th day of July 1838
Samuel O'Whaley
Frederick H. Loonis Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Onida County } v v
I Frederick H. Loon is a magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Olia Whaley the widow of Samuel Whaley deceased that I believe her to be seventy seven years of age that I know her to be the widow of the said Samuel Whaley that I was well acquainted with the said Samuel Whaley before he died, that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion - And I further certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Lockwood that I know him to be a clergyman in good standing in the town of Verona in the County of Onida & State of New York - And I further certify that I am well acquainted with Harrison Bishop of the town of Verona in the County of Onida & State of New York, that he is the town clerk in the town of Verona in said State & County, that he is a credible man and that he is of good standing in the neighborhood in which he lives - And I further certify that I am well acquainted with Betty Matteson of the town of Verona in the County of Onida and State of New York who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit - That I believe her to be eighty seven years of age that she is a credible person and of good standing and reputation in the neighborhood where she resides - And I further certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel F. Whaley of the town of Verona in the County of Onida and State of New York, that I believe him to be forty nine years of age and son of Samuel Whaley deceased (who was reputed to have been a revolutionary soldier) that he is a credible person and of good standing in the neighborhood where he resides that he is the same person who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit purporting to be subscribed and sworn to by him - And I further certify that the said Benjamin Lockwood and the said Harrison Bishop mentioned in this Certificate are the same persons that have signed the foregoing Certificate purporting to have been signed by them and that Olia Whaley is the person that subscribed the foregoing declaration.

That he is a Credible person and of good Standing in the neighborhood where he resides, that he is the same person who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit purporting to be subscribed and sworn to by him. — And I further certify that the said Benjamin Lockwood and the said Warriam Bishop mentioned in this Certificate are the same persons that have signed the prefixed Certificate purporting to have been signed by them and that Oliver Phelps is the person that subscribed the foregoing declaration.
purporting to have been sworn to & subscribed by her — And that Betty Matteson is the same person who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit purporting to be subscribed and sworn to by her.
Dated this 4 th day of July 1838
Frederick H. Loomis justice of the peace
State of New-York Onida County
I James Dean clerk of the County of Onida and State of New-York do hereby certify that Frederick H. Loomis is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 15 th day of February 1837, and will expire on the 28 th day of December 1838: — and that his signatures in the several places above are genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 8 th day of August 1838.
James Dean, Clerk.

Application of Samuel T. Whaley for a pension.

State of New York, } ss.
CLERK'S OFFICE, ONEIDA COUNTY, }
I, ALEXANDER RAE, Clerk of the said County, DO CERTIFY, That Jas. Foulenson whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace for said County, dwelling in said County, and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the Certificate of said proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, this 24 th day of April 185 1
Alexander Rae Clerk.

State of New York Oneida County } ss:
In this 14 th day of April A.D. 1851 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Samuel J. Whaley aged fifty two years of age, a resident of the town of Verona, County of Oneida & State of New York, who being only sworn according to law, deposes & says that he is the son of Olin Whaley late of the town of Verona, County and State aforesaid, who died some time in February A.D. 1840, that the said Olin Whaley was the wife of Samuel Whaley who died sometime in March A.D. 1813 & by virtue of said Samuel Whaley's ser- vices in the revolutionary war was entitled to a pension, that the said Samuel Whaley re- ceased enlisted in New York City, or on Long Island A.D. 1775 at the age of about 22 years, and was in actual service six months, that the deponent cannot ascertain the names of the officers under whom he served altho

all possible Diligence has been used in pursuit of intelligence. That during said six months service the said Samuel Wha- ley deceased served at Bunker- Hill and Crown Point & received a regular discharge from the army, but that the certificate during the lapse of time has been lost.
And this Deponent says that the said Samuel Whaley rec d again enlisted in the town of New London North Parish now called Montville in the State Connec- ticut & County of New London in the spring of 1776, that he enlisted under the Act of Congress passed in 1775 or 1776 authorizing the enlistment of a certain number of troops as "Minute men" or "Flying Camp". That the name of said Whaley Captain was Seth Holmes, Lieut. enaut Stillhouse, Ensign Joshua Raymond & Colonel Jonathan Trumbull, that the said Whaley was present at a battle on Long Island, also in action at White Plains both A.D. 1776, that after

this conflict the said Whaley was taken sick and left behind with the sick and when sufficiently recovered returned home.
And this deponent Says that said Whaley Dec d was again called into service sometime in the summer of the year 1777 and served under a part of officers as in 1776 and was present at the engagements of Sar- atoga and Stillwater, and when Gen. Burgoyne's troops were taken to Boston. Said Whaley Dec d marched to Al- bany then home.
And this deponent Says that A. D. 1778 & 1779, said Whaley was again called into service under the same officers and was present during these years services said Whaley was in action at New Haven Connecticut, Fairfield & Nor- walk.
And this deponent Says that said Whaley was called into actual service again A. D. 1780, but what engagements said Whaley was in this deponent cannot relate

In this deponent says that said Whaley dec d was again called into actual ser- vice A.D. 1781 and was present at the action in New London.
In this deponent says that said Whaley was a non-commissioned officer as orderly sergeant but at what time he was created such this deponent cannot state, and for further information con- cerning the service of said Samuel Whaley (deceased) the affidavits on file at the Commissioner's of Pensions Office at Washington, are hereby referred to.
In this deponent further says that a full, true and particular account of the services of said Samuel Whaley dec d as contained in certain affidavits deposited in the Pension Office in the year 1838, and this deponent as son & heir of said Samuel Whaley & Olive Whaley (deceased) prays the department will grant him as such heir the pension & arrears thereon

due him as said son and heir of Samuel and Olive Whaley deceased sworn to and subscribed Samuel P Whaley before me the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that I know said Samuel P. Whaley to be the son of Samuel Whaley deceased.
J. W. Loughlin Justice of the Peace
On this 14 th day of April 1851 personally appeared before me Daniel Mills and Lucy Mills residents of the town of Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York, credible witnesses who, being sworn, depose and say that they are acquainted with Samuel P. Whaley within named petitioner and know him to be the son of Samuel Whaley and Olive Whaley that both said Samuel Whaley & Olive Whaley are dead, Samuel Whaley having died sometime in the month of March A.D. 1843 & Olive Whaley having died sometime in February A.D. 1843 Sworn to & subscribed before me, Daniel Mills on this 14 th day of April 1851. Lucy Mills
J. W. Loughlin Justice of the Peace

Power of Attorney from J. P. Wha- -ley to Geo. R. Herrick
Approved J. P. Whaley

Olive Whaley
M.D. Jan 30
De Calo
June 13 th 1837
Ex by Mr Herrick
June 17-57

know all men by these presents, That I, Samuel Whaley of the Town of Verona, Oneida County, New York have constituted and appointed, and by these presents do constitute and appoint George R. Herrick, of the City of Washington, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to ask and receive of and from the United States any BOUNTY LAND, EXTRA PAY, PENSIONS, PATENTS, MONEY or MONEYS, that are now due to me on account of services rendered, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by my father - Samuel P. Whaley, a revolutionary soldier, and in right of my mother, his widow, also deceased while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in my name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges, for such Bounty Land, Extra pay, Pensions, Patents, and money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatever nature I may have with or before any of the Departments of Government or Congress, and, generally, to do any and every other act or acts, that I might or could do, were I personally present at the doing thereof; hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my said Attorney, shall do in and about the premises by virtue hereof, divers good causes and valuable considerations, me thereunto moving.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day of June 1851.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of Two witnesses. E. H. Morris James P. Root
Samuel P. Whaley
State of New York } ss: On this second day of June County of Oneida } 1851, personally appeared before a Justice of the Peace in the Oneida Co Samuel P. Whaley before me , and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be my his act and deed for the purposes therein contained.
John Tomlinson J. P.
State of New York } ss: I HEREBY CERTIFY, That John Tomlinson County of Oneida } Esq., before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was 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.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Oneida County court, this 3rd day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one Alexander Roe Clerk.

Comptroller of the Navy Feb 8/1839
My Sir
I have delayed writing you, in hope to have found something more satisfactory - I have examined the Books and such Pay Rolls as are here in this Office for the names of James Whaley (without success) neither do I find Capt. Seth Holmes on our Books, I find Capt. Ephraim Holmes and none other.
Perhaps his services were performed in Merga
Timothy Jenkins Esq. Owensdale Castle
Very Respectfully Yours 'obb' Servant Henry Keating Compt

May 18/1867
Decl of Olive Whaley decl wid of Saml
Mr. Dipple
Geo. R. Herrick atty Present

Washington May 17. 1831
Sir,
I inclose herewith, an application made before, a justice of the Peace, for the arrear of pension due or alleged to be due to Olive Whaley dec d widow of Samuel Whaley a revolutionary soldier. The applicant - a son, refers to evidence filed in the case in 1838, I beg therefore, to file the inclosed, as additional evidence and respectfully ask to be permitted to examine the papers in the case.
Very respectfully
Your ob t serv t
Geo. R. Herrick
Cour t of Pensions

New York Live Whaley
to 3 March 12 Sept 30 R. Johnson 8 Sept. 1839 Burr, July 3 /51 Geo R. Henrick Aug 1/51 A.H. Markland, Dec 27/55
11366
to 4 July 1830

11.366
P. O.
Oliver Whaley
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____
_____, 18 .

Oneida Castle. 7. April. 1851.
Hon. Jas. G. Heath, D. Sir,
Will you be kind as to inform me if a pension has been drawn for Olive Whaley, of Verona, Oneida Co. N. Y. applied for under Com. Edwards' incumbency - say in 1838. I write this at request of Mr. J. P. Whaley who thinks some fraud may have been used in the matter - & wishes to know whether his mother's pension has been obtained before he proceeds to obtain it.
Most respectfully,
Your very obedient servt., R. P. Barstow.

State of Connecticut New London County ss
I, Mulford O'Raymond of Montville county of New London being duly sworn depose and say that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Montville in said State and county and that the Town of Montville was formerly a part of the Town of New London in said county that the records of Marriages prior to the alteration of the name of said Town as I am informed and believe were and are still kept in the office of the Town Clerk of New London. And I the deponent further say that I have faithfully searched the records of my office in the Town of Montville and do not find any memorandum or record of the Marriage of Oliver Darrow to Samuel Whaley in my said office and verily believe that there is no such record or memorandum now remaining in said office.
Mulford O'Raymond Town Clerk
Sworn to and subscribed Before me this 1 st day of January 13 th 1839 February 8 th 1839 — Sanford D. Beecher Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut New London County ss
I, John D'Witt Clerk of the county Court of the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Sanford D. Beecher Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that his commission was dated on the 29 th day of May 1838 and will expire on the 20 th day of June 1839 — and that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of the said county this 7 th day of February 1839 — John D'Witt Clerk

Mr Alvin Whaley
Benj. P. Johnson agent Rome - armadillo N.Y.

State of Connecticut
New London County ss. New London April 15 th 1839
Henry Douglass being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is town clerk of the town of New London in said state and county that the records of marriage as this deponent has been informed and does believe have usually been kept in the office of the town clerk in said town and county - and this deponent further saith that this deponent has partic- ularly searched the records of his said office and that this deponent doth not find any record or memorandum of the marriage of Olive Danow to Samuel Whaley in said office and this deponent verily believes that there is no such record or memo- -randum now remaining in said office and further saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed Henry Douglass Town Clerk
Before me this 15 th day of April 1839 Caleb I Allen
Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut
New London County ss
I John Dewitt Clerk of the County Court of the County & State afore- said do hereby certify that Caleb I Allen Esquire a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that his commission was dated on the twenty ninth day of May 1838. and will expire on the twentieth day of June 1839 and that

his signature above written is genuine Given under my hand and the seal of the said County this sixteenth day of April A.D 1839
John D e Witt Clerk (41)

June 17.
N.Y.
Adelphi
Miss E. Whaley.
FREE
Jan. L. Edwards. Common Pleas Washington

Last letter from dep. to Wears dated 12 Sept 1858.
Storrs Oneida Co. N.Y.
Mr J. S. Edwards
Sir: I am advised by Mrs Oliver Whaley widow of Samuel Whaley to forward you the enclosed papers, which she humbly hopes will be satisfactory and sufficient to enable her to obtain her portion.
Mr Wears who died on her papers, having removed from the County, is the reason of the papers being put into my hands.
I enclose you the affts of the Town clerks of New London & Montville showing that there is no record of marriage.
Certificate of Connecticut Genl, that the name Samuel Whaley does not appear on his records.
I hope the proof already before you will be deemed sufficient.
Return most respectfully requested to the subscriber. Some. N.Y.
I am most respectfully Your obedt servt. W. H. Johnson

Union Church Aug 31. No. 3
free
Hon. J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War Washington
Mill 44 - Sept 3 '35. 3737 Owens Office July 1836

Concord, N.H. Aug 31. 1836.
free
Hon. J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War Washington
July 1836
General Office
3737
Mill 44 - Sept 3, '38.

Mead Castle 29 Aug. 1838
Sir. Enclosed is the application of Olive Whaley (the widow of Samuel Whaley deceased who was a Revolutionary officer & soldier) for a pension under the act passed by Congress July 4. 1836. If the pension is allowed you will please have the goodness to inform me of the same. If not please point me to the means by requests to obtain the same.
Will you have the goodness also to forward to me a copy of the act passed by Congress at the last session providing for widows of Revolutionary officers & soldiers and the necessary forms to be followed in order to obtain a pension under said act.
I have the honor to be your obt. humble servt.
Hon. J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War
Zebulon Weaver

Olive Whaley Sarat. N.Y. Aug 1836
A. H. Markland Prank

State of New York Oneida County ss.
Be it Remembered, That on this Sixth day of March 1855 I Samuel P Whaley of the town of Verona in said County & State, do make known and declare that I have made application for Bounty Land under the Act of the 28 Septm 1850 for services in the war of 1812 and that said application is now on the suspended files of the Pension Office, And be it further known, That I am a son of the late Samuel and Olive Whaley and that the said Olive previous to her death as widow of the said Samuel Whaley made application for a pension for the Revolutionary Services of her husband the said Samuel Whaley and that said application is now on the suspended files of the Pension Office.
Now, Therefore, the true intent of all this is to qualify and irrevocably appoint J T Stevens of Washington, District of Columbia as my true and lawful Attorney, with power of substitution, to investigate, substantiate, and to say and do all things relative thereto, claim on Claims, and to say and do all things relative thereto, as amply as I might do; hereby ratifying every thing said or done by said Attorney, on his substitution, in virtue hereof; Also, revoking all Powers of Attorney on other authority previously given for any such purposes.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal day and date first above named.
Attest
J T Stevens A. C. Karlen
Samuel P Whaley
State of New York
Oneida County ss. On this Sixth day of March 1855 personally came before
me Samuel P Whaley, to me well known to be the person described in and who executed the above Power of Attorney as his free act and deed; And I certify I know the person making said acknowledgment to be the same person who signed the same.
J T Stevens

State of New York, CLERK'S OFFICE, ONEIDA COUNTY, } ss.
I, RICHARD HULBERT, Clerk of the said County , DO CERTIFY, That J. B. Barnes whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace for said County, dwelling in said County, and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the Certificate of said proof or acknowledgement, is genuine. And further, that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, this 15 th day of March 1855.
Richard Hulbert CLERK.