Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,051, Thaddeus White, Mass.

SERVICE
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Mass.
White, Thaddeus
S. 22,051
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9203 1832
Vermont
Thaddeus White
Washington in the State of Ver- who was a Pri in the town commanded by Captain Carroll of the Reg commanded by Col Whitney in the Massa time for State Troops -
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 26 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of April (1832) and sent John W Smith Chelsea. Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March: 33 $153, 32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 1. 33. 383 9 $191 65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Doolittle Clerk, Book 60 Vol. 3 Page 99

Shadling White
Declarations
No 2560 Pay Sept 6 th Washington
V.L.
Cashed July 20 th 1861
23 m o private 76.66
Make Return to John W Smith Chelsea, Orange Co. Vermont

State of Vermont, ORANGE COUNTY ss.
At Chelsea in said County on this 21 st day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. Silas Hutchinson Council Cable Shamson Jones justice of the Court
the Court of said Orange County, now sitting, being a Court of Record Shadwellus White a resident of Washington in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, aged 73 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he was born at Spencer in Worcester County & State of Massachusetts in the year 1759. That he entered into the Revolutionary War - that he enlisted that on the first day of August in the year 1775. He entered the service as a substitute for his brother Shamson White in the Company commanded by Capt. Cossley in the Regiment commanded by Col. Whitney in the State troops of Massachusetts . His brother was originally enlisted for eight months & he had then been a half months in service. He engaged for one month while his brother should return home - that he took his brother's place at Wentworth so called about 8 miles East of Darton & opposite the light house so called, on the point of Augusta . That while he was so engaged in 5 months service. His brother Shamson returned & requested him the 5 th  Shadwellus to continue in the service in his room to the end of his term being then a half months longer - that he the 5 th  Shamson might take the place of his father - who was drafted to go to the White Plains or on about the last of August after which he a half months. That he continued at Wentworth during December and 1776. They were employed building a fort & a guard - Also that on or about the first of April in the year 1777. He enlisted in the service of the Massachusetts State in the Regiment commanded by Col. Whitney . That he entered the service immediately on the arrival of the Regiment in Rhode Island & there remained a short time & then Shamson & his Company were stationed along at different places on the Housatonic River & he remained as a guard till near the expiration of his term of service. Then was marched back to Pawtucket and there was verbally discharged at the expiration of his term of service or a few days after -
Also that in the month of September in the year 1777 he volunteered in the service of the United States in the Massachusetts Militia in the Company of Capt. Dorr in the Regiment of which he cannot recall the Col. to go to check the progress of Burgoyne - that he furnished his own arms & ammunition & expenses - he marched immediately from Spencer to Berlin in Vermont & then to Battenkill so called near Saratoga & arrived there about the 17 th of September remained there a few days & then marched by order of Gen. Gates to Fort Edward . That while at Fort Edward he volunteered into a company to cross North River under the command of Capt. Pray and crossed the river & went through the forest till within a few miles of Saratoga & there had a skirmish with a party of Burgoyne's troops & in doing so after a short engagement was the loss of one man. The enemy retreated & they returned and joined their Regiment and there remained until the surrender of Burgoyne - & on the 18 th day of October 1777 he was discharged at Saratoga - the day after the surrender as he believes, verbally - being out on this expedition forty two or three days -
Also that on or about the first of June in the year 1778. He enlisted in the service of the United States in the Massachusetts State troops in the Company commanded by Capt. Greene in the Regiment of Col. Wood & immediately marched directly to Litchfield in Pennsylvania & then to White Plains in the State of New York & then joined the Regiment of Col. Wood after Gen. Sullivan's Brigade was there at White Plains as he thinks - he enlisted at this time of his service for eight months & his Company was stationed at various places in New York & Connecticut which he cannot specify, they were near Newburgh in Connecticut near them & back again to White Plains they were on guard and on fatigue building a bridge in New York at same place he cannot recall. That same time in the month of December of that year, they proceeded to Peachkill in New York to winter quarters & there remained here. That about three or four weeks before his term of eight months expired. He had a furlough from one of his Officers to go to White Plains and was taken sick on the road thither and did not return till a few days after his Regiment was dismissed. That he returned as soon as able & then learned that his Regiment was dismissed - that he then returned home the first part of February in the year 1779. according to his recollection being some days after the expiration of his eight months & consequently received no discharge -

Also that on or about the first of June in the year 1778. he enlisted in the service of the United States in the Massachusetts State troops in the Company commanded by Capt. Greene in the Regiment of Col. Wood & immediately marched directly to Litchfield in Connecticut & then to White Plains in the state of New York & then joined the Regiment of Col. Wood also Gen. Dixons Brigade was then at White Plains as he thinks - he enlisted at this time of his service for eight months & his Company was stationed at various places in New York & Connecticut which he cannot specify, they were once marched to Danbury in Connecticut & near there & back again to White Plains they were on guard and on picket building a bridge in New York at some place he cannot recollect. That same time in the month of December of that year, they marched to Peekskill in New York to - Winter Quarters & there erected huts. That about three or four weeks before his time of eight months expired. he had as pass from one of his Officers to go to White Plains and was taken sick on the Road thither and did not return till a few days after his Regiment was dismissed. That he returned as soon as able & then learned that his Regiment was dismissed - that he then returned home the last part of February in the year 1779. according to his recollection being some days after the expiration of his eight months & consequently received no discharge -
Also that same time in the month of May in the year 1780. he again enlisted in the service of the United States for the term of six months to fill up the vacancies in the Continental troops as he thinks. That sixteen other persons enlisted in Company about the same time. That they were mustered at Springfield in Massachusetts - That they marched a few days after the dark days so called. as he believes to S. Springfield & from there to Batkill & soon after to West Point in the state of New York. That he belonged to the Company of Capt. Holden as he thinks & in Col. Dixons Regiment - which Regiment & Company were previously at West Point - That he remained there a short time & was then Detached with several others into the Light Infantry under the command of Major De. Lafayette in the Company of Capt. Abel Holden - and Col. Gernets Regiment as he thinks they then marched into New Jersey and were stationed at various places in New Jersey to the river to Orange town to Suffern & to the English River, they had various other places in New Jersey which he cannot recollect - remained in New Jersey till near the close of his six months service - he thinks same time in Nov. following when he was mustered back to West Point and again joined his company from which he was detached and was discharged at West Point at the expiration of his term which he thinks was some time about the middle of December 1780. being six months after he joined the Continental Regiment at West Point. That he had a written discharge which he has not seen for forty years past - & he presumes is destroyed - That in all the eleven periods of service above mentioned he was out in the service and on the march between twenty three and twenty four months. That since the Revolution he has lived in Gannish at Dartmouth College. New Hampshire & Chelsea & Washington, Vermont. That he has no documentary evidence to prove his service & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except what he has procured to Wit. the Deposition of Thomas White. Joseph & Samuel Gaspill & Ebenezer Mason -

He 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. To his knowledge
Shaddeus White
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
J. E. G. M c Laughlen Clerk
We Josiah Darn residing in Chelsea in said County of Orange and Ephraim Hatch residing in the said Chelsea hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Shaddeus White who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 73 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. and we know of no clergyman in the vicinity who would probably be able to testify on the subject
Josiah Darn
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Ephraim Hatch
J. E. G. M c Laughlen Clerk
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 certify that it appears to them that Josiah Darn — who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Chelsea in said County, and that Ephraim Hatch who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. E. G. M c Laughlen Clerk
I H. E. G. M c Laughlen Clerk of the Court of Orange County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Shaddeus White for a pension. In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 24 day of August — A. D. 1832.
J. E. G. M c Laughlen CLERK.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. July 31 st 1832
Whereas Thaddeus White of Washington in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, requested me Robt. B. Thomas one of the Justices of the peace for the County of Worcester, to take Deposition of Thomas White of West Boylston in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a man aged about seventy five years — doth testify and say, That I Thomas White did in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six reside with my father in the town of Spencer in the county of said Worcester, did engage to serve in service of the State troops of Massachusetts some time in the month of April 17 th for the term of eight months in Col. Whitney's regiment and Capt. Carrel's company, I was first marched to Boston and from thence to Nantasket, where I served to the first day of August 1776 at which time my brother the said Thaddeus White took my place by the consent of the Officers, & afforded me an opportunity to take my father's place, who was drafted to go to the White Plains — my brother Thaddeus served the residue of the eight months which was four and a half months, all which I know to be a fact as I received payments from the Government for the eight months service in full.
Thomas White
Attest Robt. B. Thomas
Worcester ss. — On the thirtyfirst day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, — the above named Deponent Tho. White was examined, cautioned & sworn agreeable to law to the above deposition by him subscribed, taken before the subscriber at the request of Thaddeus White.
Robt. B. Thomas Justice of the Peace
The above deponent Tho. White sustains a good moral character for truth and integrity
Robt. B. Thomas Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcesters. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Robert B. Thomas, Esquire, before whom the within Affidavit was made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester, and that his signature thereto appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this first day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

No 2560
Wormwood

BRIEF in the case of  Thadeus White of Washington  County of Orange in the State of Vermont (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Augt 4 In 1776 Substitute 4 1/2 Private Capt Carroll. Col Whitney   Aprl 1777 3 do Capt E Hoag. auto   Spt 42 do Capt David Prouty   June 1. 1778 8. do Capt Green, Col Wood   May 1780 6 do Genl Nixon. Capt Holden Col Nixon Genl Lafayette  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmish with Burgoyne's troops & Indians  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Spencer, Worcester Co. Massachusetts.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Wilson Examining Clerk.

Revolution
22057 INVALID.
1912 Robert H. Hist. to Ellen H. Gregory V.I.H.
File No. 22057
Shaddens White
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rockelle, Ill., Oct 22-1912
Commissioner of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
Please look among the records in your office for the name of Thadens White who served in the Revolutionary War from the State of Mass. and send any data which you may find
Yours Truly Mrs Ellen (White) Gregory 704 Washington St. Rockelle, Ill.,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N. F. 22051
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thaddeus Knute a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     * Aug. 1, 1776 4 1/2 mos. Pvt Carroll Whitney Mass.   Apr. 1, 1777 3 mos. Edmund Hodges Whitney   Sept. 1777 Oct. 18, 1777 David Rooty Whitney   June 1, 1778 8 mos. Green Stock   May 1780 Dec. 1780 Abel Holden Stearns  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine with part of Burgoyne's troops & Red Bank Residence of soldier at enlistment, Place, Norridge, Mass. Date of application for pension, Feb. 1, 1832 Residence at date of application, Place, Norridge, Mass. Age at date of application, Feb. 1, 1832, Norridge, Mass.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Thaddeus Knute  Mother's Name

I Joseph Garfield of Spencer in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being now about seventy four years of age do testify and say. That Thaddeus White Esqr. now of Washington in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, but then of Spencer aforesaid, with myself and many others, enlisted as volunteers into a company commanded by Captain David Rooty for the service of the United States in the war of the revolution. The said Thaddeus White with the others, marched from Spencer sometime in the month of September A.D. 1777, and went to Bennington in the State of Vermont, thence to Mattinehill in the State of New York, and from thence to Fort Edward and near the town of Saratoga, where he was and assisted at the surrender of Genl. Burgoyne, and was discharged sometime in the month of October A.D. 1777, being in the service of the country one full month. Joseph Garfield
Worcester ss. } Then personally appeared, the above named August 3. 1832 } Joseph Garfield, before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, and was sworn to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed
James D. Dyer Just. Peace
N.B. The words "Fort Edward and near," were interlined before signed. Attest James D. Dyer Just. Peace
Spencer, County of Worcester August 3. 1832. This may certify, that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent, Mr. Joseph Garfield, and do know that he possesses a good character for truth & veracity.
James D. Dyer Just. Peace

I Samuel Garfield formerly of Spencer in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, but now of Longdon in the County of Sullivan and State of New-Hampshire being now Seventy five years of age, do testify and say, that Thaddus White Esqr. then of Spencer aforesaid, but now of Washington in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, did enlist, with myself and others, into a company of militia commanded by Captain Hodges, for the common defence of the Country in the war of revolution. And that on or about the first of April A.D. 1777, the said White with myself and others marched from said Spencer, to the town of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, and continued there for a short time, and from thence was stationed at various places on the Narragansett shore, for the full term of three months and was then discharged. The said Captain Hodges company belonged to Col. Whitneys Regiment.
Sam l Garfield
Worcester ss. } Then Personally appeared the above August 3. 1832 } named Samuel Garfield, before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the said County of Worcester and was sworn to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed.
James Dyer Jus. Peace

I Ebenezer Mason of Spencer in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, being now of the age of seventy one years, do testify and say, that sometime in the month of May A.D. 1780, Shaddens White Esq r now of the County of Washington, County of Orange and State of Vermont, but then living in the town of Spencer aforesaid, enlisted with sixteen other men of whom I was one, into the service of the United States in the war of the revolution. Said Shaddens White with the others, enlisted into the service aforesaid by authority of a com- mittee chosen by the town of Spencer for the express purpose of filling up vacancies in the the several companies of the continental troops. The said White with the others then marched to Springfield in Massachusetts where, he with the others first mustered , then marched to West Point in New York; soon after, the soldiers aforesaid were detached and divided off into various companies in the continental line of troops to fill vacancies in General Vinton's Brigade and Colonel Vinton's Regiment but what company I do not certainly recollect, but according to my best recollections I think it was the company commanded by Captain Spurr, that the said Shaddens White served as aforesaid as a private soldier for the common defence of the country, the full term of six months and was then honorably discharged. The troops aforesaid

were stationed part of the time at Peekskill in the State of New-York and the most part of the time in the State of New-Jersey. Ebenezer Mason
Worcester ss.
August 2. 1832. Then personally appeared, the above named Ebenezer Mason, before me the subscriber one of the justices of the Peace within and for the county of Worcester and was sworn to the truth of the within Deposition by him subscribed.
James Drape Just. Peace
Spencer, County of Worcester August 3. 1832.
This may certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Deponent, Mr. Ebenezer Mason, and do know that he possesses a good character for truth and veracity.
James Drape Just. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, held within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that James Drape, Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavits were of Joseph Garfield, Samuel Garfield and Ebenezer Mason, were made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester, and that his signature thereto appear to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal, this seventh day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, (Clerk)