Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,586, Joseph White, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
White, Joseph
NUMBER
S. 32.586
CONTENTS
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Maine N o 26.033
Joseph White
Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Lemont of the Regt. commanded by Col. North in the Maine Troops time for 1 year & 2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. day of Dec r . 1833 and sent to Hon E. Ravagh, A. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 116. 66 2 / 3 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 34 23. 33 2 / 3
$140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. Vol. 1 Page 64
Reg 38 Mar 58 158345

in Col. McCobb's regiment Bath, in an expedition to Georgia River, at the headquarters of General Mawdsworth, & served three months, that year - He further on oath says, that he served in an expedition under Colonel Duane Sewall, went by water in pursuit of the British, of this service he makes no account - he further testifies that his whole term of actual service amounted to fourteen months - That he was  was born in that part of Georgetown near Bath in the year 1758 - That he is known in his neighbourhood to Reverend Silas Stearns - David Lemont - Major David Shaw - all of whom can testify to his character for truth & veracity - Also Thomas Lemont, of Bath, David Mire of Bowdoin, and John Oliver, of Georgetown Joseph White
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid J. Ruggles Clerk
July 18 1811.

Joseph White
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STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF LINCOLN SS.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Bath in said County on the 11 th day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before JOHN RUGGLES, Esq. one of the Judges thereof,
Joseph White
a resident of Bath in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he was drafted in December, 1778, to go to Rhode Rhode Island and march by land from that part of Georgetown now Bath under capt. Benjamin Renoubt to Boston, thence to Providence, in said Rhode Island - that he was attached to a Regiment, commanded by Colonel North, & Lieutenant Colonel John Pinkley, - that this service was rendered at Providence (and) Tiverton, and continued for four months - that he returned in May 1779, to Georgetown, & that he had no written discharge from said service - that he again entered as a substitute for Elijah White, in and May 1779, and marched to Camden by land, with joined capt. Acton Patten's company at Bagaduce, in Col. Hobbs's regiment - remained there until after the defeat, & retreated with the American troops up the Penobscot river, & came thro' the wilderness, to Kennebec river, & thence down to Cox's head & served there under capt. Acton Patten till the end of the year 1779. Making a term of service of seven months - that in the year 1780, he went under capt. Jordan
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Joseph White
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
John Ruggles
Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas for the State of Maine.

I Silas Stearns of Bath and a Clergyman residing in our Town & Parsons Smith of said Town do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph White who has known to and signed the foregoing declaration. I believe him to be about sixty years of age; he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he lives & have been a soldier in the Revolution and I concur in that opinion
Silas Stearns Parsons Smith
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid John Ruggles J.P.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Silas Stearns who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman resident in Bath, and is a credible person, and his statement is entitled to credit and that Parsons Smith who has, Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph White for a pension.
also signed the same is resident in Bath and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
John Ruggles J.P.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
Attest Nathl Coffin
Clerk
Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas in Lincoln County.

Rev. White
I Thomas Lemont of Bath in the County of Lincoln aged seventy three years on oath declare that I well know Joseph White of Bath, that I have known him before & ever since the War of the Revolution, In the month of December 1776, as I now believe, since White marched from my father's house, to Rhode Island, my father's name was Benjamin Lemont and he was a Captain during the Revolutionary war. Joseph White was one of his soldiers, went under him and returned in the spring, was gone four months, when he returned. Joseph White's father came to receive his wages. my father Benjamin Lemont said he did not know him in the battery and said Joseph must come himself. Joseph came afterwards, and he is the same person now applying for a pension he is a man of truth, and of fair character.
Thos Lemont
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above said in open Court & I further certify that the said Lemont is a credible person, his statement entitled to belief. J. Puggles Clerk Attest Nathl Coffin Clk
I David Lemont of Bath aged seventy three years in February last, on oath do say that I well know Joseph White of Bath and have known him before & since the Revolutionary war, and know that he went to Rhode Island as a soldier under Capt. Benjamin Lemont in the winter of 1776 & 1777. I saw him when he returned from Rhode Island.

in the spring of 1777 - Capt Benjamin Lenoir was my brother. - Joseph White was also a soldier at Bagaduce in 1779 in Capt Victor Patten's Company as I understood at the time tho' I was not there. He is a man of truth and veracity and sustains a fair character in Butte. David Lenoir
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid in open Court & I further certify that the said Lenoir is a credible person & his statement entitled to belief L. Ruggles J. 6. 6. 18 Attest Nathl. Coffin Clk
I John Oliver of Georgetown in the County of Lincoln aged seventy years on oath declare that I knew Joseph White of Georgetown now Butte in the year 1779. and know that he was a soldier at Bagaduce under Capt Victor Patten, and he was with me a soldier at Cox's Head the latter part of the year 1779. and served out the year. Mr White is a man of fair character and of truth & veracity. David Lenoir John Oliver
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid in open Court & I further certify that the said Oliver is a credible person & his statement entitled to belief L. Ruggles J. 6. 6. 18 Attest Nathl. Coffin Clk

I David Shaw of Bath in the State of Maine aged sixty eight years, and town Clerk of the town of Bath, and a justice of the Peace in the County of Lincoln, on oath do say that I am well acquainted with Joseph White of said Bath, that he is seventy four years old, I know him during the Revolutionary war, I remember when he was drafted to go to Rhode Island as a soldier in the year 1778. He was gone I should think as long as he states in his application - I know that he went in the expedition to Bayadence in 1779. I was not a soldier at that time but have always known Joseph White, and know him to be a man of truth and veracity, and whose statement on oath is entitled to full credit.
David Shaw
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open court. I further certify that the said Shaw is a credible person & his statements entitled to credit. J. Ruggles. J. C. C. P.
Attest Nathl. Coffin Clerk

2699 Jack White
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Relinquishment he did x does relinquish on his signature double to his application he answers all the questions
Nathl Coffin Jr his caput Name

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Oct 7 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph White
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 4 Captt Semant 74   1778 9 - Colt North 76   1779 7 Colt Smith Wadsworth evidence &   Captt Patten 5 witnesses, only one   no colt mentioned of them capable to be   1780 3 Captt Parker credible   7 no colt men-   tion   Application should be made to the   Secy of the State of Mass for evidence   of the claimant's service  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before and State, Territory or District A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of A. B. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the true annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Bath - in said County, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the eleventh day of August A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of Joseph White for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 14 th day of August A. D. 1832.
Nathl. Coffin
CLERK.

ED Bangs P other copy for Mrs. White N Bath

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 4 th , 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph White, as a Serjeant, is borne on a "Pay Abstract of Capt. John Hinchley's Company, in Col. Symmes' Detachment of Guards, Doing duty in the Town of Boston," where he is allowed from Feb y 13 th to May 13 th 1778, three months. m.d. 3=0
Joseph White's name, as a private, is found on a Pay Roll of Capt. Acter Patten's Company, in Col. Sam l M c Cobb's Regt. where he is allowed, from July 6 th to Sept r 25 th 1779, One Month and eighteen
E. D. N. days — — — — — 1=18
Joseph White claims for services under Capt Benj n Lemont, in Col. Joseph North's Regt. in 1776; - also under Capt. Jordan Parker, in Col. Sam l M c Cobb's Regt. in 1780, - the rolls of which are not found in this Office.
Edward D Bangs. Sec y

52586 Rev INVALID.
File No. 52,586
Joseph White Rev Rev
Act: James Jr 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 450
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Esther Shaw for Joseph White

I Elisha Shaw of Leeds in the County of Kennebec, aged seventy four years, on oath declare that I well know Joseph White of Bath. I was drafted with him, in Dec r . 1776, to go to Rhode Island in the service of the United States, early in January 1777. Joseph White and myself marched from what is now called Bath to Boston, and then to Providence, and then joined Col Joseph North's regiment, we both served till the next May making four months - and were then dismissed, in the year 1779. I knew Joseph White to be a soldier at Bayadene on Penobscot in Capt. Astor Patten's company, and was at Cox's head in the service during the Penobscot expedition in the year 1779. I know Capt. Astor Patten
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Nath l Grooton Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 26 th day of October A. D. 1832
Nath l Coffin CLERK.
ally appeared Elisha Shaw above named who is known to me and made oath that the foregoing deposition signed is true, I further certify that said Shaw is a man of truth and veracity, before me Nath l Grooton Justice of the Peace

Elisha Shaw of Leeds in the County of Kennebec aged seventy four years, on oath declare that I well know Joseph White of Bath. I was drafted with him, in Dec r . 1776, to go to Rhode Island in the service of the United States, early in January 1777. Joseph White and myself marched from what is now called Bath to Boston, and then to Providence, and then joined Col Joseph North's regiment, we both served till the next May making four months - and were then dismissed, in the year 1779. I knew Joseph White to be a soldier at Bragadine on Penobscot in Capt. Astor Patten's company, and was at Cox's head in the service during the Remainder of the year 1779, under Capt. Astor Patten. I have known Joseph White ever since and believe him to be a man of truth and credit. Elisha Shaw
State of Maine, Leeds Sept r 15. 1832. This day person- ally appeared Elisha Shaw above named who is known to me and made oath that the foregoing deposition before by him signed is true, I further certify that said Shaw is a man of truth and veracity, before me Nathl. G. Groom Justice of the Peace