Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11760, James White, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
White, James
S. 11760
carded
CONTENTS

5979. New York
James White
Chautauqua in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Comp y commanded Captain Thompson of the Reg t commanded Col Woodbridge in the Mass for 8 Months
Enscribed on the Roll of N.Y. the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. David Wrighton. Ticonderoga - Chautauqua. N.Y. Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of May 1833 - and sent to
arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 53.33 Pension allowance ending 13.33 $ 66.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk E. Vol. 4 Page 36

James White a Revolutionary Soldier
14353.
Allowed
Jacob Houghton of Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N. Y. Agent for Applicant
Passed

State of New York Chautauqua County } On this 12 th
day of October, 1832, personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Chautauqua, now sitting at the Court house in the village of Mayville in said County, James White , who being a native of the town of Leicester, Massachusetts, now a resident of the town of Sheridan in the said County of Chautauqua, aged 73 years on the 25 th of October last, 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 entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, as a private, and served therein as follows, viz - In the Month of May 1777, he enlisted at Pelham, Massachusetts, into the Company, commanded by Capt. John Thompson, in Col. Woodbridge's Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia, or State Troops - This enlistment was for two months - The name of his Lieut. Col. was Hale - That Noah Dickinson & a man by the name of Wilson were Lieutenants in said Thompson's Company -
That his Company with Capt. Parkers, marched from Pelham & Amherst through Northampton, Chesterfield, Pittsfield and Greenbush to Albany, and from thence up the Hudson River, where they crossed the River, & then crossed again at Half moon, & marched to Fort Edward, crossed Lake George & marched to Ticonderoga, where & in its vicinity, he served until the Army retreated from thence - That he served the said two months faithfully, & was dismissed by Capt. Thompson at Bennington in Vermont, in July following.
That on the 17 th August, 1780, he enlisted at Belchertown, Massachusetts, for six months, in a Company in Col. Graton's Regiment, which was called Lieut. Col. Hall's Company, which company was commanded by Ensign Converse - This Regiment was called the third Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Troops - He took up his line of March at Springfield, under Capt. Burbank, a recruiting officer, and marched to Litchfield, Danbury, Puckskill, Stony point, Haverstraw, and to Tenick plains in New Jersey, where he joined the Army under Gen. Washington - He served faithfully six months, and was discharged at West point on the 19 th February, 1781, by Major Robert Oliver of the same Regiment -
He was not in any Battles, or engagements with the enemy -

He was one of the Guard over Andre once when he was a prisoner, & saw him hung — That his whole service amounts to Eight months — That his Discharge was burnt when his house was destroyed by fire about 19 years ago — That he has no Documentary evidence of his said services — and that he knows of no person, or persons, except John White & Samuel White, whose Affidavits are annexed, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his said services — He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State —
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court, the day & year first aforesaid — James Dorr Clerk
James White
We Griffin Swift — a Clergyman residing in the town of Sheridan — in the County of Chautauque, N.Y. and Chauncy Tucker — residing in the town of Pomfret in said County, do hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with James White, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration; that we believe him to be about 74 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that Opinion
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court the 12 th day of October, 1832 James Dorr Clerk
Griffin Swift Chauncy Tucker
To the Interrogatory, Where do you now reside?
The Applicant answers — That he resides in the town of Sheridan as stated in his Declaration — that which was formerly part of Pomfret & that by a division of Pomfret a few years since, his residence fell in the town of Sheridan — James White

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, & served as he states. And the said Court further Certify that it appears to them, that Griffen Sweet, who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Sheridan, Chautauqua County, N. Y. & that Chauncy Tucker, who has also signed the same, is a resident of the town of Pomfret in said County, and is a credible person - and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I, James B. Lowry, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chautauqua, N. Y. do hereby Certify, that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James White for a Pension. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 12 th day of October, A.D. 1832.
James B. Lowry Clerk

State of New York Madison County } ss
Samuel White of the Town & County of Madison in said State being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is personally known to James White now of the Town of Pomfret, Chautauqua County & of said State enlisting in in the army of the United States for six months to fill vacancies in the line in the year 1780 and of his mustering at Springfield in Hampshire County in Massachusetts, on the 16 th of August of that year, & from thence taking up the march under Captain Banks a Continental recruiting Officer, & marching to Litchfield in Connecticut & thence to Danbury & from thence to Peekskill to open a t. & having thence to the Plains where was encamped the American Army
This deponent enlisted at the same time in the same company, & performed the same march, & enlisted for the same time, & from the same town; to wit. The Town of Belchertown Hampshire County, Massachusetts, & that he believes the said James White to be 78 years of age in the month of October last, & that this deponent is of the age of 69 years and that the above services were rendered during the revolutionary war
Subscribed & sworn to this 6 th day of September 1832
before me Thomas Miller Jr Justice of the peace
Samuel White

State of New York } Madison County }
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel White, who has subscribed to the within affidavit, and have been acquainted with him for more than thirty years last past & that he is a man of respectability & influence in society & good character for truth & veracity in the neighborhood where he lives & wherever known or acquainted, and that full credit & confidence ought to be placed on all that he states in the within affidavit, and that I fully believe that all he within states is true
Madison 6 th September 1832 Thomas Miller Jr Justice of the peace
State of New York } Madison County }
W. I. William D. Cloyes Deputy Clerk of the said County do certify that Thomas Miller Junior before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, and also before whose name appears to the preceding Certificate, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 18 th day of September 1832
William D. Cloyes Dep Clerk

State of New York Madison County
John White of the Town & County of Madison and State of New York, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say. That he is personally known to James White now of the Town of Pembridge, Chautauqua County, in said State, consisting in May 1777 in Captain John H. Johnson's company, South of Pelham in the County of Hampshire Massachusetts, for two months, in the state troops and of his serving that time, with Dickinson of Amherst and Lieutenant Wilson of Greenwich in the aforesaid County & State were first & second lieutenants, to the company, and that the said James White mustered with the company at Pelham aforesaid on the seventh of May, the year aforesaid, & marched through Northampton, Chesterfield and Pittsfield, Greenbush to Albany, & from thence up the River opposite Troy, & crossed the Hudson, & from thence to Fort Edward, & Lake George. Crossed the lake and marched to Ticonderoga, where laid in its vicinity he served, until the army retreated from thence, & that he served the two months, and this deponent served in the same company, for the same time and performed the same marches with him, and that he has no doubt but that the said James White is 73 years of age, and that the above services were rendered during the Revolutionary war.
Subscribed & sworn to this 6th day of September 1832 before me Thomas Schillinger Jr. Justice of the peace
John White

State of New York } Madison County }
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John White who has subscribed & sworn to the within affidavit & have been for more than thirty years past, and that he is a man, of respectability & influence, and is in the neighborhood where he lives, reputed a man of truth & veracity & from my personal acquaintance I know him to be so reputed, wherefore I know, & that I believe that full credit ought to be placed on what he states in the within affidavit & that I do fully believe that all he states are facts
Madison 6 th Sept 1832
Thomas Miller Jr Justice of the peace
State of New York } Madison County } ss I do hereby certify that William D. Cloyds Deputy Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Thomas Miller Junior before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the time and also whose name appears to the preceding certificate was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal of office this 16 th day of September 1832
William D. Cloyds Dept. Clk

14.363
James White

BRIEF in the case of James White County of Chautauqua in the State of New York (Act 7th 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? no  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.     Enlisted In 1777 May " 2 " As a Private. Gen. Capt. Thompson, Col. Woodbridge   do. 1780, 17 th August. " 6 " do. Col. Grattan, Lt. Col. Hull, Ensign Converse 3 d Mass: regmt: Continental troops, Capt. Burbank, Genl. Washington, Major Robert Oliver  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pelham, Mass:  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, and Two Credible witnesses  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.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk. March 7. 1833

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James White which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? _____
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2. 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

1914 Oct. 29 Hist. to E. A. Whitney Letter in S.F. 43462 17 th Nov.
Reuben
11.760
✓ INVALID.
File No. 11.760
James White Prin. Ral. am
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 404
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
St. 11.760
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James White 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.     May 1777 2 mos. Pvt. John Thompson Woodbridge Mass.   Aug. 17. 1780 6 mos. Lt. Col. Hull's Co. Easton        
was one of the guards of Major Andre and saw him executed.
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Pelham Mass
Date of application for pension, Oct 12 1932 His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Sheridan Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Oct. 25-1758. at Leicester Mass
Remarks: No data as to family
Respectfully,
See parish records in Mass. Book Vol. 3 page 911, in 1780 he was transferred to Lt. Col. Hull's Co.
Commissioner.