Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4859, Joseph White, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
va..
White, Joseph Moary
N 4859
B.L. Wt. 31. 765-160-55.
CONTENTS

461.
Miss. Wheeling Mary White widow of Joseph White who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of June 1848 and entitled to the sum of Dollars Cents
Approved as true by Presidential order not February 3, 1849. Part 1 Vol. 4.
1880 April 3 At P.S. Varn - history - Pnot Repeated
179470

State of Maryland } ss Frederick County }
on this 22 day of May 1845 personally appeared Mary White before the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the fifth Judicial District of Maryland in open Court be residents of the County and State aforesaid Aged 79 years & months and some days Who being first duly sworn According to Law doth on her oaths Make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 She further Declares That She is the widow of Joseph White Who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served as a private here received 100 acres of land for said services in the State of Ohio Warrant 884874 was issued by Virginia in favor of Joseph White for three years in the Virginia Continental line Dec 11 th 1798 the officers names I can not recollect. She further declares that she was Married to the said Joseph White the thirteenth of March Seventeen hundred and ninety three 13 of March 1793 That her husband the aforesaid Joseph White since the 7 day of January 1805 Seventh day of January Eighteen hundred and five That she was not married to him prior to leaving the services but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January 1794 Viz. at the time above stated
R. H. Marshall Clerk

State of Maryland Frederick County to all I hereby certify that the Honorable Richard A Marshall before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken and appears to have been sworn to and who has thereunto subscri- -bed his name was at the time of so doing one of the Judges of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Maryland composed of the counties of Frederick, Washington, and Allegany, duly commissioned and qualified. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of Frederick County Court this 22 nd day of May 1845
Jno B Tyler Clerk Fred Catzbot

179.740 Act Mar 3 rd
} 135
June 28
Mary White w.d
Joseph White
Mary w.d. of Joseph White.
Col Daniel Morgan Pri.
Ent Disc
179.740
{ Va. m
Pensioner pay 366 Vol A Act 2 Feb 1/48 Revolutionary War
Ohio July 48-461
At: Roads from 26/56 Blyth
John A McCutchen Washington D.C.
Vol W-1-148

179.740
No. 2.
We, Thomas Ritchey and James J. Utterback, residents of Harrison County in the State of Ohio, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary White in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that she has never married since the death of the said Joseph White but is now his widow, and that she is now a widow. May 28 th 1855.
Signature of Witnesses. { Thomas Ritchey, James J. Utterback
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Hiram Forstell J. P.
(After the Justice of the Peace has signed the above, it must be sent to the County Court or any other Court of Record having a seal, the Clerk of which will fill up and sign the following under the seal of the Court. Then return the paper to me.)
STATE OF Ohio } ss. COUNTY OF Harrison }
I Thomas Rowles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that Hiram Forstell whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction. I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at Cadiz this first day of June A. D. 1855.
T. C. Rowles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Harrison County Ohio

FORM FOR BOUNTY LAND UNDER ACT OF 1855.
NO. 1.
STATE OF Ohio } ss: COUNTY OF Harrison }
On this 28 th day of May , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Mary White (widow of Joseph White) aged eighty nine years, a resident of Harrison County in the State of Ohio who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Mary White who received, under act of 28th September, 1850, a land warrant for  March 3 rd 1843 & June 17 th 1844 a pension of 80 dollars per annum from March 4 th 1843. to March 4 th 1848, and who also received a certificate of Pension for life of 80 dollars per annum for services in Captain  company, in the commencing March 4 th 1848. Recorded in the pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under the act of February 22 nd 1848 page 866. Vol. 1. regiment of  was of Copies of which
which warrant is sold, located, or herewith surrendered, and that he continued in actual service in said war for certificates are herewith sent, and the said Mary White says that her husband served in the Revolutionary war that he was a private in the 10 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan and that she was in actual service more than forty days and the said Mary White says that she is the widow of the said Joseph White and that she has never married since his death & is now a widow. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled by the act passed March 3 rd , 1855. He hereby declares that she has not applied for or received Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, except as above stated, and she hereby appoints JOHN H. McCUTCHEN, Attorney at Law, of Washington City, D. C., to prosecute her claim, and receive her warrant when issued.
Signature of claimant Mary J. White March
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the above claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Wiram Worstell J. S.

Copy of Certificate
War Department
Widows Pensions
I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 2 nd 1845, Mary White widow of Joseph White who was a private in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum commencing on the 4 th day of March 1848 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Department Office of the United States this Twenty fourth day of June One thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight,
W. L. Marcy,
Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
By H. S. Evans.
Signed on the Back
The other Certificate bears date May 20 th 1845. and grants a pension from March 4 th 1843 to March 4 th 1848. Signed by W. L. Marcy Sec y of War & J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Payment to be made at Wheeling by Alexander Newman Esq. Agent for paying pensions in the agency of Ohio,
Payable on the 1 st of September and 1 st of March,
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under Act of February 2 nd 1848. Page 566. Vol. 4.
Levi Jenkins Clerk

Extract from the Records of the German Reformed church of Frederick City Maryland - from Records of Marriages -
Joseph White and Mary Fulton were joined in Marriage the Thirteenth (23 rd ) day of March A.D. Seventeen hundred and ninety three.
(D. Zacharias)
I Daniel Zacharias of Frederick City in Maryland, Pastor of the German Reformed Church in said City do hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the Records of marriages of said church, with the exception of the date which is expressed in the Record in fair legible figures as follows:
"March 13 th - 93."
Frederick City { May 16 th 1845.}
Daniel Zacharias Pastor of the Ger. Ref. Chh.
State of Maryland Frederick County To wit On this sixteenth day of May 1845 personally appeared Daniel Zacharias, before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace, in and for the County aforesaid, and affirmed that the the facts set forth in the aforesaid Statement are true affirmed before me
George Koontz Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the Rev d Daniel Zacharias, and that he is entitled to full credit. George Koontz

State of Maryland, Frederick County, to wit
on this 20 th day of May 1865 personally appeared Before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for Frederick County and State aforesaid Jacob Cramer Esq, and being duly sworn according to Law Oaths and Stairs, I was personally acquainted with Joseph White and his wife we were Neigh Bours at the time he died and I made his coffin I think to the Best of my recollection that he died in the Parley hood of the winter of Eighteen hundred and five I know Mary White who now claim a pension from the United States for services rendered in the war of the Revolution by her Joseph White I know the said Mary White herein described to be the Identical widow of Joseph White here in described and is a widow at this time and further he saith not Sworn before me.
Wm. Sadaa
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Jacob Cramer Esq and that he is entitled to full credit and that his Standing in the community is above suspicion
Maryland Frederick County ss Wm. Sadaa

State of Maryland Frederick County to wit
I hereby Certify that on this 22 nd day of May 1845 personally appeared Elizabeth Grosvenor of the County and State aforesaid before the subscriber a justice of the peace of the County aforesaid And after being duly sworn upon the holy Evangel of Almighty god deposeth and saith that she was well and intimately acquainted with Mary White. Widow of Joseph White De d who is now claiming a pension from the United States for services rendered by her husband during the War of the Revolution And that she is now the Identical wid w and of the said Joseph White, and further that she knew said Mary and her husband Joseph before their marriage and further she saith that
Washington Bureg
They hope that Sara Elizabeth Weston is entitled to full credit
Washington Benez
Washington D.C. Maryland. Frederick County Set I certify that Washington Burgess, William son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George  son of George   the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made before  on the time thereof & I certify that the same for the State of Maryland is before Frederick County duly commissioned & sworn Witness my hand & seal of office this 22nd day of May 1845 Sub M c B. Tyler Clk

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Very WIDOW, &c.
File No.
4859
Mary White
Wid.
Joseph White
Past Rev. War
Act:
Feby. 2 nd / 48
Index:—Vol.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington City 24 July 1845
Sir
I have the honor to enclose evidence showing the identity of the Mary White who now claims a Pension as the widow of the Joseph White of the Revolutionary Army who received land from the State of Virginia, and whose other papers are now on file in your office.
Be pleased to advise me when the case is acted upon, and oblige
Sir
Yours Most Obedt Sam d D. King

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the fifteenth day of April 1785 , in the name of Joseph White as a soldier of infantry for £57. 19. 3, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to General Wood and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.
{ No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 22 day of March 184 5 .
Page 369
Jas. Heath AUDITOR.

Mary White widow of Joseph White, Private Rev. war 3 years
acts 38 } 8011 43 & 773 44
$80 per an
Maryland Roll married 3 March 1793 husband die January 7. 1805
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bet: to J. D. King
Present

W m Edward
18th Dec 1841 London

Ref?
Maryland 9523
Mary White
widow of Joseph White who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 7. January 1805 of Frederick Co. in the State of Maryland who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 86 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of August 1865 and sent to S. D. King
Total amount, $ 4000
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book D.
Vol. 1.
Clerk, Page 261

Ref d .
Dir. to P.W. Agt. 100 30. 1846.
To Ohio - Wheeling Agency from 4 th March 1846. - 2 nd Dec 1846. Notification to Daniel Mayne. Creager - Fortas, Maryland
at P.W. Wheeling, H.S. Thompson Apr 27. 1847.
Ohio - Wheeling Agency Maryland 7196
Mary White widow of Joseph White who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of August 1845 and sent to S. D. King Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. June 17. 1844
Vol. 2. Page 256

Joseph White is entitled to the proportion of land, allowed a Private of the Continental line for three years service
Council Chamber
Dec 11 th 1798
Sam: Coleman
James Wood
I hereby authorize Mr. John Baker to ask & receive for me from the land office of Virginia a land warrant which I am entitled to from the State of Virginia for three years service the 11 th Virginia Regiment under Genl. Daniel Morgan then Colonel in the American War
Test.
Wm: Rutherford
Joseph White.
A Warrant N o 4874 for 100 acres issued unto said Joseph White on the 11 th December 1798 and delivered to John Baker.
A copy from the Records of the Virginia Land Office.
Teste,
S. H. Parker Reg. S. Office

Miss Deborah Weston
221 St. George Street Boston
Admitted
Geo. T. Thompson Wheeling Va.
Miss Deborah Weston

The State of Ohio } Harrison County }
I Samuel M c Cormick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Harrison County in the State of Ohio. Do hereby Certify that Marshall M c Call Esq r whose name ap- pears subscribed to the within Certificate was at the time of so certifying and subscribing the same and now is one of the acting Justices of the peace within And for said County. Duly Commissioned & qualified and that to all whose acts as such Justices faith and credit is and ought to be given. and that the foregoing signature pur- porting to be his I believe to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cadiz this 5 th day of May AD 1848
S M c Cormick Clerk

Wheeling May 19 1848
J. S. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I enclose Mary Whites application for a pension under act of Congress passed 2 d February 1848 You will please have her pension made payable at the agency in Wheeling Virginia.
I sent you an application of Mary McConnel for a pension under same act, on April 20 th since which time I have not heard from you; will you be good enough to give the present application & the former one your earliest attention
I am
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Geo S Thompson

Pension Office Baltimore December 1, 1846
Sir, In answer to your communication of the 30 th ult. I have to inform you, that May which the Pension therein referred to, was last paid here Pension up to the 31 st March 1846.
I am, very respectfully Your obt. Servt
W. W. W. Pension Agent
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Greagerstown Nov 28 1876
Sir
I here enclose the paper of Mary White for a transfer of her pension & please to have it tendered to and forwarded to me and further I know Mary White named in the transfer here enclosed to be the same person and has now  has to draw a pension for I promised said pension for her gratuitously  gratuitously I may also please to inform me if C. D. a man was drafted for 3 month in the revolution war and hired a substitute in his place and pay said substitute for the 3 month he served in his place and C. D. is again drafted for 3 month and serves the last term himself. if C. D. now living can he claim for six months and be allowed for six months or can he only be allowed for the 3 month he served himself allowing the substitute his service
Mr. J. L. Edwards, Esq.
I am Sir your most Obedient Servant, Daniel Mayn

Wheeled April 24 1847
J L Edwards Esq
Comm Pensions
Dear Sir
On the 23 d Ult when reporting the decease of J Steer Brown I forwarded to you Mary White's Voucher 12 mrs for examination it wanted the attorneys name filled in and his affidavit you will oblige me by returning it per return mail with instructions to A Newman Esq to pay when properly executed the pensioner is anxious to receive her pay
I am
Yours very respectfully George S Thompson

Joseph White 1806
1846 widow moved to Harrison Co Ohio where 3 of her children resided located with Joseph White
Mar March 13 1793 to Mary Fulton in Frederick City Md
Died Jan'y 7, 1805 (in Frederick Co Md) Frederick
Widow Mary in May 1845 of aged 79 years of Frederick Co Md. aged 79 years - 8 mo & 5 days
Her husband served 3 years in 11 Vn reg Col Dan Morgan
widow May 1848 of Franklin, Harrison Co Ohio aged 87 years
3 children living in Ohio & 1 in New Market Md none died in Md -
He got land from Va located in Ohio & went to Ohio to see after it

State of Ohio } ss County of Harrison }
On this sixth day of November 1846 before me the subscribed a Justice of the peace for the said county of Harrison personally appeared Mary White widow of Joseph White who on her oath declares that she is the widow of Joseph White who formerly belonged to 11 reg t commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan in the service of the United States: That her name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Maryland whence she has lately removed that she now resides in the state of Ohio where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future the following are her reasons for removing from the state of Maryland to the state of Ohio as three of her children reside in said state before named she intends to make it her home
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid Mary X White Signed in presence of ( Mark ) John L. Lappert } Before me Joseph White } John L. Lappert. — Esq
State of Ohio the county of Harrison } ss on this sixth day of November 1846 before me the subscribed a Justice of the peace of the county and state aforesaid

personally appeared Joseph White and made oath in due form of law and deponed the said that he is personally acquainted with Mary White who has sworn to the foregoing affidavit for a transfer and knows her to be the identical person there in named Sworn to before me the subscriber the day and year before written
John L. Laffort Esq.
I here by certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Joseph White and can say that he is entitled to full credit.
John L. Laffort Esq.
State of Ohio } the County of } Harrison } do hereby certify that
The State of Ohio } Harrison County }
I S. M. Cornick Clerk of the Court of Harrison County, State of Ohio, certify that John L. Laffort is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal of Office and Subscribed my name this 13 th day of November A.D. 1846.
S. M. Cornick Clerk of the Court of Harrison County.

State of Ohio } Harrison County } ss
On this fourth day of May 1848 personally appeared before me, the subscriber a Justice of Peace in and for the County aforesaid; Mary White of resident of Harrison  Franklin township the County aforesaid aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Joseph White, who was a private in the eleventh Virginia Regiment Commdg by Col David Morgan and that she received a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum under the act of Congress passed 17 th June 1844;
She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn to and subscribed Mary for White mark the day and year last above written before me
Marshal McCall Justice of Peace Attest Joseph White
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit
Marshal McCall Justice of Peace

State of Maryland Frederick County to wit on this 22 day of July 1845 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the aforesaid county personally appeared Patrick R Fickett and made oaths in due form of law and deposeth and saith that he was personally acquainted with Joseph R White and Mary White his wife who now claims a pension of the united states for three years services rendered in the virginian continental line in the war of the Revolution by her husband Joseph White and knows Mary White to be the identical widow of Joseph White who got one hundred acres of Virginia land Bounty for being in the war of the Revolution and says that he lived in the state of ohio for some years and knows the virginian land bounty of the aforesaid Joseph White that he got lies near Chillicothe ohio and can say that he is acquainted with Joseph White & Mary White's children and three of them living in the state of ohio at this time and one of them in New Market state of maryland and one of them died in the aforesaid state and knows the aforesaid Joseph White to be the identical person that got virginian bounty land in the state of ohio P. R. Fickett Sworn to and subscribed before me the 22 day of July 1845
W. P. Pickering J. P.
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Patrick R Fickett and can say that he is entitled to full credit, and that his standing in the community is above suspicion
W. P. Pickering

State of Maryland Frederick county To wit On this 31 st day of July 1845 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the aforesaid county Personally appeared John Jackson and made oath in due form of law and deposeth and saith that he was persona- lly acquainted with Joseph White Mary White now the widow of Joseph White who now claims a pension of the United States for three years services rendered in the Virginia continental line in the war of the Revolution by her husband Joseph White and from personal acquaint- ance knows her to be the 5  1  entire  only widow of Joseph White who got Virginia land bounty in the State of Ohio for being in the war of the Revolution and further knows the time the aforesaid Joseph White went to the state of Ohio to see after said land bounty and can say that the aforesaid Joseph White lived with one mile of his residence when he died and says that he had papers of the aforesaid Joseph White in his possession concerning said land bounty and knows the aforesaid Joseph White to be the person that got Virginia land bounty and further knows all three children, three of them now living in the state of Ohio and one of them in the state of Maryland and one died in the aforesaid state.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 31 st day of July 1845
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named John Jackson and can say that he is entitled to full credit and his standing in the community is above suspicion
Isaac Wright

Maryland. Frederick County Set
I hereby certify that Thomson  Levi Perkins & Isaac Wright Gentlemen before whom the foregoing affidavits appear to have been made, were at the time thereof Justices of the peace of said State, in and for said County duly Commissioned & qualified
In Testimony whereof I hereunto Subscribe my name & affix the seal of my Office July 22 d 1845. W. B. Tyler Clk

State of Maryland
Frederick County
On this 22 nd day of May Eighteen hundred and Forty five personally appeared Mary White before the subscribed one of the associate Judges of the fifth judicial district of Maryland in Open Court a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy nine years Eight Months and some days Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by Congress passed July 7 th 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows That She is the widow of Joseph White Who was a soldier in the Virginia Continental Line and Served three years as a private in the war of the Revolution and received 100 acres of land for said services in the state of Ohio Warrant No. 4874 was issued by Virginia in favor of Joseph White a soldier for three years in the Virginia Continental Line Dec r 11 th 1798 the officers names as served under cannot recollect & She further declares that She was married to the said Joseph White the thirteenth day of March Seventeen hundred and ninety three 13 th March 1793 That her husband the aforesaid Joseph White died the seventh day of January Eighteen hundred and five 7 th of January 1805 That She was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time at the time above stated
Richd Marshall Clerk

State of Maryland Frederick County to Wit I hereby Certify that the Honor- -able Richard H Marshall before whom the foregoing Affidavit appears to have been made and who has thereunto subscribed his name Was at the time of So doing one of the Associate Judges of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Maryland Composed of the Counties of Frederick, Washington & Allegany duly Commissioned And Qualified.
In testimony Whereof I hereunto Set My hand And affix the Seal of Frederick County forsook This 22 d day of March 1845
Wm B Tyler
CLERK Geo. Kutz Co. Clk