Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22596, William White, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
loom
White, William Gilpha
N 22 596
CONTENTS

10.616
Connecticut
Zilpha White.
Widow of William — who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the of — in the State of Connecticut. who was a Res't in the — commanded by Captain — of the — commanded by — in the Connecticut line for Militia
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut, at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 1847.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of April 1849 and sent to Mrs. Elisha Stearns Holland Ct.
Total amount, $ Special law } of January 8, 1849 [Act July 7, 1838.] Recorded by Geo. Perkins Clerk, Book D Vol. 1, Page 99.
Reported Apr. 10/49..

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half-pay & pensions to certain widows" and of the Act of March 3 1843 and of June 17 1844 -
State of Connecticut
County & District of Tolland On this 9 th day of January 1845 personally appeared before me Elisha Stearns Judge of Probate for the District of Tolland Tilpha White a resident of Tolland in said District & County aged 72 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 July 7 1838 and the Acts of March 3 1843 and June 17 1844 the first act entitled "An Act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of William White who was a private in the revolutionary army and served two years seven months and ten days in the Connecticut Regt commanded by Col. Otham Fitchburg from May 13 1777 to Jan'y 1.80 and one year from Jan'y 1 '80 to Jan'y 1 '81 on the continental establishment as aforesaid said White was formerly of said Tolland and now deceased. She further declares that she was married to the said William White on the Eighteenth day of October in the year sixteen hundred and Ninety two that the husband the aforesaid William White died on the 13 th day of June 1837 or about that day. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz at the time above stated and she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Tilpha X White her mark
Before me
Elisha Stearns, Judge of Probate
I hereby certify that the aforesaid Elisha Stearns is the Judge of Probate for the District of Tolland and that the name of said Judge above subscribed is his genuine signature in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court W. H. Griswold, Clerk

I Seymour Baker of Dalland in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut aged 86 years testify that I was well acquainted with the within names William White & Dilpha White and know that he died about seven or eight years ago and that his widow the said Dilpha has ever since remained and now is a widow, that the said William & Dilpha whom I have known for twenty years past always lived together as man & wife and were so reputed by public at large & I have no doubt that they were such Seymour Baker Sworn to & subscribed before me this 9 th day of Jan'y 1845 and I certify that the said Baker is a credible witness Elisha Stearns Justice of Peace
I Joseph Hooton of Ellington in the County of Litchfield aged 64 years testify that I have been well acquainted with William White & his wife Dilpha White ever since the year 1790 that they both had lived on my father's family about the time of their marriage and after their marriage lived on my father's farm as man & wife & were so universally considered that I knew of the marriage at the time as said White then lived in my father's family & went from there to be married by Daniel Ellsworth Esq. of Ellington who then lived in said town and was a Justice of the Peace & married them at the house of Baker (he lived about two miles from my father's) as I understood at the time - That their children have all been born since the said marriage that said White & wife have lived since their marriage part of the time in Ellington & part of the time in Dalland - The time of said marriage was either in 1791 or 1792. Joseph Hooton Sworn to & subscribed before me this 9 th day of Jan'y 1845 and I certify that the said Joseph Hooton is a credible witness Elisha Stearns Justice of Peace

East Windsor I, Tamar Thompson of Ellington in the county of Hartford aged 73 years and sister of the last deponent Joseph Holton testify that the said William White & Dilpha White named in his deposition both lived at my father's, in the year 1792 previous to their marriage and that in the fall of that year they were married at the house of Jacob Chapman my brother in law who lived in Ellington about two miles from my father's. I was at the marriage and saw the ceremony performed. They were married by Daniel Ellsworth now deceased who was then a Justice of peace. There is no other person now living who was at the marriage but myself. After the wedding they soon began to keep house and on a place belonging to my father and have had a large family of children - they were always poor and he became intemperate and abused his wife and finally died about eight years ago in the poor house in Ellington  Hartford . The whole family of the said Ellsworth are deceased and there is no probability of finding any record of the marriage if it ever was made any.
Tamar Thompson Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9 th day of Jan y 1845 and I certify that the said Tamar Thompson is a credible witness. Ebenezer Stearns Justice of peace

I Oliver W Steele of Ellington in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk of said Town of Ellington and on the application for a Certificate of the Marriage of William White to Zilpha Wells which is said to have taken place in said Town about the year 1792 I have examined said Town Books and cannot find such record therein made and there was no Law at that time to oblige Ministers or Magistrates to have Marriages recorded, nor do I find any at that time
Attest Oliver W Steele Town Clerk.
Tolland County ss Ellington Jany 21 st 1845 Personally appeared Oliver W Steele Esq and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above Disposition by him Subscribed before me
Benjamin Pinnery Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut County of Tolland } ss, County Clerk's office Tolland
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County aforesaid and for said County, certify, that Elisha Stearns Esq of Tolland aforesaid and Benjamin Pinnery Esq of Ellington both in said Tolland County are Justices of the Peace within said County legally appointed, commissioned & qualified in said County and duly empowered to administer oaths that the commission is now in this office in which their names are enrolled as Justices of the Peace for said County and I certify that several signatures to the foregoing certificates purporting to be the official certificates of said Justice Stearns and Justice Pinnery are all genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at said Tolland this 23 rd day of January 1845. Jeremiah Parish Clerk

11,644
Lypha White Received
January 27 th 1845
Oct 7 th 1838
Disbursement made
Jan 7 9 th 45. & filed on 27 th same month
m. 18 th Oct '92
L. d. June 13 th '37.
Claim by husband long out of pleasure
No 1.

Comptrollers Office
Hartford, Conn. 17 December 1844.
I Certify, that on application for evidence of the service of William White in the War of the Revolution, I have examined the Record of settlements made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, and find, under head of
"Settlement with the 6 th Connecticut Regiment, Return J. Meigs Esq r Colonel, before January 1780," this entry —
Names. Rank. Commenc t of Service — Time of this Settlem t — Form. Yrs. M th days.
W m White Private. May 13. '77 January 1. '80 2. 7. 10 d
And William White Private. January 1. '80 January 1. '81 1. 0. 0 d
under head of
"Settlement with the 6 th Connecticut Regiment, Return J. Meigs Esquire Colonel, for the year 1780."
A. Harrington, Comptroller

I Sally Reed of Vernon in the county of Tolland and state of Connecticut do depose and say that I am now fifty three years of age, and if I live to see the nineteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty six I shall be fifty four years of age. That I am the oldest child of the widow Tilda White of Ellington in said county, who is the widow of William White my Father late of said Ellington dec d the said Tilda now having an application pending at Washington D.C. for a pension. My Father resided principally in said Ellington, but he resided a short time in Tolland in said county, about one mile from the line dividing said Ellington and Tolland. I have often heard my Father tell stories and of occurrences with which he was familiar while in the Revolutionary war.
me Sally J Reed mark
I Alexander Reed of Vernon in the county of Tolland and state of Connecticut do depose and say that the above named Sally Reed is my wife, that she and myself were born in the same year, and that she will be fifty four years of age the nineteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty six and I shall be fifty four in May eighteen hundred and forty six.
Alexander Reed

Tolland County ss. Vernon January 27 th 1846
I hereby certify that the within named Alexander Reed and Sally Reed are credible witnesses - and on the day and year aforesaid they each subscribed and swore to the truth of the depositions within by them respectively given
Before me
Salmon A. Storrs
Justice of Peace

I Jermina Steel of Ellington in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, depose and say, that I shall be eighty three years of age if I live till May eighteen hundred forty six. I have always understood, that William White the husband of Zilpha White of this Town, came from Rhode Island, and went in the first place to live with his Brother in law by the name of Field, in the west part of the Town of Tolland during the Revolutionary war. Afterwards he came into this Town and married his wife here. White's marriage to his wife Zilpha, was previous to the marriage of John Holton to my sister Abigail Woolcott. My Brother John Holton oldest child was born in August seventeen hundred ninety two. When White was married to his wife Zilpha, said John Holton and Jerusha Ellsworth were present & went through the same ceremony that said White & his wife went through. Said Holton and Jerusha Ellsworth stood behind White & his wife all that time, and they imitated the ceremony as a mere farce. From this fact I believe that John Holton & my sister were not then married, for the circumstance occasioned much talk in Town at the time.
My impression always was that he was in the army, and he showed wounds which he said he received in the army.
My wrist at present being lame I am unable to write and therefore make my mark instead thereof.
here
Jermina X Steel Mark

1 Tolland County ss. Ellington February 6 th 1846 I hereby certify that the Bithni named Jennie Sweet is a credible witness, and on the day and year aforesaid she subscribed and swore to the truth of the within depoa- -sition
Before me
Salmon A. Stone
Justice of Peace

I Lemuel Warner of Ellington in the county of Tolland and state of Connecticut, depose and say that I am eighty years of age, and shall be eighty one in March next. I was acquainted with William White the husband of Diphia White, who formerly resided in this town. I understood that he came from Rhode Island, and resided with a family by the name of Field, in the west part of Tolland, where I frequently saw him in the time of the Revolutionary war. Some years before he was married, he came to this town, I should think he was married as early as the year seventeen hundred ninety one. I knew at the time of their being married, though I was not present at the ceremony, and know that after that, they lived together as man & wife.
I have heard the said William White say he was in the Revolutionary Army, and got wounded there, and tell about the feats he there performed. He was always a drinking, dissolute, idle fellow and poor. I used to think he acquired the habit of drinking in the army.
Lemuel Warner
Tolland County ss Ellington February 6 th 1816 I hereby certify that the above named Lemuel Warner is a credible witness, and on the day and year aforesaid subscribed and swore to the truth of the above deposition
Before me
Salmon A. Storrs
Justice of Peace

I Robert Hyde of Ellington in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am now seventy seven years of age. I was acquainted with William White the husband of Lylpha White, who formerly resided in this town. I have heard William White say he came from Rhode Island - have heard him speak of his Father who lived in Rhode Island especially about his Father's farm there. It is my impression that William lived a while in East Windsor or Enfield, that he came from there and built a hut just over the line in the town of Tolland and lived in it a number of years. I was told at the time that he was brought out by the people of East Windsor in the night season, and left in the road in this town, very near the Tolland line, so near that when he got over the fence he was in Tolland. William had a family at the time he occupied the hut above mentioned. He occupied this hut between forty and fifty years ago, and my acquaintance with him has been more than sixty years. I have heard him talk about being in the army of the Revolution. He resided many years in this town.
Robert Hyde
Tolland County ss Ellington February 6 th 1846 I hereby certify that the above named Robert Hyde is a credible witness, and on the day and year aforesaid he subscribed and swore to the truth of the above deposition Before me Salmon A. Storrs Justice of Peace

I (David Johnson of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut) depose and say, that I am sixty three years of age. My Father lived for a number of years in the same neighborhood with a Mr Fields, who kept the mills in the west part of this Town, also in the same neighborhood where William White, the husband of Silpha White, lived after his Return from service in the Revolutionary Army. I was well acquainted with the said William White, and have frequently heard him speak of his services in the Army of the Revolutionary war, of his being wounded in that service. He showed me scars, and marks of wounds which he said he received at that time, one upon his face, and another on one of his hands.
David Johnson
Tolland County ss Tolland February 7 th 1846 I hereby certify that the above named David Johnson is a credible witness, and on the day and year aforesaid he subscribed and swore to the truth of the above deposition.
Before me
Salmon A. Storrs Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } ss. County Clerk's office Tolland
Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County Court in & for said Tolland County, Certify that Salmon A. Storrs Esq of Tolland aforesaid is a Justice of Peace within said Tolland County duly appointed, sworn and acting in said capacity That his name is enrolled in the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County now in this office bearing date the 11 th day of June Anno Domini 1845 & will continue until the 20 th day of June A.D. 1846. And that the signatures to the Certificates attached to the five preceding & accompanying Depositions signed by Sally Reed, Jerimiah Steel, Lemuel Warner, Robert Hyde & David Johnson purporting to be the official signatures of said Justice Storrs are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Tolland aforesaid this 9 th day of February A.D. 1846
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

February 5, 1934.
BA-J/MMHF/ILL
Mrs. Joseph B. Gamble Box 217 Canyon, Texas.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of December 20, 1933, addressed to the War Department, in which you request to know whether or not William White, R. 11450, William White S. 36384, William White S. 40684, and William White W. 22596, was the William White who responded to the Lexington Alarm under Captain Silas Dunham.
In your letter of December 20, 1933, addressed to this office, you designated only two soldiers with that name, whose records are filed under S. 36384 and R. 11450. On January 3, 1934, those two claims were carefully examined, and a report furnished you.
The claims, S. 40684 and W. 22596, based upon service of soldiers with the name William White, have been examined also, and in neither claim is it shown that the soldier served under Captain Silas Dunham, or that he enlisted from Chatham, Connecticut. by JLL
The record of no other particular William White can be identified without the data requested in last paragraph of office letter to you on January 3, 1934.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

1934 - Feb. 5 - Mrs. Jas. D. Gamble and S. Rel. to service. MMRS
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22596
Gilpha White wid of William White Brv Rev. War
Act: July 2 nd  /68
Index: — Vol. 16 , Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W m White Col. d Line Bounty Land
There is but one William White, returned on the records of the Connecticut Line as being entitled to bounty lands, and a Warrant for said bounty issued to him the 30 th March 1793—

Lt. Col. J. D. Davis Feb 20. 1846

Hon. J. Dixon 20 Feb 48 " 26 March " " 30 July " Elisha Hearn Oct 26. 46 same Nov. 12. " do to Hon. W. Strong H.R. Dec 31. 1847.

11.644.
Lilpha White
1845
cont
Very friendly
Rob. to Eliza Stearns March 31. 45
" " same June 8 th 45
" to same June 18 th 45
" " same Aug 9. 1845
" " to same Dec 17. 45
" " same Jan 11. 46
Act July 7 38 ..

Col H. Swift Key
William White — May 3. 18 Feb. 1, 79 - dis. May 1, 780
" " Ten Eyck June 7 th , 82 - 6 mo. Col. Master.
" " May 13 - 77 - Ab ar ) Col. Muggs

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
Report No. 136.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 125.]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
ZILPHA WHITE.
JANUARY 25, 1848.
Mr. STRONG, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Zilpha White, praying for a pension as the widow of William White, a private soldier in the revolutionary army, respectfully report:
That the marriage of the petitioner to William White, is satisfactorily shown to have taken place in the year 1791 or '92, by persons who were present at the marriage, or were informed of the fact at the time, and by general reputation and cohabitation from that period until the death of said William White, which occurred about the year 1837.
From a certificate of the comptroller of the State of Connecticut, it appears that the light-horse company of Captain James Chamberlain were paid for an expedition to Rhode Island in 1778, though the length of the service of the company does not appear; that William White, the husband of the petitioner, belonged to that company during the revolutionary war, and was in service with it on one or more tours of duty; one of which was to Rhode Island, is distinctly proved by two witnesses, Hezekiah Nye and Tabitha Braer, as well as corroborated by a strong array of merely contemporaneous hearsay evidence. The length of service on this tour to Rhode Island is not shown; but your committee cannot suppose it was less than one month.
It also appears from the certificate of the same comptroller, that White, of Tolland, appears under the head of "pay-roll eight months' men of the"

having served from September 29th, 1779, to January 15th, 1780, three months and fifteen days; and that on the same roll are the names of Darius Carlton, Elijah Johnson, and John Ladd, as men from Tolland. It is also abundantly shown by many witnesses, that, at that time, William White, the husband of the petitioner, resided in Tolland, in the same school district with the said Carlton and Ladd, and that no persons of the name of White, from Tolland, were in the revolutionary army excepting the said Wm. White, and a certain George White, who had died before the year 1779. Your committee are, therefore, clearly of the opinion that this service of three months and fifteen days should be credited to the husband of the petitioner.
It appears, also, by a certificate of the same comptroller, that William White served in the 1st Connecticut regiment in 1782, from the 1st of November, 1782, to January 1st, 1783, a period of two months; and that on the same roll appears the names of Henry Waldo, Joseph West, William Reed, and Gad Page. The testimony proves that, during the revolutionary war, Henry Waldo and Joseph West resided in Tolland; and, there is also a witness to prove that Gad Page; a revolutionary pensioner, resided in an adjoining township. The identity of the petitioner's husband with the William White mentioned in the last mentioned comptroller's certificate, seems, therefore, to be sufficiently proved, and he should be credited with an additional two months. This, added to the three months and fifteen days' service in 1779-'80, and the service in the expedition to Rhode Island in 1778, makes an aggregate, in the judgment of your committee, of at least six months service. The Commissioner of Pensions disallowed the claim of the petitioner, because, in his opinion, suspicion was cast upon it by the fact that, at first , she claimed the benefit of services rendered by another revolutionary soldier bearing the same name with that of her husband. Your committee cannot, however, overlook the facts that she is now far advanced in life; was not married to the said William White until nearly ten years had elapsed after his last service; that she had no written evidence of his services; and, that he (as is fully proved) was of weak intellect and of intemperate habits, and unlikely to communicate to her any distinct information. These facts sufficiently account for the mistake, without the necessity of attributing fraudulent motives.
Your committee think, from a view of the whole case, that a pension should be granted to her, and report a bill accordingly. All which is submitted, &c.

II/ORD
1st Ind.
Rev War
War Department, A.G.O., December 29, 1933. - To the Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
1. The writer has been advised of this reference.
E. J. Connelley Brigadier General, Acting The Adjutant General. By [Signature]

II/ORD
1st Ind.
War Department, A.G.O., December 29, 1933. - To the Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
1. The writer has been advised of this reference.
H. T. Conley Brigadier General, Acting The Adjutant General. By J. P. Wade

Canyon, Tex, Dec, 20 - 1933.
Mr Wm Lloyd
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, - The State Librarian of Hartford Conn, writes me the name of William White, private under Capt, Silas Dunham served in Revolutionary War from Chatham, Conn, and Drapeau's Index of Connecticut Revolutionary Pensioners (whose applications are on file in the Pension Office Washington D.C.) lists (4) William Whites, viz:
William White - — — — R 11450 ✓ " " — — — — — — S 36384 ✓ " " Chatham, Middlesex Co - — — — S 40684 ✓ " " Middlesex Co - — — — N 22596 ✓ " "
Kindly advise cost of certificate and do any of these correspond to having

2- War service under Capt Silas Dunham -
I thank you very much,
Mrs Joseph B. Gamble,
Canyon,
Box 217
Tex.
Randall Co.
85 Received A. G. O. DEC 27, 1933

Tolland, Conn Oct 5 1846
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner
Sir
I send you herewith two dep ms of facts, Her rs Nyes, & Deborah Drown as to service in the militia performed by William White the husband of Zilpha White in the Revolutionary War - I have been misled heretofore by the witness to whom I was referred for proof of service - They were doubtless mistaken though apparently honest & testified voluntarily I allude to Mr Carter & Mr McKinney - I was also misled by the declaration of Ned Carter which seemed to accord with the testimony of his widow - I knew not then the early history of White & supposed that his residence was in Ellington in the time of the war - The distance which I live from Hartford prevents that thorough examination of the military rolls I would wish, but they are also very imperfect - An apology is due to you Sir, for the sanguine feelings I have indulged & for my language in my correspondence which implying censure of the department
A new case is now presented supported by two witnesses whose veracity I have no reason to doubt & also by the certificate of the comp y . - In haste
Very Respectfully Your Obed t Serv t Esther Hearn

Mar 24/49
Reference to Court of Presidents Messrs. Estlin 24 March 1849
John Washington Esq. Steward of the Hon. Thomas Ewing
John
FREE
Gilpha White wid ow of Wm. White -
$20 per annum to commence 4 March 1849
Private Soldier of the Connecticut Militia
Special law of January 8. 1849
Connecticut Roll. with act '38 Pension
Cert: to the Hon. Elisha Stearns Tolland Co. Conn.

Tolland, Conn., March 20 1849
Hon Thomas Ewing Sec'y of Home Department Sir
A pension for Revolutionary service was granted on application by me as atty to the widow Zilpha White (the service being rendered by her late husband William White) towards the close of the last session of Congress - On application to the office of the pension agent in this State I find that the certificate has not yet been transmitted to him. Will you be so good as to send it to him or me as soon as your convenience will allow
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt. Elisha Stearns

Tolland Conn, Jan'y 1 1848
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions
Sir
The Hon James Dixon has sent me your letter to him relating to the pension application of Dilpha White by which I regret extremely to find that I have pursued a course in acting for her which has been injurious to her claim - My object was to save expense & vivacity rather as an execution than a judicial proceeding supposed it would not be objectionable. The same course had been pursued by others in this vicinity and I having done it generally while I have held the office of Judge of Probate or Judge of the County Court thought no harm in this case to do the whole business. I acknowledge however that there is weight in the objection of a person acting as Attorney and Judge taking the declaration & supporting it by proof. But you will perceive in this case that the credit of the witnesses living in Ellington who are the principal and almost the only witnesses is attested by the certificate under oath of the Hon John H. Brackley who I suppose is known to you -
I have Edwards alias Ned Center declaration for a pension dated 27 June 1820 on which a pension was granted He states that he served three years in Capt Joseph Sayer's Company Col Connecticut J. Meigs Reg t Connecticut line on which I relied in stating if I did so state in my communication to you that he served in the same Reg t with William White. On examining the Roll of that

Reg d for that purpose the latter part of Nov last I did not find his name there which was the first intimation I had of the fact - I regret this error as it may look like an attempt to mislead the department - If his name is not there he must have been mistaken as to the Reg d in which he served
The Widow Hannah Cashman is, said deceased and perhaps it may be out of your power to perfect her claim in favour of her heirs, & that it may be necessary to apply to Congress - I have written Alexander Reg d & Co to act as their Attorney and do what the case may require She made her Will and appointed her son Lemuel Cashman her Executor and bequeathed to him what might be due to her on this pension application
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Elisha Stevens

A. Catlin Esq. Comptroller

State of Connecticut, Comptrollers Office Hartford 7 Decembru 1847.
I Certify that on application for evidence of the service of W m White and others in the war of the revolution, I find his name in a Roll of the 8 months men who served in the 1 st Connecticut Regiment of the Line in 1782, as serving 2 Months - as has been certified by a former Comptroller. I also Certify that the names of Henry Waldo, Joseph West, W m Reed, and Gad Page, appear on the same Roll.
Abijah Galtin Comptroller

State of Connecticut } Tolland County } October 31 st 1846.
I hereby certify that the (Deposition) of Sabetha Brace, Abbiehick Nye and Jacob Chapman, all of the town of Tolland County of Tolland, and State of Connecticut, taken by me as Notary Public, to be used in an application of Litchfield White Widow of William White, for a pension now pending at Washington, were severally sworn to and subscribed by said several Deponents
Before me
T. A. Stone
Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } Tolland County } S.S.
I, W m Eaton Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Salmon A. Stone is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 19 th day of June 1846 and will expire on the 19 th day of June 1847, and that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand & the Seal of said County this 31 st day of October 1846
* The Deposition (marked with star) accompanying this, sworn to before Justice Stone, is likewise subscribed with his proper signature W m Eaton Clerk

I John Kingsbury of Tolland in the State of Connecticut, aged 64 years testify that I have heard my father Iabez Kingsbury say that he belonged to Capt James Chamberlain's company of horse in the time of the revolutionary war and I believe he went into to Rhode Island with the company during the war, and I have heard him say that William White who lived in Tolland in time of the war, the husband of Zilpha White, was out in the service in time of the war, but I do not recollect whether it was in the time to Rhode Island or some other.
John Kingsbury
Oct 12 1846 Tolland County of Tolland State of Connecticut Personally appeared John Kingsbury the signer of the above deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I certify that he is a credible witness —
Ariel Sadeb Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Tolland
ss October 26 th 1846.
I T. A. Storrs Notary Public, do hereby certify that Anil Ladd Esqr whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the within Deposition of John Kingsbury was at the time of subscribing the same a justice of the peace in & for said Tolland County, sworn and acting as such. And furthermore that I am ac- quainted with the hand writing of said justice and verily believe the signature to said certificate to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my Notarial Seal
T. A. Storrs Public Notary

I Mary Cogswell late of Tolland in Tolland County State of Connecticut, now residing in Vernon in 12 County  depose and say that I am seventy nine years of age. That my Father moved from Vernon in Tolland County to the North part of Tolland, previous to the Revolutionary war, when he resided several years. Soon after the commencement of the war aforesaid he entered the army and while in the service, was taken prisoner in New York; after his release, on his return home, he died in Hartford of the small pox. This was seventy, or seventy one years ago. One year or there abouts after the death of my Father, my mother and family moved down to the Gimpse Mills, and after we moved there Mr Field and William White the husband of Zilpha White moved there from Rhode Island. Not long after this I moved into the south part of the town of Tolland. I do not know of any other persons of the name of White, from Tolland, who were in the Revolutionary war, except my Father and William White. I am not certain that William White was in the army. All I know of that fact is that common report says he was in the Revolutionary war. I knew but little of him after I moved from this neighborhood. My Father's name was George White.
Mary Cogswell
State of Connecticut } Tolland County }
November 3 rd 1816.
I hereby certify that the above named Mary Cogswell is a credible witness, and on the day and year aforesaid she subscribed and swore to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me
T. A. Storrs
Justice of Peace

Talladega, Ga. Oct 31 1846
J. S. Edwards Esq. Sir
Yours, of the 26 th inst is rec d and you will indulge me a word in reply to what seems to imply criminality of conduct. A particular use of the word Mistake underscored import, worruption — As to the depositions being taken by a Notary Public you will perceive by the enclosed paper that all there was wrong about it was the magistrate certifying in a wrong official character. But our statute authorizes a Notary Public to do it. That the claimant swore to the first declaration is true & I suppose in doing it she complied with a rule of the Department. The rule may be necessary, I don't complain of it, but it may operate as a snare to the claimant. It compels the claimant to swear in most instances to what she never personally knew or if she ever knew has entirely forgotten. She swears almost uniformly especially at this late day upon the strength of the testimony of others. The cases generally now presented are for marriages after the war — That is Mr White's case & she had no reason to doubt the truth of the witnesses who swore to the service. I challenge, I invite inquiry on this subject respecting any improper influence exerted over them — Surely presumption is not proof. Shall she or those who have assisted in making out her claim be condemned because the witnesses have erred through forgetfulness or any other cause? There were several circumstances tending to support their testimony — Mr White came from Alabama to Talladega just before the time he was said to have insisted — Ned Carter's declaration seemed to fortify his widow's testimony — White's residence during

the man was at first supposed to have been in Ellington and of course evidence of his service was sought there, to which one other fact should be added that the rolls at Hartford are more imperfect than those at Washington.
If the claimant did not swear to the Service State in her declaration last forwarded it may be sufficient to say that having sworn once to receive for the credit which she supposed to be due to witnesses on whose testimony she relied to support it, and been deceived she felt bound to be more cautious about waiving her conscience in the same way a second time. But so much at least may be said in favor of her last declaration that it contains one term of service performed by her husband and that the late discharges show where we must look for further evidence if any of those referred to were performed by him.
Mrs. Cogswell & Mrs. Dyer's depositions having led me to look for service performed by White while a resident of Pollard I discovered Capt. James Coleman's name as performing service with his company on the rolls at Hartford I immediately commenced an inquiry of Mr. Dyer & others respecting that & other service as claimed in the last declaration. It is not strange that a person of Mrs. Dyer's age should not mention a particular service at first, her recollection not being awakened to it by interrogatories. It will I think be found on examination that her testimony is fully sustained by Mr. Dyer.
Mrs. Cogswell's deposition is taken again as it is not recollected that her first dep n stated the time of the death of her father to George White to show that he would not be the blank White The clerk who wrote the letter to me stated that offered an apology for the mistake of presented and urged the claim set up in the first decla n .
An recurrence to my letter I think will show that it was for the sanguine feelings & disrespectful expressions which a confidence in the claim arising from the evidence in support of it led me to

indulge And how often, where our confidence rests on human testimony and circumstances apparently concurring, etc we find it misplaced, but we never consider that a person in this manner deceived is therefore chargeable with corruption
In replying to the objections in your letter & some of them were too opprobrious to be passed over, I have protracted this explanation much beyond what I would have wished But I hope under the circumstances I shall be pardoned for occupying so much of your time
If the tour to the North & the seizure of Clark White as well as that to Rhode Island are supported by proof as is allowed in other cases I hope it will be allowed in this — Two clips to wit, of John Kingsbury & Jacob Chapman were forwarded before the receipt of your letter of the 26 th ult I was informed at Hartford last week that Messrs Hinman & Benj Cotton had set out for Washington on a pecuniary business — If in your office they can be inquired of as to the probability of any design to mislead you
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Elisha Hemenway
If required by the rules of your office that this additional statement of seizure should be returned the claimant will do it

Tolland Conn. Oct 27 1846
J. S. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir,
In enclose you two more depositions on the application of T. L. White. I would not trouble you unnecessarily by multiplying evidence of this kind and hope this will be sufficient. It has been a long & tedious examination and I appreciate the patience you have shown in it.
Very Respectfully, Yours Obed Servt. Elisha Stearns

I Horekiah Sye of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am eighty years of age. I was formerly acquainted with William White the husband of Silpha White, who now has an application for a pension pending at Washington.
I know that he was a member of a company of horse or troops belonging to this town, commanded by Captain James Chamberlin. I was present when the company was formed. The company volunteered, and White was among them, and went on a tour to the north during the Revolutionary war. They were gone about three months. The same company also during the war went one tour to the state of Rhode Island. I formerly knew Mr Brax the husband of Tabitha Brax of this town. He was the trumpeter of Captain Chamberlin's company for some time.
I was formerly acquainted with Darius Carlton, Elijah Johnson and John Ladd, and knew that they lived in the same School District with William White in Tolland in the time of the war.
I was also acquainted with Henry Waldo, and he lived within about three miles from the residence of William White in the time of the war. I never knew any other White of this town who was in the army of the Revolutionary war.
Horekiah Sye

State of Connecticut ss Tolland County October 3 rd 1846
I hereby certify that the within deponent Hezekiah Nye is a credible witness, and on the day and year aforesaid he subscribed and swore to the truth of the within deposition before me
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal
J. A. Storrs Public Notary

Chaw Nya-
no 13

Camptralle Office Hartford Conn. Sept. 15 th 1846
On application for evidence of the services of William White in the War of the Revolution I have examined the documents remaining in this Office relating to that war and certify as follows
I find under date of June 4 th 1799 the following entry on one of the pay books To paid Mr. Capt. James Chaudlain pay Roll for his Company Light horse Expedition to Rhode Island in 1778. £584. 16. 11½ Also under the head of pay Roll of the of the Eight months men who served in the 2 nd Conn. Regiment in a book of pay Rolls the name of White of Tolland appears as having served from Sept. 29 th 1779 to January 15 th 1780 3 Mo. 15 ds Also the following names appear on said roll of men from Tolland Darius Carlton Elijah Johnson, John Ladd
Also in the same book under head of pay Roll of 8 months men who served in the first Conn. Reg t in 1782. The name of William White appears as having served from Nov. 1 st 1782 to January 1 st 1783. Two months on same Roll appears the name of Henry Waldo Mason Cleveland Camptralle

Con, Tolland March 13 1846
Hon James Dixon Esq Dear Sir
I have been fortunate in discovering some further evidence in the case of Zilpha White which is pending before the Commission of Seniors. The obscurity which rested upon the early life of her husband gave a wrong direction to efforts to obtain evidence in his favor. The circumstance of his enlisting in Collington led us to suppose that the principal evidence was to be found there. The accidental disclosure of what Mr. Lags will know has led to further developments.
The depositions of Fred Carter, Widow & Alexander McKeaney wrote have been retaken (having been first taken by me) but that both of them have died within the year past. But no presumption can now arise against the truth of their statements as to the service of White which if I mistake not was that the three years term commenced in the spring of 1777 - the Comptroller, certifies in three years from the day of May 1777 which was about a month as it now appears after White came into Tolland from Rhode Island which will account for his not being known only to his neighbours previous to his going into the service & the difficulty now of obtaining proof. I trust however what is sent herewith will be sufficient. Yours Truly Elisha Stearns

Tolland, Conn, Aug 24 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq Comr. of Pensions
Sir
I herewith send you the application of Lillpha White the widow of William White for a pension and hope for a speedy decision upon it. She is poor & in great & imminent need of it. The last application I sent you lay 4 months in the office though there was no objection to the residence. I think there can be none in this case. The situation & habits of her husband a poor illiterate drunkard accounts for no application having been made in his life time & it is but likely that the widow of such a one has been deceived.
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Eliza Hovey

I Tabitha Brace of Folland in the County of Folland and State of Connecticut, depose and say that I am ninety five years of age. I knew William White, the husband of Tiphie White whose application for a pension is now pending at Washington and know that he belonged to Captain Chamberlains company of horse or troop in the time of the Revolutionary war, which belonged to this town, being a militia company.
I saw him in that company on a training day in the time of the war. He appeared very generous in giving away liquor. I know of his going on one tour of duty in the war of the Revolution, for a period of three months, and my impression is he went another tour afterwards. One or both of these tours were performed in Capt Chamberlains company. I recollect more particularly in respect to one, because my husband was a trumpeter in that company, and went with them on one tour . My impression is, that one of these tours was a Northern tour. My husband was a joiner by trade. I well recollect of his saying that he ought to have a pension if any body had, for while he was out in the service, his two apprentices were drafted into the service, and notwithstanding he had the largest tax of any body in town to pay. He has now been dead twenty one years. I never knew any other person of the name of White of this town, who went into the war of the Revolution. I know Darius Carlton and John Ladd of this town - they both resided in the same School District with William White. in the time of the war Pison Carpenter was also a trumpeter in the company of Capt Chamberlain, before or after my husband, I cannot tell which.
Tabitha her Brace Mark

State of Connecticut. Holland County Sept. 24 th 1846
I hereby certify that the within named Tabitha Brace is a credible witness, and on the day and year aforesaid she subscribed and sworn to the truth of the within deposition before me.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial seal.
J. A. Storrs Public Notary

Additional Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 7 July 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
On this 10 th day of July 1846 personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Judge of Probate for the District of Suffield in the State of Connecticut Tilpha White late of Tolland in said State now residing in said District of Suffield in the County of Hartford being first duly sworn according to law on her oath doth make the following declaration in addition to the declaration heretofore made & now pending before the commissioner of pensions at Washington in order to obtain benefit of the act aforesaid that she is the widow of William White therein mentioned Remaining unmarried late of Ellington in the County of Tolland deceased, that she verily believes the said William performed other service in the line and militia in the Revolutionary war as a private than that particularly mentioned in said declaration which she is unable to specify having no documentary evidence to prove the same and having no knowledge of said service at the time it was performed amounting as she believes to one year or more. She still remains unmarried and the widow of the said William White Her mark Tilpha X White Sworn to and subscribed on this day & year above written before me
Isaac Gurney Judge of Probate for the District of Suffield

Eliza White, Additional Deed,
No 2

Suffield July 10 th 1846
Probate Office (District of Suffield State of Connecticut) I hereby certify that Luther Loomis who has set his name to the within instrument, as Judge of Probate is his signature & duly qualified to act in said capacity.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand & seal of Office this 10 th day of July A.D. 1846
George A. Loomis Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Suffield

3 3 I Eliakim Paulk of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am fifty eight years of age.
I have known William White, who lived in the northwest part of this town, for thirty five years past. I have heard him frequently talk about being in the Revolutionary Army, and from what I have heard him and others say, I have no doubt he was in the Revolutionary Service. It is the general opinion of people living in the western part of this town, that said White was in the Revolutionary Army. I live in the west part of the town, about two miles from the Mills where said White formerly resided.
Eliakim Paulk
I Elisha Paulk of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am fifty three years of age. I live the same distance from where William White formerly lived in this town, that Eliakim Paulk the deponent in the foregoing deposition lives. I knew said White a great many years ago, am not able to say how many, have frequently heard him speak of being in the war of the Revolution and of the engagements he was in, and he has shown me scars of wounds which he said he received in his Revolutionary service. I am of opinion from what he said, & from what I have heard others say, that he was in the Revolutionary Army & ought to have a pension, and should think those I have heard speak upon the subject are of the same opinion.
Elisha Paulk

Tolland County ss Tolland March 11 th 1846
I hereby certify that the within named Elisha Pault and Elisha Pault are credible witnesses, and on the day & year aforesaid each subscribed and swore to the truth of the Deposition by them respectively given
Before me
Salmon A. Storrs
Justice of Peace

I Grace Paulk of Tolland in the County of Tolland and state of Connecticut depose & say that I am sixty four years of age. I live with my Brother Elisha Paulk, whose deposition I just heard read, and concur with him in all the particulars therein mentioned. At the time Calvin Willey Ely was a senator in Congress, I lived in his family, & I have heard said White talk with Mr Willey about obtaining a pension for him, and Mr Willey told him he thought he was entitled to one, but he must make proof of his service
Grace Paulk
I Tabitha Brace of Tolland in the County of Tolland and state of Connecticut depose and say that I shall be ninety five years of age if I live to the second day of April next. I have lived for the most part of my life in the west part of this town. I knew John Field who lived at the mills in that part of the town, and William White his brother in law lived with him. I have been there to mill. It has always been my opinion that said White was in the Revolutionary war. I can remember very well concerning transactions that occurred during the Revolutionary war. I remember of meetings on the Sabbath being broke up, and men immediately prepare their knapsacks & rig for engagement in the service, of men being draughted and going to Boston, West Chester & Newton. I was well acquainted with John Field's wife, she was a very talkative woman, and has frequently visited her at her house
Tabitha X Brace Mark

I Beth Brown of Tolland in the County of Tolland and state of Connecticut aged forty two years, depose and say, that the foregoing deponent Tabitha Brown has lived with me for the last ten years, that her memory is good with respect to ancient transactions, that she retains her bodily and mental faculties to a remarkable degree for a person of her age. Beth Brown
Tolland County ss Tolland March 11 th 1846
I hereby certify that the above named Beth Brown, and the within named Grace Paulk and Tabitha Brown are each credible witnesses, and each of them subscribed and sworn to the truth of the Deposition by them respectively given on the day and year aforesaid
Before me
Salmon A. Storrs Justice of Peace

I Ephraime West of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am seventy eight years of age. I have the impression that I knew William White, at the time he lived with his brother in law John Field, at the mills in the west part of this town. I have some recollection of going up there when I was some time twelve years of age to see a horse place in which White and his brother in law appeared to be concerned. It is my impression that White & Field lived at the mills aforesaid together. Ephraime West
I Roswell Stanley of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am seventy four years of age. I knew William White at the time he lived with John Field at the mills in the west part of this town. Field & White both came from Rhode Island here. Field was a brother in law of White. It is my impression White was in the army. He was at my Father's soon after he left the service, I was then about ten years of age. My Father lived about two miles from the place where said White lived, at the time I knew him. No person is now living to my knowledge, who lived so near to the former residence of White in this town, as I do. White moved from here, to Ellington of this County. He moved about the time John Field his brother in law left this town. At the time White came to my Father's from his service in the army he was a young man. I have often heard him talk of being in the army - have heard him speak of engagements in which he took part, particularly of an engagement near New York in which he received a severe wound on one of his hands. White was a very illiterate man had but little intercourse with society & I believe what he told me of his services in the army to be true. Roswell Stanley

Tolland County ss Tolland March 7 th 1846
I hereby certify that the within named Ephraim West and Roswell Hurlbut are credible witnesses - and on the day & year aforesaid each subscribed and swore to the truth of the Deposition by them within respectivity given
Before me
Salmon C. Storrs
Justice of Peace

I Mary Cogswell of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut depose, and say that I am seventy eight years of age. My Father moved into the neighborhood of the mills in the west part of this town before the Revolutionary war, and according to my best recollection in the year seventeen hundred and seventy three. My Father died in January seventeen hundred and seventy six. Soon after the death of my Father John Field from Rhode Island brought the mills and immediately moved there and took possession of them & at the same time brought with him from Rhode Island William White then quite a young man. Not long after that I moved into the south part of this town, and the said Field not long after moved away out of town. The mills where he lived were less than a mile from the town of Ellington. My Father's name was White but no connection of William White aforesaid.
Mary Cogswell

Tolland County ss. Tolland March 7 th 1846.
I hereby certify that the within named Mary Cogswell is a credible witness, and on the day and year aforesaid she subscribed and sworn to the truth of the within Deposition
Before me
Salmon C. Storrs
Justice of Peace

I Oliver K. Wham of Tolland in the county of Tolland and state of Connecticut depose and say that I am forty nine years of age. That I am now the town clerk of the town of Tolland aforesaid and that it appears from the town records in my possession that John Field originally belonged to the town of Cranston in the state of Rhode Island; that he purchased the mills in the west part of this town on the 15 th day of April seventeen hundred seventy seven and sold them on the 31 st day of October seventeen hundred eighty five; that he was taxed in this town from the year seventeen hundred seventy seven to seventeen hundred eighty five inclusive and no longer. Oliver K. Wham Town Clerk
Tolland County ss Tolland March 12 th 1846 I hereby certify that the above named Oliver K. Wham is a credible witness and on the day & year aforesaid he subscribed and swore to the truth of the above Deposition Before me Salmon A. Storrs Justice of Peace

I Calvin Willy of Tolland in Tolland County and State of Connecticut. Depose and say, that for several years I was somewhat acquainted with a man by the name of William White. during the time I had any knowledge of him he sometimes resided in this town and sometimes in Ellington. in this County. his intellectual faculties were weak, he was very poor and ignorant, that he was destitute of friends capacity or means to prosecute any claims he might have against his Country or any other, and according to my best recollection sometime after the act of 1818 granting Pensions to certain Revolutionary officers and soldiers. but the time when I cannot tell, he spoke to me on the subject of applying for a pension. but what was done. in the matter (if anything). I do not remember. I am well acquainted with Ephraim West, Jacob Chapman, Ephraim Pault, Elisha Pault, Grace Pault and Seth Brown, all of Tolland and that each of them sustain good moral characters. and further the Deposition is true not
Tolland March 13 th . 1846.
Calvin Willy
Tolland County ss Tolland March 13 th 1846
I hereby certify that Calvin Willy Esqr late Senator in Congress subscribed and sworn to the truth of the above Deposition on the day & year aforesaid
Before me
Salmon A. Jones Justice of Peace

I Jacob Chapman of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am sixty two years of age. That I was born & brought up within a quarter of a mile of the mills in the west part of this town. I was acquainted with John Field who kept the mills, and William White his brother in law. I have no doubt that said White was in the Revolutionary service, White has shown me the scars of wounds which he said he received in the Revolutionary service, and have heard others who were out at the same time say that he was wounded. My Father was in the Revolutionary service, and I have heard him speak of said White being in the service. My Father held the Commission of Ensign in the engagement on York Island, and for his courage & good conduct General Washington offered him a Captain's Commission on the ground. My Father replied that he had a large farm at home & did not wish to accept of such a place. General Washington replied that he had a large farm too, but it was necessary to fight for our country notwithstanding. White was a very poor man, could neither read nor write, & should think was never rated, nor a voter.
Jacob Chapman
Tolland County ss Tolland March 11 th 1846
I hereby certify that the above named Jacob Chapman is a credible witness, and on the day & year aforesaid he subscribed and swore to the truth of the above Deposition
Before me
Salmon A. Jones Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Tolland } ss. County Clerk's Office, Tolland
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Tolland aforesaid Do certify that Salmon A. Storrs Esq of Tolland aforesaid is a justice of Peace within said County of Tolland duly appointed by the Legislature of Connecticut in May last and duly commissioned by the Governor of this State which Commission is now in this Office bearing date the 11 th day of June A D 1845 and will continue untill the 20 th day of June 1846 That he is acting in the Capacity of a justice of Peace, And that the several signatures purporting to be the official signatures of the said Justice Storrs to several certificates being on three sheets of Paper connected by a piece of red tape are all genuine signatures of said Justice Storrs.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of sd County at Tolland this 13 th day of March A D 1846
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

I, Roswell Stanley, of Tolland in the County of Tolland, and State of Connecticut aged seventy five years testify: that during the Revolutionary War, there were men residing in Tolland aforesaid some of the names of Henry Waldo & Joseph West - the sd Henry Waldo resided some years in the same neighborhood with myself, and from his conversations & otherwise understood he served in the Revolutionary army.
Having resided many years in the same town & neighborhood with Wm White, I have no doubt from what I heard from himself and others, that he was a soldier in the Revolution.
Tolland Dec 13. 1847.
Roswell Stanley
Tolland County ss: Tolland Dec 13. 1847.
Personally appeared Roswell Stanley signer of the above deposition and made oath to its truth before me, and I certify that he is a credible witness.
Sydney Stanley, Justice of Peace.
I Jonathan R Flynt of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged forty two years testify: that a man named Gad Page resided in Coventry adjoining Tolland; that he was a revolutionary pensioner and is now deceased.
Tolland December 21. 1847
J. R. Flynt
Tolland County ss: Tolland Dec 21. 1847
Personally appeared Jonathan R Flynt signer of the above deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me, and I certify that he is a credible witness.
Sydney Stanley, Justice of Peace.

State of Connecticut Tolland County - }
S.S. County Clerk's office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the Court in & for sd County of Tolland hereby Certify that Sidney Stanley Esq of Tolland in said County is a Justice of Peace within sd County duly & legally appointed, Commissioned and sworn into said office and acting in said Capacity; That his com- mission now in this office bears date the 22 nd day of June A D 1847 and will continue untill the 20 th day of June A D 1848 — And that the signatures to the within Certificates purporting to be the official signatures of said Justice Stanley are both genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of sd County at said Tolland this 21 st day of December A D 1847
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

I Jacob Chapman of Tolland, in the County of Tolland, aged 62 years testify that I was acquainted with William White formerly of Tolland aforesaid now deceased the Husband of Silpha White who has a petition now pending for a pension, said White lived in the time of the Revolutionary war at the Snipsick Mills about 100 Rods from my Father's where I was born & brought up I have heard said White tell of being at New York as a soldier in time of the war and of being in several engagements, particularly with the Con-Boys and that he was out on several tours of duty at different times also have heard my Father who was out in the service, say that said White was out in the service, my Father served at New York as an Ensign Darius Carlton, Elijal Johnson and John Ladd lived in the same school district with said White. I never knew any other man of Tolland by the name of White, who served in the Revolutionary war
Jacob Chapman
State of Connecticut County of Tolland } October 23 rd 1846—
Thereby certify that the above named Jacob Chapman is a credible witness, and on the day and year last aforesaid he made oath to the truth of the above deposition & subscribed the same before me.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my Notarial Seal
L. A. Storrs Public Notary

Tolland, Conn, April 11 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Presbyans
In compliance with the requirements in your favour of the 31 st ult I send you the enclosed evidence and trust it will be satisfactory
As for Church records there is no possibility of the marriage of finding the marriage there when the parties are married by a Justice of the Peace and only when they are married by a minister of the gospel I need hardly say to you that in the former case they are never recorded there
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Elisha Stearns

I Jerimiah Steele of Ellington in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut the widow of Doctor James Steele aged 82 years and now a United States pensioned testify that I was knowingly reported the marriage of William White late of Ellington aforesaid now deceased with Leipher Hills now his second wife who has applied for a pension for the revolutionary services of the said William, at the time said marriage took place and recollect well hearing at the time some circumstances which occurred at the wedding - after said marriage they lived many years in said Ellington and I know that their oldest child Sally White now Sally Reed the wife of Alexander Reed, was born while they lived in my neighborhood and after their marriage, and a proper and suitable time thereafter to present the idea of illicit intercourse I also know that the said White tried in his life time to get a pension but did not succeed was being able to find evidence of the service - The said White was a poor illiterate & dissipated man & could not give such information respecting his service as would have to the discovery of the evidence
Jerimiah Steele
Subscribed & Sworn to
before me Elias Stone Judge of probate
I Hannah Dingham of Ellington in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged 82 years testify that my husband Nathan Dingham late of said Ellington now deceased at the request of William White late of said Ellington deceased undertook to get a pension for him about 26 or 27 years ago soon after the pension law was passed and was at considerable pain & expense to effect it - He went with him to Litchfield about 80 miles to see Col. Dalmage to find evidence for him but did not obtain

it and never did find enough to prove the Deed and I know not that the rolls at Hartford were examined by them but I think they were not, as it was not then generally known that such rolls were to be found there - My said husband became discouraged about proving the Deed and gave it up which probably discouraged any future efforts for that purpose Hannah Bingham I was well acquainted with William White family and believe his oldest daughter Sally to be fifty two years of age Subscribed and Sworn to before me Elisha Stearns Judge of Probate Hannah Bingham
I Pearly Chapman of Ellington in Tolland County & State of Connecticut aged 56 years testify that William White late of said Ellington deceased was married at my fathers house Father Chapman to his present widow Elizabeth was Lilla White by Brg Ellsworth - I was then about four years old but though so young the fact has been impressed so much on my mind that I think I can not be mistaken - I have also a recollection of Mr Thompson being present - I was knowing to some efforts made to obtain a pension for said White soon after the pension law passed but no official evidence was then before me Warley Chapman Subscribed & Sworn to before me Elisha Stearns Judge of Probate
I certify that the above deponents are credible witnesses Tolland Jan 24 1845 Elisha Stearns Judge of Probate

This may certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Jemima Steele & Mrs. Hannah Pringle and whose depositions are attached hereto and I am also acquainted with Mrs Thompson the widow of the late Col Wm Thompson of East Windsor, whose deposition has been heretofore taken in this case & also with Mrs Eunice Chapman of Ellington a colored woman whose deposition has also been taken and I can cheerfully say that they are all women of the highest respectability and of unimpeachable veracity and the utmost reliance may be placed upon their testimony and I am also acquainted with Mrs Parley Chapman of this town who is to give a deposition in regard to the matter of Wm White's pension she is a man of truth & veracity; I also formerly knew Wm White the man on account of whose service a pension is sought. I have seen his wounds & often heard him relate the circumstances under which they were received. He always affirmed and I always believed they were received from the enemy in the Revolutionary war, while he was fighting in defense of his country. I should be pleased & should think it right if his wife and daughter should receive the pension she prays for, Ellington June 24 1845
John H. Brooks
I Editha Baker the wife of Seymour Baker of Putnam in the County of Tolland State of Connecticut aged 39 years testify that I am the daughter of William White & Delpha White the said Wm being now deceased & being late of Ellington in said County that my said parents had seven children older than myself and the oldest Sally Reed is now 52 or 53 years old shall indeed I swear before me and I certify that the said Editha is a credible witness
Editha Baker Editha Baker Esquire Judge of probate

I hereby certify that Elisha Stearns is Judge of probate for the District of Tolland and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are his genuine signatures in his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, Tolland the 25 day of June A.D. 1845
Charles H. Hildreth Clerk Pro Tem
Nov 5
Tolland Conn June 28 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq
In your favour of the 18 inst was duly recd and I now forward the additional evidence & trust it will be satisfactory - The certificate of the Hon John H. Brachman, who must be known to you would alone undoubtedly be sufficient.
I do not believe that the rolls at Hartford were ever examined for evidence to prove Whiting's service till the last winter.
Very Respectfully Your Obed Servt Elisha Stearns

Tolland, Conn, June 9 th 1845
J. S. Edwards Esq Counsel of Pensions
Yours of the 3 rd inst relating to the pension application of the Widow Delpha White Relict of William White is received, and I have perused your objections with some surprise. In twenty seven years that I have been in the habit of sending you such claims, either as Clerk of the Court, Judge of the Court or Judge of Probate in which time I have presented hundreds of such applications, I know not one that has been subjected to such rigorous rules. Your requirements seem to rise with the proof supplied. "The proof now is not all satisfactory" - Permit me to say Sir, and in 40 years legal practice with legal reading which is not slight, I may claim to know something of law, that your requirements that proof be sufficient to prove a fact in a Court of Justice - I have carefully read over your rules, and I find none like the one you mention and a new rule made for the case would be ex post facto -
I have not a copy of the def d but I think it will appear that White belonged to Ellington when he intestate gave the testimony of Widow Chapel & Alexander McKinney - that White & Chapel went away together to join the army & their names are in the same Reg t . Col. Mies, & Mrs Chapel testifies that the last time they dined the same day -
The marriage is now proved according to law -
I will however search for further evidence notwithstanding the great trouble & expense to which the Widow has been subjected. Having known White for 30 years past and given my affidavit in the case I felt somewhat unready at receiving such an answer -
Has there been any private communication to you in - favorable to this claim - If so please inform - Depend on it, it is a claim which will bear the strictest scrutiny
Very Respectfully Yours G. H. St. John Clerk of Court

I Editha Baker of Tolland in the County of Tolland aged 39 years testify that my mother, her name William White died about eight years ago at the poorhouse in the town of Ellington in said Tolland County and had resided ever since his marriage to my mother as I verily believe either in said Ellington or said town of Tolland & never in the County of Middlesex in this State that she was not a pensioner of the United States and never applied for a pension - he was a poor man of dissipated & intemperate habits and was unable to give any correct account of his revolutionary services and it is but a few months since the evidence of them has been discovered there has not been since my remembrance any bible in my father's family nor have I ever seen or known of any containing a family record or any entry of the marriage of my father & mother nor have I reason to believe that there is such or any entry or record of said marriage in existence
Sworn & subscribed April 9 1845
before me Elisha Stearns Judge of probate and I certify that the above named deponent is a credible witness Elisha Stearns Judge of probate
I Alexander years Kinney of Tolland in the County of Tolland aged 78 testify that William White late a resident of Ellington in said County now deceased enlisted in the continental service in the revolutionary war about the year 1776 or 1777 for three years and served as I believe as a dragoon - he lived in said Ellington where I knew him & I never knew of his living out of the County of Tolland
Sworn and subscribed April 9 1845
before me and I certify that the Rev Alex r Kinney is a credible witness Elisha Stearns Judge of probate

I Eunice Chappel of Ellington in the County of Tolland a United States pensioner the widow of Edward Chappel alias Fred Carter the name by which he is more generally known being colored people testify that my said husband Fred Carter together with William White and Daniel Dulkley all of said Ellington all served in the revolutionary war and believe they all enlisted for three years & served in the same regiment) —
Eunice her Chappel mark
Sworn and subscribed
April 9, 1845. Before me and I certify that the said
Eunice Chappel is a credible witness
Elisha Stearns Judge of Probate
I Elisha Stearns of the town & County of Tolland testify that the above named William White applied to me about 20 years since to obtain for him a pension for military services in the revolutionary war and although I had several conversations with him on the subject yet he was so wanting in intelligence either naturally or because his mind was enfeebled by his vicious habits, visit the time stupidified by ardent spirits, that I could not gain from him any information respecting his services which aid me in making the application. I have investigated the subject of late at the request of his widow Delpha White and found his name on the roll at Hartford as stated by the Comptroller & the other evidence here with forwarded and would add that public opinion in this vicinity is decidedly in favour of the widow's claim and that I have no doubt of Justice. He never was a pensioner and I have no idea that any application was ever made for him to obtain a pension. In the Connecticut pension roll in the "Statement showing the names rank &c of persons residing in Middlesex County who have been inscribed on the pension list under the acts of Congress passed March 18 1818" is the name of William White and it is probably his declaration to which reference is had in the Commissioner's letter to me of the 31 st ult. as claiming service in Col. Geo. Huntington's Regt. Sworn & subscribed before me Calvin Wiley Justice of Peace Elisha Stearns

I Ahijah Ladd of Tolland in the County of Tolland aged 56 years testify that I am the Administrator on the estate of the widow of Daniel Ellsworth Esq who resided and died in Ellington in said County more than 30 years since who was a Justice of peace and who as stated in the pension appli- cation of Delpha White married William White the said Delpha and that I have searched among the books & papers of the said Widow Ellsworth for a record of the said marriage but cannot find any and I have no reason to believe that there is any such record in existence
Ahijah Ladd
Sworn & Subscribed
Reference April 10 1845 Eliza Stearns Judge of probate
I A. H. Griswold Clerk of Probate for the District of Tolland certify that Eliza Stearns above named is Judge of probate for the District of Tolland and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are his genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name & seal of office this 10 th day of April 1845
State of Connecticut County of Tolland
County Clerk's Office
A. H. Griswold Clerk
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of County Court for the County of Tolland certify that Calvin Willey Esq of Tolland is a Justice of Peace within and for said County duly appointed and acting in said Capacity that his commission bears date the 8 th day of June 1844 and will continue until the 20 th day of June 1845 also that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be the official signature of said Justice Willey is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Tolland this 10 th day of April. AD 1845
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

Petition of Zilpha White widow of William White for a Pension
Dec 20 1847 Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
January 25. 1848. Bill 125
See Pensions - 8 P. R. R. 1848

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled the petition of Zilpha White of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut respectfully shows that she is the widow of William White late of Ellington in said County deceased that her said husband performed several tours of military service as a private in the Revolutionary war among which are the following to wit a service of two or three months in capt y of Charnelaine's Company of dragoons at Rhode Island and a like service in the same Company in a northern campaign - a tour of 3 months 17 days from 29 th Sept 1778 to 15 th Jan y 1779 in the 2 d Conn. Reg t 8 months more and another term of 2 months 1 st Conn. Reg t in 1782 that the petitioner presented her claim for a pension to the Commissioner of pensions who has hitherto refused to allow said claim but has allowed her marriage to be properly authenticated wherefor your petitioner prays that your Honorable body would grant her the relief to which she is justly entitled in the premises and she as in duty bound will pray. Dated at Tolland the 10 th day of Dec r 1847.
Zilpha White By her Atty Elisha Stearns