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| Metro Louisville, Jefferson County, KyGenWeb Project |
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| Daniel White |
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Daniel White, the above named soldier applied for a pension
in Jefferson County, Kentucky on June 6, 1833 and stated that he was a
resident of that county and was 80 years of age on March 16, 1832, and
that he entered the service of the Unites States in King George County,
Virginia as a Minute Man for the term of 12 months in the Fall of the year
in which Norfolk, Virginia was burned by the British, under Captain John
Talliaferro; Lieutenant was named Thomas Grant, and the ensign was named
Stephen Hansford. They rendezvoused at a place called the
Rangerfields Old Fields and after twenty days were dismissed to hold
themselves in readiness for further orders. In the early part of the
following spring he received orders to rendezvous at Fredericksburg,
Virginia where they received orders to draw hunting shirts and arms and
marched from that place to Williamsburg, Virginia under Captain Francis
Conoway, his former Captain, and remained some six or 11 weeks and did a
great deal of hard work making breast works under the orders of Colonel
Skinner and under the personal superintendence of a Major Andrew Bohannon
or Buckhannon and then received orders about Dark by Express from General
George Weeden to march to Hampton, a small town on the Chesapeake at a
place the British were then commanding at which place they remained till
their term expired and were then discharged in writing signed by Major
Buckhannon (as he now believes) and was in actual service in that year for
not less than nine months. He lived in the northern neck of Virginia
and from the peculiar situation of that part of the country, the British
shipping came up frequently and completed depredations by burning the
warehouses and tobacco, etc., and he frequently served as a Militia Man.
At one time he was with troops encamped at a place called "Boyd's Hole"
for 7 or 8 weeks and at another place called "Hunter's Heights" for 6 or 7
weeks. They were encamped for 3 or 4 weeks at a place called
Jarret's Ferry on the Potomac River.
Section 97 The Captain's name was Benjamin Johnson. They were called out in service by order of General George Weeden, through Colonel John Skinner and Major Andrew Buckhannon and would continue in service until the British shipping would disappear from their waters. Their service was required every time during the whole time of the war. They were in actual service nearly two-thirds of the time. He also stated that he was born in King George County, Virginia in 1751. He formerly lived in King George County, and 43 years ago removed to Jefferson County, Kentucky where he has lived ever since. Daniel White of Jefferson County, Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Talliaferro of the regiment and commanded by Colonel Skinner of the Virginia Line for one year, and 22 days, was inscribed on the Pension Roll of the Kentucky County to commence on March 4, 1831. Certificate of the pension was issued on September 23, 1833 and sent to Warden Pope, at Louisville, Kentucky. |
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