Pension & Bounty Land Record of Levi White; NW FL vols to TX War of 1836 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Deborah Biesbrock, bdeborah@attbi.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. *********************************************************************** PENSION AND BOUNTY LAND RECORD OF LEVI WILEY WHITE Republic of Texas, File No. 7534, $56, filed 19 May 1838; enlisted 31 March 1836 and discharged 2 May 1835. He was granted a headright certificate for one-third of a league of land by the Houston County Board in 1838. Republic of Texas, Houston County} Personally appeared before me, E. Garrett, an acting Justice of the Peace for said county, Levi W. White, who, after being duly sworn, deposeth and sayeth that he does not owe this government one cent on his own account or that of any other person and that the _____ discharge is true and original. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of May 1838. Signed by Levi W. White and E. Garrett Republic of Texas, Houston County} I authorize Stephen White to call on the paymaster general and muster of accounts and have my discharge audited and receive for me my monthly pay and bounty land scrip in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of May 1838. Signed (and in the handwriting of) Levi W. White Montgomery} May the 16th, 1838. I do certify that Levy W. White was discharged by Captain Bryant for the term of one month. The said White remained in the Army and done duty until the 10 May 1836 and was furloughed by a surgeon's certificate. The said White continued in battle but the surgeon said he was not fit for duty until the term of three months. Given under my hand the above day and date. James L. Bennett, Lieutenant, 2nd Regiment, Texas Army. (Note: to the left of this signature is L. Sherman, Late Colonel, 2nd Regiment) Head Quarters, San Jacinto, Lynchburg April 29th, 1836} This is to certify that Levy W. White entered the Volunteer Army on the 29th March and has, since that time, discharged his duty as a private and is honorably discharged, by order of the Commander in Chief. (Signed by) James L. Bennett, Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Regiment & Benjamin Bryant, Captain I certify that Levy W. White joined my company of Rangers on the 10th September 1836 and furnished his own horse, provisions, ammunition, and discharged the duties of a soldier faithfully till the 10th December, marking three months, and is this day honorably discharged. Dec 12th 1836. (Signed by) Elisha Clapp, Captain Company Rangers. Headquarters, May 10th, 1836} I hereby certify that Levi W. White, of Captain Bryan's Company, is at present unable to travel with the army. I, therefore, recommend that he be permitted to remain with the sick. J_a Jones, Apt Surgeon, 2nd Regiment. The bearer has leave of 20 days and _____ to head quarters. May 10, 1836, signed by James L. Bennett, Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteer Company. Included in this file, which I ordered from the Texas Archives, were copies of the original roster of the following companies, with the names of volunteers, some of whom I recognize as being from Santa Rosa County, Florida. Colonel Sherman's Command, 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteers _________________________________________________________ B. Bryant Captain John C. Hale 1st Lieutenant A. S. Lewis 2nd Lieutenant Wm B. Scates Private Wm Earle J. S. P. Irvin Dean Roberts Joseph P. Parks C. Rockwell R. B. Russell L. W. White A. McKenzie A. Cobb(le) John F. Gilbert D. Roberts J. R. Johnson William Pate B. Lindsey James Clarke Robert Love Wm Kimbro Captain James Rowe 1st Lieutenant John Harrison 1st Sergeant Wm Fisher 2nd Sergeant Harry Reid 3rd Sergeant D. Brown Private Wm Bateman J. A. Chaffin H. Corzine Joel Crane R. F. Crane John J. Clelland Wm C. Davis H. Hill G. D. Hancock E. O. Legrand D. Love D. H. McGary Thomas Maxwell A. G. McGowen John W. Procter Ben Thomas D. Watson Lewis Wilmouth Captain Kimbro's Co. cont'd 39 R. Stevenson G. W. Jones W. B. Bennett B. Green J. Kent Caddell R. Hotchkis A.E. Manuel Thomas M. Hughes A.A. Buffington James Burch Robert Burch J N. (or H) Pegrim (?) Captain _______________________________ Manuel Flores 1st Sergeant Antonio Manchara 2nd Sergeant Neph Flores 1st Corporal Ambro (?) Rodrigues 2nd Corporal Antonio Cruze Private Et Al (All Hispanic) Muster Roll of Captain Clapp's Company. Pursuant to an order from the Command in Chief, the following men assembled themselves at the house of Elisha Clapp in Mustang Prairie on Saturday, the 10th of September, and proceeded to the Election of Officers. Elisha Clapp Captain George Aldrich 1st Lieut. Discharged 10 Dec 1836 Henry G. Hudson 2nd Lieut. Ditto Samuel Lawrence Private Never mustered or done any duty Henry Jeffrey Private Ditto Robert Williams Private Ditto M. G. Sandifer Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836 Thomas R. Townsend Private Ditto W. R. Powell Private Never mustered or done any duty Anthony Rivers Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836 Dolers Arido Private Ditto Marsiria Arido Private Ditto Juan Arido Private Ditto Edward Arido Private Ditto W. C. Kennedy Private Ditto John F. Chain Private Ditto Francisco Arido Private Ditto Thomas Boatright Private Ditto Martin Copeland Private Ditto Daniel Christ Private Never mustered or done any duty John Christ Private Ditto Reiseio Christ Private Ditto Richard Duty Private Ditto Adnario Anglen Private Ditto Nathaniel Robbins Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836 James L. Garrett Private Ditto Elijah Garrett Private Ditto Alford Berry Private Ditto Robert Rogers, Jr. Private Never mustered or done any duty Fines (?) G. Robertson Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836 Stephen White Private Ditto Reasin Jones Private Never mustered or done any duty Levi W. White Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836 Isaac Parker Private Ditto A. E. Garrett Private Ditto Thomas Snowden Private Ditto Stephen Rogers Private Never mustered or done any duty Samuel Long Private Ditto Daniel Milligan Private Ditto Burrell Morris Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836 The continuation of the roster was not provided to me in the pension file of Levi W. White. However, a page from "The Heroes of San Jacinto" provided the Second Regiment Texas Volunteers, Eighth Company Infantry, as follows: Officers: William Kimbro, Captain James Rowe, 1st Lieut. John Harmon, 1st Sergeant William Fisher, 2nd Serge. Henry Reed, 3rd Sergeant Privates: Bateman, William Crain, Joel B. Legrand, Edward Oswald Bennett, W. B. Crain, Robert T. Love, David Hall Brown, David Davis, William R. Manuel, A. E. Buffington, Anderson Green, Benjamin Maxwell, Thomas Burch, James Hancock, George McGary, Daniel H. Burch, Valentine Hill, Hardy McGown, Andrew Jackson Burditt, Jesse F. Holman, Wm Sanford Proctor, J. W. Caddell, Andrew Hotchkiss, Richard Stevenson, R. Chaffin, James A. Hughes, Thomas M. Thomas, Benjamin Clelland, John J. Jones, George Washington Watson, Dexter Corzine, Hershel Kent, Joseph Wilmouth, Louis Levi W. White received Bounty Warrant 3500 for 650 acres Secretary of War on 22 May 1838 for service from 29 Mar to 10 Dec 1836. 320 acres in Houston County were patented to him on 26 July 1861. Patent 515, Vol. 12, Abstract 1090 GLO File Houston Bounty 272; and 320 acres in Houston County were patented to his heirs on 19 Jan 1906. (1) From the Archives and Records Division, Texas General Land Office, Levi W. White received a certificated dated 3 Feb 1838 from Houston County Board of Land Commissions which stated that he immigrated in January 1836, and was granted one-third of a league (1,476.1 acres). He transferred 320 acres of this First Class Headright to Lodowick E. Downes on 8 September 1852. Levi was issued Certificate No. 697 on 14 May 1855 by the Adjutant General for "having fought in the Battle of San Jacinto" a grant of 640 acres, which he transferred to F. S. Bodenhamer and A. T. Monroe on 2 June 1855. Levi was issued Bounty Certificate No. 3500 for 320 acres in Houston County on 2 May 1859, which was patented on 26 July 1861. A certificate was issued 12 Feb 1855 for unlocated balance of Certificate 3850/3951 of 1156 acres being the balance from Certificate 67. A transfer is shown to Darius H. Edens on 23 Oct 1858. I submitted a portion of my genealogical research on the family of Levi W. White, born circa 1798, South Carolina, to the Heritage Book of Santa Rosa County. Levi married Elizabeth S. Bruster, born December 1812 in South Carolina, who is buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery near Jay. She was the daughter of James M. Bruster, veteran of War of 1812, and Mary (Polly) Smith. James M. Bruster was the son of Henry Bruster, born circa 1758 in Augusta County, Virginia, and Margaret Louisa Bowen, born about 1760 in Georgia. Henry died after 1816 in Clarke County, Alabama. Margaret died about 1817 in Sumter County, Alabama. Submitted by Deborah C. Biesbrock, Post Office Box 330175, Atlantic Beach, Florida. (1) The heirs receiving this patent settlement were those living in Century, Escambia County, Florida. The heirs living across the river in Jay, Santa Rosa County, were not contacted regarding this settlement.