Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8312, John Carrol Adams, S. C.
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE S.C.
NUMBER W. 8312
Adams, John Carrol 
Sarah

Residents of Richland District, S. C. 
D. May 1, 1836 in Rhea Co. Tenn
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(Copy)
To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate.
The humble petition of Carrol Adams showeth unto your Honorable Body that he served as a soldier in [Captain] Joseph Warley's Company in Col. Wm Thomson's Regiment three Years, was in the battle of Savannah and several other smaller engagements and was regularly discharged. Your petitioner is in great poverty and has a large family wherefore he prays your Honorable body to grant him a reasonable pension for his services and your petitioner will ever pray
2 Dec 1825 (signed) John C. Adams

South Carolina
Richland District 
John Carrol Adams maketh oath that the facts stated in his petition are true and that he neither owns lands or negroes & has an aged wife also to support that for more that ten years he has been under the influence of a protracted stroke of the dead palsy which totally disables him to support himself & wife and that in fact his relations & friends have kept him & his wife from coming to absolute want or starvation.
( Signed ) John C Adams
Sworn to 3rd Dec.  1825 
( Signed ) J. O’Hanlon Q. U.

South Carolina
Richland District 
Before me William Watts one of the justices assigned to keep the peace in and for the district aforesaid, personally
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Appeared Morgan Griffin & Gideon Griffin and after being duly sworn as the law directs saith  on their oaths that Carroll Adams otherwise called John C Adams was a regular soldier in  the third regiment of South Carolina regulars commanded by Colonel William Thomson and that the said Adams did serve as a faithful soldier for the space of three years and was regularly discharged in Charleston and the said Adams stands in need of the pension as the law allows to old soldiers.
Morgan Griffin, X His mark
Gideon Griffin, X His mark
Sworn to before me this 3rd April 1819 (Signed) William Watts

An endorsement as follows “ Report in favor to be put on the pension list “
The foregoing are correct copies of proceedings & documents on file in the office of Clerk of the Senate of So. Carolina s/ Wm E Martin  cs

Senate Chamber 12 December 1848
Treasury Office
Columbia S.C. Dec. 28th 1848
This will certify that it appears from the Books of the Treasury that John Carroll Adams of Richland District in this State, was placed on the pension Roll in 1825, and drew the sum of Sixty Dollars per annum till the year 1833, and in 1839 his widow, Sarah Adams was allowed the arrears up till his death.  s/ 
T. Bush
P B Hart
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(Copy)
To the honorable [illegible] and members of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina.
The petition of Sarah Adams respectfully sheweth that her late husband John C Adams who was more frequently called Carrol Adams served for seven years during the Revolutionary war and was placed upon the pension list of this State. That for several years before his death his pension was not drawn. That your petitioner his widow is in indigent circumstances and respectfully prays your Honorable Body to grant her the arrears of the said pension and that the said pension may be continued to her- for the last four years of his life he did not draw his pension as she has been informed and believed. She is seventy nine years of age and does not expect to be long a burthen [burden] to her Country. 
(Signed) Sarah  Adams X her Mark Witness 
(Signed) Matthew Jones

South Carolina
Richland Dist. 
Sarah Adams makes oath before me that she is the widow of John C Adams, that her husband was generally called by his middle name Carroll Adams. That he died in Tennessee in May 1836, Carrol Adams her husband served during the war of the Revolution in the American Armies for several years, partly in the militia and partly in the Regular Army. He was pensioned by this state but removed to Tennessee  and for some years before his death did not draw his pension.
(Signed) Sarah Adams  x her mark 
Sworn to before me this 19th October 1839 s/  Matthew Jones J.P 

Richland  March 28, 1837
Personally appeared Sarah Adams widow of the late John C. Adams and Solemnly swears that her husband died in Tennessee last May and that her
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husband John C. Adams served during the Revolutionary War part of the time a Regular, balance of time in the Militia also swears that her husband drew his pension money for several years in this state, South Carolina 
(Signed) Sarah Adams X  her mark 
sworn before me The above date 
 (Signed)  Allen Gibson J.P.

I do certify that the above named John C Adams formerly resided in Richland District So. Carolina and was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution  April 4th 1837 
(Signed) J.H. Adams 
Allen Gibson J.P.
Matthew Jones J.P. 

South Carolina 
Richland District
Personally appeared before me Matthew Jones one of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace in and for the district aforesaid Richard J  Adams who made oath and said that his father John C Adams died in the state of Tennessee on the first day of May 1836 and that the said John C Adams was a pensioner in their state.
s/  Richard J Adams
Sworn to before me this 25th April 1837 Signed Matthew Jones J.P

This deponent Richard J Adams further swears that his father John C Adams went by the name of Carroll Adams and that the petitioner Sarah Adams is his widow and is the mother of this deponent. 
s/ Richard J. Adams
Sworn to before me this 19 Oct. 1839
s/ Edward J. Arthur Q.U. 

We certify that Sarah Adams who petitioned the legislature for the arrears of the Pension of her husband John C. Adams who was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution is the widow of the said John Adams that John Adams was named John Carrol Adams and went by the name of Carroll Adams.
18 November 1839 (Signed) John A. Reese, Wm Scott
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4987
South Carolina
Sarah Adams
Widow of J Carroll Adams 
Who served in the Revolutionary war as a Corpl & Sergt 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 101 dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the Seventh day of Aug 1849
And sent to Jai A. Black
Columbia  S.C.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848 Page 302 Vol. 2

Let. 28 Aug 49 to Jai A. Black
Same Sept 7, 1849
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Cleveland Tenn
August the 25, 1848
Richard Z. Adams
Dear One 
I have thought often of writing to you and should have wrote to you if I had of known where to of directed my letters but I did not know.  I will inform you that I live in Alabama Morgan County Decature Brother Joel also lives in that country.  C. C. Troublefield is living in Taladiga Co. Alabama.  James A. Troublefield and sister Sarah Ann is still living in Tenn Bradley Co.  I wont very much to see you and my revrent grand mother but as the case is I cannot see you and I want you to write to me write to Decature Po. Alabama Morgan County and I will get your letters.  
Nothing more but to remember your friend till death.
W. A. Troublefield
Mr. Black sir please to give this to Richard Z. Adams and oblige your friend Wm A. Troublefield
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Cleveland Tenn
August 25, 1848
Mr. James A. Black
Dear Sir
I reseved [received] your letter on the 24 but I was ill with a fever and could not write and I am so weak and nerves [nervous] today that I can scarcely write but as it is my duty to let you know something concerning what you wrote to learn you must excuse bad writing and improper words if I should make use of them.
Mrs. Troublefield is living in Ala near Wetumkey [Wetumpka] with her son Michiel [Michael] Z. Bulgar and if you want information write to M. Z. Bulgar and he can satisfy your wants no doubt for Mrs. T. tuck [took] the pocket book and papers that it contains with her to that country and I think that the papers you want was in the book when she left Tennessee.  Write to Wetumpka Alabama there she will get your letters and I think too that you had better direct your letters to Michael J. Bulgar and I shall write to mother myself the substance of your letter.  No more to say.
W. A. Troublefield
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State of South Carolina
District of Richland ss
On this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared before the undersigned Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the district of Richland in the State of South Carolina at her own residence in the District and State aforesaid Sarah Adams a resident of the District and State aforesaid (the said Sarah Adams being from old age and bodily infirmity unable to attend at the Court House of said District at the regular session of said court) aged eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make this following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
that she is the widow of John Carrol or Carrol Adams deceased who was first a private next a Corporal and then a Sergeant of Infantry in the Third South Carolina Regiment on the Continental Establishment and afterwards a Sergeant of Dragoon in Sumter Brigade State Troops during the War of the Revolution;  that he enlisted in Captain Joseph Warley's company in the said third Regiment of south Carolina on the Continental Establishment commanded by Colonel William Thomson early in the year 1778 and served three years in said company in said regiment That he was at the battle of Savannah Georgia and in several other smaller engagements.  That her husband the aforesaid John Carrol or Carel Adams having enlisted early in the
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year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Warley in the third regiment of south Carolina on the continental Establishment as above stated served his country faithfully and was regularly discharged. Which discharge this deponant has seen that when her husband and herself moved to Rhea County in the State of Tennessee as they did do in 1833 said discharge was taken with them in an old black pocket book and left or mislaid by them in that country so that it cannot now be found or produced.
that in the spring of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one her husband the aforesaid John Carrol Adams decd entered as a Sergeant of Cavalry commanded by Captain William McKenzie in Colonel William Hill's Regiment Sumter's [General Thomas Sumter] Brigade State Troops and served in said capacity for the period of ten months.  That he was at the battles of Eutaw Springs and Kings Mountain.  She further declares that she was married to the said John Carrol Adams on the _ day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four.
That her husband the aforesaid John Carrol Adams on the first day of May eighteen hundred and thirty six died, in Rhea County in the State of Tennessee: that she was not married to him prior to him leaving the service or above stated but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated that the declarant has heretofore given a full statement of all the facts in detail in her
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declaration under the acts of July 7th 1838, March 3rd 1843 June 17th 1844, February 2nd 1848 made this day and also in her declaration signed thirty first day of August 1847 before R. T. Wynn Magistrate, now on file in the Pension Office of the United States accompanied by certain other documents and proofs to all which she respectfully refers for further particulars.
Sarah Adams her X mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written being this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. S/ James S. Guignard
Judge of Court of Ordinary

And  I James S. Guignard Judge of the Court of Ordinary for Richland District in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that the most satisfactory evidence has been submitted to me that Sarah Adams, widow of John Carrol Adams deceased, the declarant above is a person to whom statement upon oath are due full faith and credit and also that the said John Carrol Adams died in Rhea County in the State of Tennessee on the first day of May eight hundred and thirty six and that the said Sarah Adams the declarant above is the widow of said John Carrol Adams and I further certify that the said Sarah Adams is from old age and bodily infirmity unable to attend court at its regular session in order to make her declaration given under my hand and seal.
The word "certify" between the fourth and fifth line above this interlined before signing.
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of Office this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.

James S. Guignard
Judge of Court of
Ordinary Richland District
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Gadsden
Inm 5

James A. Black Esq
Columbia S. C.
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State of South Carolina
Richland District
Personally appeared before me John C. Sturgeon a Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid John Bates a resident of said district who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon oath make the following statements that he is sixty two years of age, that his birth is recorded in his family record as having taken place on the eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, that as early as he can recollect he was well acquainted with John Carrol Adams and his wife the present Mrs. Sarah Adams living together as husband and wife, that they then had children between the time of the birth of the first and second of whom this deponents birth took place, that the oldest child of John Carroll Adams and his wife Mrs. Sarah Adams aforesaid was about one year older than this deponent, that this deponent's parents lived near neighbors to the aforesaid John Carrol Adams and his wife were living together as husband and wife and that this deponent knew them and their family well, that he was a playmate of their children and distinctly recollects that the oldest a daughter was older than himself as this deponent was then informed and verily believes that Mrs. Sarah Adams is the widow of the aforesaid John Carrol Adams who was reputed and believed to be a soldier of the Revolutionary War.  That this deponent is in no way interested in any amount which said Sarah Adams may
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recover for the services of her said husband. s/ John Bates
Sworn to and subscribed this twenty fifth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred and forty nine.
Before me
s/ John C. Sturgeon
Magistrate

And I the said magistrate do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been submitted to me that John Bates the deponent above is a person to whose statements upon oath are due full faith and credit, and this fact is also within my own knowledge.  I further certify that the date of the birth of said John Bates is recorded in his family record to have taken place at the time by him in his above affidavit stated.  Given under my hand this the twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred forty nine.
s/ John C. Sturgeon
Magistrate

state of south Carolina
Richland District
I James S. Guignard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the district aforesaid do hereby certify that John C. Sturgeon Esq who hath attested the foregoing affidavit signed the above certificate is an acting magistrate in and for the said district that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts as such and that his signature is genuine' Witness my hand and seal 
of said court at Columbia this 26 day of June Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty nine.
s/ James S. Guignard
Clerk of Court Common Pleas Richland District
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State of South Carolina
Richland District
We the undersigned citizens of the district and state aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with john Bates the deponent to the foregoing affidavit whom we regard as a respectable and intelligent citizen and one to whose statements upon oath are due full faith and credit given under our hands this twenty sixth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine
s/ Edward Sill
Intendant of Columbia S. C.
M. B. Hill Sheriff Richland District
at Columbia S. C.
E. J. Arthur, Comr in Equity for
Richland District
James S. Guignard
Clerk of the Court
A Fitch Magistrate
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Columbia S. C. 26th June 1849
Sir
Having got the Judge of Ordinary for Richland District to go with me to Mrs. Sarah Adams, for the purpose of her signing her declarations before him, you will please find them enclosed the one under Act 7th July 1832 for arrears due John Carrol Adams till 1st day of May 1838, on which particular day he died as was proven before said Judge (see his certificate) and the other as his widow under act 7th July 1838, 3 March 1843, 17th June 1846 and 2nd February 1848 did such other acts of Congress and Resolutions applying to her case.  this proceeding will be very expensive and I do hope I have met every requisition satisfactorily.  I also enclose the testimony of John Bates, as to the fact of John C and Sarah Adams living together before 1794 as husband and wife.  Mr. bates' testimony founded upon the date of his own birth in his family record, shows conclusively that the oldest child of John C. and Sarah Adams must have been born about the year 1785 or 6.  His credibility was established before the magistrate and also from the magistrate certified to as well as to the date of Mr. Bates' birth.  Then the clerk's certificate and lastly that of Dr. Sill intendant of the town of Columbia.  N. B. Hill Sheriff, E. J. Arthur Comr in Equity James S. Guignard Clerk
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and Dr. Fitch Magistrate.  Mr. Woodward our member in congress is I understand in the western states or else I could also procure his certificate but surely the names to the certificate ought to satisfy any reasonable tribunal.  Isom Woodward who testified as to J. C. and Sarah Adams having lived together as husband and wife and has since died, and it is not possible to know what additional corroboratory proof he could now give if alive.  The other, Mr. Jesse Killingsworth, is still alive but has no record of which to testify as corroborating his statement as to John Carrol and Sarah Adams living together as husband and wife as early as 1790, but as he then lived near them and has still remained in the same neighborhood and is now more than seventy years old being in his 79th he could surely recollect his neighbor 58 years ago when he was about 20 of age.  With the hope that your decision on this case will be at an early date and favorable,
I remain
Very respectfully
your obt. svt.
James A. Black
for Mrs. J. Adams
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 June 13, 1932
John Carrol Adams-W.8312 BA-J/EEL 
Mrs. E. L. Williamson 
Pine Apple 
Alabama
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Adams, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who served with the South Carolina Troops. 
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W. 8312, based upon the military service of John Carrol Adams in that war. 
John Carrol Adams was born in the state of North Carolina, date not given. He enlisted, place not stated, early in 1778, when about twenty- two years of age, served as private corporal and sergeant in Captain Joseph Warley's Company, Colonel William Thompson's Third South Carolina Regiment, length of service three years; he enlisted in the spring of 1781, as a sergeant of Dragoons in Captain William McKenzie's Troop, Colonel William Hill's Regiment, South Carolina Troops, and served ten months, he was at the siege of Savannah, battles of King's Mountain, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs and several small engagements, names of engagements not given; he received an _______ s knee, place where said inju 
He was allowed pension by the state of South Carolina on an application executed in 1825, while residing in Richland District, South Carolina.
In 1833, he moved to Rhea County, Tennessee, where he died May 1, 1836. 
The soldier married in March 1784 or 1785, in Richland County, South Carolina, Sarah, her maiden name not given. She was born September 10, 1760.
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Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed August 31, 1847, while residing in Richland District, South Carolina , to which place she had returned after the death of her husband 
She died June 25, 1852. 
They had nine children; the only names given are Ann Rona, the eldest, who was born January 2, 1786; and Richard J., the date of his birth not given. In 1847, it was stated that all of their children had died except the oldest and the youngest, names not given. Richard J. Adams was administrator of the estate of his mother. 
In 1848, William A Troublefield, son of Ann Rona Troublefield, stated that his mother had moved from Tennessee and was “living in Alabama, near Wetumka, with her son, Michael J. Bulgar". He stated that he (William A. Troublefield) lived in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama; "Brother Joel also lived in that county, C.C. Troublefield is living in Talladega County, Alabama; James A. Troublefield and sister Sarah Ann still living in Bradley County, Tennessee." 
The above is the history of the only soldier named John Adams, who served with the South Carolina Troops, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
This office has no record of soldiers who rendered service in the Confederate Army.
It is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, in regard to the military service of those soldiers.
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. War Section     3-1864
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
November 11, 1919
Mrs. Josie brooks,
Madison,Georgia.
Madam:
In response to Your letter dated the thirty-first ultimo, you are advised that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Sarah Adams widow of John Carrol Adams, W. File No. 8,312, it is stated that John Carrol Adams who was born in the State of North Carolina (date and place of birth and enlistment not stated), enlisted when about twenty-two years of age, early in 1778, and served as a Private, Corporal and Sergeant, in Captain Joseph Warley's company, Colonel William Thompson's Third South Carolina regiment for three years; that he again entered the service in the spring of 1781, as a Sergeant of Dragoons in Captain William McKenzie's company, colonel William Hill's regiment, General [Thomas] Sumter's brigade, served ten months; and that he was in the siege of Savannah, battles of Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs, and smaller engagements not specified.
Soldier was allowed pension by the state of south Carolina on an application executed in 1825, at which time he was a resident of Richland district, South Carolina.
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John Carrol Adams married in Richland County, South Carolina, in March 1785, Sarah -------, (maiden name not stated) who was born September 10, 1760.

In 1833, they removed to Rhea county, Tennessee, where he died May 1, 1836; she returned to South Carolina and was allowed pension by the United states Government, on her application executed August 31, 1847, while a resident of Richland district aforesaid.

They had nine children of whom the oldest, Ann Rona born January 2, 1736 and Richard J. (age not stated) are the only ones whose names are given.  In 1847, it was stated that all of their children had died but the oldest and youngest - no names stated.

Sarah Adams died June 25, 1852, and her son Richard J. Adams survived her.

In 1845, William A. Troublefield sone of Ann Rona Troublefield, stated that she removed from Tennessee and was "living near Wetumka, Alabama with her son Michael J. Bulgar; that he (William A. Troublefield) lived at Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama; brother Joel also lived in that County; C. C. Troublefield lived in Talladega County, Alabama; James A. Troublefield and sister Ann still lived in Bradley County, Tennessee.

Very respectfully,

E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner
Adams - 2.
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Oct. 20, 1902
Miss Henry J. Bulgar
Dadeville Ala

1919 Nov. 11, History to Mrs. Josie Brooks  c
1928 July 19 Photos to E. V. Martindale.  See John Adams, S39926  ady
1932 - June 13 Hist. to Mrs E. L. Williamson  ebl

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 8312
Sarah Adams
Wid
J. Caroll Adams
Sergt. Rev. War
Act: Feby 2d 1848
Index: - Vol. A, Page 3
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No _
J Carrol Adams decd
SC
act 7 June 1832
Admd 10 Mos Sgt Cavalry
14 Mos Sgt Infantry
$145 per annum from 4 March 1831 & ending May 1, 1836

Sarah Adams
Admd Act 7 July 38
at $145 per annum fr 1t of May 1836 deducting former payments at $101.33 per ann
Admd acts 43 & 44, 28 at 
$145 per annum, deducting former payments at $101.33 per annum
Jas A Black
Columbia SC
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8608
South Carolina
Sarah Adams
widow of J. Carroll Adams
who was a Corpl. & Sergeant
in the Revolution.
Husband died May 1, 1835.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 101 Dollars 33, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the Seventh day of August 1849, and sent to Ja's A Black
Columbia, S.C.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 
Vol. A No 2 Page 164.
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South Carolina

Sarah Adams,
widow of J. Caroll Adams
who was a Sergt. of Cav. & Inf.
in the Revolution.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 145 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th. day of Sept. 1849 and sent to 
James A. Black
Columbia, S.C.

[Acts of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol 3 Page 164.
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10701
Increased
South Carolina
Sarah Adams
Widow of J. Caroll Adams
who died on the 1st May 1836
of Rich Dist in the State of S.C.
who was a Sergt. in the Co
commanded by Captain [Joseph] Warley of the Regt commanded by Col. [General William] Thompson in
the S. Carolina line for 2 yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston
at the rate of 145 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 1st day of
May, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Sept. 1849 and sent to James A. Black, Columbia, S. C.
Total amount _(Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by R.W. Cashman, Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 305
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No 13,452
Sarah Adams SC 
sent to James Black Oct 5th '47
to same May 4. 46
to JA Black Jr. June 16 '49
Let to JA Black July 12 49
to be [illegible] Black
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John C Adams decd
10 months Sergeant $59
16 months Corporal  51.33
= $101.33
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6987 Increased
South Carolina
Sarah Adams
widow of J. Caroll Adams
S. C.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergt of Infantry and Cavalry
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
145 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
19th day of Sept. 1849
and sent to James A. Black
Columbia SC
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 2, 1848, Page 302 Vol.2
Notifications
Oct 1, 1849,
A Ray Decd
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Memorandum.
When the certificates of Mr. Adams were found there were papers among said papers, not then registered, which have now been filed with the other papers in the case.
Aug 28, 49
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10301
South Carolina
Sarah Adams
Widow of J. Carroll Adams
who died on the 1st May 1836
of Richland Dist in the State of S.C.
who was a Corpl & Sergt in the company commanded by Captain [Joseph] Warley of the Regiment commanded by Col [Gen. William] Thompson in the S. Carolina line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina
at the rate of 101 - Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th
day of August - and sent to
James A. Black, Columbia SC
Total amount $506.65
(Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by Henry Robinson, Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 305.
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Ctf# 32664
South Carolina
J. Carroll Adams, decd
of Richd Dist in the State of SCarolina
who was a Sergt in the Compy commanded by Captain [Joseph] Warley of the Regt commanded by Col. [Gen. William Thomson] in the S. C. line for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston
at the rate of 145 Dollars per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. and ending May 1st. 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Sept 1849
and sent to JA. Black, Columbia SC.
Arrears to the 4th of _
Semi-annual allowance ending_
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by R. W.  Cashman Clerk
Book E. Vol. 6, Page 63.
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Payment to be made at Charleston S.C. by John C. Cochran
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of South Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 302 Vol. 2
Henry Robinson, Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848,
Sarah Adams
widow of J. Carroll Adams who
was a Corpl and Sergeant in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of One Hundred & one
dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the
4th 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 Department of the Interior this Seventh day of August
one thousand eight hundred and
Forty nine,
T Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Comptroller Genl. Office
Columbia S.C. 8 Sept 1847
Indent Book M No 120
Issued first October 1784 to
Mr John Carroll Adams, late Sergeant
in [Capt. Wm McKenzie] McKinzie Troop, [Col. Wm] Hills Regt,  [Gen. Thomas] Sumter Brigade
One hundred and five pounds, fifteen shillings Sterling being balance pay and bounty due him for services in that troop, together with Interest thereon, from first April 1782, agreeable to resolution of General
Assembly of the Eleventh of March last. Sterling L105.150-
I do hereby that the above is a true
copy, taken from Indent M. No. 120
deposited in this Office
Wm C. Black Comp Gen
Dr Ben. Hart
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Richard J Adams
to Alexander Ray
Power of Attorney

Sarah Adams act/38 So Carolina
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Special Power of Attorney  Carolinian Print.
The State of South Carolina.
Richland District
Know all Men by these Presents, that I Richard J Adams Son & heir
at Law of John Carol Adams deceased an officer in the Revolutionary war & who died on the 1st May 1836 and son & Executor
of Mrs Sarah Adams deceased widow of said John Carroll Adams & who drew a pension as such under act 7 July 1838 and subsequent acts as well as the arrears due her said husband, and who died on the 25th day of June 1852 do make,
constitute, and appoint Alexander Ray Esquire of Washington City
my TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY for me and in my name as Son and Executor to prosecute before the Pension office or any other department or Court of the United States my claim as such heir at law to an increase of the pension due my said father under act of Congress 7th June 1832 and to an increase of the pension received by my said mother
under act of Congress 7th July 1838 & subsequent acts up to the day of
her death; hereby empowering my said Attorney to examine all papers on file in these cases and to file such additional evidence & laws as may
clearly show my right to said increase.
with power also, an Attorney or Attorneys, under him for that purpose, to make and substitute, and to do all lawful acts for effecting the Premises hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his Substitute or Substitutes, shall do therein, by virtue thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six. The words to the date above erased before signing.
s/ RJ Adams
Sealed and delivered in the presence of s/ W. H. Talley, W R Sharp

Be it Known, That on the Eleventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and in the eightieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, before me, D. B. Miller magistrate  duly commissioned and sworn, came Richard J Adams
above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed my seal of Office, at Columbia in
Richland District in the State of South Carolina, the day and year last mentioned.
DB Miller
Magistrate
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State of South Carolina
Richland District. I James S Guignard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions in & for said
District do hereby certify that D. B. Miller Esquire before whom
the foregoing acknowledgment was taken was at the date thereof a magistrate in and for said District, duly commissioned
& sworn and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this seventh
day of March Eighteen hundred and fifty six
James S. Guignard
Clerk of Court Com Pleas & sessions
of Rome
Power

Richard J Adams to Alexander Ray
Power of Attorney
Sarah Adams act/38
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copy continued from page 4th
The Committee on Pensions to whom was recommitted the petition of Sarah Adams with instructions
beg leave to report. That they have had the same under consideration and find that Carroll Adams the husband of the petitioner was a
pensioner of this State. That the said Carrol Adams removed from this State some years time to the State of Tennessee and died in that State
about the first of May 1836 that at the time of his death he had not received this pension from the first of March 1833 a period of three years and
two months making the amount due him at the time of his death one hundred and ninety Dollars
your commission therefore under the instructions of this House report that this amount be paid to the petitioner Sarah Adams as arrears of pension
due her late husband out of the Public Treasury of this State
(Signed) P. C. Caldwell Chairman
-
Office of Clerk of Senate
Columbia S.C. Jany 5th 1849.
I do hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies of the Proceedings and Documents on file in the Office of Clerk of the Senate of South Carolina
and that Sarah Adams was allowed
the above sum of One hundred and ninety Dollars.
For Clerk of Senate
Benjamin Hart
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The State of South Carolina Richland District
I James S Guignard Ordinary in and for the District aforesaid do hereby certify that Richard J Adams in the year 1840 administered upon the Estate of his Father John Carrol Adams and that Mrs. Sarah Adams received her Portion of the Estate from her Son the said Administrator as widow of deceased as appears from the Papers on file in my office -- Given under my hand and official Seal at Columbia this Sixth day of January Anno Domini 1849
James S Guignard
Ordinary
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Washington Nov 25/54
Geo. C. Whiting Esq
Comr of Pensions
Sir
You will please receive herewith
a power of attorney in the case of Sarah Adams late of So. Carolina decd who was a pensioner under
Act July 7. 1838.
Her husband was also a pensioner under the act 1832 during his life time, as Sergeant and private
a company of Rangers under command of Col. William Thompson of So. Carolina, and placed on 
Continental establishment by resolve of Congress of July 24, 1776 see Journal Vol. Pass 423 the same resolve fixed the monthly pay both of
officers and men. the pay of a Lieut Col. of Rangers the same as that of a Col of foot, and the pay of the private
12 ½ dollars per month
John C Adams the widows husband was allowed 10 mo. service as a Sergt. of Cavalry and 14 mo. Private
of Infantry. Still he was the same man
who entered and served as a Ranger: and so admitted.
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2
It is claimed that as a Ranger on horse back or on foot as occasion required, the pension should have been allowed at the rate of 12 ½ dollars per month because it was on account of the service as ranger the pension was granted.
the requirement to provide themselves with horses cannot enter into the question of pension for the reason that the act of 1832 declares the pension shall be computed according to the amount of
monthly pay.
I see no reason therefore, in the adjustment of pension in this case, that a part of the time showed to have been allowed as Cavalry
and part as an infantry service.
the fact is clearly established, that the
service performed by Adams was under Col W. [General William] Thompson of the So. Carolina Rangers, and it is claimed as a ranger the pension should have been determined by the resolve of July 26. 1776. And altho, the amount claimed is small
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still as a principle of right the party in my opinion is certainly entitled to the allowance at the rate of 12 1/2  Dollars per month
the same rule which governed
the Department in the allowance of increase of Pension to Teamsters of the State of Connecticut should govern the adjustment of the pension of a ranger under the resolve of July 26, 1776
all of which is most 
respectfully submitted
I remain Yr Obt Svt
respectanters Foras
Alex Ray
atty in fact
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Comptroller's Office
Charleston 13th Jany 1848
This is to certify, that it appears from the original Pay Roll of Capt Wm M Kenzie's Troop in Lt. Col. Wm Hill's Regt in [Gen Thomas] Sumter's Brigade, that, John Carrol Adams, commenced service in said Troop
on 5th April 1781 with the rank of Sergeant - that he served 10 months - that his pay & bounty in Negroes, 
was 1 great and ¼ small and that the Balance due him was 1 great and 1/4 small negro
W. J. Laral
for Comptroller General
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No. 13452
Sarah Adams
and of J. Carroll Adams
SC
act. 7 July 1838.
[illegible]
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
David Johnson
GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, IN AND OVER THE STATE AFORESAID.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.
Know that James S. Guignard whose seal and signature appears on his three certificates hereunto annexed is & was at the time of signing
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & general sessions for Richland District & that his certificates are in
due form and by the proper officer
THEREFORE, all due faith, credit and authority is and ought to be had and
given to his proceedings and 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused to
be affixed the seal of the State, in the Town of Columbia the Seventh day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty seven and in the Seventy Second year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
B.R. Henagan Secretary of State
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Revolutionary 
claim of 
J.C. Adams
&
Sarah Adams
South Carolina
admitted

R.J. Adams
Power of attorney
To F.E. Hassler.
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SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY. -- W. Riley, Pr., Charleston.
The State of South Caroline.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT
I Richard J. Adams of Richland District inthe State of South Carolina Son & heir at Law & Executor of
Sarah Adams deceased late of said District widow of Sergeant Carroll
Adams of the Revolutionary War said
Sarah having drawn a pension at rate of one hundred & forty five dollars up to March last & having died on 25th of June last, I do hereby make constitute & appoint FE Hassler
My True and Lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim as such son & heir of said John Carroll Adams decd & of Sarah Adams deceased, his widow to an increase of pension which
was due them as I now have reason to believe, to investigate the
papers & proofs now on file in the pension office respecting their said pensions & to do all lawful acts
necessary for effecting the object herein stated
with power also, an Attorney or Attorneys, under him for that purpose, to make and substitute, and to do all lawful acts for effecting the premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his Substitute or substitutes, shall do
therein, by virtue thereof.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, this
tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two s/ RJ Adams Son & Executor
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF N Austin Black
A Fitch
Be it Known, That on the tenth
day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and in the seventy seventh year of the
Independence of the United States of America, before me James A. Black
Notary Public, by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the State, duly commissioned and sworn, came
Richard J Adams son & Executor
above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney, to be his act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Seal of Office, at Columbia in the State of South Carolina, the day and year last mentioned.
s/ James A. Black Notary Public & Ex Off Mag.
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South Carolina Richland District
I James Guignard Clerk of Court of Common Pleas and Sessions
do certify that James A Black Esqr who hath subscribed his name to the within Certificate is an Acting Notary Public in and for said District and that
his Signature is genuine and that he is exofficio a Magestrate' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Columbia this 16 day of November Anno Domini 1852
s/ James S Guignard Clerk of Court of Common Pleas & sessions Richland District

RJ Adams Power of Attorney to FE Hassler

Revolutionary Claim JC Adams & Sarah Adams
South Carolina
admitted
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State of South Carolina
Richland District  On this Ninth day of May Anno Domini 1849 personally appeared before me
Robert T. Wynn a Magistrate in and for the District and State aforesaid John P Henry and Henry McLauchlin residents of the District and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on their oaths state that they are neighbors of and well acquainted with, Mrs Sarah Adams widow of John Caroll Adams
decd that they believe her to be of the age of Eighty Eight years and that to her statements upon oath are due full faith and credit and that by reason of old age and bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in Court to make her
Declaration before a Judge or Justice of said Court, that her said husband had the reputation of having been a soldier in the War of the Revolution and that these Deponents are in no way interested in any sum or sums which she may recover for his services as aforesaid. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written Before me
R T Wynne Magistrate
John P. Henry
Henry McLauchlin

And I the said Magistrate do hereby
certify that John P Henry and Henry McLauchlin are respectable person of said District and State and whose statements upon oath are worthy of full faith
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and credit; and that I am acquainted with Mrs Sarah Adams widow of John Carrol Adams decd whom I believe to be of the age of Eighty Eight and that from her old age an
bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in Court to make her declaration before a Judge or Justice of said Court; and that I believe her to be worthy of full faith and Credit when testifying upon oath-
Given under my hand and seal this Ninth day of May AD 1849
R T Wynne Magistrate
And I further certify that Mrs Sarah Adams declaration under act 7th July 1838 dated August 31st 1847 was signed before me a magistrate and that I did then & do now, consider her too infirm to attend court and that her manner was that of a person testifying to the truth. That I believe her still credible and that the distance from her house to Columbia where the Courts of Record are held is about twenty one miles-- Given under my hand & seal the day and year last above mentioned
R. S. Wynne Magistrate

The State of South Carolina
Richland District
I James S Guignard Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the District aforesaid do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern that
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Robert F. Wynne Esq. who hath attested the foregoing affidavit and who hath put his signature to the
foregoing Certificate is an acting Magistrate in and for the said District and by law authorized to administer Oaths, that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts as such and that his signatures are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the Seal of the said Court at Columbia this nineteenth day of May Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and forty nine and in the seventy third year of Our American
Independence
James S Guignard
Clerk of Court
Common Pleas
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certificate to be issued under act
7th June 1832 for 10 months service
as a Sergeant of Cavalry & 14 months a Sergeant of Infantry
$145 per ann when the certificate
under act 7th July 1838 &c
are returned and new certificate is issued under that act at the above
rate
from March 1831 to May 1836 when he died
Augt 28, 1849
see letter of this date
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Whitemarsh B SeaBrook
GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN AND OVER THE STATE AFORESAID:
To all to Whom these presents shall come.
Know ye that James S. Guignard whose seal and signature appear to his certificates on the declarations hereunto annexed and before whom affidavit was made by Sarah Adams on the twenty first of June instant, is and was at the time of signing
Judge of the Court of Ordinary for Richland District in the State aforesaid
Therefore, all due faith, credit, and authority is and ought to be had
and given to his proceedings and certificates as such
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused
to be affixed the Seal of the State, in the Town of Columbia the twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine and in the Seventy third year of the Independence of
the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Whitemarsh B. Sealbrook
B. K. Hanagan
SECRETARY OF STATE,
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State of South Carolina
District of Richland
On this Twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty seven personally
appeared before the undersigned Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the District of Richland in the State of South Carolina at her own residence
in the District and State aforesaid Sarah Adams a resident of the District and State aforesaid
(The said Sarah Adams being from old age and bodily infirmity unable to attend Court at its regular session at the Court of the said District in the
town of Columbia) aged Eighty Eight
years 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 the Acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838, March 3rd 1843, June 17th 1844, February 2nd 1848, That she
is the widow of John Carrol or Carrol Adams deceased who was first a private next a corporal, then a Sergeant of Infantry in the third South Carolina Regiment on the Continental Establishment and afterwards a Sergeant of Dragoons [General Thomas] in Sumter's Brigade State Troops during the War of the Revolution: That he enlisted in
Captain Joseph Warleys Company in the said Third Regiment of South Carolina on the continental Establishment commanded by Colonel William Thomson early in the year 1778 and served three years in said Company in said Regiment. That he was at the battle of Savannah
Georgia and in several other smaller engagements
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ments that her husband the aforesaid John Carrol Adams having enlisted early in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy Eight in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Warley in the third Regiment of South Carolina
on the Continental Establishment as above stated served his country faithfully and was regularly discharged; that his discharge
this Deponent has seen and which when her husband and herself moved to Rhea County in the State of
Tennessee in the year 1833 was taken with them in an old black pocket Book and which this Deponant having left or lost or mislaid in that County cannot now be produced by her. That in the spring of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one her husband the aforesaid John Carrol or Carrol Adams entered as a sergeant of Cavalry in the Company commanded by Capttain William McKenzie in Colonel William Hills Regiment [General Thomas] Sumters Brigade State Troops, and served in said capacity for the period of ten months
That he was at the battle of Eutaw [Springs] and Kings Mountain
She further declares that she was married to the said John Carrol Adams on the _ day of March in the year seventeen hundred and
Eighty four that her husband the aforesaid John Carrol Adams died on the first day of May in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty six
in Rhea County in the State of Tennessee That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service as above stated but the marriage
took place previous to the first of January
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seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated that this Declarant has heretofore
given a full statement of all the facts in detail in her Declaration signed thirty first day of August 1847
made before R. J. Wynn Magistrate, and now on file in the Pension Office
accompanied by certain other documents proving the truth of her allegations to all of which she respectfully refers for further particulars. 
Sarah Adams her X mark
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year first above written
James S Guignard
Judge of Court of Ordinary

And I James S. Guignard Judge of the Court of Ordinary for Richland District in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the most satisfactory evidence has been submitted to me that Sarah Adams widow of John Carrol Adams the Declarant above is a person to whose statements
upon oath are due full faith and credit. And I the said Judge do certify that the Declarant above Mrs Sarah Adams is from old age and bodily
infirmity unable to attend Court at its regular session at the Court House of the said District in order to make her said declaration-
Given under my hand and seal of Office the day and year above written
James S Guignard
Judge of Court of Ordinary
Richland District
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State of South Carolina
Richland District Know all men
by these presents that I Sarah Adams
wife of John Carrol Adams decd, do
hereby constitute and appoint James,
A. Black of the District and State aforesaid to be my true, sufficient, and lawful attorney for me and in my name and for my sole use to prosecute my claim for a pension or such arrears of pension as are due me according to the laws of the United States of America, and for the purposes aforesaid I do hereby
grant unto my said attorney full power
to execute and deliver all needful papers and instruments whether under seal or otherwise to institute and prosecute to final adjustment
all process, to submit any and all matters in settlement with the Pension office or otherwise, or
the same to settle or compromise, to appoint one or more substitutes under him and the same to revoke at his pleasure and generally to do and perform all such acts, matters, and things as my said attorney shall deem necessary or expedient for the complete and effectual execution of the authority herein before granted as fully as I might and could do if I were personally
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present, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of my said attorney or his substitute done by virtue and in pursuance of these
presents. In testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal the
thirty first day of August Anno Domini
One thousand eight hundred and forty seven. Sarah Adams Her X Mark
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of B. F. Wilson
John P. Henry

State of South Carolina
Richland District  Personally appeared before me B F. Wilson & John P. Henry and made oath that they saw Sarah Adams sign seal and deliver the foregoing power of Attorney for the uses and purposes
therein mentioned. BF Wilson John P. Henry
Sworn to before me this thirty first day of August 1847.

Robt T Wynne Magt
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The State of South Carolina 
Richland District
I James S Guignard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the District aforesaid do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern
that Robt P. Wynne who hath attested the foregoing affidavit is an acting magistrate in and for the
said District that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts as such and that his Signature is
genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Columbia this Seventh day of
September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty
Seven and in the Seventy Second
year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America
James S Guignard Clerk of Court
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State of South Carolina
Richland District ⎬ SS.
On this thirty first day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty seven (1847) personally appeared before me Robt T Wynne one of the
acting magistrates in and for the District and State aforesaid Sarah Adams a resident of said District and State aged Eighty six years eleven months and twenty one days, (born September 10th 1760) 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 the act of Congress passed the seventh of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, March the third one thousand eight hundred and forty
three and June Seventeenth one thousand eight hundred and forty four, granting pensions to certain widows. that she is the widow of John Carrol or Carel Adams late
Revolutionary soldier deceased. She further declares that she was married to the said John Carrol Adams in Richland District South Carolina, as well as she recollects, in March
One thousand seven hundred and eighty five, that they lived
together as husband and wife in said District and
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State aforesaid till April 1831 when they moved to Rhea County East Tennessee where they lived as husband and wife till May _1833 when the said John Carrol Adams died; that she returned in October 1835 to Richland District South Carolina; that she has remained a widow ever since her husband's
John Carrol Adams' death, that she has no family Record showing either the date of her marriage or the births of her children having left the family Bible in Tennessee. She further states that the said John Carrol Adams was a private and corporal under Captain [Joseph] Warley Col William Thomson's Regiment, third South Carolina Continental line three years,
was at the battle of Savannah and several smaller engagements, was regularly discharged which discharge she has seen but is now lost; that he was afterwards Sergeant in Sumter's Brigade (General Thomas Sumter) State Troops, that he was at the battle of King's Mountain and Cowpens; that he served seven years having enlisted under Col William Thomson when
about twenty two years of age; that they were engaged to be married before the war begun; that he was born in North Carolina; that he served the United States in the armies of the Revolutionary war against the common enemy. she further declares that her oldest child Ann Rona Adams was born the 2nd day of January 1786, that she (Sarah Adams) is the mother of nine childrren and
that she is very poor and needy being quite infirm and aged. She hereby declares that her name is not on
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the pension Roll of any State or of any Agency in any state, that she relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present, 
Sarah Adams her X mark
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.  
R S Wynne Magst

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that Sarah Adams who has this day sworn to and subscribed the
above declaration before me is a person to whose statements are due full faith and credence and that she is by reason of old age and bodily infirmity unable to attend Court at the Court House to make her said Declaration. I do further certify that she is the widow of John Carrol Adams who was reputed and believed to be a Revolutionary soldier as above stated and that his widow the aforesaid Sarah Adams has not intermarried since his death. Given
under my hand and seal this thirty first day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty seven
R T Wynne Magst
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State of South Carolina
Richland District
I James S. Guignard, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the District of Richland do hereby certify that R.T. Wynne Esquire
who hath attested the foregoing affidavit is an acting Magistrate in and for ten District aforesaid
that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts as such, and that his signature is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Columbia this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty seven and in the Seventy second year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America
James S Guignard
Clerk of Court
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State of South Carolina
Richland District
Personally appeared before me
the John C Sturgeon a Magistrate for the District and State aforesaid Isom Woodard and Jesse Killingsworth who being duly sworn according to
Law depose & say that they knew John Carrol Adams and Sarah Adams Living together as husband and wife in the year of our Lord one thousand
Seven hundred and Ninety. They further depose that the said John Carrol Adams was reputed to be a 
Revolutionary soldier & do believe to
be safe that this widow Sarah Adams is now alive and Living in the District
& State aforesaid being very old and infirm. Isom Woodard, Jessey Killingsworth
Sworn to before me this 3d day of September 1887
John C. Sturgeon Magistrate

I certify that Isom Woodard and Jesse Killingsworth are persons of good charactor and to there statements are due full faith and credit
John C. Surgeon Magistrate
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The State of South Carolina 
Richland District
I James S Guignard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the District of Richland do hereby certify that John C. Sturgeon Esquire who hath attested the foregoing affidavit, is an acting magistrate in and for the District aforesaid that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts as such, and that his signature is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of the said
Court at Columbia this Seventh day of
September in the year of our Lord one
Thousand eight hundred and forty seven and in the Seventy second year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America
James S Guignard
Clerk of Court
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Treasury Department
Registers Office Jan 10, 1849
 Sir
The enclosed copy of an original paper filed in this office, with an account settled in 1794 in
favor of John C. Adams, is transmitted at the request
of James A Black of Columbia So Ca
I am respectfully
your Ob. Savant
Daniel Graham Register

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Columbia SC. Feby 2nd 1849
Sir
Having sent to your office in
September last the Declaration
of Mrs. Sarah Puply widow of David
Puply U.S. Pensioner under act 1832 and not having received any reply to the same I write to know whether you
have received it and whether, as the
case is so plain now no action has
been had thereon - The Register of the Treasury Department informs me that he had sent to you a copy of Col
[General William] Thomson's certificate accounting for the
absence of John Carrol Adams name
from the Roll in 1779. That together
with the quantity and efficiency of the
evidence recently forwarded you by me will make out Mrs Sarah Adams claim as his widow and in both cases, Mrs. Puply & Mrs Adams, I hope
to have and your early attention as the one has been on hand years & the other nearly 15 months
very respectfully
Yr Obt srvt
James A. Black
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May 4/49
M. Adams
write
immediately
JSE
4 May
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Columbia So. Ca. 28 Apl 1849
Hon J. Ewing Secretary of the Interior,
Dear Sir
Having sent the claim of Mrs Sarah Adams widow of John Carrol Adams for a Pension under the act of July 7th 1838 to the Pension Office in Sept 1847 and having been supplying proof since that period which has not been answered I write to call your attention to the same
My exertions to prevent necessary delays in getting up the proof were used to the best of my ability but having been met with an objection by Mr Commissioner Edwards that because John Adams name did not appear on the Contl [Continental] Rolls for the year 1779 that he must have deserted (although on before that time & probably after it) I got a certificate from the Treasury Department at Washington (taken from John Carrol Adams funded debt certificate) accounting quite creditably for the absence of his name in 1779 Viz, in consequence of a wound, he was put to the recruiting service as Recruiting Sergeant
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I hope you will have this matter
investigated as in my humble opinion Eighteen months are quite sufficient to decide in a small matter of this sort and especially where so much official evidence from different
sources has been submitted. I am not
anxious to raise a complaint against any public officer but I think the 
presumed desertion and delay in this case ought to be my sufficient excuse
As to my character I refer you to all
our members of the House & Senate but that is not a matter in question
I have the honor to be
very respectfully
four Obt Sert
James A. Black
for Mrs L. Adams, Jun
for Mrs S Adams
Hon T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior
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(Copy)
Pension Office October 5th 1847.
Sir
the application of Sarah Adams for a pension as the widow of Carroll Adams or John Carroll Adams has been received and her papers filed
under the act 7th July 1838.
Claimant alleges that her husband served three years under Col [William] Thomson of the 3rd Regiment of the South Carolina Line and in the State Troops under [General Thomas] Sumter. The Records of the line of the State in this Office show that Carrol Adams enlisted in the 3rd Regiment
under Col Thomson in February 1778 and deserted 30th April 1779. This together with the fact that her husband having lived till 1835 without having claimed the benefit of the act of 7th June 1832 raises so strong a presumption against his having
rendered the service for which the Indent was issued to John Carrol Adams in 1784, that proof of the highest order will be required before applicant can receive a stipend as the widow of that soldier. Record or
documentary evidence of the date of their marriage should also be furnished.
I am very respectfully Your obt sevt
(Signed ) J. L. Edwards
James Black Jr Esq
Columbia
S. C.
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Columbia S.C. Jany 6th 1849
Sir
Please find herewith enclosed official
Copies from the Archives of this State in relation to John Carroll Adams, and
his widow Mrs Sarah Adams of Richland District S.C. In your reply to her application dated 5th October 1847 for a pension as the widow of Carroll or John Carrol Adams under act 7th July 1838, you say that his
name appears on the Rolls as having enlisted in the 3rd Regt under Col [William] Thomson in Feby 1778, and
deserted 30th April 1779. To this I shall first reply and to the other requisitions in their order. How you could have arrived at this conclusion I
must confess, is a matter of the most profound astonishment to me, for the good name he left behind him, among his neighbors in this District near the centre of the State within a few miles of its capital, and in a region where he
had lived, from the days of the Revolution, & where there have since lived many as true whigs as the
Union any where contains; and in the very section of Country in which Col. Thomson's Regiment of Rangers
was raised, put the matter beyond all doubt. I have conversed with men in this District who knew him for a
long time and no one ever intimated such a thing as
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desertion and when such a question was asked one general denial was given to it - In a community like this where it has been a pride to hand down the revolutionary exploits of each other, and where a tory or
a deserter was hated with a never ending remembrance, and where the first settlers knew individually almost every member of it, it could scarcely have been Mr Adams fortunate
lot to escape the denunciations of the true whigs, had he deserved them-- But I will prove that he did not and
with such proof as no tribunal on earth ought to reject. After writing several times to Mrs Troublefield
Mrs Adams daughter who lived in Tennessee and with whom she alleges she left an old pocket Book containing the Discharge of her husband, I finally received a letter from a son of Mrs T. informing me that his mother had moved to Alabama & in his opinion had taken the very pocket book alluded to by me which he thought contained the papers sought for by me - this
I enclose-- I have written to Alabama but can get no answer as yet. In the meantime I ascertained that her husband had been pensioned by this State and therewith transmit the full proceedings in his case before the Legislature of our State, and her
application for his arrears in 1839 together with a certificate of the Ordinary of Richland District that she
received her portion of John Carrol Adam's estate from her son Richd Adams Admr. From these you will first find that John C Adams' petition to the Legislation in 1825 states his
service & discharge - next he swears to these facts-- they are in the affidavit
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of Morgan & Gideon Griffin two old regular soldiers corroborated that he was "otherwise called John Carrol Adams - that he was a regular" in 
Col. [William] Thomson's Regt that he did serve as a faithful soldier for the space of one years and was regularly discharged in Charleston, the
Treasurer certifies that he was placed on the Pension Roll of this State in 1825 & in the certificate of John A Reese & Wm Holt they certify that he was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution so also the certificate of JH Adams, Allen Gibson, J. P. & Matthew Jones J.P. two Justices of the Peace and a gentleman Mr J.H. Adams now in our Legislature But the fact that the Legislature of this State near the petitioner, and where the facts of the case could be obtained and where Mr John Carol Adams own representative could authenticate his
character for veracity goes far, it does seem to me, to do away with the presumption that because his name did not appear for awhile on the Pay  Roll in 1779 that therefore he must
have deserted. And what is more when our Legislature allowed his claim it was equivalent to an auditing
and surely no deserter could share in the liberality of a State the object of which in this respect, was to reward only the true claimants - those whose claims against which no valid objection could be sustained. It comes to you, I must insist, as audited and only requires investigation so far as to ascertain that it was audited by so Honorable body as the State Legislature
I think that the desertion is only
presumable by you from the fact that he does not from your payroll appear to have been paid off, and if so this
presumption I hope, will no longer prevail, for if it be such in strict justice, it has no foundation. The person
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is the same whether you call him John Carrol or simply Carrol Adams-- long since I referred you to the "American State Papers, Vol 19, Claims" where allusion is made to the Certificate of Registered Debt issued to John Carel Adams (page 403) by Joseph Nourse Register
This certificate was issued it appears, "14th July 1794. No. of Statement 5724 service, private & Corporal S. Carolina Regt Interest commencing Nov 16th 1783 Amount 122:14" 
I again beg you to refer to it. His
service must have been proven or why should the certificate  issue?
you perhaps may find a certificate from his Colonel [William Thomson] as to his service & accounting for his name not appearing in 1779. I feel confident that upon a thorough investigation you will come to the conclusion on
this point that the absence of his name on the pay Rolls is to be accounted for in some other way then
by presuming that he deserted 
Next objection is that he lived till 1835 without claiming the benefit of act of June 7th 1832. Do you suppose that every honest
applicant who did not apply before that time is not entitled?
He was drawing a pension from this State till 1833 & moved then to Tennessee, where he died in May 1836. He was content to receive a pension from South Carolina while he lived here and in the newly settled part of Tennessee, it is scarcely probable that but a few persons knew of the Act of 1832 and to this
day in the old & most thickly settled states many of the poor & misinformed class know nothing of these matters or how to make the first move toward looking up their rights upon this point. I hope your objection is removed-- And lastly
as to the marriage. By the affidavit of Jesse Killingsworth & Isom
Woodward old settlers of this District & in who immediate neighborhood Mr Adams lived, I have proved that they John Carrol Adams & Mrs Sarah Adams were living together as husband and wife as early as 1790- she says they were married in 1785- their Family Record establishing this fact was also left in Tennessee with Mrs. Troublefield and I cannot as yet get it but as she claims under act 7th July 1838 it is enough if I prove that
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Columbia So. Ca. 16th July 1849
Col James L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Dr Sir  Your letter of the 12th inst is before me and I assure you I am greatly surprised at its contents.
I immediately went to our Postmaster and upon examining his books find that on the morning of the 27th
June last there was mailed a letter to
Washington upon which 40 Cents postage was charged. He also recollects of my having spoken to him about that particular package & that it was about Mrs Sarah Adams business. On the back of your letter of 16th June last I made the
following memoranda which I am willing to swear is correct in every particular "Mrs Adams Declaration
before the Judge of Ordinary signed 21st day of June 1849 and also
his certificate and John Bates testimony as to his age 18th
Jany 1787 & that he knew John C & Sarah well-- was playmate of children
that the eldest a daughter was older than himself about one year. That he was then informed as to the oldest being one year older than himself. That Sarah Adams (the present) is the widow of said John C Adams & he disinterested &c his age 62 years - Then Magistrate certifies to his credibility & proof of same also of his age in Record
Then Clerk as to mag: Then Dr E. Sill as Intendant, EJ Arthur Commr, N B Hill sheriff, JS Guignard Clerk & Dr. Fitch as Magistrate as to Bates credibility intelligence &c all sent to Commr this 26th day of June AD 1849 James A Black "-- with these
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Statements I cannot see how you could have failed to receive
the papers enclosed in an Envelope like the one containing this letter. The papers package letter or whatever you may choose to call it must have been misplaced in your Office as surely they were promptly mailed here-
I suppose the Post Office Department at Washington can scarcely have them-
I am afraid I have been intercepted
by some one and do beg the favor, as
I am so uneasy about this business, of an early reply
Yours respectfully
James A Black
for Sarah Adams
wife of John Carrol Adams
PS my calculation at the time of mailing the Letter was that on Monday 30th Ult
you would receive it, allowing the
regular time which would arrive in
Washington on Sunday 29th ult -B-
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Columbia S.C. July 26th 49
Sir I replied to yours of 7th inst stating that on 26th June (one month ago) I had forwarded abundant additional testimony in Mrs Sarah Adams claim as widow of John Carrol Adams as yet no answer to the last nor can I account for the delay-- Do be good enough to let me have one line from you at once as I am
fearful the papers are lost
though it would seem that having been mailed here on 27th ultimo as
the Post office Book would indicate
it could scarcely have gone amiss
I have
the honor to be
very respectfully
James A Black
for Mrs S Adams
Col Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Columbia S.C. Aug 23d 49
Col James L. Edwards
Commr of Pension
Sir, In your report of 7th inst
to the Hon. T Ewing Secretary of the Interior in relation to Mrs Sarah Adams claim for pension you state
'all the letters received here from Mr Black have been answered' Now I will swear that I received no
communication from you in relation to Mrs Adams' claim, after that of the 12th July last, till the three pension
certificates arrived here, and if you wrote any reply to the two letters written by me after the receipt
of yours of 12th July, I never received them. So far for explanation on my part. It does not seem to me that Mrs Adams claim has been properly 
adjusted and therefore I write this in order to secure her interests. In your report on this claim to me under date of 16th June last you use the following language 'the service of Mrs Adams husband for ten months as a Sergeant of Dragoons and
fourteen months as a Sergeant of Infantry, is admitted but some further proof in regard to their marriage should be adduced" &c &c that he was a Sergeant of Infantry see certified copy of Col. [William] Thomson's Certificate Sent into your Office 10th Jany last by Hon Daniel Graham Register of Treasury Department
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of the United States of which the following is a copy 'The within John Adams whose real name is John
Carrol Adams enlisted in the year 1778 in the 3d Regt for four years and at the time of his not appearing on the Rolls in 1779, reason duty as a recruiting Sergeant owing to a hurt he received on his knee which rendered him incapable of marching with the
Regiment for a time. He was bred and now lives near my place of residence in South Carolina
[General William] Wm Thompson
Philadelphia July 1st 1794
Co of 3rd Regt"

This being the fact, that is, his having served as a recruiting Sergeant & your having admitted it as above stated
for 14 months & the 10 Sergeant of Cavalry, it is surprising to me that when it come to issuing the three certificates of Pension on 7th inst to her you should have paid Mrs Adams as the widow of Sergeant John Carrol
Adams at the rate of Corporal & Sergeant viz $101.33 per annum
You have surely made a mistake. According to all the acts I can 
not see how you have allowed her so small an annual pension- Looking over the pension Roll of 1835 published by law, I see instances of private horsemen being paid $100 per annum & by how much more should a Sergeant of Cavalry be paid?
There are also instances of Sergeants receiving as much as $120 per annum. But you know all these facts. Here however is what is not
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correct in my opinion- I proved & you admitted the full length (2 years) service as Sergeant, 10 months as
Sergt of Dragoons & 14 as Sergt of Infantry, you have paid the claim only as Corporal & Sergeant Whereas
it ought to have been the full pay of Sergeant-
Calculating according to act of Congress May 27-1778
a Sergeant of Infantry would be paid $10 per month & a Sergeant of horse $15 per month - Well 14 months at
$10 per month is $140 & 10 months at $15 per month is $150 which would make $290 for the 2 years
service - How is this? If congress established certain rates of pay why not go by them? I want light
& hope you will do me the favor to give it me you will therefore understand me as Attorney of Record for Mrs Adams, as demanding an
increase from 4th March 1836 on her claim & the same on the claim for arrears of John Carrol Adams who died in Rhea County Tenn May 1836.
(See Mrs Adams Declaration for same before James T. Guignard Judge of Court of Ordinary) This was sent you when Mrs Adam's last Decla under Act 7th July 1838 was sent, viz, 27th June last & as the proof in both
cases is the same I must ask you to send me the certificate for the arrears one J. Carroll Adams under act 7th June 1832, up till his death.
Let me hear from you soon on both the above branches of the claim, at an early date, as I cannot  think Mrs Adams has been paid the full amount
of her claim, nor do I know any valid reason
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why the certificate for J. Carroll Adams' arrears should be held back
I have the honor to be very respectfully James A Black Atty for Mrs Sarah Adams
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they were in the community in which they lived Considered as husband & wife before 1st Jany 1794. This I have done, and further our State Legislature recognizes her as his widow & paid her the arrears (see Treasure's certificate) also the Ordinary certifies that Richd J Adams her son administered upon John
Carrol Adams estate and that Mrs Sarah Adams as his widow
received her portion of the same - Robt T Wynne the Magistrate before
whom she signed her Declaration certified that she was his widow &c
I also enclose the Certificate of the Comptroller Genls Office of 10 months service in [Gen Thomas] Sumter's Brigade as Sergt in Capt [William] McKenzie's Troop. He probably enlisted in Col. [William] Thomson's Regiment for three or four years & was put  on the recruiting service in consequence of a wound
which he has received. Hon Isom Woodward our immediate Representative in Congress will send you in a certificate as to the credibility of Jesse Killingsworth & Isom Woodward who testify as to the fact that she is John C. Adams widow & was living with him as his wife in 1790. This claim has been of much trouble to me-- I would not knowingly
present an unjust claim - I have worked at this till I see I have not
in this case-- It has merit and my hope is that you will conclude likewise when you examine these papers
I am, my dear Sir,
Your Obt Sevt
James A. Black
for Mrs S. Adams
Col James L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Columbia S.C. 7th July 1849
Sir
As I expect to leave Columbia Soon I ask the especial favor that you answer  the last papers sent on in the case of Mrs Sarah Adams widow
of John Carrol Adams, which were in exact accordance with your last requisition.
Surely this case is fully ready for adjustment and time enough has been consumed since its commencement and the expense increasing which Mrs Adams is unable to bear
An early answer -  the certificates are
respectfully requested
I have the honor &c
James A Black
for Sarah Adams
To Col James L Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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The within John Adams, whose real name is John Carrol Adams, Inlisted in the year 1778 in the 3rd Regt
for four years, and at the time of his not appearing on the Rolls in 1779, was on duty as a recruiting Sergt owing to a hurt he received on his knee which rendered him incapable of marching with the Regt for a
time, he was bred and now lives near my place of Residence in South Carolina- Philadelphia July 7th 1794
Wm Thomson
Coll of 3d Regtl

Treasury Department
Registers Office Jan 10, 1849
I certify the within and the above to be true copies of the original on file in this office
Daniel Graham
Register
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Agreeable to a Resolution of Congress, bearing date the 26th day of May 1783 the bearer hereof John Adams Corporal of the South Carolina
Line, has leave of Absence until called upon by proper authority to join his corps, or is finally discharged.

Edmd M Hyrne
Major
Charles Town July 8th 1782
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Columbia S.C. 9th June 1829
Commr of Pensions
Sir
Please inform me what
your determination, in Mrs Sarah
Adams claim since the last proof
forwarded, has been. I do not see
how it can be possible for me to be
any better than I have in her
case so far as her attending Comr
is concerned. What next?
I have the honor
be very respectfully
Your Obt svt
James A Black
for the widow of John
Carol Adams
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Pension Agency
Charleston 28 Sept 1849
By instructions from your office dated 19th Inst. I am required to pay the pension due Sarah Adams widow of Carroll Adams, under the Acts 7 July 1838, 3 March 1843, 17 June 1844 and 2 Feby 1848, at the encreased
rate of one hundred forty five dollars per annum after deducting
the previous payments at the rate of one hundred & one dollars per annum
the previous payments having been made at the rate of $101.33/100 per annum according to instructions from your office dated 7 August last, be pleased to say, whether I am to make the deductions at the rate of 800 or at
$101 or at $101.33/100
Application has also been made by Sarah Adams for a pension due her deceased husband under Act 7 June 1832 but as yet I have not received any instructions to pay her under that act
I am Sir Respectfully
Your absent
Jno C Cochran
Agent
JL Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pension
Washington
D C
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Columbia S.C. September 1st 1849
Commr of Pensions
Dr Sir
Yours of 28th ult is before me. It is
impossible for me to deliver up any but the certificate under act 2 Feby 48 in Mrs Sarah Adams case as the others were recently delivered up to John C. Cochran Esq Agent for paying Pensions Charleston S.C.
As Mr Cochran is your U.S. Agent I suppose that a demand from you will alone obtain them
The certificate under Act 7th July 1838 from 4th March 1836 to 4 March 1841 & the one under act 3d March 1843 & 17th March 1844 from 4th March 1843 to 4th March
1848 amounted to $1013.33 & 1 years annuity from 4th March 1848 to 4 March 1849 amounted to $101.33, being in all up till 4th March last
$1114.63 cents -  Could you not issue a special certificate for the increase up till 4th last March & give a new certificate under act 2 Feb 1848 for Mrs Adams to receive her yearly pension upon? In this condition, I thought best again to ask your opinion-- of course the amt already paid is good as far as it goes
Let me hear soon for until then I can do no more
I am with regard
Your Obt Sert
James A Black
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Columbia S.C. Sept 11th 1849
Dear Sir In compliance with yours of 7th inst I enclose Mrs Sarah Adams Pension certificate under act 2d Feby 1848. One years pay of $101.33 was made on it till 4th March 1849. In issuing the certificate for the arrears due J. Carroll Adams under
act 7th June 1832 you will please notice that it was proven before the Judge of Ordinary (in Mrs Adams declaration under that act) that he died on the 1st day of May 1836.
I have the honor to remain
very respectfully Your Obt Sert
James A Black
for Mrs S Adams
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Columbia S.C. 19th May 1849
James L Edwards Esqr
Sir
In compliance with yours of 4th inst.
I have procured additional testimony in the case of Mrs Sarah Adams Widow of John Carroll Adams
The affidavit of Mr. Henry & Mr McLauchlin to whose
entire credibility the Magistrate certifies will remove the necessity of her appearing in Court. They upon oath say that from old age and bodily infirmity she is unable to appear for the filing of her Declaration. They are credible witnesses, and all the combined ability and ingenuity of the
War Department from its first to its lowest officer, cannot make them, according to the Strictest rules
of evidence, otherwise. Besides the Magistrate, to whose Official acts the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Richland District certifies under his official seal, also add his certificate and what is more, in your first answer you made no such requisition and why raise it now, unless to delay? unless I had the power in me vested to compel the Court to convene at Mrs Adam's house, how can I do otherwise. Surely the Laws of the United States and the regulations of the war Department do not require impossibilities. The family
Record I have not succeeded in getting-- It was & may be some
where in the west, but the affidavits of Jesse killingsworth & Isom Woodward persons of known Credibility & to which fact an Officer (JC Sturgeon Magistrate) authorized
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to administer oaths also adds his certificate, and which are
also strengthened by Hon J.A. Woodward's certificate I believe, are clear and positive as to the fact of their being husband and wife in 1790 
The ordinary also certified that she was his widow - The Legislature of South Carolina recognized her as such and what higher proof can, in equity or law be required? You have I am told been a Judge and consequently from your ability and faithful discharge of your public duties, are entrusted with
the important office you now hold and I submit it most respectfully to your knowledge of the law and the
evidence, if I have not from first to last, in this claim produced the highest testimony to meet the objections urged against it. I am not willing that the duty as Corporal or rather recruiting Sergeant as proved by the certificate from Treasury Department & your S.C. Contl Rolls, should be supplanted by allowing only the private's pay-- First I claim ten months as Sergt of Cavalry which you admit & next the length of time he was recruiting Sergeant or corporal as far as it goes which will probably make more than the other 14 months necessary to a full pension - I ask for nothing which
I have not proved according to the rules of evidence as laid down by all the best works on that subject.
I ask your pardon for so long trespassing on your patience and for calling Mr Ewings attention to this matter but conscious of being right, I ask that the truth only should prevail
with due regard
Your Obt sert
James A. Black
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13452 Sept 14 41
Sarah Adams SC 1838

Col James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Distric of Columbia
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Columbia So. Ca. 9th Septr 1847
Col James L Edwards,
Commr of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed I send you the Declaration of Mrs Sarah Adams for the arrears of pension due her [illegible] act of 7th June 1838 &c. The Affidavit of Jesse Killingsworth & Isom Woodward which clearly establish the fact of their having lived together as husband and wife in 1790. In order to prevent the least suspicion as to the official acts of Magistrate & Clerk I have incurred the additional expense of a certificate from Secretary of State. If you wish to know anything about me I beg leave have to refer you to my uncle Hon James A Black M.C. from this State or Hon Jos A Black State senator from this place or generally to any prominent individual
in this community. I am not prosecuting claims with any intention to speculate for I am above such dishonesty. I say this because I think from the tardiness with which you have answered the several requisitions of proof in the claim of Aberhart Fitner, that you may have concluded that my intention was
my own gain. This is far from being just for in every instance they (the applicants) have been in great need and by request of friends of theirs I have undertaken for them with a thorough conviction of the equity of the claim as well as the need of
the claimant. I have therefore taken this old lady's claim in hand with the hope of obtaining for her that which is her due according to the laws of Congress and with a firm conviction of her right thereto and her extreme poverty. I had to go 21 miles to
her house. She is frequently I am told on the charity of her neighbors her children all having died but the eldest and youngest. I have written to Tennessee to see if her
daughter Mrs Ann Rona Troublefield can find her father's discharge &c. Mrs Sarah Adams says that her husband burnt up a box of papers when he left Carolina in 1831 (See Decl.) Reference is made to John Carel Adams' pay in a report of Joseph Nourse, Register, 29 Sept 1810 See American State Papers Vol. 19. Claims, page 403 published in 1834 by Gaby & Seaton where the
date of John Carl Adams certificate is 14th July 1794, No. of statement 5724, name John Carel Adams, service private & corporal in S.C. Regt, Interest commencing Nov. 16th 1783, Amt of certificate issued
$122: 14 cts. I also enclose the Comptroller Genl's certificate of his service under [Gen Thomas] Sumpter, his service in continental line not being in the Compt Genls office here but in the Pension Office of which you
can satisfy yourself. I think the claim can not be rejected with the proof submitted and which may be submitted in future
I am very respectfully your obt Servt
James A. Black Jun
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[stamp]
US DEPT OF NAVY
OCT 18 1902
FILES

OW Wid 8312
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[stamp]
To Chf _ Div
Action Marsh
OCT 16 1902
COMMISSIONER.

Dadeville, Ala. Oct. 14th, 1902.
Hon. Eugene F. Ware,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am a descendant of a Revolutionary soldier, and wish to get proof of his services for genealogical purposes. I want to join the Society of the D.A.R.
I have, through a friend, exhausted all other sources of information, hoping not to trouble your Department, but
have failed, and now I appeal to you. I will be very grateful for your assistance.
Soldier's name: John Carroll Adams (His middle name May be spelled Carel or Carrell as it so appears on some old documents ).
Entered service in South Carolina, town and County not known.
Served 1st as private and then Corporal in a S.C. regiment, officers not known.
Place of residence after the war:
Richland Dist. S. C. Probably Columbia.
Date of death last of 1839 or 1st of 1840.
Name of widow: Sarah.
Received a pension till his death.
Do not know whether or not his widow received a pension.
If the records in your custody show that he received a pension, I will be very much obliged for two certificates of that fact, as the rules of the Soc. of
the D. A. R. require duplicate applications.
My friend has applied twice to your Department for this information, but received no reply, so I presume to
address this " Personal ", thinking perhaps the others did not meet your eye.
I dislike to be troublesome, but your assistance is my only source for this information, and I hope your clerical force is sufficient to grant me this favor.
Very respectfully,
Miss Annie A. Bulger
Dadeville, Tallapoosa
County, Alabama.

OW Wid 8312 Sarah Wid J. Carroll Adams
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[stamp] US PENSION OFFICE 
NOV 3 1919
Rev Sec  ni
Madison Ga
Oct. 31, 1919

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C
Sir Will you let me know
what your records show
concerning the Revolutionary services of Corporal
John Carroll Adams, W.8312 of
South Carolina
also William Carroll S.2107
of Maryland who was on the pen-
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-sion roll of Ohio 1832
Very Respectfully
(Mrs) Josie Brooks
Madison, Ga.
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[stamp] RECEIVED MAY 5 1932
Mrs A.D. Hiller
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir: I wish to have search made for any data relating to my ancestor who served in the Revolutionary War. This ancestor was named John
Adams, his wife was named
Nellie so tradition says,
and he lived in Edgefield Dist (S.C.) Newberry Dist (S.C.) and Abbeville Dist.(S.C.) at various time, probably in
the Sequence listed. Old letters record that he was an officer, perhaps in the 4th S. Carolina
Foot soldiers.
I can no doubt secure more information about him but I presume this is enough for you to know whether or not he is named in any claim
If there is a fee for this search,
kindly include bill, or if you prefer bill immediately
Thanking you, I am very truly
Mrs EL Williamson
Pine Apple Ala
Apr. 23.
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from Georgia

I have been told that Confederate records were carried to Washington during the progress of the Civil War.  Were these preserved?  If so, where?

My two grandfathers were Confederate soldiers, both dying many years ago.

One was John Randolph Keane from Virginia; the other, William Warren Jackson from Georgia.  Would there be any record of these in your office?  As far as I know, neither ever received a pension.

E. L. Williamson
(Mrs. E. L.)