Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37816, John Carter, N.H.
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(3-1776) SERVICE N.H. Carter, John NUMBER S.37816 CONTENTS
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18152
Maine
John Carter
of York Cty in the State of Maine
who was a private in the Regiment commanded by
Colonel P. Long's of the N Hamp line, for the term of One year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 of Novembr 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of May 1819 and Sent to Benj Greene to Brunswick Me
Arrears to 4th of March 1821 121.56
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1821 48
$16956
15 26/3031

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
1 May 1820

Vol 13- P 39

114
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The papers in this
case were retained be
came the Testimony of one of the
witnesses, did not agree
with the time of enlistment
stated in the declaration
the annexed depositions
do I think abundantly
prove the service of John
Carter, that Joseph Stevens
must have been mistaken
as to the time when he entered
the war - The schedule
of John Carter property
sworn to before the C.C. of Corneleus for the County
of York in July 1820, has
been forward to the War
department
[signature] BenjGreene

John Carter
5541.
York County, Maine,
29 November, 1819
Col Pierce Long's regt
New Hampshire line
one year - Summer of
1776.-
Not found on the rolls.
The testimony of the
witnesses in the case of
this applicant, does
not agree with the
time of enlistment
stated in the declaration
. Joseph Stevens
states October 1775-
the applicant himself,
the summer of 1776
Benjamin Greene, judge,
South-Berwick, Maine,
Recd 27. Decr 1819.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ON this twenty ninth
day of November
A. D. 1819,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit
in said Commonwealth, personally appears John Carter aged Sixty one years
the
resident in
in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to
law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act
of Congress, entitled ""an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States in the Revolutionary War:"-t

that in the spring or early on the summer of 1776 he enlisted
as a private soldier unto the rmy of the
United States for the term of one year and Capt Eliphalet Daniel of
Col [illegible] Regiment and continued to his duty
said Company and Regiment until the time of the
enlistment was expired when he again enlisted into the same company for the
another term of twelve months, & served the hole of that term all
and at the expiration thereof he again enlisted into the one company for a further term of ten months which time he also
out and was discharged in the summer of 1779 having servd three
years in the whole that in the fall of the 1777 Col Long
the service, and Col. Holman took command of the Regt
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That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has
no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
[signature] Benj Greene

I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern
Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said
John Carter
enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and feeds
the assistance of his country for his support. --And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken
mentioned act of Congress
before me to the secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before
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John Carter

Con
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STATE OF MAINE.
York ss At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first
Eastern Circuit, begun
and holden at York
within and for the County of York
on the first tuesday of July being the fourth
day of said month
and by adjournment
 in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and twenty,
Judge of said Court.
Benjamin Grave chief Justice of said Court.

On this fourth day of July
in the year 1820, personally appeared
in of In Court.
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount,
keeping a record of their proceedings, and having ""the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a
Court of Record for said County John Carter
sixty one
aged
years, resident in Kittery
in said Circuit by
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary
War as follows, viz. as a private
in the company commanded by Capt. Daniels
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Long and Gilman
in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more
particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty ninth
day of November A.D. 1819, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension,
 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of
the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale,
or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it
as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled ""An Act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,"
passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any
property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained
in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to
pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth
as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
[signature] John Carter
Sworn to and declared, on the 4th
day of July A.D. 1820.
 Benjamin Greene
Attest Daniel Sewall Clerk
of
the said Court.
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SCHEDULE the personal estate in and bedding
excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
one small house and burn, five acres of land-- one cow
two tables, twelve chairs, the chest a few articles of iron
and crockery ware
[signature] John Carter

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me
who, by occupation am a Fisherman which I am not able to pursue by
 reason of a lame hand

[Chart]
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NAMES.
Mary Carter
Mercy Carter
Sally Carter
Elizabeth Carter
,
AGES.
63
24
17
11

Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
subject to the Asthma & not able to contribute but in part to her support
out of her health & unable to contribute
 any thing to he support
able to support herself
unable to support herself-
John Carter

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss.
I Daniel Sewall,
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within
the county of York,
do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed
, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court
that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is eighty five 
dollars and fifty
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said Court, on this fourteenth
day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-
[Signature] Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the said Circuit Court for
 the County of York
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Revy
37816
INVALID.
File No. 37816
John Carter
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 2 Page 67
[Arrangement of 1870.)
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the original declaration
was returned to Benjamin
Greene, East South Berwick
Maine, on the 20 May
last, for further evidence,
and has not since been
remitted to this Department
Pension office
30 July 1820
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I Daniel Lord of Eliot in the County of
York aged Seventy one years
testify and
say, that I well know John Carter of Kittery
in said county, and that he served twelve
months in Capt Daniels company in
Col Pierce Longs Regiment New Hampshire
line at the same time that I served in said
company in the year 1776, 777. [Signature] Daniel Lord  

York ss. July 7th 1820 Personally appeared the above
named Daniel Lord and made oath to the truth
of the above declaration by him
subscribed
Before me [Signature] Caleb Emery Justice Peace

State of Maine
York Jr. Novr 18th 1820 & Benja Greene Chief Justice
of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern
Circuit in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the
above named Caleb Emery is a Justice of the peace for the
County of York duly authorized and empowered to take &
administer oaths and that I am well acquainted with
the above named Daniel Lord believe him to be and
able & disinterested witness-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto at
my hand & seal the day & year above said
[Signature] Benja. Greene
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I Thomas Rogers of Kittery in the County of
York and State of Maine aged fifty nine years testify
and say that I well know John Carter of Kittery in
the County of York aforesaid, and do well remember
that said Carter served on the Continental establishment nine months and more in continuance, in
Capt Daniels Company and Col. Long's Regiment
New Hampshire line in the year 1776 and 1777
being in said Company and Regiment at the same
time, and when I was discharged from
the service in the year 1777 I left said Carter there
a soldier but can not tell how long he continued
in the service
[Signature Thos Roger

York ss. August 25th 1820 Personally
appeared Thomas Rogers (a disinterested and
credible witness, and made oath to the
truth of the above declaration by him
subscribed
Before me [Signature] Caleb Emery Justice Peace
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York SS
Edward Staple of Eliot in the State of Maine
aged sixty five years testify and say, that I well know
John Carter of Kittery in said State and that the
said Carter served Nine months and more
in continuance in Capt Daniels Company
and Col Longs Regiment New Hampshire
line on the continental establishment
in the year 1776 and 1777, served in the same
company and Regiment with him untill
the summer of 1777 and when I was discharged
from the service I left said Carter there
[Signature]  Edward Stapel

State of Maine
On this eighteenth day of August 1828 before
me Caleb Emery a Justice of the Peace within and for
the County of York came Edward Staple a citizen
to me well known, and a disinterested and credible
witness, and made oath to the truth of the above
written deposition by him subscribed in my presence
,
[Signature] Caleb Emery
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I William Welch of Eliot in the County of 
York and State of Maine aged sixty sixty
years testify and say, that I well know John 
Carter of Kittery in the County aforesaid
and do well remember that said Carter
served nine months and more in continuance on the continental establishment in Capt Daniels company &
Col Long's Regiment New Hampshire
line in the year 1776 and 1777. I myself serving in said company and Regiment twelve months in the years
1776 & 1777, I left said Carter in the service
when I was discharged therefrom
[Signature] William Welch

York ss. August 21st 1820 Then personally appeared
the above named William Welch (a disinterested and
credible witness, and made oath to the truth
of the above declaration by him subscribed
Before me Caleb Emery Justice Peace
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I Joseph Stevens of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire
aged sixty five years, testify and say that I well know John
Carter of Kittery in the County of York, State of Massachusetts that the said Carter in the month of October
1775, belonged to the Company commanded by Captain
Eliphalet Daniel, stationed at Fort Sullivan on Seavey
Island in Piscataqua River, and I well know that
said Carter continued to serve in that company one
year from that time. I served in the same Company
from October 1775 to October 1776, with said Carter
and at the end of the year, the period for which I
enlisted, I was regularly discharged, and left said
Carter in the service, but how long he continued
in it afterwards I do not know.
[Signature] Joseph Stevens

State of New Hampshire
Portsmouth
On this 30th day of November AD 1819
before me Danl Humphreys of Portsmouth Notary Public
duly commissioned & sworn & a Justice of the Peace Quorum
throughout said State, came Joseph Stevens of the same Porkmont
a credible witness, to me well known, & made oath to the
truth of the above written deposition, by him subscribed
in my presence
 
In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed my notarial seal
the day & year last aforesaid
[Signature] Danl Humphreys Not Pub & Jus Peace & Quo

I think the above Deponent must-
be mistaken as to the time when John Carter first entered the service,
as he does not agree with applicant, or with either of the four other witnesses
whose depositions are annexed
[Signature] Benja Greene
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Rev War Service
Carter, John

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
BOUNTY LAND FILES
ACT OF 1855 Rejected 138.633
VETERAN John Carter
Rev 1777 GRADE Pvt
SERVICE Capt. Luke
NJ Mil
CAN NO 1716 BUNDLE NO 225
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DSCarter Feb 14/56

Rev War
13833 May 18/55
Mary Carter
widow of John Carter Priv
Cap. Leuke
N.J. Mil.
Ent. 1777
Dis. 1778
Revolutionary War
Rec. Pension
No Papers - N.J. State Pension
Rejected Files
Danl L Carter
Camden N.J.
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Bounty Land Claim
138638
Mary Carter
Act of 1855

Daniel S. Carter
Camden 
New Jersey
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State of New York
County of Camden
On this 16th day of May
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the State aforesaid
Mary Carter aged 77 years a resident of Burlington County in the State of New Jersey
who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Carter
deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Leake of the
New Jersey Regiment of Militia in the Revolutionary war
in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States in the
that her said husband volunteered at Little harbor on or about the
year A.D. 1777, for the term of said war and continued in actual service in said
war for the term of or about one years, and was honorably discharged at little at Harbour
Jersey on or about the Later of part of the A.D. 1781
She further states that she was married to the said John Carter in Burlington
County N Jersey on the day of in the year A.D. 1793
by one Squire Mathis
and that her name before her said marriage was
Mary Vansant
that her said husband died in Burlington County N J.
on the 7th day of February A. D. 1854, and that she is now a widow
that heretofore made application for the
September 28th, and obtained a land warrant No.
for which he
posed of, and it not be returned
She makes the declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the
act approved March 3, 1855 further she has lost her marriage
Certificate and the above date is to the best knowlege her
said husband received a pension from the State of New Jersey, passed
February 7th 1843, for his service as a soldier and guide in the
service of his country in the Revolutionary war with pension
he did receive till his death
Mary her x mark Carter

We, M. S. Mathies of Camden, and John Carter of Burling County
in the State of New Jersey upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and
acknowledged by Mary Carter in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance
and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, we have
known the claimant and her above named husband for petty
years or more they have raised a large and Respectable family
in our immediate neighbourhood; and we believe that the
above named services marriage and death is true; and that the
Claimant is now a widow
[Signature] M. Mathis
[Signature] John Carter

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above
mentioned; and I certify that I know the applicants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she
represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim,
[Signature] Daniel S. Carter Notary Public
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Daniel Carter Esq. before
whom the foregoing affidavit was mad, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so
doing, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, duly
commissioned and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my
Office, as Clerk of the Common Pleas Court of said County, this 17th
day of May
1855
[Signature] B Browning Clk
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Tucketon Burlington
To the Honorable
IJ Minot Commissioner
Sir my
Mothers
Land Clame wich is No 138663
Mary Carter we
cannot find any evidence
Now Liveing that was with him in the war
But we can number a great many names that
was with him we shall menchen a few Richard
Alen Edward Allen Capt John Lick Lane
Cramer we could number a geat many more if it
was necessary but these are all dead my Fathers
evidence was that they saw him and was ware
he was through all of the Revolution war
and that he was part of the time a soldiers
and part of the time & said to the Soldiers
in hunting and showing the Soldiers were these
Bebbles said in ambush and her we think
with all of my fathers acquance that you will be
Justifyble in granting my Mother Mary Carter
Land warrant the stands in need of it verry
Much the is very old and that my father
John Carter Justly Mercited it Sir you will
Pleas to rete my old Mether a few lines for
Satisfaction
yours Respectfully
 John Carter
Tuckerton November 20th 1856
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Mrs Mary Carter
wid John
No 138663
Boynton
Feb 9/55
John Carter
[illegible]
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138663
Mary Carter
wid
John
98071
Thomas Horton

Mr. Boynton
Department of the Interior,
Pension Office, Official Business