Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8148, James Carter, Md.
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(S-1776)

Service 
Md.

Carter, James

Number
S. 8148

cardid
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23.169-
North Carolina
James     Carter
of Surry- in the State of N. Carolina
who was a pr. [private] in the ? command
by Captain ? of the Regiment commanded
by Col. Dickinson in the Maryland line for 7 months. --
Inscribed on the Roll of North Car:
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of January 33 and Irish? Pensioner Hamptonville NC
Arrears to the 4th Sept 1833 $58.32 Semi-anl. [annual] allowance ending 4th Mar 34 $11.66 total $69.98 Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk Book C Vol 6 1/2 Page 49
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
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Jame Carter
28062

Admt as private
7 Mo $23.33

return to Hamptonville
North Carolina
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State of North Carolina
Surry County

On this 13 day of August 1833 personally appeared in open court before worshipful the county court for the county of Surry James Carter a resident of the county of Surry and State of North Carolina aged 74 years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress passed June 7, 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He was drafted in March 1777 into the command of Col John Dickinson, served in the company of Capt. Richard Standford, was marched to Dorchester Point, was employed there in keeping garrison and other services for three months was discharged by Capt. Handford which discharge is lost in the [illegible] following he volunteered for four months under the command of Levin Handby was commanded by Col. Guelf was marched from Dorchester County Maryland up through Caroline and Kent Counties to a place at Sussan Creek in Pennsylvania where he found General Washington a few days after the battle of Brandywine. We lay there till the battle of Germantown one 4 of 5 miles distant in which battle he engaged and {illegible} barely with his life having [illegible]
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(3-1776)
Service Number
Md. Carter, James S. 8148
carded
Contents
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He herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Role of any agency in any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid James Carter
JK Armstrong Clk

And the said Court do declare the opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as State & that they have put the several Interrogatories prescribed and that it appears to them that Gen Rutledge who signs the following affidavit is resident in Surry County and that Tho B Wright who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and State
Person and that this statement is entitled an
Wm P. Dobrow 
M Maclin
Mallory Smith
We Enos Rutlidge
residing in Surry County and Tho B Wright residing in the same
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Carter who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 74 years of age that he is reported and believed in the high [unintelligible] 
when he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed this 13 day of Augt 1833
JK Armstrong Clk
E. Rutledge
ThoB Wright
JK Armstrong Clarke of the County Court of Surry County do herby certify this contains the Original proceedings of the
in the matter of the application of James Carter for a pension
Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of Office this 13 day of August 1833

JK Armstrong Clk
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Marshalltown, Ia.
Jan. 14, 1940
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: [stamp marking mail received]
In a previous response you asked me for more definite information about James Carter Rev. soldier. He died in Rowan Co. and deeded land in Cecil Co. Maryland to his daughter Mary Carter Boone wife of Jonathan Boone. He must
have been born around 1750 as his da. married in 1793. He may have served in the
Maryland militia I found a reference which said so, from Roster of N.C. Soldiers pg. 437 a private pension commenced Mar. 4 1831 - served Md. Militia - age 73-Iredell Co. N.C.
Then ref to pensioner #241 James Carter
as reported to Congress in 1835- pg 573.
Sincerely yours,
608 W. State St. (Mrs. FO.) Allene Gordon
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February 3, 1940.
Mrs. F. A. Gordon BA-J/ILL
608 West State Street James Carter
Marshalltown, Iowa. S. 8148
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Carter, who served from Maryland, and cite a soldier with that name who was a pensioner
of North Carolina. The data which follow were obtained from the papers o file in pension claim, S. 8148, based upon service of James
Carter in the Revolutionary War. He was a pensioner of North Carolina. James Carter was born November 2, 1758 in Dorchester County, Maryland, where he resided during the period of the Revolutionary War. The names of his parents were not given. James Carter enlisted first in March 1777, and served
three months as private in Captain Richard Stanford's Maryland company, engaged at Dorchester Point. He enlisted then and
served four months as private in Captain Levin Handy's company, Colonel Gist's Maryland regiment, during which he was in the battle of
Germantown, in which he received a bullet wound in his leg and severe sabre cuts across his head and neck, barely escaping with
his life. This soldier continued to reside in Dorchester County, Maryland, for about twelve years after the war, then moved to Surry County, North Carolina. He was allowed pension on account of his service in the
Revolutionary War on his application executed August 13, 1833, at
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which time he resided in Surry County, North Carolina. James Carter made no reference to wife or children. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
James Carter
Certificate #23169
Issued November 21, 1833
Rate $23.33 per annum
Commenced Marhc 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency,
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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8148 [typed] INVALID. File No. [handwritten] 8148 James Carter Priv Rev War 
Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. 102, Page 3-8
Arrangement of 1870.