Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30321, Joseph Carter, Va.
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[Original not viewable]
(3 - 1776)
Va
SERVICE
CONTENTS
Carter, Joseph
NUMBER
S. 30321.
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
ed from GAO
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[crossed out: let to B R Young Dec 12 1845]


Date of death sent on AB -

25, 122
Kentucky

Joseph Carter
of Washington Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain ____ of the regt commanded
by Col Russell in the Virginia
line for 2 yes from 1777

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Nov
'33 --, and sent to Hon
C. A. Wickliffe Bardstown

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33................... $200-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Ma 34....... 40-
.............................................................................$240-

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 6
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Seal of said County [illegible] 23d No 1832
Jno Hughes [illegible] CWC

28.430
Joseph Carter
Pension

on Roll
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State of Ky.
Washington Couty [illegible]

On this day being the 13th of Nov. 1832 personally
appeard in open court Joseph Carter a resident
citizen of Washington Co. Ky aged 72 years and
upon his oath made the follwing declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress
passed the 7th day of June 1832 that he enlisted
on 27th August 1777 [crossed out, illegible] as a private soldier
in the war of the Revolution for the period of three years
in the 15th Virginia Regiment, afterward was transfered to
11th Virginia Rt afterward was transfered to the 2nd Va Regts
commanded by Col Russel and was attached to
the Brigade commanded by Genl Woodford, He
first joined the main army at Valley Forge after
[illegible] had been taken to Allexandria and inoculated
for [illegible] Pax From the Valley Forge he was
marched to the south and was in and at the sieg
of Charlestown, where he was captured in 1780. Genl
Lincoln was our commander in chief at Charlestown
he was detained in [illegible] until the month of
September 1781. when he was exchanged [illegible]
from the British [illegible] Sept 1781 at Old James
[illegible] Va he was marched then to Williamsburg
and then [illegible] as discharged having served
out his time of enlistment His discharge he has
not He thinks it was sent either to Richmond or the
Federal city in order to obtain his bounty land
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as his name [crossed out: well] is found at Washington upon
the books showing that he was enrolled and had
secured his bounty land, or his assigned record
it for him. He annexed to this declaration the
testimony of his case [illegible] taken in 1830 in the state 
of Virginia [crossed out: in the year 1830] also R. D. Carter of
the said state [crossed out: illegible] in support of the claim This
affidavit was taken in 1830 under a belief that
this applicant was entitled to the benefit of the [illegible]
pension laws. Their [illegible] if alive
[illegible] in North Cumberland County Va and not
within the [illegible] of the [illegible] of this [illegible]
He has no witnesses in this [illegible] whom
he can prove his services He refers to records
of the war office
He is not upon the pension roll of any
state  and hereby relinquishes all claims
to a pension except the present one and
[illegible]
Signed Joseph Carter
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Carter we believe him to be of the age stated
by him. They also state that he is a man of good
character and that his statement on each is
entitled to credit. [crossed out, illegible] They also state that the
said Joseph Carter has been reputed in his neighborhood
to be and is believed to have been 
a soldier of the Revolutionary war.
Signed Jerobaum R Beauchamp
J R Beauchamp

[Illegible] Washington Circuit Set
At a circuit court [illegible] and [illegible]
for the Washington Circuit at the courthouse in Springfield on
this 13th day of November 1832 Joseph Carter an applicant
for a pension as a Revolutionary soldier came [illegible] court and
made oath to the truth of the statement by him [illegible]
and the court certify its opinion after investigating the
matter and [illegible] the questions prescribed by the War
Depatrment that said Jerobaum R Beauchamp and
J R Beauchamp also came into court and made oath
to the truth of the statement by them subscribed & the court
[illegible] they are [illegible] to credit upon both _ & I [illegible]
[illegible] of Clerk of said [illegible] certify that the foregoing is the
original proceeding of said court in the matter of the
application of Joseph Carter for a pension
Given under my hand and the
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Act of 7th June, 1832.

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, 11 June 1847

RECEIVED OF G. W. MERIWEATHER, Agent for paying Pensions
Thirty-six Dollars, 88 Cents, being for [crossed out: six months] [inserted: 5 months 16 days] Pension, due to
Joseph Carter, deceased, from the 4th day of March 1846
to the 20th day of August 1846 for which I have signed duplicate receipts.

Joseph Carter Jr Executor.

36.88
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Jos. Carter decd

#36.88

7 Jun 1832

no 23

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER

Received from GAO

Louisville, Ky.
2 N. 1847
Box 91
C114
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Treasure Department
3d Auditors Office
May 20th 1847.
Sir,
The Treasurer of the United States will remit to
your case, to Joseph Carter Jr Executor of Joseph Carter
a deceased Pensioner on the Kentucky roll, per Act 7th June,
1832, the sum of Forty dollars, being for his pension from 4th
Sept 1845 to 4 March, 1846, at $80. per annum for which
please forward the Executor receipt to this Office-
The Agent at Louisville Ky. is hereby authorized to
pay Joseph Carter Jr the Executors, the pension from 4"
March 1846 to 20" August 1846, the day of the Pensioners
death, on the surrender of this letter, with Mr Carter's receipt to
be returned by the Agent to this Office, as his Voucher for the
payment.
Your having failed to take the requisite oath, is
the agason the money is not sent to you as the Attorney
in the case-
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Srt.
Peter Hagner Aud

Jonas H Rhorer Esq
Louisville
Ky.
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Warrant No. 1094-issd.
to Joseph Carter private
of the Virginia line
for 100 acres of land
Novr 11 1824-
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August 30, 1935

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Joseph Carter-S.30321
BA-J/AWF

Irma Blanche McDavitt
Rockfield
Kentucky

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the
papers on file in pension claim, S. 30321, based
upon the service of Joseph Carter in the War of
the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of this soldier
are not shown, nor are the names of his parents
stated.

Joseph Carter enlisted August 27, 1777,
marched to Alexandria and from there to Valley
Forge, where he joined the "main army"; he served
in the 15th, 11th and the 2nd Virginia regiments
as a private, was in the siege of Charleston, then
in Colonel Russell's Virginia regiment, was captured
at that time and held a prisoner until exchanged, and
landed from the British Vessel in September, 1781 at
Old Jamestown, Virginia, marched to Williamsburg and
there discharged and returned to Northumberland County,
Virginia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed,
November 13, 1832, at which time he was aged
seventy-two years and living in Washington County,
Kentucky.

There is no reference to wife or children.

In 1830, Rawleigh D. Carter, a resident of Northumberland 
County, Virginia, made to following affidavit
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before Griffin Edwards, Justice of the Peace for said
county; that" he had often heard his Father John Carter
say that his brother Joseph Carter (the bearer of this
joined the army of the United States in the War of the
Revolution at a very early age perhaps about Fifteen
years old and that he ran away from school for that
purpose and that the said Joseph Carter continued in
the army during the War and that he has often heard his
Father say that his brother Joseph did not return untill
after the Siege of Yorktown in this state"-

In order to obtain information relative to the
last payment of pension, name and address of person
paid, and possibly the date of death of the pensioner,
Joseph Carter, you should address The Comptroller Genera,l
General Accounting Office, Records Division,
Washington, D. C., and cite the following data:

Joseph Carter
Certificate #25122
Issued November 25, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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30 321
Revy INVALID.

File No. 30,321
Joseph Carter
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 21/94 Mil. Hist to
Mrs Jno Carter.
Leebaum, Ky. C
Aug 22/95 Hist to John T. Bates, Jr,
M.E.L.
Louisville, Ky.
1910 Oct. 20, Hist. to
Miss Margaret B. Wilson C
1918 Sept. 20. Hist to F. M. Ballard. C
1930 - Mch " " Joseph V. Wilson AWF
1935 - June 14 - hist to Ward C. 
Sumpter AWF
1935 Aug 28 - Ward C. Sumpter
adv. further - AWF
1935 - Aug 29 - hist to Irma
B. McDavitt AWF
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State of Virginia
Northumberland County to Wit
Personally appeared before the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace fo the said County
John Cox aged about sixty five years
and after having been duly sworn accord-
ing to law deposeth and saith, that he
was in very early life, well acquainted
with Joseph Carter now a resident of the
State of Kentucky and that the said
Carter entered into the army of the United
States in the War of the Revolution some
time (as well as this affaint can recollect
in the year Seventeen Hundred and
Seventy Seven and that he always under
=stood the said Carter was made prisoner
at the Capture of Charles Town and that he
did not return to Northumberland untill
after the Capture of Cornwallis at
York Town in this state. and further this
affiant saith not. - given under my
hand and Seal this 18th day of November
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty
Griffin Edwards {ss}
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State of Virginia
Northumberland County to wit
I, Fleming Bates Clerk of
the County Court of Northumberland do hereby certify that Griffin Edwards Genl., within named, is a Justice of the Peace in and for sid County duly commissioned and qualified -
In testimony of which I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the said
County this 26 day of Nov: 1830
F. Bates
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in the war against
and that the said Carter Continued in the
said services untill after the siege at
York in Virginia and further this
affiant saith not given from under My
hand and seal this 18th day of November
Eighteen Hundred and Thirty - - 
Griffin Edwards {ss}

We the undersigned Citizens of Northumberland County & state of Virginia do hereby certify that Joseph Carter (the bearer of this) We have reason to believe did enlist in the service of 
the United States during the revolutionary
War according to the Certificate of John
Vox given the 18th day of November Eighteen
hundred & Thirty given under our hands this
20th of Novr 1830
Rowleigh D. Carter
Robt Dannon
Charles Curtis
Wm Harding
Jo: Ball Jr
John McAdam
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It does not seem as if this
letter referred to Joseph Carter  30,321.
No endorsement on back of jacket.
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Boonville Mo July 30th, (55
Mr John A. Gallaher
Dear Sir having
seen Your advertisement in the
Boonville Missourian offering to
attend to claims I shall address you
on this subject claiming a pension
for services, by Joseph Carter my
father who belonged to the Continental
Army, wich I have been trying to
get for eleven years, I had Captain
Stepheson's Certificate for his services
for one year ending on the first
day of July 1776 as a private soldier
also a Captain's commission by Thomas
Jefferson dated 1779, wich paper I 
put in the hands of William B Hood
to prosecute and have not heard of
them since, he wrote to me a
short time after he received them
stating that the name of my
father he found on the roll but
the commissioner said that it was
another Carter, Hood lately wrote to
Honerable John T Miller stating that
he gave the papers to James H, Rolfe
who then was a member of Congress
I since have written to Rolfe, he says
he has arristed Hood in claims
for Claimants in Missouri but
recollected nothing of my claim
but says possible he wrote to the
office to examine but --- of time
must have left the papers --- further-
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search or might have left them
with Colonel Edwards the commissioner
of pensions, Relfe proposes to me to
have the office searched, now from
their statementments if you are
willing to make an effort to recover
the claim, receiving your pay from
what you recover you can address
me here in Boonville and state
your terms &,&, if we can make a
bargain I will give you the particulars
& send a power of attorney.
an answer will be thankfully
received by
James Carter

Mr Anderson
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
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Washington
Mar. 4th. 1833

D Sir.
I send you an Affidavit taken in Virginia
in 1830, by Mr Joseph Carter, Ky He took this proof then under a belief that he was entitled under the existing laws. It is not inform I admit but hope it will ansr. the purpose. Have you found the papers in the case of Blandford Ky.
Send my papers to Boonstown, Ky. and have the County where the Applicant resides written on each Certificate that May Know where to Send them
Yours,
C A Wickliff
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28,430
Joseph Carter
Kentucky
from 1777 private
2 yrs. $80

Jas. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office

Hon: C. A. Wickliffe
Bardstown,
Kentucky

Wicliffe
Decln.
Joseph Carter
Ky
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Washington
 Feby 19th 1833

J. L. Edwards
Sir
Inclosed I send you the 
papers on the case of Joseph Carter, I think it 
probable the papers he refers to may be filed in your office.
If not I think Mr. Carter's name is on the Rolls.  I am
certain I found his name on the list of those to whom
Military Va bounty lands had been granted.  Will you
please to have this can examined into.
Yours
C. A. Wickliffe
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State of Virginia
Northumberland County to wit
Rawleigh D. Carter of lawful age Came
before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace
for the aforesaid County. This day & made
oath according to law, that he often heard
his Father John Carter say that his brother
Joseph Carter (the bearer of this) Joined the
Army of the United States in the War of the
Revolution at a very early age perhaps a
bout Fifteen years old and that he ran away
from School for that purpose & that the said
Joseph Carter continued in the army during
the War and that he has often heard his Father
say that his brother Joseph did not return
Home untill after the siege of York Town
in this state - given under My hand this 8th
day of December Eighteen Hundred & Thirty
Griffin Edwards {ss}
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193

Pension Office
Decr. 12 1845.
Sir,
The pension certificate of Joseph
Carter, under the Act of June 7, 1832, is here-
with returned, and I have the honor to inform
you that he is not entitled to pay from the
3d. March 1826, under the law of May 15 1828.
That Act provid's that the soldier shall have
enlisted for the war, and served till its termina-
tion, but it appears from the declaration of Mr.
Carter, that he enlisted for the term of three
Years, in August 1777; was taken prisoner at Charleston 1780; exchanged in September 1781,
and discharged from the service.
The pension of a private soldier -
under the Act of May 15, 1828 is the same as
the Act of June 7, 1832 allows, viz $80 per annum.

Hon. B. R. Young
HR.
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Washington Decr 10th 1845
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Dr Sir - I herewith
inclose you the Certificate of
Joseph Carter - If I am not
misinformed Mr. Carter was in
the regular Service from 1777 until
1781. if so, is he entitled to draw
a pension from 1826 under the law
passed at that time - Is he entitl-
ed to draw more than the $80?
if he can establish that he was
a regular Soldier for the above
time - Any information touching
this claim will be thankfully
acknowledged by very respectfully
Your obt. Serv. 
B. R. Young
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Raywick Ky Jany 21st, 1930
Comr. of Pensions
Dept. American Revolution,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
Years ago I joined Society of
Sons American Revolution and one
of papers necessary in admitting me
was furnished by you on war record
of Joseph Carter of Virginia, enlisted
Aug. 1877, served four years to Septr. 1781,
private in 2nd, 11th & 15th Virginia
regiments, taken prisoner at battle
of Charleston, held aboard prison ship
until release from service, afterward
moved residence to Washington Co. Ky.
where he died on Aug. 20th 1846.- was born
on Dec. 20th 1760, was pensioned under
Act of 1832, while living in Washington Co
Ky. (Now Marion Co. Ky).
The above mentioned paper, of course,
passed from my possession and it is
now necessary for one of my female rel-
ations to have one of similar character
to join the D.A.R. Society.
Will you please send to me the docu-
ment to help her join the elect dames
Yours very respectfully
(Mrs.) Joseph N. Wilson,
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RECEIVED
JUL 8 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #12

1352 Chestnut St.,
Bowling Green,Ky.,
July 4, I935.

Veteran's Administration,
Washington,D.C.
My dear Mr. Hiller,
Several weeks ago I requested and you very kindly sent me the Rev. record of Joseph Carter. In the report you had the father of Joseph, John, while family tradition and history say his name was Thomas. We wondered if your secretary, in copying, made an error, or if some one had made a mistaken in the family history.
Would you mind having his record checked and let me know the result?
We are endeavoring to trace the Carter line and this contradictory statement as to the father of Joseph is, of course confusing. Maybe you had Revolutionary records for more than one Joseph Carter. The one in which we are interested was born in 1760 and died I846 in Marion County, Ky. once Washington County.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Ward C. Sumpter
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WALL PAPER
J. B. SUMPTER & BRO.
Park City Paint and Color Works
MAKERS OF HIGH-GRADE PAINTS
PAINTERS' AND PAPER HANGERS' SUPPLIES
CONTRACTORS AND DECORATORS
938 State Street 510 Tenth Street
AUTOMOBILE PAINTS
WINDOW GLASS
PAINT BRUSHES
WHITE LEAD
LINSEED OIL
TURPENTINE
DRY PAINTS
WATER PAINTS
VARNISHES
PUTTY
BOWLING GREEN, KY.

June 3, 1935
Veterans Administration,
Washington,D.C.

Gentlemen:-
I will appreciate it if you will give me such
information as may be in your files concerning Joseph Carter, Born 1760, died 1840. He married first Jenny Shelton and second Nancy Anne Winlock. He enlisted in 1777 and belonged to the 2nd, 11th and 15th Virginia Regiments. I wish to know, especially, if possible, the county in Virginia from which he enlisted.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Ward C. Sumpter

RECEIVED
JUN 5 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
READER 12
VETS. ADM.
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Rockfield Kentucky
8/23/35
Veteran's Administration
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me in
connection with the other names
I gave you in a previous
letter, the Revolutionary records
and family data of Thomas Wright--
will proved Cumberland Co., Va.--Married
Elizabeth McGehee. She died in Colliens Co., Ca, 1821
Yours Respectfully, James Blanche McDavit

Kentucky 
I935

Veteran's Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Please give me the Revolutionary records and the family data pertaining to the following:

Benjamin French--married Mollie Lovewell,
January 28, 1751--resided in Dunstable and
Plymouth, New Hampshire--died December 15, 1779.

Samuel Coleman--married Ann (maybe his first or second wife)--estate settled 1824, Todd County, Kentucky.

John Hanna--died 1794, Surry County, North Carolina.

Joseph Carter--born 1760--died 1846--married 2nd Nancy Ann Winlock, 1792--resided Marion County, Kentucky.

Respectfully yours,
Irma Blanche McDavitt
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O. W. & N. Division
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P.S. Bureau of Pensions, M.C.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --Joseph Carter-- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Aug. 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
4 yrs.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Not stated.
" "
" " 
COLONEL.
15" Va. Regt.
11" Va. Regt.
2" Va. Regt.
STATE.
Va.
Va.
Va.

Battles engaged in, Siege of Charleston.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated.
Date of application for pension, November 13, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Washington Co., Ky.
Age at date of application, Seventy-two years.
Remarks: Was taken prisoner at Charleston and released in September, 1781.

Very respectfully,
Mr. John T. Bates, Jr.,
c/o Louisville Banking Co.,
Louisville, Ky. Commissioner.
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August 28, 1935.
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BA-J/ady

Irma Blanche McDavitt
Rockfield
Kentucky

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters relative to
soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Thomas Wright, Benjamin French, Samuel Coleman and John Hanna as described bo you, all spellings of the names searched.

The record of Joseph Carter, S. 30321, is furnished you herewith on separate page, as found in the claim for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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August 29, 1935
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Joseph Carter-S.30321
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Ward C. Sumpter
1352 Chestnut Street
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
state that tradition and history indicate that the father of Joseph Carter (S. 30321) was Thomas and not John as shown in the record furnished you, June 14, 1935, and that you desire a reexamination of the records.

In 1830, Rawleigh D. Carter, a resident of Northumberland County, Virginia, made the following affidavit before Griffin Edwards, Justice of the Peace for said county: "that he had often heard his Father John Carter say that his brother Joseph Carter (the bearer of this) joined the army of the United States in the War and that he has often heard his Father say that his brother Joseph did not return Home untill after the Siege of York in this state"-

In this preparation of the report furnished you, it may be that the value of the pronoun "his" was misconstrued. Upon reexamination of the papers it seems more probable that John Carter, father of Rawleigh, was a brother of the soldier, Joseph Carter, and Rawleigh the cousin of Joseph.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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June 14, 1935
xxxxxx
Joseph Carter-S.30321
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Ward C. Sumpter
938 State Street
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Carter, soldier of the War of the Revolution, who served in the 2nd, 11th and 15th Virginia regiments.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.30321, based upon the service of Joseph Carter in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Joseph Carter are not shown in the claim; he was the son of John Carter, name of his mother not given.

He enlisted, August 27, 1777, marched to Alexandria and from there to Valley Forge, where he joined the "main army"; he served in the 15th, 11th and the 2nd Virginia regiments as a private, was in the siege of Charleston, then in Colonel Russell's Virginia regiment, was captured at that time and held a prisoner until exchanged, and "landed from the British Vessel in September, 1781 at Old Jamestown, Virginia" marched to Williamsburg and was discharged, and then returned to Northumberland County, Virginia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed, November 13, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and living in Washington County, Kentucky.

There is no reference to wife or children.
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Rawleigh D. Carter, brother of the soldier, Joseph
Carter, was a resident of Northumberland County, Virginia
in 1830,
In order to obtain information relative to the
last payment of pension, name and address of person
paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner,
you should address The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C.,
citing the following data:
Joseph Carter
Certificate # 25122
Issued November 25, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF
AWFM/HMM
March 21, 1930.

Mr. Joseph N. Wilson
Raywick
Kentucky.

Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim S. 30321, it appears that Joseph Carter, while residing
in Northumberland County, Virginia, enlisted August 27, 1777
and served as a private in the 15th, 11th and 2nd Virginia Regiments,
the 2nd Virginia Regiment being commanded by Colonel
Russell. The soldier was captured at the siege of Charleston in
May 1780 and held a prisoner until exchanged in September 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November
13, 1832, at which time he was living in Washington County,
Kentucky, aged seventy-two years.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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N. H. PUTNAM & COMPANY
Millinery
Carpets

Dry Goods, Clothing, Notions
Men's and Ladies' Furnishings

Groceries
Furniture
Field Seeds
Implements

Lebanon, Ky. Oct 11th 1910

Comrs. Dept of the Interior
Washington DC.

My Dear Sirs,
Having been requested to give the
D. A. R's, I am obliged to secure from you
a certificate of the fact of Joseph Carter's
service in the Revolutionary War. You will
find he enlisted Aug. 1777 and served to Sept.
1781 in 2nd, 11th & 15th Va Regiments, for which
he applied for pension Nov 13th 1832 which was
granted and continued to time of death 1846.

Yours Respectfully,
Miss Margaret Beall Wilson

Oct 13, 1910
no card
for [illegible]
[illegible]
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Revo. Sec,

Covington, Kentucky.
September 3, 1918

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Will you kindly give me the record of Joseph Carter, a soldier of the Revolution, who served in the 15th, 11th, and 2nd, Virginia regiments, and oblige,
Yours very truly,
F. M. Ballard
#520 Montgomery Street.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE. L
SEP 4 1918
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This soldier stated
that his discharge
was sent to either Rich-
mond or Washington in
order to obtain his bounty
land, that his name was
found in Washington upon
the books showing that he
was entitled to and "had
received" his bounty land,
or his assignee received it
for him. He made this state-
ment in 1832. It would
seem that this soldier made
inquiry in regard to his land
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and when the records were
searched in Washington, it
was reported to him that he
had received his land, losing
the report on the record
of land warrant No. 1094
100 acres, which had been
received by Joseph Carter
of Norfolk Co., Va., either
that, or this Joseph (S. 30321)
sent his discharge to Rich-
mond for land and referred to in
letter of C. A. Wickliffe Feb - 19, 1833.
MHF-
Aug - 1935
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AW Joseph Carter
S 30321
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C

Lebanon Ky.
June 18th 1894.

Comm. of Pensions,
Washington
Dear Sir - D.C.
My Grand
Father (Joseph Carter)
of Virginia was a sol-
dier of the Revolution
&C died August 1846
eighteen forty six
He was a pensioner
at the time of his
death and had been
for sometime be-
fore, I am anxious
to prove my right
to be a daughter
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of the Revolution,
And would like to
know what regi-
ment he belonged
to, and if his name
is on the Pension
Roll, I think he
was living in
Lancaster Co Virginia
when he enlisted,
But he was living
in Kentucky when
he first drew his
pension and con-
tinued to live
here until his
death, Hoping to
hear from you very
soon, I remain
Yours truly,
Address on second
page,
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Miss Sue Carter,
Lebanon
Marion Co
Kentucky.
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Louisville Ky Aug 13th 95
Hon
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
Joseph Carter of
Lancaster or Stafford Co Va
was a soldier of the Revolution,
and drew a pension until
his death in Kentucky 1846.
having lived in this state, it
is said, about forty years.
Would it be too much trouble
for you to give me a copy of
his enlistment papers? I wish
to find out where he lived at
that time: who his parents were:
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in whose command he was and
the date of his birth.
By so doing you will greatly
assist me in unravelling
some hard Hearts.
Respectfully
John T. Bate Jr.
c/o Louisville Bunking Co
Louisville
Ky.
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In reply to your request of -, received -
for a statement of the military history of Joseph Carter a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 30,321

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Aug 27, 77
LENGTH OF SERVICE
4 yrs.
RANK.
Private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN
COLONEL. STATE.
in the 15", 11", 2" Va regts.
2" Col. Russell
soldier was captured at Charlestown in May 1780 and held a prisoner until exchanged in Sept. 1781.

Battles engaged in, siege of Charleston
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northumberland Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 13, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Washington Co., Ky.
Age at date of application, seventy-two years.
Remarks: His claim was allowed.
OR

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Soldier's name is not found on the
Bureau B. L. record of Va. prior to 1850. C