Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6899, James Carrell, N.C.
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                    SERVICE                                                                                                         NUMBER

N.C.                                                       Carrell, James.                                        W.6899            
                                                                            Rhoda                                         B.L. Wt.  86103-160-55


CONTENTS



                                                                                                                  This Envelope includes
                                                                                                                   FINAL PAYMENT VOUC[er]
                                                                                                                   Received from GAO
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12.230
North Carolina
James Carrell
Of Johnston in the State of No Car
who was a pri n the com commanded 
by Captain------ of the regiment commanded
by Col. Raiford in the Nor Car
[crossed out- line for] State troops - 10 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of Nor. Car
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 cents per annum,
to commence on th e 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of April
[illegible] and sent Ransom
Sanders Clk Johnson Co. N.C.

Arrears to the 4th March : 33:   $66.66
Semi- anl. Allowance ending Sep [illegible] 33  $16.66
$83.32

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 36

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Mrs. Rhoda Carrell
July 10. 1851
Set to Hon. J Abercrombie
1 May 1534

212532
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State of North Carolina
County of Johnston }  Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August Term 1832

On this 29th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions now sitting, James Carrell a resident of the county of Johnston and state of North Carolina, aged about 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of An Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he volunteered in the service of the United States, about seven or eight months before Lord Cornwallis was captured at Little York and under Captain Folsom Lieut Thomas Moore- He [illegible] [illegible] at Wilmington and was then placed under command of Col. Raiford- staid [stayed] in service at Wilmington three months from Wilmington, declarant was ordered to Maccanaw Savanna- stationed at Maccanaw  a few weeks- [illegible] marched to within eight miles of Charleston at a place called the Cross Roads - declarant had been stationed at the last mentioned place about two or three months when he heard of the capture of Cornwallis by Wadlington in Little York. After this period he was employed in [illegible] disturbances by the Tories in the neighborhood of Charleston a month or two when he received a furlough signed by Colo: Raiford and Captain Hadly- by which furlough declarant was permitted to return home and remain until he was again
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called into service- He was never again called to the service in consequence of the quiet of the times which succeeded the victory of York Town.- In answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, Declarant states that he is 67 years of  of age- that he volunteered at the age of 16 years- that he believes his age is recorded at home in the family Bible- that at the time he volunteered in the Service he was living in [illegible] Cumberland county N.C. - That he does not [illegible] the names of any Continental officers who were in the same services with in but those already named under whose command he was placed (?)- That excepting the Furlough spoken of above he received no discharge- He stated as [illegible] for him in his neighborhood his brother William Carrell who knows Declarant volunteered as stated and knows of his absences and his [illegible] as stated above and Solomon Whittenden who can testify as to his reputation for being a soldier Declarant [illegible] that he served in all then months and about ten days- He has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no one whose testimony can procured who can know this actual services He lived in Cumberland County until about six years ago when he removed to the County of Johnston where he has ever since resided.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
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year aforesaid.   Test. Rm Sanders          James Carrell (his mar)

We William Carrell and Jonathan Whittenden residing in the county of Johnston hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Carrell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about 67 years of age and that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution - and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  Will Carrell  Sol Whitenton

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Carrell and Jonathan Whittenden who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of teh County of Johnston and are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
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I Ransom Sanders Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of teh said court in the matter of the application of James Carrell.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29 Day of August 1832   Rm Sanders Clk

James Carrell
Declaration 
10.301
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9.714
Alabama
Rhoda Carrell,
widow of James
who was a private,
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 33 Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued
the 17th day of Feby 1859
and sent to 
J C Codner
Smithfield N.C.

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844]

Recorded in Book H
Vo 1 [or 6] Page 418.
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10.301
James Carrell


Admit as private for 
10 months from 1781
Col Raiford NC
$33.33
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Brief in the case of James Carrell
county of Johnston in the State of No Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  67 y

4 State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. "volunteered about   7 or 8 months in 1786  before Lord Cornwallis was captured at [illegible] town" (17th October 1781) until a month or two after"

Duration of Service. Years  Months, Days.
14 and about 10

Rank. As a Private

Names of General and Field officers under whom he served. Gen.
Capt Folsom
Col. Raiford
NoCarolina troops

5. In what battles was he engaged? not any

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Cumberland Conty No. Carolina

7.. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary evidence 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  no

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.   

Chas. S. Wilcox  Examining Clerk
12 Feby 1833
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Known all men to these presents that I John Carrell of the Count of Johnston in the State of North Carolina am held and firmly bound unto his Excellency Alexander Marting Esq Governor and commander in Chief in and our [four] the state aforesaid or his successors in office in the sum of Four Hundred pounds current money to which payment well and truly to be made and done I bind myself my heirs exrs adms and C jointly and [illegible] firmly by  these presents sealed with my seal and dated this thirtieth day of January AD one thousand seven hundred and ninety two.
the condition of the above application is such that  wherein the above bounden John Carrell hath this day attained a license for marriage intended to be had and solemnized between James Carrell and Rhoda Stevens of the county aforesaid [illegible] if in case it shall not at any time hereafter appear that there is any lawful cause to abstuct said marriage then the above obligation to her void else to remain in full force and virtue. John Carrell

Witnessed by R. Sanders
  I Thomas D. Sneed Clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Johnston in the state of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an original marriage band now on file in my office among the records
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of said Court except the dates with there appear in fair [illegible] figures.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at office in Smithfield this 17th day of November AD 1858
Thos.D. Snead C.C.C.
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294867 Act Mar 3/[illegible]
[illegible] [illegible]
212532 [illegible]

Rhoada Carrell
wid of 
James Carrell 9dec  
Private

REv. War

Ins 58-[ 1838 Ala

Ad 160 Acr Feb 15/59
Dodyo
vol 61. page 52

John C. Codner
Smithfield
N Ca.

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[illegible] 86103 Issu Feb 16/[illegible]

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Exd Bults
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Instructions.

1. Claimant's name
2. Solider's name.
3. Here specify the service as follows: "in the company commanded by Captain....in the ....regiment of ... commanded by Col. .... " or "a ....on board of the United States ship .....commanded by .... in the war of ...," or as the case may be.
4. Enlisted, volunteered, was drafted, or shipped.
5. "Add, "that she has never before made application for Bounty Land, " or "that she made an application for Bounty Land for said service and her claim was rejected or suspended."
6. The claimant will here state that no public or private record of her marriage exists, or can be obtained, if such is the case. If there is a County , Town, or Church record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of such record must be sent. If there if no public, but a private or family record containing the marriage or the births of children, a copy of such records must be sent, and the magistrate will certify that it is a correct copy of the original. Parol evidence of the marriage or co-habitation is not admissible until the absence of record evidence is accounted for.
7. Claimant's signature
8. Witnesses' signature
9. Magistrate's signature

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212532
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.

Act of March 3, 1855.

Original Claim for Land Warrant 

Mrs. Rhoda Carrell
Widow of James Carrell

Solider a pensioner under
Act of June 7, 1832
N.C. Roll

Chas. C. Tucker
Att'y for Claimant
Washington, D.C.
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Instructions.

1. Claimant's name
2. Solider's name.
3. Here specify the service as follows: "in the company commanded by Captain....in the ....regiment of ... commanded by Col. .... " or "a ....on board of the United States ship .....commanded by .... in the war of ...," or as the case may be.
4. Enlisted, volunteered, was drafted, or shipped.
5. "Add, "that she has never before made application for Bounty Land, " or "that she made an application for Bounty Land for said service and her claim was rejected or suspended."
6. The claimant will here state that no public or private record of her marriage exists, or can be obtained, if such is the case. If there is a County , Town, or Church record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of such record must be sent. If there if no public, but a private or family record containing the marriage or the births of children, a copy of such records must be sent, and the magistrate will certify that it is a correct copy of the original. Parol evidence of the marriage or co-habitation is not admissible until the absence of record evidence is accounted for.
7. Claimant's signature
8. Witnesses' signature
9. Magistrate's signature

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212532
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.

Act of March 3, 1855.

Original Claim for Land Warrant 

Mrs. Rhoda Carrell
Widow of James Carrell

Solider a pensioner under
Act of June 7, 1832
N.C. Roll

Chas. C. Tucker
Att'y for Claimant
Washington, D.C.
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Declaration to be made by a Widow who has never received Bounty Land.

State of Alabama
Dale County }  SS.

On this 21 day of August 1855, before me, M.G. Matthews a Justice of Peace ina nd for the county and State above named, personally appeared (1) Rhoda Carrell aged 78 years, a resident of Dale County, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of  (2) James Carrell- who was a (3) in the Revolutionary War [crossed out- under] in the Company commanded by Capt Headly that he (4) enlisted at Fayetteville, in the State of North Carolina on or about the ....day of ...., 18.., and continued in actual service fourteen days, and was honorable discharged at Charleston, S.C. on or about the ...day of .... 18.., and (5)

She further states that she was married to the said (2) James Carrell in Jonson County on the 1 day of February, A.D. by one Rev. Wm.Taylor that her name, before her said marriage was Rhoda Stephenson that her said husband died in Johnson County, on the 16 day of May 1834 and she is now a widow. (6)

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the act of March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land or knowing that she is entitled except for the above service: and she hereby constitutes and appoints Chas. C. Tucker, of Washington, D.C., her attorney to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant. Hereby authorizing and empowering her said attorney to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington City, or elsewhere, certified copies of any Army or Navy records or documents in which her said husband's service maybe recorded, and to procure any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her claim, as fully as if personally present; and revoking and countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
(7) Rhoda Carrell (her mark)

Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written; and on the same day personally came before me Lazereth Matthews, a resident of Dale County, in the State above named, and James Carrell, a resident of Dale County, in said State to me known as credible witnesses, who being duly sworn, declare that they are personally acquainted with (1) Rhoda Carrell widow of (2) James Carrell, who had made and subscribed the foregoing declaration; that that were personally acquainted with (2) James Carrell and his wife during the lifetime of the former, and know that they lived together as man and wife, and were so reputed; and they believe that the husband of the said (1) Rhoda Carrell was the identical person who performed the service mentioned in the above declaration; that the above named (2) James Carrell is now dead, and the said (1) Rhoda Carrell is now a widow. And they  further swear that they are disinterested in this claim. (8)  Laz. Matthews  James Carrell

Sworn to and subscribed before emergencies, and I certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution. (9)  M G Matthews JP
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State of Alabama
Dale County, } SS.
I , Abel Echols Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County and State above named, do hereby certify that M.G. Matthews Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 8th day of September 1855.  A. Echols  Judge of Probate.
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Sate of Alabama
Dale County } SS

On this 20th day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight personally appeared before  the judges of Probate court  of the County and State afforesaid Rhoda Carrell a resident of said county and state aged eighty years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the provision made by an act of Congress passed July 7th AD 1838 entitled and act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows (and subsequent acts granting or continuing half pay pensions to the widows of revolutionary soldier That she is the widow of James Carrell who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and was inscribed on the pension rolls at Fayetteville in the State of North Carolina at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum under the act of June 7th AD 1832 as will man fully appear by reference to his original declaration  and papers on file at Washington City to which she refers to support and prove her claim. She further declares that she was married to the said James Carrell on or about the first day of February in the year one thousand
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seven hundred and ninety two that her husband the afforesaid James Carrell died on the sixteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the services but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred  and ninety four viz at the time above stated  She further swears that she is now a widow and has remained the widow of said James Carrell since his death and that she has not before made application for a pension She further states that there is no public record of her marriage  (except a marriage bond which is on file in the clerk's office in the County of Johnston in the State of North Carolina where she was married and where she formerly resided that there is no private record of her marriage and that she had no record evidence of her husband's service or death She hereby appoints John C. Codner of Smithfield in the State of North Carolina her true and lawful attorney irrivacably to prosecute this her claim to receive the certificate when issued and generally to do all acts necessary and proper in the premises or to cause the same to be done (she here states that she over prep
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ared same papers to procure a pension but is credibly informed that they never were placed on file at Washington City) Rhoda Carrell (her mark)
Witness David Carrell
Witness James Carrell

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Newton this 20th day of September AD 1858. D. Carmicheal Judge of probate.
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State of Alabama
county of Dale } SS:

On this 20 day of September, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight personally appeared before me, a just ice of the peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid Rhoda Carrell aged eighty years, a resident of Dale County, in the State of Alabama, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of James Carrell deceased, who was a private in the [crossed out- company commanded by Captain] Revolutionary War and received a pension of  thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum under act of June 7th AD 1832 that he resided in Johnston County in the State of North Carolina at the time he was placed on the Pension rolls and that he continued in actual service in said war for the term of 14 days. She further states that she was married to the said James Carrell in Johnston County North Carolina on or near the first day of February A.D. 1792 by a 2 William Taylor and 3 Minister of the Gospel and that her name before said marriage was Rhoda Stevenson; that her said husband died at his residence in Johnston County in the State of North Carolina on the sixteenth  day of May, AD 1834, and that she is now a widow. She further declares that she has heretofore made application for bounty land under the act approved March 3d 1855 but did not obtain a land warrant, she has no record of their marriage or of her husbands death and cannot now furnish eye witnesses to prove her marriage and that there is no public record of their marriage except a marriage liener band which is on file at Smithfield N Carolina.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855".
She hereby appoints John C. Codner, of Smithfield, North Carolina, her true and lawful attorney irrevocably with power of substitution to prosecute this her claim for land to receive the certificate or warrant when issued, and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises. Rhoda Carrell (her mark)

We 4 James Carrell and David Carroll residents of Dale County in the State of Alabama on our oath declare that the foregoing declaration and power of attorney thereto subjoined were signed and acknowledged by Mrs. Rhod Carrell in our presence, and from our acquaintance with her do we know that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; that we are each well acquainted with Mrs Rhoda Carrell the above applicant for bounty land, that we have known her for 5 Fifty years last past, and that we were acquainted with James Carrell her late husband having known him for 6  30 years previous to his death; that they, the said Rhoda Carrell and James Carrell lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be; that we the deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned, and that the said James Carrell died on or about the time above named we were present at his burial and have been acquainted with his widow from the death of her husband until the present time she now resides near us and we are frequently in her company and from personal knowledge we do know that the aforesaid Mrs. Rhoda Carrell is now a widow.  David Carrell Witness  James Carroll witness

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and did before me acknowledge the power of Attorney subjoined to the foregoing declaration to be her free act and deed for the purposes thereto expressed, and that I have no interest in this claim.  E. Brooks JP
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State of Alabama 
Dale County }
I Daniel Carmicheal Judge of the Probate Court of Dale County hereby certify that E Brooks whose genuine signature appears in the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and state. and that his attestation as such is entitled to full faith and credit- given under my hand and seal of office at Newton this 20th day of September 1858  D. Carmicheal  Judge of Probate

244869

J. C. Codner Atty
Smithfield 
NCarolina

[remainder upside down writing crossed out]
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[Crossed out certification form- also on previous page]

244869

J.C. Codner Atty
Smithfield
N Carolina
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State of Alabama 
Dale County }  Be it known that before me M R Sims a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Rhoda Carrell and made oath in  due form of law that she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession (and in tow original certificates herewith returned) of which I certify the following is a true copy: Department of the Interior Widows Pension, I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7th 1838 Rhoda Carrell widow of James Carrell who as a private in the Revolutionary war and died on the sixteenth day of May 1834 is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents  per annum commencing on the 4th March 1836 and terminating on the 4th of March 1841. Given at the Department of the Interior this seventeenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine. J Thompson Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned Geo C. Whiting

Department of the Interior Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 2, 1843 and June 17th 1844 Rhoda Carrell widow of James Carrel who was a private in the Revolutionary war and died on the sixteenth day of May 1834 is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum commencing on the 4th March 1843 and terminating on the 4th March 1848.

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amount due on the certified per pension application $166.65      400
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Ls
[illegible]at the Department of the Interior this seventeenth day of February owes one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine. J.  Thompson Secretary of the Interior examined and countersigned
Geo C Whiting commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February [illegible]  1848 Rhoda Carrell widow of James Carrell who was a  private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of the thirty three 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 seventeenth day of February one thousand eight hundred  and fifty nine.  Examined and countersigned Geo C Whiting 
(J. Thompson
(Secretary  of the Interior
commissioner of Pensions that she has not [illegible] married but continues the widow of the                       above named James Carrell and that she now resides in County Slaburned and has resided there for the space of twenty two years past and that previous  thereto she resided in Johnston County North Carolina of the truth of which statement I am fully satisfied .  Sworn and subscribed to this tenth day of March 1857 before me
     M R Sims
witness Daniel Carmichael
witness C Carrell
Rhoda + mark and Carrell (seal)
Pensioner
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Know all men by these presents that I Rhoda Carrell of the County of Dale in the State of Alabama pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint J. C. Codner of Johnston County North Carolina my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pension in Mobile Alabama my pension from the Fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty six to the fourth of March eighteen hundred  and forty one and from the fourth of march one thousand eight hundred and forty three to the fourth of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine.
witness my hand and seal this tenth day of March 1859. Sealed and delivered in presence. Rhoda Carrell (her mark) Pensioner
Witness David Carmichael
Witness C. Carrell

State of Alabama 
Dale County }  Be it known that on the tenth day of March 1859 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Rhoda Carrell above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned. M. R. Sims  JP

State of Alabama 
Dale County }  I M. R. Sims a magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence namely personal knowledge that Rhoda Carrell (a pensioner) who has appeared this day before me to take the oath of identical person named in her pension certificate
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which she has exhibited before me numbered 11.879  9714  6.45.3  and bearing data at the Department of the Interior the seventeenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine and signed by J Thompson Secretary of the Interior and counter signed by Geo C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions. Given under my hand this tenth day of March 1859.  M. R. Sims JP

The State of Alabama 
Dale County }  I David Carmichael Judge of the Probate Court of Said County hereby certify that M. R. Sims whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and that full faith and credit shoudl be had and given to his attestation as  such given under my hand and seal of office at Newton this the 10th day of March A.D. 1859  David Carmichael  Judge of Probate

State of Alabama Mobile county, SS.
Before me Loyd Bowers a pension agent duly authorized by the laws of the United States to administer oath, persnally appeared John C. Codner and made oath in due form of law that he has not interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive by virtue of the foregoing power of attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, designate or transfer, nor doe he know or believe that the same has been disposed of to any person whatsoever 
Sworn and subscribed this 17th of March 1859 Before me. Loyd Bowers Pension Agent
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
January 8, 1937
XXXXXXXX
IN REPLY REFER TO:
James Carrell, W. 6899
Henry Howard, R. 5277

Eugene Olsen
Salt Lake City
Utah

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of December 31, 1936, requesting the Revolutionary War records of James Carroll and Henry Howard.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 6899, based upon the military service of James Carrell, the only soldier of that name (also searched under Carroll) that is found
in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

While living in Cumberland County, North Carolina, he enlisted about seven or eight months before the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown and served for ten months and about ten days as private with the North Carolina troops under Captain Folsom and Colonel Raiford.

He lived in Cumberland County, North Carolina, until about 1792 when he moved to Johnston County, North Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, at which time he was sixty-seven years of age and was living in Johnston County, North Carolina.

James Carrell died May 16, 1834, in Johnston County, North Carolina.

This soldier married about the first of February, 1792, in Johnston County, Rhoda Stevens or Stevenson, and both were residents of that county. The marriage bond was dated January 30, 1792, and the marriage license was
obtained by one John Carrell of Johnston County, relationship to the
soldier not shown.
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James Carrell's widow, Rhoda, was allowed pension on her application executed September 20, 1858, at which time she was eighty years of age and was living in Dale County, Alabama, having moved there about 1836 with her son, James.

The following children of James and Rhoda Carrell were referred to: Margaret, the eldest, was born in the spring of 1793, died about 1836, married Briton Langdon who was born September 7, 1792; John who in December, 1858, was referred to as the eldest son and was then in the sixty-fourth year of his age; James (signed Carroll) moved to Dale County, Alabama, in 1836; David (signed Carrel) moved to Dale County, Alabama, about 1835.

Soldier's brother, William Carrell, was living in Johnston County, North Carolina, in 1832. In 1858 one Cader Carroll acted as a witness for the widow, Rhoda, relationship not shown. In 1858 one Jacob A. Stevens was justice of the peace in Johnston County, North Carolina, but it was not shown that he was related to the widow.

There are no further family data.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 5277, based upon the military service of the only Henry Howard who enlisted from North Carolina that is found in the Revolutionary war records of this office.

On January 16, 1847, Eliza Howard, a resident of Caswell County, North Carolina, aged fifty-seven years, applied for pension which might have been due on account of the Revolutionary War service of her husband, Henry Howard, then deceased.

It was alleged that Henry Howard, while living in Granville County, North Carolina, served a tour in the North Carolina Militia; that he moved to Person County, North Carolina, and again enlisted for a tour in the North Carolina militia but on account of sickness did not  complete the tour; that he was in the battle of Guilford Court House at which time he was serving in Colonel Moor's regiment.
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The claim was not allowed as proof that Henry Howard rendered at least six months military service, which was the requirement of the
pension law, was not furnished.

Eliza Howard stated she married Henry Howard March 23, 1820, and that he died March 18, 1843.

In 1853 the soldier's children, Alancon Howard and Cary A. Howard, were living in Caswell County, North Carolina.

There are no further data relative to the family of Henry Howard.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller [Signature]
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[Illegible] , to commence on 
[Illegible] of March, 1848.
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86,103

160. Acres
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[scan of envelope with postage stamped and clear window for recipient]

Veterans Administration 
Washington, D.C.
Official Business


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Veterans Administration 
form 3230
Rev. Jan., 1932

Reference Slip

Referred to -
A. D. Hiller Executive Ass't . to Adm.

For approval..............
attention..............
comment.............
correction...............
follow-up...............
recommendation...................
report...................

To call me....................
indicate changes............
note and file...................
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prepare reply....................
rewrite....................
send literature...............
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When necessary to identify papers to which this 
form is attached, write subject, date, author, etc.,
here.............................
Euc ok  JLB
Remarks:  The attached latter was referred to this office, but a
search of our records, the city
directory, etc. fails to give more
than one Eugene Olsen. That one 
is employed at this facility, but he 
states he did not request the information 
given in the letter.
Date 1/18/37          From Salt Lake City, Utah
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[envelope- stamped]
Smithfield NC
Oct 15
Free

Hon Geo C. Whiting
Comm of pensions
Washington DC
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11.879
Alabama
Rhoda Carrell
widow of James Carrell
who died on the 16th May 1834.
of .....in the State of..........
who was a private in the ..........commanded
by Captain.......of the ..........commanded
by............in the Revolution
line for ...........

Inscribed on the Roll of Mobile
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March ,1836

Certificate of pension issued the 17th day of
February 1859 and sent to,

Arrears to the4th of   S. C. Codner
Semi-annual allowance ending      Smithfield NC

{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by G. T. Getty Clerk
Book H  Vol 1 Page 41[remainder of page torn off]
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[left side of page]
294867  Mar 3
[illegible]
212532  Sept 18/55

Rhoda Carrell
Wid of 
James Carrell Priv

Capt Hadly

N.C. mil.
Revolution

NC June 32- 12230

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A.C.C Tucker July 24/86

24
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No. 15.503
No. 7048

Rhoda Carrell
Wid
Jas     N.C.
Alabama
J.C. Codner July 13/58
Same Nov 26/58
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State of Alabama 
Dale County }

On this 20th day of September AD 1858 personally appeared before me the under singed a Justice of the Peace in and for the county afforesaid James Carrell and David Carrell who are  to me well known and who are credible witnesses  and who being by me duly sworn depose and say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Rhoda Carrell who is now applying for a pension that they have known her for fifty years last past that they were acquainted with James Carrell her late husband having known him for thirty years previous to his death that they the said Rhoda Carrell and James Carrell lived together as husband and wife and were reputed so to be that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said James Carrell died on the sixteenth of May in the year eighteen  hundred and thirty four and the said Rhoda Carrell has been since that day and still is reputed to be his widow which deponents believe to be the fact, that she has never married since here husbands death and still is his widow and that her said husband was to their
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certain knowledge the identical man mentioned as a soldier and pensioner in her declaration herewith and further that they were present and saw Mrs. Rhoda Carrell execute the accompanying affidavit by signing her name (by making a mark) to the foregoing declaration and making oath thereto in due form of law and further that they deponents do reside in the county afforesaid we formerly resided in the State of North Carolina where the said James Carrell died.  David Carrell  witness
James Carroll witness

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of September AD 1858  Witness my hand and seal. E. Brooks J.P.

State of Alabama 
Dale County }  I Daniel Carmichael Judge of the Probate Court of Dale County hereby certify that E Brooks whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that his attestation as such is entitled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand and seal of office at Newton this 20th day of September 1858  D. Carmicheal Judge of Probate
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Know all men by these presents that I John Carrell of the county of Johnston in the State of North Carolina am held and firmly bount unto his excellency Aleander Martin Esq Governor and commander in chief in and over the State aforesaid or his successor in office in the sum of five hundred pounds current money to which payment well and truly to be mad and don I bind my self my heirs exis Admis jointly and securely firmly by these presents sealed with my seal and dated this thirtieth day January AD one thousand seven hundred and ninety two. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounden John Carrell hath this day obtained a license for a marriage intended to be had and solemnized between James Carrell And Rhoda Stevens of the county afforesaid Now if in case it shall not at any time hereafter that there is any lawful cause to obstruct said marriage then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue.  John Carrell

Witnessed by R. Sanders.
I Thomas D  Sneed Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions for said county do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a marriage band now on file in my office. among the records of said court except the dates which there appear in fair legal[illegible] are
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county court at office in Smithfield this 14th day of October AD 1858.  Thos. D. Sneed C.C. C.
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Know all men by these presents that I Rhoda Carrell (formerly of Johnston County in the state of North Carolina) (and now a resident of Dale county int he State of Alabama) widow of James Carrell who was a Revolutionary pensioner and died in Johnston County in the State of North Carolina do hereby constitute and appoint John C. Codner of Smithfield in the State of North Carolina irrevocably with power of substitution my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim agains the United States for pension and bounty land under the various acts of congress granting pension and bounty land to the widows of soldier in the War of the Revolution to examine all papers or documents on file at Washington City in any of the various departments or cause the same to be done to receive the certificate of pension and warrant for land when issued and for me and in my name generally to do or cause to be done all lawful acts and things in and about the premises hereby ratifying all and whatsoever my said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done in and about the premises
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and seal this 3rd day of May AD 1858  Rhoda Carrell (her mark)
witness  E T Matthews
witness Cader Carroll

The foregoing power of attorney was subscribed and acknowledged before me on the day and year above
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written and I certify that I am not interested in the premises.  M G. Matthews JP

State of Alabama 
Dale County

[mid section of page crossed out]

The State of Alabama 
Dale County }  I David Carmichael Judge of the Probate Court of said county hereby certify that M. G Matthews whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that full faith and credit should be had and given to his attestion as such given under my hand and seal of office at Newton this the 5th day of May A.D. 1858. David Carmichael Judge of Probate of said county
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Rhoda Carrell
Widow of 
James Carrell
Act of June 7th 1838


J C.Codner Atty
Smithfield
Johnston Co
N. Carolina
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State of Alabama 
County of Dale
Probate Court }

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before said court which evidence is is hereto annexed that James Carrell was a revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States and that he died on the sixteenth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and thirty four leaving surviving him a widow named Rhoda Carrell and that the said Rhoda Carrell is still living and a resident of Dale County in the State of Alabama 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this the 20th day of September 1858.  D. Carmicheal Judge of Probate
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April 22 1851
Appl of Rhoda
Carroll

Claimant 
Dale Co
Ala


Newton Ala
Apr 10/57

To the commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.   



Free
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The State of Alabama 
Dale County}

Before e Moses G. Matthews an acting Justice of the Peace , personally came Rhoda Carroll who after being duly sworn says that she is the widow of James Carrol formerly of the State of North Carolina Johnson County, that her husband was in a pensioner as a Revolutionary soldier. That she is the widow and now applies for a pension [illegible] the the several acts of congress on that subject.
Rhoda Carroll (her mark)
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th April 1851. Moses G Matthews Justice of the Peace
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The State of Alabama 
Dale County }

Before me Moses G. Matthews an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally came Lazarus Matthews, who after being duly sworn says that he knows Rhoda Carroll, the affiant on the other page, that she was the reputed wife of James Carroll, that she is his widow, that said James Carroll died in Johnson County, North Carolina. Deponent further swears that the said James Carroll was in the receipt of a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier.  Lazarus Matthews
sworn to before me this 6th April 1857 Moses G. Matthews A Justice of the Peace
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[first 2 paragraphs crossed out- clerks attestation]

The Sate of Alabama
Dale County }
I Abel Echols Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said county, ( and exofficio Clerk of said court) do certify that Moses G. Matthews whose name appears to the within and foregoing declaration of Rhoda Carrell is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to his attestation as such- Given under my hand and seal of office this 7th day of April 1857.  A. Echols  Judge of Probate.
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Smithfield NC 28 May /58

Hon Geo. C. Whiting
Commr of Pensions
Washington DC

Sir
Mrs Rhoda Carrell whose power of attorney is herewith enclosed states that she once prepared some papers and sent them to Washington City but does not know whether they were filed in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions or not if there has been any application either for pension or bounty land filed it is respectfully asked what the present condition is and what additional evidence will be required if the papers have been placed on file they will probably be found under act of 1838 as I notice the marriage band on file in this county bears
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date of January 30th 1792.  Very Respectfully yours
J.C. Codner
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I certify that the affiant is a credible witness.  A. Coats JP

Rhoda Carrell
widow of 
James Carrell
Act 7th July 1838




JC Codner Atty
Smithfield 
N Carolina
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State of North Carolina
Johnston County

On this 16th day of December in the year 1858 before me personally came Brittan Langdon to me well known and who I certify to be a credible witness who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he was acquainted with James Carrell of Johnston county afforesaid and has a personal knowledge of the fact that he was a revolutionary pensioner that he also knew his wife Rhoda Carrell before and after her husbands death and until she removed from this State to Dale county in the State of Alabama  (which occured about twenty two years ago) where it is reported that she now lives that he said Rhoda Carrell left Johnston County with her son James Carrell as they alleged to go to Alabama Afforesaid 
That he was acquainted with David Carrell James Carrel and Lazarus Mathews and that the said James and David Carrell are sons of the said Rhoda Carrell that they and Lazarus Mathews formerly lived in Johnston county North Carolina near where the said Rhoda Carrell lived before
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she went to Alabama  that he the said Brittan Langdon was sixty six years old last September the seventh that he married a daughter of the said James and Rhoda Carrell and that his said wife was six months younger than himself that she has been dead about twnety two years it was allway said that Rhoda Carrell was a Stevenson before she married the said James Carrell he thinks it was in the fall of eighteen hundred  and thirty six that James Carrell Jr and his mother Rhoda removed to Alabama Lazarus Mathews and David Carrell left here for Alabama about one year before James Carrell and his mother Rhoda did he further says that he is in nowise interested in the claim of Rhoda Carrell that he now resides in Johnston County afforesaid.  Britin Langdon

The forgoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that the affiant is a person whose statement is entitled to full credit and respect I further certify that I was acquainted with James Carrell the husband of
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the Rhoda Carrell described in the foegoing affidavit and know that he was a revolutionary pensioner and that she was allways reputed to be his wife I also know James and David Carrell sons of said Rhoda Carrell and know that the said Rhoda Carrell left this county to go to Alabama about twenty two years ago with her son James, Lazarus Mathews and all of the Carrells formerly lived within from on to three miles from me when they removed away to Alabama from Johnston County . A. Coats JP

I Henry A Clifton an auth[illegible] that I lived in the same setlement with James Carrell the Revolutionary pensioner discribed in the foregoing affidavit that I was in the neighborhood when he died (I only know of his being a pensioner by reputation having no personal knowledge of it) I also knew Rhoda Carrel his wife before and after her husband died and until about twenty two years ago when she and her son James Carrell left here to go to Alabama I knew David and James Carrell they lived in Johnston County North Carolina and were sons of the said Rhoda Carrell
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Lazarus or Mathews and David Carrell left this county  (Johnston) about one year before James Carrell and his mother died as near as I can re[illegible] here I understand from their relatives living around here that they now live in Dale County Alabama  I am in no wise related to them but live in the Settled where they family lived and am in no event interested.  H A C Clifton

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of December 1858 and I certify that the affiant is a credible witness.  A Coats JP

Rhoda Carrell 
Widow of 
James Carrell
ACt 7th July 1838

JC Codner Atty
Smithfield
N Carolina
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State of North Carolina
County of Johnston }

be now comes Elisha Lassiter and Bedi Lassiter who being duly sworn according to law each for themselves depose and say that they were born and raised in the county afforesaid and in that part of the county where James Carrell (whom they  knew to be a revolutionary pensioner) lived and when he died that they knew his wife- Rhoda Carrell from the earliest recollection until she left the county afforesaid with her son James Carrell as they alleged to go to the State of Alabama which occured in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six that they have after seen letters from them from Dale County in the State of Alabama that they were acquainted with James and David Carrell and Lazarus Mathews before they left Johnston County North Carolina James and David Carrell were allways reputed to be the children of James and Rhoda Carrell David Carrell and Lazarus Mathews were living near when James Carrell died at the time that he died they left the county to go to Alabama about one year before
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James Carrell and his mother Rhoda Carroll did they  further depose and say that they were at the burial of  James Carroll the Revolutionary pensioner that the said James and Rhoda Carroll lived together as husband and wife from their earliest recollection until James Carroll died that he was considered older than his wife as they judged from their appearance it was always reported that she was a [illegible] before she married said James Carroll and she was the only wife that they ever heard of of his having they forth  depose and say that they were acquainted with Bedie Lassiter and his wife until she died that she was always reported to be the child of Rhoda and James Lassiter and was treated by them or such that she was consideredly older than within after [illegible] Elisha Lassiter says he is [illegible] forty  nine and 1/2 years old and she Bedin Lassiter says she is [illegible] or forty nine years old that they both resided in Jameston county  aforesaid.
     And the said Bedin Lasterr for her self alone further deposes and says that she went to Dale County she learned last summer
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to visit her relatives and which then she sawthe identical Rhoda Carroll (widow of the said James Carroll (who who was a revolutionary prisoner) who removed from Jamston County  North  Carolina that which there the matter of her trying trying to receive a pension was mentioned and in the conversation she Rhoda Carrell stated to him that she was about fifteen years old when she married James Carroll.  She also stated that she had employed J C Codner of Smithfield North Carolina to process the allowed  of to her pensioner.  They each again depose and say that from their recollection of ages when growing up  and since that  time had always heard it said that David Carroll was eight years older than they are  and that James Carroll is three years older than they are again Bedie Lassiter  for himself self deposes and says that the said Rhoda Carrell stated to him while she was in Alabama and that was between eighty and eighty one years old that her oldest child Margaret wife of Brittan Langdon  would have been sixty five years old last spring  if she had been living and that her oldest son John Carell
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was then in the sixty fourth year of his age this statement was made in the summer just passed 
[illegible]
Bedie & Lassiter

The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the 18th day of December 1858 and I certify that that these affiants are credible witnesses and that I am not interested in any  [illegible] in the case.

State of North Carolina)
Jonson County )                    Thomas D. Sneed

I Thomas D. Sneed clerk of the of the  court of pleas and  [illegible]   for said county do certify that Jacob A. Stevens and Amos Coats
Esqs  whose names appear to the foregoing certificates  [illegible] were  at the dates thereof acting.  Magistrates for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that the signatures thereto purporting to be theirs are genuine and I further certify that Amos Coats, Esq. who made the certificates   [illegible]    to the barrels in an of the most respectable and   intelligent magistrate in the county. 

 In witness wherof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County (seal blocks rest of sentence) at office in Smithfield this 18th day of (seal)
4 December A.D. 1858.  Tom D. Smeed 6th
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Smithfield NC 18 Dec 1858
Sir
Herewith is additional evidence in the case of Rhoda Carrell for pension under at 1838. I find it impossible to prove her age directly as there is no person now living in the sitlement where she formerly lived old enough to prove her age all having either removed or died I have resorted to circumstantial evidence.
It will be seen from the testimony of Brittan Langdon that Rhoda Carrells oldest child whom he married would be sixty six years old in 1859 and in addition Bedie Lassiter adds the statement of Rhoda Carrell to his
[illegible] it  appears from the oath of Bedie Lassiter that Rhoda Carrell states that she as married at the age of 15 and being married in 1792 it would appear that she had stated her age very nearly correct I also have enclosed to show the age of James and David Carrell who they are and who Lazarus Mathews is proofs of this nature can be added to any extent it is hoped that taking
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into consideration the applicants and the certificate of A. Coats Esq who it will be see from the certificate of the County Clerk is one of our most intelligent and respectable magistrates that the testimony submitted herewith will be deemed satisfactory  without any further proof from Alabama and that a certificate for her pension will be issued on the proof now filed
Yours very Respectfully
J. C. Codner

Hon Geo C. Whiting
Commr of Pensions
Washington DC
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[left side of page]

Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO

[right side of page]
Payment to be made at Mobile by
Loyd Bowers Esq

Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of 
Alabama

Payable on the 4th September  and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office, in 
Book H Vol. 1.  Page 418

G. T. Getty, Clerk.
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[illegible]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7th, 1838, 
Rhoda Carrell
widow of James Carrell
who was a private in the Revolutionary War
and died on the sixteenth day of May 1834
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty-three
dollars and thirty- three cents per annum, commencing on the
4th March, 1836, and terminating on the 4th March, 1841, [crossed out- unless the Pensioner married or died before the last mentioned date, in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.]

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this seventeenth day of February 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine.
J. Thompson
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned,
Geo C. whiting
Commissioner of Pensions.

[written diagonally across letter]
Amount due in this certificate per Pension Office [illegible] $166.65/100
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15.

Rhoda Carrell

Feby 2 1848
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Mobile, Ala, 17th March [illegible]
Received of Lloyd Bowers, Agent for paying pensions
six hundred and ninety nine 93/100 dollars being for twenty one years pension due to Rhoda Carrell from the 4th March 1836 to the 4th March 1841 and for the 4th March [illegible] to the 4 March [illegible] and for the 4th March [illegible] to the 4th March [illegible] for which I have signed duplicate receipts.   J. C. Codner Atty for Rhoda Carrell

$699.93
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[left side of page]
Payment to be made at Mobile by
Lloyd Bowers Esq
Agent for Paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of
Alabama

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office in 
Book H. Vol. 1  Page 418

G.T. Getty Clerk


[right side of page]

Illegible
Received from GAO
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
WIDOW'S PENSION  
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3th, 1843, and June 7th 1844, 
 Rhoda Carrell 
widow of James Carrell 
who was a private in the Revolutionary War 
and died on the sixteenth day of May 1834 
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty-three dollars and thirty- three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th March, 1848, [crossed out- unless the Pensioner married or died before the last mentioned date, in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.]  Given at the Department of the Interior, this seventeenth day of February  one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine. J. Thompson Secretary of the Interior  

Examined and Countersigned, 
Geo C. whiting Commissioner of Pensions.  

[written diagonally across letter] Amount due in this certificate per Pension Office [illegible] $166.63/100
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Carrell which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes
II.  Did the declarant  make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes
III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  NO
VI.  Has he given the names of officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. IS the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so , has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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2

XI.   Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  NO
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  Yes
XIV.  If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  yes
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not answered? 5th

Explanatory Notes

Quere V.   In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory , state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making and affidavit in the following words: " Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. A. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For.....year.....months..and days, I served as a .........For.....months and ........days, I served as a ...........; and for such service I claim a pension.
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3 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration in highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. PROOF OF SERVICE. 
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. MODE OF AUTHENTICATING PAPERS. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Rhoda Carrell
widow of James
Alabama  Dale Co.

Married Jany 31, 1792
He died May 16, 1834  }

Act July 7th 1838 and
subsequent acts

Admitted 
At $33.33/100 per annum
from March 4th 1836, excepting two years


Atty
J.C. Codner
Smithfield
Johnson Co.
N. Carolina
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Rhoda Carrell
Alabama

Act July 7, 1838 and July acts

Brief
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Brief in the case of Rhoda Carrell widow of James
Dale County and State of Alabama 
act July 7th 1838 and subsequent acts

Claim, (original, [crossed out- or for increase])
Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
James Carrell was a pensioner on the N.C. rolls act 1832 at #33.33/100 per annum paid to March 4th 1834 and proven to have died May 16th 1834.
Marriage Jany 31st 1792 proved by public record and [illegible]
Widowhood and identity proved by testimony of numerous witnesses.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?


S.G. Dodge
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent
J. C. Codner Esq
Smithfield
N.C.
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Pension Office
Feb 12. 1859

Sir
James Carrell was on N.C.
(Fayetteville) roll at $33.33 under act of
1832. To what date paid due to 
whom and when was arrears paid
Very Respectfully
John Robb
for [illegible]

R.J. Atkinson Esq
Third Audr

3rd Auditor's office
Jly 12, 183[illegible]

In: James Carrell Fayetteville
N.C. Roll, act 1832, appears to 
have been paid to March 4th 1834.
Very Respy
[illegible]

[illegible]
Geo C. Whiting Esq
Commr of Pensions
Dodge
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Washington, D.C.
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Claimant and James and David Carrell swear to death May 16th 1834
Court so certified
James Carrell
12.230
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Sixtieth Congress
John J Jenkins, Wis...Chairman
Richard Wayne Parker, N.J.             Henry S. Caulfield, MO
De Alva S. Alexander, N.Y.                Edwin W. Higgins, Conn
Charles Q. Tirrell MA                        David A. De ARmond, MO
John A. Sterling, ILL                         Henry D. Clayton, Ala
John H. Foster, IND                          Robert L. Henry, Tex
Henry T. Bannon, Ohio                     William G. Brantley, GA
Reuben O. Moon , PA                        Charles C. Reid, Ark. 
Gerrit J. Diekema, Mich                     Edwin Y. Webb, N.C.
George R. Malby, N. Y.
George P. Jenkins, Clerk

Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives  U.S.
Washington, D.C.  March 29 1909

Hon. Vespasian Warner, Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions

Dear Mr. Warner:
Herein I beg to hand you a letter from Mr. William Garner, of Ozark, Alabama, desiring information concerning the Revolutionary War record of one James Carroll, which explains itself.

I have taken this matter up with the Adjutant General of the War Department  and he is unable to supply me with the information, but suggest that, in view of the statement that the widow of James Carroll drew a pension after his death, the records of the Bureau of Pensions might show something of the record of the soldier.

I will thank you to give me whatever information you can and to return the letter of Mr. Garner to me with your reply.

Yours very truly
H. D. Clayton
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[letterheard]
Sixtieth Congress
John J Jenkins, Wis...Chairman
Richard Wayne Parker, N.J.             Henry S. Caulfield, MO
De Alva S. Alexander, N.Y.                Edwin W. Higgins, Conn
Charles Q. Tirrell MA                        David A. De ARmond, MO
John A. Sterling, ILL                         Henry D. Clayton, Ala
John H. Foster, IND                          Robert L. Henry, Tex
Henry T. Bannon, Ohio                     William G. Brantley, GA
Reuben O. Moon , PA                        Charles C. Reid, Ark. 
Gerrit J. Diekema, Mich                     Edwin Y. Webb, N.C.
George R. Malby, N. Y.
George P. Jenkins, Clerk

Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives  U.S.
Washington, D.C. April 3,  1909

Hon. V. Warner, Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions

Dear Mr. Warner:
I thank you very much for your good letter of April 3, 1909, (J.B.B.), in reply to my letter of the 29th ultimo, enclosing one from Mr. William Garner, asking for information concerning James Carroll, who was a Revolutionary soldier.

I note that in the statement given in your letter the name is spelled Carrell.  Should this not be spelled Carroll?  I will thank you to have the records examined again and advise me definitely about this.

With best wishes, I am

Your  truly
H. D. Clayton
Henry D-
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3-871

Record Division 
Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions

Briefed by L.S.C.
Claim No.....................
Certificate No.................
Claimant Pens. 1833.
Soldier James Carrell
Service N.C. Rev.
Additional Service..................
No......claim, State records........, 191
No claim, combination records......, 191

Remarks:
No Adm. or rej pens claim 
of any spelling except
James Carrell W. 6899


6-1944         Chief Division
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Salt Lake City , Utah
Dec 31, 1936

Veterans Administration 
Washington DC

[stamped] 
Received 
Jan 4, 1937
Mail Sub Division Vets Adm
reader #35

Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly send me the pension records of James Carroll (only 1) and Henry Howard , who enlisted in the Revolutionary War probably from Johnston, Wake, Granville, or Orange Counties, North Carolina.

I shall be much obliged for this kindness.
Very truly yours
Eugene Olsen
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January 8, 1937

James Carrell , W.6899
Henry Howard, R.5277
MCS- BaJ

[hand written on top of letter]
see "Remarks" attached to hist. which was returned by the vet Admin Facility in Salt Lake- Eugene Olsen said he did not request the inf.

Eugene Olsen
Salt Lake City
Utah

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of December 31, 1936, requesting the Revolutionary War records of James Carroll and Henry Howard.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 6899, based upon the military service of James Carrell, the only soldier of that name (also searched under Carroll) that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

While living in Cumberland County, North Carolina, he enlisted about seven or eight months before the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown and served for ten months and about ten days as private with the North Carolina troops under Captain Folsom and Colonel Raiford.

He lived in Cumberland County, North Carolina, until about 1792 when he moved to Johnston County, North Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, at which time he was sixty-seven years of age and was living in Johnston County, North Carolina.

James Carrell died May 16, 1834, in Johnston County, North Carolina.

This soldier married about the first of February, 1792, in Johnston County, Rhoda Stevens or Stevenson, and both were residents of that county. The marriage bond was dated January 30, 1792, and the marriage license was obtained by one John Carrell of Johnston County, relationship to the soldier not shown.
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James Carrell's widow, Rhoda was allowed pension on her application executed September 20, 1858, at which time she was eighty years of age and was living in Dale County, Alabama, having moved there about 1836 with her son, James.

The following children of James and Rhoda Carrell were referred to : Margaret, the eldest, was born in the spring of 1793, died about 1836, married Briton Langdon who was born September 7, 1792; John who in December, 1858, was referred to as the eldest son and was then in the sixty-fourth year of his age; James (signed Carroll) moved to Dale County, Alabama, in 1836; David (signed Carrel) moved to Dale County, Alabama, about 1835.

Soldier's brother, William Carrell, was living in Johnston County, North Carolina, in 1832. In 1858 one Cader Carroll acted as witness for the widow, Rhoda, relationship not shown. In 1858 one Jacob A. Stevens was justice of the peace in Johnston County, North Carolina, but it was not shown that he was related to the widow.

There are no further family data.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 5277, based upon the military service of the only Henry Howard who enlisted from North Carolina that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

On January 16, 1847, Eliza Howard, a resident of Caswell County, North Carolina, aged fifty-seven years, applied for pension which might have been due on account of the Revolutionary War service of her husband, Henry Howard, then deceased.

It was alleged that Henry Howard, while living in Granville County, North Carolina served a tour in the North Carolina militia; that he moved to Person County, North Carolina, and again enlisted for a tour in the North Carolina militia but on account of sickness did not complete the tour; that he was in the battle of Guilford Court House at which time he was serving in Colonel Moor's regiment.
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The claim was not allowed as proof that Henry Howard rendered at least six months military service, which was the requirement of the pension law, was not furnished.

Eliza Howard stated she married Henry Howard March 23, 1820 and that he died March 18, 1843.

In 1853 the soldier's children, Alancon Howard and Cary A. Howard were living in Caswell County, North Carolina.

There are no further data relative to the family of Henry Howard.

Very truly yours


A.D. Hiller
Executive assistant to the Administrator
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Hon. Henry D. Clayton,
House of Representatives 

My dear Mr. Clayton:

In reply to your letter dated the 3" and received the 5" instant, relative to James Carrell, W. File No. 6,899, I have the honor to advise your that in his application, the soldier's name was signed by mark James Carrell, and he was so pensioned; his widow's name was also signed by mark Rhoda Carrell, and the name is written "Carrell" in the papers on file excepting where two sons subscribe themselves "David Carrll" and "James Carroll".

Very respectfully,

Commissioner
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April 2, 1909

Hon Henry D Clayton
House of Representatives 

My dear Mr. Clayton:

In reply to your letter dated the 29" and received the 30" ultimo, requesting information for Mr. William Garner of Ozark, Alabama, I have the honor to advise you that James Carrell applied for pension August 29, 1832, at which time he resided in Johnston County, North Carolina and was sixty-seven years of age; he stated that while a resident of Cumberland County, North Carolina he enlisted about seven or eight months before the surrender of Yorktown, and served under Captain Folsom and Colonel Raiford for ten months and about ten days.
His claim was allowed.
Soldier married in Johnston County, North Carolina about February 1, 1792, Rhoda Stevens or Stevenson (their marriage bond was dated January 30, 1792); he died May 16, 1834 in Johnston County, North Carolina, and she was allowed pension (Wid. File No. 6899) on an application executed September 10, 1858 while a resident of Dale County, Alabama, and eighty years of age.
Children mentioned: Margaret, the oldest, married Britton Langdon, John, James and David. In 1853 Elisha and Bedie Lassiter testified in behalf of Rhoda Carrell but did not mention kinship to her.
Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner
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1909 Apl 2. Hist to HOn D D Clayton 
1909 Apl 6. Letter to above concern reg spelling of surname
1910 July 5. Hist to Mrs. Geo. G. Byers
letter in S.39348 Thos Col
1937 Jan 8 hist to Eugene Olsen MCS

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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 6899
Rhoda Carrell
Widow
James Carrell
Privt Rev War

Act March 3d 1843 and 
June 17, 1844

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