Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12410, Jacob Carr, Continental. N.H.
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SERVICE  Continental  N.H.

Carr, Jacob

NUMBER  S.12,410

carded
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10,906
New Hampshire
Jacob Carr
of Hillsborough in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Stark in the N H line for 20 mos 11 days 

Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 67 Dollars 87 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of May 1833 and sent Chas. F. Gove  Goffstown N.H.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 - - - - - $135.74
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 - - 33.93
[total] $169.67

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk
Book E,  Vol.1,  Page 76

[right side of page]
see lets. to 3d audr. & Jesse Carr, May 22d 1840 -
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to 29 Dec. 1836 the day of his death.  Agent Notification 14 June 1840
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
Sate of New Hampshire,
County of Hillsborough } ss.
On this twenty seventh day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hillsborough now sitting, at Amherst, Jacob Carr a resident of Weare in the County of Hillsborough and State of N. H. aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated -- July A.D. 1775 he resided at Dunbarton now in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire & then & there enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States in the company commanded by Captain John Parker then of Litchfield in the County of Hillsborough in said State & thinks Asa Patter was Lieutenant and one Thornton Ensign -- & a few days after was mustered into the service at Goffstown in the County of Hillsborough [illegible] in the August following marched with said Company through Concord N. H. Plymouth, & Haverhill.  Thence [illegible]   Onion River & to Burlington Bay on Lake Champlain, where we joined Colonel Beedles Regiment sometime in the last of September or first of October & thence marched to Isle-aux-noix, a few miles from St Johns.  At this place the army was under the command of General Mongomery-- was sent with two others, by Colonel Warner, as spies to discover if possible the strength a small fort called Longale. while in the House of a Frenchman eating some bread & milk two British officers came up and we were concealed by the Frenchman --  From their conversation we learned that the force at the fort was small, which was reported to Col. Warner, who attacked & captured the fort the next day-- Soon after fort Chamblin was taken - was with Colonel Warner in a detachment which he concealed in the bushes in the bank of the River & fired  upon the enemy while attempting to cross in boats from Montreal, and drove them back. St. Johns was besieged and taken, soon after which he was discharged and returned home in the latter part of November.
A few days after, he enlisted into the service of the United States again into the company commanded by Joshua Morton of said Goffstown, and marched to Winter Hill in Charleston Mass. & Joined Colonel John Starks Regiment Thomas Poor of Andover Me. Lieutenant Colonel, and remained there till the first of January 1776 and then enlisted again into the service for one year in the company commanded by Captain Amos Morril from Epsom N.H.  Michael McClary Lieutenant & on or about the 20th of March following marched under the command of General Sullivan to New London Conn. - thence to New York, & remained there one month, thence up North River to Albany [illegible] to Lake George, Lake Champlain Isle-aux-noix, St. Johns & Sorrel River, and then returned to [illegible] opposite Ticonderoga, where the army had the small pox. Thence down to Albany and down the river, then to the forks of the Delaware - thence near to Philadelphia, thence to Trenton N.J. where the Hessions were taken on Christmas morning-- at the expiration of my term I was persuaded to stay six weeks longer but stayed eight weeks before I could be dismissed-- on the 2d or third day of January marched in the night under General Washington towards Princeton, when about sunrise we met the British & beat them-- After this Battle marched to Morristown and remained there till about the last days of February when he left & got home in March.
Was born in Salisbury in the County of Essex Massachusetts December 12th A.D.1774 [should be 1754] had the Record from town Book, has lived in Weare aforesaid since the Revolution.  He  volunteered into the service, never any discharge.
There is no clergyman in town who is settled there.
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 the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the Twenty Seventh day of August A.D. 1832
[signed] Edmund Parker Judge of Probate- 
Jacob Carr X his mark

We, Jonathan Worthley residing in Weare aforesaid and Jonathan Bell residing in Goffstown hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Carr, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] Jonathan Worthley [and] Jonathan Bell
Sworn to and subscribed, the 27th day of August A.D. 1832
[signed] Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate

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 certifies, that it appears to them that Jonathan Worthley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Weare and that Jonathan Bell, who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Goffstown and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate

I, Charles H. Atherton Register of the Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original  proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jacob Carr for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 27th day of August AD. 1832
[signed]  C. H Atherton Regr
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State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ss.
At the Court aforesaid, on the application aforesaid the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Jacob Carr and the following answers given to wit

1st. Where & in what year were you born? Answer. I was born at Salisbury Massachusetts December 12th A.D. 1754

2. Have you any record of your age, & where is it? Ans. I have the certificate of the Town Clerk of said Salisbury & copy of the Town Record.

3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live?  Answer - I lived in Dunbarton when called into the service, have lived since in Weare where I now live-

4. How were you called into service? Answer Volunteered

5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your service  Answer - General Montgomery, Colonel Ethen Allen, Colonel Beedle, Colonel Warner & those named in my declaration

6. Did you ever receive a discharged from the service, & if so by whom given, & what has become of it?  Answer-- No. I never received any-

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as solder of the Revolution?  Answer - Thomas Raymond & Jeremiah P. Raymond
Attest  [signed] C H. Atherton Regr

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. On this Tenth day of December Anno Domini 1832. Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hillsborough, Jacob Carr within named, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he can not 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 four months and fifteen days as a soldier in Captain Parkers Company
For Two months as a soldier in Captain Joshua Martins Company
For one year and eight weeks as a soldier in Captain Amos Morrils Company
[signed] Chas F. Gove  Justice of the Peace

[along edge of lower right corner]  No. 30.  7469
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7469
Jacob Carr
NH
Pri[vate] 1 year t8 mos. 11 days
$67.87.

Has not mentioned with precision the length
of his serve
Nov 13 1832
Return 30 March 1833 for proof of same

Charles F. Gore Esqr
Goffstown
N H
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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Carr 
of Hillsborough County in the State of New Hampshire 
(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 injury? [blank] 

3. How old is he? 77 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
In 1775 - 4 months, 15 days - private, -Cap John Parker
[75] - 2  Months - [private] - Col John Stark
76 - 1 year, 1 month, 26 days - [private] - Cap Amos Morrill
77 - [crossed out[ - [private] - [Cap Amos Morrill ]

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Fort Chamblee, Montreal, Trenton, Princeton

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Dunbarton, Merrimack County

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, how?  Defective, time not defined

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
[signed] J H McBlair Examining Clerk.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
June 6th 1840
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the children of Jacob Carr, dec'd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord N.H. Agency, at the rate of Sixty Seven Dollars and 87 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1836 to the 29th Decr 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Rev War
12,410
INVALID.
File No. 12,410
Jacob Carr
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 61
[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870.
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The Rolls of service of the Militia & State troops
of New Hampshire have been examined and the
name of Mr Carr does not appear there.  He [needs?] therefore prove his service by at least one credible Witness.
Pension office
March 30 18[32?]
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office Dec 11. 1832
The within named Charles F. Gove is a Justice of the Peace for our County of Hillsborough duly constituted and sworn and his signature as such genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereto set the Seal of the State.
[signed] Ralph Metcalf Secretary
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I Jonathan Worthley of Keene in the County of Hillsborough  and State of Newhampshire Depose and say, that I am 82 years of age, that in the year 1775 I served as a soldier in the army of the revolution, that in the fore part of July 1775 I enlisted under Capt John Parker of Litchfield, that in the month of September following I marched with the company to Canada on the way we joined Colonel Bedells  Regt. and at [Ish. aux. nox?] we joined General Montgomerys army[.]  I was at the taking of Fort St. Johns and several other places in Canada.  That in the forepart of December I was dismissed and returned home.
That at the time I served as a soldier as aforesaid, I was well acquainted with Jacob Carr then of Dunbarton, but now of Weare, that in the month of July 1775 he the said Jacob Car enlisted in the same company with me, we passed muster in Goffstown at the same time, and we marched to Canada together, he remained in the service there, till about the time of the surrender of Fort St. Johns when he left, and I have always understood soon after entered the service again, as he was absent when I got home, and did not return till in the spring of 1777 when he took up his residence in Weare and has remained there ever since
[signed] Jonathan Worthley

Hillsborough ss   April 10, 1833. Then the above named Jonathan Worthley made solemn oath that the above deposition by him signed is according to the best of his recollection just and true Before me
[signed]  Jesse Carr Justice of Peace
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I certify that Jonathan Worthley who signed the foregoing Deposition and gave oath to the same is a man of good moral character and entitled to full credit
[signed] Jesse Carr Justice of Peace

I Samuel Eastman of Weare, County of Hillsbrough and State of Newhampshire Depose and say, that I am 86 years of age, that in the year 1776 I served as a soldier in the army of the revolution, that in the month of July of that year I was drafted under Lt Timothy Worthley of Weare, & soon after I marched to Mount Independence near Lake George or Lake Champlain where I was stationed for four months at that place we joined Capt Joseph Dearborns company and Col Wymans Regt. I remained in the service there till the latter part of November following when I returned home to Weare.
That at the time I served as a soldier, as aforesaid, I was well acquainted with Jacob Carr now of Weare, he was a soldier in Col. John Starks Regt and stationed near where I was, as the army was engaged in building a Fort on Mount Independence [.] said Carr and I were often together on fateage [fatigue] and frequently on guard together[.]  when I first saw him at the above place it was a few days after I got there.  I was going down to the Lake when the old Regts. were cleansing for the small pox[.]  said Jacob Carrs appearance was most miserable having just recovered from the small Pox, he told me he had just been cleansing and there was no danger of taking it, I therefore consented to talk with him.  I was acquainted with him before he went into the service was well acquainted with him while there, and have been well acquainted with him ever since, I left him in the service-
[signed] Samuel Eastman

Hillsborough ss.  April 10, 1833 then the above named [end of page]
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Samuel Eastman made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him signed is according to the best recollection Just and true before me - 
[signed]  Jesse Carr Justice of Peace

I certify that Samuel Eastman who signed the foregoing Deposition and gave oath to the same is a man of good moral character and entitled to full credit -
[signed]  Jesse Carr Justice of Peace

Secretary's Office
Concord N.H. April 12. 1833
I certify that Jesse Carr, whose name, in his own sign manual, is prefixed to the foregoing instrument, is a Justice of the Peace in and for our County of Hillsborough, duly constituted and sworn.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set the seal of the State, the day and year aforesaid.
[signed]  Joseph Robinson  Dep. Secy.of State