Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,994, David Carter, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N. H.
Carter, David
Dorcas
NUMBER
W.15994
CONTENTS
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786
Concord N. Hamp
Dorcas Carter 
widow of David Carter decd
who died on the 1st June 1797
of Merrimack in the State of N. H.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain -- of the --
commanded  by N.H. in the New Hampshire line for 6 1/2 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord  at the rate of 21 Dollars 67 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of Apl
1837 and sent Horace Chase,  Hopkinton N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1837             $130.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept "        10.85
                                                                 140.85
Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3
Recorded by D.D. Addison   Clerk,
Book  [Illegible[  Vol. 1  Page 26
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State of New Hampshire
Merrimack  ss.
On this thirty first day of January in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before me Horace Chase Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for said County of Merrimack Dorcas Carter a resident of Boscawen the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire aged eighty years in the month of March A.D. 1836
who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision ┃
made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836.
That she is the widow of David Carter late of Boscawen aforesaid deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  That after she was married to the said David Carter and had two children, the said David Carter served in two Campaigns in the Revolutionary service one at Winter Hill near Boston and was absent two or three months, the other at Ticonderoga in the State of New York and was absent according to the best of her recollection five or six months; that she has no documentary evidence by which she can prove any
part of the aforesaid service, nor can she recollect the year in which he served, only that he went to Winter Hill soon after that enlisted and marched to Ticonderoga; that she has no means of stating the rank he held in the service of the officers under whom he served except from what she has heard him and others say, that she ever understood that he
served in no other capacity than as a private soldier and that while at Ticonderoga he served in the Com
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pany commanded by Capt. Shepard and that Enoch Gerrish was Lieutenant in the same Company.
That her name, before her intermarriage with the said David Carter was Darcas FitzGerald and that her Brother James FitzGerald enlisted at the same time and went with her husband the said David Carter, to Ticonderoga, was taken sick and died there.
She further declares that she was married to the said David Carter in said Boscawen by George Jackman Esquire, then, and for many years, a Justice of the Peace in said Boscawen
in the fall of the year after she was sixteen years of age, which was in the year 1772, that her husband the said David Carter died in said Boscawen forty years ago the first of next June
and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Darcas Carter
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before
Horace Chase   Judge of Probate
I certify that by reason of old age and infirmity of the said Darcas Carter the aforesaid declaration was taken out of Court.
Horace Chase Judge of Probate
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I, James Uvan of Boscawen in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy eight years, on oath testify and say that I was a soldier in the company of Militia commanded by Captain Shepard, Enoch Gerrish was our Lieutenant, in the revolutionary war.  I went with said company to Ticonderoga and I served as a private soldier in said Company five months, I think we
stated in July and served into the next winter I was not far from twenty one years
old at that time.  David Carter of Boscawen was a private soldier in the same company and served the same length of time viz five months, we were together all the time and in the same comp David Carter was a married man and had children before he went into the service, he married my cousin Darcas Fitzgerald who is
now living about seven miles from me.  David Carter died on or about forty years ago, and his widow Darcas has never since been married to my knowledge.
James Uvan (Signature)
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. Boscawen January 13th 1837.
Then the above named James Uvan personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me Zach G Whitman  Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that James Uvan  the above Deponent is a person who sustains a good character for truth and veracity
Zach. G. Whitman Justice of the Peace
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I, Daniel Carter of Boscawen in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy seven years the nineteenth day of December now last past, testify and say that I well remember when I was quite a young man of the news coming up here that the British were coming up into this Country and had got
as far as Sandown, this was after the battle of Bunker hill, the news [Illegible] great alarm and many of our people turned out with their guns and accoutrements and started for Cambridge, among them I remember well my uncle David Carter of Boscawen was one who mustered and started for Cambridge, how long he was gone I cannot precisely say - My Uncles starting off [Illegible] in my mind young as I was a desire to go to the war and soon after wards I did.  - David Carter was a married man before this, his wife's name was Darcas Fitzgerald.  It runs in my mind that said David Carter after this went as a private soldier under Capt. Peter Kimball of this town to some part of Vermont, Peacham or Danville to guard a Blockhouse for two or three months
but of this I am not positive, and I would not wish to swear to any thing but what I am
sure of.  After this he listed into the company commanded by Capt. Shepard, and Enoch
Gerrish even one Lieutenant and Samuel Davis was another.  David Carter went with
said Company as a private soldier for five months and served his time out, James Uvan 
of this town went with David also. David Carter died nearly forty years ago and Darcas still remains his widow.
Daniel Carter (Signature)

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. Boscawen January 13th 1837.
Then the above named Daniel Carter personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me Zach. G. Whitman Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Daniel Carter the above Deponent is a person who sustains a good character for truth and veracity.
Zach. G. Whitman Justice of the Peace
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I, Samuel Haines, of Canterbury in the County of Merrimack and State of New
Hampshire, aged ninety years, on oath do testify and say, that I was orderly sergeant in
part of the time to the Company under the command of Capt. Shepard, Lt Enoch Gerrish
was a Lieutenant in the same company and also one Davis, we were five months men and
went to Ticonderoga.  I served in said Company during the whole of said five months.  I recollect one Carter, but his Christian name I am not now able to recollect, who belonged to
Boscawen and was then brother in law to James Gerals or  Fitz Gerald, which said Carter
was out with me during the whole of the five months service in the revolutionary army
at Ticonderoga.  James Gerals and was taken sick and died at Ticonderoga and I remember before he died he wished Carter to carry him home and offered him  one of his white oxen he had at home, if he would carry him home as aforesaid.  his house but the next day Gould died. Previous to my
going to Ticonderoga as a five months man as aforesaid.  I served at Cambridge, Winter
Hill seven months, immediately after the battle of Bunker hill, we were warned to meet
immediately and went down said I moved till in the winter, making seven months, the same
Carter was down at Winter Hill in the winter campaign and served there as a private
soldier as much as two months, but whether his name was David or not I cannot now
recollect for I cannot now recollect for I have not seen him for as much as forty five years or more.
Samuel Hines (Signature)
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack  ss. Canterbury January 27th 1837.
Then the above named Samuel Haines personally appeared and made
solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me Zach G. Whitman Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Samuel Haines the above Deponent is a person who sustains
a good character for truth and veracity.
Zach G. Whitman Justice of the Peace
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I, Hezekiah Fellows of Boscawen in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, Esquire, on oath testify and say, that
I am the Town Clerk of the said Town of Boscawen, duly and legally chosen and qualified as set for the current year ending the second Thursday Sunday of March AD 1837. That I have examined the Records
of said Town and that the following are true and accurate as certified by me
Hezh Fellows
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of Boscawen, held at said Boscawen April 25th 1777.
Voted, that George Jackman, Capt. Peter Kimball, Deacon Jesse Flanders, Mr. John Elliott, Lieut. Enoch Gerrish, Mr. John Flanders, Mr. Samuel Murry, Capt. Samuel Atkinson, and Deacon Isaac Pearson, be a committee to enquire into the State of the service already done in the war, and make a just and equitable estimation of each time that has been done, and make report at the adjournment of this meeting.
A true copy of record. Attest Hezh Fellows Town Clerk
At a meeting held by adjournment on the last Monday in May current 1777.
Voted to accept the report of the Committee chosen to settle and make a just estimation of the service done in the War as the same is laid before the meeting.
We the subscriber, a committee chosen by the town of Boscawen, at a meeting held April 25th 1777, to enquire into the State of the service done already in the War, and make a just estimation of service done in each Campaign, have agreed to report, and do report that the following campaign, be estimated in the following manner, viz.
2d  That the men who served in the Continental Army at Ticonderoga and in the Borders of Canada be allowed twelve shillings each per month.
5th  That the men who served in the Winter at Cambridge be allowed three shillings per
month, each man, and the men who served at Coos be allowed three shillings per month
7th  That the following sum set against each mans name in the following List is the 
proportion of service done as estimated by said Committee.
Voted that the foregoing plan be accepted without amendment, and ordered to be recorded.
George Jackman, Town Clerk
A true copy of Record. Attest. Hezh Fellows Town Clerk 
The following is a List of men who have already served in the following Campaigns. 
Cambridge Winter campaign.
Nicholas Elliot   Two months- six shillings
Moses Burbank Junr  Two months- six shillings
Benjamin Webster  Two months- six shillings
David Carter  Two months- six shillings
Ticonderoga Campaign
Lt. Enoch Gerrish  in commission four and an half months.   Eleven shillings
Thomas Corser   four and an half months. Eleven shillings
David Carter   four and an half months. Eleven shillings
(also twenty other persons)
The above are true extract from the Records of Boscawen
Attest. Hezh Fellows Town Clerk
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I, Rachel Morse of Boscawen in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, aged about seventy eight years, on oath do certify and say that I am two years younger then my sister Dorcas who married David Carter of Boscawen when she was about sixteen years old.  They were married by George Jackman Esquire then a Justice of the Peace in our town, there being then no minister of the Gospel here.  I was present at the marriage I went
home with them and Esquire Jackman also part of the way.  It was in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy two.  My sister Dorcas had one child by her husband David Carter which died in infant, she then had another child Thomas Carter now living in Boscawen.  Both these children were born before he listed into the service in the Revolutionary war.  David Carter my sisters
husband died nearly forty years ago, and my sister Dorcas has ever since remained
and now remains his widow, and lives about three miles from me.  After David returned from the service they lived together and had three more children.
David Carter aforesaid was absent from home in the service several months, but how long I cannot say.  My brother James went at the same time David Carter did and he was taken sick and died in the service.  I wrote letters to David Carter while he was gone, I think to Canada, and received answers which are lost now, containing news of the death of them who went from these parts.
Rachel (X her mark) Morse
Witness 
Elijah Blaisdell
Zach. G. Whitman

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. Boscawen December 30th 1836
Then the above named Rachel Morse personally appeared and made solemn oath that the Deposition aforesaid by her subscribed is true.
Before me
Zach. G. Whitman Justice of the Peace 
I hereby certify that Rachel Morse, the above Deponent is a person who sustains a good character for truth and veracity.
Zach G. Whitman Justice of the Peace
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Rev. WIDOW, &c.
File No.  15994
Dorcas Carter
Wid of David Carter
Priv. Rev War
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Act July 4th '/35
Index: Vol. A, Page 119
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Cap.t James Shepard
2" Lt. Enoch Gerrish
N. H. Militia
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1250
Dora Carter
NH
Allow pri  6 1/2 month,
$21.66 per annm, no deduction, N H Militia
Horace Chase Esq
Hopkinton, NH
13082
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State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County
The subscriber Register of the Court
of Probate for said County of Merrimack, hereby certifies and attests that Horace Chase, Esquire, is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Merrimack, that full faith and confidence may and ought to be given to his acts as such, and that his signature to the
declaration of Dorcas Caster hereto annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court this third day of February
in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
thirty seven.
H.B. Chase
Register of the Court of Probate for the City of
Merrimack.
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's office Jany 28 1837
I certify that the within
named Zachariah G. Whitman is a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County of Merrimack
and his signature genuine.  He has been
duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereto
set the seal of the State
Ralph Metcalf   Secy State