Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2420, Cornelius Carmack, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Carmack, Cornelius

NUMBER
S.2420

See file R-6394, Henry Livingston for birth record

carded

CONTENTS
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7689
West Tennessee
Cornelius Carmack of Overton Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Shelby of the regt. commanded by Col Christian in the Virginia line for 12 months from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee [at] the rate of 40 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, [to] commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1833 and sent to William Gore Monroe Ten

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $80. -
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33. 20.-
$100-

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 76

d. July 28 - 1848  a B-
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed Jule 7th 1832

State of Tennessee Overton County}

On this 30 day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the court of pleas and quarter sessions now setting Cornelius Carmack Sen.r a resident in the said County of Overton and State of Tennessee aged Seventy three ^73 the 8th day of January 1832, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832_ That he entered the Service of the United States as a volunteer in the Summer of 1776 which was harvest time that he went out of the harvest field  but does not remember the particular day or month but believes it was the month of June 1776_ he volunteered under Captain James       Shelby. he marched to the mouth of Wataga, where he remained several days three companies met there Shelbys Thompsons & Edmondsons. he marched from there in the night occasioned by an express to Amos Eatons where he found Captain Buckhanans company of which Company Evan ShebyJr was Lieutenant_ next morning these Companies with the company of Captian Cocke marched to the Island flats where he met the Indians and where they had an engagement with the
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Indians thirteen Indians were killed and scalped.  the whites were four men wounded and one man being the day before wounded made the five men as stated in the history of Tennessee.  from that place he marched back to Eatons( from the battle ground) where he continued some time, several weeks from there he marched to Shelbys fort:  where he continued until Cristys campaign started to the Cherokee nation.  he went that campaign & was in no engagement with the Indians the Indians having left the country or cleared out so that they could not find them.  from Cristys Campaign they were marched back to the long Island in Holston River where he was stationed that winter.  during the winter some of the head Indians came in and a treaty was made between the Indians and whites.  the whole campaign was served under Captain James Shelby.  there were no regular officers in company at any time during his tour Colonel Christy was their Colonl his given name he does not remember.  Evar Shelby Seigner was Major he was discharged in the spring of 1777 he does not remember the time.  he has no discharge nor does he remember that he ever had one, and is confident that he served at least nine months.  at the time he entered the service he lived in what was then Montgomery County Virginia and is now Washington County Virginia.  He was again in the service-he was
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drafted about the middle of August 1778 still residing at the same place, then Washington County as he believes.  he entered the service under Captain George Adams.  George Maxfield Lieutenant and John Long Ensign Daniel Smith Major  there were three companies Captain Snoddy Captain Hays (as he thinks) Adam's Company marchd to the north fork of Clinch where his company joined Snoddy and Hayss's Companys.  Reese Bourn was a Lieutenant in one of the companies he believes Snoddy's company.  Bourn was afterwards killed at Kings mountain Battle.  from the north fork of Clinch the above three companies under the Command of Major Daniel Smith marched to Logans fort in (now) the state of Kentucky.  Lincoln County  he stayed there some little time & from there they marched to Harrods bay fort where the men stayed untill their times was out  he went out to guard the country as they marched out they met Danl. Boon at Rock Castle that informed them that his fort had been attacked by the British and indians  the campaign was for three months which he served out.  he has no discharge that he knows or nor does he know that any such given to the soldiers nothing remarkable occured on this campaign
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He believes the time of his birth as stated to be the correct time from the circumstance of its being so recorded in his Fathers bibel now in the possession of Henry Livingston, his brother in law & which shows he was born on the 8th January 1759.  he was born in Frederick County State of Maryland.  The record as stated is in the possession of Henry Livingston who lives in Overton County Tennessee.  he was living as stated in Virginia at the time of his service  he moved 1801 from that to the neighbourhood of where he now lives where he has resided ever since.  he lived at the same place until he moved to the State of Tennessee.  he believes he can prove a part of his services by Henry Livingston of Overton County.  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 or Territory.
Cornelius Carmack
x
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
William Gore clerk
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No 23852
Cornelius Carmack
Tenn.

from 1776 private
12 months
$40


William Gore
Monroe
Tenn.
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Cornelius Carmack
Declaration
23852
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The applicant makes the following answers to the interrogatories prescribed by the war department
1st I was born in Frederic County State of Maryland and as appears from inspection of an old family bible (as before stated) on the 8th day of January 1759
2  The record of my age is in the possession of Henry Livingston who married my sister in the County of Overton
3  When I entered the service I was living in Montgomery County Virginia, lived there until the close of the war & then moved to Tennessee near to where I now live & have lived in the same neighbourhood ever since
4  I entered the service as a volunteer  Second tour I was drafted.
5  As to the officers and regiments and general circumstances of my service I can say no more than I have already stated in my declaration
6th  I never recieved any discharge as I recollect
7th I am well know to Allen McDonnald Joseph Bates Col Joseph C Armstrong George Christian Esq. who can testify as to my character for veracity & my reputation as a soldier of the revolution
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We Allen McDonnald Paul Chapel resident citizens of Overton County State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Cornelius Carmack Seigner who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age or at least we can say he is a very old man That he is reputed to be a man of unimpeachable veracity and is further reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion
Allen McDonnald
Paul Chapel
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 30th day of October 1832
William Gore Clerk

This day Henry Livingston aged sixty eight years last March, personally appeared in open Court and made oath that he marrid the sister of Cornelius Carmack the applicant, his age is recorded in his bible, which he got with his wife.  it appears he was born 8th January 1759.  He states that he knows that Cornelius Carmack the applicant was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war.  It is know to him that he Carmack went out in what was called Christy's campaign and that he Carmack went out another campaign under command of George Adams to what is now Kentucky.  Did not serve with him but is satisfied he served as he states
Henry Livingston
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court October 30th 1830
William Gore Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories proscribed 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 Allen McDonnald & Paul Chapel who have signed the foregoing certificate are resident citizens of the county of Overton and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit, and it further appeared to the court that the clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of the applicant is unable to attend from bad health.
Patrick Pool JP
Willie B Miller JP
Wm Dale JP

State of Tennessee
Overton County
I William Gore clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Cornelius Carmack for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at office the 13th day of December 1832
William Gore Clerk
[SEAL]
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March 15, 1932
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. S.C. Carmack
Columbia
Tennessee

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Cornelius Carmack, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2429, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Cornelius Carmack.

He was born January 8, 1759 in Frederick County, Maryland.

He enlisted, while a resident of Montgomery (which was later Washington) County, Virginia, and served as a private with the Virginia troops, as follows-
From the summer of 1776 until the spring of 1777 in Captain James Shelby's company in Colonel Christy's regiment, was in an engagement with the Indians at Island Flats, and went with the Christy Campaign to the Cherokee Nation;  from sometime in August 1778, three months in Captain George Adams' company under Major Daniel Smith, and was out to guard the country against the Indians at Logans Fort and Harrodsburg.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 30, 1832, then a resident of Overton County, Tennessee.

He died July 28, 1848.  A.B

It is not stated whether soldier was married.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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2420
Rev War

Invalid
File No. 2420
Cornelius Carmack
Privt Rev War
Act:  June 7 1832
Index: Vol. A, Page 56
Arrangement of 1870

1928 May 16 Hist to JR Carmack AWF
1928 Nov 14 Wiley M Pickes fur hist ADY
1929 Jan 19 Hist to Mrs. F.J. Hubbard ADY
see letter in William Carmack S.9139
1932 Mch 15 Hist to Mrs. S.C. Carmack AWF
1932 Mch 30 Mrs. S.C. Carmack  adv. only AWF
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Monroe Ten
13th Jany 33
Free

The Hon Lewis Cass
Washington City
D.C.

Tennessee

Ten 23851
53
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Monroe  13th Jany 1833
The Hon Lewis Cass

Sir
Enclosed you will find two discharges which [obscured]
filed he requests me to forward them to you to corroborate his statement
Yours respectfully
Wm Gore


no discharges in this claim when written up by me
May 16 1928  AWF
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Troop "E" 109th Cavalry
Lincolnton, N.C.

Feb. 13, 1928.

Mr. Winfield Scott, Com.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
I should like to inquire of you if there is a record of the service of Cornelius Carmack in the pension bureau given during the Revolutionary War.
He fought at the battle of Kings Mountain and evidently came from territory now Tennessee.  I have no dates on him.  His wife was named Mary.  Whether she was living when he would have received a pension, I do not know.
I shall appreciate any information you may have about him.
Very truly yours,
Wiley M. Pickens

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
A
Feb 14 1928
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Hilham, Tennessee, August 8, 1927

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I desire to ascertain whether my great-great grandfather, Cornelius Carmack, was a pensioner for service in the Revolutionary War.  It is said that he was.
He was a citizen of Washington County Virginia until late in life.  He came to Overton County Tenn. and died in 1824, aged 92.
Please send me whatever record you may have of him and his family.  It is very important that I may obtain some information of him and his immediate descendents.
Very respectfully,
J.R. Carmack
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[STAMP]
Received
Mar 28 1932
[illegible] section
Pension Files Sub-Division

[STAMP]
Received 
Mar 28, 1932
Mail Sub-Div.
Reader 18
Vets. Adm.

Colimbia, Tenn.
Mar 22nd. 1932

Veterans Bureau
Washington, D.C.

BA-AWF

Dear Sirs,
Your reply to my inquiry concerning Cornelius Carmack is full and is certainly appreciated.  Not at the risk of being a little tedious, I am going to ask if there is any reference there to any other Cornelius Carmack.  This Cornelius, whose record you sent me is the son of the original Cornelius.  We have the family history written by his grand son, Cornelius, in which he says that his grandfather, Cornelius, lived in Maryland during the Revolutionary War, in which he was a soldier, and afterwards moved to Va. stayed there until his children all married and left him, when he removed to Overton County, Tenn and lived with his oldest son, Cornelius, and died there in 1824, at the age of 92.  So this is his son Cornelius, of whom you wrote me.  They evidently left Md. before, or during the war, as Cornelius Jr. entered from Montgomery Co. Va.  My daughters are descended from the original Cornelius, through Joseph, a brother of the Cornelius of whom you wrote as drawing the pension.  Now is there any mention there of the elder Cornelius, or of Joseph, his son.  The original Cornelius was born in 1732, and of course could have been in the war, but I have not been able to find it.  They lived in Frederick County Md. before moving to Va.

Cornelius-1732-1824
his son
Joseph 1768-1798
his son
Cornelius 1797-1851
his son
Francis M 1832-1861
his sons
Sam Cornelius 1856-1925 and
Edward Ward Carmack 1858-1908
Thanking you,
Mrs. S.C. Carmack
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Great Southern Life Insurance Company
E.P. Greenwood, President
Houston, Texas

Mrs. Annie F. Carmack Representative

Columbia, Tennessee
Feb. 15th 1932

Veterans Administration Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
I have been trying to get the Revolutionary War record of Cornelius Carmack.  He drew a pension, and died in Overton County, Tenn.  The family history says he died in 1824, and in Trotwood Moore's history of Tennessee, I see that he was drawing a pension from that County.  I gather from the family history that he was living in Md. during the Revolutionary War.  I have written there, but no record seems to be available there.  I would appreciate it if you will look this up for me.
Very Respectfully
Mrs. S.C. Carmack
I suppose his age will be given on his application, which I would be glad to have.

[STAMP]
Received Feb 18 1932
[illegible] Section
Pension Files Sub-Division
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March 30, 1932
AW
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. S.C. Carmack
Columbia
Tennessee

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of March 22, 1932 requestion information in regard to Cornelius Carmack, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
You were furnished, March 15, 1932, the record of Cornelius Carmack, S. 2420, which is the record of the only soldier of that name found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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A.D.Y

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

January 19, 1929.

Mrs. F.J. Hubbard
502 North Street,
Jackson, Mississippi

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2420, it appears that Cornelius Carmack was born January 8, 1759 in Frederick County, Maryland.
While a resident of Montgomery County (which was later Washington County), Virginia, he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia Troops, as follows:
From the summer of 1776 until the spring of 1777 in Captain James Shelby's Company, Colonel Christy's Regiment, was in an engagement with the Indians at Island Flats, and went with the Christy Campaign to the Cherokee Nation;  and from August 1778, three months in Captain George Adams' Company under Major Daniel Smith, and was out to guard the country against the Indians, was at Logans Fort and Harrodsburg.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 30, 1832, while residing in Overton County,
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Tennessee.
Henry Livingston married a sister of the soldier, and was living in Overton County, Tennessee in 1832, her name is not given.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
Owing to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each person.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott,
Commissioner.
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

May 16, 1928
J.R. Carmack
Hilham
Tennessee
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2420, it appears that Cornelius Carmack was born January 8, 1759 in Frederick County, Maryland.
While a resident of Montgomery County (which was later Washington County), Virginia, he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia Troops, as follows-
From the summer of 1776 until the spring of 1777 in Captain James Shelby's Company, Colonel Christy's Regiment, was in an engagement with the Indians at Island Flats, and went with the Christy Campaign to the Cherokee Nation; and from August 1778, three months in Captain George Adams' Company under Major Daniel Smith, and was out to guard the country against the Indians, was at Logans Fort and Harrodsburg.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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October 30, 1832, while residing in Overton County, Tennessee.
Henry Livingston married a sister of the soldier, and was living in Overton County, Tennessee in 1832, her name is not given.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
A.D.Y.

November 14, 1928.

Wiley M. Pickens,
Troop E 109" Cavalry
Lincolnton, North Carolina

Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2420, it appears that Cornelius Carmack was born January 8, 1759 in Frederick County, Maryland.

While a resident of Montgomery County (which was later Washington County), Virginia, he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia Troops, as follows:
From the summer of 1776 until the spring of 1777 in Captain James Shelby's Company, Colonel Christy's Regiment, was in an engagement with the Indians at Island Flats, and went with the Christy Campaign to the Cherokee Nation; and from August 1778, three months in Captain George Adams' Company under Major Daniel Smith, and was out to guard the country against the Indians, was at Logans Fort and Harrodsburg.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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October 30, 1832, while residing in Overton County, Tennessee.
Henry Livingston married a sister of the soldier, and was living in Overton County, Tennessee in 1832, her name is not given.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
This is the history of the only soldier named Cornelius Carmack found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott,
Commissioner.