Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,679, Richard Carver, Va.
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SERVICE
Va

CARVER, RICHARD

NUMBER
S. 21,679

CONTENTS
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12.637
South Carolina

Richard Carver
of Pickins in the State of South Car [text in margin missing]
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Late of the Regt commanded
by Col. Buford in the Virginia
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of May '33
and sent Col. J. Grisham
Falls P.O. Pickens Dist. S.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 ------ 40
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept.---10
-----------------------------------------$50

  Revolutionary Claim,
⎨Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 64
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Richard Carver
23747

Send answer to Post Office
Falls, Pickens District S. C.
Care Col. Joseph Grisham
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State of South Carolina
Pickens District S.S
March Term 1833
On this twelfth day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally
appeared in open court before the Hon Josiah J. Evans
in the Court of General Sessions & common pleas now sitting for
the District aforesaid- Richard Carver a resident of
Pickens District in the State aforesaid aged sixty nine 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 states. He substituted & took the place of James Carver who
was drafted under Capt. Nathaniel Tate of Bedford County Virginia
and served under Col. Buford - He was marched into North Carolina
first to Hillsboro then to Haw & Deep Rivers pursuing the American
Army but was unable to join them until they got to Hillsboro
he was out three months tour to he does not recollect the exact
time but he was discharged some time after Gates defeat in 1780.
He afterwards in 1781 volunteered under Capt Saml Ewen of Col. Joseph
Martins Regt of Washington County Virginia & was after the Cherokee
Indians, and guarded Christians [illegible] Station in Powells Valley
He was in some skirmishes with the Indian under Col Martin
He served out the term of three months was dismissed in the
wilderness & the col was to meet at the station and give a
discharge, but he never came to the Station - This declarant
has no documentary evidence of his services. He has a friend
who can prove that he was in the service & did the first tour
of duty - he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure
who can further testify to his services _ This declarant was born
in Albermarle County in Virginia at twelve years of age
be came to Bedford County where he lived at the time he
entered the service _ he moved to Spartanburg about 1792
he lived there upwards of 20 years he then moved into Pendleton
District where he has lived ever since and since the division
he has lived in Pickens District - 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
Richard Carver
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
the day & year aforesaid
William L Keith C.C.
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We, Benj. D. DuPure a Clergyman, residing in the District of Picking & state of South Carolina, and Col. J. C. Kilpatrick residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Richard Carver, who has subscribed & sworn to the within declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine 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. Benjamin D. Dupre
William L. Keith C.C. J C Kilpatrick

Pickens District. Joseph Carver appeared & made Oath that he took a horse & carried the above named Richard Carver to the Army in Bedford County Va. where he was taken as a Substitute & this deponent does verily swear to 12. March 1833
Before} James Carver x his mark

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 Benj D Dupre who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the District & state as above stated, and that J C Kilpatrick who has also signed the same is  a resident in the same, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
Josiah J Evans
12 March 1833 Presiding Judge
I, William P. Keith, Clerk of the Court of Pickens District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Caver for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twelfth day of March 1833.
William L. Keith
Clerk of the Court
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23747
Richard Carver
Pickens District
South Carolina

Admit as private for
6 months $20.00

Col. Joseph Grimshaw
Falls P. Office
Pickens S.C.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Richard Carvers Pickens

Period when service was rendered.
substitute
for James Carver
who was
Drafted 1780

Volunteer
1781

Duration of the claimant's service.
3 Months.
3 Months.
Rank of the claimant.
private

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Capt Tate
Col. Buford

Capt Sam Ewen
Col. Joseph Martin
against Indians

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
69
Bedford
County
Virginia

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
tradition-- one of the
traditioners proves
he saw the applicant
in service the first
tour

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[See original doc. 8]
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[See original doc. 9]

Z G Bradford
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Revolution

21679
INVALID.

File No. 21, 679
Rcihard Carver
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 61

[Arrangement of 1870.]