Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,428, James Carothers, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE N.C.

Carothers, James



NUMBER
S. 10.428

CONTENTS
carded
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7257
Kentucky
James Carothers
of Jasimine in the State of Kentucky
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Nelson of the Regt commanded 
by Col Polk in the N Carolina 
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky 
at the rate of 81 Dollars --- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of March 
1833 and Sent to L. B Smith 
Lexington Ken. 

Arrears to the 4th of March '33      $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept    40.00
                                                        _________
                                                        $200.00

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Daniel Boyd  Clerk, 
Book    DE  Vol. 7   Page 5

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 (illegible)
from 4th March to 11 July 1835
Agt notified 17 March 1843.
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James Carothers
Proof of Service
wanted

Mustered for 3 years &
discharged  Wm Hill

Hon John C Calhoun
City of Washington

Hon. R. M. Johnson
H. Of Rep

Admitted

Hon. R. M. 
Johnson
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District of Kentucky
On the 2nd of September 1818 before me the undersign
one of the circut Judges for the district aforesaid
personally appeared James Carothers aged 65
years who being by me first duly sworn according to
Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the
revolutionary War
 -that he enlisted in the year 1776 (for the term of 3 years) in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by Capt John Nelson of the 4th Regt. commanded by Col Thos Poguein the continental Establishment - that he continued to serve in the same core for the said term of three years when he was discharged at Paramis church State of New Jersey
That he was in the battles of Brandywine & Monmouth. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power to offer save what he here
offers
Sworn to and declared before
me this day and year aforesaid
A
Benj. Johnson
Vincent Judge
This day Thomas Carothers personally appeared
before me and made oath that he knows that ┃
James Carothers did serve for the term of 3 years
in the revolutionary War as he served in the-
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same company with this affiant (and that he is in reduced circumstances) Witness my hand this 2nd Sept 1818
Benj Johnson 
Circuit Judge
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I Benjamin Johnson Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Carothers did
serve in the revolutionary War as stated in
the preceding declaration against the common
enemy for the term of at least nine months
in the continental establishment and that he
is in reduced circumstances and I now transmit the proceeding had before me to the
Secretary for the department of war pursuant
to the act of Congress witness my hand this 2nd of Sept 1818
Benj: Johnson
Circuit Judge

State of N. Carolina Secretary's Office 2nd Janry [January] 1819. William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that James Carothers stands on the musterroll [muster roll] of the No Carolina Line in the Revolutionary War, as having enlisted
as a Corpl in the 4th Regt under Capt Nelson on the 1st of May 1776 for three years, and was discharged on the 10th May 1779
Given under my hand the date above Wm H
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I do hereby authorize and empower Col RM Johnson to transact this business for the Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of Sept 1818
List
B. S. Chambers
James Carothers [seal]
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Schedule.  County of Jessamine, S.S.  On this twentieth day of April 1832 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for said county of Jessamine James Carothers resident in said county aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the 1st of May 1820.  That he the said James Carothers enlisted for the term of three years on the 4th day of May in the year 1776 in the state of North Carolina in the company commanded by Captain Nelson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Pague in the line of the state of North Carolina on the North Carolina continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps until the 4th May 1779 when he was discharged from the service in a place called Paramus near the mountains in the Jerses (as then called) that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name has been placed on Pension list, that the number of pension certificate is 5287 and that he never before exhibited a schedule of his property because he was ignorant of the law upon the subject, and that he has been using efforts to be reinstated on the pension list ever since he learned his right as a revolutionary soldier, but has been unsuccessful owning to the grate [great] (but proper) circumspection of the war department.  His certificate be an date on the 13th January 1819 upon which he made perhaps three draws, he therefore hopes he will be reinstated and permitted to commence drawing where he quit upon said certificate, all which will appear by the papers in relation thereto at the war department from Lexington.
And in persuance [pursuance]  of the act of the first May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since
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that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & navel services of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has nay person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.  Here has no debts due hm or in expectancy except what he now asks from his government.  He now has one Bay mare about 16 years old as a present from his son worth $30, on the 18th day of March 1818 as well as he recollects he had two red cows worth 16 dollars and dark Bay horse then about 13 years old, then worth about $40, all which cows & horse have died since 1818.  His wife died in the year 1800, his occupation is that of a farmer but is too old and Infirm to work. He is not a house keeper and is dependent upon his friend for a support , has no family, he again states that on the 18th of March 1818 he had the two cows and the horse all worth $56. his mare which he has now worth $30
(signed) James Carothers

Sworn to and declared on the 29th day of  April 1832, before William L. Kelly judge of the Jessamine Circuit Court
(signed) William L. Kelly

I Daniel B Price Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Jessamine in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said James Carothers did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of three years under one engagement on the Continental establishment.  I also Certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further
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certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is worth Thirty dollars.   

[ SEAL ]  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty eighth day of April 1832
(signed) Danl B Price Clerk
of the Circuit Court
for the County of Jessamine
in the State of Kentucky
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February 17, 1939.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/CCS/CC
James Carothers
S.10428

Mrs. Allen C. Hutcheson,
1720 Milford, 
Houston, Texas.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Carothers of North Carolina. 

The data contained herein are obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.10428, passed upon the Revolutionary War service of James Carothers. 

James Carothers enlisted May 1, 1776, in North Carolina as corporal in Captain John Nelson's company, in Colonel Thomas Polk's North Carolina regiment.  He was in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth and was discharged May 10, 1779.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 2, 1818, at which time he was sixty-five years of age and was a resident of Jessamine County, Kentucky.

James Carothers died July 11, 1835.

His wife, her name is not stated, died in 1800.

In 1832, said soldier referred to his son but did not give his name.  There are no further data on file relative to his family.

The above noted is the history of the only soldier from North Carolina by the name of James Carothers that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Dec 14 '98
J G Johnston
Pens Bureau

Sept 26, '99
Mrs J B Homes
Denver Colo

May 28 1901
Mrs. Lizzie S. Holmes
Denver, Colo

1915 Oct 23: history to Mrs.
Ruby Milligan       M.B.H.

1916 Jan. 11: history to Miss Sara 
C. Wills.        M.B.H.

1917 June 21  Hist. to Mrs. E. E. King
Letter in S.F.37513  Sam'l Wells
has had history once &c.
Letter in S.37513 Samuel Wells.

Rev War
10428
INVALID.

File No.  10,428
James Carothers
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: --Vol. A,  Page 60
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

1920, Mar. 9
Hisst. fur. Mrs.
Ruth Murphy
see her letter in Samuel Wells.
S37513.   aw.

1923, Feb. 5. hist to Mrs. D. S. Van Dyke   Ew

1926, Jan 25th hist to Manville Carothers
see letter in case of Thos Carothers S 35809.  MCS

1926 Nov. 11 , hist to 
Mrs. A. F. Goodman        W.C.S.

1927, Feb. 12 Mrs. A. F. 
Goodman adv as to
address of sold, ab date of 
death,  vic

1929, July 11.  hist to Mrs.
Allen S. Hutchenson       W.C.S.

1939 - Feb 17  Hist to Mrs. Allen C. Hutchenson      ec
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5287

Kentucky

James Carothers
Private
North Carolina line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2d of September 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th of January 1819 and Sent to Hon. R. M. Johnson
House of Representatives

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818            $     .53
Sem-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819  48.00
                                                          _________
                                                         $48.53

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act 18th March, 1818. }

3 yrs

see letter Sept. 22d 183-
B. Smith. do. to Jun 7. 1831 -
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5287
Kentucky

James Carothers
of Jessamine Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Nelson of the Regt commanded
by Colonel Polk in the N. Carolina
line, for the term of three years
from May 1776 to 4 May 1779

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to
commence on the 2 day of September
1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of January 1819 and sent to the Hon R. M. Johnson HR

Continued on the Roll on the 11th day of May 1832 and notification sent to L. B. Smith Esq at Lexington Ky   Pension commencing on the 28 of April 1832

Amount due on the 4th of Sept. 1832} $33.86

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Acts March 18, 1818, }
{ May 1, 1820. }
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Sep 20
J Caruthers

Free
Pension Office
War department
Washington City

To the Honorable
Lewis Cass } Secretary


Old Case
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Lexington 15th Sept. 1832

Dr. Sir

The object of the enclosed document is to advise you respectfully that James Carothers (who was put on the Pension list under the act of 1818 and who was stricken off and has been recently continued on said list by your order) wishes to be permited [permitted]  to draw his Pension under the act of the last congress; permiting [permitting] him to draw from the 4th March 1831.  This delay has been by my omition [omission]  and not that of Carothers.  He drew on the 4th Inst. but the same is in my hands to be refunded upon his admition [admission]  as afd [aforesaid] your Honorable servant
signed)  L B Smith

To  Honorable Lewis Cass}
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N B Please inform me as quick as may be convenient reference the subject
LBS
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May 11, 1832

Pension }
Office }

(Lt. Col. Polk's regt. 4 )

Con.
pen: tom com: 28 April 1832

free

The Honorable Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Pension Office War Department
Washington City
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Lexington 2d May 1832

Dr. Sir

Enclosed is the Declaration and Schedule of James Carothers a worthy Soldier of Revolutionary struggle.  His efforts heretofore to be reinstated on the Pension list have in vain owing to the papers particularly of the War Department; for that dispositions upon that Department has been attempted I have no doubt, But least you should doubt as the genuiness of this application I enclose you also the certificate of which you ask me the Number inspect for yourselves.  I hope this attempt will not prove abortive.   He asks the reasonable liberty of drawing from the time he last drew and  everything else the law will give him.  Please regulate this matter and send  everthing necessary to enable him to get
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the (illegible) at this place.  I have written you several times upon this subject and have been introduced to your eaccaintance (aquaintance) and (illegible) by Genl McCellan and Majr Barry of your place.  I hope nothing more is necessary

Your Honorable
and most obedient servant
L B. Smith

NB  I hope this matter
will be attended to as quick
as possible & 
(illegible) (illegible) communicated
to me
LBS
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from 1776 private
3 years 
$80.
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State of Kentucky
City of Lexington [symbol] Set
This day personally appeared before me
Mayor of the City aforesaid James Caruthers and
made the following statement on oath
towit: that he was put upon the pension roll un-der the act of the 18th March 1818 and having been struck from the same was recently continued on said Roll as a Revolutionary Soldier or private in the Company commanded by
and in the Regiment commanded by Col.
Thomas Pogue (North Carolina) and that his pres-ent place of residence is Jesamine [?, Jessamine] County State of Kentucky which was also his place of residence when he made the first and second applications and that now he wishes to be admitted to draw his pension under the act of the 7th June 1832 so admitted he hereby relinquishes his right to any other pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of
Lexington, this 25th day of Augt 1832.
Charlton Hunt
[stamp on page]
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GIDEON, PRINTER [underlined]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feby 21st, 1843.

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," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen-sion agents, The Admr of James Carothers, a Pensioner on the Roll of the
Kentucky-Agency, at the rate of - Eighty
Dollars and - Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 11th July 1835,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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l7.K.E,
Liberty Mo.
Jan. 15 - - 1923.
Commissioner of Pensions:
Please
send me the Revolutionary
record of James Carothers
who enlisted in North Carolina
in May - 1776.
Mrs. D. L. Van Dyke
Liberty Mo. 

[stamp]
Pension 
D
Jan 18 1923
S.
[o]ffice
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Rev War [illegible]
Highland Park Ill
Oct. 17, 1916

[stamp]
Pension Office.
U.S.
O 
Oct 20 1915 [end of stamp]

Commissioner of Pensions:
Will you get 
please see pension list so I can get name of town and age of the following soldier of the Revolution.
(1) Moses Milligan [name is double underlined] - District of Horry SC. pensioner of the Revolution. Placed on roll Dec 13, 1821
Pension commenced April 4, 1821
(2) William Wells [name is double underlined] - District of [illegible] Cincinnati Ohio - Revolutionary pensioner
Placed on roll March 4 1787 pension commenced June 7. 1785.
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2 [page]
(3) James Carruthers [name double underlined] Jessamine County Kentucky & North Carolina Militia.
Placed on roll March 21, 1833.
Also 4 (?) Gilbert (?) Christian [name double underlined] a flag bearer or color bearer of the State of South Carolina if he is on the
list and what town in S. Carolina he came from?
Thanking you in advance
Respectfully
Ruby Milligan
626 Circle Ave
Highland Park Ill
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1720 Milford
Houston, Texas
January 16, 1939
Department of Interior U.S.
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir - Will you please give me any information which you may find in your 
files on a Revolution War Soldier
James Carothers [underlined], North Carolina 
S.F. 10,438 Bureau of Pension
Also Nat No 139,741.
Thank you very much. 
Sincerely 
(Mrs. Allen C.) Strausie M. Hutcheson

[stamp]
Received 
Jan 18, 1939
Mail SUB-DIV,
[illegible] [illegible]
15
[illegible]
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[right-hand side of page]
WCS
copy
November 11, 1926
[left-hand side of page]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

Mrs. A. F. Goodman
Concord
North Carolina

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10428, it appears that JAMES CAROTHERS enlisted
in North Carolina May 1, 1776, as corporal in Captain John Nelson's Company, Colonel Thomas Polk's North Carolina Regiment; he was in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth and was discharged May 10, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 2, 1818, at which time he was sixty-five years of age and was a resident
of Jessamine County, Kentucky.
He died July 11, 1835.
His wife, her name not stated, died in 1800.
In 1832 said soldier referred to his son but did not give his name. There are no further data on file relative to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier by the name of James Carothers who was from North Carolina, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
[not signed]
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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[left-hand side of page]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
[right-hand side of page]
WCS
January 25, 1926
[left-hand side of page]
Manville Carothers
Kirksville
Missouri

Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10428, it appears that JAMES CAROTHERS enlisted in
North Carolina May 1, 1776, as corporal in Captain John Nelson's Company, Colonel Thomas Polk's North Carolina Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth and was discharged May 10, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 2, 1818, at which time he was sixty-five years of age and a resident of
Jessamine County, Kentucky.
He died July 11, 1835.
His wife, her name not stated, died in 1800.
In 1832 said soldier referred to his son but did not give his name. There is no further data on file relative to family.
Respectfully,
[not signed]
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Rev. War Section.
April 2, 1918.

Miss Sara C Wells,
3725 College Avenue,
Indianapolis, Ind.

Madam;
In response to your letter dated the 23"" ultimo,
you are advised that the records of Samuel Wells, S.F. No. 37,513 and James Carothers S. F. No 10,428 Revolutionary War were forwarded to you January 11, 1916; it is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish the same statement more than
once to the same person.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman [signed]
Acting Commissioner.