Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,790, Samuel Cartledge, Ga.
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 GA. | Cartledge, Samuel | R.1790

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Samuel Cartledge
25030
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress dated(?) Jun 7th1832
state of South carolina
Edgefield district

On this the tenth day of april eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appears 
before me Josiah J Evans presiding judge of the Court of Common (pleas)? fo said district now sitting in open court Samuel Cartledge is a resident of the said district nd state aforesaid aged nearly fifty three 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 (dated) June 7 1852
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers said (  ) state (Viz) he was drafted in May 1779 in the State of Georgia now Columbia County in a company commanded by Capt. William Phelps in Col. Benjeamin Lewis Regiment he then marched for St, Augustine (then in possesion of the tories) he served in that expedition personally  ten days he then hired a substitute to serve out his time which was four months  he (was all the --- ) summer engaged in scouting and repelling the enemy and in September following he went to the seige of ( ) and continue until the first of October being twenty nine days 
on his return he was sent to General Green  Camp there stationed in South Carolina at a place called the high hills of Santee for ammunition which service he peformed in fifteen days.  He was then called out against the tories in the Coney River then the frontier of Georgia and contined in the camp until the end of the Revolutionary Was which he believes to have been in the month of May or June 1782. And that he has noc documentary evidence of his servicd, He relies (
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Every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the free act and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and Subscribe the day & year of one said     Samuel Cartledge
J. Richardson Esq
We Robert Bart a clergyman residing in the district of Edgefield and State of South Carolina and Edmund Cartledge or residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Cartledge for who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be nearly eighty three years of age; that he is reputed and
believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid

Robert Bart Minister of Gospel

his E C sn--rts[Marked Over --illegible]
Edmund Cartledge

A B Addison
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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 Robert Burt who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergiman [clergman] in the said district and State and
that Edmund Cartledge who has also signed the same is a resident in the district & State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Josiah J. Evans
10 A 1833
Resid & Judge
I Jefferson Richardson Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said district do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original procedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Cartledge Sr. for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this tenth day of April eighteen hundred & thirty three and in the fifty seventh of American Indepenance [Independence].

J. Richardson BBS
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25030
Samuel Cartledge
S. C
Rejected
see lets to the clk:
May 29. 37
Jefferson Richardson
Edgefield D t
S.C
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,      183__

Sir:
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 show 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.

[Title]
A Statement, showing the service of Samuel Cartledge S C
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| Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years, Months, Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported. |

| 1779 Wratd | [Days]10 | Private |  Cf Phelps Lews | 83 | entered in State of G.A |

| Sept " [same year] | (Days) 29 | ' [same rank' | ---- | Now a resident of Edgefield District S.C. |  | Sept " [same year] | (Days) 15 | on special duty |      |     |
| Then called | out | and in readiness untill the end of the war |   | Certificate of Clergyman and a Citizen-- |


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION, [Title]
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of } SS.

On this _____  day of ______ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of ________in the county of _______and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____
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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June  7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with ____ and  served in the _____
(e) regiment of the _____line, under the following named officers:

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
_________________  A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I __________________of the Court of ______
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ____________for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ______
day of ________________ &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
____________________ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ----------------, who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ________
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.

(Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
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 A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ________________________ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _______
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, ___________________ Clerk of the Court of _____________________ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ______________________for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal ______________________
of office, this ___________day of
______&c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services Of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as many have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material  facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the  period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the Statetroops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier
{Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
6. {To an Officer 
{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Office, has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

{a} The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
{b} The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
{c} The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
{d} The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
{e} Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, & c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot 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_______year_______months _____, and _______ days, I served as a _________. For months and - days, I served as a _________; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, & c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
{ f } The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
{ g } The opinion of the Court is always required.
{ h } The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
{ i } The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no publicseal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
impers.
Mode of authenticating papers. [Heading Type]
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service. [Heading Type]
{ j } In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
{nt} The notes from {a} to {e} are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note {j} applies to continental troops only.
{ k } This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
{ l } If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
{nt} The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Court Hill P. O. Sept. 11th 1855.
Hon. L.P. Waldo, Count of Pensions
Sir
I am requested by Elizabeth Brown who is entitled to a Pension for the services of her father Samuel Cartlidge a Revolutionary soldier from South Carolina, to write
you in regard to this claim. She says that she empowered John C. Robertson of Mississippi about twelve months ago to obtain for her her pension money, but that she has not heard whether or not he obtained her pension.
You will please inform me at as early a day
as practicable whether John C. Robertson has made draw of said Elizabeth Brown's Pension, if so what amount he obtained, if not, what amount is said Elizabeth Brown with her sisters and brothers entitled to, in the way of pension, in consideration of the claim of their father, Samuel Cartledge,    Address me at Court Hill P.O. Talladega Co. Alabama.

Yours very Respectfully [Handwritten]
R G. Howell [signature]
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August 7, 1934.
Mr. Thomas L. Sage
1128 Greene Street
Augusta, Georgia.

BA-J/ILL
Samuel Cartledge
R. 1790
James Cartledge
S. 8167

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Henry and John Key, variously spelled,
of Anson County, North Carolina, and Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Joseph Dunham of North Carolina, and soldiers with surname Cartledge of either North or South Carolina.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no claims for pension or bounty land found based upon service of
John Key, Henry Key or Joseph Dunham as described above; various spellings of the surnames have been searched. The records of only two soldiers with surname Cartledge have been found these records are
furnished herein as found in the pension claims based upon service in
the Revolutionary War.

SAMUEL CARTLEDGE-R. 1790.
While a resident of Georgia, the part which was later Columbia County, Samuel Cartledge enlisted sometime in May 1779, as a private
in Captain William Phelps' company, Colonel Benjamin Few's Georgia regiment, served ten days at St. Augustine, then hired a substitute to complete the term of four months for which he had enlisted; he served twenty-nine days at the Siege of Savannah, following which he served fifteen days on an expedition to the High Hills of Santee; he held him
self in readiness against the Tories on the Georgia frontier during the June [previous phrase it typed over] 1782.
The soldier moved a short time after the way from Georgia to
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South Carolina.
On April 11, 1833, while a resident of Edgefield District, South Carolina, Samuel Cartledge applied for pension on account of his
service in the Revolutionary War; he was then aged about eighty-three years. His claim was not allowed as he did not serve six months as
required by the pension law under which he applied.
The soldier was a minister of the Gospel, his home in South Caroline; and, while fulfilling an appointment in Georgia, he was killed by
his horse, in the year 1843; the exact date is not shown.
Samuel Cartledge married twice, the dates of his marriages and names of his wives not shown; he was not survived by a widow. Only one of his wives left heirs.

In 1853, John V. Cartledge, soldier's only surviving son, was a resident of Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. In 1855, Elizabeth Brown, soldier's daughter, made inquiry regarding her father's Revolutionary
War service through one P. G. Howell of Court Hill, Talladega County, Alabama, her address not stated. There were other children but
their names are not shown.
One Edmund Cartledge was a resident of Edgefield District, South Carolina, in 1833, no relationship to the soldier stated. Both Edmund and Samuel Cartledge were referred to then as Senior.
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JAMES CARTLEDGE--S.

James Cartledge was born September 18, 1755, in North Carolina, and while a little boy, moved with his father to St. Paul Parish, which
was later Columbia County, Georgia. The names of his parents are not

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While a resident of Columbia County, Georgia, he enlisted in 1777, or 1778, served as private under Captains Joseph Duncan, Henry
Grindrab(?), John Dooley, George Dooley, and Burnett, and Colonels Elijah Clarke, William Stafford, John Dooley, and Williamson, was
in dangerous expeditions against the Indians and Tories, was in the Siege of Augusta and served until June 1, 1781, length of said services as a private about two years. In August 1781, he was appointed Captain, Colonel Benjamin Few's Georgia regiment and served as such eighteen months. 

After the Revolutionary War, James Cartledge was commissioned Captain, 3rd company, 2nd Battalion Richmond County, Georgia militia,
served in the wars against the Indians, and was discharged March 1785.
In 1833, Captain James Cartledge was a resident of Columbia County, Georgia. At that time, Reverend Samuel Cartledge and John
Cartledge, the latter a Justice of the Inferior Court of Columbia County, were with him; no relationship between them was stated.

The soldier died April 9, 1845; one Benjamin Blanchard, a neighbor in Columbia County, Georgia, was with him during his last illness.

In 1850, the names of the children who survived their father, James Cartledge, are shown as follow: John Cartledge, executor of the estate; Edmund Cartledge; Thomas Cartledge: James Cartledge, Jr; Jane
(Cartledge) Adams; Rebecca (Cartledge) Blanchard; Samuel Cartledge'
Benjamin Cartledge; Jeremiah Cartledge; and Asenath (Cartledge) Borum.

Pension was allowed the above named children on account of the
services of their father, James Cartledge, in the War of the Revolution.

In 1850, it was stated that Ayres, Abraham, and Sarah (Cartledge) Cunningham, other children of James Cartledge, were deceased and that
they had no surviving children.
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In 1833, Reverend James Blanchard and Uriah Blanchard were both resident of Columbia County Georgia, no relationship to the family
shown.

Very truly you[Remainder of word blurred]
A. D. HILLE
Assistant
3.
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1934 - Aug. 7 - Hist to Mr. Thomas
L. Sego - ILL-See letter in
Rev.cl. James Cartledge-S. 8167-ILL .
1790
Rejected [Faded Stamp] 
P. O. __Samuel Cartledge__
Service: _____
Enlisted: ____, 18__
Discharged: ____, 18__
Application filed: _____, 18__

Alleges[marked through]: __List of rejected claims printed in 1852 shows cause
Re: [Marked Through] of rejection as follows:
"He did not serve six months."

Attorney: _____
P. O. ______
____Recognized.     _____Contract [end of page]
_____Cert. of Dis.     Searched for _____, 18__
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N ? 25030
Saml [Samuel] Cartledge
S. C.
Rejected - see let [letter]
of the 29th January 1833
(not found)
to L. Richardson
Lt. T. N. Martin
Aug 31 153
Jon Cartledge Sept 20 1833
(not found)
P. G. Howell Sep 25 1853
(Sunday)
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August 18. 1850
Houston Chickasaw Co
Mississippi 

T N Martin
asking what evidence exists
in the War or Pension office of the
Revolutionary service of Sam Cartledge [underlined]
Respectfully referred Dept of the
Interior War Dep
Aug 27 1853
Respectfully referred to the
Commissioner of Pensions
Dept 
Col Whiting [illegible signature]
Chfllk [unknown rank 

Aug 29/53
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Houston Chickasaw County Miss
August 15th 1853
Hon Jeff Davis
Washington City

Dr Sir
A friend of men desires some information from
the War Department, and has asked my
assistance in the premises. I know not
how I can render him the service which he desires unless it be through yourself.
The friend to whom I allude is
Mr John Cartlidge of this County
whose Father - Samuel Cartledge
was a soldier of the Revolution
and whom, as he is informed, is entitled to a pension from the government
Samuel Cartledge has been dead
for about ten years. He left surviving
him no widow, but several Children
of whom my said friend is one.
the said Samuel Cartledge was a resident
of Georgia & South Carolina, and rending
the services alluded to in the troops of
one of the other of those States-- most likely
that of the former. He died however [as --marked out] in Edgefield District S.C. where he had live for many years prior to his death.
Some of his children have sent a
letter purporting to have been written by
a Pension Agent at Washington City to the effect that said Samuel Cartledge
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is entitled to a Pension, and proving his
services in procuring it for one half [underlined]
Now the information upon which
this Pension agent bases his letter, must
be in the War Department-- the Pension
office. His name is doubtless there found
with the services annexed - the length of
time, date &
My friend, John Cartledge, and the
only surviving son of the old man has
and knows of no documentary [underlined]
events of his father's service. He can no doubt
prove the identity of the Revolutionary
soldier, and of his legal representation
of [blotted out word] the records in the Department shall be found to show sufficient proof of service.
Will you therefore, be pleased to
give me such information on the
subject as is shown by [the - inserted] war Department with a copy of the Pension laws
which gives [the--blotted out] a Pension to that charactor [character] of service? I am aware that in this case I am asking of you more
services, of a petty[underlined] Character than I
am warranted in asking of any persin [person]
occupying the position which you now
occupy; but I am also aware that he
who never asked, seldom receives,
and if you will excuse me for this asking
your attention to this matter I will be
content with whatever action you may
see proper to take in the premises
Respectfully your  [illegible]
J. N. Martin
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Jon. V. Cartledge [signature]
Sept 20/53. [handwritten]
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Pension Office
Sep 20 1853
Sir
Your father, Samuel Cartledge
made an application for a pension
in his life time, which was rejected
because, according to his
own statements, he did not serve
six months. W is needless to offer
you any instructions as to the
character of proof necessary for the
completion of cases, as a pension
can not be allowed for his services,
John V Cartledge Esq
Houston
Chichason Co
Miss
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S  P Waldo [signature]     V[Stamped in Circle]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

[Large Ink stain] 

[Circle Date Stamp] 
Ju[ne blotted by ink stain] 29
Hou[ink stain]on
 Miss.
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Miss  chickasaw county    July 14th AD 1853
to the commisioner [commissioner] of the pension

Sir after an examination of the
form I see the necessity of information in the matter and way that I am to proceed and I have inquired of some of our abled  men and they have failed to give me satisfaction, and I wish you would be so kind as to answer
some questions for me concerning my way that I am to proceed in order to get my Fathers pension as I am onley [only] an heir of that pension I 
cannot do as the form prescribes for soldiers who are alive now that is the first question "[#] 2 is my father is dead and died without applying for his pension and I do not
know of any serviving soldier of the revolutionary war to certify his being in the 
 service of that war  3 he entered the service in georgia and wheater [whether] I will have to go there to get evidence when the
same evidence can be had here
4) as there is no evidence to be had that was in war with him what sort of evidence will have to priduce [produced but marked out] get
my Fathers name was Samuel Cartledge he lived in georgia when the war came on and says he served in the war but does not say how lon [long] and when the war was over or a short time after he removed to south carolina
where he lived until his death was kill by his horse in Georgia on fullfilling [fulfilling]of one of his appointments in that state as minister of the gospel he had two wives but onley [only] one left any heirs his last wife died before he did Now he was 98 years of age lived 61 years
after the war and there is men here that can certify that it was always given up that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and can vouch for his character to establish the proof of his sayso 
Now if you will be so kind as to inform me how
I am to proceed you will oblige me very much
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After you have examined all of wishes examine
the case and what for chance and if any hour much it will be and more he said he was drafted as a private it so hapened[happened] that he was drafted verry often but was never in an engagement all circumstantial
evidence can be had on his side no more
yours inlove
Direct your letter to Houston &
chickasaw Co
Miss
Mr. John V. Cartledge Esq

[Silver seal]
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472
Term office
August 31. 1853

Sir
Your letter of the 15th, to the
Secretary of war, pertain to evidence of the
service of Samuel Carthige has been
assined[assigned] to this office, and you are informed that our Rolls contain no evidence what in of any service renderd[rendered] by him, and that it appears by his application for a pension, filed [by him marked out] in this office in 1833, that his entire service amounted to only 1 month and 24 days, which afforded no grounds for a pension, (the minniums[minimums] of service verry[vary] in north), and his claim may accordingly suffer.
His statement of the Agent for claims
refered to in your letter, was predicated
seeming upon a printed list suspended persons claims and in [next phrase is inserted] (accordance with #) the claim a preacher of Gospel practice, [next word inserted] who, the hope that a
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case before this office may possess pension, mislead those interested by assurances that they [marked out word] have endevord[endeavored] to establish is [stopped here]
T. N. Martin
Aug 31/53

T. N. Martin, Esq.
Houston, Chickasaw County
Mississippi
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Cartling, Gideon__GRADE__ Private __LINE__New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER__3020 __ACREAGE__100
ISSUED Feb. 22, 1792
to John Peck, assignee [marked through]

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.