Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9311, Joseph Carr, R.I.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
R.I.
Carr, Joseph
NUMBER
S. 9311
carded
CONTENTS
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24.235
NEW YORK
Joseph Carr
of Saratoga in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by 
Captain Thomas of the Regiment commanded
by Col. Thomas in the New *York line for 13 months and 1 7 days. 
*R.I. 
Records completed Dec. 5/04

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 45 dollars 20 cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Nov. 1833 and (unintelligible) A. Nash

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33              $113.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 m '04        22. 60
 -----------------------------------------$135.60

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E, Vol 4, Page 94


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See letter 14th February 183 7
Copy to Hon. G. N.  Briggs
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Joseph Carr   27.552
For a Pension



Aaron Nash
Agent


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2  Oaths
(unintelligible)

Admitted 
Private 13 mos & 17 day

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State of New York
County of Saratoga fs.

     On this 27th day of August 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Saratoga now sitting Joseph Carr a resident of Moreau in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, aged seventy-six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832. 
     That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 
    
1. To the question
     Where, and in what year were you born?
     He answers & says:  On the 3rd day of April 
     1757 in Rhode Island in the State of Rhode
     Island. 

2.  To the question
     Have you any record of your age; and if so, 
      where is it?
      He answers and says that his name was
      recorded by his father, in his Family Bible, 
      which said Bible is now in the possession 
      of this deponent in Moreau aforesaid and 
      the said record is still (unintelligible). 

3.  Where were you living when called into 
     service; where have you lived since the 
     Revolutionary War and where do you now
     live?
     He answers and now says. In East 
     Greenwich in the County of ________ in 
     the State of Rhode Island where he
     continued to live until November 1779. 
     when he moved to Stephen Town
     (Stephentown) in the County of 
     Rensselaer and State of New York where
     he lived for five years, when he removed to
     Saratoga, now Moreau in the County of 
     Saratoga in said state, where he has lived
     ever since and where he now lives.
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4.  How were you called into service; were you 
    drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a 
    substitute?  And if a substitute for whom?
    He answers and says that in 1775, the 1st 
    of May having been enrolled at East Green-
    which in the county of ______ in the State
    of Rhode Island where he then resided in 
    Captain Allen Johnson's Company of In-
    fantry in Colonel Thomas Tillinghast's 
     Regiment of Rhode Island Militia, Slocum 
     Carr was lieutenant, Thomas Weathers En-
     sign and Samuel Austin was orderly 
     sergeant being situated on the lines of 
     the enemy and exposed to the nightly
     (unintelligible) of the enemy from Rhode
      Island which this deponent belonged and 
      two other Regiments were called out to 
      guard the lines, that he this deponent 
      served on guard as a private in manner
       following.  To wit, he joined his company
      at East Greenwich in the County of ______
      and State of Rhode Island at the time 
      aforesaid under the said Captain Johnson
      of the officer named above, the Company
      aforesaid according to orders.  Each man
      (who could do so) furnished himself with 
      a blanket, nap sac & three days of pro-
      -visions & gun & accoutrements in which 
      manner he this deponent supplied himself
     completely with all the articles required and
     marched to Warwick Neck & he this de-
     ponent joined the Regiment to which we
     belonged under the said Colonel Tillinghast
     and encamped in open field and were  
     joined by Colonel Barton's Regiment of 
     Rhode Island Militia, where we continued & 
     served on guard and on fatigue in building
     a Battery for two weeks on which the
     aforesaid Regiments were engaged.  When 
     our Company & Captain Garner's Company 
     of the Colonel Tillinghast's Regiment were
     ordered & went to Howland's Ferry where
     we were stationed at a private house pro-
     vided by our officer where we continued 
     for several weeks * did duty on guard
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...then marched to Point Sudah Point (see Comment) where we continued until September, when we marched to East Greenwich aforesaid & were stationed at the Court House & continued through the winter in April.  Marched to States Ferry & performed duty as a private where we continued until the middle of May and were ordered and returned to Warwick Neck where we continued on duty under the aforesaid officers until the middle of June 1776 and served as a private for at least one year, one month and seven days (repeated in margin of page) from 1st of May 1775 to the middle of June 1776 -  and was verbally discharged by the said Colonel Tillinghast at Warwick aforesaid and returned home. 

Ther were no militia or Continental Troops who served where this deponent served during the period of aforesaid, except those named above.  He has no documentary evidence of his said services, and he knows of no person living by whom he can prove the same except Elisha Baker now residing in this County & whose deposition is hereto annexed.
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5.  To the question, 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. 
He answers and says that there were no Continental Regiments who were with the Troops where he served at any Period of his services, nor were there any Continental Officers who served with the Troops where he served.  Such Militia Regiments & the names of their officers as he can recollect are stated above and the general circumstances are also set forth herein before. 

To the question, did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it signed and what has become of it?  He answers and says that he received no written discharge from the service at any Period of the Revolutionary War. 

To the question State the Names of Persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood & who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  In answer to which, he names the following persons, to wit, Nicholas W. Angle, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga aforesaid, Lines Emerson Esquire a Post Master in the town of Wilton in said County, about three miles distant from where this deponent resides, J.A. Clayton a clergyman & Peter S. Maroney of Moreau.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Joseph Carr

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
In open court
A. Goodrich
Clerk
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We
of _____in the County of Saratoga and State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Carr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy-seven years of ate.  That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
Subscribed & sworn the ____ day of _____ 1833. 


And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions 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 it further appears to them that J.A. Clayton who subscribed and swore to the annexed affidavit is a clergyman, residing in Moreau in said County & State aforesaid and that Peter L. Maroney who also subscribed & swore to the same is a credible person residing in Moreau in the county aforesaid and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

And also, it further appears to them that the reasons assigned by the applicant why he has not produced in Court the Traditionary Testimony of a Clergyman & another person as required by the War Department are reasonable & satisfactory to the Court.
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In 1776 in July 3rd day - When he this deponent lived at East Greenwich aforesaid, he was again called into the services of the United States, a draft was made & he was drawn for three months & served as a Corporal under Captain John Briggs, Thomas Madison Lieutenant and Dyer was Ensign of said Company , in the aforesaid Colonel Tillinghast's Regiment - that he served in the following manner  on the 5th day of July 1776 he joined the Company under the command of the aforesaid officers - at East Greenwich aforesaid and marched to Bristol where we were stationed in vacant buildings left by the inhabitants who had fled for safety.  Where this deponent served on guard & as a corporal for at least three months (repeated in left margin) under the aforesaid officers when on the 4th of November 1776 he with his said company under the aforesaid officers marched to Howland's Ferry & on the sixth day of November he this deponent was verbally discharged from the service by the said Capt. Briggs & returned home.  Of the aforesaid service he has no documentary evidence, nor does he know of any persons now living by whom he can prove the same or any part (except) Elisha Baker aforesaid. 
He continued at home 4 days only when he again entered the service as a Substitute for John Briggs who had been drafted from Captain Johnson's Company for 15 days (repeated in left margin) and that he this deponent served as a Corporal at Boston Neck under Captain Briggs aforesaid - and did duty on guard on the lines for the aforesaid term of fifteen days when he was discharged by his said Captain Briggs & returned home & the next day was called out on a draft of fifteen days and served under the said Captain Allen Johnson and served as a Corporal at Quigniseck (neck) (see Comments) and was discharged by the said Captain Johnson but continued on duty under the aforesaid officers as aforesaid and served as a Substitute for James Austin and served as a Corporal at Quigniseck Neck (see Comments) and Quansick Point.
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and returned to East Greenwich where he with his company was discharged by the said Captain Johnson & returned home.  (Written in margin either 7 or 17 mos. 15 days).

In 1777 on May 1st, I was again called into the service of the United States, when a draft was made for one half of our company under the said Captain Johnson - to go into service for 15 days each in his turn.  I went out on the 1st draft and served as a Corporal for 15 days at Warwick Neck under the aforesaid Captain Johnson & returned home and staid (sic) stayed 15 days & was again called on to serve my regular draft of 15 days and served as a Corporal at Warwick Neck under the aforesaid officers & was discharged verbally at Warwick Neck by the said Captain Johnson having served 15 days at least.  That from the 1st of May 1777 to the 1st of July 1777 he served at least one month, and 15 days above stated.  (Written in left margin 1 Mon/19)

I continued hat home one month.  On the 1st of August 1777 I was again called into the service of the United States by being drafted & served under Captain Jonathan Austin in Colonel Tillinghast's Regiment.  Elisha Austin was Lieutenant & Charles Briggs was Ensign - that he served as a Corporal for three months (repeated in left margin) at Warwick Neck and was discharged on the 1st of November at Warwick Neck aforesaid by the said Captain Austin.

In May 1778 he was again drafted & served for 15 days at Warwick Neck & Pawtucket under the said Captain Johnson at Warwick Neck & was discharged by the said Capt.  (written in left margin 15/Mon. 22 15 days).  He this deponent has no documentary evidence of any point of his said services stated herein, nor does he know of any living witness to the same except as above stated in Elisha Baker's affidavit.  He further states that he cannot without great expence  (sic) expense and inconvenience produce a clergyman and another witness in court as required by the deponent as he is very poor& lives about eighteen miles from the Court.
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I, Alpheus Goodrich, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Saratoga, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Carr for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 27th day of August 1833. 
A. Goodrich, Clerk
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May 31- 1902
Mrs. G. F. Comstock 
Saratoga, NY
_____________________
Jan'y.(January) 25, 1904 Hist'y. (history) to H.S. Silsby, Claremont, N.H.

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written sideways "Rev War"

9311
INVALID
File No. 9311
Joseph Carr
Priv. Rev War


Act: June 7th /'32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 59

{Arrangement of 1870}
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State of New York
County of Saratoga

Personally appeared before me Nicolas W. Angle a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Joshua A. Clayton clergyman, a resident in the town of Moreau in the County of Saratoga, State of New York & Peter L. Maroney of Moreau in said county, who being duly sworn according to law, do certify under oath as follows.  We hereby certify that we are acquainted with Joseph Carr of Moreau in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, who contemplates to make application for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832 at the next Court of Common Pleas of said County, that we believe him to be seventy six 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 this opinion. 
J.A. Clayton
Peter L. Maroney

Subscribed & sworn the 15th day of August 1833 before me.
Nicolas W. Angle Justice of the Peace

And I the Justice above named, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joshua A. Clayton who has signed & sworn to the above certificate that he is a clergyman & a credible witness residing in the town of Moreau in the County aforesaid & that Peter L. Maroney who also signed the same is a resident in the town & county of record is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Nicolas W. Angle Just. Peace
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State of New York
County of Saratoga fs.

Personally, appears before me Nicolas W. Angle a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County, Elisha Baker a resident in Moreau in said County, aged seventy-seven years to me well known & who I certify to be a person of character for voracity & that his statement is entitled to credit.  Who being by me examined & sworn according to law doth on his each depose and say, that he was well acquainted with Joseph Carr at East Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1775.  That he this deponent well knew & now well recollects that he the said Josph Carr served in Captain Johnson's Company of Infantry in Colonel Tillinghast's Regiment of Rhode Island Militia from the Spring of 1775 to the Spring of 1777 that during that period he his deponent saw him the said Joseph Carr  equipped as a private soldier, doing duty on guarding the lines at Quignesick Neck, Boston Neck, Howland's Ferry and at Warwick & other places on the lines, he this deponent served in the same Regiment in Capt. Hoxy's Company from the Spring of 1776 to the 11th day of March 1777 when he enlisted into the Continental Army, that Josph Carr who is named in the declaration for a Pension & who resides in Moreau in the County of Saratoga & State of New York is the identical Joseph Carr mentioned above. 
Elisha Baker
(X his mark)

Sworn & subscribed before me, the 13th day of August 1833
Nicolas W. Angle
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Saratoga fs. 

I, Alpheus Goodrich, Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Nicholas W. Angle before whom the within affidavit purports to have been subscribed & sworn by Elisha Baker and also before whom J.A. Clayton & Peter L. Maroney purports to have been sworn in the annexed affidavits & who signed the certificate of the character of the aforesaid J.A. Clayton & Peter L. Maroney hereto also annexed. Was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavits to be his proper handwriting and signature.

Witness my hand and seal of office the day of - August 1833.
A Goodrich, Clerk
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Old War and Navy Division
3-523

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.    Apr. 11th, 1902

Madam : - 

     In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes. 
     The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers. 
     In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information by be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below. 

Very respectfully, 
H. Clay Evans
Commissioner


Mrs. G.F. Comstock
540 Broadway
Saratoga, NY

Full name of soldier - Joseph Carr

Where did he enter service? (town, county and State)

Under what officers did he serve?

Place of residence after service -Saratoga County, then Albany Co. 

Approximate date of death - Saratoga March 15, 1848

Given name of widow - Rebecca Vaughn

Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?

Additional information - Dr. G.F. Comstock is son of Olivia Carr, granddaughter of a Joseph Carr and he wishes to learn if he were identical with the Joseph Carr who served under General Phillip Schuyler for genealogical purposes. 

Signature, Mrs. G.F. Comstock
(Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs)

540 Broadway, Saratoga, Saratoga County in New York State
(Post-office address, including street and number, town, county and State)
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Claremont, NH
Jan 14th, 1909

Hon. E.R. Ware
Pension Commissioner
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir:

      Will you kindly send me for genealogical purposes the War record of Joseph Carr
Born in West Greenwich Kent Co. R.I. 
April 3rd, 1757, died in Moreau, Saratoga County, N.Y. March 15th, 1848. 
     For the same I fully appreciate your kindness, 

Very Truly, 
H.S. Silsby