Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,335, David Carter, N.C. Va.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.  Va.

Carter, David

 NUMBER
S. 16,335

CONTENTS                 carded
[blank]
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Georgia    16.680_

David Carter
[cut off] Franklin in the State of Ga
who was a Pr. — in the Regn commanded
by Captain —  of the        commanded
by Lewis in the [S.C crossed out] N.C. and Va.
line for 21 months
   [initialed, illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 70— Dollars — Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13– day of Sept 33 [then written above] or Aug. 13– AB
and [illegible]
Stanford, Carnesville, Ga
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833                 |  175
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] 34  |  35
                                                                    |  $210–
         {Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by N. Rice _ Clerk
Book   E   Vol.   6   Page   87


Date of death no on A.B.
ILL.


140-
31-
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Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

State of Georgia
County of Franklin
    Ss.
    On the eleventh day of October in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Superior Court for the County & State aforesaid now sitting, David Carter a resident of Capt. Royston's District in the County and state aforesaid aged Seventy 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 passed June 7, 1832     That he entered the service of the United States in the Militia of the State of North Carolina as a volunteer in Surrey County under Captain Martin in the spring of 1778 was kept out scouting after the Tories under Capt Martin & Major Lewis and served four months in this kind of duty.
    And again entered the main army of General Rutherford at Peedee, below Salisbury North Carolina in June 1779 and was under Capt Bostwick in this company and after being about a month under him was shifted to a rifle company (does not recollect the Captain's name as the Capt. & [illegible] both went home a few days afterwards), was marched under Rutherford to Camden South Carolina, & was in the Battle there under Genl. Gates and the army  was defeated at Camden and deponent was taken prisoner & carried to Charleston S.C. & was detained at Charleston & in the Prison ships eleven months & four days & was then carried to Jamestown Virginia, where he was exchanged in August 1781,
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altogether he was a prisoner as before stated Eleven months and four days.  After being exchanged as aforesaid he returned home after a service of Fifteen months in this last campaign.  And in Wake County North Carolina, and about 1st November 1781, he again entered the army under Capt. Johnson as a substitute / does not recollect the name of the person for whom he substituted) was marched by Capt. Johnson & Col Isaacs down to Randolph County & to other places after Col Fanning and other Tories & had several skirmishes with the Tories, was out in th[ese] services three months & was dismissed by Capt Johnson
    In addition to the above & before said services. He entered the service in Redstone in Virginia under Capt Owens, and was sent to guard the frontier against the Shawnee Indians, was stationed at Capt Owens house on Monongahela river, served three months & was discharged by Capt Owens.  And again entered for one month & served against said Indians, under Lieutenant Lewis at Dunkards station.  This service was in the fall of year 1774, that, the first three months, the last month was in June 1775.
    Served altogether Two years and two months as aforesaid
1  Was born in East New Jersey in the year 1758 left here with his [family] when very young & was raised in Virginia.
2  Does not know whether there is any record of his age
3  When first called into service he lived on Monongahela on the frontier of Virginia, from there he removed to North Carolina Surrey County in 1777.  Since the War he has lived in Pendleton District South Carolina until the fall of  1825 when he removed to his final residence & has resided there ever since
4  Served as a volunteer, except three months he was a substitute & the last month he served in Virginia he was drafted
5  Recollects Genl. Gates, Genl Smallwood & Gnl DeKalb who was killed at Camden
6  Received several discharges but they are lost one from Capt Owens one from Capt Bostwick & one from Capt Johnson , does not recollect others
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7.  Is known to Henry Parks of the County first aforesaid who saw him in service after the Tories. Is also known to William A. McMillion and to Samuel Hymer a friend of the Gospel who resides in his neighborhood & who can all testify to his character for veracity & to their belief of his having been a soldier of the Revolution.
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, only that he now receives a pension of sixty dollars from the state of South Carolina under a similar statement to the above.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the 11th day of October 1832
[illegible signature] Clk

David [shaky "D"] Carter
mark

We Samuel Hymer, a clergyman residing in the state & county aforesaid & in the neighborhood of the above named applicant, and William A. McMillion and Henry Parks, residing in said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Carter who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three 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.  And the said Henry Parks further certifies that he saw & knew said applicant in the service of the Country during the Revolutionary War. 
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year first aforesaid
[illegible] Jasell[illegible] Clk

S. Hymer
William A. M.Million
Henry Parks
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogative, prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served [in] the states.  And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Hymer "who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County aforesaid, and that William A. McMillion & Henry Parks who have also signed the same are residents in the County first aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
11th Octo 1832
C Dougherty J.S.C.W.C.

[written vertically on right side]
David Carter
19594


I, James Morris Clerk of the Superior Court for the County and state first aforesaid Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of David Carter for a Pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this eleventh day of October 1832
Samuel Morriselk
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David Carter
Ga
No 19594

[illegible] as a private
21 mo.  $70.

C. C.

John R. Stanford
Thos King [struck through]
Carnesville Ga
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[duplicate of Fold3 File #13735116]

David Carter
Ga
No 19594

[illegible] as a private
21 mo.  $70.

C. C.

John R. Stanford
Thos King [struck through]
Carnesville Ga
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
April 16 1833

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.

A Statement, showing the Service of David Carter

[table]
|  Period when the service was rendered.  |  Duration of the claimant's service. / Years.  |  Months.  |  Days. |  Rank of the claimant.  |  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  |  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  |  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  |  Country through which he marched.  |  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  |  Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  |

|  Spring 1778 vol.  |    |  4  |    |  Pri.  |  Capt. Martin / Capt. Bostwick  |  Maj Lewis / Genl Rutherford  |    |    |  73 years / Monongahela on the frontier of Va.  |  Traditionary  |

|  June 1779  |  about 1  |    |    |    |  [cut off]  |    |    |    |    |
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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, 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,
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. [blank]

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

    {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 enered [sic] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [manicule] 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
    Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                          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  [blank]. of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of [blank] for a pension.
        In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 day 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. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
    I, [blank]  Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [sic] of [blank] for a pension. 

        In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &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 may 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 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 State troops 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 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 service.
    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?
      {To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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 he 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 provision, 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, deposits 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 tree or four months, 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.
[this section "[e]" is bracketed and written in the margin is]
Colonels name certainty of time Rank

    [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 public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
    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.
    [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 magistrates must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
    [manicule] The notes from [a] to [I] 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.} [written] Witness found or not
    [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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March 31, 1934.

Mrs. Z. W. Copeland 
Birdwood 
Elberton, Georgia. 

BA-J/ILL
David Carter
S. 16335

Dear Madam:
    Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David Carter, your ancestor, who was a pensioner of Franklin County, Georgia.
    The record of David Carter is given herein as shown in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 16335, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
    David Carter was born in the year 1758, in East New Jersey, and moved with his parents, when very young, to Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown.
    While a resident of Monongalia County, Virginia, he enlisted in the fall of 1774, and served three months as private in Captain Owens' company, Colonel Morgan's Virginia regiment against the Indians.
    He enlisted in June 1775 and served one month as private under Lieutenant Lewis and Colonel Morgan. Sometime in 1777, he moved from Virginia to Surry County, North Carolina, and while residing there, he enlisted and served asprivate [sic] in the North Carolina troops as follow: from in the spring of 1778, four months in Captain Martin's company, Colonel Cleveland's regiment; from sometime in June 1780, one month in Captain Bostwick's company, then in 1780, marched in a rifle company under General Rutherford to Camden, and was in the battle of "Gates' Defeat", in which he was taken prisoner, was taken to Charleston and was confined on the prison ships "Concord", "King George" and "Fidelity", until August 1781, was then taken to Virginia and exchanged; he enlisted in November 1781, served in Captains Johnson's and Beverly's companies, Colonel Isaacs' regiment and was discharged after service of three months,
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    After the Revolutionary War, the soldier lived in Pendleton District, South Carolina, until the fall of 1825, when he moved to Franklin County, Georgia.
    David Carter was allowed pension on his application executed October 11, 1832, at which time he resided in Franklin County, Georgia.
    There are no data relative to the soldier's family in this claim for pension.
    In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this soldier, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following:
    David Carter
    Certificate #16680
    Issued August 13, or September 13, 1833
    Rate of $70 per annum
    Commenced March 4, 1831
    Georgia Agency.
[line drawn from August 13 to note]
Agency Book,
also - & Ser. of W - 1835.
[line drawn from September 13 to note]
on jacket

        Very truly yours,

        A. D. HILLER,
        Assistant to Administrator.

        2.
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16335
INVALID.

File No. 16,335
David Carter
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. R, Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1909 June 12 Hist. to Mrs. H.S. Jaudon. V.L.M.
1904 - Mar. 31 - Hist. to Mrs. Z.W. Copeland - ILL.
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State of Georgia
County of Franklin}  Ss
     On this 22nd day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty tree, personally appeared before me, Benjamin Stonecypher an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county David Carter who has heretofore subscribed and sworn to the original declaration to which this is attached and who being again duly sworn on oath saith that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services.  But according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades. vy

For four months in 1778 he served as a private under Capt. Martin & Col. Cleveland
For three months in 1780 he served as a private partly under Capt Bostwick partly rifle Co. was under Gen Rutherford, does not recollect the Colonel's name
For eleven months and 4 days from August 1780 till August 1781 he was a prisoner to the British & was kept in the prison ships "Concord", "King George" and "Fidelity" at Charleston, he served this time as a private.
For one month in Nov'r 1781 he served as a private under Capt Johnson & Col Isaacs
For two months in Dec'r 1781 & Jan'y 1782 he served under Capt Beverly & Col Isaacs as a private horseman.
For three months in 1774 he served as a private under Capt Owens & Col Morgan
For one month in 1775 he served as a private under Lieut Lewis & Col Morgan. This service was against the Shawanee [sic] Indians

Served altogether for fourteen months as a private, and eleven months as a prisoner of war he served with an embodied Corps called into service by competent authority that he was during the time 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.  And for such service he claims a pension.  He has understood that his pension in South Carolina is discontinued by some late Act.
He knows of no person now in life, whose testimony he is able to procure to prove his services, other than the proof attached to his original declaration, to which he refers for particulars of service. 
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Benjamin Stonecypher [illegible, possible JP]
David [squiggle] Carter
his mark
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State of Georgia
Franklin County} Ss–
     I Thomas King Clerk of the Superior Court for said County, do hereby certify, that Benjamin Stonecypher, whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit, was at the time a magistrate as there represented, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my my [sic] seal of office and subscribed my name this 23rd day of July 1833
     Tho. King C.J.C [seal]
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        Elberton Ga
        May 29, 1909
Com. Pensions
    Washington D.C.
Dear Sir_
    In the list of revolutionary soldiers who were drawing pensions in 1840 (compiled by [illegible] Gov Allen D Candler; copied from the pension roles in Washington) I find the name of
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David Carter, Elbert County, Ga.  Can you aid me further in establishing the war record of said David Carter_
    If you will advise me what fee is customary. I will forward check.
    Respectfully
Mrs. H.S. Jaudon
    Elberton
        Ga
[postmarked]
PENSION OFFICE
U. S.
A
JUN
1
1909
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After 5 days, return to
H. S. JAUDON,
Box 582,
SAVANNAH, GA.
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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Bureau of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

[postage paid]
[1 cent stamp with Jefferson portrait]

[postmarked]
ELBERTON GA.
MAR 7
1230 PM
1934

[postmarked]
RECEIVED 
MAR 9 1934
MAIL SUB. DIV.
[illegible]
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David Carter (Rev. Soldier) drew a pension while living in Franklin, Co. Ga
Will you be kind enough to furnish me with a copy?  I'm a direct descendant of said soldier.
Very Cordially
Edna Arnold Copeland-

Mrs. Z.W.)
"Birdwood"
Elberton, Ga.

(During the Rev. Franklin Co. was known as Wilkes Co. Ga.
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Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
David Carter Ser. File 16335
[table]
|  DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  |  LENGTH OF SERVICE. |  RANK. |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. / CAPTAIN.  |  COLONEL.  |  STATE. |
|  Fall of 1774  |  3 mos  |  Pvt.  |  Lieut. Owens  |  Morgan  |  Va  |
|  June 1775  |  1 mo  |  "  |  [Lieut.]  Lewis  |  Morgan  |    |
|  Spring 1778  |  4 mos.  |  "  |  Martin  |  Cleveland  |  S.C.  |
|  June 1780  |  1 mo.  |    |  Bostwick  |    |    |
|  then 1780  |    |    |  rifle co. under  |  Gen'l Rutherford  |    |
[next row written in prose] was taken prisoner at battle of Camden & emprisoned on prison ships Concord, King George & Fidelity at Charleston until Auf. 1781
|  Nov. 1781  |  1 mo  |  Pvt.  |  Johnson  |  Isaacs  |    |
Dec. 1781  |  2 mos.  |    |  Beverly  |  Isaacs  |    |

Battles engaged in, Several skirmishes
Residence of soldier at 1st enlistment, on Monongahela on frontier of Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 11, 1832. Has it [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Franklin [illegible], Ga.
Age at date of application, Born in East News Jersey in 1758 raised in Va.
    Remarks:  No data as to family
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Carter, Edward     GRADE Private    LINE Connecticut

WARRANT NUMBER 5575    ACREAGE 100    Aug. 23, 1790 to__not shown__

*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.