Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,208, Rufus Carter, Conn. Continental
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(3-1776 ) SERVICE Conn. Continental  Carter , Rufus NUMBER S. 9208  carded
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( left page ) 14309 New York Rufus Carter Onandago in the State of N. Y. who was an Artificer in the Comy  commanded by Captain Miller of the Reg't  commanded by Col. Wadsworth in the Connecticut  line for 3 months private 1 year 3.11 15 days officer ( check mark A.J.) Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 115 Dollars __ Cents per annum to commence on the  4th day of March 1831; Certificate of Pension issued  the 14th day of May 1833 and sent to George Pettit  Fabius Onandago Co. N.Y. Arears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 230 - Semi - anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833 $ 57.50 ( total $ 287.50 )  { Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by George Taylor Clerk Book E. Vol. 2 Page 49  ( right page ) ( vertical notes ) ( Letter to Evans  & Fant June 23 1832 )
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 [ State of New York County of Onondaga ]  On this 27 day of February personally appeared before  John Watson , Otis Bigelow & David Munro  the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting  Rufus Carter , a resident of the Town of Tully in the County of Onondaga and State of New York aged sixty eight 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 7th 1832. That he entered  the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -That in the year 1780 he resided in the town of Colchester in the County of Hartford , State of Connecticut, and in the month of September , about the 10th day here was a general call for the militia to  turn out and go to New London before that place was burned by Arnold, that he went  under command of Captain Miller, Lieutenant Elijah Buell & Ensign  Hill, and Marched directly  to New London and were stationed at Groton Fort, which was commanded by an officer belonging at that place, but his name is now forgotten, and  remained there three months  & performed garrison duty & then returned home about the middle of  December 1780 - That afterwards while on apprentice to a Blacksmith in Colchester  aforesaid,  two of his Journeymen  by the names of Adams and Mc Carty enlisted under Col. Wadsworth of Hartford to go into the army as officers, and his  master Elijah Buell , enlisted the deponent and another apprentice by the name of Frederick Carter, to go along with  them  & that on the first Monday in March 1781 they all left home and joined the army at Crump and in
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the State of New York  , remained there till the French joined the American troops & some time afterwards & did work for both Americans & French - that the French had an interpreter called Capt. Savat & another officer by the name of Michigeau & he recollects seeing Genera; Washington  there & shoeing his horse from there we ere marched over the north river to a place called Arbor (?) & proceeded to  the South  through Trenton , Philadelphia to the head of Elk River and  thence to Yorktown in Virginia, where we  arrived in August or September  & were under the  Super intendance of Colonel Wadsworth who was overseer of the officers  during the siege of Yorktown  &  the surrender of Cornwallis  & remained there till the spring of 1782, when he was marched back with the French , accompanied by a guard of the American Troops as far as the north river & then proceeded with the French to Providence in Rhode Island and left the French Troops there and were conducted by Col. Wadsworth to  Hartford in Connecticut where he &  the  said Frederic Carter were dismissed by him  without any written discharge, about the last of August having been in this term of service one year, five and a half months makin in all one year, eight  & a half months service for which he claims a pension - that he well recollects seeing General Greene  & Lafayette at Yorktown - That he was born in the town , then called Kent ,Litchfield County , State of Connecticut , on the 7th day of June 1765 , as appears from a copy of a record  now in his possession  & taken from a record kept by his parents now deceased - that after the revolutionary war was over, he removed  to Oblong in the State of New York & lived there two years  ,& from there he removed to Galway in Saratoga County  & resided there over a year, & then removed
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and to Bennington & thence to Virginnes in Vermont and in both places resided about two years, removed back to Galway  & married  & thence to Tully where he has resided during the last thirty two years- that he never received a written discharge  for any of the services rendered as aforesaid - That Platt Miles, Elijah Markham, Rupel Chase, Phillip Carter and Henry Tapping are persons  to whom he is known in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character  for veracity  & their belief of his services  as a soldier of the revolution -that there is no regular clergyman whose testimony he can  procure to the same facts, the Reverend John D Hart , whose church the deponent has attended for years past having recently  removed out  of the place to Wayne County , N.Y. - That he has no documentary evidence that he knows of no person except John Johnson whose testimony he can procure who can testify  to his services - And further that  he served as aforesaid in the capacity of Blacksmith & Gunsmith  & his said master furnished the tools & that his pay was sixteen dollars a month . He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present  & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day  & year aforesaid . Subscribed & sworn this 27th day of February 1833 before me R. L. Hess ( signed ) Clerk of Onondaga County  Rufus Carter ( signed ) We Phillip Carter & Elijah Markham residing in the Town of Fabius in the County of Onondaga  & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rufus Carter who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration  that we believe him to be sixty eight 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 to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid . Philip Carter ( signed ) Elijah Markham ( signed ) , R. L. Hess ( signed ) Clerk of Onondaga County
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and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after 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 the above named Elijah Markham & Philip Cater who have signed the proceeding  certificate are residents in the Town of Tully in the County of Onondaga and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. John Watson  ( signed ) Otis Bigelow ( signed ) David Munro ( signed )  I Reuben L. Hess Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Onondaga do hereby certify  that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  Rufus Carter for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27th day of Feby 1833 . R. L. Hess ( signed / sealed ) clerk
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23354 Rufus Carter New York  MC  George Pettit Fabius Onondaga City N York
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Rufus Carter Pensioner of N.Y. I want a copy of his alleged service &  of his admitted service under whom he served  & date of all the service Onondaga Co. N.Y.  Mr. Daniel T Jones Mrs. Scotts
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Rufus Carter Revolutionary Pensioner of New York  Hon Daniel T Jones as Mrs. Scotts from  Arad Joy now in  Washington
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(left page ) Rufus Carter of New York Roll  ( right page ) Rowland Carter Power Atty No 7 M Cole Will please get the papers for F. S. Evans.  I herby approve it  Mr. F.S. Evans may substitute to   ... ( illegible ) the written claim of Rufus Carter - Lett. Drury  Sept 11,1857
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[ State of New York County of Jefferson ] ss Know all men by these presents that I Rowland Carter of the Town of Clayton County and State aforesaid  do hereby authorize constitute and appoint  Leander M Drury of Onondaiga  in the State of New York my true and lawful attorney for me and on my behalf as the son of Rufus Carter deceased  to prosecute any claim I may have upon the Government of the United States  to an increase of pension by reason of the services of the said Rufus Carter as an  officer in the war of the Revolution, hereby revoking and  annulling all and every power of attorney to any and  every person by me heretofore made or executed . And the said Leander M Drury is hereby authorized to take  all necessary measures and legal steps in the prosecution of said Claim.  Witness my hand and seal this eighth day of August  A.D. 1837. Rowland Carter ( signed / sealed )   [ State of New York County of Jefferson ] ss On this eighth day of August  A.D. 1837  personally appeared before me  subscribed Justice of the Peace of said County the above named Rowland Carter and  acknowledge the foregoing power of attorney to be his free act and deed - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  the day and year last above written. Abel Coleman ( signed ) Justice
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Rev War 9208 INVALID. File No. 9208  Rufus Carter Aritific'r  Rev. War Act : June 7th / 32  Index : - Vol. 1st Page 59 [ Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jeremiah Wadsworth Deputy Com - Genl of purchases June 18,1777 . Com. Gen. " Apl. 9, 1778 - Jan 1, 80.
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Rufus Carter  Pension Law 1832 New York from Arad Joy  Feb 1853
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In the matter of Rufus Carter  Revolutionary Claim  Should the within papers be defective from any cause whatever or should anything further be required the Secretary of the Treas. will please to inform  Mr. Carter by a line addressed to E.C. Reid. Homer Cortland County  New York  The certificate if the claim is allowed it is also wished may be sent  under cover  to E.C. Reid Homer , Cortland County  N.Y.  E.C. Reid ( signed )
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[ State of New York County of Cortland ] ss For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of certain officers  & soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved on the 15th of May 1828 . I Rufus Carter of the town of Tully in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York do hereby certify  that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution for the term of one year or during the war & continued in its service until its termination - That he enlisted & did duty as an artificer that he was enlisted by Col. Wadsworth  of the Connecticut line & was attached a part of the time to the French troops & went with them to the South to the taking of Cornwallis that he was principally during the time he served in the army under the direction  & command of Capt. John Johnson whose affidavit is hereto annexed - That at the termination of the war he was a private or artificer attached to the company commanded y said Johnson who belonged to Col. Wadsworth  as he thinks belonged to the  company  department & did not have charge of any particular regiment And the said Rufus Carter further states that at the time he was discharged from the army he went to live  with  one Elijah Buel  in the State of Connecticut who managed the affairs of the said Rufus as he the said Rufus was then under age & he supposed that the said Buel took his discharge  & also took his certificate for the reward of eighty dollars to which he the said Rufus was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778 - That he the said  Rufus has sent to the said Buel at Connecticut  to get his discharge & certificate but the messenger brought back word that Buel died about ten or eleven years ago  & that for some years before he died he was crazy  & his papers during that time had got destroyed & that his family was all gone or dead except one son who was an infant at the close of the war & knew nothing about the said
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Rufus's services & who informed the said Rufus's messenger that his father's papers were all destroyed - The said Rufus would further state that he has no doubt but what the said Buel must have taken the said  Rufus's discharge & certificate because  the said Buel went to Hartford in Connecticut  & drew the said Rufus pay for him after he was discharged - And the said Rufus further states that he has not nor does he know where he can get any further proof of his said services other than the affidavits hereto attached. And I  the said Rufus Carter further declares  that I was not on the  fifteenth day of March 1828 on the Pension List of the United States. Rufus Carter ( signed )  Dated Homer Cortland County New York Jany 9. 1829.[ State of New York Cortland County ] ss Before me  Lizur B. Canfield a Justice of the peace of the town of Homer in the County of Cortland & State of New York personally appeared this day Moses  Tuttle who made oath that  Rufus Carter by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed  & believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated - That he has been acquainted with the said Carter all of twenty years that he is a blacksmith by trade that he is considered by all who are acquainted with him to be a man of  truth  & veracity- Witness my hand this  9th day of Jany  in the year 1829. Sworn before me  this 10th day of January 1829.  Moses Tuttle ( signed ) Lizur  B. Canfield ( signed ) Justice of the Peace   Witness L.W. Canfield  [ State f New York Cortland County Clerk's Office ] ss I hereby certify that Lizur  B. C ... ( missing ) name appears to the above affidavit was on the 10th day of January  1829  .. ( missing ) the Peace in and for said County Commissioned & sworn & duly  authori.. ( missing ) .. such  and further  that I am acquainted  with the hand writing  of the said Just.. ( missing )  believe the signature  " Lizur B. Canfield "  subscribed  to the aforesaid affidavit .. ( missing )  hand writing of the said Justice. Witness my hand and the seal of the said County .. ( missing )  20th day of January 1829.  David R. Wh. ..( missing )
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[ State of New York Broom County ] ss Before me Thomas Whitney  a Justice of the Peace of the town of Lisa (?)  in the County of Brown  & State of New York personally appeared this day  John Johnson of the town of Lisa (?) County of Brown  & State aforesaid  who made oath that Rufus Carter by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally  reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in  manner as therein stated - And the said John Johnson further states that he is personally acquainted with the said  Rufus Carter & first became acquainted with him during the War of the Revolution - That he this deponent was a Captain in the army of the Revolution  & the said Carter was under the command of this deponent - that the said Carter went with this deponent  from Crum pond in the State of New York to the South and was present at the taking of Cornwallis - That the said Carter served as a artificer - that this deponent was in the habit of seeing  said Carter every day except when this deponent was called away from the camp- That the said Carter served faithfully.  John Johnson ( signed )  Subscribed and sworn  before me  13th Jany 1829 . Thomas Whitney ( signed ) J Peace
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[ Broom County ] ss I Daniel Evans , Clerk of the Court of  the County of Broom in the  State of New York , do certify that Thomas Whitney , Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was sworn, was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized and empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court  this fourteenth day of January 1829. Daniel Evans ( signed )