Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,428, Ebenezer Carleton, Continental N.H.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
N. H.
Carleton Ebenezer
NUMBER
S. 46.428
CONTENTS
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[3 -- 230.]
Cert
No. 1152
Reissues.
46428
Revy Aw
Name Ebenezer Carleton
Rank. Pri Compy: Man
Regt: N H Line
Agent
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st
Issue. Comm'g
2d
Issue. Comm'g
3d
Issue. Comm'g
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st
Issue Sent to
2d
Issue. Sent to
3d
Issue. Sent to
Allowed Act 1828
[ Crossed out -Act 14th July, 1862. ] Bk. G. Vol. Page
Registering Clerk:
Disability.
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Carleton, Ebenezer
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New Hampshire, submitted to the House of Representatives
by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, Page 138
Rank: Private
Regt. 1st New Hampshire, served as purveyor to Gen. Washington 
Disability: Received a fall from his horse, whilst acting Surveyor to General Washington's family; by which fall he badly ruptured in his left groin.
When and where disabled: June, 1782
Residence: Alexandria
To what pension entitled; Three fourths
Evidence complete, excepting that the deposition of one witness, to prove his being wounded in the line of his duty,
is taken before a justice of the peace.
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Declaration
of 28.005
Ebzr Carlton
for Pension
Enlisted for the
War
on Evee till
June 6. 1783-
[written in left margin] 
18 5 22
19 4 21
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, 
County of Grafton ss.
On this first day of October ^1833^ personally appeared before the Judge of the Court
Probate Ebenezer Carlton a resident of New Chester in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy nine 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 1775 with Capt Mann and served in the second regiment of the New Hampshire line, under the following named officers: Viz Col. James Reed in said Capt Manns Company he was in the memorable Battle of Bunker Hill and was stationed at Winter Hill for eight months the term for which he enlisted, before the above term expired he enlisted again for one year under as
with in Col. Sargent, called the sixteenth March
rest which term he served, the first part in the Vicinity of Boston & the latter part in the State of New York In February 1777 he enlisted again for "During the War under Capt Isaac Fry in the third it Regt commanded by Col Scammel
which Regt he served in various places untill
March 1778 & was their draughted [drafted] into Genl Washington. Guard where he served unto 1781 and after that served in the capacity of of one of the providers of the Commander in Chief Table untill the close of the War
that he was born in Litchfield in said State of N.H. he went into the same as aforesaid from the Town of Wilton County of Hillsborough State of N.H. that he has resided in New Chester for the last thirty eight years, that he has no record of his age that he had a discharge from under the hand of Gen Washington which was in the hands of John Smith Esqr about thirty years since & has never seen it since. for his reputation of a soldier in the revolution the refers to John S. Winter and Saunders Mc Murphy & also to the Certificate hereto annexed signed by W Colfax Capt Comy Cmd in Chiefs Guards He further states that
his name is on the Pension roll as an invalid
 [text is cut off]
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That he had a discharge from under
hand of Genl Washington which was in the
hands of John Smith Esquire about thirty years
since & has not seen it since. for his reputation of a soldier in the revolution he refers to John S. Winter and Saunders McMurphy & also to the Certificate hereto annexed
signed by W Colfax Capt Comy Comd in
Chiefs Guards.
He further states that his name is on the Pension roll as an invalid relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except as above and the present, and he declares that
his name is not on the pension roll of any
agency in any state except as above stated
to wit the agency of the State of New Hampshire
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
Ebenr Carleton
and the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier and served as he
states.
Edward Webber Judge of Probate
I Moses Daw Clerk of the Court of Probate
for the County of Grafton aforesaid do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Carlton for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
my hand and seal of Office this first day
October AD 1833
Moses Daw
[illegible paper seal attached]
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Land Warrant No 3015 for 100 acres issued 13th 1796 to John Smith, assigner of Ebenezer Carleton, who was a Private in the New Hampshire line
The name of Ebenezer Carlton appears
in the final settlement certificate page 13 as
having been paid the gratuity of $80 4 Nov
1783. His name is in the Invalid Pension List of
N.H. & no other
BL Brall
Clk Pension office
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State of New Hampshire 2092
Grafton ss.
I George Woodward Assist Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for said County do certify
that W. W. Sargent & Geo. M. Phelps Esquires
before each of whom one of the annexed
affidavits were taken are Justices of the  
peace within & for said County duly qualified
to administer oaths & that I believe the
within to be their genuine signatures
Witness my hand & the seal of
said Court this 4th day of October
1833
 Geo Woodward A Clerk
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No of orig Payt
1,152
New Chester [illegible]
[illegible]
Free
Honl Lewis Cay [missing text torn]
Secretary [missing text torn]
Washing [missing text torn]
Pension Application
Allowed
Act 1828
[written in left margin]
N.H. Oct
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These may Certify, that the bearer hereof in Ebenezer Carlton was a Draught [draft] from the third New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Colonel Scammel, the nineteenth day of March one thousand seven
hundred and seventy eight, he was accompted with for his pay from that time to the first day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty, and since which he is entitled to receive, excepting one months pay, at the Head of Elk in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, and the months of January, February, March and April one thousand seven hundred and eighty three

Given under my hand at Head Quarters
this fourth day of June 1783
W Colfax Capn Comdr [Captain Commander]
Comdr in Cheifs [Commander in Chiefs] Guard
CARLETON BENEZER
(Cont, N.H.) S 46428
[black round stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVED OF THE UNITED STATES
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of Saunders Mc Murphy of Alexandria in the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that I enlisted into the United States Service in the Revolutionary War, in the year of
our Lord 1781- about the first of January, and there served to the close of the War, and that I now draw pension of eight dollars a month from the United States Government, that of said Ebenezer Carleton Several times and conversed with time, particularly at Newburgh in the course of the time of my Service in said war, that he the said Ebenezer Carleton told me that he was in the employ
of the Commander in chief as provider of the
Generals table
Saunders his X Mark Mc Murphy
witness W.W. Sargent
Lavina Carlton
 
State of New Hampshire Grafton ss.
September 28th 1833, Personally appearing the above named Saunders Mc Murphy, made
solemn oath the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me,
W. W. Sargent Jus. of the peace (4 Quo'm [quorum])
Sept. 28th 1833.
I hereby certify that Saunders Mc Murphy the above named deponent is a man of truth and varacity [veracity]-
W. W. Sargent Jus peace & Quo'm
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I John S. Winter a Clergyman of Bristol
the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire hereby certify that I am acquainted with Ebenezer Carlton of New Chester in said County, that I live within about fifteen miles from his residence that I believe him to be about seventy nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that I concur in that opinion
I further state that it would be attended with inconvenience & considerable expense for me to attend the Probate court in this county on the first Tuesday of October next, a distance of about sixteen miles

John S. Winter
Grafton ss 1 October 1833 Then the above 
named made Oath that the above certificate
by him signed is true before me
Geo M. Phelps
Jus Peace
I hereby certify that John S. Winter signer of the above certificate is a Clergyman as stated in the above certificate & that his statement is entitled to full credit
Geo M. Phelps
Jus. Peace
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Revolutionary Claims.
AN ACT for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution. Senate and House or United State
America in Congress assembled, That each of the surviving Officers of the Army of the
Revolution, in the Continental Line, who was entitled to half pay by the Resolve of
October twenty-first, seventeen hundred and eighty, be authorized to receive, out of any
money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the amount of his full pay in said
line, according to his rank in the line, to begin on the third day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-six, and to continue during his natural life: Provided, That
under this act, no officer shall be entitled to receive a larger sum than the full pay of a
Captain in said line.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That, whenever any of said officers has received
money of the United States, as a pensioner, since the third day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-six, aforesaid, the sum so received shall be deducted from
what said Officer would, otherwise be entitled to, under the first section of this act; and
every pension to which said Officer is now entitled, shall cease after the passage of
this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That every surviving Non-commissioned Officer
Musician, or private, in said Army, who enlisted therein for and during the war, and
continued in its service until its termination, and thereby became entitled to receive a
reward of eighty dollars, under a resolve of Congress, passed May fifteen, seventeen
hundred and seventy-eight, shall be entitled to receive his full monthly pay in said service, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated; to begin on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and to continue during his natural life: Provided, That no Non-commissioned Officer, musician, or private, in said Army, who is now on the Pension list of the United States, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act.
Sec. 4 And be it furth enacted, That the pay allowed by this act shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be paid to the Officer or Soldier entitled thereto, or to their authorized Attorney at such places and days as said Secretary may direct; and that no foreign Officer shall be entitled to said pay; nor shall any Officer or Soldier receive the same, until he furnish to said Secretary satisfactory evidence that he is entitled to the same, in conformity to the provisions of this act; and the pay allowed
by this act shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, but shall enure wholly to the personal benefit of the Officer or Soldier entitled to the same by this act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of said pay as accrued by the provisions
of this act, before the third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight,
shall be paid to the Officers and Soldiers entitled to the same, as soon as may be, in the
manner and under the provisions before mentioned; and the pay which shall accrue after said day shall be paid semi-annually, in like manner, and under the same provisions,
Approved May 15, 1828.
AN ACT to amend the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second section of the act, entitled "An act for
the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved the fifteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, shall not be
construed to embrace Invalid Pensioners, and that the pensions of Invalid Soldiers, shall
not be deducted from the amount receivable by them under the said act.
Approved May 31, 1830.
AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the third section of the act, entitled "An act for the
relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved
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the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, shall not be construed to embrace Invalid Pensioners; and that the pension of Invalid Soldiers shall not
be deducted from the amount receivable by them under the said act.
Approved July 14, 1832.

AN EXTRACT from the 4th section of the Act approved 7th June 1832, supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving
Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution."
"In case of the death of any person embraced by the provisions of this act, or of the
act to which it is supplementary, during the period intervening between the semi-annual
payments directed to be made by said acts, the proportionate amount of pay which shall
accrue between the last preceding semi-annual payment and the death of such person,
shall be paid to his widow, or, if he leave no widow, to his children."
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
5th September, 1832.
The "Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the
Revolution, " approved on the 15th day of May 1828, and the acts amending the same, (of
which the foregoing is a copy) will be carried into effect under the following regulations.
Each Officer, Non-commissioned Officer, musician, and Private, claiming, under the
above - mentioned act, will transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury a declaration made
upon oath before some Judge or Justice of the Peace, according to the annexed form marked
A; in which he will shew how he is entitled to the benefits of the act, by giving as particular an account as he may be able, of his services in the Revolution, stating when, where, in what
manner, under what officers, in what corps, Regiment and line he entered or enlisted and
served, when, where, and by whom he was discharged, and of whom he may at any time
have received pay; whether he has received any bounty either from the United States, or of
either of the States, either in money or land. If an Officer he should state whether he received
commutation, and if a Soldier, whether he received a certificate for the reward of
eighty dollars. The applicant will also state whether he has at any time received or applied for a pension from the United States. The claimants declaration must be accompanied by the affidavits of two respectable witnesses as to his identity. The act of the Judge or Justice
of the Peace who administers the oath must be authenticated under the seal of the Court.
The form marked A has been prepared for the convenience of claimants, but any other
form containing the necessary information will be received.
Each applicant will transmit his commission, discharge, or any other paper or document
that he may have, shewing him to have been in service, which commission, discharge, or
other paper, or document, after being registered, will be returned. If the commission,
warrant, or discharge, has been lost or destroyed, he will state that fact, and transmit any corroborative testimony that he may be able. If he can prove his service by any witness
he should do so. If he cannot, and knows no person living who can testify to his service,
he should state that fact. If the evidence transmitted, taken in connexion [connection] with that afforded by the public records,
prove to be satisfactory, the amount which may be found due, will be transmitted to the applicant at his residence. He may however, if he should prefer it, authorize any other person
to receive his pay; in which case he will execute a power of Attorney, according to the
form marked B, which must be acknowledged before a Justice of the Peace or other Magistrate , authorized to administer oaths, and authenticated under the seal of the Court of the county, in the same manner as is already prescribed in regard to declarations. But no payment will be made to any such Attorney, until he has made oath according to the form marked C.
In case of the decease of any Officer or Soldier, who has been found entitled to the benefits
of this Act, the amount of pay accruing at the time of his decease will be paid to his
widow, on her making application, and transmitting evidence of her being the widow.
If there be no widow, the amount will be paid to the children, on their transmitting evidence
that there is no widow, that they are the children, and all the children, and are of age.
If the children be under age, the money will be paid to their Guardian, on his transmitting
evidence that there is no widow, and that he has been appointed Guardian, and that there
are no other children. If some of the children be of age, and some under age, the money
will be paid to those who are of age, jointly with the guardian of those who are under age.
If there be neither widow nor children, the money will be paid to the legal representatives; and in that case, the Executor or Administrator shall transmit evidence of his authority, and that the deceased left neither widow nor children.
The time of the decease of the Officer or Soldier whose pay is claimed, must be proved,
in all cases.
Forms to be used to obtain the amount due to deceased Officers and Soldiers, have been
adopted and can be furnished to claimants, when requested, free of all expense.
In consequence of impositions that have been practised upon the Officers and Soldiers
of the Revolution, this Department, finds it necessary to decline all communication with
agents, unless they are persons whose character and standing are known to the Department.
It is unnecessary for the applicant, however, to employ an agent; as, by transmitting the
application, directed to this Department, it will be attended to immediately without any expense to the claimant. It is requested that all letters on this subject may be endorsed,
"Revolutionary Claims."
LOUIS McLANE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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Revolutionary Claims.
(A. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828.
Before me*
in and for the county of
in the State of
personally appeared,
of
in the county of
in the State of
known to me as a person of good repute and entitled to credit, who first being duly sworn,
does on his oath say,+
 
And in testimony whereof he has hereunto annexed his signature.
Witness my hand, this
in the year
day of
= @
* A Judge or Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case
may be.
+ An account of the applicant service.
= Signature of Judge or Justice.
@ Signature of the Claimant.
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[handwritten right margin] awg #46.428
NOTE. The Branch Bank of the U. S. most convenient to the claimants residence is at
The most convenient Post Office for the Claimant to receive his letters is at
Before me,*
in the county of
in the State of
personally appeared, this day,
and
of the said County,
persons known to me as credible witnesses, who did severally make oath that
by whom the foregoing declaration was
subscribed, is+
in the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this
day of
in the year
Affiant.
Justice of the Peace.
Affiant.
I,
Clerk of the Court of the County of
in the State of
do hereby certify, that
before whom the
foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a*
and duly empowered to administer oaths; and I believe the signature annexed to the same
and purporting to be his, to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
[L. S.] said Court, this
day of

*A Judge or Justice of the Peace.
+Known to us to have served, if the fact be so, or otherwise, is generally reputed and believed to have served.
When the applicant is known to the witnesses to have served, they should state in what manner it is known to them.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Carleton, Ebenezer 
GRADE Private
LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT
NUMBER
3015
ACREAGE. 100
ISSUED Apr. 13, 1796
to John Smith, assignee
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.