Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1505, Samuel Carter, S.C. Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Va.
Carter, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 1505
carded
CONTENTS
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22287
East Tennessee
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Samuel Carter Senr. of Monroe Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Horton of the Regt commanded by Col Wayne in the Virginia line for 1 year
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Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 40 Dollars 0 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Oct 1833 and Jacob F Forrest Maryville
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending March 20.00
[total] $120.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 39

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Letter to Pen Agt & 3 auditor 27th March 1839.
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Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4th Sept 1836 from 4th Sept 1836 to 4th March 1838. Agt Notified 11. April 1839.

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Date of death not on AB
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State of Tennessee
Monroe County Set
County Court at September Sessions 1832
On this 21st day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court in the Court of pleas and quarter session of Monroe County now sitting, Samuel Carter Senior in a resident of the said County & State aged Seventy eight years past, 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 immediately after the capture of the army of General Burgoyne's they were marched to the Barracks Quill on Ivy Creek seven miles from Charlottesville in Albemarle County Virginia declarant then resided in that County and was included in the Classifycation of the Militia of said County who together with the Militia of Amherst Cumberland and Orange Counties were to guard said prisoners by time of one months service at a tour as well as he recollects, that during the period of the keeping said prisoners declarant served four or five tours of duty on that service in the company commanded by Captain John Martin, Lieutenant Nathaniel Garland, ensigns name forgotten
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Orderly Sergeants name Jacob Pharis under command of Colonel Fountain. About the 1st day of November 1778 as well as he now recollects he left Albemarle County Virginia & removed to Fairfield District South Carolina Soon after settling there, he was called an by draft as he beleives, and went into service in the company commanded by Captain Robert Frost, Lieutenant John Mayfield other officers names forgotten, under Colonel David Hopkins and Major Bond and marched to the Congaree River four miles below Granby where we remained several days waiting for Genl. Greene, from there we crossed the River and marched down it to a place called Sailors; remained there several days thence to Midway Swamp and united with General Green's force and marched under him to Eutaw where we fought the British and after a bloody fight of near half the day General Greene ordered a retreat, and we marched up the Country, and at a place called Perdells 7 miles from the battle ground, declarant was honorably discharged, having served about two months as he beleives, soon after declarant returned home the Torys killed Major Bond and Lieutenant Mayfield, and the company to which
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declarant belonged elected him their Lieutenant in form of Mayfield. Soon after Colonel Richard Wynee ordered declarant and other officers to raise companies and keep them ready at a minuets warning and to suppress the Tories, and keep them in order and reconoiter the Country and keep all in order, in this service declarant served two tours of about two months each for which he received certificates or discharges about the first of August 1781 declarant was called on according to his turn, and marched in command of a company to South Edisto and joined the command of General Henderson where we were employed in suppressing the Tories and outlaws and keeping in check Colonel Cunningham a Tory Roader who had a force of about three hundred as was then understood, and were ravaging the Country about South Edisto River, in this service and beating the swamps and scouring the country we were employed about two months, and were again honorably discharged by General Henderson, and declarant on his way home heard most gladly the news of the surrender of Lord
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Cornwallis at Little York. Declarant had his house burnt in Rutherford County North Carolina where he moved some years after the war and all his papers, discharges and nearly all his effects were burnt & destroyed. He has no documentary or other evidence of his aforesaid services nor does he know of any person by whom he can now prove his said services or any part thereof. He removed from Fairfield District South Carolina to Rutherford County North Carolina in 1795 or 1796. And lived there untill 1810 he removed to Haywood County North Carolina, remained there untill 1813 and then removed to Sevier County Tennessee, then into Blount; and then into Monroe County Tennessee where he has resided several years past and now lives.
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.
Samual Carter
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year first aforesaid
Wm S. Callaway Clerk
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12472 East
Saml Carter Senr
Monroe County
Tennessee

from 1778 private
1 yr $40

no allowance as a Lt.

Jacob F Fonte
Maryville
Blount County
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Carter Senr. County of Monroe in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 78
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Nov In 1778 drafted 2 [mos] private Col Fountain Captain Martin
[illegible] 2 tours of 2 month each 4 [mos] Lieut Col Wynee Genl Henderson
up to Aug 1781 2 [mos]
5. In what battles was he engaged? Eutaw Springs
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Albermarle County Virginia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respects?  not authenticated
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John H Ashton
Examining Clerk.

All the papers relative to his service & his discharges were burnt in his house which he lost in Rutherford County declarant states in his first service that he served one month first service of tour for several tours beside the above mentioned - this [illegible] his
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November 20, 1931.

BA-J/ILL

Mrs. Charles Passmore
717 West Granite Street
Butte, Montana.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Edith Nunemaker and Samule Carter, Revolutionary War pensioners.
The data furnished herein in regard to Samuel Carter are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 1505, based upon his military service in that war.
Samuel Carter, while a resident of Albemarle County, Virginia, enlisted in the fall of 1777 and served four tours of one month each as a private in Captain John Martin's Company, Colonel Fountain's Virginia Regiment, guarding prisoners at Albemarle Barracks. About November 1, 1778, he moved to Fairfield District, South Carolina and soon after, enlisted and served two months as private in Captain Robert Frost's Company, Colonel David Hopkins' South Carolina Regiment; shortly after, he was elected lieutenant of his company and served two tours of two months each under Colonel Richard Winn in the South Carolina troops, and from August 1, 1781, served two months as lieutenant in command of a company under General Henderson in the South Carolina troops against the Tories on the South Edisto River. He was in the battle of Eutaw Springs.
The soldier moved in 1795 or 1796 from Fairfield District, South Carolina, to Rutherford County, North Carolina, and resided there until 1810 when he moved to Haywood County, North Carolina, and remained until 1813, then moved to Sevier County, Tennessee, after which he moved to Blount and Monroe Counties in that state.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, while a resident of Monroe County, Tennessee, having lived there
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several years. He was then seventy-eight years of age.
There are no data relative to soldier's family in the papers in this claim.
The above history is that of the only soldier named Samuel Carter who was pensioned while residing in Tennessee that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this office fails to afford any information in regard to the pensioner, Edith Nunemaker. The list of pensioners printed in 1841 was compiled from the reports of the marshals of the various judicial districts under the Act for taking the C" Census, and without reference to the records of this office, hence it is not always possible to verify the data contained therein. She may have been allowed pension by the state from which her husband served.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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1926 - Dec. 15. Hist to Mrs. T. T. Cole MMHF
1931 - Nov. 20- Hist to Mrs. Charles Passmore - ILL.
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1933 - Aug 2 - hist. to Zella Armstrong - see her letter in William Town W. 31

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Rev War
INVALID.
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File No. 1505
Samuel Carter, Sen
Priv. NC Line.
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Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
April 3d, 1839.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Samuel Carter, sen. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Ten: Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838, to the 4th March 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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State of Tennessee set.
I Hugh L. White Senator in Congress from Tennessee hereby certify that William S. Callaway is the clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of Monroe County Tennessee, that his signature to the within certificate is in his own proper handwriting as I believe and his official acts entitle to full faith and credit - Given under my hand this 22nd day of June 1833.
H. L. White

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12.4721
Saml. Carter Senr.
Application for a pension
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Monroe County Tenn
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8 tours = 12 months.
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Address to Jac. F. Fonte
Maryville
Blount County Tennessee
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We Jesse Leming a Clergyman residing in Monroe County Tennessee and Robert M. Smalling residing in the same County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Carter Senior who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we beleive him to be Seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed and beleived in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Jesse Leming
R M Smalling
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court the 21st September 1832.
Wm. S Callaway Clerk
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 Revd. Jesse Leming who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident
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in Monroe County Tennessee, and that Robert M. Smalling and who has also signed the same are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
William Upton
Tho. J. Caldwell
Wm. Bayles
Samuel Jameson

State of Tennessee set.
I William S. Callaway Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions of Monroe County, which is a Court of Record having power of fine and imprisonment, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Carter Senior for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private (having
no official) seal at office in Madisonville this 21 September 1832
Wm. S. Callaway Clerk {seal}
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State of Tennessee set.
On this 18th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace duly commissioned Sworn in & for Monroe County Samuel Carter Senior the above applicant for a pension, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades. For four tours of one month each, I served as a private guarding prisoners as first mentioned in my original declaration. For two months I served as a private under Captain Frost as mentioned in said declaration. For two tours of duty of two months each I served as a Lieutenant in the suppression of the Tories under orders of Colonel Wynee, as mentioned in said declaration. For two months I served as a Lieutenant and Commander of the Company, under command of General Henderson on the South Edisto Campaign, against Col. Cunningham & his Tory followers, as stated in said declaration, and for such service I claim a pension.
Samuel Carter
Sworn to & subscribed the date first above before me
Landon C. McKeehan
a Justice of Monroe County
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State of Tennessee set.
I Hugh L. White Senator in Congress from Tennessee hereby certify that William S. Callaway is the clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of Monroe County Tennessee, that his signature to the within certificate is in his own proper handwriting as I believe and his official acts entitle to full faith and credit - Given under my hand this 22nd day of June 1833.
H. L. White

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12.472
Saml. Carter Senr.
Application for a pension
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Monroe County Tenn
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8 tours = 12 months.
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Address to Jac. F. Fonte
Maryville
Blount County Tennessee

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State of Tennessee set
I William S. Callaway Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of Monroe County Tennessee, hereby certify that Landon C. McKeehan whose signature appears in his own proper name & hand writing in attestation of the within amended declaration of Saml. Carter Senr. was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned and sworn in & for said County, and a Justice of said Court, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such.
Given under my hand and private having no official seal, at office in Madisonville in said County this 18th day of June 1833.
Wm. S Callaway Clerk
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180 Riverside Drive
New York City
October 19, 1926

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs:
Will you please give the the Revolutionary war Record of my ancestor, "Samuel Carter" of Stanly County (lived near Albemarle) North Carolina? The War Department referred me to you.
yours truly -
Mrs. T. T. Cole
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[logo] DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Butte Mont
Nov -7-1931

U.S. Pension Bureau -
Wash. D.C

Dear Sirs -
What record do you have of Edith Nememaker - a Rev. War. pensioner, living in Roxborough - Phil. Co. Penn. in 1840 then 79 yrs old-
Also of Samuel Carter living in Polk Co Tennessee in 1840 then 85 yrs old - he was a Rev. War pensioner.
Awaiting an early reply I am Yours-
(Mrs Chas S.) Susie M. Passmore
717 W. Granite St
Butte Mont

[stamp] NOV 12 1931
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section MMHF

December 15, 1926

Mrs. T. T. Cole
180 Riverside Drive
New York City.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 1505 it appears that Samuel Carter while a resident of Albemarle County, Virginia enlisted in the fall of 1777 and served four tours of one month each as a private in Captain John Martin's Company, Colonel Fountain's Virginia Regiment guarding prisoners at Albemarle Barracks,
About November 1, 1778 he moved to Fairfield District, South Carolina, and soon after enlisted and served two months as private in Captain Robert Frost's Company, Colonel David Hopkins' South Carolina Regiment.
Shortly after, he was elected Lieutenant of his company and served two tours of two months each under Colonel Richard Winn in the South Carolina Troops, and from August 1, 1781 served two months as Lieutenant in command of a company under General Henderson in the South Carolina Troops against the Tories on the South Edisto River. He was in the battle of Eutaw Springs. [sidenote on page] I put this at end of service as he had it in the wrong year.
About 1791 he moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina [sidenote on page] North Car. residences given because inquirer asked for a N.C. man.


North revile give
being asked and
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thence to Haywood County, North Carolina, thence to Sevier, Blount and Monroe Counties, Tennessee. He was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832 while a resident of the last named county aged seventy-eight years.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

Date of death not on AB
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Samuel Carter-S.1505
The data given below were obtained from the papers on file in the above noted pension claim.
The date and place of birth of Samuel Carter are not given in the papers in this claim, nor are the names of his parents shown.
While residing in Albemarle County, Virginia, Samuel Carter enlisted immediately after the capture of Burgoyne, and served four tours of one month each as a private in Captain John Martin's company, Colonel Fountain's Virginia regiment, guarding prisoners at Albemarle Barracks. About November 1, 1778, he moved to Fairfield District, South Carolina and soon after, enlisted and served two months as private in Captain Robert Frost's company, Colonel David Hopkins' South Carolina regiment; shortly after, he was elected lieutenant of the company and served two tours of two months each under Colonel Richard Winn in the South Carolina troops, and from August 1, 1781, served two months as lieutenant in command of a company, against the Tories on the South Edisto River. He was in the battle of Eutaw Springs.
The soldier, Samuel Carter, moved about 1796 from Fairfield District, South Carolina to Rutherford County, North Carolina, there until 1810, when he moved to Haywood County, North Carolina, there until 1813, then moved to Sevier County, Tennessee, after which he moved to Blount and Monroe Counties, Tennessee.
Samuel Carter was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, then seventy-eight years of age and living in Monroe County, Tennessee.
There are no data relative to soldier's family in this claim.

Letter addressed to Miss Zella Armstrong
605. East 8" St.
Chattanooga Tenn.
see William Town W.31