Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34679, Alexander Carrico, Mass.
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(3—1776)

SERVICE  
Mass.

Carrico, Alexander

NUMBER
S.34679

CONTENTS
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535
Massachusetts Roll
Alexander Carrico Private    4
Capt. Porter
Map. Line- 1777- 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Sam Putnam, Salem, Mass.

Arrearages to 4th Sept. 1818 4 months 29/30-- $39.73 

Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818,
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Alexander Carrico's Declaration Priv. 6 April 1818
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The Declaration of Alexander Carrico of Beverly in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

The said Alexander Carrico upon Oath declares that on or about the seventeenth day of February AD. 1777.  he enlisted for the term of three years as a private in the Company of Captain Billy Porter in the 15th Regiment of the Massachusetts line under the command of Colonel Ebenezer Francis that he served in said Company during the whole of said term, and at the expiration thereof was honorably discharged in February 1780 at West Point the certificate of his discharge has long since been lost by time and accident.
That he is Seventy years of age, very infirm and unable to get support excepting from charity that from his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support- and that he hereby relinquishes all his claim to any pension [lest] of one allowed him by the Laws of the United States.
Alexander Carrico
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Essex ss. Salem, April 6th 1818.  I Aaron Francis of Beverly in County of Essex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and declare, that I was the 1st Lieutenant of Capt. [Gosenleaf's] Company of foot in the 15th Regiment of the Massachusetts line, that the within named Alexander Carrico was a private in said Company, and enlisted for the term of three years, that he served during the whole of said term in said Company and was a good soldier. he was discharged at West Point in February 1780-- his time of service having expired. that he is very poor and infirm and in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Aaron Francis
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex. ss. On the sixth day of April AD. 1818 personally came before me Samuel Putnam Esquire one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth, the said Alexander Carrico and Thomas Francis and subscribed severally and made oath to the aforewritten Declaration and Affidavit by them respectively made and it appearing to my satisfaction that the Alexander Carrico served more than nine months at one period of the Revolutionary War on the Continental establishment against the Common enemy.  I hereby certify the testimony in the case to the Secretary of the War Department.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court at Salem this sixth day of April AD. 1818
S. Putnam Just
S. J Court of Mass.

I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of the Court aforesaid certify that the Honble Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that the above is his signature and the Seal of said Court is affixed
[illegible] Ichabod Tucker Cler
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535.
Alexander Carrico
May 1818
Beverly
age 72 — very infirm
wife 70 — 
no children

Served 4 years & 8 months
worth $106 - 98

Car
[illegible] 1818
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ESSEX, ss.

At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of teh Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Alexander Carrico resident in Beverly in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 535 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT...REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Alexander Carrico late a private 
"in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate
"of eight dollars per month, to commence on the sixth
"day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
 L. S. "Given at the War of Office of the United States, this thirteenth day
"of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War,"

appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows. to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Real Estate, consisting of one half of an old house out of repair and a few poles of land under and adjoining...$100.00
Personal Estate, one old chest of drawers...3.00
1 old table 80 years old, 20 cts. 7 old chairs $1. ... 1.20
1 looking glass 50 cts. - Crockery & glass ware 25 cts ...75
Knives & forks 12 1/2 cts. 1 pr dog irons 50 cts. ...62 1/2
Shovel & tongs 25 cts - 1 pair bellows 20 cts. ...45
1 old kettle & 1 old iron pot both small ...25
Old coffee pot 12 1/2 - pewter porringer & basin & plate 30 cts  42 1/2
other old stuff in the house 25 cts ...25
$106.98

owes for Doctor's bill.
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Said Alexander Carrico is seventy two years of age, is wholly unable to work, or to walk far from the house, had his hip fractured last winter in consequence of being run over by a horse and sleigh and is probably disabled for the remainder of his life.
His family consists of himself and wife who is seventy years old.
Served 4 years & 8 months in all in the Revolutionary War, three years of which was at the last of the war in Capt. Billy Porter's Company Col. Francis' Regiment Massachusetts Line.
Owes debts to different persons of small amount excepting the Doctor's bill and have received assistance from the town for a number of years before I received my pension money.
Alexander Carrico
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm. Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Alexander Carrico do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what i contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Alexander Carrico

Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, erm, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Alexander Carrico took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Wm. Wetmore, Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred & six dollars ninety five cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July A. D. 1820
attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
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April 30, 1931

Maud Russell
410 North First Street
Mc Alester, Oklahoma

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS:MLB


Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 34679, that Alexander Carrico enlisted about February 17, 1777, place not stated, served as private in Captains Billy Porter's and Greenleaf's companies in Colonel Ebenezer Francis' Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged in February, 1780. He also served one year and eight months before the above enlistment but he did not give the names of officers under which he served. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, at which time he was seventy years of age and was living in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts.

In 1820 he stated that his wife was seventy years of age but did not give her name.

The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Alexander Carrico that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, and there is no record of John Carrico (search under all spellings of the surname). 

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN

soldier's death not on agency Book
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34679
Revy INVALID.

File No. 34,679
Alexander Carrico
Priv Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 66

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1931 Apr 30. hist. to Maud Russell  MCS [?]
1931. Aug. 25 Maud Russell adv. as to date of death etc. M.C.S.
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Notification sent July 26th 1820 to Ichabod Tucker Salem, Masstts
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MAUD RUSSELL
[crossed out] 410 North First St.
MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA

March 22, 1931.

The Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:—

If you have nay record of the services in the Revolutionary War of John Carrico, John Cerrico, or Carico, or of Alexander Carrico, of Massachusetts, I should very much like to have the record. I think these men enlisted in Massachusetts. Of course the application for a pension may have come from some other state.

Very respectfully,
Maud Russell
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McAlester, Oklahoma,
410 North First Street,
August 10, 1931.


Pension Department,

Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:—

Can you tell me to what date Alexander Carrico Revolutionary Soldier, received a pension? I would like to get the date of his death, if possible.

Also please inform me if his widow received a pension after his death. also the State in which he lived when he received his last payment.

Thanking you for the favor, I am,

Very respectfully,
Maud Russell
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August 25, 1931

Maud Russell
410 North First Street
McAlester, Oklahoma

BA-J/MCS

Dear Madam:

You are advised that in order to obtain the Date of last payment of pension of Alexander Carrico, S. 34679, the name and address of person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of the soldier's death, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data: Alexander Carrico, Certificate 535, issued May 13, 1818, rate $8 per month, commenced April 6, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Massachusetts Agency.

There is no record in this office of a claim for pension having been made by anyone as the widow of this soldier.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator