Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 900, Landon Carter, N.C.
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N.C.

W. 900

Carter, Landon 
Elizabeth
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No 1581

Tennessee

Elizabeth Carter
widow of Landon Carter - Decd:

who was [a pensioner under the Act of crossed through]

and who died on the 5 June 1800
who was a Captain in the ____ commanded by Captain ____of the Regt: Commanded by Col. Seier in the North Carolina line for 6 months as Captain

Subscribed on the Roll of Jonesborough at the rate of 120 Dollars ___ Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1830

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Jany: 1839 and sent to Hon: W. B. Carter, Ho: of Reps

Arrears tot he 4th Sept: 1838 $300.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 39  $60.00

$360.00

{Act July 71838}

recorded by Wm M. Stuart Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 206
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3713
Elizabeth Carter
Tennessee

admitted Capt. for 6 months $120
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State of Tennessee
Carter County

On the 8th day of December 1838 personally appeared before Mr. David Nelson a Justice of the Peace for the County of Carter in the state of Tennessee Elizabeth Carter a resident of Elizabethton in the County aforesaid, aged seventy three years on the Ninth day of July last, who is being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.  That she is the widow of Landon Carter, who was a Captain of the Militia in the arm of the revolution as she is informed and believes.  That said Carter as a Captain raised a Company of soldiers, principally volunteers, and served a Tour of duty of Four Months as nearly so under Col. John Servier and Col Arthur Campbell in the years Seventeen hundred and eighty and Eighty-one in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians.  The said Landon Carter as she believes set out with his Company in the Month of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty and marched from the  upper
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part of East Tennessee his then residence, supposed to be then Washington County to the Blue Springs supposed to be situated in what is now Blount County Tennessee, when, where Col. John Sevier, met and fought the Cherokees in which Battle the Indians loss has estimated at about Thirty, and in which my husband Commanded as a Captain, After said Battle the said Troop Marched Back as she believes to Buckingham Island near the mouth of Boyds Creek, where they were reinforced by Col. Arthur Campbell, who took the command and Marched the troops to the cherokee naiton and took several towns [illegible] Choto Chilhouse, Tillico. [illegible] and [illegible] after an absence of near Four Months

She further Declares that said Carter as she believes served another tour of duty in the fall of seventeen hundred and eighty one, as a Captain, The particulars of which she is not now able to state, But Believes he set out with his Company to go in General Manon in the South and was in service about Four Months

She further Declares that she was married to the said Landon Carter on the Twenty sixth day of February Seventeen hundred
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and eighty four.  That her husband the aforesaid Landon Carter died on the fifth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred.  That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service But the Marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen-hundred and ninety four [illegible] at the time above stated, She further declares that she has no documentary evidence to her knowledge by which she can establish The service aforesaid, She further Declares that she is now a single woman, and has been so ever since the death of her said husband Landon Carter, never having married

Ellizabeth Carter X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before

Mr. David Nelson
Justice of the Peace for Carter County

I do also Certify that the applicant Mrs. Elizabeth Carter is unable from age and infirmity to appear in open Court and therefore I attended at her room to enable her to make the foregoing Declaration

David Nelson
Justice of Peace for Carter County

State of Tennessee
Carter County
I Malcom N. Folsom Clerk of the County Court, of the County and
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State of Tennessee
Carter County
Personally appeared before me David Nelson an acting justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid Alfred M Carter Son of Landon Carter decd and Elizabeth Carter who is an applicant for a pension, aged about fifty four years, and being sworn according to law upon his oath doth say that his Father Landon Carter Kept a small Book something like Day Book in appearance in which was recorded the time of his Marriage, the birth of his children He in his own hand write, That in a few years after the said [illegible] was married which took place on the Fifteenth day of November Eighteen hundred and Ten he transcribed the record of Marriage and births in to his bible and that he has examined said Transcript and that from the same his Father and Mother was married on the twenty six day of February seventeen hundred and eighty four.  That after the Death of his Father his death was recorded in the Book refered [referred] to, which he also transcribed in to his Family Bible and from said Transcript his Father died on the Fifth day of June Eighteen hundred, which from his own recollection he knows to be correct, That he has made a search among his Fathers old papers, and his own and others of the family for said day Book or family record But has not been able to find it  that he believes the same to be lost of Mislaid
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so that he cannot find it, That in the man is a [illegible] of his Fathers papers he has never seen any documentary evidence of his Fathers services in the revolutionary War, That his Father Landon Carter As appears by his Bible heretofore refered [referred] to was born on the Twenty ninth day of January seventeen hundred and sixty.  That his Mother Elizabeth Carter the applicant for a pension is now a single woman, and has been so ever since the death of his Father

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of December 1838

Alfred M. Carter

 David Nelson
Justice of Peace for Carter County

I do hereby Certify that Alfred M Carter who has sworn and subscribed the above statement is a mand of credit, and that full faith and credit is due to his statements

David Nelson
Justice of the Peace for Carter County
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David Nelson before whom the above probate was made, was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his signature is genuine Given under my hand and seal at office this 17th day of December 1838

M. N. Folsom Clk

State of Tennessee
Carter County
I George Emmert Chairman of the County Court of said County do hereby Certify that Malcom N. Folsom, whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same Clerk of said County and that full faith and credit is due to all his acts as such Given under my hand and seal this 18 day of December 1838

George Emmert
Chairman of Carter County Court
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State of Tennessee
Washington County

This day came before Mr. William K. Blair a Justice of the peace in and for said county James Sevier in the Seventy fifth year of his age and who being duly Sworn on the holy [illegible] of Almighty God, deposeth and saith that during the war of the revolution he Served two tours of duty in the Company of Captain Landon Carter One against the Cherokee indians in the latter end of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty and eighty one a three months tour the Other in the fall of eighty one to South Carolina to join Genl Marion.  I believe we were about four months from home on that tour This depost states that he was well acquainted with Captain Carter while he was single and also with Miss Elizabeth Maulin with whom he afterward intermarried.  I believe the Marriage took place in the latter end of the year eighty three or the beginning of the year eighty four the exact time I do not know as I was on a Journey to the State of Georgia at the time I also State that I am well acquainted with all their Children (to wit) Alfred M. Carter Sarah Carter Tom B. Carter Elizabeth Carter George W Carter and Mary Carter I am also under the belief that Landon Carter died in the month of June 1800

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 30th day of October 1838

Jas Sevier

Wm K Blair JP

I hereby certify that James Sevier who has sworn and subscribed the above is a man of credit and that full faith and credit is due to his Statemt

Wm K Blair JP
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State of Tennessee
Washington County

I Saml Greer clerk of the Court of said County do hereby Certify that Wm K Blair before who in the written Probate was made was at the time an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his Signature is Genuine.  Given under my hand and Seal of Office as Office in Jonesboro this 30th day of October , 1838 

Saml Greer Clerk [seal]

State of Tennessee Washington County
I Wm K. Blair Chairman of the County Court for  sd [said] no Ninety certify Saml Greer whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of Signing the I am Clerk of sd [said] Court and that full faith and credit is due to all his acts as such

Given under my hand Seal this 30th day of October 1838

Wm K Blair
Chairman
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State of Tennessee
County of Jefferson

Be it known, That on this sixth day of September A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty four, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Eliza M. Paxton a resident of Russelville in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the daughter and heir at law of Elizabeth Carter late a resident of Carter County Tennessee now deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under Act of believed to be 1836
at a rate of One Hundred and twenty Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me

Eliza M Paxton
David Eudaley J Peace

I, David Eudaley Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Eliza M. Paxton who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this county, and is I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.

David Eudaley J. Peace.

I, James M. Nicholson clerk of the County Courtin the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that David Eudaley before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this sixth day of September A.D. 1854

James M. Nicholson Clerk, of the County Court of Jefferson County

[illegible seal]
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I Eliza M. Paxton of Russelville, County of Jefferson and State of Tennessee hereby constitute and appoint C W Bennett my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of the Claim of the heirs of Elizabeth Carter decd for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorized my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments of Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to said heirs at the Agency in this State to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.  

WITNESS my hand and Seal this sixth day of Sept A.D., 1854

Eliza M. Paxton

SIGNED AND SEALED IN THE PRESENCE OF
Hud McChurg
David Eudaley

State of Tennessee
COUNTY of Jefferson

On this Sixth day of September A.D. 1854 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Eliza M. Paxton and acknowledge the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid

David Eudaley J. Peace.

CW Bennett Atty Present

Elizabeth Carter wid of Landon
An Act 1836 Tenn.
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WCS
am

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

November  8, 1927

Mrs. S.C. Burdett
121 E. Scott Ave.
Knoxville, Tenn.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W900, it appears that LANDON CARTER was born January 29, 1760, place not stated.

While resident of Washington County, Tennessee, he served from November, 1780, four months as Captain in Colonel John Sevier and Arthur Campbell's North Carolina Regiments; he was in a battle with the Cherokee Indians at Blue Springs and afterwards captured five of their towns.  From September, 1781, he served four or five months as Captain in Colonel John Sevier's North Carolina Regiment.

He married February 26, 1784, Elizabeth Maulin or Meulin who was born July 9, 1765.  He died June 5, 1800.

His widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed December 8, 1838, while a resident of Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee.  She was dead in 1854, date of death not stated.
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They had the following children: Alfred M., who was fifty-four years of age in 1838 and who married November 15, 1810, name of wife not stated; Sarah; Elizabeth or Eliza M., who married Paxton, his first name not stated; George W.; Mary; and William B., who in 1838 was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.

Respectfully,


WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 900
Elizabeth Carter
Widow
Landon Carter
Capt. No. Car. Line
Act July 7 1838
Index:--Vol. A, Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[sideways notes]

1923 July 13 Hist to Mrs. J. E. Hook awf
Mar 12 Hist to Baxter Taylor
Dec letter in case of Jorden George J1202) w.c.s.

1927 Nov. 8, hist to S. C. Burdett w.c.s
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Genl. Wm B. Carter

Elizabethton
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Genl. Wm B. Carter

Sir

On the four parts of this sheets is all the information I have reflecting your Father's Services.  I think Leonard Bowing the older may know something about your Father and Mothers marriage he [illegible] one doc river above Elizabethton at the time you had better see him and some of the Old [illegible] family.  Be so good as to send Mr. Wm Edwards letter you told me of

Yours very respectfully
Jas. Sevier
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H. R.
29th December 1838.

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Com. Pensions.

Sir:  I have the honor to enclose you [your] papers rec. this morning being an application of my mother for the benefits of the Act of 1836 and 8 granting pensions to the widows of revolutionary officers and soldiers.  With regard to the character and standing of the deponents they can be vouched for if necessary by several members of Congress to whom they are known and whose certificates I will procure if advised by You to do so.  You will find the declaration was made before the presiding Justice of the County Court, which is a court of record in Tennessee - out of Court the dep not being able from infirmity to attend in Court.  I hope you will give this case as early attention or your convenience and other duties will permit - and inform me the result.

I am with great respect
Yr Obt Servant
Wm. B. Carter

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com. Pensions
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State of Tennessee
Carter County

Personnally [Personally] came before me David Nelson an acting Justice of the Peace for the County appears said Doctor Issac Taylor and after being Sworn Saith that he was personally acquainted with Landon Carter Sr The reported father of Mr. Wm. B. Carter, and Issac Taylor Saith on oath That in the Year eighty he thinks some time in November that he went out with Landon Carter against the Cherokee Indians and that Said Carter acted as Captain that they Served nearly a four months  Tour against the said cherokee Indians in the company of Said Carter who had raised a company of nearly all Volunteers That during the campaigns Carter and his company were in one Battle in which there were about thirty Indians killed.  the Battle was fought at a Place called Blue Springs between french Broad and Little [illegible] Doct Taylor thinks that place is know [now] in Blount County in this state.    Gov John Sevier was commander in chief and marched Back to Brachinghams Island near the mouth of Boyas Creek in french Broad There they met a [illegible] under the Command of
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Arthur Campbell.  The Said Arthur Campbell then took the command.  They then marched into Cherokee National and took five princial towns to wit - Chato Chilhoure Tillico, Mirvasee, Chischerve and then they returned home And during the said time the Said Landon Carter acted the part of a Brave man a Gentleman and a Soldier and a Good Officer.  And he says he was [illegible] close to Said Carter during the different engagements  Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 20th November 1838

Issac Taylor X
David Nelson
Justice of the Peace for Carter County

State of Tennessee
Carter County

I Malcom N. Folsom clerk of the County Court of the County and state aforesaid, do hereby Certify that David Nelson, whose signature is attached to the above affidavit, was at the time slated a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and that full faith and credit is due to his acts as such and that the signature then to attached is his genuine signature Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Elizabethton this 8th day of December 1838

M.L. Folsom Clk
[seal]
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State of Tennessee
Carter County

I George Emmert Chairman of the County Court for said county do hereby Certify that Malcom N. Folsom whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same Clerk of said County and that full faith and credit is due to all his acts as such  Given under my hand and seal this 18th of December 1838
[illegible]
George Emmert
Chairman of Carter County Court for Carter County
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State of Tennessee
Carter County 

Personally appeared before me David Nelson a Justice of the Peace for Carter County Jeremiah Campbell, Esq aged seventy six years this day, who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath, say that in the month of September seventeen hundred and eighty one, he set out as a private in the Company of Captain Landon Carter from the County of Washington state of Tennessee, to join general Green or Marion in the south.  that Captain Carter Company has delayed in starting, and did not get to start with Col Sevier; Sevier crossed the yellow Mountains, and has said Carter crossed the Stone Mountain and went by the way of John River and joined Sevier at the Tuckasiege Forge on the Catanba River in North Carolina, from there they went on by the way of Charlotte in North Carolina and joined General Green at the high hills of Santer, But General Green having gone in to muster quarters  Col Sevier stayed but a few hours with Green but passed on immediately to join General Marion, and did join him in the Swamps of Santer River, near the British encampment, which was then at Manks corner, This junction of Sevier and Marion he thinks took place about the latter part of October, They remained in our his command
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until they start home, He can not state the precise day on which they got home but believes it was in the latter part of February, having been in service near Five Months, the exact time he can not now state, He further states that during all the time mentioned, the aforesaid Landon Carter commanded as his Captain and was considered a good officer He Further states that he was well acquainted with Captain Carter till his death, That said Carter as he believes died in June Eighteen hundred.  that he has been acquainted with his widow Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, the applicant for a pension ever since, That she is now a single woman, and has been so ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid Landon Carter, Sworn to and Subscribed before me this Fifteenth day, of December 1838

Jeremiah Campbell X

David Nelson Justice of the Peace for Carter County

I do hereby Certify that Jeremiah Campbell who has sworn and subscribed the above is a man of good credit and that full faith; given to his statements

David Nelson
Justice of Peace for Carter County
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State of Tennessee
Carter County

I Malcom N. Folsom Clerk of the County court of said County do hereby Certify that David Nelson, before whom the above probate has made, was at the time an Acting justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his signature is genuine.  Given under my hand and seal at office this 17th day of December 1838

M.N. Folsom Clk
[seal]

State of Tennessee
Carter County

I George Emmert Chairman of the County Court for said County do hereby Certify that Malcom N. Folsom whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same Clerk of said County and that full faith and credit is due to all his acts as such given under my hand and seal this 18th day of December 1838

George Emmert
Chairman of Carter County Court
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John Clark

affidavit
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State of Tennessee
Washington County

this day personally appeared before me W. K. Blair a Justice of the peace for said County  Darling Jones aged Seventy five years and being duly Sworn according to law, deposth and Saith that he during the war of our independance [independence] served one tour of duty in the year 1781 in the company of Captain Landon Carter to South Carolina in the regiment commanded by Col John Sevier that we Marched through Charlotte town North Carolina and Camden South Carolina to the high hills of Santer where General Greens army lay after the battle of Entaw Springs from there down the Santer river to where General Marion lay with his militia and Joined him, we had no battle while there, but took one British garrisson without fighting we were in Service about four months and was then discharged and returned home in the winter we went from Washington County, then north Carolina Col. Issac Shelby and his regiment was also along from Sullivan County

Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 8th day of December 1838

Darling Jones X

Wm K. Blair, JP

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Darling Jones the above affiant is a reputable man and that his Statement is intitled to full faith and credit

given under my hand and Seal the 8th of Dec 1838

Wm K. Blair seal
J Peace
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State of Tennessee
Washington County

I Saml Greer clerk of the county court of Said County due hereby Certify that Wm K Blair whose name to the appears to the written Certificate and before whom the written Deposition was taken was at the time an Acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his Signature appears to be genuine.

given under my hand and Seal of Office and Office in Jonesboro this 8th Dec 1838

Saml Greer Clk

State of Tennessee Washington County 
Dec 8th 1838

I certify that Samuel Greer whose name appears to the forgoing is clerk of said Court duly elected and that full faith and Credit is due to all his acts as such

Given under my hand and Seal this 8th day of Dec 1838

Wm. Blair
Chairman of said Court

Darling Jones affidavit
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State of Tennessee
Washington County

This day appeared before me Henderson Clark a Justice of the peace for said county  John Clark aged eighty years and being duly Sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he Served a tour of duty in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty in the Summer and during the war of our independance [independence], that he was in the Company of Captain Samuel Williams, commanded by Col. Charles Robertson, that he well recolects [recollects]  that Captain Landon Carter commanded a company at the same time in said Regiment, and that Col. Issac Shelby was along in command from Sullivan County that Col. William Cooke was along we marched from Washington County then north Carolina  passed a place called Gelbish town North Carolina, went to the Cherokee ford on [illegible] river stayed there about two weeks then went and took an enemy fort on a creek called Thickitty and then returned to the main army of the Cherokee ford, from the ford we Marched about from place to place untill [until] we thought proper to return home all being Volunteers.  I suppose the tour was between two and three months.  Sworn to and Subscribed the 5th day of December 1838

John Clark X

Henderson Clark
Justice of peace

I hereby certify that John Clark the witness above is entitled to full credit and believes genuine under my hand 5th December 1838

Henderson Clark Justes [Justice] of peace
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State of Tennessee
Washington County

I Saml Greer Clerk of the County court of Said County do hereby certify that Henderson Clark whose name appears to the written Certificate and before whom the written deposition was taken was at the time an Acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his Signature appears to be Genuine
given under my hand and Seal of Office at Office in Jonesboro this 8th Dec 1838

Saml Greer Clk
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Mexico, Mo.
May 21, 1923

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:

In Census of Pensioners, Revolutionary Military service 1840.  I find as follows:

Elizabeth Carter, 75 yrs old, Carter Co. Tenn. Dist. No. 7 p. 152, she lived with Benj. Brewer.

Also same page, John Carter, Greene co. Norther Dis. 83 yrs. lived with Ezekiel Carter.
 
John Carter had a son Landon Carter whose wife was Elizabeth, lived in Carter Co.

Yours very truly,
Mrs. J. E. Hook

[Seal Pension U.S Office May 24, 1923]
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121 e. Scott Ave
Knoxville Tennessee
June 2, 1927

Pension Office
Washington
D.C.

Dear Sirs, 
Please give me all the information you can on Landon Carter of Carter County, East Tenn., who was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1797.
Eckenrode (Supplement) Va. State Liby.
List of Rev. Soldiers of Va.
Carter, Landon (2VR) VD 34. p 60
Carter, Landon L of 175 p 87
Eckenrode List of Rev. Soldiers.

I would also like to get any thing you could give me on Samuel Dorsey Jackson, born Sept. 16, 1755, in Carlisle, Penn., was a Lieut. in Col. Stark's regiments of Va. troops in the Rev. War.
He married Eliza Catherine Woodrow of Phil. Penn.
He died May 7, 1836 in Washington County Tenn.

My son William Carter Burdett, American Consul at Brussels Belgium, wants to join the Sons of the American Revolution

Yours truly
Mrs S.C. Burdett

SCB/JHC

[stamp Pension Office U. S. Jun 4, 1927
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3-525
RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONAL WAR RECORDS SECTION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,

Washington, D.C., ________ 19 ____

AWS
W. 900

In reply to your request of ______, received_____
for a statement of the military history of Landon Carter soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Nov. 1780/ Sept. 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 4 mos./4 or 5 mos.
RANK Capt./Capt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED  John Sevier and Arthur Campbell /John Sevier
STATE  N.C.

Battles engaged in, expedition against the Cherokees Blue Springs

Resident of soldier at enlistment, Washington Co. Tenn

Date of application for pension, Dec. 8 1838 Her cl. as al

Residence at date of application, She was born July 9 1765 He died June 5, 1800

Remarks:  Soldier was born Jan 29, 1760 He died June 5 1800 He married Feb 26 1784.
Elizabeth Maulin or Muelin.  She was dead in 1854.  Children Alfred M. who was 54 yrs old in 183 and married (wife's name not stated) Nov. 15 1810; Sara, Elizabeth, George W., Mary, Eliza M. Paxton and Hon. William B. Carter a member of House of Representatives

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.

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March 12, 1925

Baxter Taylor
Box 16, State Capitol
Oklahoma City, Okla.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 900 it appears that Landon Carter was born January 29, 1760, place not stated.

While a resident of Washington County, Tennessee, he served from November, 1780, four months as Captain in Colonels John Sevier and Arthur Campbell's North Carolina Regiments; was in a battle with the Cherokee Indians at Blue Springs and afterwards captured five of their towns.  From September, 1781, he served four or five months as Captain in Colonel John Sevier's North Carolina Regiment.

He married February 26, 1784, Elizabeth Maulin or Meulin who was born July 9, 1765.  He died June 5, 1800.  He widow, Elizabeth, was allowed a pension on her application executed December 8, 1838, while a resident of Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee.  She was dead in 1854, date of death not stated.
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They had the following children:  Alfred M., who was fifty-four years of age in 1838 and married November 15, 1810, name of wife not stated; Sara; Elizabeth or Eliza M. who married Paxton his first name not stated; George W.; Mary; and William B. who in 1838 was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.

Respectfully,

Acting Commissioner