Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15633, David Carlton, N.H.
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(3-1776)
NUMBER
SERVICE
N.16
Carlton, David
W.15633
Ruth

CONTENTS
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1,695
Portsmouth N Hampse
Ruth Carlton
widow of David Carlton decd.
who died on the 22nd October 1820
of Rockingham in the State of N.H.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Dow of the Regt. commanded
by Col Wingate in the NH
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth N.H. at the rate of 20 Dollars     Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Jany 1839[?] and sent David Currier [illegible] N.H.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838   $130.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '38  10.00
$140.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836.
Section the 3.

Recorded by D D Addison  Clerk,
Book A   Vol. 2nd   Page 23
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State of New Hampshire ss.
On this first day of September eighteen hundred and thirty seven personally appeared Ruth Carlton a resident of Derry in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eighty three years last April, who, 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 4, 1836. That she is the widow of David Carlton who was as the applicant always understood and believes an Ensign in the War of the revolution - He enlisted in Capt Ezekiel Giles company the first year of the war, she believes in May or June of the year 1775 for six or seven months - He marched to Portsmouth in the state of New Hampshire and served the whole time there - He returned in cold weather and the applicant thinks he was gone about seven months - 
He also served about June or July 1776 as a substitute for his brother, Benjamin Carlton, from two to five or six weeks. the applicant does not recollect precisely how long - He has a commission and a discharge which were preserved until the death of the said David Carlton and then not being considered of any value they were both destroyed with other papers - 
She further declares that her maiden name was Ruth Stevens that she was married to the said David
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Carlton on the twenty second or twenty third day of November seventeen hundred and seventy three as she believes; that her husband the aforesaid David Carlton died on the twenty second day of October in the year eighteen hundred and twenty; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed - 
/s/X her mark Ruth Carlton
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above mentioned before the undersigned, chief justice of the superior court of judicature in the said state of New Hampshire. And I do certify that the said Ruth Carlton by reason of his age and bodily infirmities is unable to attend court & that she sustains a good character for truth and veracity
/s/Wm. M. Richardson
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss - I. J. Bartlett Hoitt Clerk of the Court Judicial Courts within and for the County of Rockingham & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Hon William M. Richardson who has subscribed the foregoing declaration, is the Chief Justice of the Judicial Courts in said State duly commissioned and qualified as such, that full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts - and I believe the same to be his genuine signature - 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature this twelfth day of September anno Domini 1837
/s/J. B. Hoitt Clerk S.J.C.
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"1773 Nov'r th25} Mr David Carlton and Miss Ruth Stevens both of Plaistow were married pr certificate 5/4"
A true copy from the records of the congregational church of Haverhill north Parish and Paistow (Plaistow)
August 2. 1837. Attest} /s/Samuel H. Peckham Pastor of said Church
I Samuel H. Peckham of Haverhill County of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I am Pastor of the congregational church of Plaistow and North Haverhill, that the above is a true copy of the records of said church in my possession, and is entered in said record apparently in the hand writing of the Rev. Giles Merrill at that time the past of said church - 
Plaistow August 2. 1837. /s/Samuel H. Peckham
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss. Plaistow August 2, 1837
Sworn to before me /s/David Currier Jr Jus. Peace
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I hereby certify that Samuel H. Peckham above named is a credible witness
/s/David Currier Jr. Jus. Peace
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I Daniel Carlton of Derry in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged fifty one years do testify and say that I am the son of David Carlton, late of said Derry - my father the said David Carlton died the twenty second day of October in the year eighteen hundred and twenty I was present when he died - my mother Ruth Carlton has never been married since his death but has remained his widow ever since his death. 
I have heard my father say a great many times that he served in the Army of the revolution as an Ensign, and I have seen his commission as Ensign which was preserved as long as my father lived - after his death his papers and among the rest his Ensign's commission were taken by my brother John Carlton and being considered of no value were destroyed - my father also had a discharge from the army, which I had frequently seen and which was destroyed with his commission and other papers after his death - 
I always understood my father was in the Army at Portsmouth six
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I Daniel Carlton of Derry in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged fifty one years do testify and say that I am the son of David Carlton, late of said Derry - my father the said David Carlton died the twenty second day of October in the year eighteen hundred and twenty I was present when he died - my mother Ruth Carlton has never been married since his death but has remained his widow ever since his death.
I have heard my father say a great many times that he served in the Army of the revolution as an Ensign, and I have seen his commission as Ensign which was preserved as long as my father lived - after his death his papers and among the rest his Ensign's commission were taken by my brother John Carlton and being considered of no value were destroyed - my father also had a discharge from the army, which I had frequently seen and which was destroyed with his commission and other papers after his death -
I always understood my father was in the Army at Portsmouth six
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or seven months and that he afterward went as a substitute for his brother one or two months - 
I am sure he had a commission as Ensign in the Revolutionary Army for I have frequently seen it - I also well remember seeing his discharge, and that the commission and discharge were both destroyed after his death, being considered of no value - 
Derry September 9. 1837.
/s/Daniel Carlton
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss. September 9. 1837
Sworn to before me
/s/David Currier Jr. Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Daniel Carlton is a credible witness - 
/s/David Currier Jr. Justice Peace
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I Mary Carlton of Derry county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged forty nine years do testify and say that I am the wife of Daniel Carlton of said Derry I agree with him in the statements in the foregoing affidavit signed by him - I was present also at the death of the said David Carlton and know that Ruth Carlton has never married since - 
I also well remember seeing his commission as Ensign, and after the death of said David Carlton I took the commission and the papers from a box where he kept them and gave them to the Executor of his Estate John Carlton who considering them of no value destroyed them - John Carlton now lives in the state of Ohio - 
Derry Sept. 9. 1837. /s/Mary Carlton
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss. September 9., 1837. 
Sworn to before me /s/David Currier Jr. Justice Peace
I certify that Mary Carlton above named is a credible witness - 
/s/David Currier Jr. Justice Peace
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3-525.
O.W.N. Division. [initials: own]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C., [blank], 190[blank]
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of David Carlton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below  the desired information as contained in ['his (or' crossed out] his widow's) application for pension on file in the Bureau. W. 15,633.
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
May or June '75|6 or 7 mos.|Ensign|(Ezekiel Gile| ✓)|N.H.|
June or July '76|5 or 6 wks.|subst|(ituted for his brother|Benjamin Carlton)| " |
[end of columns]
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Sept. 1, 1837. Her cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Derry, Rockingham Co., N.H.
Age at date of application, b. Apr- 1754.
Remarks: Soldier married Nov. 25, 1773 Miss Ruth Stevens of Plaistow, NH. He died Oct. 22, 1820. In 1837 their sons John lived in Ohio and Daniel, ae. 51 yrs. and Mary, his wife, in Derry, N.H. No further family data.
Very respectfully, 
[blank]  Commissioner. 
31793b5m10-07
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[verso]
N.H.
Rev WIDOW, &c. [initials: own]
File No. 15633
Ruth Carlton widow of David Carlton Pri Rev War
Act: July 4th 36
Index: - Vol. A, Page 119
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
1911, Sept. 8. Hist. to Mrs. Clarence A. Carlton
1911, Sept. 18 - Hist. to Mrs. Minnie K. Carlton
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married 1773
Died 1820
adm'd for 6 mo
$20 per ann.
comp. 4 March 1831
N.H. militia 
Capt. Dow's Co
Col. Wingate
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2725
Application of Ruth Carlton of Derry Rockingham County New Hampshire - forwarded by David Currier Jr. of Chester Rockingham Co. N.H. through the Chester post office -
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss. I J Bartlett Hoitt Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said County hereby certify that David Currier Jr. Esquire who has subscribed ['to' crossed out] the annexed certificates was on the ninth day of September Inst, and still is, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit, should be given to all his official acts a such, and I believe the same, to be his genuine signature - 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature this twelfth day of September Anno Domini 1837. - 
 /s/J. B. Hoitt Clerk S.J.C.
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I Moses Bly of Plaistow in the County of Rockingham and state of New Hampshire aged eighty six years do testify and say that I was well acquainted with David Carlton of Hampstead and afterwards of Derry in said county - I knew him before and after he was out in the revolutionary war - He did not serve in the same company with me, and I think not in the same Regiment - I served in Capt. Gilmore's company and Col. Enoch Poor's regiment. 
Said Carlton served, as I understood, in Captain Ezekiel Gile's company in the first of the war, I believe in 1775. How long said Carlton served under Gile I do not recollect, but I always understood he was out at Portsmouth six or seven months - I did not see said Carlton while in the service but from what I knew and heard at the time I have no doubt he did serve six months and probably more - 
I do not recollect of hearing or knowing whether he was an officer
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or not, but he was a very likely young man and very probably was an officer - 
There was a good many volunteers from this town to go up when Burgoyne was taken I believe Captain Gile and said Carlton went also but am not certain - 
Plaistow August 2. 1837. 
/s/X his mark Moses Bly
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss. August 2. 1837
Sworn to before me 
/s/David Currier Jr Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Moses Bly is a credible witness
/s/David Currier Jr. Jus Peace
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David Carlton was a private - in Capt. Rich'd Dow's C'a Lieut Eze'l Gile roll dated Nov 5 1775. on Great Island N.H.
see NH Rolls vol 4 p. 112
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[handwritten letter]
Fort Collins Colo. Aug 27 - 1911
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
I would like to get the Revolutionary war record of David Carlton [margin note: W 15.633] of Derry N.H. he rec'd a pension which after his death his wife Ruth continued to receive. do you have the record if not can you tell me where to get it and how to apply for it.
Yours very Truly
/s/Mrs. Clarence A Carlton
Fort Collins Colo. Sheriff's Office.
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[handwritten letter]
R. R. McGREGOR, UNDER SHERIFF
BERT PINDELL, DEPUTY
Office of Sheriff of Larimer County
C. A. Carlton, Sheriff
Fort Collins, Colo. 12 - 1911
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - Will you kindly tell me if you have Revolutionary war record of David Carlton [margin note: W. 15,633 acm] of Derry New Hampshire, he had pension and after his death his wife Ruth rec'd his pension he was Great-Great-grandfather of Clarence A Carlton who wishes to joint the S.A.R. on 
R. R. McGREGOR, UNDER SHERIFF
BERT PINDELL, DEPUTY
Office of Sheriff of Larimer County
C. A. Carlton, Sheriff
Fort Collins, Colo. 
this Record if you have the record please tell me the fee and I will advance the sum, if not can you tell me where to search for information
Truly yours
/s/Minnie K. Carlton
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE D SEP 15 1911] Act Sept 16, 1911c