Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5892, for Peter Karr, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey
Karr, Peter or Carr, Hester

NUMBER
W 5892
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13,155
R
New Jersey
=
Dead
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Peter Karr
Newark in the State of New Jersey
was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Winds of the New Jersey
, for the term of 12 months [illegible]
at the rate of
inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
8
Dollars per month, to commence on
the 11 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of July 1819 ┃
and sent to William Pennington
Esquire Newark New Jersey
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $86.36
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  48
10 mo 12 dys
48
$134.36
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
-
Continued
of
sum
1837.
letter July 29
me See Messes
to wit for
Jones
my
son
of
Wills
Wills
Transfered to N. York 26 March 1836 from 4 March 1830
and
Certificate sent to William Pennington
Sep 1820 Newark NJ
June 30th 1834 transf to New Jersey from 4 March 1834 dup: certif. found and sent to Hon. P. Dickerson, H.R on the 1st July 1834
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3174
New Jersey
Hester Carr
widow of Peter Carr
who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Jan, 1849 and sent to Saml B Miller
Newark NJ

Records on the Roll of Pensioners under ___
February 2, 1848, Page 287 Vol 4

Reported Jan 19 1849
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Peter Karr
13155
Septr. [illeg]
continue
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At a District Court of the United States for
the New Jersey District holden at Newark
in the County
of Essex in said District-
PRESENT the Honorable William S. Pennington
District of N. Jersey: ss. Be it Remembered that on the thirteenth
day of July
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
personally appeared in the said District Court of the United States
in open court, the said court being a court of record for the District of New Jersey
in the County of Essex holding -
---
Peter Karr
aged seventy three years,
resident in New Ark in the County of Essex aforesaid
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he
served in the revolutionary war as follows:
that he enlisted in Captain
Markers Company in the first Jersey Regiment in
the Jersey line, that he served in said Regiment
about 14 months as near as he can recollect
That he served in other regiments during the
whole war-- always in the Continental estab
lishment-
⎨
and that his original declaration is dated the eleventh
day of April
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 13, 155
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And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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," pass on the 18th 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 is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribe, to wit:

Peter Carr
His X Mark
No real Estate
No Personal Estate whatever.
That his occupation is that of a Day laborer.
That he is lame and unfit for any labor and unable to do any.  That he has a wife named Hester aged 55 years, able to do some work but suffering under the Rheumatism, and one child named William aged about 17 years capable of getting a living, living with him.  That he has no income.

Sworn to and Declared before me
July 13th 1820
Peter Karr
His X mark

William S. Pennington
District Judge
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I, William Pennington, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the New Jersey District
Do hereby certify, That the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is --------------
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 27th day of July 1820

Wm Pennington
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District of New Jersey.  3
On this eleventh day of April 1818 before the the hon. scribes and judges of the District Court of the United States for the said District, personally appeared, Peter Karr aged sixty eight years ____ in the Town of Newark in the County of Essex in the said District, who being by me first duly sworn according to him, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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.
That he the said Peter Karr enlisted some time in the year 1775 / but at what time he now forgets/ at Pompton in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Col. Wynes in the ____ him on the Continental establishment that he continued to service the said corps, until sometime in the year 1777 having served somewhere about Eighteen months. That he was enlisted only for one year but at the expiration of this term, he was at Ticonderoga but the unit not arriving in time he among others were called upon by his commanding officer as an act of Patriotism to stay with the troops until the unit arrive.  That he served until the relief arrived being about six months after his time expired.  When he left the troops to receive his discharge at Pompton in the State of New Jersey.
In less than a month after this discharge was received and which he has since lost he enlisted near Patterson
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in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain  ____ in the fifth regiment commanded by Col ____ in the ____ he states he served in the said corps for about two years when he was discharged at Tappan in the State of New Jersey.  That in about two months after receiving this second discharge which he has also lost, he enlisted again in the County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Cutwater in the militia that he served in the said company with the close of the War.   That he served in the Siege of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and that he is in reduced circumstances and ___ in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other____ now in honor of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Peter Karr
his X mark

William Pennington District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Peter Karr did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the ____ of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Newark April 11th 1820
William Pennington
District Judge
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V 5847
New Jersey, Essex County

Hester Carr
widow of Peter Carr, a Pensioner under the law of 1818.
Declaration

Married Sept 1786
Husband died 30Apr 1835

Col Wines
Capt Mueller
New Jersey 1770

________
Private 12 months

Return to Lewis Condict
Morristown.  N Jersey
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Family Record
Births
Peter Carr was born 19th of March 1788
Philip Carr was born April 5th AD 1790
Garrit Carr was born the 3rd of May 1795
David Carr was born February 8th 1798
William Carr was born 8th of August 1801
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Family Record
Deaths
Deaths
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.

State of New Jersey 
On this 26th day of June 1839 personally appeared before theCourt of Common Pleas of Essex County Mrs. Hester Carr, a resident of Newark in the County of Essex, aged 73 years, believed by me to be a woman of truth and unblemished character who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of a provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled An Act granting half pay and pensions certain widows.
I am the widow of Peter Carr, who was a continental soldier of the Revolutionary Army as I believe and probably also a soldier of the New Jersey Militia, but of this I am not certain. He was, however, a pensioner of the United States on acct. of his revolutionary services and for a more full and accurate detail of his services I would respectfully refer the Common Court of Jersey and the Secretary of War to his original declaration and paper, now on the files of the pension office at Washington.
I was married to the said Peter Carr on the (blank) day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six by Reverend David Mormur, a minister of the Gospel, of the Reformed Dutch Church, in a settlement called Newfoundland, in Morris County New Jersey.  I am informed there is no marriage record among the church papers of that place at that period.  I have a large bible belonging to our family, in which my children's names are recorded, the leaf on they were at first written has been taken from said bible and accompanies this declaration. My maiden name was Schuyler and Philip P. Schuyler, my brother  was present at my marriage. His deposition accompanies this declaration and was taken before John Debow Esq. on the 30th May last.  My husband, the aforesaid Peter Carr, died the on the thirtieth day of April - in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six - I was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above states.  Sworn to and subscribed, in Open Court, at Newark, on the day and year above.
Hester Carr her X mark
written before me
Stephen D. Day Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas
for the county.  (initials??)
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State of New Jersey, Essex County

I, Stephen D. Day - the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county before whom the within declaration of Mrs. Hester Carr was taken and subscribed on the twenty sixth day of June 1839, do hereby certify that the annexed and accompanying leaf which purports on it's face to be a family record of Peter Carr and of Hester Carr, was in my presence separated from a large family bible in the possession of said Hester Carr, and in my presence also was attached to this declaration.  And I do further certify, that from an examination made by me of said Hester Carr, I am fully satisfied that said record is true, as to the facts which it records.
(following two and a half lines crossed out)

In Testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name at the city of Newark in the said county the 26th day of June, Domino, 1839 Stephen D. Day Judge of the court of Common Pleas for the County Essex.

New Jersey
Essex County

I, Elias Van Arsdale Jr. Clerk of Essex County, hereby certify, that Stephen D. Day, Esq.  before whom the within declaration of Mrs. Hester Carr was taken and subscribed  on the 26th day of June 1839 and whose name is also subscribed to the above certificate, is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, and the signature of his name thereto "Stephen D. Day" is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of my office at Newark, this twenty sixth day of June - Domini 1839
Elias Van Arsdale

(seal to left)
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State of New Jersey, Morris county

Before me, John Debow a Justice of Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Philip P. Schuyler of Morris County, personally well known to me many years as a man of truth and fair reputation, who having been duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith the following viz: I am 74 years of age, and am well acquainted with Mrs. Hester Carr, widow of Peter Carr, who was when living a pensioner of the United States for Military services in the Revolutionary War.  She is my sister and I was present at her marriage and saw said Hester then Hester Schuyler, united in the bonds of matrimony to said Peter Carr by the Reverend David Morenur, a minister of the Gospel of the Reformed Dutch Church, then settled in Morris County, in a neighborhood or settlement called Newfoundland.  The marriage ceremony was performed at the dwelling house of Cornelius Groen in said county in the fall of the year 1786 and as I believe in the month of September.
The said Peter Carr died about three years since and my sister, the said Hester Carr, has not married since his death.
Sworn and subscribed this 30th day of May - domino 1839.
N.B. the particular day of the month of the marriage I cannot tell.
Philip P. Schuyler
Before me, John Debow Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey Morris County

Before me John Debow a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared William Berry of Passaic County personally known to me many years as a man of truth and fair reputation who having been duly sworn according to law on his oath saith as follows viz: I am fifty six year of age and am well acquainted with Peter Karr and that he was a pensioner of the Revolution and that the said Peter Karr died at his house the thirtieth Day of April 1836.
Sworn andSubscribed before me the 30th Day of May 1839.
William Berry 
John Debow Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Morris county

I, David B. Hurd, Clerk of Morris county, hereby certify, that John Debow Esq. before whom the above and the preceding declaration, signed by William Berry and by Philip P. Schuyler, dated 3rd Mar 1839, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Morris, duly commissioned and authorized and that the signature of the name of said John Debow to each of said depositions is true and genuine.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of my office at Morristown this 1st day of July 1839.

D B Hurd Clerk (seal to left)
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State of New Jersey
Essex County

I Stephen D. Day Esq. a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the aforesaid county and before whom this written declaration of Mrs. Hester Carr was taken and subscribed on the 26th day of June 1839 hereby certify - that the interliniation of the words " _?_ names" and also of the words "they were" in the same line of said Declaration - as we'll as the erasure of the words "marriage is" and "it was" were all made before before signing and swearing to the same. The erasure also of the whole of two lines and of a small part of the end of a preceding and subsequent lines of my own _?_ which relate to the Bible record was made by me before signing, it having been previously drawn up under a belief that said Bible word set forth the date of the marriage as well as the births of children of Peter Carr and Hester Carr.
Witness my hand this 26 day of June (July crossed out) 1839
Stephen D. Day

The word July in the last line was erased and June  was inserted before signing this certificate
Stephen D. Day
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May 31, 1938
XXXXXX
Peter Karr, W.5892
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. Mallory L. Fletcher
124 High Street
Hackettstown, New Jersey
Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.5892, based on the military service of Peter Carr
(pensioned as Karr).
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted at Pompton, New Jersey, in 1775 and served about fourteen or eighteen months as private in Captain Joseph Meeker's company in Colonel William Winds' New Jersey regiment and was in the siege of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. He enlisted in 1781 and served twelve months as private in Captain John Outwater's New Jersey regiment.
In 1830 he was living with his son, David, in Minisink, Orange County, New York. In 1834 he stated that he had no settled place of
abode, that he lived sometime at Pompton, sometime with his son (name not given) at Weston (?) in New York State and sometime at Newark, New Jersey
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, at which time he was sixty-eight years of age and was living in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey,
Peter Carr died April 30, 1835, in Pompton Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.
This soldier married in September, 1786, at Newfoundland, Morris County, New Jersey, Hester Schuyler.
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As the widow of Peter Carr, Hester Carr was allowed pension on her application executed June 26, 1839, at which time she was seventy-
three years of age and was living in Newark, New Jersey. The date of her birth and the names of her parents were not given.
The names of the following children of Peter and Hester Carr were given
Peter born March 19, 1788
Philip born April 5, 1790
Garret born May 3, 1793 or 1795
David born February 8, 1798
William born August 8, 1801
In 1848 the widow, Hester Carr, was living in Newark, New Jersey.
In 1839 her brother, Philip F. Schuyler, was living in Morris County, New Jersey, and was seventy-four years of age.
There are no further data relative to the family of Peter Carr,
Very truly yours
Widows death not on A. B.
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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May 26, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

PETER KARR
W. 5892
BA- J / MMHF:MLB

Mrs. Mallory L. Fletcher
124 High Street
Hackettstown, New Jersey

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request certified copies of the pension papers in the claim of Hester Carr, based upon
service of her husband, Peter Carr, in the Revolutionary War, as certified copies are required by the Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution to be submitted with applications.
The claims for pension of Peter Karr, or Carr, and his widow, Hester, have been found. All papers in those claims have been examined very carefully and the data found in regard to births, deaths, places of residence, service, family, etc., have been incorporated in a
report for you which is enclosed herewith. These official reports have been accepted, as authentic, by various historical, patriotic
and genealogical societies and, it is believed, will be just what you need in your research.
No charge is made for the report.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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June 9, 1932
BA-J/MCS
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
Peter Karr
W. 5892

Mr. Jay Schuyler Simpson
Post Office Station V, Box 52
Brooklyn
New York

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of June 1st, requesting information in regard to soldiers of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 5892, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Peter Carr (pensioned as Karr).
He enlisted in 1775 at Pompton, New Jersey, and served about fourteen or eighteen months as private in Captain Joseph Meeker's
Company in Colonel William Winds' New Jersey Regiment and was in the siege of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. He enlisted in 1781 and served twelve months as private in Captain John Outwater's New Jersey Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, at which time he was sixty-eight years of age and was living in
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
He died April 30, 1835, in Pompton Township, Bergen County, New Jersey,
The soldier married in September, 1786, at Newfoundland, Morris County, New Jersey, Hester Schuyler.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 26, 1839, at which time she was seventy-three years of age and was living in Newark, New Jersey. The date of her birth was not given.
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Peter and Hester Carr had the following children:
Peter born March 19, 1788
Philip born April 5, 1790
Garret born May 3 1793 or 1795
David born February 8, 1798, resident of Minisink, New York, in 1830.
William born August 8, 1801
In 1839 one Philip P. Schuyler, aged seventy-four years and a resident of Morris County, New Jersey, stated that the widow, Hester, was his sister.
In order to obtain the date of the last payment of the pension of Hester Carr and possibly the date of her death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General Records
Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing the following data; Hester, widow of Peter Carr, Certificate
3174, issued August 29, 1851, rate $96 per annum, commenced July 1, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, New Jersey Agency.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been granted by the United States on account of the service of a Benjamin Brewster.
For information relative to pension that may have been granted by New York State, it is suggested that you consult the archives
at Albany.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
W5892
Washington, D.C., Oct. 25 1921

In reply to your request of (blank) received (blank) for a statementof the military history of Peter Karr or Carr a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,  you will find below the desired information as contained in his o (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
1775 / 1781
Length of service
about 14 or 18 months / 12moa
Rank
Pvt
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain
Joseph Meeker / John Outwater
Colonel
Wm Winds
State
N.J.

Battles engaged in, (blank)
Residence of soldier at enlistment, He enl. at Pompton N.J.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 11, 1818. I was al.
Residence at Date of application, Newark, Essex Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, 68 He D. Apr 30, 1835 in Pompton Twp. Bergen Co. N.J
Remarks:  Sol. mar. in sept. 1786, at Newfoundland, Morris Co N.J. Hester Schuyler.  She was at pension her ap. ex. June 26,1839 aged 73 and a res. of Newark N.J. Children Peter B Mar.19,1788, Philip b Apr. 6, 1790, Garret b. May 3,1793 or 1795 - David b Feb 8, 1798. William b Aug. 8,1801

Respectfully,

Commissioner
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V.L.M.

Rev. War Section.

June 16, 1931

Nelle G. C. Deffenbaugh
Fairmont, Nebraska

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 28th May, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Hester widow of Peter Karr or Carr, W. File No. 5,892, the places of their birth , names of parents, and date of widow's death are not stated.

Very respectfully,
(signed) Washington Gardner
Commissioner
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(Seal stamped) Received May 21 1938

124 High Street
Hackettstown, N.J.
May 20, 1938

Pension Office
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

In tracing certain ancestrial lines for the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, I find that certified statement are necessary.  There should be in your files an application for widow's pension by Hester Carr, Widow of Peter Carr who served in the United States Army during the American Revolution.  The said Peter Carr died in 1835, but this application was not made until 1839.

Will you trace this application and make certified copies of the correspondence?  I will appreciate any data you can give me and will send my check to cover the expense as soon as you are able to tell what it will be.  Thank you for taking this trouble,

Sincerely yours,

(signed) Leila M. Fletcher
Mrs. Mallory L. Fletcher
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(stamped seal) Received Jun 2 1932
Receipt Section
Pension Files Sub-division

Post Office Station V, Box 82
Brooklyn, New York

June 1, 1932

The Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.,

Gentlemen: -

Will you be good enough to send me a copy of the Pension Record of William Carr, of the New Jersey Revolutionary Troops?

William Carr, died at Newark, N.J>, according to our family records, April 30, 1835.  His wife was Hester Schuyler.

We need this copy for our Schuyler and Carr Genealogy, soon to go to press, and will you please investigate and see if this wife, Ester Schuyler, wife of Peter Carr, drew pension after the deal of her husband, in 1835. We are trying to obtain the date of her birth, and the date of her death, and if she did apply for a pension will you please give us a copy of her application, also.

We also need very much indeed to fill out a chapter, the data of Benjamin Brewster, a Revolutionary Soldier, who served we believe with the Albany County, (New York) Revolutionary Troops.  He is reported to have been born on Blad Mountain, New York, and to have resided in the Town of Brunswick, before, probably after the Revolution.  Died Aug. 13, 1827.

His wife, Margaretta Goewey Brewster, drew a pension, and may have died in either Raymertown, Pittstown, or possibly Troy, N.Y.,

We have tried for eight years to get these things through every possible family and remote contact, before taking it up with you.  We are convinced that your department is the only on that contains the needed date.  We mention this because we do not wish to trouble you unnecessarily.

Very truly yours,
Jay Schuyler Simpson
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(Handwritten) This was sent over to me Aug. 29, 1932 long after my case was fixed up = 

Two stamped seals
Received Aug 26,1932 by Pension Files Sub-division Record Section
 and another with same division dated Aug 22,1932 

August 18, 1932
BA
Chief Clerk
Chief, Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section,
Letter from Jay Schuyler Simpson requesting photostat.

There is returned letter of August 13,1932 from Mr. Jay Schuyler Simpson requesting photostat of the affidavit of one Phillip P. Schuyler. The previous letter of Mr. Schuyler, referred to in his letter of August 13, was located in the Life Insurance Claims Division.  It was sent to that Division because it did not appear to be a matter involving the Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section.  There is also attached memorandum from the Chief of the Accounting Division forwarding Form 1149, which has already been receipted for.

Atts.
mst

W.C. BLACK
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FORM 3229
15-465  GPG

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

MEMORANDUM

From  Chief Clerk.
Date  August 18, 1932
To  Chief, Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section.
Subject  letter from Jay Schuyler Simpson requesting photostat.

There is returned letter of August 13,1932 from Mr. Jay Schuyler Simpson requesting photostat of the affidavit of one Phillip P. Schuyler. The previous letter of Mr. Schuyler, referred to in his letter of august 13, was located in the Life Insurance Claims Division.  It was sent to that Division because it did not appear to be a matter involving the Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section.  There is also attached memorandum from the Chief of the Accounting Division forwarding form 1149, which was already been receipted for.

W.C. BLACK
Atts.
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The writer was advised July 19, cost of photo, that copy was being made & would be mailed upon receipt of money.

I ordered photo made July 19, thinking we would remit at once & have held photo ready to mail awaiting remittance, but have not received his letter or the usual seal " Official Receipt". As he has waited so long, and states that the money has been sent, I have mailed photo today.

When the slip has been located & his letters sent over, I can then make my endorsements etc. - 
M.J. Finch
Aug 16, 1932
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Post Office Station V,
Brooklyn, New York

July 21, 1932

38638

A.D. Hiller,
Asst. to Veterans Admin.
Washington, D.C.,

Dear Sir: - 

Please find enclosed 15c to cover a photostatic copy of the deposition made by one Philip P. Schuyler re:  Pension claim of widow Hester Carr, as per your letter of the 19th inst.

Please mail photostat to me at above address.

Thanking you again for your kindness and courtesy, I am

Very truly yours

Jay Schuyler Simpson

Encl 15c
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Post Office Station V
Brooklyn, New York

August 13, 1932

Mr. A.D. Hiller,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.,

Dear Sir:-

Several weeks ago, I received a letter from you stating that a photostat of the affidavit , of one Philip P. Schuyler, of Morris County N.J. was being made for me, and that I should remit a money order for 15c payable to the Treasurer of the United States  Photostat would follow receipt.

The money order was sent on the day I received your letter, and about ten days, afterward i received a very imposing receipt from your office, for the 15c and then - - silence.

Is there any good reason why the shortage of help, government economy etc. should affect the sending of a photostatic negative, to the extent of delaying said sending, for nearly four weeks.  All our work on the particular chapter in our book devoted to this branch of the Schuyler Family is held up, for this particular thing.

Will you PLEASE give this your particular attention, and see that I get the photostat, RIGHT AWAY?

Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours

Jay Schuyler Simpson
Schuyler Historian

(handwritten)
Receipt # 38638
7-26-32
.15c for Photostatic Copy
Express Money Order No.
V-7961254 - Brooklyn, N.Y.
7-22-32
8/16/32
MPS
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UNCERTIFIED

xxx
15c  1 page
Philip P. Schuyler's
affid. may 30 - 1839
1 page

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number.

The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.

Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
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July 19, 1932
BA-J/MMHF

Mr. Jay S. Simpson,
Box 52, P.O. Station V,
Brooklyn, New York.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters in regard to securing a photostatic copy of the deposition of one Philip P. Schuyler on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 5892, peter Karr (Carr) widow Hester, also, the War of 1812 record of Philip P. Schuyler of Morris County, New Jersey, who, you believe drew a pension, or perhaps his widow did.

The cost of the photostatic copy will be fifteen cents.  Please make remittance by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States and not by postage stamps.  The copy is being made and will be mailed upon receipt of the remittance.

No claim for pension has been found based upon service of a Philip Schuyler in the War of 1812 or Revolution, searched also with initial P., who served in that state.  If you found them listed as pensioners, please cite the list, also county and state.

It is very much regretted that your letter could not have been answered at an earlier date.  The demand for Revolutionary War and War of 18121 data is great and is limited, therefore, it is not possible to make prompt reply to each such request.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Box 52
Post Office Station V,
Brooklyn, New York

July 3, 1932

[Stamp] RECEIVED JUL 1932 mail Sub-Div

A. D. HILLER Esq.,
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.,

Re: BA MOS
Peter Karr
W. 5892

Dear Sir: --.
I have been waiting with a great deal of interest a reply to my letter of June 14th re: affadavit made by Philip P. Schuyler, in 1839
for his sister, Hester ( Schuyler ) Carr or Karr, in her support for pension.
Quite a number of our Schuyler folks wish to join the DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION and SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, and this paper will give them absolute proof. We encourage them to join these Societies.
It is my purpose to reproduce the document in our book, making the book of reference value, if you will let me have a photostaic copy of same.
Will you also let me know if you have 1812 data of the Philip P. Schuyler of Morris County, New Jersey, who served in that War.
We lack the name of his mother, and need it sorely.
Again thanking you for your great help in behalf of the Schuyler
Family, I am
Very truly yours
Jay Schuyler Simpson
Jay Schuyler Simpson
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Box 52
Post Office Station V,
Brooklyn, New York\

June 14, 1932.
A. D. Hiller, Esq.,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Re: BA-J/mes
Peter Karr
W. 5892

My dear Sir:-
Please accept my sincere thanks on behalf of the Schuyler Family for your interesting and informative letter of June 9th, re: Peter Karr.
There are about one hundred and fifty persons who are descended on the Schuyler line from Esther Schuyler and Peter Carr, or Karr, as you refer to it. Therefore your information is the one link that ties them up to the main line.

Will it be possible for me to get a photostatic copy of the affidavit, made in 1839, by a certain Philip P. Schuyler, aged 74 years,
and a resident of Morris County, New Jersey, that he was the brother of Hester Schuyler. I will gladly pay for it, and my purpose is to reproduce it with your consent in our Genealogy as proof that both Philip and Hester Schuyler Carr, were children of a certain Philip P. Schuyler, of the War of 1812.
Which leads to just one more request: This Philip P. Schuyler of the War of 1812, I think drew a pension for service in this war, or else
his widow did. Will you try to locate any data bearing on him or his widow, and let me have a copy of it After trying for many years, I am deeply gratified to obtain this proof of Hester Schuyler Carr's ancestry, as we have never been able to connect her with the line, until now. I wrote the Comptroller General, as you suggested.
Cordially yours
Jay Schuyler Simpson
Jay Schuyler Simpson

[Stamp] RECEIVED JUN 15 1932 MAIL SUB DIV
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October 8, 1921

Hon. Washington Gardner, Commissioner,
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish certificate showing military history of PETER KARR, ( also spelled CARR ), Private, New Jersey line, His name appears under BERGEN COUNTY, N. J., as having been placed on Pension Roll July 29, 1819.
The information is desired to establish the eligibility of an applicant for membership in this Society,
Your courtesy will be highly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Wm J. Conkling
Registrar N. J. S. A.R.
[Stamp] U. S. Pension Office Oct 10 1921
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Fairmont, Nebraska. May 28, 1921
U. S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen: -- On May 2nd you sent me your records of Peter Carr or Karr, a Revolutionary Soldier, but you did not state place of birth. Will you please send me this, if it was on application for pension. Also his parents names if given.
Should also like the same information about his wife, who was also a pensioner, and the date of her death.

Respy yours,
Nelle G. C. Deffenbaugh
Nelle G.C. Deffenbaugh,
He served in New Jersey Troop
[Stamp] U. S. Pension Office Jun 3 1921
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Fairmont, Nebr. Mch. 28 1924
U. S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:--
I should like to get the place of birth and date
also to whom married and names of children if possible of Peter Carr who was born in 1847 and served in various enlistments from New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, and died in
the Almshouse, Bergen Co., N.J. Apl 30,1835 Please let me know whether he applied for a pension and whatever information you may have about his family.
Very truly yours,
Nelle G. C. Deffenbaugh
Dr. Nelle G. Carr - Deffenbaugh,
Fairmont, Nebr.
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New York City, May 28, 1921
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
I am very desirous to obtaining all information possible regarding one Peter Carr, who lived at various times, in Essex and Bergen Counties
New Jersey, and who was a Revolutionary soldier with the Bergen County troops, dying there, I think, in 1886. He is said to have received a government pension, as did his widow after his death, and I shall be greatly
obliged if you will give me any information about his services and his family that may be leaned from his or his widow's applications.
Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly,
J.F. Rath
16 Wall St.
New York City
[Stamp] U. S. Pension Office Mar 29 1921
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New York City, Mar 28, 1921
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Gentleman

I am very desirous to obtaining all information possible regarding one Peter Carr, who lived at various times, in Essex and Bergen Counties
New Jersey, and who was a Revolutionary soldier with the Bergen County troops, dying there, I think, in 1836. He is said to have received a government pension, as did his widow after his death, and I shall be greatly
obliged if you will give me any information about his services and his family that may be gleaned from his or his widow's applications.
Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly,
J. F. Rath
16 Wall St
New York City
[Stamp] U. S. Pension Office Mar 29 1921
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1921 May 2 hist to Nelle G. C. Deffenbaugh
1921, May  6 hist to J F Rath. Eu.

1921 June 16 Nelle G.C. Deffenbaugh
places of birth, names of parents
date of widow's death
1921 Oct 25 hist to Wm J. Conkling - Eu
1932 June 9. hist to U Jay Schuyler Simpson
1932 July 19  Jay S. Simpson adv. cost of photos
1932 July 25 Photos mailed to Jay S. Simpson Account 
Div. ntfd A.D.Y. (Receipt delayed notfd. Aug 19, 1932)
1938 May 31,Hist to Thrs. Mallory L. Fletcher U.C.S.
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5892
Hester Carr
Wid.
Peter Carr
Pvt Rev War
---
Act: Feby, 2nd /48
Index:-- Vol. A,  Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Sir you will please reserve the papers here inclosed of Peter Karr and trance fure his papers to the State of New York as it will save Mr Carr a great deale of trubble if he can Reseve his money in N York
if you trance fur then you will send him
Surtificat so that he will never wonther they are
transford or not please direct a Notice as soon
as may be convenient Direct your Letter to
Abijah Well Wells Corner Orange County N. York
Yours with Respect March 19th 1830
Abijah Wills

Hon John H. Eaton
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(various numbers to left)
Peter Karr's Declaration
Col. Wynn's Regiment

not on rolls

(4 lines crossed out)
13 July 1879

Admitted
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State of New Jersey 
Essex County
On this 30th day of June 1819 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of theCourt of Common Pleas in and for the said County personally appeared Silas Parrot and William Hamilton late soldiers of the first New Jersey Regiment in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War who being by me first duly sworn according to law desposith and saith that they were personally acquainted  with Peter Carr who was a regular enlisted soldier of Captain Joseph Meehers company of the said first New Jersey Regiment under the command of Col. William Heines, have a perfect recollection of the said Peter Carr and marching with the deponent in the same regiment from New Jersey to the northeast in the fall of 1775 or 1776 of which they are not certain, their terms of service being for one year which expired at Ticonderoga in the State of N. York at which time the said Peter Carr left camp in company with the deponents and further the deponents saith not.
Silas Parrot his X mark
Wm. Hamilton
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
Abrm. Reynolds

I also certify that Silas Parrot and William Hamilton are esteemed to be credible witnesses.
Abrm. Reynolds
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New Jersey
Essex County
I, Silas Whitehead, Clerk of the inferior court of Common Pleas holden at Newark in and for the County of Essex aforesaid do certify that Abraham Reynolds Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were taken and had were at the time of taking thereof and still is one of the other Judges of said court and that full faith and credit are due to the within as well as to all his other official acts and that the name of Abraham Reynolds to the said proceedings subscriber is his proper handwriting.

In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal of said court on the first day of July in the year of our Lord and Thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Silas Whitehead

I certify that Judge Reynolds before named is one intelligent worthy magistrate.
William Pennington District Judge
Newark 2d July 1819 

Seal attached to left.
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Top paper appears to be folded over and over it vertically written: "This  struck out on account that it relates to State and Militia Services"

I William Pennington Clerk of the District of New Jersey do certify that the signatures on this instrument are the proper hand writing of William L. Pennington Esq. Judge of the United States District Court for the district of New Jersey.
As witness my hand and seal of the said District court at Newark this eleventh day of April A.D. 1818
Wm. Pennington

I William Pennington district Judge of the United States in and for the New Jersey District do certify that it appears to any satisfaction on the examination under oath of two respectable men that Peter Karr the before named applicant is in indegent circumstances and hand in _?_ of the assistance of his country for support.
William L.Pennington district Judge
Newark 2d July 1819
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No. 5405.

Payment to be made at Trenton by P. Dickinson, Esq., agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of N. Jersey.

Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year.

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book A, Vol. 2, Page 120 by D. Brown, Clerk.

5 years.

Hester Carr, widow of Peter Carr.

$40.00 pr annum. May 18th 1840.

Town at Newark.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Five years' Pension.

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Hester Carr, of the State of New Jersey, widow of Peter Carr, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and died on the 30th day of April 1835, is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Forty dollars [crosse out: and (blank) cents] per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this eighteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty.
s/ J.R. Poinsett, Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned.}

s/ J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
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5405

Paid to 4 Sep 1840
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Brief in the case of Hester Carr, widow of Peter Carr, Essex County and State of New Jersey, act 2 February 1848.

Claim, ([crossed out: "original" or] "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, stat the substance. (blank)

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? Husband was a pensioner at $96 per annum. Widow admitted at the same rate under the Court Resolution of July 1, 1848, commencing at that date and deducting former payments at $90 per annum.
s/ S. Cole, Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent
s/ J.G. Barret, Present
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Newark New Jersey July 18th 1845

Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir - I herewith return to you the pension certificate of Hester Carr for correction.  with all respect as follows her original certificate, under the Act of July 7th 1838 was issued for $40 as per annum and was paid at that rate by the Pension Agent at Trenton. She should have received $90 per annum deducting former payment of $40 as per annum from March 4th 1836 to March 4th 1844..
Under the Act of March 3rd 1843 she should receive $90 - as per annum deducting former payments of $73-08.  And the same under the Act of June 17th 18__ which certificate I presume to be correct under the two last mentioned Acts.
With the highest Respect I remain yours
Saml. B. Miller
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Hester Carr
Wid. of Peter
NJ
Act July 7 1838

Increased from $40 to $73.88 per an. for 10 mo 5 days _?_ Services in the NJ Militia

W. P. Hunt Esq.
Trenton NJ
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Y.S. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
_?_
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Newark New Jersey July 26th 1843

Y.S.Edwards Esq.
     Sir I herewith transmit to you the Declaration of Mrs. Hester Karr, widow of Peter Karr deceased for a pension under the Act of Congress of March 3rd 1843 which you will please to file in your office and examine in term.
With the highest respect I remain 
your A.C.
Saml. B. Miller
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Newark New Jersey November 20th 1843

J.S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
      Sir I received Mrs. Hester Carr's Pension Certificate this morning dated November 16th 1843.  Under the Act of March 3rd 1843 allowing her a pension und said Act at the rate of seventy-three dollars and eighty nine cents per annum, and on referring to a copy of her Declaration under said Act I find that her pension under the Act of July 7th 1838 is there stated to be only forty dollars per annum.
    Therefore I concluded there was a mistake somewhere either in her pension certificate under the law of March 3rd 1848 or in that of 1838.  I have not seen her pension certificate under the act of 1838.   But had the amount per annum sent me from the pension office at Trenton, which may be _?_ should there be any mistake as to the amount of pension do Mr.s Carr you will please let me know as soon as convenient as I shall stay all further proceedings relative to said pension until I hear from as it will be much better to retify now than it will be after money is drawn.

Your attention to the same will be oblige yours with the highest respect
Saml. B. Miller
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Paid to 4 Mar 1849
Paid to 4 Sep 1849
Paid to 4 Mar 1850
Paid to 4 Sept 1850
Paid to 4 Mar 1851

No. 3174
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War Department
Widow's Pension

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848
Hester Carr
widow of Peter Carr
who was a pri. of Infy and Cavalry in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of ninety dollars (cents crossed out) per annum, commencing on the 4th march 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the War Office of the United States this 19th day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
G.L. Marcy
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned
J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
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Mrs. Hester Carr

Payment to be made at Trenton by P. Dickinson, Esq., agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of New Jersey.

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March.

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2nd 1848, Page 287 Vol. 4.
s/ Leo Jenkins, Clerk
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Trenton Bank
Pension Office
July 31 1837

Sir
    Peter Karr directed to be suspended in your favor of 29 Ins. died on the 30 April 1835 and the pension was paid to the time of his death in April 1836

I remain very respectfully Your Ob. Servant
Phil. Dickinson

J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
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Morristown N.J. June 8th '41
Dear Sir,
   The certificate of Hester Carr will be herewith returned to your office by Col. W. P. Hunt of the Agency at Trenton, for an enlargement of her pension, agreeably to your letter of 22nd May instt. allowing her for 10 mo and 5 days add. pension by her husband. 
When ready please forward it to me.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obd. Servt.
Lewis Condict

J.L. Edwards Esq. commissioner of Pensions

333
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Trenton June 10 1841

Sir
    I enclose you the Pension Certificate of Hester Carr agreeable to the enclosed letter from D. Condict.

I am very respectfully Your Obd. Serv.
W.P. Hunt

J.L. Edwards Esq.
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James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Morristown N. Jersey March 3rd 1840

Dear Sir,
   Herewith is enclosed a Deposition of Hester Carr widow of Peter Carr (or Karr, as it is sometimes written) in answer to your letter of 26th Dec last.   The deposition of (blank space) Berry, the Keeper of the Poor House, no doubt will give you the true time of Karr's death provided he made no error in computing or in copying from his _?_book of acts.  The widow's calculation now made shows his death shows his death to have been in April 1835 "to which  time (your letter says) he was paid".   Does it not rather mean that he was paid to 4th March instead of April 30th ? The average/overage (?) from March 4th to this death (Apr. 30) could have been made only to his widow or her attr. and she speaks consistently that she never rec'd it herself, nor authorized any one to receive it for her.
Will you ascertain whether or not any application was made for the arrears, and so by whom!
Very respectfully
Y. Obd. Servt
Lewis Condict

Col. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
or to Honbl. George Wm. Crump
Chief Clerk, Pension Office
Page 64

June 1 1840
N.J.

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Page 65

Dear Sire
   I rec'd a Certificate in favor of Hester Carr, widow of Peter Carr, at the rate of $40 p. annum.
Her husband was a pensioner under the Law of 1818 at $8 p. month = $96 p. annum, and the widow expects a full pension for the 5 years.
Will you be kind enough to inform her by me the reason of the curtailment - as she imagines his service was much longer than one year, in the U.S. Army.
In the Marginal  References of _?_ for  _?_ _?_ (smudge line thru these words) issued by Commissioner for Military Services, thru a memoranda of of 2 certificates to "Peter Carr", one for "11..10..0" - the other for "21..10..0."
Will not then entitle his widow to an additional allowance, provided his Continental Service be found inadequate?  I ask the question, because I would not subject her to payment of fun, if testimony would be not of some service to her.

Very Respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt.
Lewis Condict
Morristown May 29th 1840

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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State of New York
County of Orange

On this eighteenth day of March in the year 1830 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Orange personally appeared Peter Kerr who on this oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Joseph Meeker in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wines in the services of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Jersey from where he has lately removed that he is now residing in the State of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in the future.
The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New Jersey to the State of New York - viz - for the purpose of residing with and in the family of my son David Kerr who then did and now resides in the town of Minisink in the County of Orange and State of New York.

Peter Kerr his X mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.
James Hulse Justice of the Peace

Orange County
Abijiah Wells came before me one of the Justices of the Peace of the said county and being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with Peter Kerr the person who has taken the above oath and knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit.
Abijiah Wells

Sworn and subscribed before me this 18th day of March 1830 who is acquainted with and knows the above witness to be a person of truth and verasity.
James Hulse Justice of the Peace
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I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of the County of Orange in the State of New York Certify that James Hulse before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and duly empowered to administer Oaths.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 20th day of March in the year one Thousand eight hundred and Thirty.

Asa Dunning
Page 68

Must state the Co(unty) [crossed out: aged]

Decl(aration) & Cert(ificate).

Peter R. Karr
[illegible]

Hon P. Dickersen
Page 69

To the Honbl. Lewis _?_ _?_ War 

The petition of theSubscriber respectfully therewith -
   That your petitioner was pensioned as a Revolutionary soldier (a private) under the Act of Congress of the 18 March 1818 - and has enjoyed the benefits of it down to March last - That having no home nor further place of abode, he has for many years been in the habit of changing his place of living - sometime at _?_town for a few years past, he has lived with his son at Werton State of New York. lately at Newark a short time, State of New Jersey, and from thence (a few days past) he was removed to _?_town under the pauper act.
While at Newark he has lost his pension certificate which, altho diligent search has been made for it, it can not be found.
He therefore requests that your honour would be pleased to direct a duplicate certificate to be made out for him, as, without it, he would be cut off from the benefits of the Act of Congress aforesaid and as in duty your petitioner will pray -
Peter Carr his X mark
Witness Present
Wm. _?_
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Bergen County
State of New Jersey 

Personally appeared before me Wm. Colfax me of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bergen in the state aforesaid Peter Carr the within named petitioner who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare  that the facts stated therein with respect to the loss of his Certificate is true and that he is the identical Peter Carr named in the said loss certificate -
Peter Carr his X mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me 9th June 1834
Wm. Colfax

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Capt. Wm. M. Berry and Gilliam Berthols whose affidavits are hereunto all copied many years that they are men of credibility and truth - also that I have been acquainted  with the Peter Carr who has subscribed to the above affidavits, __?_ fifty years, and know that he has enjoyed the benefits of a pension from the government many years, is also a man of credibility and good character.
Wm. Colfax _?_
9 June 1834
The Honbl. (signature)
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Bergen County
State of New Jersey 

Personally appeared before me Wm Colfax a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bergen in state aforesaid Coln. William M. Berry and Guiliam Bertholf, the said Berry aged fifty three years and the said Bertholf aged fifty four in Witness, who being duly sworn according to law on their oaths depose and say that they have been acquainted with Peter Carr, a pensioner from their youth to the present day - that eight years ago the deponents went in company with the said Carr to Paterson where he rec'd his half yearly pension from Andrew Parsons _?_ of the Bank, who had drawn it for Carr from the agent at Trenton.  At this time they saw the certificate of said Carr as a pensioner the deponents further say, the same identical Peter Carr is now living and is now at the dwelling house of the said Wm. M. Berry.

Wm. M.Berry
Gilliam Bertholf

Sworn and Subscribed before me this day 9th day of June 1834
Wm. Colfax
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I Abraham Watervitt Clerk of the County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that William Colfax Esquire before whom the within deposition of Peter Carr and of William M. Berry and Gilliam Bertholf were taken is a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said county duly authorized and commissioned and that the signature of his name to each of said depositions is genuine - as also to the within certificate.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of my Office at Hackensack  this tenth day of June A.D. 1834
Abm. Wattervill Clerk

(remaining part of page covered with another blank paper)
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State of New Jersey
Essex County

On this seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and forty five personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said county Hester Carr widow of Peter Carr deceased a resident of the City of Newark in the County and State aforesaid in the seventy-eighth year of her age to me known as a person of credibility and truth.  Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Supplemental Declaration under the Acts of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, and the subsequent Act Supplemental, thereto, for an increase in Pension.  That she is the widow of Peter Carr deceased who drew a pension under the Act of Congress of 1818 of ninety-six dollars per annum to whose declaration she would refer the Commissioner of Pensions for facts of his service in the War of the Revolution.  She has often heard her said husband Peter Carr speak of performing much Militia service in the County of Bergen in the War of the Revolution.  That he was in the twelve month months service as a light horseman in the company commanded by Captain John Outwater in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one and that for such service as a light horseman and his other services in the Revolution she claims an increase of pension. That under the Act of 1838 she drew forty Dollars per annum, and under the Act of March 3rd 1843 and June 17th 1844 she has been drawing seventy three dollars and eighty nine cents per annum, and that she sill remains his widow.
Hester Carr her X mark

Sworn to and subscribed at Newark in said County the day endear above written before me.
Saml. B. Miller Judge of Common Pleas
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Receipts for cash paid One years' interest on Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties for Militia Services.

[crossed out: No. of Voucher] | No. of Certif(icate) | Date | Signed by | Payable to | Amount  | 1 Yrs. Int(erest) |
(blank) | 29 | May 1, 1784 | Peter Wilson | Peter Carr | £ S.D. 21.10.0 | £ S.D. 1.5.8 |
(blank) | 349 | Sep. 10, 1784 | Peter Wilson | Peter Carr | £ S.D. 11.10.0 | £ S.D. 0.13.10 |

STATE OF NEW JERSEY:

I, Charles G. McChesney, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true abstract from a book headed as above, as taken from and compared with the original, now remaining in my office. And I do further certify that Peter Wilson was by Act, passed by the Legislature of this State, December 20, 1783, "An Act to procure an estimate of the sums due to the Militia and Troops who have been raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to provide for the settlement of the same," appointed a Commissioner for the County of Bergen for the purpose of settling and adjusting the pay rolls of the Militia and Troops of this State, as aforesaid, and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton in said State this Nineteenth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
s/ Charles. G. McChesney, Secretary of State
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An Act to raise by voluntary enlistment eight hundred and twenty men for the defense of the frontier of this State.

Section 1 - Be it therefore enacted by the Council and General Assembly of this State and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that  eight hundred and twenty men shall be raised by voluntary enlistment and embodied for the defense of the frontiers of this State to continue in service until the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty two unless sooner discharged, and to be stationed in the several Counties in such manner as to afford the most equal and beneficial protection to all the inhabitants on the said frontiers, and that the said eight hundred and twenty men be distributed and stationed in the different counties as follows, that is to say:
In the county of Bergen, one hundred and twenty men to be divided into two companies, consisting  of sixty men each, including three commissioned officers, three sergeants, three corporals, one drummer and three horsemen, one to be raised and commanded by Captain John Outwater of the County of Bergen.

_____ (pay) ____ And every person who shall engage to serve as a horseman on the terms in this Act expressed.....
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....shall receive for the service himself and horse at the rate of Four Shillings per day to commence from the day of enlistment inclusively and to be paid in the lawful money of this State by the Paymaster of the Counties respectively in which they are stationed. 

Passed Dec. 26 1780

State of New Jersey
I Charles G. McChesney Secretary of theStte of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from a law passed by the Legislature of this State December 26th A.D. 1780 as taken from and compared with the original now in file in my Office.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this nineteenth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
Charles G. McChesney

(Seal affixed to left of page)
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(No. 1)
State of New Jersey

To Englebart Kemmend Dr. To attendance and medicine for a detachment of men in the State Service for 12 months under the command of Capt. Outwater
1781 May 28   To remit for Peter Carr horseman  L__ S 2 D___

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No. 2

Dr. Abraham Brewer PM to the Militia in Bergen County in and with the State of New Jersey
May 1 1789   By cash pd the Militia as per Abstract and Rolls.      3246.7.7

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State of New Jersey 
I Charles G. McChesney Secretary of the State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing marked No. 1 is a true extract from a paper headed as therein mentioned and that No. 2 is a true extract from Book B of Auditors Accounts page 195 as taken from and compared with the originals now in file in my Office.  And I do further certify that Samuel B. Miller Esq. before whom the declaration of Hester Carr was made and taken was at the time of the doing thereof a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex in said State ...
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...duly pointed commissioned and sworn that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereof is in the proper handwriting of the said Samuel B. Miller Esq.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this nineteenth day of May AD one thousand eight hundred and forty five.

Chalres G. McChesney
Secretary of State
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New Jersey Essex County

Hester Carr, widow of Peter Carr, a Pensioner of 1818
Supplemental Deposition re: in answer to Col. Edward's letter dated Oct 17th 1839
addressed to L. Condict
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State of New Jersey Essex County

Before me Stephen D. Day Esq. a Judge of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex, personally appeared Hester Carr of Newark in said county, believed by me to be a woman of truth and unblemished character and having by me been duly sworn according to law, saith as follows, viz: I am the same Hester Carr who in the month of June 1839 made my declaration before Stephen D. Day Esq. to obtain a pension from the U. States as widow of Peter Carr on acc't of my husband's service in the War of the Revolution.  By a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions of Oct 17th '39 I am "required to give the name of the town and county in which my husband resided at the time his name was inscribed on the pension roll and at the time of his death".  My answer to this assignment is as follows, viz: - Not having before me the certificate which was given to my said husband, I cannot tell with absolute certainty the precise (underlined) "time when his name was inscribed on the pension roll". My belief is that he was pensioned as a soldier in the Continental Army and under the law of 18181; and that his name  was enrolled as a pensioner sometime in the year 1818 or 1819. 
In the year 1818, according to the best of my recollection of dates, we lived in the township of Pompton in the County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey, where we continued to live until April 1836.
My husband, the aforesaid Peter Carr, died in the township of Compton in the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey April Domini 1836
Sworn and subscribed at Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, this 29th of October 1839.
Hetr Car

Before me Stephen D. Day

((The original characters and signature of Judge Day will appear on referral to the original Declaration of Mrs. Carr)
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Left side - vertically written:

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington

Right side:

New Jersey May 18 1841
Hester Carr
Essex County
Asking for an Enlargement of her Pension, as widow of Peter Carr
This case of the widow was firs admitted under the Act of 7th July 1838

Return to Louis Condict
Morristown, N. Jersey
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This is a duplicate of the previous page #81 !
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To James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions U. States

Sir,
   On the 26th June 1839, I, Hester Carr, of Essex county, N. Jersey, widow of Peter Carr, a pensioner of the U. S. under the Act of Congress of March 18th 1818, made my Declaration as an applicant for a pension, under the Act of 7th July 1818 to which, and to the various documents accompanying said Declaration and others furnished since that time, I respectfully refer you.
Upon those several documents, a pension was subsequently granted to me,  at the rate of forty dollars per annum.
By letter under your signature date June 14th 1840, I understood that me "claim was allowed for 12 months service in the Jersey Line in 1776,  which "was all that my husband had established in his application under the Act of 1818".
In his papers some service was described, but was stricken out.  It appears " to have been a tour under Col. Seely".   If the pensioner should  apply for an "additional allowance, his claim should be supported by word evidence".
I respectfully request, hereby, an additional allowance on account of further service rendered by my said husband, as is inferred by record evidence taken from Marginal References in the Treasurer's Office in New Jersey, and forwarded to you by Lewis Condict by letter of 16th Nov 1840, viz: 2 certificates issued to Peter Carr 1 for L 11..10..0 and another for L 21_10_00.
I cannot specify the time of said service, nor the name of his Captain.  In your letter of June 14th 1840 to L. Condict, it is suggested to have been performed under command of Col. Seely.  I want also refer you to word evidence  of Col. Seely's service at various times, as may appear, on examining an abstract contained on several  leaves (?), furnished to your office by L. Condict, the last of Feb. or 1st of March '41 certified by Chas. G. McChesney Esq. Secry. of N.J. in support of this my claim for additional allowance, confiding in your readings to grant me such further relief in my poverty, as in your judgement shall seem just and proper.
Respectfully:  Hester Carr her X mark

Newark, 
May 4th 1841
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7th, 1838.
State of New Jersey
Essex County
On this 26th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the subscribed one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, Hester Karr a resident of the City of Newark in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey aged seventy six years.  Who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath  make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd of March 1838 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Peter Karr, deceased, who was a private soldier in the New Jersey Line during the war of the Revolution - And the said Hester Karr further declares, that she received a pension from the United States for forty dollars per annum under the Act of Congress of July 7th 1838 - And that she further declares she is still a widow.
Hester Karr her X mark

Sworn and subscribed at Newark in said County on the day and year above written before me -
Saml. B. Miller Judge of Common Pleas.

And I do hereby certify that the Declareant in the foregoing Declaration named is personally known to me to be the identified person who received the above mentioned person from the United States.
July 26th 1843
Saml. B. Miller - Judge of Common Pleas
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State New Jersey 
County of Essex

I John P. Jackson clerk of the County of Essex and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Hester Karr was made and taken at the time of taking the same, was then and still is one of the Judges of said Court, duly commissioned and sworn, that the signature "Saml. B. Miller" affixed to the Jurat of said affidavit and the certificate thereunder written are genuine -

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and official Seal at Newark in said County the Twenty sixth day of July A.D. eighteen hundred and forty three - 1843 -
J. P. Jackson Clk.
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Hester Carr
Widow of
Peter Carr or Karr
Additional Deposition
March 3rd 1840



Return to Lewis Condict
Morristown, N. Jersey
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Hester Carr
widow of
Peter Carr or Karr
Additional Deposition
March 3rd 1840


Return to Lewis conduct
Morristown, N. Jersey
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State of New Jersey.  Essex County 

Before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, personally came Mrs. Hester Carr, residing in Newark in said County and State, believed by me to be a woman of truth and having by me been duly sworn according to Law, saith the following, viz:  I am now in the 75th year of my age, and am the same Hester Carr, who in the month of June 1839, made my Declaration as the widow of Peter Carr, formerly a pensioner of the United States, before Stephen D. Day Esq. a Judge of the Common Pleas Court of said County, to obtain a pension for the services of my said husband whose name I believe was sometimes written Peter Kerr and at other times Peter Carr.  I am informed by a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions of 26th Dec. 39 that from my Declaration it would appear that my husband "died on the 30th April 1836; and that the pensioner Peter Kerr "supposed to be my husband died on the 30 April 1835 to which time he was paid and an explanation is required".
I will state all that I know, respecting the time of his death.  For several years (I believe 4 or 5) before his death we had not lived together.  He had a bad fall, which crippled him, and disabled him as a laboring man; and being poor and destitute, he was taken to the poor house in Compton township, Bergen County, where he was supported as a pauper till he died, and I was obliged to hire out by the week and provide for myself.  I was not present at his funeral, then living some 20 miles distant from him.  I have no word of his death, and the only ways I compute it is this, viz: Five years ago in February now past, according to my recollection and belief, I went to live in the family of Mr. Nichols where I still live, in Newark; and my said husband died in the month of April immediately following.  Whether or not there was an error made in the Declaration in calculating the time I cannot tell with any certainty.  I think Mr. Berry, who kept the poor house and buried my husband must know when it was.  His books of acc'ts as owner will enable him to take the time and if I mistake not his deposition was taken with my Declaration to which I would refer as more likely to be correct than my memory. And from another fact I have no doubt he can be relied on, viz: that his wife's mother was buried at the same house and at the same time with Peter Carr my husband as I have often been told.  If I stated 1836 as the year of his death, it was my mistake, or the writing mistake, because I verily think he died 5 years since February last.
I have never applied for the arrears of his pension, nor have I authorized any person so to do.  General Colfax of Pompton, who knew us both, offered to get it for me, but never did, as I verily believe.  Sworn and subscribed at Newark March 3rd 1840 before me Stephen D. Day Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Hester Carr her X mar

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# There is Evidence of Stephen D.Day's official  character as a Judge of Essex Com: Pleas, annexed to Mrs; Carr's Declaration
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Mrs. Hester Carr

aa2726

Saml. B. Miller N.J.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the Benefits of the act of Congress of
2nd February then entitled an act making further provision
for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution.
State of New Jersey
Essex County ss On this Seventeenth - day of August in
the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Forty
eight personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice
of the peace in and for said County Hester Carr A Resident of
Newark in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey aged
Eighty-four - years who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order
to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed the second day of February 1848. granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Peter Carr
who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution And
he was in the twelve months service as a Light Horse man in a
Company commanded by Captain John Outwater and a private soldier
in the New Jersey Line. And drew a pension under the act of
Congress of 1818 of Ninety six dollars per annum, and died at his
Residence in said County on the Thirtieth day of April 1835. and
the said Hester Carr further declares that she Received A
pension under the act of Congress of June 17th 1844 of
Ninety dollars per annum - And that she is still a widow

Sworn to and subscribed on the}.                 her
day and year above written.               Hester XX Carr

Before me
Mark
Sam B. Miller Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named affiant is personally known
to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension
as stated by her in the foregoing Affidavit
August 17th 1848
Sam B. Miller Justice of the peace
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that Samuel B. Miller, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Essex in said state, duly commissioned and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Samuel B. Miller.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office at Trenton, in said state, this Thirty first day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
s/ Charles G. McChesney, Sec'y of State
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Hester Carr
Inc(rease)d to $96 Dec. 19.
$90 com(mencin)g 1 July 1848.

J.G. Barret
Present
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State of New Jersey
Essex County

Be it known that on this Eighth day of August AD 1851 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Hester Carr who after having been duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that she is the widow of Peter Carr who was a Revolutionary soldier and received from the United States a pension at the rate of Ninety Dollars per annum under the Act of Congress 1818 that she makes this Declaration for the purpose of Recovering such increase of Pension as may be found due under any Acts or Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case.

Hester Carr her X mark

Sworn and subscribed before me this 8 day of August AD 1851
Henry D. Hedden
Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Essex County

I John R. Weeks Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex do certify that Henry D. Hedden before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, and Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to administer Oaths and that the Signature to the Jurat of said affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and the Seal of said Court this Eleventh day of August AD 1851.
J.R. Weeks Clk
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2726
New Jersey

Hester Carr, widow of Peter Carr, who was a Private In. & Cavalry in the N.J. Line.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843. Increased from $73.89 per annum.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of July 1845 and sent to S.B. Miller, Esq., Newark, N. Jersey.

{Act of March 3, [illegible] & June 17, [illegible]}
Recorded in Book A; Vol. 2; Page 94.

[illegible] 2 Certs:

Increased under acts 1838, 1843 and 1844.

Sent to Ag(ency) N. J(ersey) July 10, 1845.
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Paper torn on top

top right:  ____ Pension 
___jura 264841

left side:
5405
New Jersey
Hester Carr
widow of Peter Carr, dec'd

who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 30th April 1835 of Essex Co. in the State of N.J. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  Meeker of the Reg't commanded by Col. MIres (?) in the N. Jersey line for 22 months and 5 days
Increased from $40 P. An.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of $73 Dollars 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of June 1841 and Seal W.P. Hunt, Trenton, N. Jersey

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $369.95
$369.95
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk 
Book A    Vol. 27   Page 20
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2726

New Jersey
Hester Carr
Widow of Peter Carr
who was a Private
in the N.J. Line
for 22 months and 5 days

Inscribed on the Rolls at the rate of 73 Dollars and 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Nov. 1843
and sent to
Saml. B. Miller
Newark, N. Jersey

Act of March March 3, 1843
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1     Page 120
Page 98

left side: let to S.B.Miller July 21 1845

right side:   5405
N. Jersey
Hester Carr
Widow of Peter Carr who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died 30th April 1835 of Essex in the state of N.J. who was a Pr In & Cav in the Co commanded by Captain (blank) of the (blank) commanded by (blank) in the N. Jersey line for 12 mo each

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 90 Dollars  - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836. I increased from $73.89 pr. annum

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of July 1845 and sent to S.B. Miller. Newark N. Jersey

 total Amount (blank)
Act July 7, 1838

Recorded byF.L. Swann, Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 (page bottom torn) Page 193
Page 99

(Paper badly torn in places)
right side: Widow's death not in A.B.

left side: torn on top

New Jersey
3174
Hester Carr
Widow of Peter Carr of NJ who served in the Revolutionary War was a Priv of Infantry and Cavl.
Increased from $90

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars - Cents per annum to commence on first day July 1848

Certificate of Pension issued----
29 day of Aug---- 1858
and sent toJ. G. Berrett   _?_

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848 kPage 287 Vol 4
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N. Jersey
Hester Carr
let. to Hon. L. conduct 17 Oct 1839
to same 26 Dec 1839

Act July 1838
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New Jersey
Peter Kerr act 1818 to what time paid?

Died 30th April 1835; p(ai)d to that place. V.L.

30 Apr. 1836 or 30 Apr. 1835.
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Hester Carr
Widow of Peter Carr
NJ
Act 7 July 1838

_?_ (abreviation)
12 mo pr Inf.    $40
12  "    " Cav.   $50
                       -------
                          $90

Deducting what has been paid at the rate of $73.89 per annum -

__ (abbreviation)3 March 1843
$90.00 per annum
deduct what has been paid

No. Act 1844
Samuel B. Miller
Newark
N.J.
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New Jersey 5,405
Hester Carr
widow of Peter Carr
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818
and who died on the 30th April 1835
of Essex Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Meeker of the regt. commanded
by Col. Winer 
in the N. Jersey
line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 40 Dollars [long line before Cents and through 't' of Cents] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of May
1840 and sent to Hon. Lewis
Condict, Morristown, N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March '40
160.00
Semi=annual allowance ending Sep.
20.00
[2 medium lines above] $180.00 [2 medium lines underneath]
[Large {  } enclosing the following] Act July 7, 1838. [end large { } symbols]
Recorded by
D. Brown  Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2, Page 120
Let to Hon. L. Condict 1 June 1840
to same 22 May 1841