Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,761, Robert Cartwright, N.C. Or Va.
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SERVICE   NUMBER
N.C or Va. Cartwright, Robert R. 1,761
Susanah
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6424
State of Tennessee Williamson County
On this day to wit the 25th October 1839
personally appeared Susanah Cartwright before me Collin McDaniel one of the acting
Justices of the Peace in and for the County
aforesaid and made oath in due form
of law that she is Seventy four years of
age and who further upon her oath makes the
following Declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed July the 7th 1838 entitled
an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows. That she is the widow of Robert  or E Cartwright.  She is not certain whether the "E" was read in his name and believes Robert Cartwright was the only way he
wrote his name who was a soldier of the Rev-
olution in the Virginia Continental or State troops, her said husband enlisted under
Captain Samuel Gracey he was there a living in
Camden County North Carolina and went
one into Virginia and enlisted unknown to
his father for three years and served two
years and four months and was then discharged by his hiring another substitute for and during the War -  the substitute served but a few weeks. When the War terminated. His enlistment or commenced about 1779 but as this was before the marriage of this declarant. She cannot be particular. She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Cartwright on the   day of October 1774 Seventeen hundred and eighty four. That her husband the aforesaid Robert Cartwright died on   day of April 1816 eighteen hundred and Sixteen
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That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took
place previous to the first day of January
Seventeen hundred and ninety four to
it wit at the time above mentioned
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
me this day and year first before mentioned
Heir X Mark
Susanah Cartwright

C. McDaniel Jr 
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Williamson County ⎬ 
I Collon McDaniel one of the acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted
with Susanah Cartwright who has this day appeared before me and made the
foregoing  Declaration that she is a woman
of Faith and veracity and that will forth and credit are due her statements
I further certify that owing to old age and bodily informing. She cannot travel to the court house in order to make this declaration in open court
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal this 25th  day of October
1839
C. McDaniel Jr
Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee
Williamson County ⎬ 
On this day personally appeared
 Susanah Cartwright before me Collin
McDaniel one of the acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and further makes oaths in support of her claim that she has no
record or other documentary evidence in support of her claim the original discharge was destroyed by their little child having got it into his hands and tore it up there were other furloughs but are all
destroyed after the war terminated the acquaintances of her husband and particular Joab Canada and Robert Canadry who were in the same [illegible] wanted her husband to go down to Petersburgh and get Captain Bracys certificate in order to get his land but he neglected if he was stationed part of the time at Petersburgh and the most of the time at Northfolk and was in the service at the time the Great Battle of
 Brandy wine was fought
Sworn to and Subscribed before
me this 25th October 1839
third
heir X mark
Susanah Cartwright

C.  McDaniel Jr
Justice of the Peace

Elsha McBride a Justice of the Peace
married them
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State of Tennessee
Williamson County ⎬
On this day personally appeared
and Sally while before me Collin McDaniel one of the acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and made oath that she is about Seventy nine years of age 
That she was well acquainted with
Susanah Cartwright and Robert Cartwright
before and after they were married in Camden
County North Carolina her name before her
marriage was Susanah Spence. This affiant
was present and saw them married They were
married on the   day of October Seventeen
hundred and eighty four in Camden County
North Carolina her husband had been in the
service a great deal and had hired a substitute  in his place  She lived about a mile from them and was invited to the wedding and She was present and saw them stand up and the Justice a man by the name of McBride married them
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 25th October 1839
her x mark 
Sally White

C. McDaniel Jr. Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County ⎬ 
On this day personally appeared Elizabeth Pritchard aged Seventy two years before me Martin Forehand one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and made oath in due form of law, that her Brother
Robert Cartwright the husband of Mrs
Susanah Cartwright enlisted in the army
of the Revolution under Captain Bracy
She thinks his name was William Bracy
he was a regular Captain but it might
have been Samuel Tracy She will not say
which.  It was about the year 1779 or
a little before her Brother went over to
Virginia and enlisted unknown to her
father and mother he enlisted for three years
and was stationed at Petersburgh and at
Northfolk Sometimes at Williamsburgh
her father and mother may greatly distressed
at their sons enlisting he was but about
Sixteen years of age her father tryed to
get him released but could not he served
two years and about five or six months
and then her mother became uneasy that the
troops to which her son was attached
would be moved further north and she
prevailed on her husband affiants father
to go and here some one to serve out
the small balance of the time and
her father went and gave a great price
but the substitute served but a short
time before Cornwallis was taken and
peace concluded her Brother frequently wrote
letters home to the family but
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the letters have all been destroyed as well
as his regular discharge  She recollects that
her brother had his discharge after he come
home and he had purchased several discharges for the purpose of getting land from the State of Virginia but they did not cast
much and after her Brother had married
their little child was furnished with the
papers as play things until they were
all destroyed Some two or three years
after peace was made 9for this affiant
has no dates or records before her and has to
State all from memory) her Brother
Robert Cartwright and Susanah Spence
were married They were married by a Justice
of the peace by the name of McBride She
was present and saw them married from the
age of their children the marriage must have
been about the year 1784 and further
this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed this 20th day
of November 1839
her X Mark
 Elizabeth Pritchard
Martin Forehand
Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee Davidson County
I Martin Forehand one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Pritchard who has this day made the foregoing affidavit that She is a woman of truth and veracity and that full
faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given her statements. I have know her be 20 years past
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 20th November 1839
Martin Forehand
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County ⎬
On this 29 day of September
1853 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County and a Justice of the County Court
of said Davidson County which is a Court of
Record  David Cartwright a residence
of Williamson County [illegible] per aged Sixty
four years who on his oath make the
following declaration in order to recover
from the United States the amount of pension
that was due &money his mother Susanah
Cartwright in her lifetime but which
Since her death descends to her living children that he is the son of the said Susanah
Cartwright who was the widow of Robert
Cartwright and who was a regular Soldier
in the North Carolina line in the war
of the Revolution and who affiant always
understood from his father that he served
in said war for several years but the
 [illegible] [illegible] or length of time he served declarant cannot state but always understood from his father that he served a considerable time and was  entitled to bounty land for his services but by some means had got wronged out of it that after the close
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war and declarant father Robert Cartwright
returned home to Carlin County NC [illegible] married to Susanah Spence affiants mother to whom he was married as affiant always understood from his father & Mother Shortly after he return home from the service but the precise date of the marriage he cannot State having lost than old family word may years ago declarants father the said Robert Cartwright and in said Davidson County Tennessee
thirty six years ago next April that after his fathers death his mother the said Susanah remained a widow up to the day of her death which took place in Williamson County Tenn on the 15th day of October 1850 that previous to her death she made application for a pension under act of 7 July 1838 which declaration & papers was sent to the department at Washington by A Fergusson but which claim as yet has not been allowed but in his mothers declaration which is on file at Washington he supposes she give a full account of her husbands services & than Marriage the affiant can do be the fore refers to said papers for further [illegible] was that at the date of the death of my Mother she left two children living to
wit affiant and John Cartwright who are
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the only surviving children of her the said
Susannah Cartwright [illegible] affiant further
States that he has no documentary or
record proof in support of his claim
nor does  he no of any or of any one
living by whom he can prove his fathers
service or his marriage Except his Aunt Mrs Bitsey Prichett can prove the same
he must therefore rely upon the records of
North Carolina for proof of his father service
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this the date above
Thos S Cotton (JP)
his X mark
David Cartwright


Know all men by these presence that I
David Cartwright do hereby constitute and
appoint William E Jones of the City of
Nashville Tennessee my true and lawful
Attorney in fact for me & in my name to
prosecute and recover from the
United States the amount of Pension that
is due  and owing to me & my brother John
Cartwright from the United States hereby
revoking all former power of attorney heretofore made by me to any person whatever
 written my hand this 29 September 1853
witness 
John Cartwright
his X mark 
Dave Cartwright
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on this 29 September 1833 personally appeared before me Thos Cotten
a Justice  of the peace in & for Davidson County David Cartwright
with whom I am acquainted and
who acknowledged the execution
of the within power of attorney to
be his act & deed for the paper
as is then in contained In testimony
whereof I have to set my hand to 
this date above
Thos N Colton (JP)
State of Tennessee
Davidson County ⎬

I Felix R Chatham Clerk of the County Court in & for said Davidson County do hereby certify that Thomas W Collin whose name appears officially to the foregoing declaration
& certificate is & was at the time of signing the same the acting Justice of the peace in & for said County and a Justice and member of said Davidson County Court which is a Court of
word & has by law a public seal, & that the signatures show to reporting to be his he genuine

In testimony whom of I hereto set my had & seal of office at offers this 5th day of October 1853
F R Chatham clerk
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on this 29 September 1853 personally appeared before me Thos Cotton
a Justice of the peace in & for Davidson County David Cartwright
with whom I am acquainted and
who acknowledged the execution
of the within power of Attorney to
be his act & deed for the purpose then in contained In testimony
where of I have to set my hand to 
this date above
Thos N Cotton (JP)

State of Tennessee
Davidson County ⎬
I Felix R Chatham Clerk of the County Court in & for said Davidson County do hereby certify that Thomas N Cotton whose
name appears officially to the foregoing declaration
& Certificate is & was at the time of signing the same
an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County
and a Justice and member of said Davidson County
Court which is a Court of
word & has by law
a public seal & that the signatures share to purporting to be his he genuine
In testimony whom of I 
hereto set my hand & seal of
office at offers this 5th day of
October 1853
F R Chatham clerk
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Susanah Cartwright
Widow of Robert

Tennessee, Act 7th
July 1838.-
Additional evidence
filed 11th Nov 1853
[illegible] [illegible]
1816
widow died Oct 18, 1850
John Cartwright &
David Cartwright
only surviving children
Married 1784
Evans of Hant
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In the Matter of Susanah Cartwright deceased, late Widow of Robert Cartwright deceased, late of Davidson County
Be it remembered that on the 4th day of October 1853. it was proven to the satisfaction of the court by the affidavits of John Ray, a resident of Davidson County, and William Cartwright a resident of said County, both of whom are respectable persons, that Susanah Cartwright deceased, was the widow of Robert Cartwright late of said County That the said
Susanah died in Williamson County Tennessee in or about the fifteenth day of October 1850. That at the time of her death. She was an applicant for a revolutionary pension
That she left two children surviving her (to wit) John Cartwright and David Cartwright who are the only Surviving Children of her the said Susanah Cartwright deceased, and who are still living, and it was further stated by said witnesses that they are not
interested in said pension claim
State of Tennessee
Davidson County
I J R Cheatham Clerk of the
County Court of said County do hereby certify  that the foregoing is a true and perfect transcript from the records of my office
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at office in Nashville this 5th day of October 1853
H R Cheatham Clerk
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June 1, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Robert Cartwright-R.1761
BA-J/AWF

Mr. J. A. Cartwright
Nashville, P.O. Box 900
Tennessee

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to Robert and Thomas Cartwright of North Carolina, soldiers of the War of the Revolution,

Revolutionary War data furnished by this
office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.

A search of the records fails to show such
claims on file on account of the services of a
Thomas Cartwright of North Carolina.

The data given below were obtained from the
papers on file in pension claim, R. 1761, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Robert Cartwright. This is the record of the only soldier of that name found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Robert Cartwright was born and reared in
Camden County, North Carolina; the date of his birth and the names of his parents are not stated. His parents resided in Camden County, during the War of the Revolution.

Robert Cartwright married in October, 1784 in
Camden County, North Carolina, Susanah Spence. She was born and reared in said Camden County, the date of her birth and the names of her parents are not
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given. Robert Cartwright died in April, 1816 or on 1818, in Davidson County, Tennessee.

The widow, Susanah Cartwright, applied for
pension, October 25, 1839, then aged seventy-four years and living in Williamson County, Tennessee.

It is alleged in the claim that Robert Cartwright, while residing in Camden County, North Carolina, enlisted about 1779, when about sixteen years of age, and served two years and a few months under either Captain Wm Bracy or Sam'l Bracy in the Virginia or North Carolina troops.

The claim was not allowed as proof of service
as required by the pension law was not established,

The widow, Susanah Cartwright, died October
15, 1850 in Williamson County, Tennessee. She left the following surviving children -- David Cartwright (their second child), sixty-four years of age in 1853 and living in Williamson County, Tennessee; and John Cartwright, his age and place of residence not given. no names of other children given.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cartwright aged fifty-four years
in 1853, referred to the widow, Susanah Cartwright, as her mother-in-law; she did not state the name of her husband, Elizabeth Pritchard, sister of the soldier, Robert Cartwright, was eighty-five years of age in
1853.

One William Cartwright was a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1853, no relationship to the family shown.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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6.424
Susanna Cartwright
Wid. of Robert
Tenn. Suspended
ad July 7, 1838
[words crossed out]
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Susanah Cartwright
Widow of 
Robert Cartwright
Tennessee, [illegible] Oct
7th July 1838

add. evidence

Evdis of Hant
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that Robert Cartwright a private soldier in Capt. Armstrong's Company of the first Regiment, entered the service on the 10th day of November 1777, for the term of the war. I further certify,
that a warrant for 640 Acres of land was issued for the the services of said Robert Cartwright on the 12th of May 1784 which is evidence that he served during the war
Given under my hand this 21st day of Novem. 1853.
W. Hill Secretary
of State
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County ⎬ 
On this 13th day of December 1853 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County David Cartwright a resident of Williamson County Tennessee writing, [illegible] on or near the County line of said Davidson
 & Williamson County without I am well acquainted
 & who I certify is in all respects a truthful
& respectable citizen and makes oath in due
from of law that he is the same person who
in the month of September or October last was
qualified to & declaration by Esq Cotten in order
to recover from the United States the amount of
pension that is due & coming to him in rite of
his mother Susannah Cartwright said widow
of Robert Cartwright late of said Williamson
County & at the same time authorize Wm E. Jones
to prosecute said claim as his agent of once
which time as he is inform by his said agent
& as appears from a copy of the report of the
Commissioner of Pension that his mother the
said Susanah Cartwright alleged in her declaration claiming a pension under Act 7 July 1838 that her husband the said Robert
Served under Capt William Bracy of the
Virginia line whereas declarant alleged
the service as having been performed in
the Revolutionary war from the State of
North Carolina as he always understood from
his father the said Robert declarant dose not
believe that his mother ever made such a
Statement in her original declaration intentionally as he is certain that they lived in [illegible] County No Carolina when he could first
recorded that his father tried use a tract of land
that was given to him by his father in said
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County that his father & mother was both born & raised in said County of [illegible] and as declarant always understood from his father & mother that they was born in ten miles of each other that they was married  in the same County declarant is therefore certain that if his mother the said Susanah Cartwright did stated in her declaration that her husband served in the Virginia line She did not do so intentionally
nor did She so understand it when the said
declaration was red to him in his opinion
as declarant was present when a Mr Adam
Fergusson drew up her declaration & red it
to his mother & declarant is certain that the
said Ferguson did not so read it to his
mother that her husband served was preformed in the Virginia time that if it is so stated by his mother it was a mistake on the part of Fergusson or designedly done by him for purposes unknown to declarant declarant [illegible]  that his mother told Ferguson that her husband served in North Carolina but
was not certain who was his officer but thought that his Captain or Lieutenant was by the name of Bracy declarant also often his
his father say that Bracy was a favorite of his 
in the service and held same minor office but declarant is not certain what office
Bracy held but thinks he was sustain or at
any rate he has often heard his father speak
of Bracy as Lieutenant Bray & always understood from his father the said Robert that he was an enlisted soldier for doing the war that he served several years and he drew or was entitled to County Land but by some means he got fooled out of it It has been some ten or twelve years since his mother was qualified to said declaration
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by Colin McDaniel (JP) in presence of said Ferguson
that if said Ferguson and said declaration defucet
from the way that he wrote it it was very
wrong as his mother at the time was old & infirm & was easily imposed upon nor has
declarant any idea that he did so read said
dedication to his mother at the time as he would have noticed it nor dose he believe that his mother was in the State of Virgina
declarant recollects hearing his father say
that after he enlisted he was marched to
Virginia & was at Petersburg & he thinks at
Richmond Va but not that he enlisted from
Virginia or belong to the Virginia line
declarant further states that the facts as stated
in his first declaration as relates to his fathers
Service and his father & Mothers Marriage and as States to the number of living children are
are true & that himself and his brother
John Cartwright are the only living children
of his said Mother Susanah Cartwright did
that he request that his said claim to person
may be allowed & that the certificate that
for be delivered to his said agent the said
William E Jones Sworn to & Subscribed before
me the date above
Thos N. Cotton
His X Mark 
David Cartwright

State of Tennessee Davidson County
on this 13 day of December 1853 personally appeared before the issue designed a Justice of the peace in & for said County Mrs Elizabeth
Cartwright aged fifty four years & who I certify is entitled to credit & makes oath that some several years ago 
she was present when a Mr Ferguson called on Mrs Susanah Cartwright affiants mother in law to prepair her papers for to draw a pension as the widow of Robert Cartwright that the said Susanah inform said
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Fergusson that she was from
North Carolina that her husband Robert Cartwright was also from North Carolina that he was an enlisted Soldier in the Revolutionary war that he enlisted from or lived in North Carolina when he entered the service that she is certain that said service was not claimed to have been in the Virginia line as she was present & heard said Fergusson read to the old Lady the declaration that if said Fergusson wrote the declaration in that way he did not read it to the old lady as
it was written as I am certain that Virginia
was not mentioned by him as [illegible] whom the service was preformed when it was read to her the said
Susanah
Sworn to & Subscribed before me the
date above her x mark Elizabeth Cartwright
Thos Cotton
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Susannah Cartwright
widow of Robert Cartwright
Tennessee
Susfs. Acct-July 1838.
Add evidence

Eraris J. Haut
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State of Tennessee
Davidson County ⎬ 
On this 13th day of December 1853
personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice
of the peace in & for said County Elizabeth Prichard aged Eighty five years or upwards & who I certify is personally known to me & who is entitled to full credit & belief and makes oath in due form of law that she is the Sister of Robert Cartwright died late of Williamson County  Tenn. that he was the husband of Susanah Cartwright of said Williamson County the identical Susanah Cartwright who made application for a pension in late of her husband the said Robert who died many years previous to his widow the said Susanah which application She [illegible]  was made by the said Susanah some 8 or 10 years ago as she now recollects that her brother the
said Robert Cartwright was an enlisted Soldier
in the Revolutionary war from Cass line County
North Carolina affiant was very young when her brother entered the service that he remained in service for several years but have long affiant cannot say but recollects well when he returned home that it was when peace was made as she understood
what office he served she dose
not recollect for certain she thinks he was station a part of his time at Fort Smith Near Norfork VA that after he returned home she often heard him speak
of an officer by the name of Bracy but whether
he was his Captain of the officer Commanding the fort she is not certain but thinks his Capt was Bracy that after he returned home & he intermarried to Susanah Spence who also lived in Cass line County North Carolina but the precise date of their Marriage affiant cannot recollect [illegible] affiant was present at the time & saw them legally joined together
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affiant dose not recollect the presise date when they was married but will refer to a former affdavit of hers which she made in supports of said claim several years ago she thinks that she gave the date of than marriage in said affidavit which she supposes is our file
at the pension office she thinks that the
first child of her brother Robert & his wife
Susanah if living would now be some
upwards of Sixty three or four years of age that
thier Secord (2) child was by the name of
David Cartwright that after the death of her
brother Robert Cartwright his widow the
said Susanah did not again marry but
remand his widow up to her death which
took place affiant thinks some time in
the year 1850 that at the time of her death She
left but two living children to wit David
Cartwright & John Cartwright both of
whom is still living affiant would further
State that she was called on some several years
age to give her testimony in said case which she did that her intention at the time was to State the facts relative to her brothers service that he was living in Camden County North Carolina when he entered the service that he belong to the NC line but was kept a part of his time in service at Fort Smith which was as she is informed in the State of Virginia but that it was not her intention to convey the idea that her brother [illegilbe] to the Virginia line that if it was so represented in her first affidavit she did not so understand it at the time that after her brother was married to the said Susanah some years he removed from North Carolina to Williamson
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County Tennessee when he heard untell by
death which as before stated was Many years
his widow affiant further states that
She is not interested in said claim to pension
in any way
Sworn to & subscribed before
me the date above
Washington, G Smith
Elizabeth Pritchard Her x mark

I certify that the foregoing affidavit was
carefully read to & fully understood to & by Mrs Elizabeth Prichard before She signed the same this 3th day of December 1853
Washington G. Smith
State of Tennessee
Davidson County
 F. R. Cheatham
Clerk of the County Court of said
County, do certify that Washington G. Smith & Thomas, N. Cotton whose names
appear to the foregoing certificates and
affidavits are now & were at the time of
signing the same acting Justices of
the peace in & for said County, duly
commissioned & qualified & that the
signatures thereto purporting to
be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and Affixed his seal this 14th day of  December 1853
F. R. Cheatham Clerk
By L.P. Cheatham, DC
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[illegible] C. Fant
Dec 24th
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Pension Office
24th Dec. 1853

Gentlemen, 
The additional evidence does not establish Robert Cartwrights service.  The letter from this office of date 29th Nov last, discloses
Objections to this claim which have not been
Remanded
Messrs Evan & Frank
Washington D.C.
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Evan & Fant
Nov 29/33
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430
Pension Office
Nov 29 1853
Gentlemen

Susannah Cartwright widow of
Robert of Tenn. Act July 7 1838- asserted
that her husband served over two years under
Captain William Bracey of Va. The Artificate
of the Secretary of State of N.C. Shows
that a Robert Cartwright enlisted in 1777
under Captain Armstrong, for the war
and received land for his services, there
were different men
Mrsses Evans & Fant
Present
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Evans & Fant
Nov 16/88
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Pension Office 207
Novr 16. 1853
Gentlemen
In the case of Susannah Cartwright
deceased, widow of Robert, of Tenee, under the
act of July 7, 1838, the declaration of David
Cartwright, made before a Justice of the peace,
and accompanying proof, have been examined
This claim was originally made on account
of an alleged service of more than two years
in the Virginia Continental or State Line, under
Captain Bracy, commencing in 1779
The depreciation rolls of the Virginia troops in this office do not bear his name; and for this reason the claim was disallowed. The claimant
was desired to furnish to this office the
names of the Colonels or other regimental
officers under whom Robert served, for the
purpose of facilitating a further examination
of the muster and pay rolls in this office
This has not been done; and the claim
remain suspended
Messrs Evans & Fant
Present
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Carthage Tennessee
26th November 1839
Sir
Inclosed you have the papers and
proof of the claim of Susanah Cartwright
Widow of Robert Cartwright for a
Pension under act of 7th July
1839. The claim is supported by two witnesses but I am not apprised of the
rules in cases of this kind where a substitute
is hired for a balance of the time & I have no doubt but that up to the time of hiring the substitute the Soldier is entitled and of course his widow will be but of this I hope
you will give as favourable a construction
as in your power
as to the claimant and the witnesses
any reference can be given as to their
credibility and standing in society.
I hope you will allow the claim
Respectfully
A. Fergusson
James S Edwards Esq
commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Carthage
May 16. 1840
Fee
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington

Tennessee 
J. Cartwright
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Sir
Carthage Tennessee
1st May 1840
Sir
Sometime in October or November
last I forwarded to you the claim of
Mrs Susanah Cartwright of Williamson
County in this State for a Pension
As I have not heard from it since
I think it my duty to make enquiry if
the same has been received and if so what
disposition has been made of it. I do
this lest it may have miscarried. Believing
that your official duties are much increased
by repeated calls from members of
Congress during the present Session I have
ammitted saying anything about this
Claim until now
Respectfully
A. Fergusson

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Washington, Nov. 25th 1853
Dear Sir
We herewith enclose the certificate of the Secretary of State of North Carolina
in the case of Susanna Cartwright,
Widow of Robert, Tenn, suspended, Act of
7th July 1838. We hope that this write
be deemed sufficient to meet the objection
heretofore urgent, and that the claim will
[illegible] be aclaimed
to prevent a quibble, you will see, that the
Clerk has made a blunder, in transcribing,
where it is stated the said "Robert Carteret"
This is evidently a mistake, as will appear
from the foregoing [illegible] of said Certificate
Very respectfully
Evans & Fant

Hon. S. P. Waldo
Comm. of Pensions
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Washington, Nov. 11th 1853
Dear Sir 
We herewith enclose additional
evidence in the case of Susannah Cartwright
Widow of Robert, Tennessee, Susp. act 7
July 1838.
We presumed from information received
that there is on file a certificate from
the Secretary of State of North Carolina
Showing the service of Robert Cartwright.
We hope to hear from you in regard
to this case at an early day.
Very respectfully
Evans & Fant
Hon. S. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
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Washington Dec 21nd 1853
Hon S.P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Dear Sir
We herewith enclose
additional evidence in the case of Susannah
Cartwright, Widow of Robert Tennessee, Susp
Act 7 July 1838, which we think will remove
the objections contained in your
letter of the 29th [illegible]
Very respectfully
Evans & Fant
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R Furgryson Esq
May 16 1840
O.C.