Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8147, Isaac Carter, N.C.
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Service
N.C.

Carter, Issac

Number S.8147

Born in N.C. 
carded
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[left side] March 24- 1834 A B

[right side] 
Mississippi
22715
Isaac Carter
Pike Co in the State of Miss was a Pri in the Company comman[ded] [by] Captain Welch of the Regt comman[ded] [by] Col Hagan in the North Carolina [line] for [blank]
[cut off] Y Pr $80.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi [at] the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum [to c]ommence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

[Cer]tificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Decr. 1833 S.S. Mc [marked out - Noble] Nabb Holmesville[?] Pike Co. Miss[?]

Arrears to the 4th of Sepr 1833 200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch ‘34 40.00
[totaled] $240.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J. T. Spencer Clerk
Book E - Vol. 8 - Page 67 -
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State of Mississippi
County of Pike
On this 17th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Board of County Police in and for the County of Pike aforesaid now in session Isaac Carter a resident of the said County of Pike and State of Mississippi as aforesaid Aged about sixty-nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States on the 5th day of February in the year 1877 with Colonel Noogan of the Regiment of the North Carolina line of Regular Soldiers under the following named Officers.  General Francis, Mach Col. Noogan (Majors name not recollected) Captain John Welch Lieutenant Robert Green and Ensign James Perl and served under the same officers from the time of Enlistment until after the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown continued with the above named officers until the winter after my Enlistment there was placed under Captain Robert Fenner who was commanded by Col. Sylvanus __ of the 3rd Regiment of Continentials and remained at (Vally Forge these so called) on the Schuylkill in the State o Pennsylvania when the Army remained all the Winder of 1777 and in the Spring of '78 when the Army Commenced a March in pursuit of the enemy to a place called Monmoth in January where theg Brinish Army halted and an other General engagement ensued fromn whence the British Army Retreated to New York and was pursued by the American Army some small distance until thgey took shipping for New York then was passing to and for through theg state of New Jersy during the summer of '18 and was marched to headquarters to a place tghen called Morristown where the American Army in part wintered and another part wintered at a place then called perammus.  Afterwards in the spring of '19 was marched to the State of New York to a place called West Point where the American
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Army remained during the summer in which time General Wayne Strengthened his Army by raising volunteers and Marched against a Fort of the Brittish at Stony point where he proved Victorious and in the fall of that year was marched from West point to South Carolina and was marching on toward Charlestown through the most part of the winter until my time of service expired having served fifteen day after my tour of enlistment before I received a discharge from Colonel Harvey which was at a place called Lockharts Folly about thirty miles South east of Wilmington North Carolina. I then remained a short time in Cumberland County North Carolina my birth place and about the 1st of July 1781 entered the service again for the term of twelve months in the above mentioned place as a Ballotted soldier of North Carolina under the command of Capt Dennis Porterfield rendezvoused at Fayetteville then marched to Hillsborough Salisbury Guilford North Carolina thence to Charlotte thence to Camden thence crossing waters and thence Congarce at McCords Ferry where the Company joined General Green on or about the 1st of September 81. There marched on to the Eutau Springs where General Green met with the Brittish Army and a warm engagement ensued where I was wounded in my left arm and afterwards marched through South Carolina to Bacons Bridge near Charleston where I was discharged but at this time do not recollect the officers names who signed the discharge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not in the Pension Roll of any agency in any State
Interrogatories propounded by the Court
Int. 1 Where and in what year were you Born
Ans In Cumberland County North Carolina and according to the best information was named by [illegible] from my friends I was born in the year 1764
In 2nd Have you any Record of your age? and if so where is it?
A. I never had [illegible] Record of my age but was informed by my friends who [illegible - page dark] my birth and who said they had Children near my age [illegible - page dark] this being the only Channel
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Throug which I Could obtain any thing like a Correct knowledge of my age
Int 3 Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since and where do you now live?
A. When called into service I was living in Cumberland County North Carolina and remained there nearly three years after the Close of the War, then moved to South Carolina Orangeburgh District and lived there until the spring of 1811, the moved to the state of Mississippi (then a Territory) Pike County where I now live.
Int. 4th. How you were you called into service were you drafted, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom
A. For the first three years I enlisted under Col. Hogan, the last twelve months service I was what was called a Ballotted Substitute in North Carolina. The Militia of that state then being classed in the Number of twelve in a class who had one of each class to enter the service or to hire a substitute, and I entered the service as a Substitute for one of the Class
Int 4 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your services
A. The first General that I became acquainted with was by the name of Francis Nash who was severly wounded by a Cannon Ball at Germantown and died in a few days after, afterwards Col. Hogan under whom I first enlisted as I was informed took the Command of General and was placed in Philadelphia and when the North Carolina Troops passed through that place he took command of them and marched on with them and I was one of his Guards during my stay in the service. During the second time of service I was with General Green who commanded at the battle of the Eutaw springs and General Marion and his troops of horse joined General Green at the same time that Captain Dennis Porterfield Joined him with whom I was at the same time. General Sumpter Cols Washington and Leo were in the Continental Army with the said General Green
Int. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it Given and what has become of it
And. I Recd a discharge for my first Tour of service Col Sylvanus Harvey and I also recd an Honorable discharge
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For my second time of service but at this time do not recollect by whom it was signed but was discharged at Bacons bridge with about one hundred others including officers and privates but our discharges were placed in the hands of some of the officers and retained until we came to Wilmington North Carolina to prevent our dispersing through the Country and save us from falling into the hands of the Tories. And the last discharge that I Recd, was given me at Wilmington by Sergant Jonathan [illegible] who was orderly sergant of Capt Porterfield
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your Character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
I can Refer to my neighbor Ja Y McNabb and the Reverend Joseph Raybourn and to many others who can and will testify to my Character veracity Probity &c.
Isaac Carter
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 17th day of June 1833.}
G.G. McNabb Clerk
[written down left side] Isaac Carter Miss. 27,626
W. Joseph Rayburn, a clergyman and Ja Y McNabb Residing in Pike County and State of Mississippi do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Carter who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Joseph Raborn Clergyman
Ja Y McNabb
Sworn and subscribed toi open Court this 17th day of June 1833} Geo G McNabb Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories [illegible] by the war department that the above named [illegible] was a revolutionary soldier and served as he [illegible] Court further certifies that it appears to
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them that the above named Joseph Raborn who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman Resident in Pike County and that Ja Y McNabb who has also signed the same is a resident of said County and is a creditable person and that their statements are entitled to credit
Peter Quin Presd.
Hillary Breland
Christian Hoover
David Wissborne
Harvil Carter
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A Statement showing the Service of Isaac Carter
Pike County, Mississippi

Period when service performed
In 1777 - 78
74 &
1781

Duration of claimants service
years    months    days
4                            15

Names and rank of the company officers under whom he served.
Cap. Dennis Porterfield, 1st officer Cap. John Welch, 2nd [illegible] Cap. Robert Fenner, Lieut. Robert Green, Lieut. James [illegible], Ensign James Pearl

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
M. of General Nathaniel Green
          General Francis Nash
           Colonel Sylvanus Hainey
            "  Hogan
Afterwards General James Hogan

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Brandywine
Germantown
Eutaw Springs

Country through which he marched
North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and South Carolina

Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present time
North Carolina Cumberland County
aged 69 years

Rank of Claimant
Private

Evidence by which the declaration is supported
I know of no one living by whom I can prove any part of my services








State of Mississippi ⎬
County of Pine
 I Geo. G. McNabb Clerk of the Probate Court and Exofficio Clerk
the board of County Police of Pike County do hereby certify that the aforegoing contains the original proceedings in
matter of the application of Isaac Carter for a pension
In testimony whereof I have set my hand
and seal of office this Seventeenth day
of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
Geo. G. McNabb Clk. P.C.
exofficio Clk BC P. P.C.
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April 1, 1937

Isaac Carter
S. 8147
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Boyd Gardner
815 Third Street
McComb, Mississippi
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the
Revolutionary War record of Isaac Carter, who served
as private with the North Carolina troops, and after
the war moved to Pike County, Mississippi.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, S. 8147, based
upon the service of Isaac Carter in the War of the Revolution,
Isaac Carter was born in the year 1764 in
Cumberland County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Cumberland County, Isaac
Carter enlisted February 5, 1777 and served as a private in Captain John Welch's company and in
Colonel Hogun's Seventh North Carolina regiment;
he was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown,
wintered at Valley Forge, was transferred to Captain
Robert Fenner's company and served in Colonel Harney's
North Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth
and was discharged at Lockhart's Folly about
thirty miles south of Wilmington, North Carolina,
having served three years and fifteen days. He
enlisted July 1, 1781and served in Captain Dennis Porterfield's
North Carolina company, was in the
battle of Eutaw Springs, where wounded in his left
arm, and was discharged at Bacon's Bridge, South
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Carolina, after a service of twelve months.
Isaac Carter moved from Cumberland County,
North Carolina, about three years after the
of the Revolution, to Orangeburgh District, South Carolina
, and in 1810 moved to Pike County, Mississippi.


He was allowed pension on his application
executed June 17, 1833, then a resident of Pike
County, Mississippi. He died March 24, 1834.
I or J. Carvil Carter was of Pike County,
Mississippi in 1833; it was not stated that he was related to the soldier, Isaac Carter.
In order to obtain the name and address of
the person to whom the last payment of pension was
sent, you should apply to The Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division
Washington, D. C., and give the following data:
Isaac Carter
Certificate #22715
Issued December 12, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Mississippi Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. War
8147
INVALID.
No. 8147
Isaac Carter
Pri. Rev. War
---
Act: June 7th 1832
Index-Vol. A, [illegible] Page 58
Arrangement of 1870}
June 3 - 1903- Hi
Miss M.S. Echols
Ft. Smith AR
1927. Dec. 22 Hist to
Mrs. Robt Campbell awy
1928 Jan 5 Mrs. Robt
Campbell date death
etc. awy
1928 Mch. 19
Photos mailed
to Mrs. Robert Campbell awy
1929 - Oct 2 - Hist. to Mrs.
M. C. Moseley awy
1932 Aug 15 Hist to Rubye
Duke awy
1932 Sept 10 - Hist.  to Mrs. Lillian H. Parker
1935 Oct. 30 Photos mailed Mrs. Robt. Campbell & account hist. [illegible] awy
---7 April 1 Hist. to Mrs. Boyd --rdner  awy
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27.626.
Isaac Carter
Mississippi
Adm 2 years $80-
No. Carolina
[this section generally illegible]
Capt. [illegible]
7th [illegible] '77 for 3 years 
[illegible] 20th day
80
for Capt. [illegible]
25th May '81 for 12 mos.
left on 25th May 82
G. G. McNable
Holmesville
Pike Co
Miss
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
11 Nov. 1833
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

Statement, showing the Service of Isaac Carter
Period when the service was
rendered.
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years Months. Days
   4                   15
Rank of
the
claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under
whom he served.
Age at present.
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
I am respectfully

obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1852.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops, "militia" and volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
in guarding particular
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
considered a Court of Record.
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of
County of
On this _____ day of _____
personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of aged (c)years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and 
served in the(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the of town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service;
 the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
 and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.      A. B.
{And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}


And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of   for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of   &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims
a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman residing in  and C. D. residing in (the same) 
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with, who has 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be  years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[and then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them present declare their opinion, that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,  Clerk of the Court of    do herby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of   for a pension


In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of   &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission;
, but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or nor, proceed to relate all the material frets, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted;
and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
6. To An Officer
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(d) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine in what amount of pension he is entitled. I a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c.  A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service has, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades.  For _____ years ____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____.  For _____months and _______ days, I served as a _____;  for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine
with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in
every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison and for the time during  which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.


(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth 
in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
in the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Registered 548
166621
Wichita, Kansas
Nov. 3 1927
Record Division
General accounting office.
Washington, D.C.
Nov 8 1928
Gentlemen: In proving up
my D.A.R. ancestry, I am greatly
in need of information regarding
the wife and children
of
Isaac Carter, a soldier of the
Revolutionary War & a pensioner
Certificate No. 22, 715
Pike County Mississippi
Rate $80.00 per annum
Act 4 March 1831
Mississippi Pension Roll.
I
If you can give me any
information on the family
of this pensioner or any
Inc. concerning him, I will
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500354
or
be glad if you have a
photostate (or) to have a copy
made, let me know the
price, and I will send
the money by return mail.
Thanking you to give
this your earliest attention. I am
Respectfully,
Mrs. Robert Campbell
138 - N. Roosevelt
Wichita Kansas
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1st Ind.

AH-MVM-ORD
War Department, A. G. O., November 22, 1927. To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Referred as a matter that pertains to the Pension Office and the writer to be informed.
Lutz Wake
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
By C
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C. H. Brooks Chairman of the Board
Robert Campbell, President
CHAS. H. SMYTH, Vice President
CARL E. WEBB, SECRETARY
J. O. DAVIDSON, Ass't. Sec'y. & Ass't. Treas.
E. L. MASON, ASS'T. Sec'y.
The Guarantee Title and Trust Co.
Capital & Surplus $278,700.00
Wichita, Kansas
Dec. 7-1927.
Pension Department
Washington, DC
Gentlemen; On November 3rd, I wrote the
Record Division, asking for some information
they answered, that the letter would be
turned over to your department. Fearing
it might have been lost. I am writing
you direct
in proving my D.A.R. ancestry I am
greatly in need of information regarding
the wife and children of Isaac Carter, a soldier of the Revolutionary War and a pensioner
Certificate No. 22, 715-
Pike Co. Miss
Rate $80.00 per annum-
Act 4 March 1831
Mississippi Pension Roll
I will be glad to pay for a photostat
Copy of any information given on the
family of this pensioner
Trusting I may hear from you at ┃
an early date, I am. Respectfully
Mrs. Robert Campbell
138 N. Roosevelt
Wichita Kansas

Pension Office U. S. Dec 10 1927

This was to General Asst. Off. We had sent her a full history she received most interested in the children so if she still requests photos we will send MMHF
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138 - N. Roosevelt
Wichita Kansas
December 28, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir:
Referring to the Revolutionary and 1812
Wars section: Isaac Carter, a soldier of
the Rev war and a pensioner, Certificate
No. 22715 Pike Co. Miss. Act 4 March, 1831
Miss Pension Roll
In your letter of Dec. 22. 1927.
you have written that Isaac Carter
was born in 1764, in Cumberland Co
N.C. same copied from the papers
in the Rev. War pension claim S.8147
also giving me a copy of his service.
iHe was allowed pension on his
application executed June 17-1833.
while a resident of Pike Co, Miss.
Will you please tell me what
time this pension ceased.

Thanking you very much for
information given in previous
letter and trusting to hear from
you at an early date. 
Respectfully,
Mrs. Robert Campbell
138 N. Roosevelt
Wichita Kansas
P.S. Also was a town mentioned in
 Pike County where he might have lived Over
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I will be only too glad to pay
someone to get this information
for me. If you have such a
person who is willing to do this
I am so very anxious to
get everything there is pertaining to this Isaac
Carter.

(Initials) MJ
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Byron Ga.
July 10.29

Depart of the Interion
Bureau of Pensions
Wash D.C
Dear Sir - 

Please send me record of Capt Chas Crawford 2nd Reg. N.C. (western), also of Isaac Carter Walsh's Co. 8th reg-
James Armstrong Col.
Thanking you
Mrs. M.C. Moseley

Stamp U.S. Pension Office
JUL 18
1929
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Pine Bluff, Ark.,
July 26th, 1932

Pension Department:

Will you please send me the Pension record
of Isaac Carter, soldier of the Revolutionary War.  Born in Cumberland County, no 1764 (as I have it) and served as a private in North Carolina Troops.
    Have information he asked for pension in 1833 from Pike County Miss.
    Thanking you for this information, I am,
Yours truly,
Rubye V. Duke
1518 W. 19th Ave
Pine Bluff Ark
Stamp Received Jul 27 [Illegible]
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Received Aug 24 1932 [illegible]
1106 S. W. Life Bldg.
Dallas, Texas
August 21, 1932
Pension Department
War Department of
U. S. of America,
Washington, D.C
Gentlemen
I would like to get a copy of the
War record of Isaac
Carter who fought
in the Revolutionary War. His pension
number is certificate No. 22, 715. He
enlisted from Cumberland County N.C. but
was living in Pike County, Miss. when he
asked for pension - I am a direct
resident of Isaac Carter and a very
anxious to get this record. If there are
any charges please, let me know before
sending it.
Very Truly Yours
Mrs. Lillian H. Parker
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Wichita, Kansas
August 23 - 1935
Pension Department 
Enclosed find $1.15 for which
please send photostat
Copy
of Isaac Carter's pension.
Record - Claim S. 8147 (8147 )
Certificate # 22, 715 Pike Co, Miss
Miss. Pension Roll
served from North Carolina
Revolutionary War
very respectfully
aad
8564
Mrs. Robert Campbell
138 - N. Roosevelt
Wichita Kansas
P.S. Do you have a record
of Andrew
John Bankston, served
Rev. War from North Carolina
having received a pension.
Might have been from
living another State when
he applied for same

RECEIVED Aug 26 1935 [illegible]
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Wichita Kansas
September 24, 1935

Bureau of Pensions
9723
Washington, D.C.

With reference to letter, Isaac Carter, S.8147
B4-J/AWF, received from you. Enclosed find additional sixty cents money order
for which
please send photostatic copy
of pension of Isaac Carter. I did
receive a copy in 1928
as you say but same was
loaned and never returned-
Thanking you to give this
your earliest attention, I am
Very truly
Mrs. Robert Campbell
138. N. Roosevelt
Wichita Kansas
-
Received Oct 1 1935 [illegible]
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Veterans Administration
Washington
D. C

Stamp  McComb, Miss Mar 10, 1937. 8:29 PM

Mar 13 1937 Mail Sub Div
Received.
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Will you please give me the Revolutionary record and any other information which you may have concerning Isaac Carter who enlisted as a Private from North Carolina and later moved to Pike Co., Miss., from which state he applied for a pension or recorded in File S. No. 8, 147.
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March 12, 1928

Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
    I desire photostat copies of six pages certified from the Revolutionary War pension claim, Isaac Carter, S. 8147.
Mrs. Robert Campbell
138 N. Roosevelt
Wichita, Kansas
Recd. payment
$1.15
Antonia W. Ford
Rev. & 1812 Wars Sec.
Ordered by Mrs Casanova
FINANCE division Stamp
Bookkeeper Desk
MAR 12
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3-2233
15822
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Mar. 12 1928
Chief, Rev. and 1812 Wars Section Division
I have this day received from
Mrs. Robert Campbell
Cash in the amount
of $1.15 requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith.
O. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.
H. C. L. 
Photos mailed Finance Div. notified mar. 19, 1928 awy
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE 1.681 PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 21754

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
Department of the Interior
WASHINGTON [illegible initials]
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.
March 12, 1928 xxx
Bureau ordering PENSIONS.
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of six pages from the
Revolutionary War pension claim of Isaac Carter, S. 8147
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? _______ days
For further information see M.M. H. Finch
5033.               541.
Room No.     Phone No.
Approved:
A. D. Wilkinson Acty. Chief Clerk of Bureau

Margaret M. H. Finch
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below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
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Folding once or twice:
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Photostat size Actual Office uses?  Repay? yes $.90 cents
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Remarks
(OVER)

Division of Publications Received Mar 13 1928 Dept. of the Interior
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
December 23, 1927
Mrs. Robert Campbell
138 N. Roosevelt
Wichita, Kans

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 8147,
it appears that Isaac Carter was born in 1764
in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
While a resident of said Cumberland County,
he served as a private unit the North Carolina Troops, as follows-
From February 5, 1777 in Captain John Welch's
Company, Colonel Hogun's  Regiment,
until the winter after his enlistment, he was transferred
to Captain Robert Fenner's Company, Colonel
Sylvanus Harney's Regiment he was in the battles
of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth, and was
discharged at Lockhart's Folly, about thirty miles
south of Wilmington, North Carolina, having served
about three years; from July 1, 1781, twelve months
in Captain Dennis Porterfield's Company, he was at
the battle of Eutaw Springs, where wounded in
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left arm, and was discharged at Bacon's Bridge,
South Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed June 17, 1833, while a resident of Pike
County, Mississippi. He died March 24 1834
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
After Rev., moved to
Orangeburgh Dist. S. C.
from there to Pike Co Mississippi
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
Mrs. Robert Campbell
138 N. Roosevelt
Wichita, Kans
Madam;
January 5, 1928
I have to advise you from the records of
this Bureau, it appears that Isaac Carter, S.
File No. 8147, Revolutionary War pensioner, died
March 24, 1834. In said claim is is stated that
he resided in Pike County, Mississippi, when he
applied for pension in 1833, no town is mentioned.
In order to obtain the name of person to whom
the last payment of his pension was made and the
address of same, you should apply to the Records
Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
, citing all of the following data
Isaac Carter, Certificate No. 22715, issued
December 12, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced
March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Mississippi
Agency.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
Agency Book
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel
Mrs. M. C. Moseley
Byron
Georgia
Dear Madam:
October 2, 1929
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.8147, it appears that Isaac Carter
was born in 1764, in Cumberland County, North Carolina,
While a resident of said Cumberland County, he served
as a private with the North Carolina Troops as follows:
From February 5, 1777, in Captain John Welch's Company, & Colonel Hogun's Regiment, he was in the battles of
Brandywine and Germantown, and in the winter after he was
transferred to Captain Robert Fenner's Company, Colonel Sylvanus 
Harney's Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth
and was discharged at Lockhart's Folly about thirty miles
south of Wilmington, North Carolina, having served about
three years from July 1, 1781, twelve months in Captain
Dennis Porterfield's Company, he was wounded in the left
are at the battle of Eutaw Springs and was discharged at
Bacon's Bridge, South Carolina. [illegible] not stated.
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After the Revolution, he moved to Orangeburg District
South Carolina, and from there to Pike County, Mississippi
He was allowed pension on his application executed
June 17, 1833, while residing in Pike County, Mississippi
died March 24, 1834.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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August 15, 1932
BA-J/AWF
Isaac Carter
S. 8147

Rubye V. Duke
1518 N. 19th Avenue
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter requesting
information in regard to Isaac Carter, a soldier
of the War of the Revolution of North Carolina,
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8147, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Isaac Carter.
He was born in 1764 in Cumberland County,
North Carolina.
While residing in said Cumberland County, he
enlisted February 5, 1777 and served as a private in
Captain John Welch's company and in Colonel Hogun's
Seventh North Carolina regiment, he was in the battles
of Brandywine and Germantown, wintered at Valley Forge,
was transferred to Captain Robert Fenner's company,
served in Colonel Harney's North Carolina regiment, was
in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged at Lockhart's
Folly about thirty miles south of Wilmington, North Carolina
, having served about three years. He enlisted July
1, 1781 and served in Captain Dennis Porterfield's North Carolina
company, he was in the battle of Eutaw Springs
where wounded in the left arm, and was discharged at
Bacon's Bridge, South Carolina, length of this service
twelve months.
After the Revolution he moved to Orangeburg
District, South Carolina, and from there to Pike
County, Mississippi.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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executed June 17, 1833, then a resident of Pike County, Misssissippi.
He died March 24, 1834.
There are no data relative to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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September 19, 1935
Isaac Carter-S.8147
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Robert Campbell
138 N. Roosevelt
Wichita, Kansas
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 8147, based upon service of Isaac Carter, also record of Andrew Bankston, possibly of North Carolina.
You will recall that the record of Isaac Carter
was furnished you January 5, 1928, and photostatic
copies March 13, 1926. The cost of photostatic copies
has been increased, which makes the amount of your
remittance, $1.15, insufficient to cover cost of copies
The cost is now $1.75, Upon receipt of money order in
the amount of 60 cents additional, drawn to the order
of the Treasurer of the United States, the copies will be
made and mailed. There are no further data in these
papers than has already been furnished you.
The record of one Andrew Bankston, only, has been
found. His record is given herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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September 10, 1932
BA-J/AWF
Isaac Carter
S. 8147

Mrs. Lillian H. Parker
1100 S. W. Life Bldg.
Dallas, Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Isaac Carter,
whose pension certificate number is 22715.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8147
(certificate number 22715), based upon the Revolutionary War
service of Isaac Carter,
He was born in 1764 in Cumberland County, North Carolina
.
While residing in said Cumberland County, he enlisted
February 5, 1777 and served as a private in
Captain John Welch's company and in Colonel Hogun's
Seventh North Carolina Regiment, he was in the battles
of Brandywine and Germantown, wintered at Valley Forge,
was transferred to Captain Robert Fenner's company,
served in Colonel Harney's North Carolina regiment, was
in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged at Lockhart's Folly about thirty miles south of Wilmington,
North Carolina, having served about three years. He
enlisted July 1, 1781 and served in Captain Dennis
Porterfield's North Carolina company, was in the battle of
Eutaw Springs where wounded in the left arm, and was
discharged at Bacon's Bridge, South Carolina, length of
this service twelve months.
After the Revolution he moved to Orangeburg
District, South Carolina and from there to Pike County
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Mississippi
The soldier, Isaac Carter, was allowed pension
on his application executed June 17, 1833, then a resident
of Pike County, Mississippi.
He died March 24, 1834. A. B.
There are no data in this claim relative to his
family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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October 30, 1933.
XXXXX
BA-J/ady
Isaac Carter
S. 8147

Mrs. Robert Campbell
188 North Roosevelt
Wichita, Kansas

Dear Madam

You are furnished herewith photostatic copies of seven pages of original papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.8147, R
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to the Administrator
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BA-J/ady
Rev. & 1812
No. 284
October 21, 1935
Rev.&1812 Wars Section, Navy 970

X
Rev. War claim for pension of Isaac
Carter, File No. S.8147.
Actual 1 of each page
UNCERTIFIED.
xxx    $1.75........7 pages
Kindly leave margin of 11/2 in.
top of each page and return
papers in folder with corresponding name and number
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section,

includes all but the old printed forms "war Dept. Nov. 11, '18 who was omitted