Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1719, William Carr, S.C.
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Service S.C.

Carr, William
Kerr

Elizabeth

Number R 1719
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Georgia   16.828

William,  Carr
Of Hall in the State of Ga.
who was a Lieut. in the _ commanded
By Captain _ of the Regt commanded
by Col. Neal [Thomas Neel]  in the So. Ca. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 320 dollars _ cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued 5th day of Octr: 32 and sent Chas. Law
Gainesville - Ga 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833         800-  Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar :34    160 = $960-
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk
Book E Vol 6 Page 87
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                                                               $960-
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              Revolutionary Claim,
              Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nath, Rice Clerk
Book E  Vol. 6   Page  87
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State of Georgia County of Hall
On this 25th day of August eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Joseph Dunagan one of the Justices of the Superior Court in and for said County William Carr a resident of the State of Georgia and County of Hall aged eighty eight years on this seventh day of May next who being first duly sworn according to law doth by his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  to wit, that he entered the Service of the United as a volunteer about the first of August in the year 1776 as a first Lieutenant under the command of Col Neal [Thomas Neel] by whom he was commissioned first Lieutenant who commanded with Col Watson, his Captain was William Byers, General [Andrew] Williamson had the command at that time.  That he did not quit the service until the war ended But when our tour of service was ended he immediately entered into another.  The first battle he was in was on the 19th day of September in the year 1776 with the Cherokee Indians at a place called the  Black Hole he was then a first Lieutenant commanded by Cols. Neel & Watson under Generals [Griffith]  Rutherford and Williamson  still commanded by Byers as Captain.  The next battles he was in was at Sullivans Island and in the vicinity of Charleston was besieged by the British, when he returned from this town he was skirmishing through the country in the State of South Carolina and afterwards returned to Charleston and served under another tour of three or four months he was at the Battle of Stono [Ferry] in the Summer of 1780 commanded by Col Watson; a Captain [William] Smith was then commanding the company in which he served (Captain Byers
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having withdrawn from the service, at which time and place Capt [William] Smith was killed from that time he succeeded Capt Smith by Senority and was commissioned Captain by Col [William] Bratton, he believes but is not certain which commission went out of his possession by the following occurrence to wit that he had just taken his commission from some
other papers and laid it on a table at which Instant a party of infantry
belonging to Cornwallace [General Charles Lord Cornwallis] made a sudden charge and he fled and
left his commission on the table and the enemy got it as was witnessed by his family. he served in the capacity of Captain the remainder of the war which he thinks was about the space of three or four years. The next Battle was at Blackstocks [Plantation] on Tiger River (don't recollect the date) at which time he was commanded by Gl Sumpter [General Thomas Sumter] and Col [William] Hill where Sumter was wounded through the shoulder he was at a Battle at a place call the Fish dam ford on Broad River
which he believes was a little before the Battle at Blackstock, where
Sumter commanded also. the next Battle he was in was at a little Town
called Granby [Fort] where was a British and Tory fort Col Bratton
and Moffit [Colonel John Moffett] had then the command. the next Battle was at Col Thompsons on Santee River with a variety of other skirmishes to wit one at Wrights Bluff another at a place called
the quarterhouse another at Philips and one at Black River
and another at a place called the Big Glade all the Latter
fighting and skirmishing was under Col Bratton & Moffett
about the years 1780 and 1781. he resided in York district in the
State of South Carolina when he entered the Service, he marched
across Seneca & Tugaloo Rivers to where the Battle was fought with the Cherokees at Black Hole where he stayed for a time with his wounded
Brother with the North Carolina Troops this place is now in Rabon
County in the State of Georgia thence he returned back to your
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District in South Carolina to his own home when he stayed only five days till he was ordered to march to Charleston. deponent states that his residence was in York all the time of the war Where the British & Tories done him much injury in that they
took from him five head of horse British at one time killed all his cattle of every description burned up all his fencing and Barn and destroyed all his Grain. deponent further states that he was born in the State of Virginia in Augusta County says he was born on the 7th day of May
in the year 1744 and has not the record now of his age in his possession it being carried by some of his children to the State of Tennessee. he says that moved from York district to Jackson County now Hall County where he has resided ever since except two or three years he has resided in Dekalb County in the State of Georgia. deponent further states that he served
Several Tours at a Town called Orangeburg in South Carolina which was a frequent place of rendezvous.
William Carr His X mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid s/  Joseph Dunagan J.I.C.
 
Georgia Hall County
I Joseph Dunagan one of the Justices
of the Inferior Court in and for the
State and County aforesaid do hereby certify that William Carr the applicant in the foregoing declaration is so afflicted by age and infirmity that he is unable to attend in open Court
August 25th 1832
Joseph Dunagan JIC
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We James Whitten Clergyman residing in the County of Hall and State of Georgia and John Bates a
resident of the same County & State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Carr
who has subscribed and sworn to the above & foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be eighty eight years of age; that 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 s/ James Whitten
John Bates 
Sworn to and subscribed the day &
year aforesaid EG Buffington JIC

And the said Court do hereby declare their affirmation after the Investigation of the matter and
after putting the Interrogatory presented 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 that James Whitten who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in Hall County & State of Georgia and that John Bates who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County & State and is a credible person and that
their statement is entitled
to credit.
Joseph Dunagan JIC
EG Buffington JIC
Thos S Tate JIC
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Georgia Hall County
I Geo Hawpe Clerk of the Court
of Ordinary of said County do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Carr for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
3rd day of Sept 1832
s/ Geo Hawpe C.C.O

Georgia Hall County
I John B Nichols Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Ezekiel Buffington before whom the foregoing certificate was made is an acting Judge of the Inferior Court, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature
Given under my hand this 8th day
of September 18 John B Nichols CIC
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Georgia Hall County 
Personally appeared before me John
 Hames Senr who being duly sworn saith that he was in the Revolutionary war with William Carr the applicant in the foregoing declaration who was called Capt[ain] Carr but cannot say whether he was commissioned or not that he was in an engagement with said Carr at Blackstocks on
Tiger River in South Carolina and was with said Carr in two or three other engagements at some Forts which forts he cannot recollect the names of & frequently heard of said Applicant in the war after they parted
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22nd August 1832 
John Hames his O Mark
John Nichols JIC

Georgia Hall County
Personally appeared before me John Collins who being duly sworn saith that he was personally acquainted with the applicant in the foregoing Declaration William Carr in
the Revolutionary War who he thinks was at the time he knew him a first Lieutenant deponent become acquainted with applicant in the year 1776 in the Cherokee nation under the command of Colo Neal [Thomas Neel] and Col [Samuel] Watson deponent frequently saw applicant during the war at other times &
places Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22nd day of August 1832
Jno Collins JIC
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Georgia Hall County
I John B. Nichols Clerk of the
Inferior Court of said County do
hereby certify that John Nichols before whom the Within affadavits were made is an acting Judge of
the Inferior Court and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature Given under my hand and seal of office this 7th day of September 1832
John B Nichols C.I.C.
I do hereby certify that John Collins who has made and signed the foregoing affidavit is a creditable person I further certify that John
Nichols who was witnessed the said affidavit was a Justice of the Inferior Court at the time of signing the same and that he is now out of office May 6th 1833
Joseph Dunagan JIC
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State of Alabama Benton County  
Be it known that before me
John M Whiteside an acting Justice of the peace in and for said
County personally appeared Hugh Carr aged forty eight years last April being a resident of said County and State and after being duly sworn 
according to law makes the following statements
that agreeable to the information he has always had he is the legitimate son of William & Elizabeth Carr that his father the said William Carr was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7th June 1832 of the Georgia agency at the rate of
Three hundred and twenty Dollars annum for services rendered as a Lieutenant
And this deponent further says
that his said father William Carr several years previous to his death directed  him to make a Record of the age or birth of his sister Margarett and himself which he did on a blank leaf in the family Bible which Record he has often looked at and well recollects that agreeable to
said Record his Sister Margarett was
born on the 2nd day of May Seventeen hundred and ninety three and this
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deponent on the 27th of April 1797
the said William & Elizabeth Carr having two children only as he always understood and believes Deponent further says that the leaf upon which said Record was made is lost or destroyed.
This deponent further says that he
has been personally acquainted with
Mrs Mary Wilson whose testimony is filed with the original application in this case (from his earliest recollection) and that although she cant write her name she could read her Bible well until within the last
three years when she lost her eye
sight and that he knows of no person
of her age whose memory is more clear and distinct. deponent further says that he saw the annexed leaf cut from the family Bible of Joseph Wilson the Deceased husband of the said Mrs Mary Wilson upon which leaf is recorded the birth of
his eldest child as testified to in her
affidavit before named which he hopes may be referred to
s/ Hugh Carr
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State of Alabama Benton County
I MM Houston Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify
that John U Whitesides whose name is subscribed to the forgoing affidavit & certificate, is duly qualified to act as such that all his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit as such
Given under my hand & seal
of office at office in Jacksonville
this fourth day of December in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred & forty five and seventieth
year of American Independence
MM Houston Clk

The State of Alabama Benton County
I, James L Lewis presiding Judge
of the County Court of Benton County Alabama do hereby Certify that Matthew M Houston who has signed the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of the signing the same the Clerk of the County Court of 
Benton County Alabama duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit
are due all his official acts as such and that his said certificate is in due form of Law December 4th 1845
JL Lewis Judge CC
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Sworn to and Subscribed before me
And I further certify that I am 
personally acquainted with the above affiants that he is an intelligent and highly respectable person.
And I further certify that I saw
the annexed leaf cut from the family Bible of Mrs Mary Wilson the widow of Joseph Wilson Deced. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Mary Wilson
that she is an intelligent and highly respectable person and although she cant write her name she could read well until the loss of her eye sight and I can most cheerfully assert that I know of no person of her age whose memory appears more clear and distinct and in whose testimony I would put more reliance
In testimony of which I have subscribed
my name officially this 4th day
of December 1845
John M. Whiteside
Justice of the Peace
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FAMILY BIRTHS.

Hiram  57

Agness Wilson
was born June the
26 1793

Sarah Wilson was
born 26 January 1795
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RECORD MARRIAGES

Wm E Kerr [Carr]
was married May
the 19, 1842
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March 21, 1932 BA-J/AWF
Miss Mary G. Ramsay
Bellevue Avenue
Dublin, Georgia.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Carr, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 1719, based
upon the military service of William Carr or Kerr during the Revolutionary War. He was born May 7, 1744 in Augusta County, Virginia.
While residing in York District, South Carolina, he served from August 1, 1776 as first lieutenant and
captain in the South Carolina troops, at various times under Captains William Byers, Thompson [Robert Thomson] Daniel Smith, and Colonels Neal [Thomas Neel], [Samuel] Watson, [William] Bratton,[William] Hill and John Moffet [Moffett].
He was in the battles of Black Hole, Sullivans Island, Stone [Stono Ferry], Fish Dam Ford, Blackstocks, Wrights Bluff, Orangeburg, Granby [Fort] and Quarter House; he served until the close of the war, length of service in all, three years and three months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1832, at which time he was living in
Hall County, Georgia.
The soldier married in October, 1792 in York District, South Carolina, Elizabeth Denton.
He died September, 1835 in Benton County, Alabama
His widow, Elizabeth, died September 16, 1839
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in Benton County, Alabama.
Their children were referred to only names stated being Margaret, Born May 2, 1793, and Hugh, born April 27, 1797.
Very truly yours,
AD HILLYER
Assistant to Administrator
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1915 Oct. 26. History to Mr.
J.E. Martin mbh
1924- Sept 24 Hist to Mrs. Crawford
Jenkins awf
1932 Mch. 21 hist to
Miss Mary G. Ramsay awf
1935, Nov 23 hist to
Hon. J. H. Peterson es
1938 Mar. 16 - Hist to S. P. Carr rec
lts in clue S. 39288 of Wm Carr wkb

1719  REJECTED
Elizabeth Carr
Widow of William

List of rejected claims (Ga.)
printed in 1852 shows cause of 
rejection as follows:
Husband died in 1835, widow in
1839-- no claim "
Attorney: no endorsements of
P. O. any correspondence
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No papers or Hor
Elizabeth Carr
Wm Ga Dec 1838

Commr of Pensions
Washington City DC
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I Joseph Dunagan do hereby certify that Wm Carr the
within applicant does and did relinquish every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity accept the present and declared that
his name was not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
and that I neglected so to insert it in the body of this declaration
Joseph Dunagan JIC
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State of Alabama Benton County  Be it known that before me
James L Lewis the presiding Judge of the County Court in and for said County & State it being a Court of Record personally appeared
Hugh Carr a resident of said County & state aged forty eight years the 27 day of April last and being duly sworn according to law doth on
his oath say- That the following statements are true to the best of his knowledge and belief and
according to the information given him by his parents and which he verily believes to be true viz that he
is the son of William and Elizabeth Carr that the said  William & Elizabeth are now both dead. That his father the said William Carr was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and
was a Pensioner of the United States under act of Congress
of the 7th June 1832 in Hall
County State of Georgia at the rate of Three hundred and Twenty Dollars ($320) per annum on the Roll of the Georgia agency
That the said William Carr was a Lieutenant of the South Carolina Militia and served in
the Revolutionary War for proof of which he refers to the evidence on which he drew his Pension. That the said William Carr died on the _
day of September 1835, Eighteen hundred and thirty five leaving Elizabeth Carr his Widow who died on the 16th day of September Eighteen
hundred and thirty nine (1839) without ever applying for a Pension leaving this affiant her only child then living This affiant further says that he lived with his said father and mother from his birth until he was over thirty years of age. that he had free access to all his fathers papers and
Books but never saw or heard of any private Record of the marriage of his said father
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and mother nor does he believe there ever was any private or public Record made of their marriage they being married as he is informed in South Carolina where he is informed there was no public Record then
made of marriages.
But this affiant is credibly informed
and verily believes that his said father and mother were legally married in the month of October in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety two 1792 in York District, South Carolina
and refers to the proof hereunto
annexed. this affiant further says that
his said father and mother lived together as man and wife to day of his fathers death. that his mother the said Elizabeth Carr continued
a widow to the day of her death
that this affiant is informed that Elizabeth Carr his said mother was entitled under the act of Congress of July 7 1838 to a Pension for the service of her husband
William Carr and that he has qualified
as administrator on the Estate of his said mother Elizabeth Carr and makes this Declaration to obtain the Pension due her at the time of
her death s/ Hugh Carr
Sworn to and subscribed before me
13th May 1845 s/ Jas L Lewis Judge
@C
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State of Alabama Benton County Orphans Court it being a Court
of Record
It is hereby certified that it has been proven that William Carr died in this County on the _ day of September 1835. That he the said William Carr was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 in Hall County State
Georgia at the rate of Three hundred and twenty Dollars per annum for services rendered as a Lieutenant
in the South Carolina Militia during the War of the Revolution; That the said William Carr left widow Elizabeth Carr. That the said Elizabeth Carr his widow died on the 16th day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty nine (1839) leaving Hugh Carr her only child. And that the
said Hugh Carr has this day qualified as Administrator on the Estate of the said Widow Elizabeth Carr according to Law and has received Letters of Administration from the Clerk of said Court This done in open Court May 13th 1845 s/ Jas L Lewis Judge @C

The State of Alabama Benton County
I MM Houston Clerk of the County Court and orphans Court of said County do hereby certify that
James L Lewis whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is Judge of the County Court and presiding Judge of the Orphans Court of said County. That
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the said Courts are Courts Record and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit as such
Given under my hand & seal of
office at office in Jacksonville
this 13th day of May in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & Forty five
M M Houston Clk
12056
July 29, 1845
Declaration of
Hugh Carr
Return to be made to James Law
Gainesville
Hall County
Georgia
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Affidavit of John & Hannah Denton in support of the claim of Hugh Carr
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State of Georgia Cherokee County 
Be it known that before me
Joseph Heard an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State personally appeared John Denton aged Seventy years and Mrs Hannah Denton aged sixty five years the 13th of next September, both residents of said County and State and after being both duly sworn
according to law make the following statement viz John Denton says that he was personally acquainted with
William Carr formerly of Hall County State of Georgia who was a soldier of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 as a Lieutenant at the rate of three hundred and twenty Dollars per annum as appears
from the original certificate of the Secretary of War
Signed by John Robb (acting), and dated the 5th day of October 1833, exhibited before him
This Deponent further says that Elizabeth Carr the wife of the aforesaid William Carr was his deponents Sister that she and the said William Carr were lawfully married at the house of Deponents mother in York District in the State of South Carolina by one Abraham Smith a Justice of the peace and that he saw them married. Deponent does not recollect in what month nor is he very positive either in the latter part of the year 1792 or the early part of the
year 1793 but well recollects that their first child Margaret Carr was born in the year 1793 and also
recollects that was said to have been born within less than nine months after their marriage
Mrs Hannah Denton says that she was well acquainted with
the aforesaid William and Elizabeth Carr knows nothing of their marriage but knows, that agreeable
to the Record made by her father that she was born on the 13th day of September 1781, Seventeen hundred
and eighty one. Deponent further says that
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her father James McCord died the 25 day of July in the same year that the Deponant was twelve years old
in September; And Deponent distinctly recollects Margaret Carr the first child of the aforesaid
William and Elizabeth Carr was born the May previous to the death of Deponents father and deponent well recollects that said child was said
to have been born within less than nine months after the marriage of the said William & Elizabeth Carr.
John Denton his X mark 
Hannah Denton Her X mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me. And I further certify that I am  personally acquainted with the above named Deponents John & Hannah Denton and that they are respectable
persons and credible witnesses
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and seal officially this _
day May 1845 the alteration of the work from five to four in the fifth line from the commencement and
the interlining of the same line of the words "the 13th of next September,
done before signing 
s/ Joseph Heard JP
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Georgia Cherokee County
I James Jordan Clerk of the Superior
Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph Heard name appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said
county duly Commissioned
and qualified and that full faith
and credit is due and ought to be given to all official acts as such and that the signature purporting to be his to said affidavit is genuine.
Given under my hand and private seal there being no seal of office provided this the nineteenth day of May
Eighteen hundred and forty five
s/ James Jordan clk

Georgia Floyd County 
I John Henry Lumpkin member of Congress from the fifth
Congressional District of the state of
Georgia do Certify that James Jordan whose name appears to
the foregoing certificate is Clerk of the Superior Court in and for the County of Cherokee and State aforesaid and full faith and credit is due and right to be given to all his official acts as such, and that the above signature purporting to be his, I believe to be his from my knowledge of his hand writing. Given under my
hand this the fourteenth day of June 1845 s/ John H Lumpkin
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Amendment to Wm Carrs declaration
State of Georgia Hall County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Inferior
Court in and for said County William Carr who being duly sworn doth
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 but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and
in the following grades. in the month of August 1776 I volunteered under Colo Neal [Colonel Thomas Neal] from whom I received a brevet Lieutenants commission and was attached to a company of Militia commanded by Capt William
Byers and was marched to a place in what was then the Cherokee nation called the Back hole at which place he had a battle with the Indians in which engagement I had a brother badly wounded and was permitted
by Col Neel to remain with him until
he could be removed home, during the time we remained at this place I was under the command of Genl
[Griffith] Rutherford who had the command of the North Carolina
troops at that place, Genl [Andrew] Williamson & Col. [Samuel] Watson were with us in the above engagement. my term of service which was six months having expired I took my brother home. After remaining at home five or six days I was called out some time in February
1777 by Col. Watson to join his regiment & march to Charleston after being there some short time we had Skirmish with the British near Sullivan's Island in which there was but little done though we prevented them from landing, at the expiration of my term of
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service which was three months I returned home. Genl [Andrew]
Williamson was with the army at Charleston in the above named tour-
After remaining at home a short time
I was called out again in the year 1777 by Colo [Samuel] Watson and Capt [William] Byers and marched to Charleston again where we had an other Slight skirmish with
the British, this was also a three months term at the expiration of which I returned home, and shortly after was called out again by Col [William] Bratton & Capt [Robert]
Thompson and marched to Orangeburg in South Carolina
where we rendezvoused three months and returned home, Col Bratton learning shortly after getting
home he that the British & Tories had embodied near Orangeburg called me out again and marched us to that place where we remained three months more and then returned home. After remaining at
home ten or fifteen days I was called out again by Colo Bratton & Capt Thompson and marched to a place called the Fish dam ford on Broad River South Carolina where we had an engagement with the British & Tories but owing to their superiority of numbers were compelled to
retreat. We then continued skirmishing through the County
until our term of service which was three months expired.
I was shortly after called out again by Colonel Bratton & Capt Daniel Smith and marched to Fort Granby held by the British and tories and attacked
the fort but were repulsed. We then marched to the house of one Col Thompson near the Fort which
house the enemy had taken possession of and occupied
as a Fort which we attacked but were not able to
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dislodge them, though we succeeded in taking sixty prisoners who were coming in with provisions. We then marched down the River to a Fort at Rights [Wright's] Bluff and attacked
the army at that place but could not succeed in driving them. my term of service which was three months having expired I returned home, during the whole of the
foregoing terms of service I acted as first Lieutenant.
some time in the summer of 1780 I was again called out by Colo [Samuel] Watson and Capt Daniel Smith and marched to Charleston and from thence to Stono [Ferry] at which place we found the enemy and the American army fighting. We went
into the engagement and in a few minutes Capt Daniel Smith was shot down and taken off the field. I then
took command of the Company and immediately after the battle was given a brevett Captains commission (I think) by Col [William] Bratton, We then marched home having served a term of six months. In a short time I was called out again by Colo [William] Hill to join Genl [Thomas Sumter] Sumpters army and after
skirmishing through the County some time we marched to
One Blackstocks [Plantation] where we were overtaken by a party
of the enemy and attacked in which engagement we defeated them with considerable loss. Genl Sumter was shot through the Shoulder in this engagement. having served a
tour of three months I returned home'
Shortly after Colo Bratton divided his Regiment into four division and ordered me to take my company and for the County well and not leave one of the enemy on that side [of] the Catawba River in compliance with which I turned out with my Company
and reconnoitered through the County for six months and succeeded in obeying the command
And I further swear that during the term in which the
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foregoing services were performed I was not engaged in any
Civil pursuits.
I have no record of my age it having been taken by a son of mine to the State of Tennessee in a family
Bible many years since.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15 day of August 1833
William Carr his O mark
s/ Joseph Dunagan JIC

State of Georgia  Hall County
I John B Nichols Clerk the Inferior
Court of said County do hereby certify that Joseph Dunagan before whom the above affadavit was made is
an acting Justice of the Inferior Court and that Signature Annexed is his genuine Signature
Given under my hand and seal of
office this 15th day of August 1833
John B. Nichols Clk
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Georgia Hall County
This day personally came before
 me Robert Barnwell who being
duly sworn saith on oath that he was acquainted with William Carr the applicant in the foregoing
declaration in time of the Revolutionary war and Served a Tower [tour] of three months service with him as a malitia [Militia] man at Orangeburg Court house in South Carolina under G. Sumpter [General Thomas Sumter] and John Moffit [Moffett] commanded as Colonel.
s/ Robt Barnwell
Sworn to and subscribed this third day of Sept 1832 
Joseph Dunagan JIC

Georgia Hall County
this day personally appeared before
me John Hamilton who being duly
Sworn Saith on oath that he was acquainted with Wm Carr the applicant in the forgoing
declaration during some part of the time during the Revolutionary war he was acquainted with him while he (Carr) acted as a Lieutenant under he thinks a Capt [Jacob] Barnett he likewise knew him when he (Carr) was Commissioned as Captain he having risen by seniority from Lieutenant to Captain. he does not know precisely how long he served as Captain But presumes he served in that capacity the remainder of the war from the time he knew him in that capacity which was the Space of nine or ten months which he thinks was about the year 1781
John Hamilton his X mark
Sworn to and Subscribed this 4th day of Sept 1832
Joseph Dunagan JIC
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Georgia Hall County
I John B Nichols Clerk of the
Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Joseph Dunagan before whom the within
affidavits were made is an acting Judge of the Inferior Court
and that the annexed signatures
are his genuine signatures
Given under my hand and seal
of office this 8th day of September
1832 s/ John B. Nichols CIC
I do hereby certify that Robert Barnwell and John Hamilton the deponants who have made and
Signed the foregoing affidavits are both credit able persons May 6th
1833 s/ Joseph Dunagan JIC
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Georgia Hall County
We the undersigned certify
 that we have been personally
acquainted with William Carr of said State & County for the last ten or twelve years during which time
he has supported the character of an upright honest man and one of strict veracity and has always been considered to have been a soldier of the Revolution, he is extremely indigent and has no relatives near him except his wife who together with
himself is very old and infirm; We have been persons who were acquainted with Mr Carr before he
left South Carolina all of whom agree in saying that he supported an unblemished character and
was always considered to have been a soldier of the Revolution
s/ Philip M Byrd Mayr
William McDonald J.P.
Joseph Dunagan JIC
Benj Dunagan CoC
Jacob Eberhart
Robert Mitchell Atty at Law
John Bate Maj Gen.
Arthur Crawford
MM Mcafee JIC
Stephen Reed
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Gentleman of the war department
I here take the liberty to state to you that I have been acquainted with Wm Carr the applicant for a pension for the last twenty years and have allways understood that he
served as a Revolutionary soldier the whole of the Revolutionary war and he still persists in asserting that he served as stated in the original  declaration but I find when he is required to state the tours of duty distinctly that his memory is deficient which is a natural consequence when we consider his advanced age.
He is a man of the finest respectability and is generally believed to have been a conspicuous Revolutionary soldier.
He does not recollect the precise date of the Stono [Ferry] Battle we presume the war department
has it in posession.
I presume the original declaration is somewhat awkwardly made out it is the first I ever made out or ever seen made out .s/ Joseph Dunagan JIC
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[duplicate of previous page]
Gentleman of the war department
I here take the liberty to state to you that I have been acquainted with Wm Carr the applicant for a pension for the last twenty years and have allways understood that he
served as a Revolutionary soldier the whole of the Revolutionary war and he still persists in asserting that he served as stated in the original declaration but I find when he is required to state the tours of duty distinctly that his memory is deficient which is a natural consequence when we consider his advanced age.
He is a man of the finest respectability and is generally believed to have been a conspicuous Revolutionary soldier.
He does not recollect the precise date of the Stono [Ferry] Battle we presume the war department
has it in posession.
I presume the original declaration is somewhat awkwardly made out it is the first I ever made out or ever seen made out .s/ Joseph Dunagan JIC
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State of Georgia Hall County
I James Law Clerk of the
Superior Court of said County
hereby certify that the individuals
who have signed the within certificate are all  men of the first respectability
and amongst the oldest settlers of the County and that they hold the offices or stations attached to their several names
Given under my hand and
Seal of office this 27 day August
1833
James Law clk
Supr Court
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Georgia Hall County
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for said County Joseph Willson who being duly
Sworn deposeth and saith that he lived in York district in South Carolina
in time of the Revolutionary war and was acquainted with William Carr the applicant for a pension in the foregoing declaration and that he understood from general information that he was a Captain in said Revolutionary war tho he does not recollect to have seen his commission for that office but deponent says positively that he has a distinct recollection of having seen a Commission for Lieutenant for the said William Carr. 
Joseph Wilson His mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th of May 1833
s/  Joseph Dunagan JIC

I certify that Joseph Wilson who has made the above affidavit is a creditable person and that by reason
of old age and the loss of sight is not able to write the he made the two first letters of his name
s/ Joseph Dunagan JIC

Georgia Hall County 
I John B Nichols Clerk of the Inferior
Court of said County do hereby certify
that Joseph Dunagan before whom the above affidavit was made and who give the above certificate
is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court of said County and that the signatures annexed are his genuine
Given under my hand and seal of
Office this 14th day of May 1833
John B Nichols CIC
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Georgia Hall County I John B Nichols Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify
that Joseph Dunagan before whom the several foregoing affidavits were made is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court in & for said County
and that the Several signatures thereto annexed are his Genuine
signatures.
Given under my hand and seal
of office this 12th day of May 1833
John B Nichols CIC
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Department of War
Pension Office
October 3. 1833.
Sir
The papers in the case of William Carr have been examined, and his claim has been admitted
as a Lieutenant for two years that being the highest grade, under the circumstances, that the Department
can feel justified in allowing
The certificate is herewith enclosed
I am Respectfully
Yr Obt
J L Edwards

Jas Law Esquire
Clerk Court
Hall County
Georgia
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Georgia Hall County

Personally appeared before me John Hames Senr who being duly sworn saith that he was in the revolutionary War with William Carr the applicant in the foregoing declaration who commanded as Captain for two years or more & during the time
Deponent was acquainted with him. deponent further States that he was in several engagements with said
Carr one of which he recollects was at Blackstocks [Plantation] on Tiger River in South Carolina & deponent further states that he was with said applicant at the taking of same Forts the names of which he cannot recollect. John Hames Snr his O mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th April 1833
Joseph Dunagan JIC
I hereby certify that John Hames Senr the deponent in the above case is a credible person. Given under my hand this 6th day of May 1833
Joseph Dunagan JIC
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Georgia Hall County  I, John B. Nichols Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Joseph Dunagan who has given
the three preceding certificate relative to John Collins, Robert Barnwell, John Hamilton & John Hames Senr is
an acting Justice of the Inferior Court of said County and that the several
signatures annexed are his genuine
Signatures
Given under my hand and seal
of office this 14 day of May 1833
John B Nichols CIC
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[stamp]
YORKVILLE SC NOV 26
James Law
Gainesville
Hall County
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State of South Carolina York District
Be it remembered that before
Peyton B. Darwin an acting magistrate in and for the said Dist personally appeared Martha Luck
aged about eighty four years -being a
resident of said District and after being duly sworn according to law maketh the following statement
that she was personally acquainted with William Carr and Elizabeth Carr his wife previous to their marriage and for many years thereafter that the
said William and Elizabeth Carr wife Lawfully married in or about the year seventeen hundred and ninety two in York District-- the deponent is
fully satisfyed that said marriage took place in the aforesaid year from the following circumstances. the deponent saith she was married in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty two and she had been married above ten years before her sister and Wm Carr was married.
the deponent further saith that her first children was born about August Seventeen hundred and Eighty three- they being twins. 
Martha Luck her X mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me
November 15th 1845
s/ Peyton B. Darwin Magt

I Peyton B. Darwin do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Martha Luck for the last thirty years and that she has always had a good character in every respect whatever and a woman
of unbounded truth and stands as far as any woman with whom I am acquainted
Nov 15th 1845
Peyton B Darwin Magt
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State of South Carolina
York District 
I James Keykendal Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for the District aforesaid do certify that Payton B Darwin is an acting
magistrate in for the District aforesaid, and that full faith credit should ought to be given to all [illegible] Given under my hand & seal of office This Novmber 25th 1845
s/ Jas Keykendal Clk CCP
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Georgia Hall County
Personally appeared before me the under Signed a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for said County Elizabeth Carr who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is the wife
of William Carr the applicant in the foregoing declarations and that she has often seen two commissions for the said William Carr on a Captains
Commission and the other a Lieutenants under which he acted during the Revolutionary war
Elizabeth Carr her O Mark
Sworn to and Subscribed this 6th day of May 1833 s/ Joseph Dunagan JIC

I certify that Elizabeth Carr who has made the above affidavit is a creditable person 
s/ Joseph Dunagan JIC

Georgia Hall County I, John B Nichols Clerk of the Inferior Court of said
County do hereby certify that Joseph Dunagan before whom the above affadavit was made is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court and
the signature annexed is his genuine
Signature
Given under my hand and seal
office this 14th day of May 1833
John B. Nichols C.I.C.
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Payments to be made at Savannah by the Tr. W.S. Br. Bank Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Ga.
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E, Vol.6 Page 87 by N. Rice Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832 William Carr
of the State of Georgia who was a Lieutenant in the army of the revolution is entitled to receive Three Hundred & twenty dollars and_
cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 5- day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Three  s/ John Robb
Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.  
s/ JL Edward
Commissioner of Pensions
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Comptroller Genls Office
Columbia So. Ca. Decr 20.45
Book M.
Indent 292 Issued the 1 October 1784 to Mr William Kerr [Carr] Late Private in [Capt. Jacob] Barnett's Troop, 
[Lt. Colonel Henry] H Hampton's
Regt,  [General Thomas Sumter] Sumpter's Brigade, State Troops for Ninety four pounds Sterling being amt Pay and Bounty due him
for services in that Troop together with Interest thereon from the first April 1782 to date hereof, agreeable
to resolution of the Genl Assembly of the Eleventh March last -
Final L94 annl In S L6:11:7
Book O
Indent 547 Issued the 27" April 1785 to M. William Kerr for Seventeen Pounds, Eleven Shillings and five pence Sterlg for militia duty for amt
Audited No 28 - Prine L 17.11.5  In S L 1.4.7 Apl 28 - Wm Kerr
His a/c of duty in the Militia for Co. Anderson return, amt to Currency L 123- Sterling L 17.11.5
I certify the above to be a true copy from the Records in this office
For Comptroller Genl
Haval
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Woodville Ga
July 22. 1856
Dear Sir
I have been requested by Mr Hugh Kerr of Shelby Co. to write to your department, making enquiry as to a Pension granted his father. he states that his fathers name was enrolled in the Revolutionary war as Wm Carr, instead of Kerr. That his father
made application as Carr and 
received until the date of his death 
about October 1835, a pension of
320$ a year as Lieutenant. he further
says that his widow survived him four years & thirteen days. That she received no further pension after his death nor has he, as their only child. His father Wm Carr resided in Alabama at the time of his death. What I would ask is whether
the widow of Wm Carr was entitled
to the Pension after his death, & whether she being entitled & not having made application the right descends to Hugh Kerr, the son,
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I would be thankful for a copy of
the Pension law if convenient
Mr Kerr also wishes to make 
application for the Bounty Land to which his father was entitled, & did not receive. Please to inform me whether the fact of his being over twenty one years of age, at the time of his fathers or mothers death would bar his right. Please to inform me also as to whether Extra pay has been all owed to others, than the soldiers
of the Mexican War, If Mr Kerr Should
be entitled to Pension &c. please to give me, necessary instructions as
to proof, &c, as he wishes me to make
the necessary application.
Respectfully
Your Obt Svt
Philip A. Work
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Carr
which require further proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V. *Has he mentioned 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 to what amount of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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2. XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary Service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service? Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,i f not, which of them is not so ? Yes
Except 2nd


EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In 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, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _ year _ months, and _  days, I served as a_ . For _ months and _ days, I served as _ and for such service I claim a pension.
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3.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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as 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.
QUERE XVI. 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
The applicant must either produce
his commissions a proof that he
held them, and at the same time
make his declaration conform to the
requisitions above-
The applicant has stated his first war tours, let him state the rest. His claim cannot be admitted until he does.
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resp? service June 13/49
William Carr

J L Edwards  paid 10
Commissioner of Pensions
Pensions Office
Washington City

Pocahontas Arks  paid 10
May 28th /90
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8 May 1849
State of Arkansas Randolph County
Mr James L Edwards
I am the son of William and Elizabeth
Carr and administrator
on their Estate this is the same
William Carr that James Law of the State of Georgia and County of Hall has been trying to draw  a pension for his Service as lieutenant in the
Revolutionary war. it seems that the
Records in the Comptrollers office at
Columbia South Carolina Shows
nothing of his being Captain or Lieutenant but says he William Carr was a coln and a private. it is strange thing that they can show that William Carr was a Coln and Can tell nothing about his being Captain or Lieutenant when he was only appointed to the Command of Coln a few months and was first lieutenant and then Captain for several years
if you will be so good as to make a complete search I think the papers in the pension office will show that the officers in that of in about 1834 and 1835 paid him as a lieutenant that he proved his commission
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by Joseph Wilson it seems like there
is a mistake certain you say evidence
that proved William Carrs Service is all by the name of Carr. Sir I do know there was person by the name of Carr Sworn in the Case be it William Carr him self
the Records in Columbia South Carolina Shows services Rendered by William Carr a private in Barnets Troop, Hamptons Regiment, Sumpters brigade, State troops for
it appears ninety four pounds Sterling
being the amount of pay due him in that troops, as another term of Service amounting to  Seventeen pounds ten Shillings and five pence Sterling for Military Service under
Coln underson
as to the proof William Carr and Elisabeth Carr his wife being married previous to the year 1794 is suffient alltho she could not sign her own name
pleas give me answer direct your
letter [illegible] Randolf County
Hanovers Store post office
Hugh Carr
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Additional testimony in claim of Elizabeth Carr or Kerr

Colo James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
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Gainesville January 1846
Colo. J L. Edwards
Sir
I herewith send some additional
testimony in the case of Hugh
Carr or Kerr together with a certificate
from the Comptroller Genl in which the name is written Kerr. which is the way William Kerr Wrote his name in his lifetime but in his certificate issued under the act of the 7th June 1832 it is written Carr
Owing to which it has been written the Same way in all the papers relating to the present application for Pension. If the Comptrollers certificate relates to his services
I presume his Original Declaration will
shew what officers he served under
and at that time he was promoted
to Lieutenent
your Obt Sert
James Law
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Evidence in support of the claim of Hugh Carr
12,056
Elizabeth Carr
decd
Georgia
Act 7 July 38
husband decd 1835
widow died 1839
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State of Alabama Benton County
Be it known that on the 13 day of May
1845 before me John M Whiteside an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Mary Wilson aged Seventy four
years being a resident of said County and State at this time but formerly of Hall County State of Georgia and after being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the
following statement. That she was personally and intimately acquainted with William Carr the same individual who was placed upon the Pensions
Rolls of the State of Georgia under the act of the 7th June 1832 as a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution at the rate of Three
hundred and twenty dollars per annum as appears from his certificate before me. Deponent further says that she was personally
acquainted with Mrs Elizabeth Carr the wife of the aforesaid William Carr whose name before marriage was Elizabeth Denton, that the aforesaid
William Carr and Elizabeth were lawfully married in York District in the State of South Carolina some time in the month of October in the year
Seventeen hundred and ninety two 1792 by one Abraham Smith a Justice of the peace. that Deponent was present and Witnessed
the marriage ceremony, and is positive as to the date of the marriage. Deponent further says
that the aforesaid William & Elizabeth Carr removed from Hall County State of Georgia a short time previous
to the death of the said William to Benton County State of Alabama where he died on the _ day of September 1835 leaving the said Elizabeth
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Carr his widow that she remained his widow to the day of her death which happened on the Sixteenth (16) day of September (1839) Eighteen hundred and thirty nine in Benton County, Alabama
Mary Wilson her X mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me
And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Mary Wilson that she is a respectable person and a credible witness
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand officially this 13th day of
May 1845. The word married, written between the 23 & 24 lines from the top interlined before signed
John M Whiteside Justice of the peace
I further certify that the aforesaid Deponent after being qualified stated that the reason she so well
recollected the date of the marriage of the aforesaid William & Elizabeth Carr was that she was married the same year herself and that her first child Nancy Wilson was born the 26th day of June in the year 1793 and that Mrs Elizabeth Carrs oldest child
Margaret Carr was born the 2nd day May 1793
John M Whiteside Justice of the peace
State of Alabama Benton County
I  MM Houston Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby
certify that John Whiteside is & was
at the time of signing the same an
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acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly qualified to act as such that all his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit
Given under my hand & seal of office
at office in Jacksonville this 13th
day of May in the year of our
Lord One thousand Eight hundred
and forty five
MM Houston Clk

Martha Luck Widow of Joseph Luck
York District SC
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Rev. Sec

Oct 18th /15
Columbus Ga

kind sir-
Will you please give me the pension record of one William Carr who
lived in Hall Co Ga as I wish to get the 
names of his wife and children.
He came from Va to Hall Co Georgia
I will appreciate it Very much
Respectfully
J E Martin
Columbus Ga
Wynnton
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Columbus Ga.
Aug 27 1924
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

Dear Sir-
Please send me the record of
service of William Carr
Revolutionary pensioner
of Hall Co. Ga. in 1833-
aged 90 -

Very truly yours
Clara Carr Jenkins
(Mrs. Crawford Jenkins
1803 Wynnton Drive -
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awf
MISS MARY GUYTON RAMSAY
BELLEVUE AVENUE
DUBLIN, GEORGIA
Feb. 16, 1932
Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir:-
I find William Carr of Georgia listed as a pensioner of the Revolutionary War will you please send me his service in this war as recorded in your office?
Respectfully yours,
(Miss) Mary Guyton Ramsay
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[printed letterhead]
J. HARDIN PETERSON
IST DIST. FLORIDA
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Library of Congress,
Washington, D. C.
COMMITTEES
PUBLIC LANDS
MINES AND MINING
IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION
REFER TO
[stamp] LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
RECEIVED OCT 21 1935
SECRETARY'S OFFICE
SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC
lch 10.25.35

Tampa, Florida.
Oct. 18, 1935
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am very anxious to have the family data accompanying the pension applications of the following soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and will be most grateful if you can furnish it to me, either from your records or through those of the Adjutant General's Office or the Veterans Administration.
KERR, Andrew
  David - sent R. 5890 instead of 
           Jas. Turnbull Nov 22.35
  John
  Joseph
  Mary -- widow pensioner
  Rachel
  William. - no Wm either dist-named
             sent Wm Carr or kerr R. 1719
             Nov 22, 1935
TURNBULL, Joseph - none
  James
  Grace
  Robert.
NELSON, James
  Samuel
  William
  Jared
MITCHELL, James
  John
  Andrew
  Henry
BASKIN, James ( Prudence widow
BEARD, John.

It is my information that all of them died in the old 96th District or Abbeville district, South Carolina. Some saw service in Virginia
and North Carolina, but most of them in South Carolina.
Sincerely,
s/ J Hardin Peterson  Oct 22 1933
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SENT FOR INFORMATION OF KH
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN
October 23 1935
My dear Mr. Peterson:
Your letter of October 18, requesting information concerning the pension applications of certain soldiers
of the Revolutionary War, can better be answered by the Administrator
of Veterans' Affairs (Arlington Building), than by the Library of Congress. We are engaging therefore to refer the matter to that official for consideration and further
reply.
Very truly yours,
s/ Fred W. Ashley
Chief Assistant Librarian
(For the Librarian)
Hon. J. Hardin Petersen, M.C.
Tampa FLORIDA
[stamped] COPY
RECEIVED OCT 24 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN
October 23 1935
Dear Sir:
By direction of the Librarian, I send herewith a communication from Honorable J. Hardin Peterson, U. S.
House of Representatives, who desires information concerning
the pension applications of certain soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The request is submitted to you for
consideration and further reply. -- Representative Peterson having been advised of our action in the matter.
Very truly yours,
L. G. Caton Acting Secretary
enclosure)
To the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs Arlington Building
Washington, D. C.
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J. HARDIN PETERSON
IST DIST FLORIA
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
COMMITTEES:
PUBLIC LANDS
MINES AND MINING
IRRICATION AND RECLAMATION
REFER TO
Tampa, Florida.
Nov. 15, 1935.
[stamp] RECEIVED
NOV 21 1935
CONGRESSIONAL MAIL SUR. DIV.
Hon. A. D. Hiller,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Re: BA-J/MMHFMLB
Dear Mr. Hiller:
Please refer to your letter of October 29 with the above reference.
I will very much appreciate it if you will furnish me with the family
data available concerning William Kerr and Joseph Turnbull, who were
revolutionary soldiers from the Abbeville or 96th District of South Carolina
[NOTED] no Wm of Abbeville or 96]
Sincerely,
s/ J Hardin Peterson
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. 19_
sion on file in this Bureau.
In reply to your request of _ received_
for a statement of the military history of William Carr or Kerr a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. R1719
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Aug. 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE. at various times in all 3 yrs & 3 mos
RANK. 1st Lt. and Capt. 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Wm Byers, [Robert] Thompson, Daniel Smith
COLONEL. Neal [Thomas Neel], 
[Samuel] Watson, [William] Bratton,
[William] Hill, John Muffet [Moffett]
STATE. S.C.
Battles engaged in, With Cherokee Indians at Black Hole. Sullivans Island, Stone [Stono Ferry], Fish Dam Ford; Black Stocks [Plantation].
Residence of soldier at enlistment, York District SC
Date of application for pension, Aug 25. 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Hall Co. Ga.
Age at date of application. b. May 7, 1744 Augusta Co. Va.
Remarks: Soldier Married in York Dist. SC. in Oct 1792 Elizabeth Denton, he died Sept 1835 in Benton Co. Ala. Where she died Sept 16 1839.
only children Margaret b. May 2 1793. Hugh born Apr. 27, 1797.
Respectfully,
8 -- 2856  Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812
War Section. September 24, 1924.
Mrs. Crawford Jenkins,
1803 Wymeton Drive,
Columbus, Ga.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 1719, it appears
that William Carr or Kerr was born May 7, 1744 in Augusta County, Virginia.
While residing in York District, South Carolina, he served from August 1, 1776 as First Lieutenant and
Captain in the South Carolina Troops, at various times until the close of the war, amounting in all to three
years and three months, under Captains William Byers, [Robert] Thompson, Daniel Smith and Colonels Neal [Thomas Neel], [Samuel] Watson, [William] Bratton,
[William] Hill and John Moffett. He was in battles at Black Hole,
Sullivans Island, Stono [Ferry], Fish Dam Ford, Blackstocks [Plantation],
Wrights Bluff, Orangeburgh, Granby [Fort], and Quarter House.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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August 25, 1832, while a resident of Hall County, Georgia.
He died September, 1835 in Benton County, Alabama.
Soldier married in October, 1792 in York District, South Carolina, Elizabeth Denton, she died September 16, 1839 in Benton County, Alabama.
Children are referred to only names being Margaret, born May 2, 1793 and Hugh, born April 27, 1797.
Respectfully
Acting Commissioner.
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October 29, 1935
BA-J/ MMHF:MLB
Honorable J. Hardin Peterson
Member of Congress
Tampa, Florida
My dear Mr. Peterson:
Reference is made to your letter of October 18, addressed to the Library of Congress, in which you request the records of about twenty-one soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who served
from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, and who died in Ninety Six District and Abbeville District, South Carolina. Your letter has been transferred to this office for consideration and reply.
It is assumed that the data are requested for the purpose of
marking the graves of those soldiers, so much of which work is being done by various patriotic and historical societies.
Revolutionary War claims for pension contain from six to fifty, and often larger numbers of pages of old faded closely written manuscript. The amount of research work required in the preparation of a single abstract is quite extensive. All reading must be done very carefully and all data verified before such an official report
is released.
There are thousands of individuals who request single reports in regard to their very own ancestors, for both historical and genealogical purposes. Representatives of many states, and of many counties and town in various states, have undertaken extensive work of this character and have made requests for Revolutionary War
records in bulk, and otherwise, of all pensioners of the state, county or town in which the interest was centered. Because of this great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for the work, it has never been possible to comply with requests which require such an amount of time and research.
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Of course you will understand at once that, regardless of how great the desire to comply with each request of this kind, it is impossible.
You know, doubtless, that provision has been made by law for
persons to examine and collect data from Revolutionary War pension
claims in accordance with office regulations. Any responsible,
trained worker designated by you, or by your constituent, may
examine and collect data from the Revolutionary War pension claims
listed by you. This is the usual procedure in such instances and
has been done by several states and counties. Every courtesy
will be extended to the person who comes to accomplish the task.
Your list has been placed on file to expedite a search of the
records when the work is begun. The Revolutionary War pension
records are now located in the Navy Building, 19th and Constitution
Avenue, 8th Wing, Room 1851.
If, however, your constituent desires to establish his ancestral
line for the purpose of joining some patriotic society, and will
designate the two ancestors named on your list in whom he is most
interested, a search of the records will be made and a report
furnished.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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March 16, 1938
William Carr, S. 39288
William Carr, R. 1719
BA-J/MLB

Mr. S. P. Carr Commander of American Legion Post 112
Dalton, Georgia
Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War record of a William Carr of Virginia. You are furnished herein the records of the only soldiers named
William Carr, under any spelling, of Virginia, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
WILLIAM CARR S. 39288
The data herein were obtained from pension claim, S. 39538, based
upon service of William Carr in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of this soldier
are not shown.  William Carr enlisted in the State of Virginia, March 1, 1776, served as private in Captain William McGuire's Company, Colonel [Haynes] Morgan's Virginia regiment, and during this term of three years he was transferred to Captain Charles Ewell's Company, Colonel [George] Gibson's Virginia regiment. He reenlisted at Middlebrook, Virginia, served as private in Captain Charles Ewell's and C. H. Anderson's companies in Colonel [John] Green's Virginia
regiment. During his service he was in the battles of Trenton, Germantown,
Ashley Mill, Valley Forge, Monmouth, Stony Point, Camden, Guilford and
Ninety Six and was discharged in Charleston, South Carolina, after peace was declared.The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed July 2, 1833, at which time he was aged seventy-three years and a resident of Knox County, Tennessee, his name being borne on the pension roll as William Carr, 2nd. He died November 8, 1824.
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William Carr was married twice. In 1823, he referred to his second
wife and two daughters residing with him in Knox County, Tennessee,
the elder daughter being Eliza aged about twenty-two years and the
younger, Rebecka, aged between nine and ten years. He stated that he
had several children but did not designate the names of any others,
nor were the names of his wives given.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name and
address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: William Carr, and, certificate #19059, issued September 9, 1833, rate $8 per month, commenced July 9, 1823, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820 and March 1, 1823, East Tennessee Agency.

WILLIAM CARR R. 1719
You are furnished herein the record of William Carr as shown in the
papers on file in pension claim, R. 1719, based upon his service in the
Revolutionary War.
William Carr was born May 7, 1744, in Augusta County, Virginia.
The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in York District, South Carolina, William Carr entered
the service August 1, 1776, and served at various times until the close
of the war, amounting to three years three months in all, as a lieutenant
and captain in the South Carolina troops under Captains William Byers,
[Robert] Thompson and Daniel Smith, Colonels Neal [Thomas Neel], [Samuel] Watson, [William] Bratton, [William] Hill and John Moffett. He participated in the battles of Black Hole, Sullivan's Island, Stone [Stono Ferry], Fish Dam Ford, Blackstocks [Plantation], Wright's Bluff, Orangeburg, Granby [Fort] and Quarter House.
After the Revolution, the soldier moved from York District, South Carolina, to Jackson County (that part later Hall County), Georgia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1832, while residing in Hall County, Georgia. At that time he signed by mark "Carr" and was pensioned Carr, but it was stated that the name was originally Kerr.
William Carr married in York District, South Carolina, in October, 1792, Elizabeth Denton. They were married at the home of her mother.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Elizabeth were not stated.
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The soldier, William Carr, died in September, 1835, and his widow,
Elizabeth, died September 16, 1839, both of whom died in Benton County,
Alabama, to which place the soldier had moved a short time before his death.
It was stated that only two children were born of the marriage of
William Carr and his wife, Elizabeth, namely: Margaret, born May 2,
1793, and Hugh, born April 27, 1797.
In 1845, soldier's son, Hugh, was residing in Benton County, Alabama,
and was the only surviving child. The date of death of the daughter,
Margaret, was not stated. In 1849, Hugh was living in Randolph County, Arkansas, and in 1856, in Shelby County, Texas.
In 1833, the soldier referred to his brother who was severely wounded during the Revolutionary War but did not give his name.
In 1845, widow's brother, John Denton, then aged seventy years, was a resident of Cherokee County, Georgia. In the same year, one Hannah Denton, also a resident of Cherokee County, Georgia, stated that she was born September 13, 1781, and was the daughter of James McCord who died July 25, 1793. She did not state her relationship to John Denton or to Elizabeth Denton Carr. In 1845, the widow's sister, Martha Leech [Luck], was living in York District, South Carolina, aged eighty-four years.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
November 23, 1935
BA-J/MMHF/eel

Honorable J. Hardin Peterson
Member of Congress
Tampa, Florida
My dear Mr. Peterson:
Reference is made to your letter of November 15, in which you designate William Kerr and Joseph Turnbull from Ninety Six or Abbeville District, South Carolina, as the two soldiers in
whom your constituent is most interested of those named on the
list of October 18, 1935.
The record has been found of a William Carr or Kerr of York
District, South Carolina, who may have lived at some time in
Ninety Six or Abbeville District, though not shown in the claim
for pension. No record has been found of the Joseph Turnbull,
of South Carolina. The record of one David Kerr, of Abbeville District, another named on first list, is given instead. It is hoped that these two records will be those of the soldiers in whom your constituent is interested.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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November 23, 1935
BA-J/EEL
William Carr-R.1719
David Kerr - R.5890
Honorable J. Hardin Peterson
Member of Congress
Tampa, Florida
My dear Mr. Peterson:
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in
Revolutionary War pension claim, R.1719, based upon the military
service in that war of William Carr or Kerr.
William Carr was born May 7, 1784, in Augusta County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in York District, South Carolina, William Carr entered the service August 1, 1776, and served at various times until the close of the war, amounting to three years and three months in all, as 1"" lieutenant and captain in the South Carolina Troops under Captains William Byers, [Robert] Thompson and Daniel Smith, Colonels Neal [Thomas], [Samuel] Watson, [William] Bratton, [William] Hill and John Moffett. He participated in the battles of Black Hole, Sullivan's Island, Stone [Stono Ferry], Fish Dam Ford, Blackstocks [Plantation], Wright's Bluff, Orangeburg, Granby [Fort] and Quarter House.
After the Revolution, soldier moved from York District, South Carolina, to Jackson (later Hall) County, Georgia, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1832. At that time he signed by mark "Carr"" and was pensioned Carr, but it was stated that the name was originally Kerr.
He married in York District, South Carolina, in October, 1792, Elizabeth Denton. They were married at the home of her mother. The date and place of birth of Elizabeth and the names of her parents are not shown.
The soldier died in September, 1835, and his widow, Elizabeth, died September 16, 1839. Both died in Benton County, Alabama, to which place soldier had moved shortly before his death.
It was stated that only two children were born of the marriage
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of William Carr and his wife, Elizabeth, namely, Margaret, born
May 2, 1793, and Hugh, born April 27, 1797.
In 1845, son Hugh was residing in Benton County, Alabama, and was the only surviving child. The date of death of Margaret is not shown. In 1849, said Hugh was living in Randolph County, Arkansas, and in 1856, in Shelby County, Texas.
In 1833, the soldier referred to his brother as having been severely wounded during the Revolutionary War, but did not give his brother's name.
in 1846, the widow's brother, John Denton, then aged seventy
years, was a resident of Cherokee County, Georgia; in same year
one Hannah Denton, also a resident of Cherokee County, Georgia,
stated that she was born September 13, 1781, and was the daughter
of James McCord, who died July 25, 1793. She did not give her
relationship to John Denton or to Elizabeth Denton Carr. In 1845,
the widow's sister, Martha Leach [Luck], resided in York District, South Carolina, and was then aged eighty-four years.

David Kerr R. 5890
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in
Revolutionary War pension claim, R.5890, based upon the military
service of David Kerr in that war.
David Kerr was born February 4, 1756, in Augusta County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Abbeville District, South Carolina, David Kerr volunteered September 10, 1775, and served at various times until July 4, 1782, over three years in all, as a private in the South Carolina Troops under Captains Joseph Hamilton, James McCall, William Baskins [Baskin], James Baskins [Baskin], Samuel Kerr (no relationship shown), [John] Bowie and Robert Carruthers, and Colonel [Andrew] Pickens. He was in both
engagements at Ninety Six, and in a skirmish at Wafford's [Wofford's] Old Iron Works. After the fall of Charleston, he lived for a short time in
Rowan County, North Carolina, and served one tour under Colonel
Charles McDowell in the North Carolina Troops and was in an engagement
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at Thicketty Fort and in the battle of King's Mountain where he received two wounds from musket balls, one in the breast which took away a part of one rib and one in the arm causing a fracture of that member.
David Kerr was allowed pension on his application executed June 8, 1833, while residing on a farm in Abbeville District, South Carolina, to which farm he had moved in 1762.
The soldier married February 4, 1792, Sarah _ Her maiden name, date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
He died December 16, 1835, and his widow, Sarah, died October 18, 1840. Their places of residence at time of death are not shown.
In 1837, three children of the soldier and his wife, Sarah, were living, namely, Martha Vanlandingham.
aged sixty-four years and a resident
of Hickman County, Tennessee
Rachel E. Sims aged fifty-seven years and a resident of Talladega County, Alabama. John Y. Kerr. born February 4, 1803, living in Randolph County, Alabama.
The names of the husbands of the above named daughters are not
stated. 
In 1833, the soldier referred to his sister, Mrs. Robertson, then living in Pendleton District, South Carolina.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.