Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File for Joseph Kerr, North Carolina
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Service                 stamped star              Number
check mark          Kerr, Joseph                Dec.
                                                               no papers
 N.C. & S.C. Agencies
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stamp: Received Feb [illegible] 1936 [possible printing under date illegible] [stamp has numbers 1-10 spaced around circumference]
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Fonti Flora 
Strother 
South Carolina [printed letterhead]

Feb. 13 - 1936
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
I write to get the record of Private Robert Kerr who enlisted with the Military Forces of Buck Co. Pa. and served under Gen. Geo. Washington during the Revolution.  He received deprivation pay in 1781.

Private Kerr was born in Warwick,
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Buck Co. Pa. in 1754.
I also write the record of Major Joseph Kerr of Fairfield District, S.C. who fought under Gen. Marion (Swamp Fox) and drew a pension from the U.S. for services in the revolution. He was transferred to S.C. rolls from N.C., Sept. 4, 1813
Joesph Kerr- brother of Robert, was born in Warwick, Buck Co. Pa. in 1752.
I shall appreciate the records of these Revolutionary soldiers as they were my great great grandfather and great great uncle respectively.  Thanking you,
(Mrs.) Lily Holland Pearson
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[typewritten letter]

February 25, 1936

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Mrs. Lily Holland Pearson
Fonti Flora
Strother, South Carolina

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PA-J\EEL
Joesph Kerr-Dis.Rev.
Robert Carr-S.21678

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which our request the Revolutionary War record of Robert Kerr,, born in Warwick, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1754, and that of Major Joseph Kerr of Fairfield District, South Carolina, who drew a United States pension in North Carolina and September 4, 1813, was transferred to the South Carolina pension rolls.

The record has been found of a Robert Carr, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which may be the record in which you are interested.  His record and that of a Joseph Kerr are furnished herein.

Joseph Kerr
Dis.Rev.

[The following paragraph] Dictated by [illegible Mrs.?] F.
The records of this office show that the Joseph Kerr, who received pension while residing in the state of North Carolina and who was transferred from September 4, 1813 to Fairfield District, South Carolina, received his pension for service in the Revolutionary War as private at the rate of $[illegible 60?] per annum from March 4, 1789, on account of disability incurred in the service.  The records do not show that he ever served as a major.  His residence in North Carolina is not shown nor has this office any further information in regard to that soldier because of the destruction of papers in 1800 or in 1814, when the War Office was destroyed by fire.

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Robert Carr
S.21678

The data which; follow are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.21678, based upon the military service in that war of Robert Carr.
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Robert Carr was born December 25, 1754 in Ireland, and in 1775 came to America on the shup "Alexander" which sailed from Derry and landed in Philadelphia. Shortly after his arrival, he went to Bracks County, Pennsylvania, and hired to a farmer, named James Mathews. The names of the parents of Robert Carr are not shown.

While a resident of said Bucks County, Robert Carr enlisted in 1776, and served over two months, exact time not specified, as a private in Captain McConkey's Company, under Colonel McGaw in the Pennsylvania Troops: he reenlisted, date not given, in Captain Thomas Caraig's Pennsylvania Company of the Flying Camp, marched to Fort Lee, then to Fort Washington, was in the engagement at that fort and upon the surrender of raid fort, was taken prisoner. He was conveyed to New York City, and held in a private home with some officers who were prisoners, also, and was detailed to act as cook and waiter to the officers until he made his escape by crossing into New Jersey as a market man and returned to Bucks County, Pennsylvania: entire length of this service, eight months: he enlisted about the time of the battle of Germantown and served two months under General Potiers: he was not in the battle, his company being held in reserve.

After the Revolution, he moved to Philadelphia, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1833. He signed Robert Carr.

In June, 1834, his daughter, Mary, wife of Daniel Green, with when he had lived, having died, he moved to Fairfield District, South Carolina. to reside with his son. Daniel H. Said Daniel signed Daniel H. Kerr. The dates of birth of the son and daughter are not shown nor is the names of soldier's wife or the date of their marriage stated.

In order to obtain the date of last [illegible] of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Revolutionary War pensioner. Robert Carr (S. 21678), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following dates:

Robert Carr, Certificate No. 18396. Issued August 26, 1833, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831. Act of June, 7 1832, South Carolina Agency.

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Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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