Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1122, Richard Arthur, N. C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE N.C.

Arthur, Richard
Clarkey

NUMBER
W 1122
B.L.M. 26339-160-55-

CONTENTS
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12.321
North Carolina

Richard Arthur Sr
of Carteret in the State of N. Carolina who was a pvt in the -- commanded by Captain --
of the Regt commanded by Caswell in the N. Carolina line for 8 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Apl 33 and sent to J. Hellen Beaufort, N.Car.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833     53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept- 13.33
                                                               _____
                                                            $66.65

{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nathan Rice, Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 6 Page 33
-
Order to pay July 8, 1831
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to the 16 March 1838 the day of his death--- Agt Hatfield
5 Dec'r 1838.

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Richard Arthur
21170
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State of North Carolina, Carteret County
On this 18th day of September 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions now sitting Richard Arthur [S ] a resident
of the County of Carteret & State aforesaid aged 72 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
act of Congress, passed June 7 1832.
  That he was in Carteret County aforesaid sometime in the year
1760, but has no record thereof. His resided in said County
through life except occasionally as [hire] on voyages or journeys.
  He was drafted about the time the British were beseiging
Charleston and marched under the direction of Major William
Dennis to Kingston, N. Carolina where he was placed under the
command of Capt William Blanks. From Kingston marched with about 700 troops under the command of Gen'l William Caswell for Charleston & arrived within 30 miles of that place when it surrendered. Was in company with a corps in Virginia
continually sometime until they marched for Charlotte & the
Carolina troops recrossed the PeeDee. The light horse from
Charleston attacked the Virginians after their separation
& the Colonel being a brave fellow held out till many were killed. The Carolina troops remained on this tour till relieved by Gen'l Caswell the elder.    
  He was a private & served eight months. He has no documentary evidence & knows of no person who can testify to his service.
   He received a discharge but has lost it--  does not know by whom it was signed, 
   He is known to Elijah W Pegatt, Esq. of Carteret County who can testify to his character for veracity & good behaviour.
   I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
   Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Richard Arthur X his mark
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We Elijah Canaday
residing in the County
of Cortent aforesaid & James Hart
Riding
in the same place do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted
with Richard Arthur Senr who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him
to be 72 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 & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Elijah Canaday
James
Hart
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter, and after putting the inter
rogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the ┃
above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier
and served as he states. And the Court further certify ┃
that it appears to them that Elijah Cannery men who
has signed the preceding certificate is a
resident in the County of Carteret aforesaid and that
James Heart
who has also signed the same
is a resident in the same County and is a credible person ┃
and that their statement is entitled to credit
Gilbert Rumley Clerk of the Court of ┃
Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Cartent do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origin
at proceedings in the matter of the application of
Richard Arthur Ser. for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand & seal of Office this
18th day of September, in the year of our
Lord 1832 & of the Independine of the
State I
G Rumley CC
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Richard Arthur Jr.
N.C
No. 21170
Carteret Co.
Ret--
Admit for 8 mo. by
a private_____ 2666

I. Hellen
Beaufort, N.C.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
183
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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Richard Arthur Senr
_____________________________________________________________
Period when the service was rendered: about the time Charleston was
[besiezed drafted] 
Duration of the claimant's service: 8 months
Rank of the claimant: Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: 
Capt. Wm.  Blanks
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Maj. Wm. Dennis, Gen'l Wm. Caswell
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
Country through which he marched:
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period:  72 years, Carteret Co. N. C.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
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, etc. Teamsters, Boatmen, etc. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
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, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

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} ss.
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 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, etc.]

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.
(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.
           of 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       , etc.

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
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the         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 day 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 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 hereby 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       etc.

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 not, proceed to relate all the material facts, 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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?
     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 he 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
enquiry 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 her resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign sufficient reasons 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.
(e)  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim 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 to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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, etc. 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 ----; and 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, etc. 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 [          ] 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 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 papers 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 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.
--> 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 note (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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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 27. 1838

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, "The widow of Richard Arthur dec'd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Twenty-six 
Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 of June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 of March 1837
to the 16th March 1838 day of his death.
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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[   }  No. 1.557

North Carolina
Clarkey Arthur
widow of
Richard Arthur Sen'r
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a private N. C.
.
Raleigh agency.
Rate 96 Dollars --cents per annum.
Commencing 27th July 1868
Deduct payments made since

Certificate dated 25th May 1869
and sent to Claimant, care of R. Geffrey, Beaufort, N C

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 210, Vol. [H or 26?]
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No 2053

Clarkey Arthur
widow of Richard
N. C. 

Act  Feb 1833
$26.66 per annum
Com'g 3 Feb 1833

Jennings Pigott
Present
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State of North Carolina
County of Carteret
On this 16th day of May 1853 personally appeared
before the County Court of the State of North Carolina,
Clarkey Arthur
a resident of the County of Carteret,
and State aforesaid, aged 18 years, who first being
duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on
the 3d of February 1853, granting pensions to
widows of
persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that
of
she is the widow of Richard Arthur, who was a private in a
regiment of
North Carolina Militia, and actually
received a pension for his services
1
She further declares that she was married to the said
Richard Arther on the 16th day of March eighteen hundred
and twenty seven that her said husband died on the 15th day of
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March 1838-- and that she was not married to
him prior to the second of January, eighteen hundred
but at the time above stated. She further declares that
she is now a widow
Clarkey Arthur her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written, before me, Elijah Canaday, Chairman
of the County Court of Carteret County

State of North Carolina, Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
County of Carteret ⎬ May Term A.D. 1853

I, James Rumley, Clerk of said Court,
do hereby certify that Elijah Canaday,
before whom in open Court, the foregoing affidavit was made, was, at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Carteret aforesaid, and Chairman
of said County Court, or Court of Pleas & Quarter
sessions; and that the signature purporting to be his
is genuine. In testimony whereof I here
unto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Beaufort the 17th day of May A.D. 1853.
Jas. Rumley C.C.
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State of North Carolina
County of Carteret

On the 4th day of August A.D. 1853, personally
appeared before me Allen Davis, one of the
Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid, Anson Lawrence and Anson Gillikin to me well known as
credible witnesses, who being sworn according to law
depose and say that they were present on North River  when Clarkey Arther and Richard Arthur, the persons mentioned in the foregoing declaration or affidavit of Clarkey Arthur, were married, which time was about the 16th day of March eighteen hundred & twenty seven (they cannot swear with certainty as to the day)
that they, the said Clarkey Arthur and Richard
Arthur, were then and there married by James
W. Hunt, a Justice of the Peace for said County
according to law; and that they the said affiants are disinterested witnesses.
Anson Lawrence
Anson Gellikin his mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and
year above stated
Allen Davis, JP
State of North Carolina 
County of Carteret
Office of Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
I, James Rumley, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that Allen Davis, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was, at the time thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Carteret aforesaid, and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine. I 
further certify that James W. Hunt,
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who solemnized the marriage between Richard
& Clarkey Arthur was, at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Carteret, and duly authorized by the laws of this state to solemnize the rites of Marriage.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Beaufort the
4th day of August A.D. 1853
Jas Rumley C.C.
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86,414  [illegible]
Apl 20/55
Clarky Arthur  Wid
Richard Arthur Pen
N.C. mil.
Rev War

No. 26339 of May 23/56
[illegible] 53- 1557
Ad. 160 Act May 2 of 56
[illegible]

Jennings Pigott
Present

J. Pigott, Nov 4/55

Vol. A. 124,
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the
85.414
Clarkey Arthur
Widow of Richard
Bounty Land
Act 3 May 55

Presented by
Jennings Pigott
Present
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State of North Carolina
County of Carteret    SS

On this 9th day of April 1855 personally appeared before me
a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid. Clarkey Arthur aged 60 years or thereabouts, a resident of the County & State aforesaid who being duly sworn declares that she is the
widow of Richard Arthur dec'd who was a soldier in the
Company commanded by Captain                           in the
North Carolina Militia in the war of the revolution.  She
further states that she is now a pensioner of the U.S.
and that her said husband Richard Arthur was also
a pensioner. She makes this declaration for the
purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she
may be entitled under the act of March 3rd, 1855.
Witness Anson Lawrence       Clarkey Arthur  X her mark
Witness Jas Rumley

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first
above written, and I certify that I believe the
Statements of deponent to be true.
M.F. Randell J.P.

State of North Carolina
County of Carteret     SS
On this 9th day of April 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in aforesaid County Antony Lawrence
and Arnson Gellikin respectable & disinterested witnesses and being duly Sworn declare that they personally know Clarkey
Arthur who is the widow of Richard Arthur dec'd.
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and that they know the statements of the said Clarkey Arthur to be true, and that they are not interested in the foregoing application, and that she is the person now receiving a pension as the widow of Rich'd Arthur.  
Anson Lawrence X his mark, Anson Gillikin X his mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first written.
M. F. Arndell J.P.

State of North Carolina       Office of Clerk of the Court of Pleas,
Carteret County}                 & Quarter} Sections, Apr. 9th, 1855.
I James Rumley Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that 
M. F. Arendell, before whom the foregoingdeclaration and affidavit were made, was, at the time thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Carteret aforesaid, and that the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix
the seal of said Court the day and year aforesaid.
Jas. Rumley  C.C.
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Revy
WIDOW,  &c.
File No. 1122

Clarky Arthur,
Widow
Richard Arthur, Senr
Priv. Rev War
Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 17

Arrangement of 1870.
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S
26339
Rev Army
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1557
North Carolina Fayetteville
Clarkey Arthur
widow of Richard
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on 3rd February 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the
26 day of Aug/53
and sent to Jennings Pigott
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3rd/53    Page 133  Vol. A
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S. V. Niles. June 13. 18[44]
"    "     "        "     27    "
[illegible]     July 28    "
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Restoration 1557
North Carolina (Raleigh)
Clarkey Arthur, widow of Richard who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 4 March 1861

Certificate of Pension issued 
3 day of August 1866
and sent to S. V. Niles
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 210  Vol. 26
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Clarkey Arthur
Add'l evidence

Filed by S. V. Niles
July 9, 1866

seal: Department of the Interior Pension Office Jul 10
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State of North Carolina
County of Carteret
On this 25th day of June A.D. 1866, before me James Rumley, a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sections within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
James Gillikin and Elijah Gillikin, residents of the County and
State aforesaid who being by me duly sworn, depose and say:  That they are well acquainted with Mrs Clarkey Arthur who has made application for restoration to the Pension Rolls; That they
have known her for about thirty or more years, and know that she is at present, and has been since the fourth day of September 1861, a widow. That she has not in any way aided, abetted, or encouraged the late Rebellion, nor manifested sympathy therewith but has ever been loyal to the Government of the United States: That they reside as above stated and have no interest in this claim.
James Gillikin
Elijah Gillikin

State of North Carolina ⎬
County of Carteret
I James Rumley a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions
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within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby
certify
that James Gillikin
and Elijah
Gillikin
---
the affiants above mentioned to me
┃ well known to be credible persons, being by me
┃ duly sworn did voluntarily, freely, and solemny
┃ make oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavits
and acknowledge their signature thereto to be
mine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
1
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hand and seal of
this
office
25th
"
day of June
A. D. 1866 at Beaufort, North
Carolin
Jas Rumley C.C
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State of North Carolina ⎬
County of Carteret

I, James Riley, a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions within and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Mrs Clarkey Arthur who has made
application for restoration to the Pension Rolls
of the United States, and who has submitted a declaration for that purpose, to which her mark is appended, was at the time of making said mark, fully acquainted with the contents of said declaration and that she freely made oath to the truth of the same. And I have no interest in this claim.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
official seal this 25th
day of June A.D. 1866 at
Beaufort North Carolina
Jas Rumley C.C.
Page 30

Application for Restoration
Mrs. Clarkey Arthur
North Carolina 
_____________________
add. evidence
_____________________
filed by D. V. Nila, atty
Washington City
Aug 2, 1866
Page 31

State of North Carolina
County of Carteret
On this the 21st day of July AD 1866
before me a Justice of the Peace for
the County and State aforesaid personally
appeared Allen Davis and A. Cony been
two lawful witnesses residents of Beaufort 
in the County and State aforesaid who
being duly sworn according to law declare
that they are well acquainted with
Mrs Clarkey Arthur whose application
is pending for restoration to the Pension Rolls and have been personally acquainted with her for ten or twenty
years. They further depose that she has remained a widow since the 4th of Sepember
1860 and is now a widow and they further declare that they are not interested in her application directly or indirectly.
Witness to signature
W H Doughty
Witnesses
Allen Davis
Abraham Congleton

Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that the witnesses are respectable and entitled to credit and that I have no interest in this matter. July 21st, 1866
Robt E Walker, JP   (seal)
.
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State of North Carolina
County of Carteret
I James Rumley Clerk of the County
for the County and State aforesaid, certify 
that Robert E. Walker, Esq. before whom
the foregoing Affidavits were made was at 
the time thereof a Justice of the Peace for 
the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subcribed my name and affixed my Official seal this
21st day of July AD 1866.
Jas Rumley C.C.
Page 33

Clarkey Arthur
Proof of Loyalty

filed bu S. V. Niles
June 22, 1866

(stamp)
Page 34

State of North Carolina
County of Carteret

On this 14th day of June Anno Domini 1866. Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid Personally appeared William B. Physioc and A. A. Congleton, residents of the Town of Bedford in said County and State who being duly sworn according to the forms of law doth depose and say that they have been well acquainted with Mrs Clarkey Arthur, whose application is now pending for restoration to Pension Rolls, for Twenty or thirty years last past. That they were well acquainted with said Applicant during the Rebellion
and to their knowledge she was loyal to the Government of the United States in word deed and action and has been so uniformly and is now. They further declare that they have never wavered in their loyalty to the United States, that they served as soldiers in the Army thereof, that they were among the first who endeavoured to raise a min organization in North Carolina and
served in the 1st N.C. U. Vols. They further declare that
Mrs Clarkey Arthur is a very old woman and very poor, and further that they have no interest in her Application for Pension money.
Witness to signature
W.J. Doughty
Witnesses
Wm B Physioc
Abram A. Congleton
On this 14th day of June AD 1866 personally appeared
W. B. Physic and Abraham A. Congleton and made oath and subscribed to the foregoing and I certify I have no interest in the matter, and that the witnesses are respectable persons and entitled to credit.
A. C. Davis JP (seal)
Page 35

State of North Carolina
County of CartereT
I William H. Sweetzer Clerk of the Superior
Court of Law and Equity for the County and State aforesaid certify that A. C. Davis Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and acknowledged was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn and his signature thereto are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I the said
William H Sweetzer have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said 
Court this 14th day of June AD 1866
W H Sweetzer
Clerk of Sup Court


Clarkey Arthur
Proof of Loyalty

filed by S. V. Niles
June 22, 1866
Page 36

Declaration for increase of pension
Under section 13, Act of July 27, 1868
State of North Carolina
County of Carteret ⎬ SS
On this 24th day of April A D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Clarkey Arthur,
aged seventy one years, a resident of Straits Township
Carteret County in the State of North Carolina, who being
duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical 
person to whom was granted pension certificate No 1557, payable at Raleigh, North Carolina, at the rate of Twenty-six dollars and sixty-six cents per annum, [specified] under act of
February 3rd 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 27, 1868, as she has not remarried.
My Post office address is
Beaufort, Carteret Co, North Carolina.
Clarkey Arthur  her mark

Also personally appeared Elijah Gillikin and Nancy Gillikin, 
residents of Straits Township, Carteret County, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who, being
by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Clarkey Arthur make her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Elijah Gillikin
Nancy Gillikin
Page 37

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24 day of April A.D. 1869; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Samuel Marker
State of North Carolina. Carteret County
I James Rumley, Clerk of the Superior Court of
Carteret County, do hereby certify that Samuel Harker,
before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, was, at
the time thereof, a Justice of the Peace of said County, duly authorized to administer oaths generally; and that the signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Beaufort, the first day of May 1869
Jas Rumley C. of C.
Page 38

Application for
Restoration to Pension Rolls
Clarkey Arthur

filed by Samuel V. Niles
Washington City
June 7, 1866
Page 39

SAMUELY V. NILE(Late of the General Land Office) 
Attorney and Solicitor for Claimants (Agency Established in 1867)
WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.
Office and Residence, 202 I st, bet. 20th and 21st sts.

Application for Restoration to Pension Rolls
State of North Carolina
County of Carteret

On this 5th day of May AD 1866
personally appeared before me, Clerk of the County court in
said State and county, the same being a Court of record, Clarkey Arthur
about 70 years, a resident of Carteret County, in the State of North Carolin
who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Clarkey Arthur who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Fayetteville, State of North Carolina, and whose pension certificate is herewith returned, that she
has resided since the first day of January, A. D. 1861, as follows: in Carteret County
State of North Caroline; that during this period, her means of subsistence have been upon the aid of the Charitable. The Provost Marshall of the United States Army allowed her provisions while here and that she has not  in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause; and that she was last paid her pension on the __ day of September, 1860 A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as she may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made tp the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her original claim.
Clarke Arthur  her marl
Witness
[W. D. Danykly]
L. C. Howland

Also personally appeared Anson Lawrence and Elijah Gillikin, residents of Carteret
county of Carteret State of North Carolin, persons whom I certify to be loyal, respectable, and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mrs. Clarkey Arthur sign her name to the foregoing declaration by mark; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintances with her that she is 
the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further swear that they
have no interest in the prosecutio of this claim.
Anson Lawrence
Elijah Gillikin
(Signatures of Witnesses
Page 40

"I, Clarkey Arthur do solemnly swear (or affirm ) in the presence of
Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the union of the States thereunder; that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves:
So help me God."
Witness to mark
W. J. Doughty
H. Howland
                                            Clarkey Arthur  her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 5th day of May,
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim, and that the contents within were read to Mrs Arthur before signing.
W H. Pier  JP
(Signature of judge or other officer.)

State of North Carolina Carteret County
    I , James Riley, Clerk of the County Court of Carteret County, do hereby certify that William H. [Pi  ] before whom the foregoing oath of allegiance was taken, was, at the time thereof, a Justice of the Peace of said County, and that the signature, purporting
to be his is genuine.
(seal) In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 4th day of May 1866.
Jas Rumley CC
I further certify that Clarkey Arthur, Anson Lawrence and Elijah Gillikin, subscribed & sworn to the within & foregoing affidavit
before me.
Jas. Rumley C.C.
(stamp)
Page 41

Plyment to be made at Fayetteville
by James Huske, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of N. Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 133 Vol. A
H. R. Weightman
Clerk.
Page 43

Arthur
Page 44

Brief in the case of Clarkey Arthen, widow of Rich'd
Carteret County and State of N. Carolina
act 3 Feb 1853
Claim, (original)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $24 [  ] per annum
Proof of marriage - living witnesses
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
J. Pigott
Prefent
J. Cole
Examining Clerk.
Page 45

Payment to be made at Raleigh
 by Jesse W. Page
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Raleigh, N.C
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll 
of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 210 Vol. H.
E. D. Collier, Clerk
I
Page 46

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION
1557         Restoration
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of
February 3, 1853,

Clarkey Arthur, widow of Richard Arthur
who was a Private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Twenty-Six dollars and Sixty-six -cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March 1861 and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Examined and countersigned.
Joseph St. Burnett
Commissioner of Pensions.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this-- Third - day of August
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
W. T. Otto
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Page 47

Increase, 1557
Brief in the Case of Clarkey Arthur, Widow of Richard
Arthur, Private Rev'y War. Beaufort, Carteret County and State of No. Carolina     Raleigh 
Act 2d Sec Feb. 3. 1853.

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE.
PROOF ExHIBITED,
Pension at $26.66 per Annum, Certificate returned
to this office.
Claim for increase pension under 13th Sec Act July
27, 1868
Personal identity and continued widowhood property
shown.
Admitted May 20, 1869 to pension at $96.00 per annum
to commence July 27, 1868 deducting pay since.
W. C. Trask
Examining Clerk
Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant Care Wm R. Gaffery
Beaufort, No. Carolina
●
Page 48

Brief in the case of Mrs. Clarkey Arthur wid. of Richard.
for restoration
Carteret County and State of N. Carolina
Act 3 Feb: 1853 the 2nd. Section.

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF ExHIBITED,
Claimant was pensioner on the Fayetteville N.C. roll at the
rate of 26 per Annum: Widowhood and identity is shown
by two witnesses. Loyalty is established by four credible 
affiants. Original Certificate of Pension is surrendered
The Third Auditor reports that her pension was paid to
the 4th of March 1861.
Claim is allowed at the rate of $26.66 per an: Commencing March 4, 1861.
to continue during her widowhood
August 1st 1866,
Name and residence of Agent.
S. V. Niles, Esq.
Present.
B [erth]
Examining Clerk.
Page 49

                                   Beaufort, N.C. May 15, 1869
Hon. Commr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir-
Inclosed you will find the old certificate of Mrs Clark Arthur, revolutionary pensioner. Please send the
new Certificate. You will recollect you have requested
this to file with the other papers.
Yours Respectfully,
Wm. V. Gaffney
Page 50

SAMUEL V. NILES.
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTS,
No. 202 I Street,
Between 20th and 21st Streets,
WASHINGTON, D. C.

Washington,
August 2nd 1866
Hon J. H. Barrett,
Commr Pensions.
Sir:
I file herewith as additional evidence in support
of the application for restoration to
Pension Roll of Mrs. Clarkey Arthur, 
Widow of Richard Arthur, who was a private in the Revolutionary War. Proof of the continued widowhood 
of the claimant, agreeably to your request of June 27, 1866. Application filed June 7, 1866,
Very Respectfully,
S[     ]
Page 51

Clarkey Arthur

(stamp) JUN 23, 1866 PENSION OFFICE
Page 52


SAMUEL V. NILES.
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTS,
No. 202 I Street,
Between 20th and 21st Streets,
WASHINGTON, D. C.

Washington,
June 23, 1866
Hon. Joseph H. Barrett 
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
I file herewith proof of Loyalty, as additional evidence in support of claim for restoration to Pension Rolls of Clarkey Arthur, a Revolutionary
Pensioner, whose app. I filed with original
certificate No 1557, June 7, 1866.
This evidence will I trust be regarded as a
satisfactory compliance with your request
of the 13th [  ].
Respectfully,
Sam V Niles
Page 53

Treasury Department,
Third Auditors Office,
July 28" 1866

Sir:
In reply to your inquiry of the 28th -insh, I have 
to inform you that the pension of Mrs. Clarkey 
Arthur (on the Fayetteville, N. C. roll under 2d sec. 
of Act 3d Feb'y 1853) appears by the books of  this Office to have been last paid to 4th March 1861.
Very Respectfully
John Wilson
auditor

Hon. Jos. H. Barrett
Comr of Pensions
Page 54

Clarkey Arthur

(stamp)
Page 55

SAMUEL V. NILES.
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTS,
No. 202 I Street,
(Between 20th and 21st Streets)
WASHINGTON, D. C.

             Washington,
             June 7th 1866
Hon J. H. Barrett,
Commr of Pensions.
Sir:
I file herewith application for restoration to
Pension Rolls of Clarkey Arthur, a Revolutionary pensioner, accompanied with Original Pension Certificate No. 1557, at the rate of $26.66 per annum
Respectfully
Samuel V. Niles
Page 56

Clarkey Arthur
Page 57

         July 9th, 1866
Hon J. H. Barrett
Commr of Pensions
Sir:
Agreeably to your request of the 27th [Ult.] I file herewith proof of loyalty and continued
widowhood, as add'l evidence in support of the application for restoration to Pension Rolls
of Mrs Clarkey Arthur, widow of Rich'd Arthur, and a Revolutionary pensioner.
App filed June 7, 1866 with original Certificate No 1,557.
Very Respectfully,
Samuel V. Niles