Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38595, Potter Card, R.I.

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(3-1776)

SERVICE | | NUMBER
R.I. | Card, Potter | S. 38595

CONTENTS

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8,001


Rhode Island
Potter Card        4
of Providence  in the state of Rhode Island
who was a Private   in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel Angell   of the Rhode Island
line for the term of 6 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence
on the 29th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd of March 1819
and sent to David Howell Esq Judge
Providence Rhode Island

Arrears to March 1819                             $81.50
Semi-anl. all'cr ending 4th Sept 1819       48--                                                           
$129.50

10 mo 2/30  4/31

{Revolutionary claim}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

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Potter Card
_____________

Potter Cord, Private
Angells R. Island, Regt.

1776-1783

29th April 1818.

proof of (illegible)

Wanted, the certificate of this Judge, as to the judge, as to the [illegible]
witnesses statement  of the applicant.  Also his certificate of [underlined] belief of services.

(Overwritten in different handwriting)  Adm'd

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I Potter Card of Providence in the District of Rhode Island on solemn oath do declare & say that in the year 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Lewis Company and Col [illegible] Angell's regiment in the continental army of the United States in the Rhode Island line.  In which service I continued untill the close of the war 1783 when I rec'd my discharge signed by G. George Washington which discharge is hereto annexed.  I am now about seventy five years old, I was in the battles of Monmouth, Red Bank, Mudfort, Princeton & Trenton.  I further declare that I am in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support.
Potter Card [signature]

Rhode Island District t Court   Be it remembered that on the 29th of April 1818 came before me the above named Potter Cord & made solemn oath the truth of the declaration by him subscribed. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of the court to be hereto affixed.

David Howell                                       
District Judge

The signature of the Judge and this case of the Court are hereto affixed.

 Witness     
Benjamin Cowell
Clk  of said Court

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Potter Card

8007

25 March 1819

Sept.  1819

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Providence, sc.
District Court Special Term June Fifth A.D. 1820
On this Fifth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for said District, Potter Card, aged 73 years, residing in the town of Providence of said District County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
That he served six years and six months in Col Angell’s and Col Jere’h Olney’s regiment in the Rhode Island line
that he made a previous declaration on the twenty ninth day of April 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 8001. And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Potter Card
A SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of Potter Card.
Said Potter Card declares that he has no property either real or personal, that he is entirely dependent on his pension which has been hitherto extended to him, that he is so afflicted with disease that he is unable to do but very little labour, that before his pension was granted, he depended on charity for support.
Potter Card

Rhode Island District
District Court
Sworn to and declared in open Court
on the Fifth day of June 1820
before
David Howell
District Judge

RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Clerk's Office of the District Court, A. D. 182[blank]


I Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nothing dollars and In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth Day of June 1820
Benjamin Cowell
Clerk of said Court

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for a statement of the military history of Potter Card a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out:] (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. F. 38,595

Dates of enlistment or appointment. | Length of service. | Rank. | Officers under whom service was rendered. | State.
 | | | Captain. | Colonel. | 
1776 | 6y. 6m 18d | Pri. | Lewis | {Israel Angell | R.I.
 | | | | { Jeremiah Olney | 
discharged June 15, 1783.

1 2 3 5 4
Battles engaged in, Trenton, Princeton, Red Bank, Monmouth, Mud Fort.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apr 29, 1818. Cl. al
Residence at date of application, Providence, R. I.
Age at date of application, 74
Remarks:
The above noted is the only Potter Card of R I found on the Rev. War pension records and said records fail to afford any information in regard to Peter Card.
Very respectfully,
Lester Card

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By His Excellency
George Washington, Esq;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.

THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Potter Card, Soldier in the Rhode Island Regiment, having faithfully served in the United States six years, five months & eighteen days and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby Discharged from the American Army.
Given at Head-Quarters the
15th June 1783.
G Washington [signature]
By His Excellency's Command,
J Trumbull Secretary [signature]

REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment, Rhode Island
J Greenman Adjutant

The above Potter Card has been honored with the Badge of Merit for Six Years faithful Service. 
Jereh Olney Lieu. Col. Comt.
Rhode Island Regmt.

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38595 
INVALID
Revy
File no. SC 595
Potter Card
Private Rev War
Act 18th March 18
Index: - Vol. F, Page 72
Arrangement of 1870.

Apr. 7 08 Hist to Lester Card

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S--595.
Record Division.
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 2, 1908
Searched by S. D. Lamparter
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant, 
Soldier, Potter Card
Service, R.L
Rev War
Remarks: No claims as above except Ind #38595

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We the subscribers hereby certify an oath that we are personally well acquainted with Potter Card of Providence an applicant for a pension  We also certify that we are acquainted with his circumstances & from our knowledge of his affairs we verily believe him now to be in poor & indigent circumstances said Card is a Labouring man We have known him for last forty years & do believe him entitled to the assistance of his Country on account of his poverty -
Willm Potter
Lowrey Aborn

Rhode Island District
I certify that on this Eleventh day of March 1819 personally appeared before me the above named William Potter & Lowrey Aborn & made oath to the truth of the certificate by them severally subscribed
Witness Benjamin Cowell
[illegible]
of Dis Court
R I Dis

Rhode Island District 13 March 1819,
to the Hon. Sec'y of War.  I am Satisfied of the poverty and of the good Service of P B. Card
David Howell
District Judge

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Ansonia Conn
Mar. 28th

Pension Bureau 
Washington D.C.

[Stamp]
PENSION
A
MAR
30
1908
OFFICE
U.S.

Dear Sir,
Will you furnish me with
military record of Peter Card.
My record simply says - 
"Peter Card, private, a pensioner in 1819.

I would also like Potter Card
who would likely be found about
1829 or 1830. Both Rhode Island
veterans.
I remain
yours sincerely 
Lester Card
Ansonia (Box 205)
Conn