Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6631, Samuel Carpenter, Va.

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SERVICE Va
Carpenter, Samuel     Number W.6631
Peggy
or Margaret

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6.384
Virginia   Richd
Peggy Carpenter,
Widow of Samuel Carpenter
Va
Who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Subscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of June 1856 and sent to
Hon. P. Powell
N. R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 2, 1848, Page 144, Vol .3
R. A. Banks
May 27, 1857
1857 October 29th Duplicate
Certificates issued and sent
to R. A. Banks Madioson C. H.
Va: -
Death not on G. B.
lLL

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Declaration
-
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act
of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an
Act granting half pay & pensions to certain
widows, and also of the Act of the third
of March 1843 and of the act of the 17th
June 1844 continuing and extending the same
and also the benefits of the "Act of Congress
of the 2nd of February 1848 entitled an
Act making further provision for surviving
widows of the soldiers of the Revolution "
State of Virginia S.S.
On this 26 day of
May in the year one thousand Eight
Hundred and fifty four personally appeared
before the County Court of the County of
Madison in the State of Virginia
Peggy Carpenter a resident of said County aged Eighty two years on the 13th
or 14th of October 1854, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the above named Act of Congress
of the 7th July 1838, of the 3rd of March 1843,
of the 17th June 1844 & of the 2nd of February 1848

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That she is the widow of Samuel
Carpenter who was a Soldier in the war
of the Revolution, as she has frequently heard
him assent in his lifetime and as she has
been informed by others and as she verily
believes he was -- What she does not now
remember, if indeed she ever heard him say
in what company or regiment he served
but she does remember well that she has
frequently heard him tell about his said Cary
Samuel Carpenter's being in Carolina whilst
he was in the said service, and she has
heard him many times telling that he
was in the Battle at Guilford Courthouse
& in other Battles but she does not now
remember the names of the other Battles, but
remembers that he said that at the Battle of
Guilford Courthouse he saw the Blood
running along the road or street she
has also heard him speak of Genl, Washington
and Genl, Greene, she thinks he was under
their command but she does not now, so
well remember about that, but she
knows he was very fond of Genl. Greene
and very often spoke of him.
For proof of the service of her
said Husband she refers to the evidence
which will accompany this declaration and

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such documentary evidence as the Pension
Department may have
  She further states that her
said husband said in his lifetime that he
served Eighteen months at one time
and for a longer time at another time
in the war of the revolution, this she
very distinctly remembers now, but it
was very near escaping her recollection
for the present owing to her being called 
to Court about this business, as she lives
in the Country & is not accustomed to
attending Court -
     She further declares that she
was married to the said Samuel Carpenter
on the 26th day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety three (1793) that he died in September or October in the year 1825 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen
hundred and ninety four (1794) to wit
at the time above stated.
Sworn to & subscribed on the
day & year above written before the Court
aforesaid
          her
Peggy X Carpenter
         mark

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Virginia: At a Court held for Madison County the 26th day of May 1854. The declaration of Peggy Carpenter for a pension on account of Revolutionary services of her late husband Samuel Carpenter deceased, was ordered to be certified to the commissioner of pensions; And it was also ordered to be certified that it was satisfactorily proved to the Court that said Samuel Carpenter and the said Peggy were married on the 26th day of March Seventeen hundred and ninety three (1793), that said Samuel Carpenter died in September or
October (1825) one thousand eight hundred and twenty five leaving the said Peggy as his widow, and that she has never
since married. I certify that Robert A. Banks and Hiram Yager were on the 28th day of February 1845, on the 17th day of October 1845, on the 10th day of April 1846, acting Justices of the peace in and for said County
and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine - In testimony whereof I Belfield Cave Clerk of
said Court have hereunto set my name affixed
the seal of said Court the 21st day of September in the year 1854.
Belfield Cave Clk

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State of Virginia
County of Madison } S,S,

      On this 18th day of February 
1856 before me Hiram Yager a justice of the
peace in & for said County personally appeared Hannah 
Carpenter aged Eighty Eight years on the 25th day
of December 1855 who being first duly sworn accor-
ding to law, says that she was born & raised in
hat part of Culpeper County which now constitutes
Madison County in the State of Virginia, that she
married & removed about three miles from the 
place of her birth & still continues to live at the 
place to which she then removed, that she was 
raised within two miles of the place at which 
Samuel Carpenter the late husband of Peggy
Carpenter was raised & on which he lived until
his death & on which his widow the said Peggy
Carpenter now lives in said County of Madison
That said Samuel Carpenter was a cousin
to this affiant, their fathers being brothers and
that she can now very distinctly & very well
remember that in time of the War of the Revolu-
tion that the said Samuel Carpenter was gone
from home for a considerable length of time & it
was always said & believed that he was in the Revo-
lutionary war service, affiant does not now remember

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how long the said Samuel Carpenter was absent
from home at the time it was said & believed
that he was in the Revolutionary war, but she is
certain that it must have been considerably more 
than a year.  That John Carpenter who was
the father of said Samuel Carpenter, Andrew 
Carpenter who was affiants father, William Carpenter
& Michael Carpenter the father of affiants late husband
were all brothers & lived upon subdivisions of the
Land which had belonged to their father & these
four Brothers owned jointly a Grist Grain Mill which
was within a few hundred yards of affiants father's
House and these four brothers would each one in his
turn attend to & keep the Mill a week at at a time
& when John Carpenter the father of said Samuel
Carpenter would be attending the Mill he & his wife
would be very frequently at the House of affiants
father & very much would be said about the War
of the Revolution & they always said a great deal
about their said son Samuel Carpenter being
in the War of the Revolution & the hard fought
Battles he had been in & his father & mother expressed
great fear & uneasiness concerning his safety, indeed
they dispaired of his ever returning home, in conse-
quence of the dangers & hardships of the service
which he was in. It was reported at one time
that he was dead, but he returned home about
the close of the Revolutionary War or shortly thereafter.

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Affiant remembers very well the circumstance
of his return from the Revolutionary war & that
several other soldiers came with him to his fathers
House & staid all night, which caused the family
much uneasiness, on account of what had been
said about the bad conduct of soldiers in many
instances-- It was said that the father of said
Samuel Carpenter kept awake all night to
watch the strange soldiers
          Affiant has upon many occasions
heard said Samuel Carpenter giving long accounts of
his services in the Revolutionary war & of the bloody battles
he was in & the many narrow escapes he had made from
death & she is fully satisfied in her own mind from
his statements, the universal belief with his relations
& neighbors of the truth of them & her own recollection
of his absence from home when it was said that he
was in the war, that he was in it & did
under considerable service as aforesaid.
          Affiant was taught reading &
writing & can now read though from her age
she cannot now write
           her
Hannah x Carpenter
          mark
Sworn to & subscribed before the subscriber
a justice of the peace in & for said County the
day and year aforesaid, and I certify that the

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affiant is a credible witness & a very respected
& highly respectable old lady & that her powers
of mind & her recollection appear to be unusu-
ally good for one so old and I have full
confidence in what she says
                      Hiram Yager J.P.
Virginia: Madison County to wit. I Belfield Cave Clerk of
County Court of said County, certify that Hiram Yager, whose
genuine signature appears above, is now, and was at the time
of signing the same, an acting Justice of the peace in and for
said County, commissioned and sworn, and all his official acts,
as such are entitled to full credit. Given under my hand
and seal of Office the 26th day of May 1856
Belfield Cave Clerk

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Date of marriage  1793 Mar 26
Parties Names   Samuel Carpenter & Peggy 
Blankenbaker  
name of minister Wm Carpenter

Culpeper County State of Virginia to wit
I Fayette Manzy Clerk of the County
Court of said County do hereby certify that the above
is a true abstract from the marriage books in my of-
fice, whereby according to the method of keeping said
book it appears that Samuel Carpenter and Peggy
Blankenbaker were married on the twenty sixth
day of March in the year one thousand seven hundred
& ninety three by William Carpenter a minister
of the Gospel
---
In testimony whereof I have here
to set my hand & ann.....
seal of the said court this 5th June
1845
F Manzy

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December 21, 1932.
Harold W. Garr
22 Commonwealth Avenue
Erlanger
Kentucky.
BA-J/ILL
Samuel Carpenter
W. 6631
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Adam Fisher, Samuel Carpenter and Ephraim Utz, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and fails to show claims for pension or bounty land made to the United States on file based upon service of Adam Fisher or Ephraim Utz in that war.
The record of Samuel Carpenter given below is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 6631, based upon his service in the Revolution.
Samuel Carpenter was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, the part which was later in Madison County, the date of his birth not given. His father,  John Carpenter, lived with his wife, whose name is not shown, on a tract of land there in Culpeper County, which had belonged to the father of said John Carpenter; Samuel lived with his parents at the time of the Revolutionary War.
Samuel Carpenter enlisted and served two tours of two months each in the Virginia militia, one tour as a substitute for his brother, John,  and the other for his brother, Mike;  the dates of there tours not given. About the year 1780 or 1781, he enlisted in Culpeper County, Virginia, served in the Carolinas under General Greene and was in the battles of Guilford Court House and in other battles, and at the Siege of Yorktown, returning to his home about the close of the war, having served about eighteen months, names of his captains or dates of specific enlistments and discharge from service not stated.
The soldier died in September or October, 1825, at his home in Madison County, Virginia, having lived during his entire life within a few miles of his birthplace.
Samuel Carpenter married March 26, 1793 in Culpeper County,

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Virginia, Peggy or Margaret Blankenbeker; she was born October 13 or 14, 1772, the names of her parents not shown.  The marriage was performed by William Carpenter, a minister of the Gospel, no relationship to the family stated.
Peggy Carpenter, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 26, 1854, at which time she was living in Madison County, Virginia.
John Carpenter, father of the soldier, Samuel, had three brothers, Andrew, William and Michael, all living within a few miles of each other in Culpeper County, Virginia, at the time of the Revolution; they owned and operated a grain grist mill located there.
On October, 1845, one Joseph Carpenter, aged then eighty years and five months, was living in Madison County, Virginia; he had born within a mile of the home of the soldier (Samuel), had served from that neighborhood during the Revolution, and had married a sister of Peggy Blankenbeker, her name not stated, nor is his relationship to the soldier shown.
Hannah Carpenter, a daughter of Andrew Carpenter, and a cousin of the soldier, Samuel Carpenter, was living in Madison County, Virginia in 1856; she was born December 25, 1767 near the birthplace of the soldier, had lived there during her life and had married a son of Michael Carpenter, his name not given. This son, the husband of Hannah, was then deceased.
In 1846, one Samuel Blankenbeker, then seventy-eight years of age, was living in Madison County, Virginia; he had lived in the same neighborhood with the soldier, Samuel, during his life, no relationship to the widow, Peggy, shown.
In 1856, reference was made to "Mr. Ephraim Utz of Kentucky" who had moved from Madison County, Virginia; it was stated that said Ephram Utz might be able t prove the service of Samuel Carpenter in the Revolution but he was then deceased. There is no other reference to this Ephraim Utz.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller,
Assistant to Administrator.
underlined (note in cursive) This OKd by Miss Stokes

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1926 - Feb - 13 - Hist. to Miss Oreina
Clare - MMHF
1928 - June 23 - Hist to W. C.
Barricken (illegible)
1932 - Dec. 21 - Hist. to Harold W. Garr. GL
Revy WIDDOW, & c.
File No.  6631
Peggy Carpenter
Wid.
Saml Carpenter
Pvt. Rev: War
Act: Feby. 2/48
Index: - Vol. H, Page 114
(Arrangement of 1870.)

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9.657    R
Virginia
Peggy Carpenter
widow of Samuel
who was a Private
in the Revolution
_
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 26. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
_
Certificate of Pension issued
the 18th day of June 1856
and sent to
Hon P. Powell
H of R
(Acts of March 3, 1843, and 
June 17,1841.)
Recorded in Book [illegible] 
Vol. 2.  Page 135.

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11.822
Virginia Richmond
Peggy Carpenter,
widow of Samuel
who died in 1825
of    in the State of
who was s private in the ___ commanded
by Captain ____ if the ____ commanded
by ____ in the Revolution
line for 7 4/5 Months.
_
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of 26. Dollars 00. Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836
_
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of 
June 1856 and Sent to 
Hon P. Powell
[illegible] of R
Arrears to 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act July 7, 1838.}S
Recorded by [signature illegible] Clerk
Book [illegible] Vol 1   Page 265

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Widow's
Declaration of
may 26, 1854
is the only one on file
May 23, 1918.

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No 15,221
Peggy Carpenter
Widow of Samuel
Va
Robt. A. Banks Sep 26/82

July 7 1838

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[Envelope addressed to:]
Hon George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[stamp: Post Marked MADISON OH Va.
MAY 19]
[Stamp right corner: FREE]

[left side of envelope]
Concerning Mrs. Peggy Carpenters
claim for Rev. Pension under
Act of 7th July 1838 & subsequent
Acts
_____
Peggy Capenter
Samuel Va
[illegible]

Cole

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State of Virginia
County of Madison
S.S.
Be it known that on this 26th day of May 1856 before the subscriber a justice of the peace in this and for said county personally came Peggy Carpenter aged about eighty four years and who is well known to me and who lives within two or three miles of my residence and who being first duly sworn according to Law does on her oath make the following statement to wit That she she has heretofore made application for a Pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her late husband and that by Letter From this commissioner of Pensions dated 26th September 1854 directed to Robert A. Banks, she is informed that her said claim is suspended because the proof was insufficient and the question is asked why the evidence in her case taken in 1845 was retained until 1854 when her declaration was made and c_? Her Answer to this is that she was old and not knowing much about the manner of doing such business, she relied upon Col Robert A. Banks who was then in the Legislature of Virginia to attend to the business for her and that he did not think that the evidence was sufficient, whilst he had no doubts about the  justice and validity of it, if proper evident could

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be had - For some time it was believed that there was a Mr Ephraim Utz in Kentucky who removed from this county who could prove the service of her late husband Samuel Carpenter Decd, but the matter was not attended to and the said Utz is now dead has since died - Declarant became more needy of funds as she became older and unable to attend to business and at her own particular request Genl. Banks prepared a Declaration for her in 1854 and sent it to the Department with the evidence taken in 1845 - She also asks that the affidavit of Mrs Hannah Carpenter taken in the course of this year and here with sent may be duly considered and also the certificate of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia also herewith sent-
(her mark) Peggy Carpenter
I certify that the foregoing statement of Peggy Carpenter was made sworn to and signed before me the day aforesaid and I certify that the said Peggy Carpenter is well known to me, she is truthful and I believe her forgoing statement to be true -
(signed) Hiram Yager J. P.

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Virginia
Madison County to wit.  I Belfield Cave Clerk of the county Court certify that Hiram Yager whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county, commissioned and sworn, and full faith is due all his official acts as such-
Given under my hand and seal of Office the 26th
day of May A. D. 1856.
(signed) Belfield Cave Clk

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State of Virginia
Madison County ⎬
S.S.

Be it known that on
the 28th day of February 1845 before me
the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for
said County personally appeared Adam
Wayland aged Sixty Eight years
and made oath in due form of Law that
he was well acquainted with Samuel
Carpenter the late husband of Mrs Margaret
Carpenter of Madison County Virginia,
that affiant has always understood and
verily believes that said Samuel
Carpenter was a soldier in the war
of the Revolution, but that of
his
own knowledge he does not know that
he was in said service - affiant
has frequently heard said Samuel
Carpenter speak of being in the
Revolutionary war and well does
he remember hearing said Samuel
Carpenter say that he was in the
Battle of Guilford Courthouse in
North Carolina, indeed so minutely
and particularly did he describe &
speak of the occurrences of that
Battle that affiant thinks there can
scarcely be a doubt about Samuel
Carpenter being in the Battle of
Guilford Courthouse and
rendering other services -
affiant was at the
wedding & saw said Carpenter married
to his wife Margaret (then Margaret Blankenbaker) more than fifty
years ago-- they were married &
lived in that part of Culpeper

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County now within the limits of this
Madison County & said Samuel
Carpenter died some years ago &
his widow is still living in Madison
County  ----
Adam Wayland
Sworn to & subscribed the day
and year last above mentioned before
me, I certify that I am well acquainted 
with Adam Wayland and he is entitled
to full confidence
Robert A. Banks J.P.

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State of Virginia 
Madison County} SS
Be it known that on the 17th day of October 1845 before me the subscriber a justice of the  peace in & for said county personally appeared Joseph Carpenter aged 80 years & five months & made oaths in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Samuel Carpenter, the late husband of Peggy Carpenter, that he knows well that the said Samuel Carpenter was a soldier in the War of Revolution that the affiant saw said Carpenter start, when he marched into the service to the South in the year 1780 or 1781, into an eighteen month tour that the said Samuel Carpenter one Nat Smith & John Wright all three marched from the same neighborhood in which the affiant, then lived & now lives, to wit that part Culpepper County, in which now forms Madison County that the affiant knows that said Samuel Carpenter was absent from home (& said to be in the regular service under General Greene in the Carolinas mostly) for the period of Eighteen months that the affiant saw said Samuel Carpenter, start into the service and indeed saw him after he had marched As far as twenty miles from home, but does not now remember the name of the Captain under whom he started, he well remembers to have heard said Samuel Carpenter speak of his going to the South in

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and has frequently heard him say that he was put into the Regular service under different officers from those under whom he started from home and that he served under General Green in North and South Carolina and that he was also at the Siege of Yorktown.
	Affiant was himself a soldier in the militia, and was at the Battle of Old Jamestown in the State of Virginia in the year 1781 and also marched over into North Carolina and guarded a mill that was grinding grain for our soldiers at which time the affiant was under the command of General Morgan who commanded the Rifleman of whom affiant was one in that during this Tour affiant heard that Samuel Carpenter was with the Regulars in the Carolinas and under General Green but affiant did not see him.
	This affiant and the said Samuel Carpenter were both born and raised within about one mile of each other and were playmates and always very intimate in that neither of them ever removed from the place of his birth in that the said Samuel Carpenter died some years ago leaving a widow whose maiden name was Peggy Blankenbaker and who is a sister to the affiant’s wife --------
	Affiant has repeatedly heard said Samuel Carpenter speak of his being in the Regular service to the South

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And particularly of his being in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and other battles one of which particularly a very bloody one in which said Carpenter told affiant that the blood ran freely in the wagon tracks, but the affiant does not now remember the name of that place -
Affiant also says that he knows well that the said Samuel Carpenter served also two or three tours of two months each in the militia service before he marched into the eighteen month tour to the South
Joseph Carpenter
	 sworn to and on the they last mentioned above before me and I do certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Carpenter above named he is entitled to full confidence.
Hiram Yager

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State of Virginia
Madison County S.S.
Be it known. That before the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said county personally appeared Samuel Blankenbaker aged this day Seventy Eight years, five months & 10 days and made oath in due form of law that he was raised within three miles of the place at which Samuel Carpenter, the late husband of Mrs. Margaret or Peggy Carpenter was raised, that said Samuel Carpenter & affiant were always from their Earliest recollection of each other intimately acquainted and that this affiant knows well of his own knowledge that said Carpenter was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, he remembers that he left home as was said and believed to be to go into the service for three years, that he was accordingly absent from home for at least three years & then returned home- the said Carpenter also served in the militia 2 tours of two months each as a substitute at one time for his brother John & at another for his brother Mike whether this was before or after his service of Three years above named in the continental army affiant knows not.
	Affiant does not now remember if indeed he ever knew the company in which said Carpenter enlisted & served, but always has understood

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And now believes that said Carpenter did serve as stated above - affiant has no doubt that said Carpenter was lawfully married to said Margaret or Peggy Carpenter (now his widow) more than 50 years ago.
	Said Carpenter died some where about 20 years ago -
Samuel Blankenbaker
his mark [signed with an X]
State of Virginia
Madison County to wit
The above affiant was sworn and subscribed before me this 10th day of April 1846 and I certify that I am well acquainted with said Samuel Blankenbaker and that he is entitled to full confidence.
Robert A Banks J. P.

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Application for new certificates
State of Virginia
County of Madison} S.S.
On this 19th day of October 1857 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Peggy Carpenter widow of Samuel Carpenter deceased who on her oath declares that she is the identified person who made the application to the Commissioner of Pensions for the pension on account of the Revolutionary service of her husband the said Samuel Carpenter and which application as she is informed was allowed on the 18th day of June in the year 1856 and that Certificate of Pension was issued for her at the rate of $26 per annuum under each of the acts of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 
Of the 3rd March of 1843
Of the 17th of June 1844
And of the 25th of February 1848 and that the said certificate was sent by the commissioners of pensions to the now Hon. Paulus Powell member of [illegible] from this district in which she is informed have been lost or misplaced, so that she cannot get them - she also declares that she has never had nor seen the said certificates or any of them and that she does not know anything concerning them

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accept what is above stated- she respectfully asks that the new certificates may be issued to her in lieu of those which she is informed were issued for her but which she has never received.
	She further states that she has never received any pension money at any time but has been informed that the agent for paying pensions at Richmond Virginia has been notified that pensions had been allowed to her by your department and the money was ready for her-  she has also been informed that she could not properly apply for payment without hearing the certificate of pensions -
 Peggy Carpenter
her mark [signed with an X]
	Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and you after said and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Peggy Carpenter, I know that she is the person she represents herself to be and that she is entitled to full confidence in what she says above. 
Nelson W. Crisler J.P.

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Virginia: Madison County [Illegible]
I, Belfield Cave clerk of the county court of Madison County certified that Nelson W. Crisler, were genuine signature appears above, is now and was at the time of signing the same in acting justice of the peace is and foresaid county, commissioned and sworn, and full faith in all his official acts as such. 
Given under my hand and seal of office the 19th day of October 1857.
Belfield Cave Clerk.

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This is decertified, that it appears from a list in this office of such officers and soldiers of Virginia continental line as settled their accounts and received certificates for the balance of their full pay, according to an act of assembly, past the November session 1781, directing the auditors public accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said officers and soldiers from the 1st January 1777 to 31st December 1781 (see Henning statutes at large, Vol. 10, P 462,)that a settlement was made on the third day of June 1783 in the name of Samuel Carpenter as Sol. Infantry-- and evidence of the indebtedness of the state to him for £15.12.5 – delivered to F. Strother but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this office term service embraces their and cannot be stated
Given under my hand at the Auditor’s Office, Richmond, this 29th day of March 1855
G.W. Cluther
Ad. P. Aech

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Pension Office
September 26th, 1854
Sir,
	The application of Peggy Carpenter widow of Samuel of Virginia has been examined and filed under the act of July 7th 1838 the proof of service is not sufficient. Application should be made to the auditor of Virginia for any evidence he may propose. If her husband served as alleged she was entitled to land from the state of Virginia the affidavits of the witnesses were taken in 1845. Why have they been retained, and application only just made for a pension?
I am very respectfully your OFT. SOT.
Robert A. Banks, Esq
Madison, C. H.
VA.

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Samuel Carpenter,
Margaret Carpenter
[illegible]

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State of Virginia
County of Madison
September 22nd, 1854
Dear Sir,
	With this I enclose the declaration of Mrs. Peggy Carpenter asking a pension (on account of the revolutionary service of her late husband Samuel Carpenter December) under the act of 7th July 1838 and subsequent acts-
	With the declaration I send also the affidavit of Joseph Carpenter, Samuel Blankenbaker and Adam Wayland and proof of service of Samuel Carpenter, also the certificate of marriage from the clerk's office of Culpeper County from which this county was since formed.
Very respectfully
Your OBT. SERVT.
Robert A. Banks
To Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

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Madison C.O. H.O. Virginia
May 18. 1854
Dear Sir,
About the last of May 1856 I filed in your office additional evidence in the suspended case of Mrs. Peggy Carpenter asking a pension on the account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband Samuel Carpenter Dec. under the Acts of 7th July 1838, March 3rd 1843, June 17, 1844 and [illegible] [illegible] 1848----- 
	The Hon Mr. Mr Powell. M.C from this district informed me recently that this claim had been allowed and being at the office of the agent for paying pensions in Richmond a few days ago, I dare ascertain that this service is allowed on the 18th of June 1856---
I have never received the certificate or any other information as to the allowance of the claim-- please forward the certificate to me for Mrs. Carpenter or give me some information concerning this matter
I am very respectfully
Your Ovt, Servnt-
Robert A. Banks
To George Whiting. Esqur
Commis. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

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State of Virginia
Madison C.O. H.O.
Madison County
October 19th, 1854
Hon Geo. L. Whiting
Commis. Of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I enclose an application of Peggy Carpenter widow of Samuel Carpenter asking for the pension certificate in lieu of last ones----
	I am acquainted with Mrs. Peggy Carpenter and familiar with her case and I am satisfied that her application is all proper and right---
Very respectfully
Robert A. Banks

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Peggy Carpenter
Widow of Samuel
Madison Co Virginia
Admd July 7 1838 [illegible]
Seven 4/5 Mos for $26-
A year from 4 Mch 1836
and two year excepted

Cert
Hon Paulus Powell
[illegible]

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Brief in the case of Peggy Carpenter widow of Samuel 
Madison County and State of Virginia
Act of July 7th 1838
Claim, (“mark original,”)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by roles? If either quote, state the substance.
Recon evidence of service with which her husband is identified by [illegible] who knew that he was in the service and by their who have frequently heard him detail his service, he died 1825-
Recon evidence of marriage
go habitation, general reputation of marriage, her identity as the [illegible] widow, his death in present [illegible] Jones by [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]-she is still alive
Name and residence of agent
Hon. Paulus Powell
[illegible]
Thornton [illegible] 
Examining Clerk

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Brief in the case of Peggy Carpenter
Madison County and state of VA
Act 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, and 12th Feb. 1848
Claim, ("original,” or “for increase.”)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by roles? If either, state the substance.
[illegible] issued in Lulu of those dated 18th June, 1856, which have been lost or destroyed
(if for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
R. A. Banks
name and residence of agent
Madison C. H.
VA
H. Cole
Examining Clerk

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Sam P. Cochrane, President. C. A. Gates, Vice-President W.C. Barrickman, Executive Secretary
Temple H. Morrow, Vice-President. Howard Payne, Secretary-Treasurer
Crime Suppression League of Dallas Allen Building Dallas, Texas
Directors 
E.H. Cary
Sam. P. Cochran
M. M. Crane
Edgar L. Flippen
C. Be. Gardner
C. A. Gates
E. S. Lammers
Henry Lange
Wirt Leake
C. A. Leddy
J. E. Lee
Simon Linz
E. T. Moore
Directors
Temple H. Morrow
L. R. Munger
F. F. McNeny
C. F. O'Donnell
Howard Payne
R. G. Storey
Lynn P. Talley
Walter C. Temple
Edward Titche
J. D. Van Winkle
Frank W. Wozencraft
W. H. Wray
Sept. 16, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:-
Do the records of your office show the Revolutionary War records of:-
1.	John Carpenter, Sr., of Culpeper county, VA.?
2.	His sons, John, Jr., Michael, and Samuel Carpenter?
John Carpenter, Sr., was about 50 years of age at the beginning of the revolution, it may have been a private in Capt. Sam’l Lapsley’s Company In the regiment commanded by Col. Nathaniel Gist. John Carpenter, Jr., is said to have been an Indian spy attached to various commands.
	Michael and Samuel Carpenter are believed to have been privates in the Eighth Virginia Regiment, under the command of Col. (afterwards General) Peter Muhlenberg.
Any information available will be appreciated.
Respectfully,
W. C. Barrickman
1810 Allen Bldg.,
Dallas, Texas.

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Indiana Masonic Home
Board of Directors
Olin E. Holloway
James W. Dunbar
William Geake
Elmer F. Gay
Richard H. Schweitzer
Fletcher W. Boyd Superintendent
Board of Directors
Eugene Vatet
Nettie Ransford
Albert W. Funkhouser
Frank E. Gavin
WM. H. Swintz
Franklin, Ind., January 6, 1926.
Pension Office Dept.,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please tell me if Rev. Samuel Carpenter of the Revolutionary War, born perhaps, in Madison County, Virginia, received a pension? If so, will you please send me a copy of same in any other information that you may have, that I may have his history. I understand that I'm a descendant of this Rev. Samuel Carpenter, but have no record. Thank you for this information I remain
Gratefully yours
(Miss) Oriena Clore.
P. S. Did Henry Crisler, born 1737, died 1811 received a pension-- would like to have a copy, if so.
Negative

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Erlanger KY
Dec 7, 1932
Director of pensions.
Washington D. C.
Please give me information in regards to [illegible] Fisher copier VA Rev. Samuel Carpenter of Madison VA and Ephraim Utz of Culpepper and their ranks. They were in the Revolutionary War thank you for everything.
Yours Truly
Howard. W. Clark
[Illegible] [Illegible]
Erlanger KY

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Rev. &1812 Wars Section.
June 23, 1928.
W. C. Barrickman,
Allen Building,
Dallas, Texas.
Sir:
	I advise you that from the papers and the Revolutionary War pensions claim, W. 6631, it appears that Samuel Carpenter, the son of John Carpenter, was born, the date not stated, in Culpeper county (that part which was later Madison County), Virginia where he always lived, and died.
	He enlisted and served two months in the Virginia militia as a substitute for his brother John, and two months instead militia is a substitute for his brother Mike. He also served 7 4/5 months in Virginia line and was at the Battle of Guilford and Siege of Yorktown. The dates of his services and names of officers not stated. He died in September or October 1825.
	Soldier married March 26th, 1793 in Culpeper County, Virginia, Margaret or Peggy Blankenbaker born October 13 or 14, 1772. She was allowed pension on her application executed May 26, 1854, while a resident of Madison County,

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Virginia.
	The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau failed to afford any information in regard to Michael Carpenter.
	In order to make a proper search of set records for any particular soldier named John Carpenter as much as possible the following data is necessary: approximate dates of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott,
Commissioner.

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Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
February 13, 1926
Miss Oreina Clore
Indiana Masonic Home
Franklin, Indiana.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers and the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 6631 it appears that Samuel Carpenter, the son of John Carpenter, was born, the date not stated, in Culpeper County (that part which was later Madison County), Virginia where he always lived, and died. 
He enlisted and served two months in the Virginia militia as a substitute for his brother John, and two months instead militia is a substitute for his brother Mike. He also served seven and four fifth months in Virginia line and was at the battle of Guilford and Siege of Yorktown, the dates of his service and name of officers are not stated. He died in September or October 1825.
Soldier married March 26th, 1793 in Culpeper County, Virginia. Margaret or Peggy Blankenbaker born October 13 or 14, 1772. She was allowed pension on her application executed

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May 26, 1854 while a resident of Madison County, Virginia.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.

{handwritten notes follow} 
Date of widow's death nov on [illegible]
One Joseph Carpenter married this widow's sister. Soldier's father John had brothers Andrew (who had daughter Hannah), Wm, and Michael whose son married his cousin {arrow pointing to Hannah}