Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,429, for Robert Mc Carter, New York

SERVICE
New York
McCartar, Robert
NUMBER
S. 9429
CONTENTS
carded.

24.249 New York Robert McCartee
Washington in the State of New York who was a Private in the Corp. commanded by Captain Armstrong of the Regt. commanded by Col. M c Cracken in the New York line for 11 months and 28 days.
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Nov. 1833 and Little Sno Moss Sandy Hill
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $ 100 Pension, allowance ending 4 th No. 34 20 $ 120
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by J. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1. Page 186

27 586 In the Matter of Robert M c Cart Revolutionary Soldier Declaration for a Pension
Exhibit Private 11 mo & 28 days
Service not specified disallowed
36.60 3.08 39.68
John M c Cart Sandy Hill N.Y.

State of New York Washington County
On this 28 th day of August 1833.
personally appeared in Open Court before us the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington now Sitting Robert M c Carte of the Town of Argyle County of Washington and State of New York aged Eighty years on the 4 th day of April last who being 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 th 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Service as herein stated That while he lived in the town of Salem then White Creek County of Washington and State of New York and in the Month of January A.D. 1776 he was called out with all the Militia in Mass & he entered the Service under the command of Capt e  Thomas Armstrong does not remember the names of his Lieut and Ensign was in Col l M c Cracken's regiment That Thomas Armstrong was the Major he thinks and he was conveyed with all the troops to Johnstown in Montgomery County in Slieghs (This alarm was occasioned from the fact that Sir John Johnson who then resided in Said town was collecting and enlisting Soldiers with arms and ammunition for the Enemy in hostility to the cause of our arms) and when he arrived within a Short distance of Johnstown they left the Slieghs and formed in Companies and was marched under arms into the town and at Sir John Johnsons residence and made him and all his men prisoners of War and he was marched with them to Albany where they Johnson & his men were he thinks put in prison He was then marched to Salem and discharged by parole - That he Served at this time for more than two weeks as a private Soldier - and this declarant says he believes there were no other troops out at this time but this regiment
And he further Saith That while he lived in the town of Salem aforesaid and in the Spring of the year he thinks in March A.D. 1776 he enlisted in the New York State Troops for the term of nine Months under the command of Capt e Joshua Benkey does not remember the names of the Lieut and Ensign and in the Reg t commanded by Col l M c Cracken does not recollect the names of the other Officers of the Reg t - he was marched from Salem to Fort Edward where he was stationed a Short time Thence he was marched to Skeneateles now Whitehall and Stationed as a Guard and kept Garrison and sent out in Small scouting parties to Several different places untill he thinks sometime in October when he was mustered

to Albany and there Stationed as a Guard and did the duty of the Garrison remained there until the term of his nine Months expired which was in the Month of December and he was discharged he thinks in writing does not however remember whether it was or not nor if it was in writing who signed it if he received a discharge in writing it is lost as he has none in his possession - That he served and performed the duty of a private Soldier faithfully nine Months He further Saith that while he lay at Whitehall aforesaid Capt Stockwell commanded the Garrison and at Albany the Garrison was commanded by his Col M c Cracken - That he saw in this Campaign other Troops but he does not recollect the names of Officers Commanding either in the Continental or Militia Service
9 Mo
This declarant further Saith that while he lived in the town of Salem aforesaid and in the Month of June A. D. 1777 he volunteered on the demand of Government and entered the Service under the command of Capt Armstrong does not recollect the names of the Lieut & Ensign - in Col Williams Reg and was marched to Ticonderoga and entered the Fort which was commanded by Gen S t Clair That he was in the Fort when Burgoyne's Army arrived Saw them ascend Mount Defiance and was also in the Fort when it was abandoned which he thinks was the fore part of July he was then marched through Castleton - Hubbardton in Vermont to Salem and discharged by parole that he served lived and performed the duty of a Private Soldier at least two weeks - That his Father immediately moved his Family from Salem to Pennsylvania with whom this declarant went and returned in the fall to Salem
2 weeks
This declarant further Saith that while he lived in Salem aforesaid once in the Month of May A. D. 1778 there was a call made upon the Militia of the State of New York and he volunteered and entered the Service for two Months under the command of Capt Mackam does not recollect the names of the Lieut & Ensign and he was Marched on the Land down the Hudson river to the High Lands two miles South of New Windsor where he was Stationed and was employed in sinking Obstacles (called Chesapeake cribs) in the river to prevent the British Ships from coming up the river above and in keeping guard and remained there until his term of two months expired which was in July - That he served and performed his duty as a private Soldier two months
2 Mo

He further says there were no other command but by his Capt and no other Company with them in this Campaign - that he was afterwards informed that Capt Mackem went over and joined the British - and This deponent on his oath further saith he has made diligent enquiry & can find no one living that he can prove the above Service by although it may appear to the Dept of Veterans Affairs in consequence of so many Serving Soldiers of the Revolutionary War. This deponent further saith that while he lived in Salem aforesaid and in the years of 1779 - 1780 - 1781 and 1782 he was a private Soldier in the New York Militia and belonged to Capt John Armstrong's and Capt Shamel Armstrong's company does not nor cannot remember the Lieut and Ensign names That the former Port of the above time Col John Williams commanded and the remainder of the time the Reg was commanded by Col Stephen Webster and the Lieut Col John Williams  the Com That during the above period he was at all times and very frequently called out in Alarm but the particular dates or number of times or the length of each Service he does not recollect he some times was sent out in Selecting parties to hunt out the Indians and Tories as they were numerous and continually committing their evil designs and depredations That during the time from April to January in each year he was in the Service could not do any thing else The enemy in and among the people he always had his Arms by him ready to turn out and did turn out at a minutes warning or notice This deponent on his oath says he firmly believes he was in the Service and bound to the Service at least fifteen Months during the whole term of the 4 years above named and did his duty faithfully as a Private Soldier
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person he can produce who can testify to his Service except Robert Tinnell and John Steele whose affidavits are hereto annexed
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State or territory
1 That he was born in the Kingdom of Ireland in the year of 1853 on the 4 th day of April 2 That is a record of his age in his family bible and he knows of no other 3 That when he entered the Service he lived in the town of Salem then White Creek Washington County and State of New York and since the revolutionary War he has lived in towns of Salem - Ilwaco, and Argyle where he now lives and has lived for nine years 4 That he entered the Service as volunteer and by enlistment

5 The names of the Officers and regiments within Continental or Militia he cannot more distinctly remember or the particular circumstances of his services than is set forth in the body of his declaration 6 That he does not positively recollect whether he received a written discharge and if he did he does not know either who signed or what has become of it 7 That he is known in the neighborhood where he resides by Judge S Leigh Henry Shepherd Mason Hites and in the town of Salem to Thomas Boyd John Steele David Ruffel Robert Tennell Rev. Alexander Trumbull & Cyrus Stevens and many others who can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution Sworn to and Subscribed } The day and year aforesaid } before me in Open Court } J. S. Leigh CLK
Robert M c Carter
We the undersigned a Clergyman residing in the town of Salem and Cyrus Stevens residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert M c Carter who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty 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 } in Open court before me } J. S. Leigh CLK
Alex r Trumbull Cyrus Stevens
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 Alexander Trumbull who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Salem and that Cyrus Stevens who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Salem and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
J Jesse J. Leigh — clerk of the Court of Washington County Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains

The original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the Application of Robert M c Cartee for a pension I also certify that John Moss before whom the following declaration or Affidavit purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the Said declaration or Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature
Witness my hand and Seal of my Office this 28 th day of August 1833.
J. S. Leigh Clerk
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Washington Robert M c Cartee 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 particularly the last four years but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following Grade: For two years and three Months I served as a Private Soldier and for such Service I claim a pension Sworn and subscribed before me
this 28 th day of August 1833
Robert M c Cartee
I certify that Robert M c Cartee's character for truth and veracity
is Good — John Moss Justice Peace

State of New York Washington County
John Stute being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith, that he was personally acquainted with Robert Robert M c Carten in the Revolutionary War (who has made his declaration for a pension hereto annexed) and has been ever since that he well remembers that the Militia was called out and went from Salem then White Creek in the winter in Slieghs to Johnstown and that from report they took Sir John Johnson and his men prisoners of War. That he recollects that Joshua Conkey was a Captain commanding a Company of Men in Salem then White Creek and were entitled in the said town and other places but does not know where they went but from report they went to Skeneateles and other places. That during the war revolutionary War this deponent belonged to and was in the Militia commanded by Thomas Armstrong and also by John Armstrong in Col John Williams and Col. Herkimer's White Regt that John Armstrong succeeded Thomas Armstrong in the Company and Col. Herkimer succeeded Col Williams in the Regiment common and in said Regiment that Robert M c Carten belonged to the Company and he was in the service in above frequently at different places with this deponent. That from his first acquaintance with the said Robert M c Carten to the present time he has sustained a character good for truth and veracity. That it has ever been understood and reported in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and never has been doubted in the hearing of this deponent.
Sworn and subscribed this 29 th day of August A.D. 1833 before me. I also certify that John Stute this deponent is a man of truth and veracity
John Stute
John M c Pherson a Judge of Washington County Courts
was sometimes in October when he was mounted

State of New York, Washington County } ss
Robert Pennell being duly Sworn according to Law deposeth and Saith that he came to reside in the town of White Creek near Salem A. D. 1778 that he soon became personally acquainted with Robert McCarten who has made a declaration for a pension hereto annexed that he then belonged to Capt Armstrong Company of Militia and that he this deponent belonged to Capt Long's company and that he has seen the said Robert out in the Service and been out in Storms frequently and often from the above year 1778 until the close of the war with him and that some of the years in the Summer Season they was out all most continually and scarcely any cessation that the Indian and Tories were so often committing their depredations that the Militia was necessarily almost continually out and under arms so much so he this deponent could not designate the different times or the particular periods he was out but that he has seen and been in the Service with him - That Wetster was the Col of the Reg and Thomas Armstrong was his Major this deponent further Saith he has been acquainted with the said Robert ever since the Revolutionary War and that he is a man of truth and veracity.
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 22 nd day of August A. D. 1833 and I also Certify that Robert Pennell is a man whose character is good for truth and veracity
Robert Pennell
John Mott a Judge of Washington County Courts
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Washington County Courts do hereby certify that John Mott before whom the preceding Affidavits purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County Courts in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature witness my hand and Seal of my Office this 29 th day of August. 1833.
J. S. Leigh CLK

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Robert McAlister Ser File 9429
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1772 2 mos. Pvt. Thomas Armstrong McAlister N.H.   Feb 1772 9 mos. " Isaac Leachman McAlister "   June 1772 2 mos. " Armstrong Williams "   May 1772 2 mos. " Armstrong Williams "   1779-1800/1802 10 mos. Pvt. John Armstrong Thomas Armstrong John Williams Alexander Melick "  
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Johnston White Creek, Wash Co. N.H.  Date of application for pension, June 28 1835 The it was at  Residence at date of application, near Washington Co. N.H.  Age at date of application, born April 15 1750 in Ireland  Remarks: _____

1909 Oct 29 Hist. So Jennie W. Patten V.L.M.
Rev. Wm.
9429 INVALID.
File No. 9429
Robert M'Cartur
Rich. Rev. Mass
Act: June 7th 1862
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 246
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by George M. Moore
Claim No. Oct 27, 1904
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Robert McCarter
Service N.Y. _____ Res.
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O.P.S. W. or R. as above except S.F. 9429

9441 Pleasant Ave Chicago, Ills
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me the pension records - military service - of Edward Savage and Robert M c Carter, soldiers of the Revolution from Washington, Co. N.Y.
Very respectfully yours (Miss) Jennie M. Patten
October 23 rd 1909.