Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8137, Meekins Carr, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
★ barr, Meekins
S 8137
Carded
CONTENTS

23. 184
Virginia
William Cart
of Albemarle in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Sharpe of the Regt commanded by Col Lindsay in the Vt (m) line for Am.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Nov: 1833 and sent to
A. H. Arthur - Charlottesville
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. $ 50. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 31 10. 00
$ 60. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book 6 1/2 Vol. 6 1/2 Page 6

28.371 Meekins Barr s
Declaration
Albemarle Co. Virginia
Adm l as a private h mo $ 20.00
Alex. H. Hiltun

State of Virginia
Albemarle County, ss.
On this Second day of September, 1833, personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the County Court of Albemarle now sitting - M c Kinley Barr, a resident of said County and State, aged Seventy-one years on the 30 th day of August last, 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 th 1832.
That he was born in the County of Albemarle & State aforesaid, where he has resided ever since. That about the month of September or October of the year preceding the siege of York, he was drafted as a Militia-man from the County of Albemarle under Bennett Henderson as Captain and Robert Sharpe as Lieutenant; that he marched to Richmond where the troops drew arms, and marched down James River, crossed it, and was stationed a while at Cabin point - from whence he was finally marched to Petersburg & discharged - that this tour was for two months which he fully served out.
That again in the Spring of 1781, about the month of May or June, he was drafted in the Militia for another tour of two months - and marched from Albemarle under Capt. Bennett Henderson again - he cannot recollect the names of the other Officers under whom he marched - he marched and joined the Army under the Marquis La Fayette near a place called Negro Foot in Hanover County, Va a soon after joining the army he was commanded by Capt. Mark Lusk, Captain Henderson having returned home - The names of his other Company Officers he does not recollect - He was attached to the first Reg t of Militia under Colo. Reuben Lindsay - he continued with the army under La Fayette, through what is known as the "Wild Goose Chase" and the troops under Gen. Wayne joined them at a place called Boozells Ordinary in Louisa County - The route of the army was from Hanover toward the Rappahannock & across the Rapid Ann River at the Raccoon ford - thence through Orange & Louisa Counties on toward Mychum's Creek - thence down the Country near Williamsburg - after the battle of James Town he was marched up to Morton hills, where he was discharged, having served the full tour -
That in the month of September 1781, he was again drafted for

another two months tour in Albemarle, and instead of Marching to join the Army below, under Capt. Ben: Harris, the Officer under whom his draft was to March, he with five others, was detailed to hunt for forage to a particular point, Beeres for the use of the Army - from which point the bees so collected, were driven off to the Army - he was engaged in this service for the two months for which he was drafted - he refers to Charles Buckner, the Rev. Gideon Travillian and John Robertson for the truth of the foregoing Statement.
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State -
Subscribed & Sworn to in Open Court 2 d Sept. 1833. Alex. H. Arthur D.C.
Messrs Barr
Thereupon the Court pronounced to the Applicant the following Interrogatories - and the Answer to each is hereto Annexed.
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born in Albemarle County Va a in the year 1762.
2 o - Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer - I have a record of my age at home - (30. aug: 1762.)
3 o - Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live.
Answer - I resided in Albemarle when called into service, where I have resided ever since the Revolutionary War, and where I still reside at this time.
4 th - How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer - I was drafted at each tour that I served during the War.
5 th - State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the Troops, where you served; such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general Circumstances of your services.
Answer - In the first tour that I served I recollect the names of Capt. Bennett Henderson and Lieut. Ro: Sharpe - In the second tour I served, I recollect the same Capt. R. Henderson, Capt. Mark Searle & the Marquis Lafayette - also the name of Col. Reubensindacy - In the third tour I was drafted to serve under Capt. Ben: Harris - the names of the other officers under whom he was, at these several tours, he cannot recollect.
6 th - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it -
Answer - He did receive a discharge, but by whom given, & what has become of it - he does not recollect. I suppose it to be lost or mislaid -

7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Answer - I can state the names Charles Buckstep, Reverend, Gid: Travillian and John Robertson, my neighbours, who know me, and can testify as to my character for veracity &c &c.
Charles Buckstep, being first duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he has heard the declaration of Meekins Carr read in Open Court, and that the statements therein set forth, so far as relates to the two first tours therein mentioned are true - he having served with the said Meekins Carr in the same.
Gideon Travillian A Minister of the Gospel, and John Robertson, being also sworn, deposeth and saith that the said Meekins Carr is reputed in the neighbourhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that they concur therein - that he is a man of great respectability - and that his oath is entitled to full credit.
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 Certify that it appears to them that Gideon Travillian, who hath made affidavit as above, is a Clergyman residing in the County of Albemarle, and that Charles Buckstep and John Robertson, who have also made affidavits as above are residents of the same County, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I, Ira Garrett, Clerk of the Court of Albemarle in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Meekins Carr, for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office, this 11 th day of September 1833, in the 58 th Year of the Commonwealth.
Ira Garrett Clk.

Rev War
8137
INVALID.
Rev War
File No. 8137
MacKinac Barr.
Prison War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:—Vol. 12 , Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]

SERVICE
NUMBER
Ab
barr, Moses
S 8141
CONTENTS
Carded

16.255 North Carolina
Moses Barr
of Franklin in the State of N.Car:
who was a Pvt: — in the ————— commanded
by Captain ————— of the Reg't ————— commanded
by Col: Jenkins — in the —————
time for 6 months.
★ No. Line.
Oct. 4 1904 Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of July '33 and South R B Gilliam DeFord. Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 4.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept — 10.
$14.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. P Page 36.
Pen. Agent May 19, 1837 Order to pay — 17. Sept 1838 Same — 20 Sept 1839.
d: March 6 - 1841 Q B

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of North Carolina & S. County of Franklin
On this 12 th day of September A.D. 1832, personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting, for said County Moses Cart, a resident of said County aged about ninety 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 th 1832.
That he was born in the County of Orange William, near Danbury, State of Virginia in what year he does not accurately know, but he supposes from what he heard from his mother, he is about the age of ninety years. That he was brought by his mother at an early age to the County of Granville in this State and lived there until he arrived to manhood, when he moved into Franklin County, which was then called Bute County. That he entered the service in the Revolutionary War, as a drafted soldier in a company of militia commanded by Captain Jenkins Devany at the place now called Lewiston in Franklin County - he recollects the name of no other officers of the Company except Robert Hile, & he is not able to say with certainty what grade he held - that his company marched to Wake Court House, now Raleigh, thence to Hillsborough, thence to Salisbury & thence to the Catawba near the nation ford, where his company joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Hart - & was

him by Colonel Brant - the other officers of the Regiment he does not recollect. - At this Station he continued during his term of service, performing regularly his turn of duty - but was in no engagement with the enemy - About the expiration of his term, his company gathered a number of prisoners to Salisbury, & then continued on their return home - He received a written discharge from Captain Swann dated December 10 th 1780, at Camp New Providence, which he has preserved & herewith trans- mits to the War Department as evidence of his service - From the date of his discharge, he sup- poses, he entered the service early in September of 1780. - That he entered the service for a second term, in 1781, for three months, as a drafted soldier under Captain Robert High in Franklin County - & under him Lieut. Nicholas Murphy & ensign Thornton - that he marched to a place called Williamsborough in Franklin Coun- ty - that his regiment was commanded by Colonel Penton & under him by Major Wood, but he does not now recollect where his company joined it - One of the other companies in the regiment was commanded by Captain Short - the names of the other officers he does not remember - From Williamsborough they marched to Halifax, & from thence to the Country bordering on Neuse river, where during his term of service, the regiment was engaged principally in harassing the Tories in check - At a place called Sayer's bridge, four Tories were shot, & at Longfield Cox's ferry below Winston upon Neuse, four more were

shot. - A number of prisoners were marched to Nash Court House, & this declarant was one of the guards until near the close of his tour. He continued the remainder of his tour near Smith- field on Reade, & with the rest of his company returned home - After reaching home, his Capt. Robert Hight gave him a discharge in writing which is dated July 25th 1781. at Cook's Nash Store, but he did not receive it at that place - This discharge is also preserved, & herewith trans- mitted - This declarant states that he is an illiterate man, & unable to read - & that the date & contents of his discharge in writing, are known to him from being read to him by others. - One of his discharges, is signed, as he is told, by Joel Wren as commander, but he did not receive it from him, & does not remember having any con- nection with an officer of that name - He knows of no person now alive, whose testimony can be procured, who can testify to his actual service. Tho' there are persons, he believes, who saw him, whilst he was in the army - He has lived in the County of Franklin ever since the Revolution & his reputation of service is known to all his neigh- bors. - Herbert Hight & Jonathan M Stone, whose affidavits are attached, testify to his reputation in the neighborhood -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of
any agency of our state. I have left subscribed this my 84th year of age. Moses X Carr Mark
Justices holding Court
Perry J.P. H. Hight S.P.

We Herbert H. Hight & Jonathan M. Stone residing in the County of Franklin do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Carr who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be of the age of ninety years; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, which we concur in that opinion.
H. Hight
In witness whereof our hands are hereunto
Thos. Ly Stone Ch. pro tem
Justices holding Court
A. Perry S.P.
Thos. D. Wright S.P.
10088
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter of the foregoing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant, Moses Carr, was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Herbert H. Hight & Jonathan M. Stone who have signed the preceding certificate are citizens of Franklin County & are credible persons & that this statement is entitled to credit. And the court further certifies that they have inspected the discharge offered by said Carr & signed by S. Devany, & by H. Hight & Joel Wrenn & that they believe them to be genuine. This signed by Devany is dated Dec. 10. 1780 - that of Hight & Wrenn 25th July 1787.
Thos. Ly Stone Ch. pro tem A. Perry S.P. Thos. D. Wright S.P. Justices holding Court
I Smith Patterson clerk of the Court of Pleas & Sessions for the County of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Carr for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 12th day of September A.D. 1882.
J. Patterson Clerk

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Q223 January 6, 1925.
Dorothy L. Shelverton, 126 E. 11th St., Atlanta, Ga.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 8141, it appears that Moses Carr was born near Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, date not stated.
While residing in Franklin County, North Carolina, he enlisted in September 1780 and served three months as a private in Captain Jenkins Devany's Company, Colonel Hart's North Carolina Regiment and was discharged December 10, 1780.
He served three months as a private in Captain Robert Hight's Company, Colonel Linton's North Carolina Regiment and was discharged July 25, 1781.
He was allowed pension, on his application executed September 12, 1832, while a resident of Franklin County,

North Carolina, aged about ninety years.
* He died March 6, 1841. It is not stated whether soldier was married.
The above noted Moses Carr is the only soldier by that name (all spellings searched) found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
* Date of death from Agency Book

Miscellaneous
S.7.8/41
N.6.

Camp North Store July 25 1881
Mules are a property belonging to Capt. Hight Company of Col. Linton Regiment having since his arrival of Capt. Linton here by discharge
Right off
and Prisoner

Moses Lean
J. F. 8141
N. 6
20 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6 6 4 3 12 0 9 10 4
20 16 0
1 0 4
2 2 0
2 0 0
6 6 4
3 12 0
9 10 4

Miss Carr a Solour in my Company C o Hart Reg t Halifax Dist t . Having served his Time of Duty. is hereby Discharged. at Camp New P o ssedum Dec. 20. 1788 J. Murray Capt.

Rev Ivan
8141
✓ INVALID.
File No. 8141
Moses Carr
Prov Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: —Vol. 1st , Page 58
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925 - Jan. 6 - Hist to Dorothy L. Shelverton - auct. 1925 - Sept. 24 - Hist to Mrs. M. J. Norris auct.

Prison Office Nagotilla Sept 10 1870
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Prisons. Sir
In return herewith the papers in the cause of
Thomas Brock.
Mrs. Carr &
Andrew Paddy - for monies under the Act 28 & 32. who have twelve months pay due. & who in fact have been paid - the last pay to Mr Carr was made on the 6 th Sept 1838.
I take the liberty to suggest whether the Act of Incorporation of April 1838. should not suspend the order requiring the transmutation of the papers in such cases as the above. and am Sir very respectfully Yours. A. S. M.
Andrew Paddy

N.C.
Samuel Merrill 6 mo $20=
R. B. Gilliam Asford Mk a-
Louisburg N.C.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Moses Gatt which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no clergyman  yes as to others
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes  et 2
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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, &c. 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 _____ For _____ 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 they served two years in the militia, &c. 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Hece long. 1004 the first tour?

State of North-Carolina Franklin County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions June Term 1833
Personally appeared in open Court this 13 th day of June 1833, Moses Carr who being duly sworn deposes and saith that the two terms of service mentioned in his declaration to which this is attached, were of three months duration each, and that consequently he claims a pension for six months service. He further states that when his declaration was made he could not conveniently procure a Clergymans certificate and therefore his discharge attached to his declaration would be the best evidence of his service, without resorting to inferior proofs. He further states that there was a record of his age, but it was never in his possession, and he does not know what became of it.
Moses Carr mark
Sworn to and affirmed Jno S. Patterson Clerk
State of North-Carolina Franklin County
I Smith Patterson clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Franklin, aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of Moses Carr was sworn to & subscribed in open Court, this 13 th day of June 1833.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of my office at Louisville this 13 th June 1833 J. Patterson Clerk

Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Moses Carr, Kerr, Kerr
was a pensioner in the Revolutionary War according to the a North Carolina book I have found. Will you kindly give me

information in detail regarding this for use in the D. A. R. records. He lived at one time I know in Mecklenburg County —
Very Truly
Horatio S. Shelton 126 E. 11 th St
Atlanta Ga

205- Capital Apts Raleigh W.C.
July 25- 1925-
Will you kindly give all concerning our "Moore Carr" of Franklin Co., N.C. cut from old Bute Co. W.C. & very greatly oblige,
Mrs M. J. Harris