Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,721, James Carr, New Jersey.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey.
Carr, James Clark, Julia Ann (Former Widow)
R. 1,721
CONTENTS

I certify that Warrant N o 11246 for two hundred acres issued to James Harr for his services as a Soldier in the Virginia Continental line, for the war, on the 24 th day of June, 1783.
S. H. Parker Reg. L. Office

State of Indiana
Fountain County ss On this Eleventh day of August one Thousand Eight hundred and forty five before the probate court in and for said County personally appeared John Carr a resident of said County and State, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration for and on behalf of Juliana Clark deceased in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 4 th of July 1836 granting pensions to certain widows. That he is the Administrator of the estate of Juliana Clark deceased who was the widow of James Carr who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and served in the state of New Jersey and Virginia but thinks that he entered the service in the state of New Jersey and served during the war he cannot state the precise time when he entered the service or in what county it was. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine and Short Hills. That he thinks that that he served part of his time under Capt Spencer. That the said James Carr and Juliana Clark were married in the County of Hardy in the state of Virginia in the year of one Thousand Eight hundred Seven hundred and seventy nine or perhaps Seventeen hundred seventy Eight but cannot state exactly the date. That the Marriage took place previous to his leaving the service. That the said James Carr died on January one Thousand Eight hundred and Seven. That the said Juliana Clark was after her said husbands death married again to a man by the name of Henry Clark who also died in the year

One Thousand Eight hundred and twenty one in the Month of March. That the said Juliana Clark bore by her first husband the said James Carr Eight children named in the certificate of the court hereunto annexed. And that she had no children by her last husband. That the said Juliana Carr died on the 10th day of November A.D. 1843 And that she was the widow of the above named James Carr And Henry Clark at the day of her death. That he makes this declaration for the use and benefit of the children before referred to. And he has given the best account he is able to give of the services of the said James Carr from the information in his possession.
Subscribed and sworn to in open court this day and year aforesaid
Whitine
Clerk
John Carr
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named James Carr was a Soldier of the Revolution as above stated by John Carr the Administrator
Whitine Clerk
State of Indiana
Fountain County ss
I Joseph Restine Clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of John Carr Administrator of Julia Ann Clark deceased for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the official seal of said Court on this 16 day of May 1845
Whitine Clerk
State of Indiana
Fountain County ss I Joseph Restine Clerk of the Probate Court began and holden at Covington in and for the County and state aforesaid on the day 11th day of August 1845- do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence was exhibited to said court that James Carr died in January 1807. And Henry Clark died in March 1821. And that their widow Juliana Clark died on the 10th day of November 1843 leaving by her first husband the following named children viz. Mary Douglass, Amelia Prindle, John Carr, Sarah Funk, Elizabeth Blair Margaret Funk, Moses Carr. the oldest child William Carr is now dead
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the official seal of said court at my office in Covington this 11th day of August 1845-
Whitine Clerk

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Bernard Preston Pribble Was born born April 15 1783 Amelia Carr Was born August Sarah Pribble Was born July 29 1787 December 31 Day - 1807 John young Pribble Was born July 24 Day - 1810 James Carr Pribble Was born September 9 Day - 1812 Harriet Pribble Was born October 1 Day - 1814 Mary Pribble Was Born November 18 Day - 1816 Sitas MC Pribble Was born August 28 1820 Samuel Pribble Was Born May 3 rd Day - 1823
William Henry Pribble Was Born September the 12 1825
Rufus Pribble was born September - the 24 Day 1827
BIRTHS.
Jane Pribble was Born September the 21 st Day - 1830
Lucurgus Pribble was Born May 2 nd 1832
This Child the Twelfth By birth tho' from neglect is put here - Was Born 15 th Day of September a 1831 and Died the 18 th of the same month
Donna Maria Florence Pribble by Saluca Gabriella Panette Mason Daniel Pribble was born January 17 th Day 1835 of January

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Bernard, J. Pribble, and Amelia, Carr, Was Married January the 26 Day 1807 Sarah, Pribble Was

State of Indiana Fountain County ss Be it known that on this 11 th day of August 1848 - before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county, personally appeared Amelia Prindle after being first duly sworn according to law. doth on her oath say that she is a daughter of James Carr deceased and Julian Clark deceased. That her Mother the said Julian Clark after the death of her first husband the said James Carr married a man by the name of Henry Clark who died in the month of March 1821 in the county of Hardy and State Ohio That she has often heard her father the said James Carr and her Mother the said Julian Clark say that they were married in Hardy county and State of Virginia. she thinks some time in the year seventeen hundred and seventy Eight or Nine (1778 or 9) And that she has often heard her father father the said James Carr telling about serving in the Revolutionary War And of being in the Battles of Brandywine and Short hills She further stated that her Mother died on the tenth day of November 1843. And that she never drew a pension. And that her father the said James Carr died in the State of Ohio in the month of January (1807) Eighteen hundred and seven. That her Mother the said Julian Clark bore eight children by her first husband the said James Carr And that this Affiant is the third child she had after her marriage. And that the family Record hereto Annexed contains an

Correct account of this Affiant's Birth which was at the time stated in the annexed record. That the said record of her age and her children ages was made some
thirty years ago and has been in her possession ever since. Further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed
Amelia Pottle
on the day and year last above mentioned before me
Jacob Tice L.P.
I Jacob Tice the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing deposition was sworn to and subscribed do certify that Amelia Pottle the deponent is an credible Witness. Given under my hand this 11 th day of August 1845-
Jacob Tice
L.P.

Adams County Ohio Set.
Mrs Mary Carr of said County aged past 79 years states that she was well acquainted with James Carr and his wife Mrs Julia Ann Carr whose maiden name was Worley (V irg ).
My first acquaintance with them was in the state of Virginia near the Potomac River; she cannot state the County but it was near a town then called Morefield which was the County seat; this was in or about the year 1786. The said James and Julia Ann were then married and had two children as well as I now remember. The family had moved from New Jersey to Virginia several years previous to my acquaintance with them.
I have always heard and believed that the above named James Carr had served in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War—
2. William Carr the father of said James Carr was also in the service as they told me; I do not now remember

what Regiment or Line said James Carr served in but my recollection is that the family was living in Virginia during the War
I do not now remember whether I ever heard James Carr himself speak of his services or not, as my acquaint- -tance with him did not last many years; and the principal source of my information has been from conversations between William Carr above named and Daniel Carr my husband who was a younger brother of said James and is now dead. The above named William Carr lived with us a while and as stated above I have often heard him speak of serving himself to the end of the War and of his son James also serving there and according to my best recollection they were together a portion of the time
David Carr of said County aged 46 years states that he has often heard his father Daniel Carr named above speak of his brother the above named James Carr
Vir

Hee always told me that his father William Carr and his brother James Carr and I think also his brother William Carr had served in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War and that said James Carr was in the service as above named when the War closed and that said James had entered the service at 18 years old. I do not now remember the names of the officers or Regiment but they were living in Virginia at the time of the War. The family having moved there from New Jersey.
And we both further state that we are disinterested; and that the above representation of we have always heard and believed to be true and never heard the truth thereof disputed by any one
Adams County Ohio this twenty first day of October A.D. 1854
2 Witnesses
Mary Carr mark
John Divine Adams County Ohio
David Carr

Adams County Ohio Set
Sworn to and subscribed before me a justice of the peace in and for said County on the day and year above written and I certify that both of said affiants are persons well known to me as being of good reputation for truth and veracity. I believe them to be of the respective ages they call themselves and to be disinterested and I am myself so.
John Divine Justice of the Peace A.D. 1860
Adams County Ohio
I James P. Hook
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for in and for said County do certify that John Divine Esq., whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate was at the date of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified
In Testimony of which I do hereto subscribe my name and affix my official seal at my office in West Union on this 30 th day of October
A.D. 1854
for 50 cts not paid
James P. Hook C. & C.

1721
FILED
Juliana Clark P. O. formerly widow of the
Service: James Clark
Enlisted: Correct Book _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges List of suspended claims printed in 1852 shows cause of
Re-enlisted: suspension as follows: "For proof of identity with soldier of the same name of the Virginia Line."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

V N 6587
Juliana Carrasco
Ingr Lib. 6. 1. 2. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Nov. 19. 45
Let: to A. Bartlett May 31/53
C.A. Barkley Nov 3 1882
a 124 June 1876

6581 Clark Juliana Catt dec d former widow of James Catt Ind
J. L. & A. J. Smith Nov 19 1845 A. Bartlett not found May 7 1853 (Hamp) C. H. Barklay Nov 3 1854 (Hamp) same " 22 " (" " " Jany 27 1855 Mrs. A. Shaw mch 6/58. " J. C. Robinson Feb 4/60
1721 July 4 1836

Session Office, February 4, 1860.
Sir,
In response to your note of the 28 th ultimo I have the honor to state that the condition of the claim of the heirs of Juliana Carr, deceased, remains precisely the same as at the date of the letter addressed to Hon. Mr. Shaw under date of March 6, 1858, which is herewith returned to you.
Prior to 1857, the surviving children of revolutionary soldiers were permitted by an erroneous practice of this office to establish and recover pensions which had been unclaimed or unestablished by their parents; but in that year, the Department decided in conformity with an elaborate opinion of the attorney General that such practice was unauthorised by law - and that such claims died with the soldier and his widow.
Hon. S. C. Robinson House of Reps.

Pension Office, March 6, 1888.
Sir:
In relation to the claim of the surviving children of Juliana Carr, widow of James Carr, an alleged revolutionary soldier, for pension money under act of July 4, 1836, I have the honor to state that it was disallowed, in 1854 for the reason that the service of claimants' father was not satisfactorily established - It appears that "James Karr " received land from the State of Virginia - but (apart from the difference in the orthography) of the name  identity of name it is not was not deemed sufficient to establish the fact, that claimants' father performed the service for which land was obtained, Another objection to the allowance of this claim exists, which however now exists especially as the claim declaration of claimants left it uncertain whether their father served (if at all) in Virginia or New Jersey. Another objection, however, now exists to the allowance of this claim. The

Department, has decided since the rejection of this claim upon its merits, that children of the soldiers & their widows of revolution soldiers, cannot es- tablish and recover claims of this des- cription. Pensions are personal gratuities and cannot be reestablished and re- covered after the death of the party to whom they are promised. If I herewith return Mr Bartlett's letter,
With great respect, Yr
Gen Aaron Shaw, House of Reps

D. W. Barkley Jan 20/63

Pension Office
Jan'y 27 1835
Sir
The name of James Carr, the husband of Juliana of Ind is not found upon any Rolls of New Jersey service in this office. The Records in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey are much more complete than those in the possession of this office.
July 4 1836 JMT
C. H. Barkley Esq Louisville Ky

C. H. Barclay Nov 22/1854

Pension Office Nov 22 1857
Sir The some affidavits under cover of your letter of the 16th inst have been received and filed with the papers in the case of Juliana Barr Sec d of Ind under the Act of July 4, 1836, and will be examined and reported when you file the additional evidence referred to by you,
C A Barkley Louisville Kentucky

W. H. Darcy
Nov 3 rd / 57

Pension Office Nov 3 1834
Sir The enclosed copy of a letter of the 19th of Nov r 1845, to Messrs F L & A Thos. Smith will explain the con- dition of the case of Juliana Carr dec d of Ind. No additional evidence has been filed since the date of said letter,
C H Barkley Esq Louisville Ky
U.S. Clerk

31 st May 1883

Pension Office May 31/53
Sir
In reply to your communication in the case of Juliana Carr decd. Widow of James of Ind: under 4 July 1836. I have to inform you, that no evidence has been filed since Nov: 19 1845. when the reasons for its suspension, were stated to Messrs J. S. & A. T. Smith in a letter from this Office, a copy of which is herewith enclosed.
A reconsideration of the claim can not be had until the requirements of that letter are fully met -
Archer Bartlett Esq. Marshall Ky

197 Pension Office
March 19 1845
Gentlemen
In the Case of Juliana Barr. dec d . who was the widow of James Barr, whose heirs are now asserting in her right for the benefit of the act of 4 July 1836, the Service, for which this Claim is made, is not set forth with sufficient precision to enable the Department to make the necessary investigation of the rolls in this office for evidence of the same. Neither the Regiment nor the names of the officers being given.
It is alleged that James Barr served in the Continental Lines of the States of New Jersey and Virginia. but how long he served in each State or at what period of the war has not been stated. The certificate of the register of the Land Office at Winchester shews that a Warrant for 200 Acres of Land was issued to James Barr for service in the line of that State, on the 24 th June 1783; but Claimants have produced no evidence whatever to identify their father with the individual to whom that Warrant was issued. Any satisfactory evidence on this point must be exhibited before this Claim can be admitted. It should be shown also how long he served in New Jersey and at what time he left that State. the

As the act under which an application should be made is regulated by the time at which the marriage took place the date of that event, should be clearly and set forth. In this case it is stated the marriage took place in 1788 or 1789 but The family record shows that their oldest child was not born until April 1783. but how long they were married prior to the birth of this child there is no enumeration to show that your marriage took place  there is  to show that your marriage took place If the marriage took place in Virginia the clerk's office of Henrico County may possibly furnish a copy of the act thereof.
* S.H.P. be 78 or 79
W. R. S. H. P. 1788 Mar 19. 1883
J. L. & A. S. Smith Present.

6381,
Oct. 17, 1848,
Tuliana Can. del,
July 4, 1836,
no papers

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Washington D.C. 16 October 1845
We transmit herewith the declaration of Amelia Prindle and John Carr, children of James Carr a private in the war of the revolution in the states of Virginia and New Jersey. You will find with these papers the certificate of the Probate Court of Fountain County, Indiana, of the death of the said James Carr and his widow and of the names of their children, also the family record and certificate of the issue of a warrant from the State of Virginia for Bounty Land.
We are very respectfully
Yours M. G. S. J. L. & A. H. Smith
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions.

Louisville Ky January 20 th 1855
Sir
In case of Juliana Barr deceased widow of James Barr dec of Indiana I have to say that so far I have not been able to get proof of identity with the records of Virginia — In regard to his Service in N.J. the Secretary reports to me that his name is not on any rolls in his office. Have you any rolls of the N.J. Troops?
Mr. Barr when he lived in N.J. lived in the same County that Elizabethtown is app in. This is the only index that they can give to his Service there, and as I am informed that the Service in N.J. is arranged in Counties you can probably ascertain his Service there. If agreeable to your rules please examine your New Jersey Records and report to me whether his name appears there
Yours Resp y
L. H. Barkley
Hon. S. P. Waldo Commissioner

Lexington Ky Oct 28th 1834
Sir
Enclosed herein I send you a power of Attorney in case of Julia Ann Carr deceased widow of James Carr deceased Application has heretofore been made from Covington Fountain County Indiana
Please report to me what further proof is necessary in the case Address me at Louisville Kentucky
Respectfully
C. H. Barkley
Hon L P Waldo Commissioner Pensions Washington D. C.

See Letter of Nov 22 1854

(Copy)
Pension Office Nov 19 1845
Gentlemen,
In the case of Julia Ann Can-de who was the widow of James Can whose heirs are now applying for in her right for the benefit of the act of 4 th July 1836 the service for which this claim is made is not set forth with sufficient precision to enable the Department to make the necessary investigations of the rolls in this office for evidence of the same. Neither the Regiment or the names of the officers have been given.
It is alledged that James Can served in the Continental Lines of the states of New Jersey and Virginia but how long he served in each state or at what period of the war has not been stated.
The certificate of the Register of the Land office of Virginia shows that a warrant for 200 acres of Land was issued to James Karr for service in the Line of that state on the 20 th June 1783: but claimants have produced no evidence whatever to identify their father with the individual to whom that warrant was issued.
Very satisfactory evidence on this point must be exhibited before this claim can be admitted.

It should be shown also how long he served in New Jersey and at what time he left that state
As the act under which application should be made is regarded by the time the at which the marriage took place, the date of that event should be clearly set forth. In this case it is stated that the marriage took place in 1778 or 1779. The family record shows that their oldest child was not born until April 1783 but how long they were married prior to the birth of this child there is no evidence whatever to show. If the marriage took place in Virginia the clerk's office of Hardy County may possibly furnish evidence of the date thereof
J L & A Thos Smith Present

Louisville Ky Nov 16 th 1834
Sir
I send herewith the affidavits of Mrs Mary Carr and her son David Carr of Adams Co. Ohio and the affidavit of Daniel Carr of Lewis Co Ky which is all I can do at present but will proceed to further investiga- =tion as soon as I can
Respectfully
A H Barkley
Honble P Waldo Commissioner Washington D, C,

Marshall Ill Jan 28 th 1858
Dr Sir,
I write you concerning the claim of Mr Carr as Administrator of the estate of Silvia Ann Carr deceased for a pension as a widow of a Revolutionary soldier. I sent on his declaration to draw a pension for her heirs I think in the year 1844 it might have been in 1845 - when L. L. Edward was Commissioner of Pensions and received an answer that the proof was not sufficient concerning the marriage I then sent on old family records &c which I think was sufficient evidence of her marriage to satisfy the most credulous about it. I then got a certificate of his services from the rolls of Virginia and sent it to the department. And I did not hear any thing from the Pension office for several months. I then got Mr Uri Hardy of this place to write to the office about it and he received an answer that they could not find the papers and so

has remained ever since. I think there must have been some mistake about looking for the papers. and believing as I do that it is as just a claim as was ever allowed from that department I would be very glad to have it looked into and get it allowed. The evidence I think was sufficient to satisfy any person. The old lady was married previous to her husband's service she was very old when she died. her children are in very straitened circumstances and it would be a great favor to them to have the claim allowed.
I think the administrator's name is Meases Carr. I do not know for a certainty whether he claimed under the Act of 1836 or 1838.
With much respect I am (Your Obt Servant)
Archer Bartlett
N.B. The declaration was made in Fountain County Indiana. when the Claimants reside

John Carr Administrator of Julia Ann Carr de- Widow of James Carr decd
Attorney C. H. Barkley Louisville Kentucky
Please seal & forward to me in the inclosed envelope

Know all men by these presents that I John Carr of Fountain County Indiana administrator of the estate of Julia Ann Carr dec widow of James Carr dec a Revolutionary Soldier in the service of the United States of the Virginia
Line, as set forth heretofore in the papers filed in the case, do hereby with full power of substitu- -tion appoint C. H. Barkley of Lou- -isville Kentucky my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name as administrator aforesaid to prosecute against the Government of the United States any claim for pension money to which I may be entitled. And I hereby ratify and confirm all his lawful acts and deeds in this behalf
Witness my hand and seal in Fountain County Indiana on this 16th day of September 1834
2 Witnesses Samuel Johnson G. H. Standart
Fountain County Indiana
John Carr

Fountain County Indiana Set
Be it known that on this 16th day of September 1834 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared John Carr to me well known and acknowledged the signing sealing and delivering the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes set forth therein. In Testimony of which I do hereto subscribe my name
Samuel Colman Justice of the Peace
Fountain County Indiana Set
I Joseph Ristric Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County do certify that Samuel Colman whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate was, at the date of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified.
In Testimony of which I do hereto subscribe my name and affix my official Seal at my office in Covington on this 23 rd day of September 1834
J. Ristric, Clerk By C. L. Hunsicker, Dep.

6587.
Oct. 17, 1848.
Juliana Barr. do
Mayw of James
Juliana Ind Barr. do
act Aug 4, 1836,

State of Indiana Fountain County p Joseph Reistine Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Jacob Tice is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the official seal of said court this 11th day of August 1845.
Whitins Clerk

Daniel Carr

Lewis County Kentucky Set
Daniel Carr of said County aged 68 years states that he was well acquainted with James Carr who lived in this County many years since and also with Mrs. Julia Ann Carr wife of said James. They moved from here to Ohio many years since and the said James died there as I soon after heard leaving said Julia Ann (whose maiden name was Worley) his widow.
I have always heard and believed that said James Carr served in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War.
I cannot state what Regiment or Line he served in nor where my father and said James who were brothers were raised but always heard that my father William Carr and his brother James named above had both served as above set forth. According to what I have always

heard my father was living on the South branch of the Potomac, near the Soon after the War when I was born and perhaps for years before but according to my best recollec- tion they were raised in New Jersey but in this I may be mistaken. And I am disinterested Lewis County Kentucky this 19 th day of October 1832 Daniel Carr
Lewis County Kentucky Set
Sworn to and subscribed before me a justice of the peace in and for said County on this 19 th day of October 1834 and I do certify that said Daniel Carr is a man of good reputation for truth and veracity. I believe him to be of the age he calls himself and to be disinterested and I am myself so. Words "near the town of Morefield" were interlined before signing Samuel Glasgow J.P.

Lewis County Kentucky Set I, George T. Walbert, Clerk of the County Court, in and for said County, do certify, that Newman Glascock Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified
In Testimony of which I do here subscribe my name and affix my official seal at my office in Clarkburg on this sixth day of November 1834-
Geo. T. Walbert, Clerk, Lewis County Court, Ky.