Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,782, Lewis Carpenter, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Carpenter Lewis Mary Ann
NUMBER
W. 26.782.
CONTENTS
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Increase  New York 27158
Reported
Levis Carpenter, Doc d
of Livingston in the State of N.Y. who was a Brig. Capt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Perry of the Reg t commanded by Col. Tyler in the Revolution line for
8 Mo. 17 days Private 6 " Corp t
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 28 Dollars 59 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. and ending 12th March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of July, 1848, and signed to Hon. J. S. Hengerland
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Payable to his widow Mary Ann Carpenter
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Th. D. Dunshee Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. 4 Page 13
Increase from $48. per annum

9692 Lewis Carpenter Savoy Mass - Application for Pension Augt 29 1832
Adm d 14. m 10 days Pri Capt Perry boro lands Tyler
H. W. Bishop Esq r Lenox Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this twenty ninth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, Sawis Carpenter — a resident of the town of Savoy in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the month of July 1777 at Rehobath in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts he enlisted for the term of one month into the company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter in which Jacob Fuller was Lieutenant and one Ezra Hunt was Ensign. He marched from said Rehobath to Providence in the state of Rhode Island, when he was attached to the Regiment under the command of one Thomas Carpenter a Colonel. In said Regiment one Fales was a Major. After said Regiment had been stationed at said Providence for one week it marched to North Kingston in said state of Rhode Island, fifteen miles below said Providence, on the west side of the river, nearly opposite to the Island of Rhode Island, where said Regiment was employed in protecting the country from the incursions of the British troops. Here he remained about three weeks, when he was dismissed, having served one month the term for which he had enlisted, and returned home at said Rehobath.
In the month of July 1779 at said Rehobath he again enlisted for the term of six months into the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Franklin. With this company he marched to said Providence and was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nathan Tyler. He remained at said Providence with

7- said Regiment until the first of November next following the date of his enlistment - was Employed in guarding the town of Providence and in building a fort on Bacon Hill in said Providence. He recollects no officers except those attached to his Regiment - The said Regiment decamped from said Providence about the first of November in flat-bottom-boats, and landed at Bristol in said State of Rhode Island. where said Regiment was Employed as a guard about one week - The Regiment then marched or was carried across Bristol Ferry into the town of Newport on the Island of Rhode Island where the Regiment was Employed in guarding the town and prostrating the walls & filling the trenches erected & dug by the British while in possession of the town - Then there were with our Regiment three other Regiments one commanded by Col. Topham & one by Colonel Crary of the Rhode Island line - and a Regiment of blacks commonly called the black Regiment commanded by Colonel Webb. He here served with his said Regiment till his six months term expired when he was dismissed & returned to his home at Rehobath
3 In the month of July 1780. at said Rehobath he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt John Perry for the term of three months. In this company - Philip Walker was Lieut. & Amos Brown 2 d Lieut. - His company was

11 Nov 10 3-
Many subalterns. He enlisted for the term of three months. He march. with his company under the immediate command of Sergeant Israel Goff to Providence, Rhode Island. Thence to Springfield Massachusetts where the company drew provisions, Thence said company march thro Canaan. Connecticut. to West Point on the North River. Capt Barney and his subalterns joined the Company at Canaan aforesaid or near there. He reach West Point on the ninth day of August. In about ten days after the company reached West Point one Col. Luke Drury arrived and took command of the Regiment to which his Company was attached. Of this Regiment Cyrus French was Adjutant. Solomon How Quartemaster. And Austin Flint Physician was Surgeon & Jonas How his mate. General McDougal took command of the militia at this station. He recollects four Regiments of Continental troops stationed at West Point at that time - viz - one commanded by Col Sproat one commanded by Colonel Brooks. one commanded by Col. Michael Jackson & one commanded by Col. Henry Jackson. These Continental Colonels he saw & recollects distinctly. Other Continental Officers were there, none of which he recollects except General George Washington whom he saw for the first & last time on the twenty third day of August. 1781. The Regiment did no duty there except to provide fuel & c.

marched onto the island of Rhode Island and attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Jacobs. His Regiment was then employed in erecting forts and guarding the island. The French Army was stationed on a place called the neck & the French fleet was at anchor in the harbor. He was detached with about ninety men all under the command of one Nye a Lieutenant and sent to the French troops where he was employed for two or three months in taking care of the horses & in providing forage wood &c. At this place his term of service expired & he was dismissed & returned to his home in Rehobath ~~~~~
1-10 At said Rehobath in the month of March 1781 there was a call for men to enlist for the term of forty days. He enlisted for that term and was placed in a company the Captain of which he does not now recollect but was attached to a Regiment of which one Dean was Colonel & Nathaniel Carpenter was a Major. The said Regiment went onto the island of Rhode Island and there remained in the character of a Guard till the expiration of said forty-days-term of enlistment when he returned home to his place of Residence in said Rehobath. ~
At said Rehobath in the month of July 1781 I again enlisted into a company commanded by one Lieut. Jacob Barney. Lieutenants Evans &

He remained at said West Point till the ninth day of September  November AD 1781. when he rec d a written discharge. having served the term of three months. His discharge he has lost. This is the only written discharge he has ever received. He always entered the service as a volunteer. He has no documentary evidence of his services. and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure. except Mr Jesse Smith of said Savoy. who served with him under Capt. John Perry. and whose deposition is hereto attached. He further states that he was born at said Rehobath May. 9 th 1762. He draws a record of his age, in his family bible. and the like record was made in the Bible of his father which is worn out & gone. There is also a record of his birth on the records of the town clerk of said town of Rehobath. At the several times when he was called into the service as aforesaid he resided in said Rehobath. He resided at Rehobath till the year 1792. when he removed to said Savoy. where he now resides & has resided ever since his removal from Rehobath aforesaid. The Rev d Nathaniel M c Culloch & Obadiah Bliss Esq. who reside in his neighborhood are well acquainted with him & can testify as to his character for veracity & truth & their belief of his services, as a soldier

of the Revolution—

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
S.
Lewis Carpenter
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker Judge of Probate
We Nathaniel McCulloch a clergyman residing in the town of Savoy, and Obadiah Bliss residing in said Savoy, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lewis Carpenter of said Savoy, that we believe him to be Seventy 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
Nathaniel McCulloch Obadiah Bliss
Berkshire ss August 25 th 1832
Then personally appeared before me Nathaniel McCulloch and Obadiah Bliss and made oath that they believe the above certificate by them subscribed to be true — I also certify that I am well acquainted with the said Lewis Carpenter and consider him to be a man of truth and veracity
William Ingraham Justice of Peace

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 Nathaniel McCulloch — who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Savoy — in the County of Berkshire — and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Obadiah Bliss — who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Savoy — in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jewett Carpenter for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this twentymth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

Obadiah Bliss
Berkshire ss August 25 th 1832
Then personally appeared before me Nathaniel H. C. ...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that William Ingraham Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty ninth day of August A. D. 1832.
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Livingston ss.
On this Twenty fourth day of October 183 7 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Livingston personally appeared Lewis Carpenter who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Franklin in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nathan Tyler in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of New York County of Livingston  town of Spengler where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Savoy Berkshire County Massachusetts to the State of New York Livingston County in the town of Spengler viz That Three of his sons resided in the latter place and that he was desirous of joining them for a future place of residence Lewis Carpenter
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Martin Hopkins Justice Peace
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
☞ 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 be sent with the papers.
☞ Mode of authenticating papers. —In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

State of New York Livingston County ss.
I certify that Martin Hopkins was a Justice of the Peace as within. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the within affidavit to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 4th day of November A.D. 1837.
E. Clark Clerk By J. McMillip Dep. Clerk of Livingston County
to are his reasons for removing from his residence and making his petition to be there payable in future. The following is a list of the names of the persons who have been admitted to the to (territory) of the State of New York, where he intends to from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District) his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of in the service of the United States; that in the Regiment commanded by Colonel person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain who, on his oath, declares that he is the same personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of On this _____ day of _____ 183 Committee of

State of New York } ss Livingston County - } ss
On this 27 th day of December 1837 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Salomon G. Grover who on his oath declares that Lewis Carpenter is the identical person named in the within affidavit and who desires to be transferred as a United States Pensioner from the role of the Massachusetts Pension agency to that of the New York agency. Salomon G. Grover Then Subscribed the day & year first above written before me Abiah Southworth Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named deponent Salomon G. Grover is a person of Veracity Dec 27 1837 Abiah Southworth Justice of the peace

State of New York Livingston County ss } I certify that Abab Southworth was a Justice of the Peace as within, and that his signature to the within certificate is genuine. Given under my hand and Seal of Office this 28th day of December A.D. 1837. E. Clark Clerk By J. M. Guntz Dep. Clerk

Separated
Certif return for correction and sent to Wm J. Stine -gealand Augt 3, 48
Died Feb. 28, 1843 (AB)
949 Albany New-York
Mary Ann Carpenter widow of Henry Carpenter who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Revolution Pri's Capt
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 37 1/2
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of July, 1848 and sent to
Wm. J. Stine Esq. House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 39 Vol. 4

State of New York } County of Livingston }
On this 24 th day of June 1848 before me Scott Lord  the Judge of the County Court in and for said County, personally appeared Mary Ann Carpenter who from her age and infirmities is unable to appear in open court, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843 & June 17 th 1844. That she is the widow of Lewis Carpenter who was a Private soldier in the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States. That her husband the said Lewis Carpenter served under Col. Drury and Major Nathaniel Carpenter & she believes other officers whose names she can not now recollect in the State of Massachusetts, and that he died in the Town of Springwater, County of Livingston and State of New York on the twelfth day of March in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty three. Declarant further saith that her maiden name was Mary Ann Bliss and was married to said Carpenter by Stephen Bullock Esq. in the Town of Rehoboth, County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts on the twenty third day of August in the Year one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight
eight nine. That her husband rec d a pension at the rate of Forty Eight Dollars per Annum. That she has not married since the death of her said husband but still remains a widow.
Subscribed & Sworn to before me } This 24 th day of June 1848 } Scott Lord County Judge
The middle of the " " in the 2 nd line and "Eight or" in the 23 d line Erased before signing. Scott Lord County Judge.

State of New York } Livingston County }
Mary Ann Carpenter of Spriegeat in the county of Livingston and State aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law Deposeth that she is the widow of Lewis Carpenter deceased late a prisoner of the united States and died in said County and State on the twelfth day of March 1843 that her said husband served as a private in the Massachusetts Militia as she has been informed by her said husband under the following named officers Col. Doura and Major Nathaniel Carpenter That at the time he was in the service as aforesaid he resided in the town of Rehoboth County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining record evidence of her said husbands service preparatory to making application for a pension and this deponent further saith that she was married to in the town of Rehoboth County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts on the third day of August 1838 to the said Lewis Carpenter Subscribed and sworn } Mary Ann Carpenter this third day of May 1848 before me Joel Hudson Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that Mary Ann Carpenter is the identical person above named and I believe her statement is entitled to full faith and credit
Joel Hudson Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Bristol Town clerk's office Rehoboth July 6 th 1848 I hereby certify that among the Marriages returned and recorded in this office by Stephen Bullock Esq. I find the following plainly and intelligibly written „ Rehoboth, August the twenty third Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine. Then Mr. Lewis Carpenter and Miss Mary Anne Bliss both of Rehoboth were Married by me Stephen Bullock Justice of the Peace Attest — Cyrus M. Wheaton Town Clerk
I Cyrus M. Wheaton above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town clerk of the town of Rehoboth, and by virtue of said office I have the records of the Marriages of said town, and that the above is a true extract from the Records, except the date which is written in fair legible figures as follows, (August the 23 d 1789)
Cyrus M. Wheaton clerk of the town of Rehoboth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Bristol County ss. July 8. 1848 Cyrus M. Wheaton made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed — Before me A. Bassett, Just. of the Peace —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.
I James Sprague Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that A. B. D. Esq. whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at Taunton, this eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty eight. J. Sprague

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
May 28 th 1848.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Lewis Carpenter is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Nathaniel Carpenter's Company of Rehoboth, in Col Thomas Carpenter's Regt, for service at Rhode Island, as a private from July 20 1777, one month and five days.
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Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Joseph Frank- lin's Company in Col Nathan Tyler's Regt. for service at Rhode Island, as a Corporal of Rehoboth, from July 1 to December 31 1779. 6 months. — Upon a Pay Roll of Capt John Perry's Company, in Col Abial Mitchell's Regt, as a private from July 27 to October 30 1780, 3 months and 3 days. Said roll of Capt Perry's Company was sworn to at Rehoboth, in the County of Bristol.
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m 3 1 5 6 0 3 5 0 10 3 27 33 05
17 17
10 00
Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Simon Cole's

104 Company in Col Dears Regt as a private from March 6 th 1789.
10 Ten days Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Jabez Barney's Co in Col Dury's Regt. for service in the State of New York, as a private from July 23 to November 8 th 1789. including allowance of 10 days to return home. 3 Months and 27 days.
3-27 104
Signed to an Order on Treasurer for payment of wages due him for 3 Months service in Capt Jabez Barney's Co Col Dury's Regt at West Point. Said Order is dated.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
January 9 th 16 th A.D. 1784. The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the name shown by the Military records in this Office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm Tufts Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Page  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26782
Mary Ann Carpenter Widow of Lewis Carpenter Corp Rev War
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1940, Oct. 18 - Summary for Mrs Paul G. Smith
MLB

Albany 27 1838 New York
Massachusetts
Lewis Carpenter
of Savoy, in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Comp y , commanded by Captain Perry of the Reg t commanded by Colo Tyler in the Mass line for
14 Month 10 days
Private
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 48 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Feb y . 1834 and sent to H. H Bishop Lenox Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep r 1833 $120 Pens ant . allowance ending 4 th Mar 34. 24
$144
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book Vol. 2 Page 14
Trans Cr 5 th Oct 1837
Cr to Pen age 5 Oct 1837
To Albany N. York from 4 March 1837. 18. Jan y 1838 Notification
Sent to S. G. Grover, Sprangrater Livingston County N. York
Letter to John A. Van Klief Sep r 28 th 43
Dead 72
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6. April 1838 from 4. Sep r 1842 to 12 th March 1843
Agt notified 29. Oct 1844

Pension
New-York 8384 Albany
Mary Ann Carpenter widow of Lewis Carpenter who was a Pri. and Capt in the Revolution
Wearland Ohio 12 March 43.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 12 th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of July 48. and sent to
Wm. J. S. Hingland Wes P. Rags
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2. Page 88

Act 43 - 9486
13689
Mary Ann Carpenter wid of Lewis NY
act 7 July 1838
Rejected husband also 12 March 1843
Memo 1789
Adm act 3 March 1843, 17 June 44 & 2 July 48.
  6 mo Casual  $22 00     8 mo 17 day, 1 mo  2864      $5054   
pm 12 March 1843
Hon J. S. Shugaland House of Reps

State of New York County of Saratoga
§
On this 24 th day of June 1848 before me J. C. Hild
County Judge in and for said County personally appeared Mary Ann Carpenter who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed February 2, 1848. That she is the widow of Lewis Carpenter who was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty eight Dollars per month and died on the twelfth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
That she has not heretofore recd or made application for a pension but is now about doing so and has employed Mrs. Valentine of Albany N.Y. as her Agent in prosecuting her claim under the Acts of March 3, 1843 and 17 of June 1844, in support of her claim under the Act of 2 d February 1848 she refers to the proofs which may be presented by her Agent aforesaid in connection with her declaration under said Acts of 1843 & 1844. And that Subscribed and sworn to before me June 24 th 1848. she still remains a widow
J. C. Hild County Judge
Maryann Carpenter

State of New York, County of Livingston, I Scott Lord County Judge of said County, do certify, that Mary Ann Carpenter who has, upon her oath, made the three above declarations, retains her faculties in a good degree, and I have the utmost confidence in her statements as set forth in the said declarations, and believe the same to be true.
Scott Lord Livingston County Judge
STATE OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK LIVINGSTON COUNTY

State of New York County of Livingston, ss. I Scott Lord County Judge of said County, do certify, that Mary Ann Carpenter who has, upon her oath, made the three above declarations, retains her faculties in a good degree, and I have the utmost confidence in her ability to do so.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. LIVINGSTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I Certify, that Scott Lord Esquire, was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, and affidavits, annexed.  W. Sprague of County Court the same in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well ac- quainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this 24 day of June A. D. 1848.
Wm. H. Whiting Clerk.

State of New York } County of Livingston }
On this 24 th day of June 1848 before me Scott Lord County Judge in & for said County personally appeared Mary Ann Carpenter who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain an increase of pension which she has been informed & believes was due her husband Lewis Carpenter under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That she is the widow of Lewis Carpenter who was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty eight Dollars per Annum. That her husband the said Lewis Carpenter died in the County aforesaid on the twelfth day of March in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty three And at the time of his death left this Declarant a widow, and that she still remains a a widow. In support of which claim Declarant refers the pension Department to the proof on file in that office in connection with such as may be forwarded by her Agent Mrs. Valentine of Albany N.Y. Subscribed & sworn to before } Mary Ann Carpenter me this 24 th day of June 1848 }
Scott Lord County Judge

I Jesse Smith of Savoy in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massa- chussets aged seventy three years do depose and say that in July or August of the year 1780 I was well acquainted with one Lewis Carpenter then of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth aforesaid now of Savoy aforesaid - that in said month of July or August I was with him in a Company commanded by Capt. John Henry attached to the Regiment commanded by one Colonel Jacobs - that he march with said Company onto the island of Rhode Island and was with him there till about the first of November 1780 - I know that he was in the Service & entered the same as a volun- teer and I was employed with him in the service and we were mess-mates together during the whole time - Jesse Smith
S.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire - At a Court of Probate held at Lenox in & for said County on the twenty ninth day of August AD 1832 Personally appeared in open Court the above named Jesse Smith a person to said Court well known & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed - W. P. Walker Judge of Probate
Must stand the trial here

Payment to be made at Albany by J. W. Cleghorn Esq., Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Albany New York.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 6 th Vol- ume 4 Page 13 by Th. Rumpkin, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Lewis Carpenter, deceased late of New-York, who was a Private and a Corporal in the Revolution, and who died on the 12th day of March, 1843, is inscribed on the pension roll at the rate of Fifty dollars and fifty four Cents per annum, Commencing 4th March, 1831, and ending 12th March, 1843. He having already been paid at the rate of Forty eight dollars per annum, for the same period, the difference between the amount already been paid and the amount now allowed, is one and payable to his widow, Mary Ann Carpenter. Increased from $48.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 27th day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Secretary of War.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Letter July 18/40
To J. S. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions
Yours Wm I Shingerland H. Rep

Albany N.Y. July 10 th 1848
Sir
Enclosed is the Declarations and proofs in the application of Mary Ann Carpenter, widow of Lewis Carpenter, dec d , under the Acts of March 3-1843, June 17 th 1844 and February 2 d 1848, Also for an increase of her husband's pension under the Act of June 7 th - 1832
I am Yours very respectfully W m Valentine
J. S. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 13 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widows of Lewis Carpenter, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York Agency, at the rate of Forty eight — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1842, to the 12 th March 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
J. Wm. LeGrand
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

July 8 1843. Newbury.
Rev. Mary Eliza
Wm. J. L. Edwards Cust. of Prison Washington D.C.
from

Danville Linn's Co. Iowa July 3, 1883
Wm H. Edwards
Sir
I send enclosed papers of the widow Carpenter to draw an arrears of pension of her deceased hus- band. Will you give the matter the requisite attention & oblige
Yours &c W. H. Danville

Mr Evans Jan 12 th
J. J. Schwab Esq.
St
Commissaire of Pensions Washington City

Springwater, Livingston County NY
January 30 1888
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
Enclosed you will find Lewis Carpenter's Application for a transfer from the Pension roll of the State of Massachusetts to that of the State of New York
When acted on please communicate the result to me
Yours Respectfully
C. Morris

Commonwealth Bank Pension Dept. Boston, 11, Oct. 1837.
Sir,
Your letter of the 5 th inst. is recd. - In reply I have to state that Lewis Gar- penten a pensioner now on the roll of this Agency under the act of 7 th June 1832. at $48. per annum has been paid up to 4 th March 1837.
I am, very respf. Your obt. Servt. John R. Simpson President Pension agent.
J. L. Edwards Esqr. Comm r of Pensions Washington D. C.

9692 Lewis Carpenter Savoy Berkshire Mass
Application must be made to E. de Bang E for evidence of the claim- ants names
Augt 21. 1835 Adm. 14 M. 10 d. 1835 Capt Perry lots Tyler
H. W. Burhah Esq Lenox Mass J. Fiske Esq Fort Cambridge Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink; will apply to the claim of Lewis Carpenter 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? distuctly yes 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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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? A living witness
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? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? NO
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Correct
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.

Yrs
Henry W Bishop Esq Lenox Mass
Henry W Bishop

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan. 18 1834
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of "Lewis Carpenter," as a Corporal, is borne on the Pay Rolls of Captain John Franklin's Company, Col Nathan Tyler's Regiment, where he is allowed for services and travel from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1779. six months and one day —
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"Lewis Carpenter's" name is also borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. John Perry's Company Colonel Abial Mitchell's Regiment; where he is allowed for services and travel three months and five days from July 27 th , 1780 —
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Lewis Carpenter also claims for services under Capt. Nath l . Carpenter, in 1777, and Capt. Jabez Barney, in 1781; but the rolls he describes are not found in this office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

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3 Oct 1837
Pension office.
W Evans,
Washington City
To the Secretary of War
Springfield Ky Sep 26
Miss

Springwater September 26 th 1837
To the Secretary of War Sir
Enclosed you will find the Original Certificate of Lewis Carpenter also his application desiring to be taken from the Pension List of the Massachusetts Line and placed on that of the State of New York, when the Department acts upon this case please communicate the result to me
Yours Respectfully
E. Root
Springwater Livingston County N.Y.

Increase Lewis Carpenter NY at 7 June 1832
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6mo Corporal $22 00 81 17 days per 28 54 50.54
From 4 March 1831 to 12 March 1843 the day of his death. Payable to his widow Mary Ann Carpenter -bro-
Hen J. Slingeland House of Reps
May Ann Carpenter In 1834

Pension Office July 1848
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the