Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,027, Robert Carr, Continental (N.H.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N.H.) Carr, Robert
S 46,027
CONTENTS

10732 New Hampshire
Robert Carr of Milford in the State of N. H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wall of the ————— commanded by Genl Sullivan in the N. Hamp line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 40— Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of April 1833 and sent to Franklin Pierce Milford N. H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $80.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept., 20.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded By L. H. Hudson Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 15! Page 26

Robert Carr N Hampshire
Private 1 year
Alma
12783
S. Pierce Hillsborough N 14

BRIEF in the case of  Robert Carr  60 of Hillsborough  in the State of  NH  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open County  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. Gen.     NH Militia Dec. In 1775 Day 1776 1 Private Col. Hale Genl. Sullivan  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? N Hampshire C. Shrewsbury  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

No 31, 128
Declaration Robert Carr
12.83
for 12.83
add up to Franklin Pierce Esq Hillsborough N.H.
X
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
County of Hillsborough ss.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the
and Robert Carr
Witness, and in what part were you born?
Answer.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
On this
Natutt
day of August A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Francastown within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid, Robert Can of Hillsborough in the County of State aforesaid
aged seventy four years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say, In the month of September 1775
on of January 1776 he entered into the army of the Revolution in the New Hampshire Militia for the term of one year. he belonged to Col John Stark's Regt in a Company commanded by Captain Nathl. G. Hopkinton N.H. Col Stark was first Lieut. Jesse Can of Goffstown Second and Col Pritchard Ensign. He Marched from Concord to New London took shipping to New York went from thence to Albany. Thence to Lake George Thence to Lake Champlain and having served the term of one year was dismissed at Fort Independence near Saratoga

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
August 21. 1832
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Robert Carr
Sworn to
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate -
We John Lawton a Clergyman residing in the town of Hillsborough in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Benjamin Pierce residing in
Hillsborough aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Carr who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be sixty five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
John Lawton Benjamin Pierce
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate -
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 John Lawton who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hillsborough and that the Hon. Benj n Pierce who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Hillsborough and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Parker -
Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Robert Carr for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton
Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Robert Carr and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Litchfield, New Hampshire A D 1757
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a record of my age in My Bible
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
When I entered the Service I resided in Litchfield in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire. I have resided in Hillsborough where I now live fifty two years
4. 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 enlisted voluntarily
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, General Sullivan commanded at first & afterwards General Gates, Colo. Stark, Colo. Poor, Colo. Patterson, Colo. Mansfield &c
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer,
I did not receive a written discharge.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Deacon Paul Goodidge, Capt William Skey, General Benjamin Pierce Mayor Isaac Andrews
Certified by
C. H. Atherton
Register.

Amalia Widow, etc. Ray
File No. 46.027
Robt Carr Private Capt. Hall N.H. Mil a Rev War
Act June 7. 1832
Index: Vol. 1- , Page 76
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Robert Carr 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? 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
EXPLANATORY NOTES.

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? yy 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? yy 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? yy Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yy 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? yy XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yy XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yy
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 shown 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.

Affidavit James Loan for Robert Carr

I James Carr of Hillsborough in the County of Sussex and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that I am now a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818. that I am now eighty years of age, that having served eight months at Winter Hill, Mass, in 1775 - I again enlisted into a Company commanded by Captain Hall of Hopkinton N.H. that our Hardy was our first Lieutenant Jesse Carr of Hopkinton our second and our Pritchard of Hopkinton our ensign, that I was immediately appointed a Sergeant in said John Hall's Company, that Robert Carr then of Hopkinton now of Hillsborough in the County aforesaid enlisted into said Company in the years service as a private in Novr or Decr 1775. and that he served in the same Company and in the same Company with me during the term of four years - We marched from Winter Hill I think to Woodstock I think took shipping to New York, went from there to Albany, thence to Lake George, thence to Lake Champlain - He said Carr served in the same Company, and the same Company with me during the term of four years.
James Carr State of New Hampshire July 9.
Hillsborough County ss 9 th 1852
Subscribed the day and year last aforesaid
Before me
Franklin Pierce Justice of the Peace
I certify that James Carr the above deponent is a man of veracity and entitled to entire credit
Franklin Pierce Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office July 9. 1832.
The within named Franklin Pierce is a Justice of the Peace for our County of Hillsborough duly constituted and sworn and his signature as such genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of the State. Ralph M c Call Secretary.
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