Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29055, John Carr, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
larr, John
S. 29055-
CONTENTS

3613
New York City
John Carr
of Tioga in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wisner — " — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hathorn in the New York — line for 2 Years — " — " —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of 80 Dollars — Coms per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Decr: 1832 — " — and Supts. I Robins or Eliza
Arrears to 14th of Sep 1832 $ 120 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Mar '33 40
$160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
John Carr Clerk.
Recorded by Book D Vol. 5 Page 83
Cert to Pen of J. G. Fletcher to Hon N. Jones. 13 March 1838 To New York City Fr. Albany from 4 th Sept 1837. — 27 March 1838 Modification sent to Hon N. Jones. H. R.
Eliza Carr Oct 2. '45

10532. John Carr Declaration
admitted 2 years 80 $
Debt to the care of James Robinson agent Elaine Trope County of York

At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the Village of Elmina in and for the County of Tioga in the State of New York Commencing on the fourth day of September 1832. Present Hon Grant B. Baldwin first Judge, Darius Bentley John R. Drake Joseph L. Darling & Elijah Shoemaker
E. S. G. Judges
State of New York } Tioga County ss }
On this 4 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges aforesaid being a Court of record because made so by the Constitution and Laws of the State having my hand and seal and seal, now sitting John Barr a resident of the Town of Southport in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy three years the twenty fifth day of May 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated - That on or about the first of October 1776 he enlisted for the term of nine months in the Company commanded by Captain John Wisner in the County of Orange and State of New York and in Col Henry Wisner's Regiment was marched to New Windsor on the North River where we were stationed about six weeks. Then to Fort Montgomery where he served out the nine months in Garrison duty and repairing the Fort, was dismissed and returned home without any written discharge, about

the first of July 1777. He then in the course of a few days enlisted into the Company of Captain Ellmer in the same Regiment of Col Henry Wisner and continued in the service along the North River till towards the beginning of winter - In the spring of 1778 enlisted for three months in the Company of Captain Aln- thorn and under Col Hathorn and was stationed at Fishkill in Dutchess County opposite to Poughkeepsie served out that term of three months - he then entered the frontier service under Col. Hathorn and continued therein for upwards of two years without any particular engagement as to length but to continue as long as the circumstances of the service should require - During this last mentioned service he was in the Minisink Country upon the Delaware which was a strong hold of the Indians and Tories and during that period there were various alarms and Muster of the Militia in the interior in all which this deponent had to take his equal share of duty; in this service he was under orders till the fall of 1780 having been in active service for the greater part of the time for four years - That he has no documentary evidence of his said services neither does he know of any person whose testimony he can prove who can testify to them
And in answer to the several interrogatories put to him by the Court he says that he was born in the Town of Newark in the County of Orange and State of New York on the twenty fifth day of May in the year 1759

That he has a record of his age in his family Bible and obtained the date of his birth from his mother. At the time he first entered the service he lived in the place of his nativity and lived at the same place after the Revolutionary War till the year 1822 since which time he has lived at his present residence in Southport aforesaid, that in all his services as before stated he was a volunteer - that Gen George Clinton and Gen James Clinton were with the Troops occasionally where he served in force part of his service - That he never received any other discharge than a verbal dismission from the service - that he would refer to Solomon Smith, John Smith and Caleb Baker all of Southport aforesaid who are well acquainted with his reputation for truth and veracity and who can testify to the truth in the truth of the foregoing declaration.
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. Sworn to & subscribed - } the day and year aforesaid } Green M Tuttle Clk
John Gann

We Simon R Jones a clergy man residing in Southport and John Waite and Samuel Tuttle of the same Town
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Carr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy three years of age and upwards 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 —
Simon R Jones John Waite Samuel Tuttle the day & year aforesaid
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 ap- plicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Simon R. Jones who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in Southport and that John Waite and Samuel Tuttle who have also signed the same are residents in the same Town and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit
J. B. Baloun First Juror

I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Barr for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 10 th day of Sept r 1832.
Green M Tuthill

10532
John Barr
16.
28 No. 1832
P 113.
James Robinson Climira, Tioga co., N. York.

10532
BRIEF in the case of W. of Tioga
John Barr in the State of  New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     About first of Oct. In 1776 9 Private Gen. Cap. S. Munn, Col. H. Wisner.   about first July 1777 till towards beginning winter " Cap. Ellmer, Col. Wisner.   Spring 1778 3 " Cap. Winthorn, Col. Hathorn   "then" upwards of 2 years " Col. Hathorn  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warwick, Orange Co. N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Fawcett Examining Clerk.

Rev
29 055 INVALID.
File No. 29,055
John Care His Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 82"
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870.]

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
March 17 1838
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 13 th inst. I have to state, that John Carr a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at 80 — Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1837.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thos W. (Custard)
PRES'T, AND PENSION AGENT.

Washington Mar. 12, 1838
Hon. J. L. Edgcomb, Genl. Pensioner.
Sir Will you please transfer the name of John Carr a Pensioner of the State of N. York from Albany to New York Agency I am acquainted with Carr who came into my district last Summer with a design to spend the remainder of his days as I was informed Very Respectfully
Nathl. Jones

Mat No Ewan
Mr. Nathan Jones # 1802

House of Reps.
Mar. 26, 1838
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
Has the name of John Carr a Pensioner, been transferred from the Agency at Albany N.Y. to that of the City of New York as desired by me on the 12 th instant.
Very Respectfully
Nathan Jones.

Official signature of the Magistrate.
A. C. Mulliner
STATE OF NEW-YORK, County of Orange } ss.
I Lebbeus L. Veie Clerk of the Common Pleas Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that A. C. Mulliner — is a Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County — duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the eleventh day of April 1837 and will expire on the last day of December 1840 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County, the sixth day of March 1838
Lebbeus L. Veie, Clerk.

Newburgh March 28 th 1898
To Hon J. L. Edwards Sir
Will you have the name changed from Albany to New York of John Carr and oblige your humble Servt
John Carr by his Atty Jas D Monell

Under Act 7th June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Orange COUNTY, } ss.
BE IT KNOWN, That before me Alexander C. Mullenix a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John Carr and made oath, in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original Certificate, in his possession, of which, I certify, the following is a true copy:
WAR DEPARTMENT. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th of June, 1832, John Carr of the state of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War-Office of the United States, this 21 st day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Examined and Countersigned.
Lew. Cass Secretary of War.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions: John Carr being duly sworn doth depose & say That he now resides in the Town of Newburgh Orange Co. New York and has resided there for the space of six months  year last past, and that previous thereto he resided in the Town of Elmira Tioga County & state aforesaid. The word "cents" on 13 th line and "years" on 23 rd line, erased before signing Sworn and subscribed before me, this eighth day of March 1838 A. C. Mullenix Jus. Peace.
John Carr
If the Pensioner has always lived in his present place of residence, insert the words NO OTHER PLACE in this blank.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of New-York, County of Orange } ss.
On this eighth day of March — 1838, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared John Carr — who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Weisner — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John H. H. H. — in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York at Albany from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of New York Orange County where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future; and that his reasons for removing to the state of New York Orange County
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
A. H. Mullane
Justice etc.
John Carr
NOTES.—The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required.
State of New-York } Robert Kelly of Newburgh Orange County } in said County being duly sworn says that he well knows John Carr a Revolution- ary Pensioner to be the same person described in the above affidavit and that he has no (carried over)

doubt as to his personally identity Sworn to & subscribed --- } Robert T Kelly before me this 8th of March 1838 } W.C. McMullin a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Grant I Alexander C. McMullin a Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that the above deponent Robert Kelly — is a person of veracity McMullin a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Grant
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