Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9312, Benjamin Carr, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
barr, Benjamin
S. 9312
CONTENTS
cardeed

24.237 New York Benjamin ... of Essex Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. by Captain Durkin game of the Regt. commanded by Col. Green in the ... line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Nov. 1833 and to L. Howe Elizabethtown
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 58.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 M. 36 11.66 $69.99
Recorded by { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } G. C. Stiles Clerk Book E. Vol. 4. Page 94

27 5 50
Benjamin Carr N.Y.
Admitted
Private of months
2 months not specified. disallowed
L. Stowe Elizabethtown N.Y.

Declaration
In Order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
County of Essex
On this 25 th day of September in the year of Our Lord 1833. personally appeared in Open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County now sitting Benjamin Carr a resident of the town of Moriah in the said County of Essex aged twenty one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and service as herein stated (viz)
That he enlisted for the term of six months and commenced the service in the month of June in the year 1780 at the town of Situate in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island under the Command of Lieut. ----- Burlingame (the Capt. of the Company being then absent by reason of ill health does not recollect his name) and marched direct to Newport Island and joined Col. ----- Greene's Regiment where he remained for a short time when he passed with his Regiment over to Naragansett at which time the British Fleet appeared off the Harbour, he then returned back to Newport Island where he

remained performing various services in guarding the place until the expiration of the term of his enlistment and was there dismissed but received no written discharge.
That about the first of March following (being 1781) he again enlisted under the Command of Capt. Jonathan Knight, Lieut. Isaac Paine for the term of one month and marched to Newport island and was there employed in repairing the Fort and other duties and was there dismissed having served the full term of his enlistment.
And the said Claimant further Certifies that the said Claimant further states.
That previous to the time of performing the above services and in the year 1778 his name was entered upon the Militia roll of the said State of Rhode Island under which registration he was frequently called into service of the said State as a Solder and was so held in service for different times and on various emergencies, which from the long lapse of time and consequent loss of memory he cannot now state precisely the number nor length of the terms of his services but from a careful review of all the circumstances which occur to his recollection he does state that the service thus rendered could not amount to less than two months; and that the whole service rendered by the said Claimant during the revolutionary war and according to the above statement was not less than nine months for which he claims a pension.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension on that  any except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
That he knows of no person now living who can testify to a personal knowledge of his

was then according to the above statement was not less than Nine months for which he claiming a pension
He hereby relinquishing every claim to a pension except the present and declaring that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
That he knows of no person now living who can testify to a personal knowledge of his
Subscribed
Sworn to & Subscribed to in open court this 25 th day of Sept 1833 before me Percival Morse Deputy Clerk
Benj. Carr
We John Sturges a clergyman residing in the town of Elizabethtown in the said County of Essex and Isaac Westcott of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Carr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is respected and beloved in his neighbourhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and we hereby further certify that from our personal acquaintance with the claimant we can say that he is intitled to the fullest credit  Sworn to and subscribed in open court before me this 25 th day of Sept. 1833 Percival Morse Deputy Clerk  John Sturges Isaac Westcott  And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatory prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifying that it appears to them that John Sturges who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Elizabethtown and that Isaac Westcott who has also signed the same is a resident in Elizabethtown aforesaid and is a creditable person and that their statement is intitled to credit
I Leonard Stow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court

in the matter of the application of Benjamin Barr for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court at the Clerks office of the said County this 25 th day September 1833. Racival Moore, Dist. Clerk.
The following interrogatories were put to the Plaintiff by the Court and the following answers returned at the time of answer.
First. When and in what year was you born
Ans. In the year 1763 at Exeter in the State of Rhode Island
2 " Have you any record of your age if so where is it
" I have none
3 " When was you living when called into service when have you lived since the Revolutionary war and when do you live now
" When first called into service I lived in the town of Situate in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island but in the latter part of the year 1781 and after performing the service mentioned as above in that year I went to reside in the town of Ira in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont where I remained until the year 1800 when I removed to the town of Whiting in the County of Addison and State last aforesaid - And in 1808 I left Whiting and went to reside in the town of Lewis in the County of Coeymans and State of New York And in 1828 I removed from Lewis aforesaid to the town of Conesaut in the County of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania from thence I have recently come to reside in Mansfield first aforesaid

first of said
comes to reside in Monmouth
4 " How was you called into service were you drafted and you volunteer or was you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
" I was a volunteer in all cases
5 " State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
I can say very little of the officers of the army except such as I now recollect Col. Green, Lieut. Col. Ward, Major Haggerty I served under and the general circumstances of my service as detailed in my declaration
6 " Did you ever receive a written discharge from the service and if so what has become of it
I never received any written discharge whatever Percival Morse, Dep. Clerk.

State of New York
Cortland County
ss
We the undersigned Citizens of the said County of Cortland do hereby certify that we have been personally acquainted with Benjamin Carr who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration for more than twenty years and that he has ever sustained a good character for truth and veracity and that we believe him entitled to credit in relation to the facts contained in his said declaration. shown and subscribed to before me in open Court this 25 th day of Sept. 1833. Respectful M c Intosh Clerk Alexander Morse Matthew Perry
The Department will please direct their communications to Ambrose Mason Esq. March Cortland Co. N.Y. as he is hereby authorized to receive and answer any communications on the subject of this claim -
Respectfully Yours Benj Carr

Oct. 20, 1903, Skaggs Mrs. Ino. Crooks Boone Iowa
Revtrans
9312 INVALID
File No. 9312
Benjamin Carr
Priv Rec War
Act: June 19th  1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1903.
Boone Iowa Oct 9 th
Com - of Pensions Wash. D.C.
Would you kindly tell me If any of the gentlemen of the following names drew pensions for service in the Revolutionary War And Greatly Oblige
Mrs John Crooks
128 Boone St, Boone,
Iowa.
Oliver Carr { Plainfield Mass. Benjamin Carr }
Sylvanus Rier (Ashfield Mass.)
Michael Crooks or the German of the name Krugs.
Benjamin Croy. These two presumably from Kentucky, or Penn.