Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1817, Johnathan Carr, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Barr, Jonathan or Katharine.
W. 1817
Karr
CONTENTS

14,270 New York
Jonathan Carr of Private. in the State of N York who was a Private. in the Com y - commanded by Captain. Smith - of the Reg t - commanded by Col Ward - in the - M ts time for 1 year and 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 70 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 - day of May 1833 - and sent to J. W. Tamblin Evans Mills Jefferson Co. N. York
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. . $140.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep r 1833 . . . 35
$175.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book E , Vol. 4 , Page 30

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Jefferson County, }
ON this twenty seventh day of February 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, now sitting, Jonathan Carr a resident of LeRay in said County, aged 76 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. At the time of the Revolution war and during the war he resided in Ashfield in the State of Massachusetts that before the war began he enlisted as a minuteman in a company commanded by Capt Smith Hemenway Dwyer in regiment commanded by Col Ward and Major Needham that as soon as the press could come after the battle of Lexington he was called into actual service it was on the 21 st or 22 d of April 1775 that he and his company marched to Cambridge and joined the army there that he served in the army of the United States under the afore mentioned officers the term of 9 months in General Larned's Brigade that he was stationed at Cambridge until after the Battle on Bunker's Hill and was then stationed at Dorchester to the end of the term of nine months service, that he was in the battle of Bunker's Hill that he went on in the morning to the Hill, that he retreated Prospect  Bunker's Hill saw on Bunker's Hill Gen l Warren Putnam Col Breer Major Moore &c that as a minuteman he served nine months which was the longest term that he could be held that his time expired the 21 st or 22 d of January 1776.
And the said Jonathan Carr further declares that at the expiration of his nine months term of service he enlisted into the service of the United for the term of one year and served in the army of the Revolution the full term of one year in a company commanded by Capt Samuel Bostlett Lieut Samuel Allen Ensign Caleb Noble in a Regiment commanded by Col Ward in General Larned's Brigade or under his command that he joined his new company and commenced his years term of service at Dorchester the 22 d or 23 d day of January 1776 at the expiration of his nine months service that he was with the troops that took possession of Dorchester

heights in the north and fortified the same the fort was built of facines and dirt. That he was at Dorchester when the British evacuated Boston that soon after he marched with the army for New York they went by land to New- London and then went by Water to New York That he was in the Battle on Long Island That in said battle he fought on the retreat till they got back to the lines that from Long Island he retreated to New York from New York to Kingsbridge from Kings Bridge went to White Plains That he was in the battle of White Plains from White went to Peek's Hill where he remained till the expiration of his term of service that he was discharged the first of January 1777 does not recollect the particular day that he in the whole served one year and nine months a few days as a private soldier that in the years term of service he was acquainted with Generals Washington Greene Sullivan Lee Lord Sterling &c
That he was born in the town of Middletown in the State in the State of Connecticut in the year 1757 That he has no record of his age and knows of no Clergymen who is acquainted in the neighborhood where he resides That James Hewett John Hewett Truman Haselden John Wacomble James Hewett reside in his neighborhood and can testify as to his reputation for truth and veracity and that he is reput- ed in the neighborhood where he resides to have read as he states. that he knows of no person has personal knowledge of his service in the army 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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
P. Burchard Clerk
Jonathan Carr
We, John Macomber a Judge of the  Clergyman  Common Pleas , residing in the Town of Lebanon in said County, and James Hunt residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Carr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy six 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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
P. Burchard Clerk
James Hunt John Macomber
And the said Court 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 John Macomber who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman  Judge of said court , resident in the town of Lebanon and that James Hunt who has also signed the same, is a resident in Lebanon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, PELEG BURCHARD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Carr for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court, this 24th day of February 1833
P. Burchard Clerk

23952
Jonathan Carr State of New York
[Faint, illegible signature or mark]
John H. ... J. W. Tamblyn Evans Mills Jefferson County State of NY

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan Carr Jefferson County State of New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1775 " 9 minutes serjeant Capt Smith Col. Ward Bunker Hill March to Cambridge 76 years 2   " 1776 " " " " " Genl Leonard Long Island Dorchester Ashfield Revolutionary   Capt Col White Plains St. York State of Evidence   Bartlett Ward St. London Massachusetts no other evidence   St. Kings to be had   Bridge certificate of   White P. Hetzer   for good char  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county or State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  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. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
8285 913

166 Albany Co. New York.
Catherine Carr, widow of Jonathan Carr,
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
70 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
28 th April 1849.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Jan'y 1850 and sent to
E. N. Thomas Rose Wayne Co. N. Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 29/1848, Page 541 Vol. 1
July
Burk Q.
1 H

At a Special Term of the Supreme Court held at the Court House in the Town of Lyons in the County of Wayne and State of New York on the thirteenth day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty nine. Present Samuel L. Selden Justice Pro se. Personally appeared Catharine Carr a resident of the Town of Wolcott in the County of Wayne Aged Eighty Eight years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath Make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of Congress passed "29 th July 1848" That she is the widow of Jonathan Carr who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and drew a Pension of Seventy Dollars per Annum His Pension Certificate was dated May 16 th 1833 and Recorded in the Pension office in Book E. Vol. 4 Page 50. by George Taylor Clerk. That she was born on the 29 th day of March A.D. 1761 That she was Married to the above named Jonathan Carr on the ninth day of January in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty, in the town of Schaghticoke Rensselaer County New York and thinks and believes that the Minister's name who married her was Benjamin Renscote of the Presbyterian Church. That her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Carr died on the twenty eight day of April in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty nine. And that she further swears that she is now a Widow and that she has never before made any application for a Pension. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before Samuel L. Selden Catharine her X Carr mark

State of New York Wayne County ss. I Alexander B. Wil- liams Clerk of said County and also one of the Clerks of the Supreme Court of said state. Do hereby certify that Samuel S. Pelsdon Esquire, whose name appears to the Subscrip n of the annexed Declaration, and before whom the same purports to have been taken, was at the time of taking such one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of said state, duly elected & qualified to act as such and that he at that time acted as such. I am also acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and hereby certify his name subscribed to such p er mits to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and Seal of said County and Supreme Court, at Lyons this fourth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
A. B. Williams Clerk of Wayne Co

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Jonathan Shaw was born In the year of our lord 1757 April the 15 Catherine Shaw was Born March the 29-1761 John Shaw was born June the 29-1781 Eliza Shaw was born August the 20-1782 Mary Shaw was born November the 9-1783 Margaret Shaw was born May the 20-1785 Jonathan Shaw junior Was August the 14-1786 Henry B Shaw was born April the 13-1788
BIRTHS.
Sarah Shaw was born July the 10-1790 Timothy B Shaw was Born April the 24-1792 Catherine Shaw was born December the 16-1793 Dorothy Shaw was born May the 31-1795 Lydia Shaw was born April the 25-1796 Abby Shaw was born December the 15-1799 Abigail Shaw was Born December the 31-1802

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Catharine Carr mo of Jonathan NO
29 July 1848.
Memo before 1800 Inst and due 28 April 1849
adno f70. p m On 28 April 1849
E A Thomas Rose E A Thomas Mayne co NY

State of New York } County of Wayne } ss.
On the fourth day of June 1849 Personally appeared before me John J. Dickson a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Jonathan Barr and being by me duly sworn according to law I saith that he is the son of Jonathan & Catharine Barr that he was born in the town of Stillwater, Saratoga County New York on the 24 th day of August 1786. That I have one Brother and Three Sisters older than myself and five Brothers and Three Sisters younger than myself as set forth in the declaration of my mother. That my father Jonathan Barr was a pensioner of the United States and received Seventy Dollars per annum - his Certificate was dated May 16 th 1833 That he died in the town of Moreau, Wayne County, New York on the 28 th day of April 1849 - The records which is attached has been made more than Thirty Eight years being in an old book which has been in the family forty years -
Sworn and subscribed before me. Jonathan Barr his mark this day and year above written. John J. Dickson Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, WAYNE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, ALEXANDER B. WILLIAMS, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify that John J. Dickson Esquire, before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking such, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, and authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths and affirmations. Further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe his name subscribed to the Jurats of the annexed Affidavit to be genuine. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and of the Courts of Record thereof, at Lyons, this thirteenth day of December 1849
A. B. Williams Clerk.

Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1814 Catharine Carr, Widow Jonathan Carr, Pro Reo. War.
Act: July. 29. 1848.
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 113
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4 Jonathan Barr, Albany Asney, act 7 June 32 p 70 00
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office January 12. 1850
Ans: Sep: 4-1848  96 A

N 578
Cutham Barr NY
Letter E. Dr. Thomas 27 th Dec r 1849.
at 2 nd July 1848

23959
J. Carr
Jonathan Carr Application for a Pension
J. W. Franklin agent Evans Mills Jefferson County N York
27 1/2

State of New York } ss: Jefferson County }
John Hewett of the town of LeRay in the said County being duly sworn says that he has been acquainted with Jonathan Carr who has signed the foregoing declaration for the space of twenty eight years and that he has always been since his acquaintance with him been in the neighborhoods and places where he has resided has reputed to have been a soldier in the revolution as stated in his declaration and from the frequent conversations he has had with him has no doubt but he did so serve. That about twenty or twenty two years ago he was acquainted with Amos Carr and has frequently heard him say that his brother Jonathan was considerable time in the revolutionary war that the said declarations were upward of 20 years ago that the said Amos Carr is now dead or resides in some place unknown to him and that the said Amos Carr was a person of good moral character & of good reputation for truth and veracity
John Hewett
Subscribed & sworn the 27th day of February 1833
P. Burchard Clerk
I certify that John Hewett who has signed and sworn to the above affidavit is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to credit
P. Burchard Clerk

Rose Mayne County N.Y. Dec. 17 1879
J. L. Bellamy Comm. of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the Declaration of Mrs Catharine Carr widow of the late Jonathan Carr. of Wolcott. The said Jonathan Carr died on 28 th day of April 1879. The old family record made in the old family bible was made near forty years ago, which is sworn to by the son Jonathan Carr Jr The fourth child of the said Jonathan Carr & Catharine Carr, who was born Aug 24 1786 & is consequently about 64 years old. The old Lady thinks there is no one now living that saw her married and that the testimony of her son as to his age and the age of his Brothers and Sisters and the family records are of which is deemed sufficient proof to warrant the Department in granting the old Lady a pension
Your Obedt Servant Ezra W. Thomas