Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3119, Gideon Carr, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
barr, Gideon
S 3119
Carded
CONTENTS

Let to Hon Cave Johnson 2 Dec 1835 Let 19. April 1837 to Pen Agent and William Gentry Order to pay 8 letter to Pensions 2 May 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837. Age notified 28 June 1838.
Rate of death and m. etc.
25097 West Tennessee Gideon Barr
of Dickson Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com d by Captain Scott of the reg t com d by Col Taylor in the Virginian line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Miss s & Cl s at the rate of 21 Dollars 87 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Nov 1833 and John Johnson Present
Arrears to the 4th of Sept th 37 Semi-annual allowance ending March 10 $60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 75

Gordon Carr Tennessee
from 0777 points 6 units p20.
16. —
Johnson

State of Tennessee 5 8.5 Dickson County 3 This Eighth day of October September 1833
Gideon Carr aged 82 years old, a citizen resident of the County of Dickson personally appeared in open court before the County Court of said County, being duly sworn according to law, doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832. To wit: that he was born in the County of Albemarle in the State of Virginia on the 5 th of November 1752 according to the Record kept by his father in his family bible which is yet in the possession of his family as he is informed. He believes but which is not in his possession - that he continued to reside in the County of Albemarle until the commencement of the Revolutionary War - that he entered the service of the United States as a draughted militia man shortly after the capture of Burgoyne's Army the date he does not recollect - the prisoners taken at the defeat of Burgoyne were sent into the County of Albemarle & barracks built for them they were guarded by drafted militia men from Albemarle & the adjoining counties - that he was drafted for a tour of two months duty sent to the barracks in charge of a sergeant or some inferior officer who was placed under the command of Col. Taylor & May? Wood who commanded the fort or barracks, he does not recollect the names of the inferior officers he served the two months in discharge of that duty - he was again called upon for the performance of a second tour of two months in the same service which he performed under the same officers - after this the barracks was broken up & the prisoners sent away. He was again in the year 1781 called into the service as a drafted militia man for a tour of duty of two months in a company commanded by Capt. Seale & in Regiment commanded

by Col. Lindsley. we marched from Albemarle toward the Chesapeake bay below Richmond, when we reached James River I was detached with twenty five other men & placed under the command of Capt. Hamner I was marched up the River for the purpose of protecting & guarding the public stores that was sent up the River to be kept out of the way of the enemy, he continued in this service until his tour of two months expired when he was discharged - he believes this tour was performed in the Spring of 1781 - he was again drafted as a militia man in the same year to march against Cornwallis for a term of two months duty & employed a man by the name of John Shackelford to perform the service in his place - said Shackelford took his place & marched with the United States troops to Little York when Cornwallis was taken, shortly after S r . Shackelford returned & was paid by this applicant for the per- formance of his tour. he thinks he paid him $250 in paper money when he started & paid him the same sum upon his return - having served the United States two six months himself & two months by his substitute - he rec d two discharges from Col. Taylor some from Capt. Hamner but never rec d the discharge from his substitute - he believes them of no value after the war closed they have been long since lost. he knows of no witnesses living by whom his services can be proven except his youngest brother Martin Carr who saw him in the service & whose deposition accompanies this declaration as sent to him from Virginia - after the war closed he continued to reside in Albemarle until about ten years ago when he removed to Tennessee settled himself in Dickson County where he still resides - he has never received a pension & is not on the agency of any state he hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the one provided by the act of 1832, he refers to William Grubbs.

I John Davidson as witness of my character & veracity sworn to subscribed in open court Fleet Filed Farrar clerk
Gideon his Carr Mark
We John Davidson a Clergyman residing in the County of DeKalb and William Gentry residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gideon Carr who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be eighty two years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to in open court 8th Oct 1833 Filed Farrar clerk
John Davidson William Gentry
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 the States and the Court further certifies that the above named John Davidson & William Gentry, are residents in said County of DeKalb and that J. Davidson is a clergyman and that Gentry is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.

Mottoa Dickson P. B. Brown Saml. T. T. T.
Respectfully J. H. T.
State of Tennessee Dickson County I Hill Farrar Clerk of the county Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gideon Carr for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9th day of October 1833.
Hill Farrar
No. 1 Johnson
from 177 private 6 cents P. 20.
John Carr Simpson

November 3, 1937
Mrs. Bailey Davis Gadiz Kentucky
aw Gideon Carr S. 3119 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Gideon Carr of Albemarle County, Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 3119, based upon the military service of Gideon Carr in the War of the Revolution.
Gideon Carr was born November 5, 1752 in Albemarle County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in said Albemarle County, Gideon Carr served, shortly after the capture of Burgoyne, four months in Colonel Taylor's Virginia regiment, guarding prisoners at Albemarle Barracks. He enlisted in the spring of 1781, and served in Captain Leak's company, Colonel Lindsley's Virginia regiment, marched below Richmond, and was there placed under Captain Hamner and marched up the James River to guard public stores, length of this service two months.
He moved about ten years after the close of the Revolution from Albemarle County, to Dickson County, Tennessee. He was allowed pension on his application

executed October 8, 1833, then a resident of Dickson County, Tennessee.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to the wife or children of the soldier, Gideon Carr. His brother, Meekins Carr, was living in 1833 in Albemarle County, Virginia.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Gideon Carr Certificate # 25097 Issued November 23, 1833 Rate $21.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Reuben
3119 INVALID.
File No. 3119
Gideon Carr Pitt. Va. line
Act: June 7/932
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925 Feb 1 H.W.A. to Gennie Baggott 1936 July 3 Mrs. M. J. Baggott 1936 Aug 5 Mrs. M. J. Baggott 1937 Nov 2 Link to Mrs. Bailey Davis

Washington
Dec 1 st
D. W.
I rec d some time since the enclosed letter - he claims more than is allowed him - will you have an examination made and give me such information as will enable me to reply
Your friend
E. Johnson

Dec Fem.
Mr. J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions Washington
Ellen Carr

State of Virginia:
At a Court held for Albemarle County, the 5 th day of Aug t 1833.
Meekins Carr, of this County, personally appearing in Court, & being sworn, says: That he knows that Gideon Carr, served as a common soldier in the Revolutionary War, but the length of time & under whom, he is unable to state. — He distinctly recollects of seeing the said Gideon Carr, in company with others, on his way to the lower part of the State, with his Knapsack.
And the Court doth certify that it appears to them, that the said Meekins Carr, is a credible person, and that his Statement is entitled to Credit.
I, Ira Garrett, Clerk of the County Court of Albemarle, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify, that the foregoing certificate is a true copy from the Minutes and proceedings of said County Court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at my Office, in the Town of Charlottesville, this 13 th day of August, 1833, in the 58 th year of the Commonwealth.
Ira Garrett C.C.
By his Deputy Alex d H. Arthur

Union Bank of Tennessee Nashville 21 st April 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
At the request of Zachari- ah Garton the attorney of Gideon Carr a Revolu- tionary Pensioner under the Act of the 7 th June 1832 and to whom there is one year Pension due to up to the 1 st March 1838. I herewith transmit you his pension Identity for your examina- tion and peremption of his payment. Mr. Garton the attorney of Mr. Carr is desirous you would allow this claim to be paid at the Office. It can't be paid here he wishes you to inform him in what way he is to proceed to get it. Please to return his papers to either the Pensioner or the attorney at Charlotte. Mecklen- burg County Tennessee with your instructions.
I am very Respectfully Sir
Your O bt Serv t
John M. Bap st & Pension Agent By S. Cantrell

Union Bank of Tennessee Nashville 20 th March 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir
I am desired by W. Gideon Can a Pensioner to forward his pension voucher for your inspection and permission of its payment W. Can says he was not advised of the recent rule of the Office residing at some distance from Nashville and not very able to ride, you will oblige him by returning his voucher addressed to him or his attorney near Charlotte Dickson County Tennessee I am Very Respectfully Sir
Yr ob t Serv t John M. Bap Pres t & Pension Agent By S. Canfield

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office, June 26, 1838.
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," Gideon Carr a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Tenn. Agency, at the rate of twenty Dollars and — — — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th . June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully yours,
Abdoo K. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Oxford, Miss. Jan. 6, 1925. To the chief Clerk of the Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir-
I respectfully ask for Revolutionary service of:
(a) Jno. F. Carr, age 69, Maury Co. Tenn. whose name I find in list of pensioners residing outside of Virginia in 1835 whose pensions were granted as Virginia Militiamen. List from Madison Co. Va. March 4, 1833. See McAllister's Virginia Militia in the Revolution pp. 260-266 Jno. F. Carr's name appears on p. 266.
(b) Of
Gideon Carr who was 90 years of age, resided with John B. Carr. See Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary and Military Services 1840 p 155. Dickson Co. Tenn.
I shall be pleased to have any data on file as to the service or families of the above

mentioned patriots.
Thanking you for your responsiv- ness in the past and hoping for an early reply.
I remain,
Very sincerely yours
(Miss) Annie Boggs
Registrar David Reese chapter N. S. D. A. R.

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Veteran's Administration Washington D.C.

616 W. 6th Sedalia, Mo.
Apr. 5, 1936
I should like to know if you have any information concern- ing (Gideon Carr b. 1752 in Albemarle Co. Va., died 1847 Dickson Co. Tenn.) Did he have a pension? was he a Rev. soldier? He was a brother of Sergt. Thos. Carr 1742-1831, Tenn.
If you find he is on your records I should like to have any & all information given con- cerning him or his family.
Thanking you
Very truly
Mrs. W. T. Bishop.

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Veterans Administration Washington D.C.

616 W. 6th
Sedalia, Mo.
July 30, 1936
111 I should like to know if the pension records show a no when D. V.  Morris Griffith in War of 1812 living in Delaware or Pennsylvania. If so I should like to have any data given concerning family, residence, dates, etc. He was a resident of Chester Co. Pa 1789. - possible later moved to Delaware. Thanking you for any favor. I am very truly Mrs. W. T. Bishop.

616 W. 6th Sedalia, Mo.
June 18, 1936
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
I should like to have what information you may have on the following Rev. soldiers:
for July 3-36 Gideon Carr , of Alleghany Co. Va. died in Dickson Co. Tenn. 1847 - aged 95 yrs. His name appears in the 1840 census of Rev. Sold. in Dickson Co. Tenn. It also appears in "Va. in Rev." Supt. 1835 - Pen. 3, Tenn. 57.
Reuben Beazley - listed in "Va. in Rev." with not- ation as follows 11 B.R., W.D. 230, 1
Thomas Bishop 2 B.R. W.D. 31, 1
Wm. McAllister 14 B.R. W.D. 261, 1, 3, 8, 79.

I should like to have whatever data I might have on each of above, as to residence, service, place & date of death or mention of any of family.
Thanking you most kindly for a reply. I am
Very truly
Mrs. W. T. Bishop.

Cadiz, Kentucky Oct 23, 1937
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs,
I am anxious to know if you have the records concerning Gideon Carr , a Revolutionary War soldier. He was a native of Albemarle Co, Virginia, and was listed, I think, with the State militia. I should appreciate your telling me all you have concerning him, his war record, his progeny, etc.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Bailey Davis.

August 8, 1936
BA-J/AWF Gideon Carr-S.3119
Mrs. W. T. Bishop 616 W. Sixth Street Sedalia, Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to the following Revolutionary War soldiers, from Virginia- Reuben Beazley, Thomas Bishop, Gideon Carr, William McAllister, also wish to know "if the pension records show a Morris Griffith in War of 1812".
You were furnished, July 3, 1936, the record of Gideon Carr, pension claim, S. 3119, War of the Revolution.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to any Reuben Beazley, or to Thomas Bishop or William McAllister who served with the Virginia troops. The War of 1812 records do not show a claim for pension on file on account of the service of Morris Griffith. These surnames were searched under similar spellings.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

July 3, 1936
Mrs. W. T. Bishop 616 West Sixth Street Sedalia, Missouri
Gideon Carr-S.3119 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Gideon Carr, born in 1752 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died in 1847 in Dickson County, Tennessee.
The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, S. 3119, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Gideon Carr.
Gideon Carr was born November 5, 1752 in Albemarle County, Virginia, names of his parents not given.
While residing in Albemarle County, shortly after the capture of Burgoyne, he served four months in Colonel Taylor's Virginia regiment guarding prisoners at Albemarle Barracks. He enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served in Captain Leak's company, Colonel Lindsley's Virginia regiment, marched below Richmond, Virginia and there placed under Captain Hamner and marched up the James River to guard public stores, length of this service two months.
He moved about ten years after the close of the Revolution from Albemarle County, Virginia to Dickson County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, October 8, 1833, then a resident of Dickson

County, Tennessee.
Meekins Carr, brother of the soldier, Gideon Carr, was living in 1833 in Albemarle County, Virginia.
There is no reference to wife or children of the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Aug. February 2, 1925.
Annie Boggs, Oxford, Miss.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3119, it appears that Gideon Carr was born November 5, 1752 in Albemarle County, Virginia.
While residing in said county, in the fall of 1778 he served four months in Colonel Taylor's Virginia Regiment and guarded prisoners at Albemarle Barracks.
He enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served in Captain Leak's Company, Colonel Lindsey's Virginia Regiment, marched below Richmond, Virginia, placed under Captain Hamner and marched up the James River to guard public stores and served two months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1833, while a resident of Dickson County, Tennessee. It is not stated whether soldier was married.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.