Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37816, John Carter, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Carter, John
S.37816
CONTENTS
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18152 Maine
John Carter
of York City in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel J. Long of the 1st  Maine line, for the term of One year .
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 of November 1817
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of May 1818 and sent to Long Greene So. Berwick Me.
Arrears to 4th of March 1821 121 56
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 Sept 1821  48
16 2/3 50 50
$169 56
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
1 May 1821
Vol 13 - p 39
114 16 12 8 120 4 1 00 53

The papers in this case were returned because the testimony of one of the witnesses, did not agree with the time of enlistment stated in the declaration.
The annexed deposition do I think abundantly prove the service of John Carter - & that Joseph Stevens must have been mistaken as to the time when he entered the service - The schedule of John Carter's property sworn to before the S. C. of Com. Pleas for the County of York in July 1820, has been forwarded to the War Department -
Benj Greene
John Carter - 5541. York county, Maine, 29. November, 1819.
Col. Pierce Long's regt. New Hampshire line - one year - summer of 1776. -
Not found on the rolls.
The testimony of the witnesses in the case of this applicant, does not agree with the time of enlistment stated in the declaration. - Joseph Stevens states October 1775 - the applicant himself, the summer of 1776.
Benjamin Greene, judge, South - Berwick, Maine, rec d . 27. Dec r . 1819.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. }
ON this Twentyfourth day of December A. D. 1819,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears John Carter aged sixty one years resident in Wittman in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War:"
That in the Spring or earlier in the summer of 1776 he enlisted as a private soldier into the army of the United States for the term of one year under Capt. Eliphalet Dyer of Col. Pomeroy's Regiment and confined to his duty said Company and Regiment until the time of his enlistment had expired, when he again enlisted into the same Company for the another term of twelve months, and served the whole of that term and at the expiration thereof, he again enlisted into the same Company for a further term of twelve months which term he also served out, and was discharged in the summer of 1779 having served three years in the whole. That in the fall of the year 1777 Col. Dyer left the service, and Col. Gulliver took command of the Reg t
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj a Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Carter did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.

John Carter
Con
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STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the York Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday of July being the fourth day of said month and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, by John Carter aged sixty one years, resident in Hillery in said Circuit, by who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolu- tionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Daniels in the Regiment commanded by Colonels Long and Gilman in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty ninth day of November A. D. 1819, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is con- tained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
John Carter
Sworn to and declared, on the 4th day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Benjamin Greene
Chief Justice One of the Judges of the said Court.
Attest Daniel Sawall, Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
one small house and barn, five acres of land - one cow two tables, twelve chairs, three chests, a few articles of iron and crockery ware. - John Carter.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Carter who, by occupation am a fishing man which I am not able to pursue by reason of a lame hand. -
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary Carter 13 subject to the Asthma & not able to contribute but in part to her support. -   Mercy Carter 24 out of her health & unable to contribute any thing to her support. -   Sally Carter 17 able to support herself   Elizabeth Carter 11 unable to support herself -   John Carter. -  
STATE OF MAINE.
I, Yorke ss. Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Yorke, - do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is eighty five dollars and fifty cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall, { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Yorke.

37 816 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 37 816
John Bates Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 67
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The original declaration was returned to Benjamin Greene, Esq. South Berwick, Maine, on the 20 th May last; for further evidence, and has not since been remitted to this Depart- ment.
Pension Office
31 July 1820.

I Daniel Lord of Eliot in the County of York aged seventy one years testify and say, that I well know John Carter of Shittery in said county, and that he served twelve months in Capt Daniel's company in Col. Pierce Long's Regiment New Hampshire line at the same time that I served in said company in the years 1776 & 1777. — Daniel Lord
of testify in in establish in ment 1777- the in there testified
York ss. July 7 th 1820 Personally appeared the above named Daniel Lord and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed Before me Caleb Emery Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
York ss. Nov r 18 th - 1820 — I Brigh Greene Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Caleb Emery is a justice of the peace for the County of York duly authorized and empowered to administer oaths — and that I am well acquainted with the above named Daniel Lord & believe him to be a credible & disinterested witness —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this day a year above said Brigh Greene

I Thomas Rogers of Hilteng in the County of York and State of Maine aged fifty nine years testify and say, that I well know John Carter of Hilteng in the County of York aforesaid, and do well remember that said Carter served on the continental establishment nine months and more in continuance, in Capt Daniels Company and Col. Longs Regiment New Hampshire line in the years 1776 and 1777- I being in said Company and Regiment at the same time, and when I was discharged from the service in the year 1777 I left said Carter there a Soldier but cannot tell how long he continued in the service.
Thos Rogers
York ss. August 25 th 1820 Personally appeared Thomas Rogers (a disinterested and credible witness) and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed.
Before me Caleb Emery Justice Peace

Edward Staple of Eliot in the State of Maine aged Sixty five years testify and say, that I well know John Carter of Hitting in said State and that the said Carter served Nine months and more in continuance in Capt Daniels Company and Col Longs Regiment New Hampshire line on the continental establishment in the years 1776 and 1777, I served in the same company and Regiment with him untill the summer of 1777 and when I was discharged from the service I left said Carter there
Edward Staple
State of Maine
Yorke ss
On this eighteenth day of August 1828 before me Caleb Emery a Justice of the Peace within and for the s d County of York came Edward Staple a citizen to me well known, and a disinterested and credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the above written Deposition by him subscribed in my pres- ence.
Caleb Emery

I William Welch of Eliot in the County of York and State of Maine aged Sixty six years testify and say, that I well know John Carter of Skitchy in the County aforesaid and do well remember that said Carter served nine months and more in company on the continental establishment in Capt Daniels company & Col Long's Regiment New Hampshire line in the years 1776 and 1777. In my self serving in said company and Regiment twelve months in the years 1776 & 1777, I left said Carter in the service when I was discharged therefrom. William Welch
York ss. August 21 st 1820 Then personally appeared the above named William Welch (a disinterested and credible witness) and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed.
Before me Caleb Emery Justice Peace

I Joseph Stevens of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire aged sixty five years, testify and say, that I well know John Carter of Kittery in the County of York, State of Massachusetts, that the said Carter in the month of October A.D. 1775, belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Eliphalet Daniel, stationed at Fort Sullivan on Seavey's Island in Piscataqua River, and I well know that said Carter continued to serve in that company one year from that time. I served in the same Company from October 1775, to October 1776, with said Carter and at the end of the year, the period for which I enlisted, I was regularly discharged, and left said Carter in the service, but how long he continued in it afterwards I do not know. Joseph Stevens
State of New Hampshire
Portsmouth
On this 30 th day of November A.D. 1819 before me Dan d Humphreys of Portsmouth Notary Public duly commissioned & sworn for Justice of the Peace throughout said State, came Joseph Stevens of the same Portsmouth a credible witness, to me well known, & made oath to the truth of the above written Deposition, by him subscribed in my presence.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal the day & year last aforesaid
Dan d Humphreys Not y Pub c & J.
I think the above Deponent must have been mistaken as to the time when John Carter first entered the service, as he does not agree with applicant, or with either of the four other witnesses whose depositions are annexed. Bery l Greene

Rev War Service
★ Carter, John
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES BOUNTY LAND FILES ACT OF 1855 Rejected 138.633 VETERAN John Carter Rev 1777 GRADE 1st SERVICE Capt. Luke H. J. Mil CAN NO. 1116 RUNDLE NO. 225

Dr B Sharter Feb 14/56 W. E. Robinson Jan 16/57
138633 May 18/83
Mary Carter widow of John Carter, Pish Bap. Leake N.J. Mil. Ext. 17773 Dis. 17883
Revolutionary War N.J. Pension No Papers - N.J. State P.
Respectfully
Jan L. Carter Camden N.J.

Bounty Land Claim N 86 E 33 of
Mary Carlen out of 1855
Daniel S. Carter agent - Camden new Jersey

State of New Jersey County of Camden
88.
On this 16th day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the State aforesaid Mary Carter aged 77 years a resident of Burlington County in the State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Carter deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Leake of the New Jersey regiment of Militia in the Rev War - commanded by General Washington in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, that her said husband volunteered at Little Egg Harbor N.J. on or about the 1st day of the year - A. D. 1777, for the term of said war - and continued in actual service in said war for the term of or about three years, and was honorably discharged at Little Egg Harbor N.J. on or about the later day of Sept of the A. D. 1781
She further states that she was married to the said John Carter in Burlington County N.J. on the 10th day of the year A. D. 1793 by one Squire Mathis and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Mansant that her said husband died in Burlington County N.J. on the 7th day of February A. D. 1854, and that she is now a widow.
She further declares that she has heretofore made application for bounty land under the act approved September 28th, 1850, and obtained a land warrant, No. for acres which she has legally disposed of, and it cannot now be returned.
She makes the declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855." She further says that she has lost her marriage certificate and the above date is to the best of her knowledge; her said husband received a pension from the state of New Jersey; Passed February 9th 1843, for his services as a soldier and guide in the service of his country in the Revolutionary war, with pension he did receive till his Death.
Mary Carter Mark
We, M. S. Mathis, of Camden, and John Carter of Burlington County in the State of New Jersey upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Carter in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, we have known the claimant and her above named husband for fifty years or more they have raised a large and respectable family in our immediate neighborhood; and we believe that the above named services marriage and death is true; and that the claimant is now a widow.
M. S. Mathis John Carter
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above mentioned; and I certify that I know the applicants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Daniel S. Carter Notary Public
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Daniel S. Carter Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my Office, as Clerk of the Common Pleas Court of said County, this 17th day of May 1855
P. B. Morgan Clerk

Tuckerton Duckington Co N. Jersey
To the Honorable
J Minot Commissioner
Sir my Mothers Sand Estate which is No 138 663 Mary Carter we cannot find any Evidence Now Living that was with him in the war But we can number a great many names that was with him we shall mention a few Richard Allen Edward Allen Capt John Leek Isaac Cramer we could number a great many more if it was necessary but these are all Dead my Fathers Evidence was that they saw him and was ware he was through all of the Revolution war and that he was part of the time a Soldiers and part of the time a guide to the Soldiers in hunting and showing the Soldiers where there Debbles Laid in Ambush and Sir we think with all of my fathers acquaintance that you will be Satisfyble in Granting my Mother Mary Carter's Warrant She stands in need of it very Much she is very old and that my father John Carter Justly Merited it Sir you will Pleas to write my old Mother a few Lines for Satisfaction yours Respectfully
J. Minot Esq
John Carter
Tuckerton November 20 th 1856

Mrs Mary Carr Wood Bldg.
No 138 663
Boynin
Feb 9/85
John Carr
Lockwood
W.1

138663
Mary Carter
Lord
John
98071
Thomas Horlo
Mr. Beryl
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