Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6893, Joseph Carter, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Carter, Joseph Lucy
NUMBER
No. 6893.
B & Mt. 1094-100
B & Mt 16-60.55
CONTENTS

8005
Virginia
Joseph Barker
of Portsmouth in the state of Virginia who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ballard of the Virginia line, for the term of 7 years
scribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 28 of July 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of March and sent to Mr James Dean Portsmouth, Va.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 7 mos \frac{8}{31} . 51. 0 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819. 48 -
$99.6
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

I have
Ques
The name of the Col. who commanded the regiment in which the claimant served must be mentioned.

State of Virginia County of Norfolk, ss.
On this 15th day of July 1878, before me the sub- =scribed Judge of the second Circuit Court of the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared Joseph Carter aged sixty five years, resident in the County of Norfolk and State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the follow- =ing declaration, in order to obtain the provisions 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 the said Joseph Carter enlisted in the County and State aforesaid in the Spring of 1776. in the Company commanded by Captain Wm Davis. of The first Virginia Regiment, and that he continued to serve in the Service of the United States untill the end of the war, when he was discharged in the  the State of S. Carolina that he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Trenton Germantown, siege of Fort Mifflin, Stony Point Storm, Siege Charleston S. Carolina and the Siege of Little York, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has has no other evidence now in his power of said except the Discharges hereto annexed services, sworn to & declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.

I Richard Parker Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph  Joseph Carter did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding decln, against the Common Enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the War Department, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Richd Parker
I do certify that Joseph Carter found as a Soldier in the First Virginia Regt Continental Troops during the war, which reference to the pay rolls will more fully appear.
Francis Morris Lake Capt. 1st Regt
Norfolk March 15. 1793
(Large decorative flourish or signature)

State of Virginia County of Norfolk, ss.
This day Joseph Carter, mentioned in the above certificate, made oath before me Rob t Thompson a Justice of the peace for said County, the first Col o . Ballard commanding the first Va. Reg t . Then after Col o . Ballard. Col o . Bole, or Ball, then Major Perry acting as Col o . at the Siege of Little York Va and after the siege of York, our Reg t the first Va. Reg t Marched to Georgia Savannah in Georgia under the said Major Perry acting as Col o . to join Gen l . Wayne's light Infantry. Given under my hand this 11 th day of February 1819.
R. THOMPSON J.P.

Virginia
Norfolk County ss
I William Wilson Clerk of The Superior Court of Law of the said County of Norfolk do hereby certify that Richard E Parker whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is one of the Judges of the General Court of Virginia & the Judge of The Superior Court of Law of the said County of Norfolk
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal (there being no seal of Office) this 28 th day of July one thousand eight hundred & eighteen in the 43 rd year of The Commonwealth
I do hereby certify that there is no Seal of Office of the said Superior Court
July 28 th 1818
Wm Wilson C.C.
Wm Wilson one of the

State of Virginia, County of Norfolk, to wit:
I, Joseph H. Carter, aged seventy years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, testify, and declare, that, in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six
I enlisted in the army of the Revolution, against the common enemy of my country, for during the war, and was in the company commanded by Captain Davis and in the Regiment No. One under command of Colonel Bell of the Virginia Continental line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war in seventeen hundred and eighty three, when I was regularly discharged from the same regiment, commanded by Colonel 1861 Poyser. My discharge is now lost or misplaced filed in the war department in
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the quantity of Pounds I said promised to me as the part of the United States. Nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim to that quantity in any manner whatsoever. Therefore, I now, all men, be it known, that I, Joseph H. Carter do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Hyde Saunders as my lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, or from such other person as is duly authorized to issue and deliver the same, a WARRANT for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid, and to sign a receipt or acquittance therefor. And my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more such, which or of
attorneys

attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
his Joseph + Clarke mark
Attest, Wm Buchanan
I, John Rutter, a citizen of the United States, aged fifty six years, do upon oath declare, that I have been long acquainted with Joseph Clarke who has subscribed the a- bove Declaration in my presence, and will know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be. And, further, I believe that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest Wm Buchanan
John Rutter
Before me personally appeared the above named Joseph Clarke, subscribed to the foregoing De- claration, and in my presence acknowledged the pro- cess of attorney subjoined to it, to be his free act and deed. And, likewise, personally appeared John Rutter, who both subscribed the above certificate of John Rutter, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made oath to the truth of the Depo- sitions by them respectively subscribed this 28th day of Octr 1824.
Holt Wilson J. Clarke

4802.
Virginia Richmond
Lucy Carter widow of Joseph Carter Va
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 91 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 11 th day of Dec r 1854 and sent to
John S. Stubbs Portsmouth Va.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 123 Vol. 11
St. to M rs S. Stubbs Dec r 21/54 Same Feby 14, 1857.

State of Virginia, Norfolk County S.S.
On this 20 th day of November 1834, personally appeared before the County Court of Norfolk County (being a court of record) of the State of Virginia, Lucy Carter a resident of the said County and State aforesaid aged forty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd day of February 1833, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Joseph Carter, who was a private of Captain Davis' Company, First Virginia Regiment (She supposes of the regular Army). That he enlisted in the year 1776, being at the time of his enlistment a resident of Norfolk County in the State of Va, and served throughout the whole of the said war and received an honorable discharge from the service about six weeks after the termination of that war. That her evidence of these facts are derived from the statements of her husband to her during their marriage, and the traditional evidence of others, with the evidence of his own declarations upon the records of Norfolk County Court made the 18 th day of July 1820 and the 21 st of April 1818, specifying in the former declaration the no of her pension under the latter act to be 8005, and her own knowledge of his receiving a over

Prussian during their coverture, and the balance of the semi-annual paid to her which was due at the time of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Carter on the 22 d day of November 1821, and that her maiden name was Lucy Bullock. That her said husband died a few years after their marriage and she thinks either in the year 1825 or 1826. That she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow.
Lucy husband Carter swd.
Sworn to and subscribed, in open court, before me Levan Gayle the presiding justice of Norfolk county court, on the day and year above written
L Gayle
State of Virginia
Norfolk County to wit:
Presiding Justice of Norfolk County Court.
I Arthur Emmerson Clerk of the County Court of Norfolk County in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that R. Gayle the presiding Justice of Norfolk County Court, who has given the preceding certificate is and was at the date thereof the presiding Justice of Norfolk County Court, duly commissioned and qualified and the signature thereof is genuine - Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 21 st day of November 1854 in the 79 th year of the Commonwealth
Arthur Emmerson C.C.

At a Quarterly Session Court begun and held for the County of Norfolk at the Court house on Monday the 20 th day of November 1854.
The Court doth certify that satisfactory evidence has been produced before it, that Joseph Carter a Revolutionary soldier, Capt. Davis' Co. first Va. Regiment, died in the year 1825 or 1826 and that Lucy Carter who has made a declaration, to obtain the benefit of the 2 nd Section of the act of Congress passed July 3. 1853. is still his widow and that her maiden name prior to her marriage to said Joseph Carter, which took place on the 22 day of November 1821 was Lucy Bullock.
Copy True
Arthur Emerson Clerk

Additional Evidence in the case of Lucy Carter
Act of Feb 8 th 183-3
By J. S. Stubb

I Edward Coates depose and say that I am now Sixty six years of age and am the son of Joseph Coates who was a revolutionary pensioner of Norfolk county, near Portsmouth, Virginia. That the said Joseph Coates died, my impression is in the year 1825 or 1826, but not leaving at his death, that I know of a family re- gister and having no record evidence by which my memory as to the precise time can be refreshed, I cannot depose with certainty as to dates. I recollect of being very sick at the time and was unable to attend his funeral. At the time of his death he left a widow, who still survives him and is still his widow, whose maiden name was Lucy Bullock, and who is now an applicant for a pension. And I further depose and say that the said Lucy Coates is the widow of the identical Joseph Coates who was a revolutiona- ry pensioner of Norfolk county, and resided just out of the limits of the town of Portsmouth, Virginia, which town is a part of said county.
Edward Coates Mark
State of Virginia } ss Norfolk County }
Sworn to, subscribed and acknow- ledged before me on this 9 th day of December 1854, by Edward Coates whom I certify to be credible and a person worthy of full faith and credit.
John Nash Jr.

I Joseph Carter depose and say on oath that I am the grandson of Joseph Carter who was a revolutionary pensioner of Norfolk County, near Portsmouth, Virginia. That I am now 44 years of age and at the time he was in receipt of this pension was sufficiently old to be cognizant of the facts & my relationship to the pensioner for whom that knowledge. I cannot be particular as to the precise date of the death of the said Joseph Carter, in the absence of record evidence to refresh my memory, but am of the impression that his death occurred either sometime in the year 1825 or 1826. At the time of his death he left a widow whom he had married but a few years before and who is still his widow and is the present applicant for a pension under a late act of Congress. Her maiden name was Lucy Bullock - and I further depose and say that she is the widow of the identical Joseph Carter who was a revolutionary pensioner of Norfolk County near Portsmouth, Virginia.
Joseph Carter
State of Virginia } Norfolk County } ss
The foregoing deposition of Joseph Carter was subscribed and sworn to before me on this 9 th day of December 1834, and I certify that he is a credible witness and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
John Nash JP

State of Virginia
Norfolk County to wit:
I Arthur Emmerson Clerk of Norfolk County Court in the State of Virginia aforesaid do hereby certify that John Nash J.P. who has given the preceding certificates is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for Norfolk County duly commissioned and qualified and that the signatures thereto are genuine —
Given under my hand and the Seal of the said Court this 9 th day of December 1854 in the 79. n Year of the Commonwealth —
Arthur Emmerson Clerk

Received from the Secretary of War, a War- rant for one hundred acres of land issued in favor of Joseph Carter who was a private of the Virginia line pursuant to an act of Congress authorizing him to issue land warrants signed the 15th of April 1806, to be locally applied to land act on any unlocated parts of fifty quarter townships, &c. &c. removed by order for original holders of military warrants, dated 11th Nov. 1824.
Samuel H. Saunders, Attorney.

17099 { Act March 3/55 March 28/55
Lucy Barton wid of Joseph Barton pr
After Private in 1 st Virginia Contl Regiment during the Revolutionary War, under Col Capt Francis Mennit, dis
Revolutionary War
Refers to Pension office for proof of marriage & death of husband
Admitted again June 23/55,
By Blythton.
143 Red
J.S. Stubbs Palmouth Va
Va
July 53 - No 4802

No 17099
County Land Claim
of Lucy Carter
No 22
PRESENTED BY
J. S. STUBBS,
On.....1855.

STATE OF VIRGINIA, } S.S. COUNTY OF NORFOLK, }
On this 17 th day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and 55 , personally appeared before me a Notary Pub lic , within and for the County and State aforesaid, Lucy Cartier aged 47 years, a resident of Portsmouth in the State of Virginia who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joseph Cartier ( Revolutionary Sol dier ) deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain  in the  Regiment, of  commanded by Colonies in the war with  declared by the United States on the  day of  that her said husband  at  , on or about the  day of  , A. D.  for the term of dead , and continued in actual service in said war for the term of to the end of the war and was honorably discharged at  on the  day of  , A. D. at the expiration of the war
She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Cartier in Portsmouth Va on the  day of November , A. D. 1821 , by one Levi E. Nicholson , a Methodist Minister , and that her name before her said marriage was Lucy Bullock that her said husband died at  on the  day of  , A. D. 1826 and that she is now a widow. That she has neither applied for nor received a land warrant, before under any former act of Congress and she refers to the evidence of her marriage and her husband's death now pending recently filed in Pension Office at Washington for a pension under the act of Feb 28 1853
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855."
Lucy Cartier her mark.
We, John N. Andrews and James L. Norton of Portsmouth in the State of Virginia , upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lucy Cartier 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.
John N. Andrews James L. Norton
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the affiants to be credible persons; and that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
P. H. Daughtrey Notary Public "

State of Virginia. Norfolk County to wit:
I Arthur Emmerson Clerk of the County Court for Norfolk County in the State of Virginia aforesaid do hereby certify that P. N. Daughtrey, who has given the within certificate is and was at the date thereof a Notary public in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, and further that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 26 day of March 1855 in the 79 th Year of the Common- wealth.
Arthur Emmerson Clerk.

1928- June 22. M. B. Rathbun advised Court of phasor. Self previous correct in claim very of John Test, T. L. 18692-
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6893
Lucy Carter
Wid
Joseph Carter
Paint Pro War
Act: July 3 rd  1848.
Index: — Vol. 12 , Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]

This is to certify that Joseph Carter, was a Soldier in a Detachment, under Major Posey to the Southward and served the term of two years, Given under my hand This 20 th day of April one thousand seven hundred and
Ninety Two
Javan Miller

No. # 5.298 Dorothy Carter. Wid. of Joseph C.
Mo. S. Hill. No. 28/524
Act/54

16
Coarse

Geo: S. Stubbs Esq r Portland, Me.

Clerk Co: Ct: Norfolk Co. Va: of Rec: of Mar. In's 1825. on 6. 2 to death, 2 Div: 1 w'm: 1 Cert: of Chit: Pract: w'm & w'm:
"Boyle"

Nov: 27 th 1854.
Lucy Carter. Wid: of Joseph. Norfolk Co. Va.
Act/53 $96. 00 per An. Cen: Feby. 3 rd 1853.
Rev:
Geo. S. Hubs. Compensation Pensioned
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

See letter Nov. 27. 1841 to Dr. Wm.
Collins, 1 st aud n .
J.S. Stubbs Nov 11 1834 (form. 20.1)
Respectfully & with thanks James Dean, Presiding Virginia

Rev Mr Office.
December 12/54.
Sir:
Please certify the time at which the within name residence was paid, & the date of his death.
Very Respectful, 4026.
[Signature]
L. M. Allee Commissioner
R. J. Atkinson, Esq., Thos. A. D. W. Treas.
Joseph Carter paid to 4 Sept 1826.
Rev Johnson
Receiver

Make your pages of all this as I cannot separate the dis- charges from the Real.

old case Nov 17. 1819 See P. of W. p. 2 Washington City John Quincy Adams Honorable Deborah G. Calhoun P. to Sam Smith Esq. 11th Feb. 1819

Portsmouth Virginia
Feby 21 st 1819
Sir
I enclose to you the Papers belonging to Joseph Gater which has been filed up with the Colo whom commanded him these Papers was sent to Rich d E Parker Esq r which was handed to me by him I enclose these Papers to you myself also I have recd the Papers belonging to Charles English my name is not James Deal but James Dean — J. Calhoun Sir Yours obed t Serv t  war James Dean

Free
Portsmouth, Va. 19th July 1806
Honble J. C. Calhoun
Va.
Sunday Nov 1
Washington City D.C.

Portsmouth Va
July 29 th 1820
Sir
This day has been transmitted to me by Joseph Carter a certificate to recit state him on the Pension list roll and You will please to let me know how the case may be - - -
Hon J. C. Calhoun I am Respectfully Secretary of War Your Obedient Servant
James Dean

Portsmouth
Dec 18 th 1854
Sir,
On the 9 th inst. I forwarded to your office additional evidence in the case of Lucy Coker, widow of Joseph Coker a revolutionary pensioner, an applicant for the benefit of a pension and the arrearages thereon under the Act of Feb 3 d 1833. As I supposed that evidence was all that was necessary to ensure action at once - in the absence of hearing from you upon that subject, I write to know whether said evidence has been received or not.
I am Your ob t Servant
John S. Stubbs
L. P. Waldo, Esq.
Comm: of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Portsmouth, Virginia, October 26 th 1854
Sir,
Please send me the forms and regulations for prosecution a pension for the widow of a revolutionary soldier under the act of February 3 d 1853.
The applicant is the widow of Joseph Garton deceased, who was a pensioner in his lifetime - which may be seen by reference to the records of your office. I am not familiar with any of the facts connected therewith, but have learned that he served during the revolution a period of seven years, and that he died in the year 1837 or 1839, the period when his pension ceased will be shown also, I presume, by the records of your office, and the time likewise when he was pensioned and his rate of pension. One or two questions in this connection suggest themselves. First in order this act, does the widow's pension commence from the passage of the Act or anterior thereto, to wit, from the husband's death? Second, is there any arrearage of pension due this widow between the period of her husband's death and the next semiannual payment that would have accrued to him succeeding his death, and if yes, is not this widow en-

entitled to recover it? And I said as under the Act of 7 th June 1832, Revolutionary pensions all in this annual amounts are determined by the length of the soldier's service, and by the rank he held as proven, if the soldier in his lifetime did not receive the full amount of his pension, based upon his length of service, is or is not his widow entitled to re- cover the arrearages that may be due, under her application? I would here state that the widow married subsequent to the first of January 1800.
Yours Yours, Very Respectfully J. S. Stebbins
L. P. Waldo, Esq., Commissioner Washington, D. C.

Portsmouth, Dec 9 th 1834
Sir,
Herewith enclose the affidavits of the son and grandson of the Revolutionary pension- er Joseph Cattle, in behalf of his widow Lucy Cattle under the act of Feb 3 d 1833-3. I hope they will prove satisfactory
Yours
Very Respectfully
J. S. Stubbs
L. P. Waldo, Esq Comm: of Pensions

Portsmouth, Virginia, November 25 th 1834
Sir,
I herein enclose Lucy Baker's application for a pension under the act of Feb. 3 rd 1833. The services of her husband have been recognised at the pension office, to which reference is made by reciting the no of his warrant under the act of March 18 th 1818. Her identity as the widow of the soldier & her marriage to him as well as her present widowhood are therein established. The applicant represents herself as very poor & the annuages of pension already due will aid greatly to her relief against the approaching winter & I therefore hope you will find a little leisure to examine and pass her claim without delay.
Yours Okt Sedant
John S. Stubbs, Attorney for Lucy Baker
J. P. Waldo, Esq. Comm. of Pensions,

Brief in the case of Sarah Carter, widow of Joseph, Norfolk County and State of Pa. act 3 rd July 1853.
Claim, ("original," and for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. My claim was pendente under the Act of 18 th March 1853, Sec. 1 st , at the rate of $96.00 per Annum. Certified Copy of the Record of the marriage is filed from the Clerk of the Co. Court of Norfolk Co. Pa. pendente Dum Septembri 1856, as per the affidavit of two witnesses & Certificate of the Court. Widowhood is established establishing by the affidavit of two credible affiants & a Certificate of the Court.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jno S. Stubble, Esq. Portsmouth, Pa.
Name and residence of Agent
E. L. Boyd Examining Clerk.

Portsmouth, Virginia, Feb 6 th 1887
Sir,
It has been intimated to me that the court of claims in construing the act of Feb 3 d 1883-3, allowing pensions to revolutionary widows, who were married subsequent to 1800, has construed that act to extend from March 4 th , 1848, instead of from Feb 3 d 1883; if such is the case and you have acted upon the decision of that court favourable to this class of claimants, will you so advise me, and send forms for their prosecution, as Lucy Carter - who is a pensioner under said act - desires to obtain the arrearages of her pension.
I am Yours, Very respectfully J. S. Stubbs
Geo: C. Whiting, Esq. Comm: of Pensions, Washington D. C.

Portsmouth,
Nov. 30 th 1834
Sir,
Yours of the 28 th is received. If you consider additional evidence of the death of Joseph Coater and the identity of his widow material I will endeavor to supply it as early as practicable.
The County certificate accompanying the papers shows the death to be satisfactorily established before it, and the identity of the widow is coupled with the soldier by his identity of Service, and the time of their marriage. The said pensioner is now embodied - but that of "Soldier" in this certificate. The son and grandson of the old soldier, whom I can find them will depose to the facts necessary to be established - and will be able to state whether he was a revolutionary pensioner of Portsmouth Va. or of the interior of the county of which Portsmouth forms a part.
I am Yours, Very Respectfully, John S. Stubbs
L. P. Waldo, Esq. Comm: of Pensions

Know all men by these presents that I Lucy Carter of the town of Portsmouth in the state of Virginia, do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint, for myself and in my place and stead John S. Stubbs my sufficient and lawful attorney in fact, to apply for demand and re- ceive from the Commissioners of Pensions of the U. S. States at Washington, D. C. or other proper offices of the United States Government all arrearages of pension, that may be due to me, by any act of Congress passed for the be- nefit of the widows of Revolutionary soldiers who have married since the 2 d day of Jan- uary 1800, and more especially the act passed February 3 d 1833, as the widow of Joseph Carter deceased late pensioned under the act of March 18 th 1818, for services rendered as a private in Captain Davis Company First Va Regiment in the Revolutionary War; and further to ask and demand the issuing a certificate of Pension in my be- half in conformity with the provisions of the 2 d Section of the said act of February 3 d 1833, and payable at the most convenient agency to me as my order; hereby ratifying all lawful acts done by my said attor- ney, I have hereby set my hand and an- nealed my seal this 24 th day of November 1834
Witnesses
Lucy Carter Mark
J. W. Bennett
Thos. B. Vinson

State of Virginia, Norfolk County: S.S.
On this 24 day of Nov: 1834, personally appeared Lucy Carter who acknowledged the within power of attorney, before me to be her free act and deed; and I hereby certify that I am neither engaged in the prosecution of the within claim nor have I any interest whatsoever in the result of it
S. Crocker S.P.
The following persons were joined in Matrimony by me November the 22 nd 1824 - Joseph Carter & Miss Lucy Bullock
Juge Nicholson C. M. E. C.
I Arthur Emmerson Clerk of the County Court of Norfolk County in the State of Virginia do certify that the foregoing Certificate of Marriage is a true copy from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that S. Crocker S.P. who has given the preceding Certificate is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for Norfolk County in the State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature thereof is genuine - Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 23 rd day of November 1834 in the 79 th Year of the Commonwealth
Arthur Emmerson C.C.

Joseph Carters papers
Ms. A. 1. 6 v. 10, p. 94

Dr Collins
Nov 27.
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter.]

419 Pension Office Nov. 27. 1844
Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs. Carter, widow of Joseph Carter, dec d are herewith returned.
I am unable to say whether or not, she is entitled to a pension, not knowing when she was married. If she was the wife of Carter before 1794, she will be entitled to a pension under the act of July 7. 1838, and the acts supplementary thereto. If she was married to him before he left the Army, she is entitled to a pension under the act of July 4. 1836. I send herewith copies of the laws, and the rules of evidence, for her guidance, in order that her papers may be properly prepared, in case she should be embraced by the acts of Congress providing for the widows of revolutionary soldiers.
Dr. William Collins, First Auditor

At a Court held for Norfolk County the 18 th day of July in the year 1820
Personally appears in open Court, being a Court of record for the said County of Norfolk by act of assembly Joseph Baker aged sixty eight years, resident in the County of Norfolk in the State of Virginia being first duly sworn according to law on his oath declares that he served in Revolutionary War, as follows. That he enlisted in Capt. Davis' Company in the year 1776 in the First Virginia Regiment and was honorably discharged about six weeks after the termination of the war, having served during the whole time according to his original Declaration made the 21 st day of April 1818 in consequence of which he has received a pension under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 the Number of Pension Certificate 80005, and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to so 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 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts, or bills due to me, nor have I any income whatever, nor any article of real or personal estate whatever besides my bed & clothing to the value of ten dollars. That I have no occupation and in consequence of my age and infirmity, am unable to pursue any business by which to obtain a sufficient support, and that I have residing with me a daughter in law of the age of sixteen years who is unable to contribute much to my support.
Sworn to and declared in open Court on this eighteenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred twenty. In testimony and faith whereof, William Wilson Clark of the said County aforesaid, has hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be affixed this 27 th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
W m Wilson Clark

Norfolk County to wit.
In testimony that Holt Wilson whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificate was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements &c. in the State of Virginia at the date of the said certificate, and that his name there subscribed appears to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the County Seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at my Office in the County of Norfolk aforesaid, this 28 th day of October in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred & twenty four, and of the Independence of the United States, the forty ninth.
Wm. Wilson Clk

ILLINOIS CENTRAL SYSTEM
June 12th 1928.
FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK JUN 14 1928 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Hon Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 6, File Rev & 1812 Wars Section. in re photostatic copies of Rev War Pension Joseph Carter, ( w.6893 ) Norfolk Co Virginia.
Will you kindly advise me number of pages and I will mail you draft in payment for same.
Thanking you in advance I am
Very truly
M. B. Rothrock
6646 Woodlawn Ave Chicago Ill.

Ans Rev. 21812 Wars Section.
MMF
COPIED BY ADY
June 22, 1928.
M. B. Rothrock, 6646 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Sir:
I advise you that photostatic copies of original papers on file in Revolutionary War pension and bounty land claims of Joseph Carter , Virginia Troops, and widow Lucy Carter ( W. 6893 ), will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is twenty-three.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.