Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,740, Benjamin Carter, D. Chatham Co., N.C. 1831

SERVICE
NUMBER
Carter, Benjamin
R. 1,740
d. Chatham Co. N.C. 1837.
CONTENTS

N o 38.290
Benjamin Carter decd.
Alabama
Act 7 th June 1832
To D. R. Carter Feb. 7 th 1852
1740

Pres. Appr July 7. 1832
Sir:
The two papers you transmitted have been filed in the name of Benjamin Carter and under the Act of 7 June, 1832. I send you a form of declaration under that Act, which will give you the necessary instructions.
D. R. Carter Esq by his atty Lum.

No. 38.290
Benjamin Cartar Ala
Act 7 June 1832
D. R. Cartar

The State of Alabama Franklin County
July 10th 1851
This is to Certify that I nominate and appoint David R. Carter my lawful agent and attorney in which by this Instrument do authorize the said - David R. Carter of the County of Winston Mississippi to collect the Revolutionary Pension due to Benjamin Carter as one of the Soldiers of said war and me being now the Only heir of the said Benjamin Carter and the said David R. Carter is by me imparted to receive collect and keep for any amount due to my Father Benjamin Carter for the service of the said soldier dying in Chatham County North Carolina of which you will see an Record in the office that he was one of Revolutionary Soldiers given under my hand and in the presence of
Thornton his Carter mark
A. Simmons

State of Tennessee July the 29th Grazing County 1857 This day appeared Robert Carter before me one of the justices of the peace for Grazing County & made oath in due form of law that Benjamin Carter the father of Thornton Carter served two three months Tours in the Revolutionary war Between Great Britain & the united states and that the said Benjamin Carter Died in Chatham County North Carolina in the year of our Lord 1831, and Thornton Carter is the lawful Heir of the said Benjamin Carter Sworn to & subscribed before me this 29th day of July 1857 — one of the tours was served under capt Richard Simpson
his Robert Carter mark
Attest Abraham Haynes Justice of the peace for Grazing County

State of Tennessee County of Grainger
I hereby certify that Abraham H. Byers Esq. before taken the within Office with like taken and whose name is signed to the same is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State of Tennessee duly elected Commissioner and qual- ified according to the Constitution and Laws of the State of Tennessee And that his signature appears to be in his own proper handwriting and that he is fully authorized to administer Oaths for general purposes.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office at Office in Rutledge this 27 th day of October 1857
Edward F. Clark of the County Court of Grainger County