Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17876, Jacob Carter, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
barter, Jacob
S17876
CONTENTS
carded

824
New Hampshire Jacob Barker
of Rockingham in the State of N H who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Clothes of the Regt commanded by Col Hale in the N H line for 8 Mo's from 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of October 1832 and paid to Peter Schonewick Preston N H
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  $ 39 99    Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar - 33  13 33     $53 32  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. McBlain Clerk. Book D Vol. 1 st Page 147.

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Rockingham, ss.
ON this Tenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature now sitting at Exeter in said County
Jacob Gaster a resident of Exeter
in the County of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire, aged Seventy nine 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 7, 1832:
That he was enlisted in the Army of the United States in July or August 1777 by Robert Stuart as a recruit for Hales Regiment (so called) of the New Hampshire Line that he with Michael Boit, Thomas Callis and Daniel Collins started for the Army under General Gates where said Hales Regiment then was that he first went to Bennington Vermont and was in the action which there took place under the command of Genl Stark that after that action he proceeded to Saratoga and joined said Regiment then under the command of Lieut Col. Adams in Captain Clothes Company that he was in both the actions which preceded the Surrender of Genl Burgoyne in the first of which Lieut Col Adams was killed that after the Surrender of Burgoyne he proceeded with said Regiment to join the Army under General Washington that they marched through Albany down the North River and through New Jersey to White Marsh in Pennsylvania that on the march there was a mutiny in which Capt Neal of said Regiment was killed - that the Regiment marched with the Army to Valley Forge where they built huts and remained until the last of March or first of April 1778 having completed the full term of his enlistment he was honorably discharged but has lost his discharge; that he probably enlisted by the name of Jacob Gaster Jr - that previous to his enlistment he resided in Exeter in Rockingham County, New Hampshire and has since resided in Exeter aforesaid.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Attest R. Chadwick
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob Gaster
Attest R. Chadwick Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the before named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Peter Chadwick clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Cartier for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of August Anno Domini 1832
P Chadwick clerk of the Court Rockingham County

Col 11 Jacob Gantier
Private Colonel Hale's Regt N. H. State Troops From July 1 st 1777. to 10 th April 1778.
On Roll Col Hale's Regt. it does not appear how long he served —
8 Months Service
Adm I L E
$ 26.66
Peter Chadwick Esq. Agent Exeter N. H.

BRIEF in the case of Jacob Coarter of the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1777 July or August — 8 or 9 — Recruit Private Soldier Stark & Gates Hale's Regt Capt. Colther  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bannington N.W. in two battles preceding the surrender of Burgoyne  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Kingston in the County and State aforesaid  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Nothing but his own affidavit but mentions a number who enlisted with him. He had a written discharge but has lost it.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No Certificate of a clergyman 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

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17876
INVALID.
File No. 17876
Genl. Custer
Br. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 63
[Arrangement of 1870.]