Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30321, Joseph Carter, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Carter, Joseph.
S 30321.
CONTENTS
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Returned from GAO

Little H. B. R. Young Oct 12 1845
rate of death annuity
25,122 Kentucky
Joseph Coalter
of Washington Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain  of the reg t commanded by Col. Ruffell in the Virginia line for 2 yrs from 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Nov '33 — and sent to Hon C. A. Wickliffe. Bardstown
Arrears to the 14th of Sep '33 $ 200 — Sem-ant. allowance ending 24 Mch '36 40 —
$ 240 —
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk
Book E. Vol. 7 Page 6

End of said lease this 23 rd Nov 1832
Frederick L. (seal)
28, 4/30
Joseph Cartwright Pension
on Roll

State of Va.
Washington County Council
On this day being the 13 th of Nov. 1832, personally appeared in open court Joseph Gadsby a resident citizen of Washington Co. Va. aged 72 years and upon his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed the 7 th day of Jan y 1832. That he enlisted on 27 th August 1777. enlisted as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution for the service of three years in the 15 th Virginia Regiment, after which was transferred to the 11 th Virginia Artillery after which was transferred to the 2 d Va. Hgts. Com d by Col. Ruffel, and was attached to the Brigade commanded by Genl. Woodford. He first joined the Main Army at Valley Forge after which had been taken to Alexandria and encamped for the March. From the Valley Forge he was marched to the South and was in and at the Siege of Charleston, when it was captured in 1780. Genl. Lincoln was our commander in chief at Charleston. He was detained in captivity until the month of September 1781. when he was exchanged and returned from the British Camp on Sept. 1781. at Old Point Comfort Va. He was marched then to Williamsburg and there the said Gadsby was discharged having served out his term of enlistment. His discharge he has not. He thinks it was sent either to Richmond or the Federal City in order to obtain his bounty land.

as his name was is found at Washington upon the books showing that he was enrolled and had received his bounty land, or his assignee received it for him. He annexes to this also several testimonies of. Mo. Bex. taken in 1830. in the State of Virginia on the year 1830 also R. D. Carter of the same State. These in support of his claims these affidavits were taken in 1830 under a belief that the applicant was entitled to the benefit of the then existing pension laws. Their previous if a pension due in Northumberland County on an account within the reach of the process of this court. He has no witness in this State where where he can prove his services. He refers to records of the war office.
He is not upon the pension roll of any State and hereby relinquishes all claims to a pension except the present one now proffered. Signed Joseph H. Garton
Also appears in open court. Jeremiah Beauchamp
and J. Robison Beauchamp.
who state on their oath that they are personally acquainted with the above named Joseph H.

Carter we believe him to be of the age stated by him. They also state that he is a man of good character and that his statement on oath is entitled to credit. also They also state that the said Joseph Carter has been reported in his myrtle brotherhood as to be and is believed to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary war.
Signed. Jeroboam Beauchamp
J. B. Beauchamp
23 March Washington Circuit Court It is the present time continued and in the Washington Circuit at the Court house in Springfield on the 12th day of November 1852 Joseph Carter an applicant for a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier came into Court and made oath to the truth of the statement he then submitted and the Court express its opinion after investigation that Mallory and for examining the question presented by the War Department that said Carter was a Revolutionary Soldier & thereby as he has stated - Jeroboam Beauchamp and pro- thonotary J. Beauchamp also came into Court and made oath to the truth of the statement he then submitted. The Court thereby states that he is entitled to a Revolutionary Pension - & that the original papers of said Carter being found the foregoing is the original proceedings of said Carter in the matter of the application of Joseph Carter for a pension. Given under my hand and seal this

Act of 7th June, 1832.
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
11 June 1847
RECEIVED of G. W. MERIWETHER, Agent for paying Pensions,
Thirty- six Dollars,
88
Cents, being for 5 months, 16 days  six months Pension, due to
Joseph Carter, deceased,
from the 4th day of
March 1846
to the 20th  18th day of August 1846 for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
$ 36.88
Joseph Carter Jr Executor p.

Los bates and
$36.88
7 June 1832
No 23
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Louisville Ky.
27. 1847
Bt 91
114

Treasury Department 3 d Auditor's Office May 20 th 1847.
Sir,
The Treasurer of the United States will remit to your care, to Joseph Carter Jr o Executor of Joseph Carter, a deceased Pensioner on the Kentucky roll, per Act 7 th June, 1832, the sum of Forty dollars, being for his pension from 4 th Sept. 1845, to 4 th March, 1846, at $80. per annum for which please forward the Executor's receipt to this Office -
The Agent at Louisville, Ky is hereby authorized to pay Joseph Carter Jr o , the Executor, the pension from 4 th March 1846 to 20 th August, 1846, the day of the Pensioner's death, on the surrender of this letter, with Mr Carter's receipt, to be returned by the Agent to this Office, as his Voucher, for the payment.
Your having failed to take the requisite Oath, is the reason the money is not sent to you as the Attorney in the case -
Very Respectfully Your At. Svt. P. Hagan Ad
Jonas H. Phifer Esq Louisville Ky.

Warrant No- 1094- if? to Joseph Carter private of the Virginia line for 100 acres of land - Nov r 11 th 1824

August 30, 1935
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Joseph Carter-S.30321 BA-J/AWF
Irma Blanche McDevitt Rockfield Kentucky
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 30321, based upon the service of Joseph Carter in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown, nor are the names of his parents stated.
Joseph Carter enlisted, August 27, 1777, marched to Alexandria and from there to Valley Forge, where he joined the "main army"; he served in the 15th, 11th and the 2nd Virginia regiments as a private, was in the siege of Charleston, then in Colonel Russell's Virginia regiment, was captured at that time and held a prisoner until exchanged, and "landed from the British Vessel in September, 1781 at Old Jamestown, Virginia", marched to Williamsburg and there discharged and returned to Northumberland County, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, November 13, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and living in Washington County, Kentucky.
There is no reference to wife or children.
In 1830, Rawleigh D. Carter, a resident of Northumberland County, Virginia, made to following affidavit

before Griffin Edwards, Justice of the Peace for said county: that "he had often heard his Father John Carter say that his brother Joseph Carter (the bearer of this) joined the army of the United States in the War of the Revolution at a very early age perhaps about Fifteen years old and that he ran away from school for that purpose and that the said Joseph Carter continued in the army during the War and that he has often heard his Father say that his brother Joseph did not return untill after the Siege of Yorktown in this state"-
In order to obtain information relative to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the pensioner, Joseph Carter, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data:
Joseph Carter Certificate # 25122 Issued November 25, 1833 Rate $80.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

30 321 INVALID. Rev
File No. 30,321
Joseph Carter Rev War
Act: June 18 29 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June 28 th 1894. Rev. D. H. Carter Miss Sue Carter Lebanon, Ky. Aug. 22 nd 1905. Hist. to John S. Bales Louisville, Ky. Will. 1910 Oct. 20. Hist. to Miss Margaret B. Wilson 1918 Sept. 20. Hist. to F. M. Ballard 1930. mch. "Joseph V. Wilson 1935. June 14. Hist. to Ward C. Sumpter ans 1935. Aug 28. Ward C. Sumpter adv. further ans 1935. Aug 29. Hist. to Emma B. McDowitt ans

State of Virginia
Northumberland County to wit
Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace for the said County John Cox aged about sixty five years and after having been duly sworn and being to law deposed and saith, that he was in very early life well acquainted with Joseph Carter near a resident of the State of Kentucky and that the said Carter entered into the army of the United States in the War of the Revolution some time (as well as this affiant can recollect) about the year Seventeen Hundred and
Seventy Seven and that he at once understood the said Carter was made prisoner at the capture of Charles Town and that he did not return to Northumberland until after the capture of Cornwallis at York Town in this State. and further this affiant saith that - Given under my hand and seal this 18 th day of November One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty.
Griffin Edward

State of Virginia
Northumberland County to wit
I Fleming Bates clerk of the County Court of Northumberland do hereby certify that Griffin Edwards Esq. (within named), is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commis- sioned and qualified.
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 26 day of Nov: 1820
F. Bates

Country in the war again, and that the said Carter continued in the said service until after the siege at York in Virginia and for then this affidavit is not given under my hand and seal this 18 th day of November Eighteen Hundred and Thirty — Griffin Edwards Esq
We the undersigned citizens of Northumberland County & state of Virginia do hereby certify that Joseph Carter (the bearer of this) We have rea- son to believe did enlist in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war according to the certificate of John Cox given the 18 th day of November Eighteen hundred & Thirty given under our hands this 20 th of Nov. 1830
Rowland D. Carter Robt. Damron Charles Carter Wm. Harding J. Ball Jr. John W. Adams

It does not seem as if this letter referred to Joseph Carter 30,321. no endorsement on back of jacket

Boonville Mo July 30 th 1855 Mr John A. Callahan
Dear Sir having seen Your advertisement in the Boonville Missourian offering to attend to claims I shall adopt You on the subject claiming a pension for services, by Joseph Carter my father who belonged to the continental army which I have been trying to get for eleven years, I had captain stephenson's certificate for his services for one year ending on the first day of July 1776 as a private soldier also a captain's commission by Thomas Jefferson dated 1779, with papers I put in the hands of William B Hood to prosecute and have not heard of them since, he wrote to me a short time after he received them stating that the name of my father he found on the roll but the commissioner said that it was another Carter, Hood lately wrote to Honorable John B Miller stating that he gave the papers to James H Relfe who then was a member of Congress I since have written to Relfe, he says he has assisted Hood in claims for elements in Missouri but recollects nothing of my claim but says possible he went to the office to examine but forgot of time must have left the papers further

search or might have left them with Colonel Edwards the commissioner of pensions. Relfe proposes to me to have the office searched, now from these statements if you are willing to make an effort to recover the claim, receiving your pay from what you recover you can address me here in Boonville and state your terms &c, if we can make a bargain I will give you the particulars & send a power of attorney an answer will be thankfully received by James Carter
Mr Anderson
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original letter.]

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pensylvania Ave.

Washington
Feb 4 Mar. 4 th 1833
Dear Sir,
Send you an affidavit taken in Oregon in 1830. by Mr Joseph Barker. He took this proof then under a belief that he was entitled under the existing laws. It is not in form I am much but hope it will answer the purpose. Have you found the papers in the case of Blandford. Esq.
Send my papers to Barmstow. Esq. and have the County where the Applicant resides and name in each certificate that may be now where to find them
Yours,
C. H. [unclear]

28430
Joseph Carter Kentucky
from 1777 private 2 yrs $80
Wickliffe Declin Joseph Carter Ky
Gen. L. Edwards Esq
Pension office
Hon. C. A. Wickliffe Bardstown, Kentucky

Washington
July 19 th 1833.
J. L. Edwards.
Sir
Inclosed I enclose you the
papers on the case of Joseph Cartier, I think it is no but the papers he refers to may be filed in your office If not I think Mr. Cartier's name is on the Rolls. I am certain I found his name on the list of those to whom Military or bounty lands have been granted. Will you please to have this case examined into.
Yours
C. A. Wickliffe

State of Virginia
For the said County to wit
Rawleigh D. Carter of lawful age came before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the aforesaid County. This day & made oath according to law, that he had often heard his Father John Carter say that his brother Joseph Carter (the bearer of this, joined the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution at a very early age perhaps a- bout Fifteen years old and that he ran away from School for that purpose & that the said Joseph Carter continued in the Army during the War and that he has often heard his Father say that his brother Joseph did not return Home until after the siege of York Town in this State - given under my hand this 8 th day of December Eighteen Hundred & thirty
Griffin Edwards
Ed B

193 Pension Office
Dec. 12. 1845.
Sir. The pension certificate of Joseph Carter, under the act of June 7. 1832, is herewith returned, and I have the honor to inform you that he is not entitled to pay now from the 30. March 1826, under the law of May 15. 1828. That act provides that the soldier shall have enlisted for the war, and served till its termination; but it appears from the declaration of Mr. Carter, that he enlisted for the term of three years, in August 1777; was taken prisoner at Charleston in 1780; exchanged in September 1781, and discharged from the service.
The pension of a private soldier under the act of May 15. 1828 is the same as the act of June 7. 1832 allows, viz $80 per annum.
Hon. B. R. Young H. R.

Washington Dec r 10 th 1845-
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir - I herewith inclose you the Certificate of Joseph Garter - If I am not misinformed Mr Garter was in the regular Service from 1777 until 1787. If so, is he entitled to draw a pension from 1826 under the law passed at that time - Is he entit- led to draw more than the $80. if he can establish that he was a regular Soldier for the above time - Any information touching this claim will be thankfully acknowledged by very respectfully
Yours etc. Serv.
B. R. Young

Raywick Ky. Jany. 21 st 1930. Comr. of Pensions Dept. American Revolution, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Years ago I joined Society of Sons American Revolution and one of papers necessary in admitting me was furnished by you on war record of Joseph Carler of Virginia, enlisted Aug. 1877, served four years to Sept. 1781, private in 2 nd , 11 th & 15 th Virginia regiments, taken prisoner at battle of Charleston, held aboard prison ship until release from service, afterward moved residence to Washington Co. Ky. where he died on Aug. 20 th 1846. - was born on Dec. 20 th 1760. was pensioned under act of 1832, while living in Washington Co. Ky. (Now Marion Co. Ky.).
The above mentioned paper, of course, passed from my possession, and it is now necessary for one of my female relatives to have one of similar character to join the D. A. R. Society.
Will you please send to me the document to help her join the list claim?
Yours very respectfully,
(Mrs) Joseph H. Wilson,

1352 Chestnut St., Bowling Green, Ky., July 4, 1935.
Veteran's Administration, Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Hiller,
Several weeks ago I requested and you very kindly sent me the record of Joseph Carter. In the report you had the father of Joseph, John, while family tradition and history say his name was Thomas. We wondered if your secretary, in copying, made an error, or if some one had made a mistake in the family history. Would you mind having his record checked and let me know the result?
We are endeavoring to trace the Carter line and this contradictory statement as to the father of Joseph is, of course confusing. Maybe you have Revolutionary records for more than one Joseph Carter. The one in which we are interested was born in 1760 and died 1846 in Marion County, Ky. once Washington County.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Ward C. Sumpter

WALL PAPER
J. B. SUMPTER & BRO.
Park City Paint and Color Works
MAKERS OF HIGH-GRADE PAINTS PAINTERS' AND PAPER HANGERS' SUPPLIES CONTRACTORS AND DECORATORS
938 State Street
510 Tenth Street
BOWLING GREEN, KY.
AUTOMOBILE PAINTS WINDOW GLASS PAINT BRUSHES WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL TURPENTINE DRY PAINTS WATER PAINTS VARNISHES PUTTY
June 3, 1935
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I will appreciate it if you will give me such information as may be in your files concerning Joseph Carter, Born 1760, died 1840. He married first Jenny Shelton and second Nancy Anne Winlock. He enlisted in 1777 and belonged to the 2nd, 11th and 15th Virginia Regiments. I wish to know, especially, if possible, the county in Virginia from which he enlisted.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Ward C. Sumpter

Rockfield, Kentucky 8/23/35
Veteran's Administration Washington D.C. Gentlemen:
Please send me in connection with the other names I gave you in a previous letter, the Revolutionary records and family data of Thomas Wright--will prove Cumberland Co. Va.--married Elizabeth McRee. She died in Garrigus Co. Ky. 1831. Yours Respectfully, Anna Blanche McDavid
Kentucky 1935
Veteran's Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please give me the Revolutionary records and the family data pertaining to the following:
Benjamin French --married Mollie Lovewell, January 28, 1751--resided in Dunstable and Plymouth, New Hampshire--died December 15, 1779.
Samuel Coleman --married Ann (maybe his first or second wife)--estate settled 1824, Todd County, Kentucky.
John Hanna --died 1794, Surry County, North Carolina.
Joseph Carter --born 1760--died 1846--married 2nd Nancy Ann Winlock, 1792--resided Marion County, Kentucky.
Respectfully yours,
Anna Blanche McDavid

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
August 22, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Joseph Cartor --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. Aug. 1777 4 yrs. Pvt. Not stated. 15 th Va. Regt. Va. " " 11 th Va. Regt. Va. " " 2 nd Va. Regt. Va.
Battles engaged in, Siege of Charleston.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated.
Date of application for pension, November 15, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Washington Co., Ky.
Age at date of application, Seventy-two years.
Remarks: Was taken prisoner at Charleston and released in September, 1781.
Mr. John T. Bates, Jr., C/o Louisville Banking Co., Louisville, Ky.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

August 28, 1935.
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BA-J/ady
Irma Blanche McDevitt Rockfield Kentucky
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Thomas Wright, Benjamin French, Samuel Coleman and John Hanna as described by you, all spellings of the names searched.
The record of Joseph Carter, S.30321, is furnished you herewith on separate page, as found in the claim for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

August 29, 1935
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Joseph Carter-S.30321 BA-J/AWF
Mr. Ward C. Sumpter 1352 Chestnut Street Bowling Green, Kentucky
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that tradition and history indicate that the father of Joseph Carter (S. 30321) was Thomas and not John as shown in the record furnished you, June 14, 1935, and that you desire a reexamination of the records.
In 1830, Rawleigh D. Carter, a resident of Northumberland County, Virginia, made the following affidavit before Griffin Edwards, Justice of the Peace for said county: "that he had often heard his Father John Carter say that his brother Joseph Carter (the bearer of this) joined the army of the United States in the War of the Revolution at a very early age perhaps about Fifteen years old and that he ran away from school for that purpose and that the said Joseph Carter continued in the army during the War and that he has often heard his Father say that his brother Joseph did not return Home untill after the Siege of Yorktown in this state"-
In the preparation of the report furnished you, it may be that the value of the pronoun "his" was misconstrued. Upon reexamination of the papers it seems more probable that John Carter, father of Rawleigh, was a brother of the soldier, Joseph Carter, and Rawleigh the cousin of Joseph.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

June 14, 1935
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Joseph Carter-S.80321 BA-J/AWF
Mr. Ward G. Sumpter 938 State Street Bowling Green, Kentucky
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Carter, soldier of the War of the Revolution, who served in the 2nd, 11th and 15th Virginia regiments.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.30321, based upon the service of Joseph Carter in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Joseph Carter are not shown in the claim; he was the son of John Carter, name of his mother not given.
He enlisted, August 27, 1777, marched to Alexandria and from there to Valley Forge, where he joined the "main army"; he served in the 15th, 11th and the 2nd Virginia regiments as a private, was in the siege of Charleston, then in Colonel Russell's Virginia regiment, was captured at that time and held a prisoner until exchanged, and "landed from the British Vessel in September, 1781 at Old Jamestown, Virginia" marched to Williamsburg and was discharged, and then returned to Northumberland County, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, November 13, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and living in Washington County, Kentucky.
There is no reference to wife or children.

Rawleigh D. Carter, brother of the soldier, Joseph Carter, was a resident of Northumberland County, Virginia in 1830.
In order to obtain information relative to the last payment of pension, names and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
Joseph Carter Certificate # 25122 Issued November 25, 1833 Rate $80.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/HBM
OWT
March 21, 1930.
Mr. Joseph W. Wilson Raywick Kentucky.
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 30321, it appears that Joseph Carter, while residing in Northumberland County, Virginia, enlisted August 27, 1777 and served as a private in the 15th, 11th and 2nd Virginia Regiments, the 2nd Virginia Regiment being commanded by Colonel Russell. The soldier was captured at the siege of Charleston in May 1780 and held a prisoner until exchanged in September 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 13, 1832, at which time he was living in Washington County, Kentucky, aged seventy-two years.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

N. H. PUTNAM & COMPANY
Millinery Carpets
Dry Goods, Clothing, Notions Men's and Ladies' Furnishings
Groceries Furniture
Field Seeds
Implements
Lebanon, Ky. Oct 11 th 1910
Comms. Dept of the Interior, Washington D.C.
My dear Sir,
Having been requested to give the D. A. R's. I am obliged to secure from you a certificate of the fact of Joseph Cartier's service in the Revolutionary War. You will find he enlisted Aug. 1777. and served to Sept. 1781. in 2 nd , 11 th & 13 th Va. Regiments, for which he applied for pension Nov 13 th 1832, which was granted and continued to time of death 1846.
Yours Respectfully, Miss Margaret Deall Wilson
OCT 13 1910
no card for her

Recd. Sec. in
Covington, Kentucky. September 3, 1918
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Will you kindly give me the record of Joseph Carter, a soldier of the Revolution, who served in the 15th, 11th, and 2nd, Virginia regiments, and oblige,
Yours very truly,
T. M. Beall
#520 Montgomery Street.

This soldier stated that his discharge was sent to either Richmond or Washington in order to obtain his bounty land, that his name was found in Washington upon the books showing that he was entitled to and "had received" his bounty land, or his assignee received it for him. He made this statement in 1882. It would seem that this soldier made inquiry in regard to his land

and when the records were searched in Washington, it was reported to him that he had received his land, based the report on the record of land warrant no. 1094- 100 acres, which had been received by Joseph Carter of Norfolk Co., Va., either that, or his Joseph (D. 30321). sent his discharge to Rich- mond for land, as referred to in letter of E. A. Wickliffe Feb. 19, 1833. MNVG —
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Joseph Carter 230321

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Lebanon Ky. June 18 th 1894.
Comm. of Pensions, Washington
Dear Sir, D. C.
My Grand Father (Joseph Carter) of Virginia was a sol- dier of the Revolution. He died August 1846 eighteen forty six. He was a pensioner at the time of his death and had been for sometime be- fore. I am anxious to prove my rights to be a daughter

of the Revolution and would like to know what regi- ments he belonged to, and if his name is on the Pension Roll, I think he was living in Fairfax Co Virginia when he enlisted. But he was living in Kentucky when he first drew his pension and con- tinued to live here until his death. Hoping to hear from you very soon, I remain Yours truly, A. D. Jones on second page,

Miss Sue Carter, Lebanon Marion Co Kentucky.

Louisville Ky Aug 13 th 95 Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Joseph Carter of Lancaster or Stafford Co Va was a soldier of the Revolution , and drew a pension until his death in Kentucky, 1846. Having lived in this state, I is said, about fifty years. Would it be too much trouble for you to give me a copy of his enlistment papers? I wish to find out where he lived at that time; who his parents were.

in whose company he was and the date of his birth.
By so doing you will greatly assist me in unraveling some hard knots.
Respectfully John T. Bate Jr. % Louisville Banking Co. Louisville Ky.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Carter a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
8.30.321
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 27. 77 4 yrs. Private ✓ in the 15 th 11 th & 2 nd Va. regts.   ✓ 2 nd Col. Russell   soldier was captured at Charleston in   May 1780 and held a prisoner until exchanged   in Sept. 1781.  
Battles engaged in, siege of Charleston.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northumberland Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 13, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Washington Co. Ky.
Age at date of application, seventy two years.
Remarks: His claim was allowed.
4  copy to soldier  OR
Respectfully,
Brother John Carter
Commissioner.
4-2856
Soldier's name is not found on the Bureau B. L. record of Va. prior to 1850. if