Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12684, Henry Carter, Va.

SERVICE
Vi-
Karter, Henry
NUMBER _____
S. 12684
CONTENTS
carded

Rev. May
12684 INVALID.
1932 - Dec. 21 - Hist. to Irene Cramer - J.L.L.
File No. 12.684
Henry Cantu Rev. Rev. May
Act: June 7th 1853
Index: — Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henry Carter which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? _____ IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____ Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _____
XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Kentucky 4732
Henry Carter
Parish in the State of Ky. who was a Pvt. in the Compy commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Scott in the Va. line for 2 years from 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 - Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Mar: 33 and Supt Hon. L. Tompkins, House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 120 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33 40 $160-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book (2) Vol. 9 Page 34.
Died - June 8 - 1835. - A.B. JRR.

Henry Carter
Declaration for a Pension

state of Kentucky County of Barren SEP
On this 19 th day of September - 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of - the Circuit Court of Barren County & circuit now sitting Henry Carter a resident of Barren County & state of Kentucky, aged 80 years the 25 th day of June 1832, who be- ing first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the be- nefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States & ser- ved as herein stated. He served under Col Charles John Scott enlisted under Captain George Stubblefield, & marched from Williamsburgh, the place of rendezvous, under Major Parker to Norfolk & Portsmouth & served two years in the Regular Army or Continental line. of Virginia state line, he is not certain which He entered the Army he thinks about the year 1776 in the beginning of the year & left the service in 1777 or early in 1778 in the winter time. He was at the taking of the Hessians on the 26 th of December 1776 Having marched about 6 miles in the night, & suffering much with cold &c, it being snowing at the time the Hessians were taken. He was at Philadelphia, New Ark, marched through Jersey before the British, & crossed the River in the Army under Genl Washington & Col. Charles Scott, & was at the Battle of Trenton & Princeton. He obtained a Discharge but did not pre- serving ever to have used for it has mislaid or lost & it can not now be found. At the time he entered the service in the Regular Army he lived in Spottsylvania about 18 miles from Fredericksburg Virginia to which place he returned in the winter of 1777. He was also drafted in about one month after he return- ed home, as a soldier in the Militia of Virginia & served un- der Thomas Crutchfield, Lieut. Brannum, Ensign Clayton. He does not recollect his field officers. At this time he served about 3 months & marched to Red Bank & James town the British giving way be- fore them. He obtained a Discharge, cannot now recollect the place he obtained it at, & then returned home. He served two or three other tours in the Virginia state Militia, but he has now en- tirely forgotten the particulars of them, their length, the officers he served under &c. While in the service of his country he knows Genl Washington, Col. Parker, Genl Scott, Lieut. Mackelham, Genl. Stowe band, Col. Anderson, & many others. He has no Documentary Evi- dence of, nor does he know of any person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes all

very claim whatever to a pension or Annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of this Agency of any State, or  on  the  roll  of  the  Agency  of  the  State  of  Kentucky
Sworn to, and Subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
Henry Carter
We Zachariah Emerson - a clergyman residing in the County of Warren & John Duff - residing in the same County Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Carter who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be 80 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Zachariah Emerson John Duff
1. where & in what year were you born? Ans: In Spottsylvania County, 18 miles of Fredericksburgh, in 1752. 2. Have you any record of your age? If so, where is it? Ans: I have. It is in the family Bible at my house. 3. Where were you living when called into the Service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war? Where do you now live? Ans: at Spottsylvania, about 18 miles from Fredericksburgh. Since the war I have lived in Spottsylvania & in Fauquier County, from which place I moved 30 years ago to Warren County Ky. where I have lived ever since & still live. 4. When were you called into service? Ans: Enlisted in the Regular Army first, then drafted in the State Militia. 5. State the names of the Regular officers who you served with, the names of some regiments & general engagements? Ans: Col. Parker, Col Scott, Genl Washington, Genl Bowly A.D. just named & many others. I served in the 5th Virginia Regiment, was at the battles of Princeton, Trenton, & at the taking of the Hessians. 6. Did you ever receive a Discharge, if so by whom was it given, & what has become of it? Ans: I did, do not recollect by whom it was given, it is now lost.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that after filling the interrogatories prescribed by the

War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Zachariah Emerson — who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Warren & that John Duff — who has also signed the same is a Resident in the County of Warren & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Richard Garnett — clerk of the first Courts of Barren County & Circuit do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said courts in the matter of the application of Henry Carter for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19 th day of Sept r 1832
Richard Garnett Clerk
19th Sept 1832

Henry Carter
for 1776 pri- vate for 2 years $80.
admit of a sea for on Road

BRIEF in the case of Henry Carter  County of Barren in the State of Kentucky (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? _____  3. How old is he? 80  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted In 1776 2 — — private Gen. Capt. George Stubblefield, Charles Parker, Major Parker, Col. Scott, Gen. Washington   Drafted about 3 — — " Capt. J. Crutcher.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Trenton, Princeton  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Spottsylvania Co. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

December 21, 1932.
Irene Cramer The Lennox 1005 East Marshall Street Richmond Virginia.
BA-J/ILL Henry Carter S. 12684
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Henry Carter, a soldier of Virginia in the Revolutionary War who lived in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1833.
The record given below is obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12684, based upon the service of Henry Carter in that war.
Henry Carter was born June 25, 1752 about eighteen miles from Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and lived there at the time of the Revolution.
Henry Carter enlisted at the beginning of 1776, served as private in Captain George Stubblefield's Company, Colonel Charles Scott's 5th Virginia Regiment, was at Philadelphia, crossed the river with the Army under General Washington and marched through the snow, was in the battle of Trenton, also in the battle of Princeton and was discharged at the expiration of service of two years. Shortly after his return to Virginia, he enlisted and served three months as private in Captain Thomas Crutcher's Virginia Company; subsequently, he served two or three tours in the Virginia troops, no names of officers stated. about 1 mo
After the war, the soldier lived in Spotsylvania County, and in Fauquier County, Virginia, and moved about 1801 to Barren County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, at which time he resided in Barren County, Kentucky.
Henry Carter died June 8, 1835. It is not stated that he was married.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

Dec 8, 1932
Dear Sir,
OK May I have the Pension record of HENRY CARTER of Barren Co Kentucky in 1833 but who came from Va, and was a Revolutionary soldier in the Va State Line.
Yours truly
Irene Cramer Irene Cramer
The Lenox 1005 E. Marshall St Richmond Va
RECEIVED DEC 10 1932