Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,743, James Carter, Va. Born In Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Carter, James Eleanor
P. 1743
Born in Peun
CONTENTS

Ohio 19. 1832
James Carter
of Clermont Co. the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Bole of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Clarke in the Virginia M l time for 9. Months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 30. Dollars 2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of August 1833 and sent to S pl Morris Oleron Batavia O
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 60.00 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sep. " 15.00
$ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. S. Evans Clerk, Book E Vol. 8. Page 4.

James Carter, Application for a pension
25507

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. State of Ohio Dearborn County ss.
On the 6 th day of May 1833. Personally appeared before me Simon G. Gordon an President Judge of the ninth Judicial circuit of Ohio and Robert Haines, Israel Whetaker and John Emery a probate Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Dearborn. — I was Carter a resident of Wayne Township, Dearborn County Ohio aged seventy-seven years who being first duly sworn according to law took on him oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as a Pensioner.
I was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania on February 1756 as appears by a record of my age which as I verify believe has been copied as correctly from my Father family Bible. When I was about nine years old my father moved with myself and the rest of his family to the neighborhood of Winchester in Frederick County Virginia where I had my place of residence when the Revolutionary American Service was commenced.

3 In the fall of the year, soon after harvest, in (as near as I can recollect but of this I am not certain) the year 1777. I was drafted as a militia man (in a unit consisting of Fred- rick) and I entered the service of the United States. Under the command of Captain Henry Misevanger, Lieutenant Henry Catlett and John Barnes was in charge. Left Winchester in the fall and marched to Pittsburgh. Two other companies started out with us, from Winchester. One commanded by Captain Thomas Buck and the other commanded by Captain Reeder. Marched out of Braddock's field road and got to Pittsburgh where we staid three or four days and then started down by water in batteaux to Wheeling & relieving the fort there. I do not remember whether Genl. Hand or Majr. Hand was was commanding officer of the fort at Wheeling. We got to Wheeling and found the town burning. When we got down the Indians fled and we de-camped. The people in the fort, a good many militia had gotten into the fort at Wheeling. The three companies of Capt. Misevanger, Buck and Reeder staid in Wheeling, several days and then marched by Braddock's road to Winchester. The Companies were dis- charged on their return after having served on this tour of duty not less than three months. I was taken sick on our hill on my return and laid there at the house of our Foster until I got better, and so I got home about the middle of Winter.

4  The next tour of duty I served principally under the command of Captain John Bell in Col Dab's Regiment. I was drafted in said County of Frederick and marched from Winchester under the command of an officer whose name I do not remember. We crossed the Shenandoah at Snickers Ferry, from there we marched to Frederickburg, from there to the Potomac River, and about four days there to the Aquia Springs where we found our quarters. The troops there were commanded by Gen. L. Fayette. Col. Muhlenberg was also there. From Aquia Springs we marched through the country in different places where the British troops were generally not far from us, in pursuit of us. We were all the time in Virginia, at one time we were in Albemarle County and we marched through different counties east of the Blue Ridge the names of which I do not remember. At the end of three months I was discharged, having served not less than three months. I entered upon this tour of duty in the spring of the month in 1781. I had a written discharge. I do not remember what officer signed it. I took no care of my discharge and lost them all in two or three years. - Combs was 1st Lieutenant in this tour of duty.
After my return from this tour of duty I staid at home about three days, and hired as a substitute (I think Col. Dab's) for a speaker by I think Col.

5 Soldiers who had money placed in his hands for that purpose. I did not make any bargain with the quaker - I do not know who he was but money had been placed in Col Holms hands for the purpose of providing substitutes for such horses as were adapted and would not march. I started from Winchester about 11 on the way. Fell in with one or two men who were riding in the same way and marched with them to head quarters. Col Holms had given me a letter authorizing me to draw provisions on the road, till I came to head quarters. We joined head quarters about four miles after we crossed Pocumokee River. Then I entered Cap tains John Bell's Company in Col Darks Regiment. G.C.S. In Fayette and Muhlenberg We were at head quarters with a number of troops under their command. From then we moved to  the  city of  Winchester where we  encamped  for  the  purpose  of  waiting until we could  move  to  Albemarle barracks but our march was not in a direct line from near the Pocumokee to the the  last named place. We were harassed by the British until we were joined by Gen Wayne near Albemarle Barracks, when the British left the pursuit of us and marched away to Little York. While on this march we were twice drawn out in the line of battle but no engagement took place. The British went to Little York and we went to Williams Burg where we had been there nearly a week before Washington came

6 And Revived us. A few days after the Review we started for Little York and there joined the Main American Army. Under the Command of Gen Washington. After we joined the Army we went to Entrenching all places where we were exposed to the shot of the enemy. The British kept up a constant fire on us and while we were Entrenching every now and then a man was killed. Our man was killed a rod or two from me. I staid at Little York five days and five nights and my time expired and my relief came and I returned home. Having received a discharge signed by an officer I do not remember by whom. This term of duty was performed in 1781. My whole Service in the war of the Revolution was not less than nine months. I knew Gen. S. and Gen. G. and Gen. S. Wayne, Muhlenberg, Lee, and St. Washington, Morgan, and Col. Holman and Dark and Col. Gill. and many I saw in great many other officers, and remember but cannot remember their names with sufficient distinctness to state them. None of the ranks of the above troops of duty received a discharge but I do not know by whom they were given nor what has become of them Most them two or three years after the war. and have never seen written of them since thinking them of no value I cared nothing about them.

I have received a Commission in the War of the Revolution
In each of the Regiments mentioned above of duty I served as a private. John Howan, Silas G. Jones, Alexander Morrison, Abraham Chaplin knew me in my present neighborhood and can testify to my character for service and their belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution.
I lived in said County of Frederick until about twenty four years ago when I moved to Washington County this and from there about ten years ago I moved to the piece of land on which I have since continued to reside & not in Department City this.
I was for a long time in service of my service as a soldier of the Revolution and I know of no other testimony I can procure who can testify to my service. I did not know that the testimony of a minister was required or recommended by the Department and as I live a fifteen miles from the place where the court sits it would be an inconvenience for me to procure the testimony of a minister. Now that I know of lives nearer to me than ten miles. There are others that live in the nearer to me but they belong to a denomination different from the the one to which I belong and I know but little about them.
I have a willing and able way. Claiming to a pension & annuity except the present and decline that my name be added on the pension roll of the agency for the State of New Jersey. Carter. I am in the 80th year of my age.

Mrs. Abraham Chapman and residing in Wayne Township Clermont County Ohio and Phoebe Hadley residing in Wayne — township in said County hereby certify that we have well acquainted with James Carter Who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is a native and believed in Pennsylvania where he claims to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Abraham & Chapman P. Hadley sworn and subscribed in open court this 6th day of May 1933.
J. D. Morris Clerk

The State of Ohio, Clermont County, ss May Term 1833
"On the 14 th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court James Carter an applicant for the benefit of the act of Congress in relation to pensions passed June 7 th 1832 and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after having been that the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department were properly answered that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Abraham Chaplin and Ebenezer Hadly, who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons residing in Wayne Township in the County of Clermont Ohio and that their statement is entitled to credit"
I Jonathan D Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Clermont Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Carter for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 20 th day of May A.D. 1833
J. D. Morris Clerk

No 25507
James Bartu Clermont County Ohio
12m 9. Months
J. D. Morris clk Clermont County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of James Carter Belmont County Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Drafted 1777 - 3 Private Genl Wayne Capt Niswanger 77 years Winchester County Virginia Traditional evidence papers correctly attached.   Drafted 1781 - 3 " Capt Bell, Col Dark   Sub - " - 3 " Col Holm, Capt Bell Col Dark.  
I am, respectfully;
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their services. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Ohio Clermont County ss
I personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County here in Salem P.O. Ohio James M. Carter aged twenty eight years who being duly sworn according to law states - That he is the son of the within named James Carter and that the said James Carter departed this life at his residence in Clermont County State of Ohio on the 14th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five leaving the within named James Carter his son who has since deceased his widow & that it is his will and that the said James Carter in his life time gave a sum in of thirty dollars per year and that after his death this amount as a part of the said James Carter the Certificate under which the said James Carter died his pension to the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Cincinnati, Ohio; That he has been informed and believes that James Carter upon and from March to the said James Carter on the night of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six by John Randall before a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Clermont - and that the said James Carter in Clermont County State of Ohio.
Joshua Carter
I was not subscribed in open Court Nov 4. 1853 Matt D. Morris Clk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of 1841 providing pensions to residents of Revolutionary Soldiers who received pensions under the Act of March 7th 1812 and who have not been paid on acts of Congress may confer upon the present applicant a right to a pension
The State of Ohio
Franklin County ss.
Personally appeared in Open Court before the County Commission Ohio in & for said County June in Session on this fourth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three Stephen Carter a resident of said County and State aged sixty eight years on the third day of November next hereafter - who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain a pension as aforesaid. States that Mrs. Carter is as she truly believes a widow in the war of the Revolution and as such that she obtained a pension under the Act (as she believed) of March seventh eighteen hundred and forty three of thirty dollars per annum during her natural life. That the Claimant states the particulars of his services but it asks leave to refer to his Declaration & list of pay hereunder in order to obtain said pension. That she believes the file in the Pension Office hereof in Washington City & also her pension Certificate which after his death was surrendered by her agent to the agent for paying pensions in Cincinnati State of Ohio which file is

John Colantoni His father was of living there his father's name and father's name being first name was a true statement his name was not state his name shall read as in the name of John Colantoni
Slurm & Co. Bank Berlin in open Court Nov. 4. 1873 Attest J. G. Mercurius Udo

97. and 1812 ars Section
MCS/HSM Revd
July 19, 1929.
Mrs. John B. Doughman, Blanchester, Ohio.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 1748, it appears that James Carter was born in February 1756, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. When about nine years of age he moved to Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.
While a resident of that place he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia Troops as follows:
In the fall of 1777 about three months in Captain Fleury Wisewanger's Company; in the spring of 1781 three months in Captain John Bell's Company in Colonel Darke's Regiment; about three days after his return from his last service he enlisted and served three months in Captain John Bell's Company, Colonel Darke's Regiment.
From Frederick County, Virginia he moved to Warren County, Ohio, and from there to Clermont County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6,

R. F
1833, at which time he was a resident of Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
He died June 6, 1841 in Clermont County, Ohio.
The soldier married in September 1826 Eleanor  Eliser (her maiden name not given) who was born November 3, 1776.
In 1843 she was a resident of Clermont County, Ohio.
Joshua Carter, a son of the soldier, was twenty-eight years of age in 1843. The name of his mother is not given.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

1929 July 19. hist do Mrs. Jno. B. Doughman. M.C.S.
1.143
RECEIVED
P. O. Eleanor Carter Wid of Service: Davis.
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges:  List of rejected claims printed in 1852 shows cause of
Re-enlisted:  rejection as follows:
"Married after the limits of the laws."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

10 272
Eleazar Carter Jamestown Ohio
Reprinted
Letter to J. Jolliffe 3. Sep. 1814
743
Act 7 th July '38

10372
James Carter
2nd p
James Carter
Nov. 2
Richmond
Application
Henson
John Duke Richmond Va.

Clermont Common Pleas October Term 1843
In this fourth day of November eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared in open court Eleanor Coartee an applicant for a pension and the court order it to be certified that they are satisfied that the said Eleanor was married to the said James Coartee in Clermont County Ohio by John Randall Esquire then a justice of the peace in and for said County in the month of September in the year eighteen hundred and twenty six that the said James Coartee was a revolutionary prisoner of the United States and departed this life on the fifth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and forty one leaving the said Eleanor Coartee his widow who yet remains his widow and resides in Clermont County Ohio and that they believe that she is entitled to a pension and further that Joshua Coartee who has sworn this day to an affidavit in support of the claim of the said Eleanor Coartee is a credible person and his statement in that matter is entitled to full faith and credit
The State of Ohio Clermont County
ss. I J. D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above is truly and correctly abstracted from the journals of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clermont and State of Ohio at their Term of October 1843
and that the attached declaration of said Eleanor Coartee and affidavit of said Joshua Coartee are the originals now presented to said Court
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia in said County this 28 th day of November A.D. 1843 J. D. Morris Clerk

J. Jolliffe
3 Sep. 1844
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Pension Office
Spc. Aug 3. 44.
Sir.
The papers in the case of Eleanor Cartier widow of James Cartier claiming a pension under the act of 7 th July '38 have been examined and filed. According to the claimants own showing the claimant is not entitled to a pension. All widows must have been married before the 1 st of Jan y 1804 to be entitled to a pension. The claimant says she was not married until the month of September 1826 consequently she has no claim upon the department. The claim is disallowed.
John Goffe Esq. Cincinnati Ohio.
372 10 Acty July '38

Hon J. S. Dickey Committee on Pensions Washington City D.C.

Cincinnati Ohio
January 22 1864
Dear Sir
Yours sincerely J. D. [?]
I herewith enclose the application of James [?] & Eleanor Carter to [?] both of whom reside in the [?]
Yours sincerely J. D. [?]

U.S. Pension Dept- Record Division Rev. War Records Sec - Commissioner of Pensions -
Dear Sir; Will you please give me the record of James Carter , who received a pension in 1840 in Wayne Twp. Clermont Co. Ohio - Post office probably was Edenton O.
and oblige Mrs. John B. Douglass, Blanchester Ohio.