Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12420, Elihu Carter, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental (conn.) barter, Elihu
S 12420
CONTENTS
carded

1716 Connecticut
Elihu Carter deceased
of Hartford Co in the State of Connt. who was an Artificer in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col _____ in the Revolution time for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford
at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, & Engr 22
May 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Novr.
1857 and sent to L. M. Drury Esq
Arrears to the Ath of
Semi-annual allowance ending Onandaigua
New York
Paid from $202
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Wightman Clerk
Book E. 2 , Vol. 3 , Page 8
* Continental Line Records N.Y. Aug 7/85 f

Declaration of Elisha Caster in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832.
State of Connecticut } of Southington - Southington Probate District }
On this 27 th day of July A.D 1832 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut now sitting in Southington in said District, Elisha Caster a resident of Southington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, and of said Southington District aged Seventy three years and six months 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 th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1778 on the 6 th day of February for Three years, and served in Capt Gamsahel Painter, company of Artificers in the Regiment commanded by Col Jeduthun Baldwin of the Continental line, That Capt Painter was commander of the company during the whole term of his enlistment, and that he served for the

full term of his enlistment, and was discharged at Fishkill in the state of New York in February 1781, by written discharge which is annexed to this Declaration.
That at the time of his enlistment he resided in said Southmpton, and immediately after his enlistment he was ordered to Southbury in Connecticut where he had the small pox, that from Southbury he went to Danbury in Connecticut and joined the Regiment, from Danbury he went with the Regiment or a division of it to Fishkill, that he was stationed at Fishkill in the state of New York, at White Plains, and divers other places, and was finally dismissed at Fishkill. That he was enlisted by — Osborn an Ensign in Capt Wilcox's company in Col Baldwin's Regiment and was turned over to Capt Painter's company that he has resided ever since the Revolutionary war at said Southmpton and is known by Rev David L. Ogden, Elizur Clark and Ishakel C. Frisbie who reside in said Southmpton and can testify to the facts of his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Ebenezer Cutter
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Romes Lowrey Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Southmpton, in Connecticut.

in that opinion
David L Ogden Isaac Eulipseyer Frisbie
And the said court does hereby declare its opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to the court that David L Ogden who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Southington in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut and that Isaac Eulipseyer Frisbie who has also signed the same is a resident in said Southington and is a credible person and that their testimony is entitled to credit.
Romeo Lowrey Judge of the court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut
I John Wightman Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Eliza Carter for a pension, and also that Romeo Lowrey is the Judge of said court, and that the foregoing proceedings were in open court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court this 27 th day of July A.D 1832
John Wightman

We David L. Ogden a Clergyman of Southington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut and residing therein and I have been for some time residing in said Southington and belonging thereto hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elkan Cartier who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be about seventy four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur

BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Barker of Southington in the State of Conn t (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court of Probate  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years  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.     In 1778 Feb y 3 private  Col l J. Baldwin Reg t Conn t Continentals  Capt s Smith Co y State Line Artillery   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Southington  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by Witnesses - Documentary, traditionary evidence, & by the rolls - The Witnesses are a Clergyman, Certified to be Credible persons by the Court  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective not authenticated according to the regulation 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens Examining Clerk.
exam the rolls - in 1778 Feb y 3 yrs for 3 yrs - Probate - Probate -

Eliza Carter - Conn
Set Y th June 1832

Know all men by these presents that we Hopkins Carter, and Asahel Carter both of Southington in the State of Connecticut Executors of Eliza Carter late of said Southington now deceased, have appointed and do hereby appoint L. M. Drury Esq of Connecticut in the State of New York our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our name as Executors aforesaid to make application to and prosecute a claim for arrears of Pension, believed to be due to the said Eliza Carter at the time of his decease and payable to the surviving children of said Eliza Carter with full power to use our names in the prosecution of said claim, and he is hereby authorized to receive any certificate that may be issued in the premises to us as Executors of said Eliza Carter for the benefit of his surviving children. — And said Drury is authorized to act in the premises in as full and complete a manner as we ourselves could hereby ratifying all that our said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises
Dated at Southington this 13 th day of March 1851
In presence of Romio Lowrey
Hopkins Carter
Asahel Carter
State of Connecticut } Hartford County } ss Southington March 13 th 1851
Personally appeared Hopkins Carter and Asahel Carter signers and sealers of the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed for the purposes therein named
Before me
Romio Lowrey Just of Penn

State of Connecticut } Probate District of Southington } for Southington March 13. 1851
I John Gridley Clerk of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Eliza Caster was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of One Hundred and forty four Dollars per annum, that he was a resident of said Southington and died in said Southington on the 22 nd day of May 1844, leaving no widow - And that he left at the time of his death the following named children, who are now surviving to wit Mercy Howard Hopkins Caster Jennett Higgins and Asahel Caster all of said Southington.
And I further certify that Hopkins Caster and Asahel Caster aforesaid were by the last will and Testament of the said Eliza Caster appointed his Executors, who accepted the Trust and gave bond for the execution thereof as required by law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said Court at said Southington this 13 th day of March A.D. 1851
John Gridley Clerk

Rev War
12.420 INVALID.
File No. 12,420.
Elisha Carter Artificer Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Eliza Carter of Southinton State of Connecticut Indicted 6 th July 1770 to serve three years in prison carrying of Arsenic, As the time is near expired & she been a faithfull servant to the Public is now Discharged with liberty to return home allowing five Days to travel Fishkill 13 th July 1770 1 Gann Barrister. Lease Arsenic
Widow Carter
J Baldwin Esq r Engineers & Com te Artificers

1716 Connecticut Elisha Carter dec d
of ————— in the State of Ct who was a n artf. in the ————— commanded by Captain ————— of the ————— commanded by ————— in the ————— * line for ————— one pr $144
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 202 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & Ending 22 May 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Octo 1851 and sent to L. M. Murray Canandaigua N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. E. Robinson Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 8
★ Continental Line. Records W.K. Aug. 7/65. S

1716 Connecticut
Elihu Warner
of Southington in the State of Connecticut who was an artificer in the company commanded by Captain Samuel of the Reg t commanded by Col. Baline in the Connecticut line for 3. years
★ Continental Line,
Records corrected, Aug. 1835.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 14 3/4 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of November 1832 and sent to Pensioner
Arrears to 4th of Sept — 1832 $ 216 Semizant. allowance ending Sept 1833 — 72 $ 288
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk Book J Vol. D. Page 36

Elihu Carter, decd
Cl
Act 7 June 1832
Adm with inventory $745 in 9 1/2 mths 37
due to $202 $240.
cedg $144  $202 per ann comg 11 March 1831 & endg 22 May 1841,
payable to Wesley Carter & Asahel Carter Executors, for the benefit of them- selves and
Mercy Howard & Jennett Higgins, only surviving children.
L. A. Drury & Ena Dargu

London July 31 Offered 1832 No 1269.
Last Previous
amplified 146

I Elisha Clark of Southmpton in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of the age of Seventy four years and some months - depose and say that in the month of February 1778 or in the month of March following I enlisted into Capt John Lamb's Company of Artificers in the Regiment commanded by Col Nathaniel Baldwin of the Continental line, or was transferred to Capt Lamb's company from Capt Hopsom's company I cannot distinctly recollect which, and that I enlisted for the term of Three years, and served during the period of my enlistment, under Capt Lamb and Capt Phinehas Parker and was discharged by Capt Garmiah Painter at Fishkill in the month of March 1781, That I was well acquainted with Elisha Carter of said Southmpton, and know that he served in the same Regiment that I did and for the term of Three years, That I have frequently seen his discharge signed by Garmiah Painter, and saw it a great many years ago. and further

The Deponent saith not -
Eliza Clark
State of Connecticut } } Southington Southington Probate District }
Personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut Eliza Clark, well known to me as a person of good character for veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed.
Romeo Lawrence

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 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? 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? yes by the Court 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? yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? — no XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? not stated
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 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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

BRIEF in the case of of
in the State of (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? 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. As a Gen. In 17
5. In what battles was he engaged? 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Brief in the case of Eliza Carter, &c, late of Litchfield County and State of Connecticut act 7 June 1832.
Claim, ("original" or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Artillery Artificer 14 1/2 was at $10 per mo $145. 9 1/2 " " " 57 Increased to $202, $240 deducting former payments at $144, $202 per annum.
Name and residence of Agent.
L. M. Brury Canandaigua NY
S. Cole Examining Clerk.