Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,385, William Carter, N.C. Va.

SERVICE
Nb. Va.
Carter, William Susanna
NUMBER
W. 3385 B.L.Wt. 26952-160-55-
CONTENTS

m 82 d 33
Virginia 16.391
William Carter Patrick in the State of Va
who was a P. Sarg in the commanded by Captain of the Regt Col. Lyon in the N.C. for 11 months 7 days.
Enrolled on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of $5. Dollars 84 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5. day of August 32 and sent to A. Staples Patrick C.H. Va
to the 14th of March 33 91.68 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept. 22.92 $114.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. Rice Clerk Book E Vol. 6 Page 5.
Paid at the Treasury in full the sum of the 1 st April 1833 from 14 March 1833 to 4 March 1838. age notified 16. Jany 1839.
Paid as above from 14 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838. age noti- fied 5 June 1839.
Issued to A. W. Carter Esq June 23. 37.

Virginia Patrick County to wit
On this 14 th day of March 1853 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Patrick (now sitting William Carter Esquire resident of the County of Patrick and State of Virginia) aged seventy one last May - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of 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 herein stated. He was born (as appears by a record of his age kept by his Father and now at the house of his youngest brother Silas Carter in the County of Patrick) on the 17 th day of May 1761. at Staunton River in the now County of Campbell and State of Virginia, but was brought to the now County of Patrick, (then Augusta) before his recollection when he has resided ever since. In the fall of the year 1776 as well as he now recollects, he drove a baggage waggon for Capt. Dethrige of the North Carolina militia, on an expedition against the Cherokee Towns. The Company to which he belonged joined Col. Williams's Regiment at Surry (A House) North Carolina, and being too small was divided among other Companies and Capt. Dethrige sent home. This applicant continued driving his waggon in the service of the troops before they marched, and on the march across the Blue ridge, New river and the Iron mountain where his waggon broke down, and he being discharged came home with his team. On this tour he was gone at least five weeks. In May 1777 as well as he recollects, he volunteered as a private soldier under Capt. Peter Winston of Henry County Virginia where the applicant then resided, who had for subalterns William Ferguson lieutenant and Thomas Smith Ensign. He marched

to the long Islands of Holston river and served a tour of three months against the Cherokee Indians, when a treaty being entered into with the Indians, he was discharged has returned home on foot through the wilderness fording or swimming the water courses a distance of near two hundred miles.
In the next summer 1778 as well as he recollects he volunteered in a rifle company, James Lyon Captain, Samuel Haislip Lieutenant and William Burks Ensign, and marched from Henry County Tenn to Virginia, across the Alleghany mountains, down New River to the mouth of Wolf Creek, Peters Mountains & Walker's Creek ranging along the frontier, in order to protect them from the incursions of the Indians, and was discharged at the place where Giles County House in Virginia now stands, having served a tour of three months.
In April or May 1779 as well as he recollects, the Tories became very troublesome on the frontier of North Carolina and Virginia particularly in the upper end of the then County of Henry (now Patrick) in Virginia - A great excitement was produced through the County by the murder of a distinguished Whig William Fletcher who was shot down in his own house by a Tory in the upper end of Henry County. Capt. Eliphas Shelton then commanded a company of riflemen in the County of Henry (now Patrick), in which the Applicant was a Sergeant. On receiving the news of the murder of Fletcher, he was ordered by his Captain to summon a portion of the company of riflemen to go in pursuit of the murderer. He rode all night collected twenty or thirty men early next morning, and pushed for the scene of the murder. The murderer and the Tories with whom he was connected, had fled to the mountains. When the detachment pursued them to the field of contesting them, and returned home after an absence of several days. He had scarcely returned home when the Tories returned to the same neighborhood, and committed a good many outrages. Capt. Shelton then raised a company of volunteers and in a few months two, in which the Applicant acted as

a Sergeant and found his own horse. The Tories fled again from the County of Henry Virginia into Surry County North Carolina whither the company just mentioned pursued them, and had its head quarters at Osborne's mill on Loving's creek in the said County of Surry - While the said company and the applicant of course were engaged in this service. Some of the North Carolina Light Horse had taken  then to the daily of many by a farm took some of the Tories prisoners and committed them to the patrolling  them to the patrolling the Applicant who was directed to take some of the best men and escort them to the Head quarters above mentioned, where they were kept awhile, and then taken in charge of the applicant and some horsemen to the Jail of Henry County Virginia. While on this tour the Applicant and fifteen or twenty of the troops pursued the Tories (he had robbed a whig Daniel Carlin while said Carlin was in some distance over the mountain dispersed them and recovered the property - After the expiration of this tour of duty the applicant was repeatedly in service as sergeant commanding small detachments for short periods in order to suppress and pursue Tories who were constantly committing robberies as  he cannot specify the precise length of time he served in these expeditions, but it could not have been less than two  three months. It would take a volume to detail all the adventures, encounters & which took place between the whigs and Tories in the neighborhood of the applicant for a year or two prior to the battle of King's mountain in many of which he was on afoot - Nearly half the population in what was called the Hollow being parts of the Counties of Henry in Va. and Surry in North Carolina were disaffected and the whigs were kept constantly on the alert. In fact their service was more harassing, than a regular tour of duty for the same length of time. The applicant has no idea that his memory will enable him to claim for near the length of time he actually served. He will mention a circumstance, which he does not know will avail him, but refers it to the discretion of the War Department - In the year 1780 many individuals after

having been drafted for the service, concealed themselves in the mountains to avoid serving - It was made known that any person who brought in one of these deserters & delivered him to the proper Officer, should be entitled to credit for a three months tour of duty. The Applicant having voluntarily accompanied as a guide one Capt Sam Patterson from the lower end of Henry, who with six or seven men was detached to apprehend deserters, & being dissatisfied with the severity of the Captains proceedings in burning the houses of the outlaws & being apprehensive that his being in company might induce a retaliation upon his Father who lived convenient, he returned home in company with one Peter Scales - On their return they found and took prisoners four deserters - kept them in custody until the return of Capt Patterson, delivered them up and was  when said Scales carried on said deserters to Prince Edward Ct House Virginia  delivered them to a regular Officer & received a discharge for himself & the officers  delivered them to a regular Officer & received a discharge for himself & the officers for four tours of three months - The Applicant as he has already stated, cannot recollect the precise time he was in actual service, but feels justified in claiming for 12 months in the whole besides the tours for which he got credit as above stated for apprehending deserters - being satisfied that in that estimate he falls short of the actual time he served, but wishing to err on the safe side if he err at all. The Applicant was in service altogether with Detachments of militia under militia Officers whose names he has recited - no regular Officers were attached to them - except to mention The last expedition in which he was engaged was when The British having reached Salem North Carolina in March 1781 - The same Capt P. Shelton above mentioned went with his company of Horse in which the Applicant was still Sergeant to join General Green - Col James Byron commanding. The British marched down on the South side of Dan river and the Detachment marched down the north side of the said river - The Battle of Guilford was fought before the Detachment joined the army & the men returned home - The length of this tour is not recited - of the above period of 12 months, the Applicant served as a private seven months - The balance of the time he served as a sergeant of Horse. The Applicant had had written discharges for all his regu-

for time of duty, but they have been mislaid or are among his Father's old papers. He will however make further search and forward any that he may find. He knows of no living witnesses to his testimony he can conveniently procure to prove his services except Maj. Peter Hairston, Col Samuel Hairston, William Cloud whose affidavits accompany this Declaration. He can prove that he is reputed in his neighborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier by nearly all his neighbors & among others by John Conner a clergyman and Abram Staples
He hereby relinquishes all  every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Wm GATOR
We John Conner a Clergyman residing in the County of Patrick and State of Virginia, and Abram Staples residing in the same county and state, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Patten Esq who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one 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 to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Conner A. Staples
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 certify that it appears to them that John Conner who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the County of Patrick, and that Abram Staples who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Patrick and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Abram Staples Clerk of the County Court of Patrick do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Becket Esqr for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21 st day of March
1833
A. Staples Clerk
-Patrick County to and

No 24089
Wm Barton
Patrick Co.
Virginia
Admit as
Sergt. 5 mo 5 days
Rev. 6. 1863
e. m. not entitled.
S. Stapleblk Patrick Co. Virginia

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, shewing the Service of Wm Easton Patrick Co Virginia —
    Date of birth 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 at which he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years Months Days     1750 - July 1776 1 12 Quartermaster Capt Dathridge 71 years - Pittsylvania Traditional orders -   1777 3 Private Col Williams now   1778 3 Capt Harriston Patrick Co.   1779 7 Ensign Capt Lyon Virginia   3 Capt Shelton   2 do - do -   1780 Ensign Genl Greene   1781 Col Lyon   

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 declarations; 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 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, deposes 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 time, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. 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 places 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 retrenchment 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.
[1] 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.
[2] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (1) applies to continental troops only.
[3] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[4] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[5] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John C. Ashton

No 412 Susanna Cartis Mother of Wm on ad 17 June 1844
Maria 1788 Married and 17 Decm 45
Adm.
5mo 5 day Sept 25. 84
6 " 1 mo 20 45. 84
from 17 Decm. 1845
A. H. Cartis Hillier on

Virginia County of Patrick 88
On this the 26 th day of July 1847. personally appeared in court being a court of record for the county of Patrick Susan the Carter resident in said county aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 17 th 1844 granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of William Carter who was a private and warrant in the war of the Revolution that her said husband was placed on the pension list of the United States under the act of the 4 th of June 1832 at the rate of forty five dollars and eighty four cents per annum, that she cannot state the date of his pension certificate it having been returned to the pension office when she drew the arrearages due at her husband's death. For proof of the services performed by her husband in the war of the Revolution, she begs leave to refer to the evidence upon which her said husband was pensioned and which is now on file in the war department. She further declares that she was married to the said William Carter on the 31 st day of January 1788 and that her husband the aforesaid William Carter died on the 17 th day of December 1845 in the said county of Patrick and state of Virginia, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the 1 st day of January 1794 viz at the time above stated. She states that she can produce no record of her marriage except the family record in the large family bible which is too large to forward to the war department. She further declares that she has not intermarried but still remains the widow of the said William Carter.
The aforesaid family bible was produced in court and the family record

Fitgerald and Brett Stovall sworn in open court that the aforesaid Lucanah Carter was married to the said William Cartier in the year 1788, the foregoing declaration and the evidence thereto appended is ordered to be certified to the war department
I Abram Staples clerk of Patrick county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Lucanah Cartier for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27 th day of July in the year 1827
Abram Staples clerk of the court of Patrick county

117.395 Mrs Susan M c Cartan widow of William Cartan elsewhere who was a revolutionary pioneer.
Filed by John P. Cartan 21 April 1885

State of Virginia County of Patrick
I Henry Suggs Clerk of the Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that James Bryan Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the within is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn according to law and that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit
Given under my hand and seal of office the 28- day of April 1888.
Henry Suggs. CLK

State of Virginia County of Patrick
On this 21 day of April All the within named Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me James Soyars a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer Oaths within and for the County and State of Virginia. Susannah Carter aged 85 years a Resident of Patrick County in the State of Virginia who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of William Carter deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States of America. She refers to his said Husband Declaration and proof of service now on file in the Pension office at Washington. She further declares that she was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty five dollars and fifty cents per month commencing on the 14th day of March 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry. in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. She here refers to her own Declaration for evidence of her Husband service and of their marriage and of his death. She further declares that she is still a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bountiful Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for or received under this or any other act of Congress any bounty Land Warrant.
Susannah Carter Mark

We William H Lovins and Arthur J. Lovins
Residents of the County of Patrick in the State of Virginia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Susanna Lovins Widow of William Lovins deceased in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person who represents herself to be and that we are acquainted with the applicant and that she is now a Widow.
Wm H Lovins
Arthur J. Lovins
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the Claimant is the person who represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this Claim
for notary public
The undersigned John P. Lovins hereto and hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration to prosecute this her Claim for Court to receive the Dues and or Allowance when issued and to do all acts necessary and proper in the premises.

RECORD DIVISION.
3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
14.3385
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Carter 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.     Feb of 1776 6 weeks or 1 mo. 12 days Comdt Discharge Williams Ky.   May 1777 3 mos. Pvt. Peter Harriston - Va.   Summer 1778 3 mos. James Lyons Rifle Co.   Apr. May 1779 3 mos. Sgt. Coliphas Shelton   Afterward 2 mos. Pvt. Sgt. on short term no officers named   Feb. 1781 ✓ Sgt. E. Shelton James Lyons  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Patrick Co. then Pittsylvania Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 14, 1803. The cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Patrick Co. Va.
Age at date of application, { May 17, 1776 on Staunton River in Campbell Co. { Dec. 17, 1845 in Patrick Co. Va.
Remarks: _____
He married Jan'y 31, 1788 Susannah _____ who was born May 2, 1772. She was allowed pension on an application executed July 16, 1847 while a resident of Patrick Co. Va. Children Archibald H. and Madison T., were residents of Hillsville, Va. in 1847.
Very respectfully,
Youngest brother Silas
Commissioner.

1848 also 24 Feb. To Mrs. W. H. Pratten Letter in S.F. 15-468 John Hood. P. 2. etc.
Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3385
Susanna Cartier
Widow
William Cartier
Leig. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2 o 1848,
Index:—Vol. A , Page 113
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Cartu No. act 7 June 1832 $45 84 per ann.
To what time was he last paid?
G.C.A.
Pension Office March 1 st 1847 {
Died 17 th Dec r 1845- Paid to his death.
W. Boyan

J. S. Staples Clerk of the County Court of Patrick in the State of Virginia do hereby Certify that no bond was ever recorded in this Office by the late Major = William Carter for obtaining a marriage license to inter marry with any person whomsoever In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my Office at Office this 28 th day of September 1827. & in the 72 nd year of - the Commonwealth.
J. Staples Clerk of the County Court of Patrick Virginia -

Patrick Clerk's Office
at the request of Mayor William Rader & A. Staples Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court and also of the County Court of Patrick, as certify that Colo S. Hamilton, of Franklin County, and Major P. Houston of Stokes County, N.C. a whose affidavits are forwarded along with his declaration for a Replevin. are men of high character, and unquestionable veracity & fairness. Given under my hand at the Office aforesaid this 15 th June 1853
A. Staples C. G. C.

Ohio
Millville Pa July 31 st
412 August 6
Susanna Martin mo of William
son
17 th  Dec 1844
Concord Ky Com d of Pioneers
Washington Ky 1844

Hillsville Virginia July the 31 st 1847. Sir,
I send you enclosed my Magna Charta for a pension. She being the widow of Major William Carter died, who was a private and Sergeant in the War of the Revolution, at the sum of Forty Five dollars and Eighty Four cents per annum, - please let me hear from you soon, at this place, or you can write to my Brother Archibald R. Carter at Patrick Co. Penn Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Hans.
J. L. Edwards Comr, } Madison D. Carter of Pensions. }
W. Carter 1747-1811 Major of Virginia Revolutionary War

Application of Wm Cartes Esq for a pension
24089

Patrick's County to wit:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid William Carter Day, who being duly sworn deposes 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 services but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: For five months & seven days as a sergeant of Cavalry finding my own horse - For six months I served as a private footman and for one month and 12 days I served as a teamster, and for such services I claim a pension."
Given under my hand this 14th day of June 1833 Thomas I Penn
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of June 1833 Abram Stapler Clerk of the County Court of Patrick. as hereby sworn that Thomas I. Penn whose signature appears to the above affidavit is a magistrate of the County duly appointed and commissioned according to law, and that the said signature signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office this 15th day of June 1833
A. Stapler

Pension Office June 23 rd 1847
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 12. inst I have to inform you that it does not appear from our books and files that the papers of Susannah Barton widow of William Barton have ever been received in this office. Her claim when presented will meet with prompt attention.
A. H. Barton Esq Patrick B. H. Esq.

State of Virginia) 35
Patrick County)
This day personally appeared before the subscribers a further of the peace for the County of Patrick William Bland Esq. of the County of Patrick of Grayson and state of Virginia and on his oath made the following affidavit that he was personally acquainted with Major William Barker of the County of Patrick and state of Virginia during the revolution- ary war and ever since and that he knows that the said Barker was active in defense of his country that this affiant was present with said Barker in a town of duty under Captain Ephraim Shelton stationed at Mt Gwynn in Henry County Pa. & now Patrick County and with him in a town under the same officer and Colonel Lyon to meet the British at the time of the Battle of Guilford Court House North Carolina. the former town under Shelton being against the Tories. and that he frequently heard of the said Barker in the service of his country and he further states that he believes the said Barker was at times present to his country active ready and willing upon all occasions
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8th day of December 1832
Martin Bland J.P.
William Bland
and I the said Martin Bland do further certify that the above named William Bland Esq. is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to credit
Martin Bland

I Abram Staples Clerk of the County Court of Patrick so hereby certify that Martin Lord whose signature appears to the law within affidavit is a magistrate of the County duly appointed & commissioned according to Law. and that the said signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 15 th day of June 1833
A. Staples C.

State of Virginia Patrick County
On this 23 rd day of October 1848, before me Martin Cloland a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Patrick in the said State personally appeared Susanna Carter, a resident of the said County, aged 78 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, - That she is the widow of William Carter, who was a private and sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, and that under the Act of Congress of the 17. June 1844 she received a pension at the rate of forty five dollars and eighty four cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Susanna Carter
Sworn and subscribed the day and year, above written.
In presence of
M. D. Carter
Before me
Arch. Staples
Martin Cloland Justice
I Certify that Susanna Carter, the Declarant above named, is personally known to me.
Martin Cloland Justice
State of Virginia, Patrick County, to wit,
J. A. Staples - Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that Martin Cloland is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly Commissioned and qualified, that he is legally authorized to act as such, and that the foregoing signatures, purport to be his are genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the said Court, this 23 rd day of October. one thousand eight -

State of North Carolina } This day appeared Stokes County } before me, John Vaughn acting Justice of said County, Peter Wairton of said County and upon oath certifies, that during the revolutionary war, he was Captain of a Company raised from Henry County Virginia against the Cherokee Indians in 1774 , & was stationed at the Long Island on Holston River, & that William Carter served a term of duty as a private of nine months, & discharged the duties of a soldier for that time & was honorable discharged.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
14 th March 1832
J. H. [unclear]
John Vaughn

State of North Carolina
Stokes County
I John Hill clerk of the court of pleas & quarter sessions for Stokes County certify that John Laughlin whose name appears to the within affidavit is an acting magistrate in & for our said County as the Stokes & that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said County at office. This 18 th day of March 1833.
J. W. Hill. C.C.
State of North Carolina
Stokes County
Chairman of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Stokes
John Hill esq r whose signature appears to the above Certificate in his own hand writing is the Clerk of our said Court & that his said Certificate is in due form.
Thomas F. Armstrong
Chairman of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
hereby certify that John Hill esq r whose signature appears to the above Certificate in his own hand writing is the Clerk of our said Court & that his said Certificate is in due form. Given under my hand 13 th March A.D. 1833
Thos Armstrong Chm

Oct 14 47
White Oak Oct 14 47
Not as Susan Carter
See
See
J. L. Edwards
Memphis Washington D.C. N.Y.

Hillsville Ala October 1 st 1847.
Dr. Sir
I herewith enclose the certificate of the Clerk of Patrick County Ala, together with two leaves taken out of William Carters Family Bible, which was offered the County Court of Patrick in his Bible when the certificate of the said Court was made, and which leaves with the entries thereon have since been taken out to said to the Pension Office, -
Should it not be necessary to keep them on file in the Pension Office as vouchers or evidence, after they have been examined and are of no further use, please return them to me.
Your Obedt. Servant A. H. Carters
Haw.
J. L. Edwards
M. D. Carters

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office.
May 18 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Carter, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. , Agency, at the rate of forty five Dollars and eighty four Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1838, to the 1 st Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
J. Hance Acting Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 10 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Carter, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Virginia, Agency, at the rate of Forty five Dollars and eighty four Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson H. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Franklin Co. Virginia to wit,
Samuel H. Houston.
of the Co. & State aforesaid do hereby certify That I was personally acquainted with Majt. William Carter a citizen of Patrick Now an applicant for a pension, claiming, under an act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832, That the said Majt. William Carter was marched a private from Henry Court House in the year 1818 & served a term I think not less than 3 months against the Indians, was marched from the said place Henry Court House to New River Walhers Creeks Wolf Creeks & all through that country New Giles, under the command of the following officers Capt James Lyon, Majt. Self Lieutenant William Berke Ensign Gurn under my seal this 12th day of January 1833
Sam Houston S.P. Seal
Franklin Co. Virginia, viz:
Personally appeared before me Robt. H. Houston free of the Commonwealth Justice, Col. Samuel Houston last I made oath that the above certificate contains the truth, given under my hand this 12th day of January 1833
Robt. H. Houston

Virginia To all
I Robert Tate clerk of the County Court of - Franklin in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that - Robert Hairston whose name appears to the within Certificate is and was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace as and for the said County of Franklin, duly Com- missioned and qualified, that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts, and that said certificate purporting to be his is a genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office to office, the 13 th day of May 1836 in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth.
Robert Tate, cl.

Swan Island Prof. Miller M Oct 7 1898
H. C. Gray Present

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these Presents: That I, W.D. Carter of the county of Carroll and State of Virginia the heir at Law of Susanna Carter whose claim for pension under the Act of Congress approved the 7th day of July 1848, was allowed is now suspended for further proof, and who died on the 4th day of February 1857, do hereby constitute and appoint H.W. Helms & Geo. C. Amels of my true and lawful Attorney irrevocably for me, and in my name and place, to examine all the records, letters, affidavits, and other documents and papers connected with the aforesaid suspended claim now on file in the Pension Office, as well as all the Muster Rolls and other records that may show the Revolutionary services of the said  William Carter and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises in order to prosecute said claim to some result: hereby revoking all powers of attorney heretofore given for a like purpose, and confirming whatsoever my said attorney shall, in my name, legally do in the premises: In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of April 1857.
M.P. Carter [SEAL.] Notary Public
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace, for the aforesaid County of Carroll and State of Virginia ; and I do certify that of my own personal knowledge the aforesaid W.D. Carter is the heir at Law of Susanna Carter deceased.
Witness my hand and seal this first day of April 1857.
William Lindsay J.P. [SEAL.] Notary Public
STATE OF Virginia } ss. COUNTY OF Carroll }
I do certify that William Lindsay Esquire, before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made, was at the time of it being made a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the above is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand and the seal of the County court for said county, this first day of April 1857.
Osborne M. Williams Clerk.