Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8187, Josiah Carter, N.C.

SERVICE
Nb.
Carter, Josiah Mary
NUMBER
N 8187 B.L. Wt 28547-160-55
CONTENTS
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12.246
North Carolina
Josiah Cartersun of Cumberland in the State of N.C. who was a Pvt. in the commanded by Captain — of the Regt commanded by Stark in the N.C. line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of April 1833 and due to J. L. Hybark Fayetteville, N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 66 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept — 16 66
83 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 36

North Carolina Cumberland County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions December Term 1832.
On this sixth day of December A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the justices of said Court Now sitting Josiah Carter Sen d a resident of Sampson County State aforesaid who says he was in Halifax County in this State in the month of August 1761 & was brought to Bladen County in this State where I was quite small & who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 That he entered the service of the United States in the month of December in the year 1778 or 1779 under the following Officers & served as herein stated viz He entered the service as a substitute

The second was that it was taken we were then marched to a place called Pine Tree near Camden after remaining there a short time I was marched back into North Carolina to Cross Creek near Fayetteville where after a few times was out we were discharged we afterwards served a term of one month as a Volunteer Home Guard under Col James Richardson of Bladen this term service was devoted to defending the country on the line between this state & South Carolina
We hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present an declaration that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state I so subscribed the day of
Test
D. M. Diarmia
his Jonah J. Carter Sen d Mark
The following Answers were returned to the Interrogations presented by the War Department
1 st I have already answered it in my declaration 2 nd I have no record of my age 3 rd I was living in Bladen now reside in Sampson Co in this state. 4 th I have already answered this question in my declaration 5 th In addition to the officers names I recollect that Cols Alston & Caswell were with Genl. Ashe in So. Ca & Georgia. There was a Major Molton in our Regt. 6 th I received discharges from all my services but they were destroyed with other of my papers by the fire 7 th I would refer to Allen Hall Esq. Jeremiah Simmons & Saunders Simmons

The Allen Hall and Jeremiah Simmons both of Sampson County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Carter Esq. who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration and that we believe him about seventy years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Allen Hall Jeremiah Simmons Subscribed the day of year aforesaid
Test D. M. McCormick
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 the States and the said Court further certifies that Allen Hall Esq. and Jeremiah Simmons who have signed the preceding Certificate are both residents of the County of Sampson and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Josiah Carter J. P. Clerk D. M. McCormick J. P. Clerk
William Ray J. P. Clerk

I Daniel M c Diarmid Clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Josiah Barker Sen r for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Fayetteville this eighth day of December A D 1832 -
D M c Diarmid
is Barker Sen r

5.264
North Carolina J t
Mary Carter, widow of Josiah Carter 2c
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 12 th day of June 1853. and sent to
John M Rose
Fayetteville
N.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
Reg B m 58-150506

Pension
Act Feb 3 1853
Mary Carter
widow of Sarah Carter Jr.
Rev War
See M. Roe
atto
Georgetown
Ms

State of North Carolina Sampson County
May 2 nd 1855
On this the 22 nd day of May 1855 Personally came before the Court of Pleas & Sessions Superior of said Co Mary Warles late a resident of Sampson Co but recently removed to Cape Fear Co. N.C. aged 60 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 made by act of Congress passed on 3 rd Feb 1853 granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served in the revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Jonah Warles decd. late of the County of Sampson, & in his life time a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $33 33 / 100 per Annum payable at the Agency at Fayetteville N.C., but where particular service she is unable to specify -
She further avers that she was married to the said Jonah Warles about the year 1832 that her said husband died about June 1835 that she was not married to him prior to 3 rd Jan y 1850 but at the time above stated - She further declares that she is a widow now.
her Mary Warles mark

The foregoing declaration sworn to in open Court this 22 days of May 1855
J S Parish (JP) Prenany Justice of Sampson Co Court May 7 1855
State of NC Barring Sampson County
Personally appeared in open Court John Fowler late a Justice of the Peace within the our said County of Sampson who being duly sworn sayeth, that in his official capacity as Justice of the Peace he read a Bill to Charles Jew & Mary Brock about the year 1832 to join them legally as man & wife - that said Court died about June 1835
That Mary John Fowler late a JP for Sampson Co NC
The foregoing affidavit sworn to in open Court this 22 days of May 1855
J S Parish JP Prenany Justice of Sampson Co Court May 7 1855

State of Alabama ) I J. B. Minton Samford Co ) Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Records do hereby certify the foregoing is the original proceedings in the application of Mary Cartw for Pension as widow of Jonah Cartw deceased that John V. Parish was a presiding Justice of our said Court at its May Term 1855 that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine that all her official acts are entitled to credit & that our said Court is a Court of Records, that Mrs. Howlin was a Justice of the Peace in 1832 & her signature genuine Given under my hand & seal of office this 22 day of May 1855
J. B. Minton Clerk

Act March 3 May 29 55
150506
cir J. M. Rose Mar 25/56
Mary Baxter wid of Josiah Baxter
Phila
No 28517 J. M. Rose
River
Riv Pensiner
Act June 7 1832
150506 53-5264
W. Geddis Mar 26/56
[Signature]
[Signature]
Jno M Rose Fayetteville N.C.
Vol. 1-16.

150506
ORIGINAL
Bounty Land Claim.
Act of March 3d, 1855.
Mrs. Mary Carter Widow of Isaac Carter Capt. Company Rev. War.
FILED BY JOHN M. ROSE, Fayetteville, N. C.
Printed at the Argus Job Office, Fayetteville.
DIRECTIONS.
The Applicant must sign her name at the bottom of the first page; get two persons as witnesses, and let them first sign together the Certificate of Identity on the next page, and then the Justice of the Peace sign the Certificate immediately following; then it will be necessary to prove the marriage of the party and the death of the soldier, for which separate blank Affidavits are to be filled up: If any one is living who was present at the marriage, let the fact be so stated in the Affidavit; if not, to prove they lived together as man and wife, and were so acknowledged by the public generally, will be sufficient. It must be stated in each Affidavit that the soldier is dead, and the applicant is still a widow. Each witness must sign the Affidavit separately—Let the Justice sign the Certificate of Credibility of the Witness. Get the County Seal, and return the Paper to me at Fayetteville.
JOHN M. ROSE.

State of North Carolina,
Sampson County.
On this, the 22 day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Carter, aged 60 years, a resident of near Brubaker's  the  county of Sampson, in the State of North Carolina, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jonah Carter deceased , deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War in the Company commanded by Captain Revolutionary War, in the Regiment of but the name she cannot specify , commanded by but he was a pensioner, in the state of the United States from Sampson Co at the Fayetteville Agency at the rate of that her said husband chiefly drew 100 1/2 33 cts per annum, and on about the 16th of Aug , 18, for the term of one file, and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of 12 months and was honorably discharged at that claim , and on about the new year (Act June 7. 1832) She further states that she was married to the said Jonah Carter deceased in Sampson County, and on about the year 1832 by one Mr Howler, who was, a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her marriage was Mary Brock, and that her said husband died the 10th of June the 1835
and that she is now a widow, and that no records of her marriage exist, to her knowledge.
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855.
[Sign your Name.]
her Mary * Carter marks

Wilson Parker
[Witnesses Sign Names.]
Left Owen
The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the days and years above-written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, and that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim, and am not engaged in its prosecution.
Is same G. W. Hester S. S.
State of North Carolina,  Sampson County
On this the 22 day of May , 185 5 , personally came John Fowler , a resident of Sampson Cal , and made oath that he as trustee of the Peace in San Sampson Cal. died about the year 1832 many years before the death of Mary Brock - the said John Fowler as now dead & he is still alive was no but said Cal. died June 1835.
and further, that He is a disinterested witness.
[One Witness sign name.]
John Fowler

State of North Carolina, County.
On this the _____ day of _____, 185_____, personally came _____ a resident of _____ and made oath that _____ _____ _____ _____ and further that _____ is a disinterested witness.
[One Witness sign name.]
The foregoing affidavit of John Fowler _____ and _____ _____ sworn to before me the day and year above-written; and I certify that they be credible persons , and that I have no interest in this claim, and am not engaged in its prosecution.
J. P. Stame  G. W. Nuttall J. P.
State of North Carolina, Lampson County.
I, John R. Beaman , Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County, do certify that John Fowler , whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Affidavits was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said said County, and that all his official acts are entitled to full credit, but John Fowler was an Postmaster 1832 I think the Register given under my hand and seal of office, this 22 days of May , 185 5 .
J. R. Beaman Clerk.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ms. A.
July 25, 1924
Josiah Carter, Sr. W. 8187
Mrs. H. R. McClatchey 1439 Starke Ave. Columbus, Ga.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.8187, it appears that Josiah Carter Sr. was born in August 1762 in Halifax County, North Carolina.
While a resident of Bladen County, North Carolina, he enlisted in December, 1778, and served six months as a private in Captain Joseph Wood's North Carolina Company; was in the battle at Briar Creek.
He enlisted the next winter and served three months in Captain Yeates' Company, Colonel Caswell's North Carolina Regiment.
He enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served one month as a horseman under Colonel James Richardson.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 6, 1832, while a resident of Sampson County, North Carolina. He died June 24, 1835.

msc He married in 1832 in Sampson County, North Carolina, Mary Brock. She was allowed pension on her application executed May 22, 1855, while a resident of Duplin County, North Carolina, aged 60 years.
There is no further data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

1924 July 25. Hist 100 Mrs. H. R. McClatchey M.C.S.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
8187
Mary Carter
Wid.
Isiah Carter
Print Rev. War
Act:
July 3 rd
1853
Index:—Vol.
28
Page
116
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mag: who Ma: the parties. 1 st Death June. 35. 3 rd Div: River:
[Handwritten signature: R. H. W.]

✓ 28.547
J (New Amm)

5,728 Mary Carter. Miss J. Josiah!
State Mr. Rose. May, 29/55.
Oct 153

Act Mch 3 1850
Hon. G. Pillsbury Chair of Committee
225251

100806

Harper's Ferry May 24. 1855
Dear L. Waldo
I enclose debit of
Mary Carter for Family Lamb
L. A. Row

Joint Charter
23167
Amount of principal for 10 months from 1778 Jan d 1 st 1786 $33.33
H. L. Gaylord. Haydenville N.C.

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Cumberland County } Sessions March Term 1833
On this 4 th day of March A.D. 1833. Isaiah Candler Personally appeared in Open Court the Court appointed Who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in addition to the Declaration made by him at the last Term of this Court in order to entitle him to the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832. That the reason why he filed his declaration in the Court of this County & not his own was that he expected to be able to get the benefit of the testimony of some of the old soldiers particularly that of Capt William Lord formerly of this County. but on his arrival here he found that Capt Lord was dead. Court being in session he did not think it would make any difference whether he filed it in this County or his own & he was likewise prompted to make it here as the Court in his County was then over. & would delay his application three months. That as to the time of his entering the service the first time it was he believes in the month of December 1778. for a term of six months & served that time out. in the following Winter he again entered the service being drafted for three months & served out that term & was discharged this he believes was in the Spring of 1779. He again entered the service & served one month this was in the fall of the same year. He further declares that there is none of the soldiers who were in service with him who are now surviving to his knowledge except Zachariah Reves whom affidavit he has now

ready for the inspection of this Court & who was with this Declarant during the term of three months since and he further declares that there is no clergyman known to affidavit him to whom he might apply for his affidavit before . He further declares that he is confident that he served ten months for which he claims a pension
Given to Subscribed the S his Josiah Carter day & year aforesaid Mark
+ D M Diarmid
I Daniel McDearmus Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains all the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of application of Josiah Carter for a Pension. And I further certify that Esek Arnold Esq. whose signature appears to the affidavit of Zachariah Rivers is an acting justice of this County & that the same is in his proper hand writing & that his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office at Fayetteville this 5th day of March A.D. 1853.
D M Diarmid

State of North Carolina Cumberland County. } ss.
This day Zachariah Rivas personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in Hoke County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath state that he is well acquainted with Joseph Carter of Cumberland County. That he became acquainted with said Carter during the Revolutionary War. That this Carter in the house they both being under Genl. W. Berkeley & that they lived together three months. That this affiant is 72 years of age.
Zachariah Rivas
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 4th of March 1833
Isaac Arnold J.P.
And the said Justice of the Peace does hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Zachariah Rivas who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing affidavit that he is a credible witness & that his testimony is entitled to full faith & credit & further that he believes him to be 72 years of age.
Isaac Arnold J.P.

British Office, June 16/1835.
Sir: Please Certify the time to which the within named will be was paid on the date of his death. Very respectfully,
S. M. Waldo Commissioner.
24 June 35
Josiah Carter. Dr. died 24 June 1835. paid in full
Robt. Johnson Auditor
R. J. Atkinson Esq. Thos. W. P. Reas. } P. 11/11/35

Quack 130 586
Mary Carter
act 3rd McPherson
Rev. Mun
L. M. Rose
atto
Fayetteville Me

No 150 586
Act 3rd March 1855
Haydenville N. C. May 13 1856
Hon. J. Minot
Mary Carter's Cure is supposed to be same as John Carter's Revolutionary Service is not of record. I presume you will now allow the claim under amended act.
Chas. M. Rose

rief in the case of Mary Carter, widow of Josiah, L Duplin County and State of North Carolina, act 3 d Febry: 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832, at the rate of $33.33 per An. Marriage proved by the Magistrate that married the parties. Pensioning 24 th June 1835, as per the affidavit of the Witness & Upward of the said Auditor.
is established by the Affidavits of the Credible Witnesses. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jno. M. Rose, Esq., Fayetteville, Name and residence of Agent
N.C.
A. C. B. Smith, Examining Clerk.

Chazy New York 24 May 1855
Hon. L. D. Waldo.
I enclose declaration of Mary Barton act Feb. 3 1853
Chas. M. Root

Widow's Pension
Additional Evidence
Mary Carter widow Sarah Carter
Rev. Am.
State of Massachusetts
J. M. Rose Atty
Haydenville N. Eng.

State of North Carolina Cumberland Co
On this the 3 rd day of May 1855 personally came B Pulbath & James Bullock Residents of said County wh being duly sworn state that they well knew Jonah Carter for a Pension of the United States at Fayetteville agreed to Mary Carter, his widow who is an applicant for Pension as his widow - that she is the identical person who lived with said Jonah Carter as his wife and that she is now his widow Pulbath swears that he was present when said Carter declared that he was not often with her and that Bullock is among the same having been since they were further that they are disinterested witnesses.
James Bullock Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above written & I certify that Pulbath & James Bullock are reliable witnesses & I further certify that I am not interested in this claim nor engaged in its prosecution.
D. G. MacRae

State of Arkansas
Cumberland Co
I, J. M. ... of the County of ... do certify that P. G. ... Declarations of said ... Mt Rue when genuine signature affixed to the foregoing affidavit is true at the time of signing the same in witness of the Peace within ... for said ... but all his official acts are entitled to credit
Given under my hand official seal this 28th May 1857
J. M. ... Clerk

Fayetteville (Pa) May 31/55
Hon. L. Mould
Your letter 29 th inst (three days since) this moment to hand & as it happened Mrs. Gulliland was present in my office & will be glad to testify to what you requested as to the identity of Mary Carter & I now enclose this affidavit -
I thought the Certificate of the Magistrate who heard this my ample testimony & did not look there.
I hope this will answer
H. H. Rose

Columbus, Ga. July 13, 1924
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly give me copy of pension record of Josiah Carter who was a Revolutionary pensioner in N.C. I wish this information for D.A.R. membership.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. H. R. McClatchey, 1439 Starke Ave. Columbus, Ga.