Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,424, William Cary, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Gary, William
S. 10.424
CONTENTS
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6870-
Kentucky
William Cary
of Cumberland in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Bane of the Regt commanded by _____ in the * Militia time for
13 1/2 Months
* VA. Records completed Feb. 1815.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 44. Dollars 99. Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of March 1837. and sent to Hon. A. Gaither, Columbia, N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 - 89. 98. Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept 4th 33 - 22 50
$ 112. 48.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis T. Francis Clerk Book (D) Vol. 9 Page 34,
Roll of Kentucky 93-

State of Kentucky } Cumberland County } sc 4
On the 13 th of August 1832 William Cary personally appeared at Court then sitting aged 77 years; who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following Statement in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States as a Soldier under Cap t Barnett Marcom, Met at Osburns on James River, from thence marched to Williamsburgh, from that to York, from that to Hampton where he was about two months and discharged.
The 2 d Tower was under Cap t E. Bane, we were marched to Portsmouth we served about two months that time and were discharged.
The 3 d Tower I went under Cap t Branch, Marched to Portsmouth after staying about six weeks were discharged.
The 4 th Tower I went under Cap t David Patterson, marched to Smithfield and the adjacent Country, watching the movements of the Enemy I think my first Tower was in the year 1797. and the other Towers in 1798 or 9
The 5 th Tower was commanded by Cap t Henry Chatham, at Chesterfield Court House, went to Smithfield, from there retreated before the Army of the British to Petersburg when the Battle was there I was in the rear, or reserve Corps, Retreated to Seabury's where Totten surprised our party took many prisoners I escaped. From there we retreated up James River near the first Fork, and there to Orange and Culpepper Counties was discharged there, I was at least two months that Tower. In all upwards of six months.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Army of any State.
I was raised in Chesterfield County Virginia, moved from there to Tennessee in Obion County from there to Cumberland Kentucky about three years past.
William Cary.
We John Baker a clergyman of Cumberland County and William Chatham a resident of the same do certify that we are

well acquainted with William Levy who has signed the above declaration that we believe him to be about 77 years of age that he is reported and believed in his neighborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and date above mentioned
John Baker
Wm Cheatham
State of Ky County of Cumberland Esqil
And the said Court state their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the sd applicant is of the age he mentions and that he was a revolutionary soldier and performed the service in his declaration mentioned. Cons that John Baker is a clergyman of this county and that Wm Cheatham also a resident of this county and that they are credible persons and their statements entitled to belief given under our hands this 19th day of August 1832
J. M. Emmon J. M. L. A. King J. M. L. N. Taylor J. M. L.

Kentucky Cumberland county ss I Milton King clerk of the county court for said county do certify that J. M. Emerson & King & V. Taylor esqrs whose names are subscribed to the foregoing certificate are now and were at the date thereof justices of the peace in Yoakum county duly commissioned according to law that their attestation is in due form of law and their official acts are entitled to credit
Given under my hand and the seal of my office in the town of Burksville this 15th day of August 1832
- M. King B.
Wm Barry - For 3 Declar - Pension N 6689. Aug 31

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BRIEF in the case of William Carty of Cumberland, in the State of Ky. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  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 1777 1 about 2 mo. for Gen. Lord Cornwallis   1778. 9 1 2 mo. — E. Baw   2 6 weeks — Brant   3 — D. Patterson   4 — Henry Chapman   5 2 mo. —   11 in all upwards of 6 mo.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? S. Patrick or James River  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H.H.B.
Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky Cumberland County set On this 14 th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Cumberland County Court now sitting William Cary a resident of Cumberland County State of Kentucky aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law Makes the following statements by way of Amendment to his Original declaration Subscribed and sworn to at a previous term of the said Court in Order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June y th 1832. He was born in Chesterfield County Virginia in the year 1756 the 14 th day of April as appears from a record now in my possession taken from my father's family bible He lived in Chesterfield County Virginia from his birth up to the year 1808 he then removed to Claiborne County Tennessee lived there until October 1829 then moved to Cumberland County State of Kentucky where he now lives and has lived ever since - he entered the service as a drafted Militia man from the County

of Chesterfield in the State of Virginia in the year 1777 and continued until 1779 he has no recollection of ever having received a written discharge -
he is known to John Baker and William Cheatham who can & have testified as to his character as a man of veracity and as to their belief of his having served as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution - He further states, 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 For 13 12 weeks Months, served as a private soldier in the Militia from Chesterfield County Virginia one tour of which was under Capt. Bagnel & Rarhens another under Capt. Bagnel Capt. Bagnel both amounting to four months Months Another tour under Capt. David Patterson which was two months another tour under Capt. Henry Cheatham for two months another under Capt. Branch of six weeks which are mentioned in my Original declaration I also served two other tours one under Capt. Francis Smith of two months the other under Scott of two months - Robt Good was his Col o

during part of the time he cannot state who was his other officers that commanded the Regiment, to which he belonged nor can he at this time venture to give a more particular detail of the incidents of their time, than he has in his original declaration - he knows of no person in this country by whom he can prove his services. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. William Cary
We John M Emerson Ruler - Alexander and Joel Asbury the Justices composing the Court do Certify that the foregoing amended decla- ration of William Cary - was subscribed and sworn to in open Court and that the interrogatories prescribed by the War department were again put by the said Court to the said Applicant & such as were not set forth in his original declaration are embodied herein as an amendment to his original Given under our hand this 14 day of January 1833 - J M Emerson Ruler Joel Asbury J.P.C. Hudson Alexander J.P.C.

State of Kentucky Cumberland County ss
I Milton King Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid Do hereby certify that John M Emerson Isaac Owsley and Reuben Alexander Esqrs whose Signatures are to the foregoing Certificates are and were at the time of executing the same acting Justices of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and legally qualified and that all their Official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. And that I am well acquainted with their handwriting and know their signatures to the foregoing Certificates to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 11 th day of January 1833
Milton King

January 14, 1935
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Ebenezer P. Carey-S.15197 William Cary-S.10424 BA-J/AWF
Miss Hattie M. Scott 402 Shelby Street Frankfort, Kentucky
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of Ebenezer Cary, pensioner from Mercer County, Kentucky, and William Cary, pensioner from Cumberland County, Kentucky.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claims, based upon their military service during the War of the Revolution.
Ebenezer P. Carey-S.15197
Ebenezer P. Carey, as his signature is found in the claim, was born March 9, 1761 in Litchfield, Connecticut; his father died when he was nine years of age and when he was thirteen years old, he went to Vermont and lived with a brother of his grandfather, near Bennington. The names of his parents, grandfather and grandfather's brother are not shown in the claim.
Ebenezer P. Carey volunteered in April, 1777, served six months in Captain Peter Smith's company, Colonel Hendricks' regiment, was stationed at Bennington as a guard; during this service he was in a severe skirmish with a party from Burgoyne's army sent out to forage, and was afterwards in the battle of Bennington. He enlisted in June, 1778, served four months in Captain James Porter's company, Colonel Enos' regiment. He served three months in Captain Nathaniel Hamilton's company, was a guard at Fort Ann and went out on scouting parties and had several skirmishes with the Indians and Tories; In 1780, he served three tours of two months each, one under Captain Ephraim
See file record William Cary S.10424

Coy and two under Captain Joseph Bostwick, all three tour under Colonel Enos.
After the close of the Revolutionary War, he returned to Connecticut and lived for two years, then went on board a vessel and sailed to Savannah, thence to Augusta. He married in Bedford (name of state not given) then moved to South Carolina, and in 1794 moved to Mercer County, Kentucky.
Ebenezer P. Carey was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1833, while residing in Mercer County, Kentucky.
The date of marriage and the name of the wife of Ebenezer P. Carey are not given, and there is no reference to children.
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William Cary-S.10424
William Cary, as his signature is found in the claim was born April 14, 1756 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, names of his parents not stated.
While residing in said Chesterfield County, he served in the Virginia militia, as follows: in 1777, two months as private in Captain Barnet Marcom's company; two months under Captain E. Bow; six weeks in Captain Branch's company; two months in Captain David Patterson's company; two months in Captain Henry Cheatham's company, and was in the battle of Petersburg; two tours of two months each, one under Captain Francis Smith and one under Captain Scott, a part of the time under Colonel Robert Good.
He moved from Chesterfield County, Virginia in 1808 to Claiborne County, Tennessee, and in October, 1829 moved to Cumberland County, Kentucky.
William Cary was allowed pension on his application

executed August 13, 1832, then a resident of Cumberland County, Kentucky.
There are no data in this claim concerning the family of William Cary.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Revised
10424 INVALID.
1937 Jan. 14 died in Mexico Hatted m. Scott wing
File No. 16,424
William Clegg Pris. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Administration, Rev. War Pension Division, Washington, D. C.

402 Shelby Street Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 2, 1934
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me Revolutionary services, and family data on file for the following:-
✓ Ebenezer Cary , pensioner from Mercer Co., Ky. 1833, and  ✓ William Cary , pensioner from Cumberland Co., Ky. 1833.
Thanking you in advance,
Yours very truly, (Miss) Hattie M. Scott Frankfort, Kentucky.

William Cury
N o 6689 Va. 810424.
4 5 17
13 1/2 months powat

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
William Carty 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? no 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? no 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, 1882? 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?
Additional
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 5. 7 not ans d .
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace. &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

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