Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31593, Charles Carter, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Carter Charles.
S. 31593.
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12.029
Georgia
Charles Carter - Together in the State of Geo: - who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Taylor of the Reg't commanded by Col. Moore in the N. Arm: due for 8 months -
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of March 1833 and sent to Geo. M. Dudley, Lexington Geo.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 53.32 Pension allowance ending 2 Sept - 13.33 166.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 87
called to Pension age 84 May 1838. 3rd June 8 1838.
at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to the 4 Sept 1837. Agents notified 16 June 1838.
Paid as above from 4 th March to 4 Sept 1838 agt Notified 2 nd Nov 1839
Death Date not on A.B. J.H.C.

10949.
Claim of Charles Carter Revolutionary Soldier
1232

Georgia Oglethorpe County
On this day of
eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the justices of the Inferior court while sitting for ordinary purposes Charles Lester a resident of the County & State aforesaid aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the ben- efit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June of the present year entitled an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution. That he entered the American service in the Revolutionary Strug- gle under the following named officers & served as herein after stated That he was born on the 19 th April 1752. in Goochland County Virginia according to the account which he has always re- ceived from his parents - he has no record of his age - That he liv- ed in Granville County North Carolina when he entered the Militia service as the substitute of one O'Brian whose christian name he does not now recollect - That as the substitute of O'Brian on this occasion he performed a tour of five months - his Colonel part of the time was a gentleman by the name of Moore & another gentleman by the name of Yancey also commanded the regiment part of the time - his Company was commanded by Captain Taylor & Lieutenant Henderson - he marched from Granville court house through Salisbury to Charlotte where he was stationed about a week from here he marched to Camden South Carolina - thence he crossed Santee at Nelson's ferry & moved towards Charleston but he never got nearer that place than the ten mile house - he only had one skirmish during this tour & that occurred at Brier Creek in Georgia not more than thirty or forty miles below Augusta - he entered upon this

In the fall of 1780 he was drafted for three months during the whole of which he performed marching & guard service under the command of Colonel Joseph Taylor & one Captain Guellam - his services in this term were confined almost entirely to his own state & principally to his own county - no service in mixing or fighting during the term & the most irksome service he had to perform on the whole expedition was that of a guard. He lived in Virginia a short time after the close of the war & moved to the state of Georgia about thirty years ago & has lived here ever since. He knows of no person living by whom he can establish these services. He thinks he can appeal with confidence to any neighbor he has for his character as a man of truth & honesty. He will refer to the following of his neighbors - Captain Richard Gregory who is himself a Revolutionary character according to common report & a gentleman of high standing in this county - Major Joseph I Moore & Lewis J. Denfrees Esquire both formerly Justices of the Inferior Court of Oglethorpe County & gentlemen of deservedly high reputation. He hereby relinq his recovery claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state in the Union.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above written.
William Smith, CLO
his Charles J. Carter mark
We the undersigned residents of the county of Oglethorpe &

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & has served as he states. And the court further certifies that the persons who have signed the preceding certificates are residents of the county of Oglethorpe that they are men of standing & respectability & that their statement is entitled to full faith & credit.
Edw Cox I.D.O
Bur Pope I.D.O
Am Parks I.D.O.
William A. Smith Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of the county of Oglethorpe & State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Charles Carter for a pension. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 4 th day of September - eighteen hundred & thirty two.
William A. Smith C.O.C.

Charles Garm Georgia
Alam. for Dec. 19 print. from 775 Capt. Taylor at more 3.16 $21.11
J. M. Duvall Agent

BRIEF in the case of  Charles Carlin  Comy of Oglethorp  in the State of  Georgia  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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 5 private Col Moore  Col Taylor   1778 Annapolis 3 " Col Taylor  Col Gorman  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmish at Bryan Creek  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Granville Co North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

July 19, 1938.
Mrs. Ella Carter Eberhart Cornelia Georgia.
BA-J/ILL Charles Carter S. 31593
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Charles Carter, a pensioner of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, in 1840.
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31593, based upon service of Charles Carter in the Revolutionary War.
Charles Carter was born April 19, 1752, in Goochland County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown.
529 OK While a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, he enlisted in the fall of 1778, served as private in Captain Taylor's company, Colonels Moore's and Vance's North Carolina regiments, was in a skirmish near Briar Creek, Georgia, and was discharged sometime in April 1779, having served five months. He enlisted in the fall of 1780, and served three months as private in Captain Guillam's company, Colonel Joseph Taylor's North Carolina regiment.
After the war, the soldier resided a short time in Virginia, then moved to Georgia.
Charles Carter was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1833, at which time he resided in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He had resided in that county about thirty years. He made no reference to wife or children. The residence of this soldier in 1840 is not given in this claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name

of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following:
Charles Carter Certificate #12029 Issued March 18, 1833 Rate $25.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Georgia Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

31593 Rey INVALID.
File No. 31593
Charles Carter
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1827
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1923 - April 15 - Hist. to Mrs. Edythe R. Whitley - J.L.L. 1936 - April 10 - Hist. to Mrs. Roger M. Grier - J.L.L. 1938 - July 19 - Hist. to Mrs. Ella C. Gehart - J.L.L.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Partin which require further proof or explanation.
 I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy  II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy  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? yy  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? yy  VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy  IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy  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? yy 

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? No clergyman  yes as to others
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? yes
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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? yes  no 2 o
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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; 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 shewn 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.
† 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 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 13 - 1838.
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," Charles Barton a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of twenty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully yours,
William E. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 25, 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," Charles Carter _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of twenty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1802, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Mrs. Edythe R. Whitley 2710-Belmont Blvd., Nashville, Tenn.
April 4, 1933.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
RE: PENSION OF CHARLES CARTER
OGLETHROPE CO. GA. 1832-1840.
Kindly furnish me with a copy of the pension report of Charles Carter of Oglethrope County Georgia. He is shown on the list of 1832 as being 82 years of age, and in the 1840 list as being 88 years of age. Both list show him in Oglethrope County Georgia.
I think he at one time lived in Sumner County Tennessee and I am trying to learn if this is a fact, so as to ascertain if he is the same soldier of Revolution as the one in Sumner County.
The purpose of this investigation is to establish a line of descent for membership into D.A.R.
Thanking you I am
Sincerely,
Edythe R. Whitley

Orlando Fla May 31- 1933
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
Please send me copy of the pension claim filed by Charles Carter of Oglethorpe Co Ga. He was placed on roll Mar 18-1933 aged 82. pr in N.P. mi
This is to prove service and family connection for a N.A.R. paper. Please give all information possible.
Thanking you for your help.
Very truly yours
Coral Jones
Mrs R. G. Jones 156 E. South St Orlando Fla.

342 Deering Street Athens Georgia March 19, 1926.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
In "Georgia's Roster of Revolution" on page 438 Charles Carter of Oglethorpe County Georgia is listed as a Revolutionary Pensioner .
On page 450 Charles Carter of Oglethorpe County Ga. is listed as Revolutionary Soldier drawing a Pension in Ga. in 1840.
Do you have his Revolutionary war record? I am compiling my Carter family history and want all the information about him possible. Thanks,
Mrs. Bessie M. Frier

Cornelia Ga
June 28, 1938
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Will you please send me the record of Charlie Carter who was drawing a pension in Oglethorpe County Georgia in 1840.
Yours truly
(Mrs) Ella Carter Eberhart

June 8, 1933.
Mrs. R. Y. Jones 156 East South Street Orlando Florida.
BA-1/III Charles Carter S. 31593
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Charles Carter, a Revolutionary War soldier and a pensioner of Georgia in 1833.
The record of the above noted pensioner is given below as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31593, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Charles Carter was born April 19, 1752 in Goochland County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, he enlisted in the fall of 1778, served as private in Captain Taylor's company, under Colonels Moore and Yancey in the North Carolina troops, was in a skirmish near Brier Creek, Georgia, and was discharged sometime in April, 1779, having served five months; he enlisted in the fall of 1780, and served three months as private in Captain Guillam's company, Colonel Joseph Taylor's regiment.
The soldier lived in Virginia a short time after the war, and moved to Georgia about the year 1802.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He had resided in that state then about thirty years. (added)
No reference is made to wife or children in the papers on file in this claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

April 15, 1933.
Mrs. Edythe R. Whitley 2710 Belmont Boulevard Nashville Tennessee.
BA-J/ILL Charles Carter S. 31593
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Charles Carter, a pensioner of Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
The record of Charles Carter is given below. The data furnished are from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31593, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.
Charles Carter was born April 19, 1752 in Goochland County, Virginia, the names of his parents not stated.
While a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, he enlisted in the fall of 1778, served as private in Captain Taylor's company, under Colonels Moore and Yancey in the North Carolina troops, was in a skirmish near Brier Creek, Georgia, and was discharged sometime in April, 1779, having served five months; he enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Guillam's company, Colonel Joseph Taylor's regiment.
The soldier lived in Virginia a short time after the close of the war and moved to Georgia about the year 1802.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he resided in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
No reference is made to wife or children in the papers on file in this pension claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

April 15, 1933.
Mrs. Edythe R. Whitley 2710 Belmont Boulevard Nashville Tennessee.
BA-J/ILL Charles Carter S. 31032
Dear Madam:
In your letter of April 4, you request the record of Charles Carter, pensioner of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, in 1832 and in 1840, in order to determine whether or not that soldier were the same as the one who resided in Sumner County, Tennessee.
In the record of the one furnished herewith, it is not shown that he ever lived in Tennessee, nor is there a Revolutionary War pension claim on file based upon service of a Charles Carter in whose claim it is shown lived in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

April 10, 1936.
Mrs. Boyce M. Grier 342 Dearing Street Athens, Georgia.
DA-3/ILL CHARLES CARTER S. 31593
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Charles Carter, who received a pension in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
The data furnished herein were found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31593, based upon service of Charles Carter in the Revolutionary War.
Charles Carter was born April 19, 1753, in Goochland County, Virginia.
While a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, he enlisted in the fall of 1778, served as private in Captain Taylor's Company, Colonels Moore and Yancey's North Carolina regiments, was in a skirmish near Erier Creek, Georgia, and was discharged sometime in April, 1779, having served five months. He enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Guillam's company, Colonel Joseph Taylor's North Carolina regiment.
After the war, the soldier resided a short time in Virginia, then moved to Georgia.
Charles Carter was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he resided in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He had resided in that county about thirty years.
No reference was made to wife or children of the soldier.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,

name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Charles Carter, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Charles Carter Certificate #12029 Issued March 18, 1833 Rate $26.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1833. Georgia Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. BILIER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.