Nicholas Carpenter, age 63, cousin of David Carpenter, says he and David were born the same year. Isaac Washburn, Jno. Neeley and William Powers have known David Carpenter from a boy and say he is too young by many years to have been in the Revolutionary War. Christopher Nutter, age 74, says in 1787 he settled on the place he now resides. Several years after his settlement he frequently saw Jesse Carpenter.
Carpenter is entirely too young to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Samuel Bennett, age 65, knew Jesse Carpenter since he was a 20 years old, says he is too young to have served in the Revolutionary War. Henry Flesher knew Jesse Carpenter from a boy. He came to this country after the close of the war, then a young boy. William Powers, age 78, knew Jesse Carpenter since August 1787. Carpenter was then 10-12 yrs old.