Anson-Halifax County NcArchives Military Records.....Carpenter, Isaac 1832
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension
Revolutionary soldier ISAAC CARPENTER of Anson mustered in from Halifax County 
in 1781 in Capt. Willis' Company under command of Col. John Branch. His first 
enlistment was as a substitute for his father, who had been drafted. During 
this stint he was marched to Lewisburg in Franklin and then under Col. Seawell 
he marched to Ramsey's Mill where his company joined Gates Army in South 
Carolina. He was sent to guard the Pee Dee River and had several skirmished 
with Tories. 

He was again drafted in the same year and served in the militia in Capt. 
Jones' Company under command of Col. Branch. He volunteer a third term in 
Capt. Hall's Company under the command of Col. William Rose during which he  
guarded stores of arms and wagons in South Carolina. CARPENTER was a private.  
He was born in Halifax in 1764. After the war he moved first to Orange County 
and then to Anson County. He applied for pension on Oct. 9, 1832 at the age of 
68. During this court appearance his brother, WILLIAM CARPENTER, attested to 
his brother's service in the Revolutionary War. He recalled that he, WILLIAM, 
was nine years old at the time. 

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