Granville County, NC - Charles Carter - Revolutionary Pension Application, 1832

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Revolutionary War papers for my 4th great grandfather, Charles E. Carter. He was born 
on April 19, 1752, Goochland County, Va and died on April 12, 1842, Oglethorpe County, 
GA. He enlisted in Granville County, NC where he was living at the time the war began. 
This file was transcribed from the original. Transcription from the original papers:

Charles Carter - Revolutionary Pension Application

       
      Charles Carter
      Revolutionary Pension Application

        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 Carter, 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 benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th 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 struggle under 
        the following named officers & served as hereinafter stated. That he was 
        born on the 19th April 1752 in Goochland County Virginia according to 
        the account which he has always received from his parents ~ he has no 
        record of his age ~ that he lived 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 courthouse 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 toward Charlestown but he never got nearer that place than the ten 
        mile house ~ he only had one skirmish during his tour & that occurred at 
        Brier Creek in Georgia not more than thirty or forty miles below Augusta 
        ~ he entered upon this expedition in the Fall of 1778 ~ he cannot 
        distinctly state the date & was discharged in April 1779 after 
        performing the entire five months service ~ he has lost his discharge & 
        indeed all the documentary evidence he ever had concerning his services.
        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 Guillam ~ his services in the tour were 
        confined almost entirely to his own State & principally to his own 
        county ~ no skirmishes or fighting during the tour & 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 J. Moore & Lewis J. Deupree, Esquire, both 
        formerly justices of the Inferior Court of Oglethorpe County & gentleman 
        of deservedly high reputation. He hereby relinquishes every 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.
        Charles (x) Carter
        William H. Smith, Clerk
        We, the undersigned residents of the county of Oglethorpe and State of 
        Georgia do hereby certify that we have been well acquainted with Charles 
        Carter who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration for 
        many years, that we believe him to be a man of strict truth & honesty & 
        that he has served in the Revolutionary war as he has stated.
        Sworn in open court the day & year aforesaid.
        John Landrum
        Lewis J. Deupree
        William H. Smith, Clerk
        

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