SMITH CO., TN - REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - CHARLES CARTER Contributed by: Mary Lu Johnson [hellomlu@bellsouth.net] ******************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ******************************************************************************** CARTER, CHARLES, Rev War VA Line, #S3125 Transcribed by Mary Lu Johnson 30 November 1832: State of Tennessee, Smith County On this 30 day of November personally appeared in open Court before John Chambers Isaac Goodall Jos D McAvoy, the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County now setting, Charles Carter, a resident of the County of Smith and the State of Tennessee, aged seventy years the 3rd day of September 1832, 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 June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - Applicant was born in the county of Dinwiddie - State of Virginia on the third day of September 1762 as appears from a record now in his possession which he copied from his fathers family Bible about forty years ago. Applicant was living in Dinwiddie County when called into service where he had lived from the day of his birth. He was called into service in the year 1778 & thinks it was in the month of September of that year. He was enrolled in the company of Capt. Peterson Goodwin in 1778 and called into service and served in the capacity of what was called a minute man - the company to which he was attached immediately marched to what was called Cabbin point below Petersburg and joined a Regiment but does not remember who commanded it he recollects that Maj Holt commanded in that capacity. The Regiment marched from Cabin point to Smithfield where the company to which applicant was attached was discharged - Applicant served six weeks in this tour - Shortly after returning from the first tour of service he was again called out into service under Capt Hardimay & Maj. Holt & joined the Regiment at Petersburg - The Regt marched from Petersburg to Richmond and was there commanded by Generals Demarcus and Mulinburg. He was discharged between Petersburg & Richmond but cannot say how long he was out. Sometime after returning from the 2nd tour he was again called out under Capt. Pegram & was marched to Richmond - there to Petersburg where he joined the Regiment of which Holt acted as Major but does not recollect the General - From Petersburg the Regiment was marched to Smithfield - from there to the burnt mills and there discharged - Applicant will here state that while in service under Capt Hardemay as above stated & while at Cabin point there was an artilery company who were discharged for a time, & a new company was raised by taking five from each company of the Regiment which was allowed to volunteer if they thought proper & if they would not were to be drafted - They were drafted in every company except Capt Hardemay's - Applicant volunteered & induced four others to join him & become attached to the artilery company. The artilery company marched to the burnt mills & continued in service about one month when when [sic] the regular artilery company assumed their duties. From the year 1778 until 1781 applicant was kept in constant readiness and a minute man & was in service almost the whole of that time in short periods of service - The duties he had to perform will be understood by the department and are very similar to those performed by a regular - He was kept on the roll untill peace was made & in effect continued to serve from the time he was enrolled until peace was made which was 3 years - He cannot now recollect the names of any of the commanding officers except those above mentioned as he entered the service at 16 years of age and was very young during the whole time he was in service - Applicant as above stated lived in the county of Dinwiddie when called into service - After the war he moved to Maclenburg county Vir. & there lived upwards of 40 years [until c1820-mlj] - He then moved to Roan county Tennessee & lived there nearly 2 years [until c1822-mlj] from there he moved to Smith County Tennessee where he has lived since that time. Applicant never recd a written discharge for his service owing to the nature of it. A minute man being held in readiness like a regular Soldier was never discharged for any deffinate period - he would be allowed to home until an emergency occurred for calling him into service again which, in many instances, would be in a few days after his return from service - He was kept in the same readiness at home when not in actual service that he would have been if in the camp. Applicant can prove his service as above stated by John Bonner a respectable citizen of Wilson County Ten who has known applicant from his boyhood & is acquainted with his service - his certificate will be hereto annexed. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. [Signed] Charles Carter Sworn to in open Court the 30th Nov 1832. We, John Segon, a Clergy man residing in the County of Smith, State of Tennessee, & John Bonner residing in Wilson County, Tennessee, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Carter who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to be a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that ?assessment. [Both Signed] John Segon; John Bonner Sworn to in Open Court 30 Nov 1832, J. Beckett, Clk In addition to the above John Bonner states that he was raised in about 5 miles of Charles Carter the applicant, that the applicant was born in 1764 - He has known said Carter from his boyhood & went to school with him. In the winter of 1781 affiant saw sd Carter in actual service at Cabbin Point attached to a company of artilery - Affiant marched with Carter from Cabbin Point to Mackeys Mills & from there to Baliles old field at which place departed left the army & left Carter in service. Deponent has no doubt but sd Carter performed the services above stated as he lived near him & knows that he was almost constantly in the service as above stated. Sworn to in open Court the 30 Nov 1832 [Signed] John Bonner J Beckett, Clk And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the said Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Sigon who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Smith & tate of Tennessee & that John Bonner who has also signed the same, is a resident in Wilson county Tennessee is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit - & that the affiant John Bonner appears to be 68 years old. [All Signed] John Chambers, J. Goodall, Samuel _ _ _ ?McVey/Murrey? 6 April 1833, Certificate of Pension #7381 issued, Rolls of West Tennessee, Smith Co., Tenn, private in the company commanded by Capt Goodwin, service for 2 years, $80.00 per annum to commence 4 March 1831, sent to Jonathan Pickett, Carthage, Tenn. Arrears to 4th of March $160.00, Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Sept 40, total of $200.00, Act June 7, 1832. 28 March 1924: Letter from Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section (no signature) to Hon. E. E. Denison, House of Representatives, giving brief summation in fulfillment of request by Mr. S. M. Carter of Thompsonville, Illinois. 26 May 1938: Summation of pension information by A. D. Hiller, Exec Ass't to the Administrator sent to Mrs. Bonnie Draper, Gainesboro, Tennessee in reply to her request.