tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28649898839286547582024-03-18T21:19:21.734-07:00In Black and White: Cross-Cultural GenealogyDebra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-3352706568422425702024-03-17T15:37:00.000-07:002024-03-17T16:22:44.919-07:00Isaac Carter: Distinguishing the Identity of Same Name Rev War Soldiers, Part 6<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> So far in our search for Isaac Carter, we've eliminated soldiers' and widows' claims in the US Revolutionary War Pension Files, and we've looked at muster rolls and service records, which gave us three more soldiers named Isaac Carter. One served in the 10th North Carolina Regiment in Capt. Silas Stevenson's Company and two served in the 2nd North Carolina Regiment, commanded by John Patten; one in Captain Clement Hall's Company, and the other in Captain Robert Fenner's Company.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We have yet to examine and analyze the records listed on Ancestry:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">US Revolutionary War Army Accounts,</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The State Records of North Carolina, and</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Pierce's Register.</span></li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">US Revolutionary War Army Accounts</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">For the Army Accounts, I turned to a series of books by Weynette Parks Haun, entitled <i>North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts Secretary of State Treasurer's & Comptoller's Papers: Journal "A", Vols. III and IV (Part III), and Book: K, Part XVIII." </i>(Note: The full bibliographic entries appear in the Source List in Part 4 of the series.) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Journal A is a series of lists of amounts paid to units, headed by the company commander's name, the list of men being paid, the county militia regiment they belong to, and the amount paid to each soldier. And remember, whenever we go to a new source, we also need to look for the names of the soldier's compatriots.</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">On [158] we find Joshua CARTER, Isaac CARTER, and Martin BLACK who all received 4 pounds in Major John Tillman's Company. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">On [159] we find Isaac PERKINS, William DOVE, who served 40 Days and received 4 pounds in Major John Tillman's Company. </span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The biggest problem with these records is that no service date was recorded for these payments. All we have to go on is that they were paid out in 1775-1776. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volumes I & II found in Part II of Haun's series are laid out differently than Journal A. It's a more detailed line-by-line account for individual soldiers who received pay for service and/or goods. </span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In Vol. II, Book 1, Page 120 [545]: Allow'd William DOVE Soldier for pay and defy. of Cloathing [<i>sic</i>] of October 1780 Including Interest to August 1, 1783....127 pounds, 2 shillings, 0 pence.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In Vol. II, Book 1, Page 124 [549]: Allowed Martin BLACK Soldier for pay and Defy. of Cloathing [<i>sic</i>] to 1st. June 1780 Including Interest to August 1st, 1783....119 pounds, 9 shillings, 5 pence.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In Vol. II, Book 1, Page 124 [549]: Allowed Isaack PURKINS Soldier for pay & defy. of Cloathing [<i>sic</i>] to June 1780 Includg. Interest to August 1, 1783....119 pounds, 9 shillings, 5 pence.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In Vol II, Book 1, Page 168 [593]: Allowed Isaac CARTER for pay to 1st. January 1782 including Interest to 1st. August 1783 (4 Months 4 Days unsettled)....22 pounds, 19 shillings, 10 pence.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">These entries at least give us some reference dates for service which can later be correlated to dates found in other records. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volumes III & IV in Part III of the Haun series are from Journal B and look different still. It is a series of tables. The first reference in brackets followed by a dash and a number is the page within Journal B, followed by the soldier's number name, rank, and the charges, credits, and balances of their accounts.</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[762]-48. 11. William DOVE, P; Amount charged: 349. 9; Amount credited: 31.32; Balance paid & charged by state: 317.67; Balance Actually found due: 229.88.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[762]-48. 17. Martin BLACK, P; Amount charged: 334.33; Amount credited: 35.62; Balance paid & charged by state: 298.61; Balance Actually found due: 207.58.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[163]-49. 4. Mingo STRINGER, P; Amount charged: 51. 8; Amount credited: (blank); Balance paid & charged by state: 51. 8; Balance Actually found due: 46.60.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[765]-51. 1. Isaac CARTER, P; Amount charged: 355. 7; Amount credited: 21.76; Balance paid & charged by state: 333.21; Balance Actually found due: 244.74.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[765]-51. 760. Isaac PURKINS, P; Amount charged: 333.33; Amount credited: 34.62; Balance paid & charged by state: 298.61; Balance Actually found due: 208.58.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The next sheet comes from Volume IV, "Book G." The heading states: "The United States are debited by the State of North Carolina for the following allowances made by Committees of Claim and Accounts, the Vouchers of which are missing." Only one soldier in our list, Isaac Carter, was found; but, I've included three officers connected with the above soldiers.</span></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[1445]-303. Clement HALL, Transportation; No. in Report: 16; Specie drs. 90: 15.--.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[1445]-303. Colo. John PATTEN, Money advanced his regimt.; No. in Report: 19; Specie drs. 90: 40.30.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[1446]-304. Isaac CARTER, ditto [Transportation]; No. in Report: 34; Specie drs. 90: 25.45.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[1447]-305. Archibald LYTLE, provisions &c.; No. in Report: 60; Specie drs. 90: 78.67.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The last sheets from Haun come from Book: K, in Part XVIII. These accounts don't pertain to the individual soldiers we're researching but are related to Fort Hancock. If you remember from Moss & Scoggins's book, <i>African-American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution</i>, the entry for Isaac Carter claimed that he "served under Capt. John Tillman (or Tilghman) in the garrison of Fort Hancock at Cape Lookout, North Carolina, along with Joshua Carter, William Dove (q.v.) and Isaac Perkins (q.v.)" (p. 45). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"Examd. CR: William THOMSON Commissioner of Fort HANCOCK with the State of North Carolina CR: In Account Currency. [110/A lists DR: 110/A lists DR: 110/B lists CR: ]</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">By Cash paid John FULFORT for Schr. boar for use of Fort HANCOCK as p:accot. No. 1--300: -- : --.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">By ditto paid Officers and men of the Garrison at Fort HANCOCK from 1st. May to the 9th. Novemr. 1778 as p:Pay Roll No. 2--993:17: 1.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">By ditto paid ditto from 10th. November to 21st. May 1779 as p:Pay Roll No. 3--1099:16: 5.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">By Commissions and Expences for Hireing [<i>sic</i>] boat and two? hands to attend at Fort to pay the men @5 p:Ct. sundry Times and the Payment of the boat as above-- 109:13: 8.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">By Cash paid for Provisions for the Garrison as p:Voucher No. 4--958:14: -.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">By ditto paid Dedrick GIBBLE for bringing Money from Kingston as p:accot. No. 6: 16: 7: 4.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">By ditto paid Daniel ROGERS as p:receit. No. 7--40: -: -.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[Total Amount with Currency] </span><span style="font-size: large;">£<span style="font-family: georgia;">5049: 5: 6.</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">By Balance p:Contra due W. THOMSON Currency for January 1780 dep. 32 for one [Spicie]</span> £<span style="font-family: georgia;">2: 6: 6.</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Note: Journal A and Book K were made in pounds, shillings, and pence, whereas the accounts paid in Book G were made in Specie dollars. The difference was that currency was made in paper money while Specie payments were gold, silver, and copper coins. While the value of paper money was often devalued, precious metals maintained their true value over time. Since payrolls were often delayed by long periods, the value of their pay seldom had the same buying power as if they had received it on time as the state would often print more money when there were deficits. </span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The State Records of North Carolina</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Bear in mind that these references to the State Records of North Carolina came from Ancestry: Vol. XVI, pp. 113, 116, 118. Now when I use this resource online, I'm doing one of two things: checking someone else's source citations or looking for new entries from the master index. In other areas of this research, I have had a great experience finding supporting information in this source; however, these Ancestry citations leave me puzzled.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 16, Pages 1-177 refer to the Minutes of the North Carolina House of Commons North Carolina, General Assembly April 16, 1782-May 18, 1782. The portion of page 113 that applied to what we discovered in the Army Accounts is a portion of a letter written by Hugh Williamson, Chairman to the Senate:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"That there appears to be large arrears of Cloathes [<i>sic</i>] and other Articles due the Officers and privates, the amount being uncertain...perhaps it may be proper to allow them some months pay in Certificates that shall be negotiable as hard Money in prompt payment for some public property that may be sold...."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">No mention of Isaac Carter.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Page 116 includes brief lines stating orders of business: a presentation of the resignation of John Taylor, Esqr., of the State Board of Auditors; the reading of a petition of Elizabeth Forbes, a petition of John Walker, et. al., a letter from Matthew Brooks, Commissioner of Surry County regarding Col. Joseph Martin, the recommendation of the Court of Guilford County that Robert Brasher be exempted from paying poll taxes; and, adjournment till the next morning at 9 o'clock. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">No mention of Isaac Carter.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The order of business on Page 118 begins with a letter dated 1781 from William Bryan, Chairman discussing why </span>Colonel James Armstrong could not retire earlier than the day noted on the last arrangement, and he should be considered an officer in active duty of service; and, consideration of the memorial of Nathan and Lewis Bryan.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">No mention of Isaac Carter.</span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Pierce's Register</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In part 5, I recorded Ancestry's search results for <i>Pierce's Register </i>as:</span></div><div><ol style="color: #292929; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><li><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Isaac Carter. p. 6. <i>Pierce's Register. </i>90009. Carter, Isaac; 90996. Carter, Isaac; 91489. Carter</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Carter, John. p. 6. <i>Pierce's Register</i>. 91489. (<i>For an explanation of this source, see: <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=juPn5mjLa3UC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #d67f3f; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pierce's Register</a>. Certificates 89501-91855 were from the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Clarke, paid to November 15, 1783; R. Fenner, agent</i>).</span></li></ol></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">There really can be no analysis of the certificate numbers above if the certificates no longer exist. Rechecking two payment vouchers that I had previously found for Isaac Carter, pictured below:</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WiRGvI9Qx-ukvEIiB2nUV1o4G0S0tUFPj4b1uAdFektRR9heEYyZFkMfLMX4jSocuPR0j5ErIowEDH0pQTc5msFLSSlgF7XDYBVe1wfgHThB_hgMrfVFF519CONjjv_sodmgNbCxuqh7lFtIU5pINEQ2Pxi1GF8acyA9xTQo-tcfbDEMId5xtmEM-YY/s2237/Isaac%20Carter_Rev%20War%20Pay%20Voucher%20No.%204409_Wilmington%20District%201783.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2237" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WiRGvI9Qx-ukvEIiB2nUV1o4G0S0tUFPj4b1uAdFektRR9heEYyZFkMfLMX4jSocuPR0j5ErIowEDH0pQTc5msFLSSlgF7XDYBVe1wfgHThB_hgMrfVFF519CONjjv_sodmgNbCxuqh7lFtIU5pINEQ2Pxi1GF8acyA9xTQo-tcfbDEMId5xtmEM-YY/s320/Isaac%20Carter_Rev%20War%20Pay%20Voucher%20No.%204409_Wilmington%20District%201783.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North Carolina Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfEfR36uu3BrMX9mLIQqgFlX07VIwkPF58OB4kcP5hpTIUTFLQzb0tiIR9PNyWEZYdKqQShJrCxN9ztUNRG1XHRCS0bO9lGRmxVFIff2Zu8L21-7lP0gbc4jbnDjPJK1Lk4noxIpp6dq6KDjWD78ygNuTKaewK1Vgzi8BNm82mbJcMDuToxGv11q_jOY/s1815/Isaac%20Carter_Rev%20War%20Pay%20Voucher%20No.2337_New%20Bern%20District%201784.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1815" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfEfR36uu3BrMX9mLIQqgFlX07VIwkPF58OB4kcP5hpTIUTFLQzb0tiIR9PNyWEZYdKqQShJrCxN9ztUNRG1XHRCS0bO9lGRmxVFIff2Zu8L21-7lP0gbc4jbnDjPJK1Lk4noxIpp6dq6KDjWD78ygNuTKaewK1Vgzi8BNm82mbJcMDuToxGv11q_jOY/s320/Isaac%20Carter_Rev%20War%20Pay%20Voucher%20No.2337_New%20Bern%20District%201784.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North Carolina Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The first image is Voucher No. 4409, dated 27 August 1783, from the Auditors at the District of Wilmington for twenty pounds, five shillings, no pence, for militia service in Pay Roll No. 2325. The holes in the voucher are proof that it was paid out.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The image, Voucher No. 2337, issued by the New Bern District, dated 20 September 1784, was for one pound for Militia duty.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Apparently, the certificates found in Pierce's Register have nothing to do with payment vouchers. So, what do they refer to? Well, looking past the actual numbers, they were issued for service in Colonel Thomas Clark's regiment, paid on November 15, 1783. I remember reading about Clark in some battle histories, but Isaac Carter wasn't the soldier I was researching. Clark was engaged in the Battle of Monmouth, a Skirmish Near West Point, and the Siege of Charleston, where Isaac Perkins and Martin Black served in the 2nd North Carolina Regiment. So, did I just overlook Isaac Carter's service there? What records did I have for Privates Perkins and Martin that I didn't have for Isaac Carter? Their Survivor's Pension file. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But there is a muster roll for Captain Clement Hall's Company where Perkins, Martin, and Carter are all listed. There's also a Robert Carter listed on that muster roll, and I mention this only because he was <i>not</i> a relative of our Isaac. He was most likely a white soldier. I only mention this because it shows that there could be others with the same surname recorded who are not the subject of our research. So, is that Isaac Carter the right one? I don't know yet. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Tomorrow's another day.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-48915816361783503682024-03-16T15:36:00.000-07:002024-03-17T16:31:57.389-07:00Isaac Carter: Distinguishing the Identity of Same Name Rev War Soldiers, Part 5<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The first two things I did with my research questions were re-checking all pertinent sources and gathering additional evidence based on the sources' citations.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Today we'll be looking at the documents I found on Fold3 and Ancestry, and once they are considered, I'll continue with published transcriptions.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Question No. 1:</b> <i>Did the Isaac Carter of Craven County who lived along the South Side of Neuse River on the West Side of Clubfoot Creek enlist in the 10th North Carolina Regiment under Captain Silas Ayers (Sears) Stevenson, commanded by Colonel Abraham Sheppard for three years or the duration of the war?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Fold3: US, Revolutionary War Service Records, 1775-1783</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Two Patriots' service records appeared here. The first Isaac Carter enlisted on 1 September 1777 for 3 years in Captain Robert Fenner's Company, 2nd North Carolina Battalion commanded by Colonel John Patten. On September 9, 1778 the battalion was camped at White Plains, and a note was made that he was sick at Springfield.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The second Isaac Carter enlisted was also at White Plains on September 9, 1778, but he was in Captain Clement Hall's Company, 2nd North Carolina Battalion. His enlistment date was not recorded, but he was in for three years as well.</span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Fold3: US, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783</span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I then found two muster rolls. The first was for Captain Clement Hall's Company, 2nd North Carolina Batallion, Commanded by Colonel John Patten, White Plains, September 9, 1778.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2bRS6JX1S9p9i2hWnkGjo0spqi3Bs8lOTXl8hQXMa9Ih-lgpMTci9R5wdPbRt__ud8TODKJvHfpTI6cXSOvdlaRuy4PrOVpnI7IfPZWyIOHptNobECPdpW0TtDhlipmP6QMGVfv2vfsAElqQe5dLeTLfTq1IKWNTSq7O_Z5iCaFehT3Zblwh0pWu3wBA/s1600/Isaac%20Purkins_White%20Plains-NY_Fold3_Page%2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1269" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2bRS6JX1S9p9i2hWnkGjo0spqi3Bs8lOTXl8hQXMa9Ih-lgpMTci9R5wdPbRt__ud8TODKJvHfpTI6cXSOvdlaRuy4PrOVpnI7IfPZWyIOHptNobECPdpW0TtDhlipmP6QMGVfv2vfsAElqQe5dLeTLfTq1IKWNTSq7O_Z5iCaFehT3Zblwh0pWu3wBA/w508-h640/Isaac%20Purkins_White%20Plains-NY_Fold3_Page%2021.jpg" width="508" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">NARA M246 Roll 0079. Fold3.com. Folder 3, Page 21 of 46.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Below is a list I made of the familiar names and their enlistment information.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Isaac Perkins<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">16 May 1777,
3 yrs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">2<sup>nd</sup>
NC Battalion<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Capt. Clement
Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">White Plains,
NY<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">9 Sep 1778<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Martin Black<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">16 May 1777,
3 yrs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">2<sup>nd</sup>
NC Battalion<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Capt. Clement
Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">White Plains,
NY<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">9 Sept 1778<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Isaac Carter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(blank), 3
yrs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">2<sup>nd</sup>
NC Battalion<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Capt. Clement
Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">White Plains,
NY<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">9 Sept 1778<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">John Carter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(blank),
duration of the war<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">2<sup>nd</sup>
NC Battalion<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Capt. Clement
Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">White Plains,
NY<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">9 Sept 1778<o:p></o:p></p>
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</tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The second muster roll was for Captain Robert Fenner's Company. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHtil_cX_VtGhtzXyFvvLLWA8iyQbB5FXclFTmxBcsD-eNqtTZpdKWlqVdyc303ZZyaN_f4_5CQe_Z1L9GZfZuOjjOD-wc3M1n9bg_UJPZN1M9mWbMVJnW90L_URUYu7jeVtcN9cpRWpK7J29LDweB3LrgFAuCkjkmMWr6ahyphenhyphenTJlr0MH0-ahU1cSSQP4/s1600/Isaac%20Carter_Capt-Robert-Fenner-Co_Rev-War-Muster-Rolls_Fold3-Page%2015.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1253" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHtil_cX_VtGhtzXyFvvLLWA8iyQbB5FXclFTmxBcsD-eNqtTZpdKWlqVdyc303ZZyaN_f4_5CQe_Z1L9GZfZuOjjOD-wc3M1n9bg_UJPZN1M9mWbMVJnW90L_URUYu7jeVtcN9cpRWpK7J29LDweB3LrgFAuCkjkmMWr6ahyphenhyphenTJlr0MH0-ahU1cSSQP4/w502-h640/Isaac%20Carter_Capt-Robert-Fenner-Co_Rev-War-Muster-Rolls_Fold3-Page%2015.jpg" width="502" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">NARA M246 Roll 0079. Fold3.com. Folder 3, Page 15 of 46.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The interesting thing here is that Isaac Carter is the only familiar name.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Isaac Carter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">1 Sep 1777, 3
yrs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">2<sup>nd</sup>
NC Battalion<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Capt. Robert
Fenner<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">White Plains,
NY<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">9 Sep 1778
(Sick Springfield)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So, we have both service records and the corresponding muster rolls that the record was based on. Now let's look at what's on Ancestry. </span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Ancestry: US, Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1776-1783</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Looking at search results from an Ancestry military records search can be confusing, overwhelming, and downright frustrating! While it seems like so much information is popping up for Isaac Carter, the results are less than helpful if you don't start digging, trying to find where the information comes from.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">For example, a recent search gave the following results:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">Name and Rank: Carter, Isaac, Pt. Company: Stephenson's Dates of Enlistment and Commission: 1 Sep. '77 Period of Service: 3 yrs. W Occurrences: Destd 13 June '83</span></li><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783 page 113</span></li><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783 page 116</span></li><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">Name and Rank: Carter, Isaac, Pt. Company: Evans' Dates of Enlistment and Commission: '82 Period of Service: 18 mo. Occurrences: Destd 11 June '83</span></li><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">Name and Rank: Carter, Isaac, Pt. Company: Bailey's Dates of Enlistment and Commission: 25 May '81 Period of Service: 12 mo. Occurrences: Left service 25 May '82</span></li><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783 page 118</span></li><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">No.: 1112. To whom granted and rank: Isaac Carter, Privt No. acres: 274 Service in months: 36 : Jno. Allen</span></li><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">Name and Rank: 47. Isaac Carter 3</span></li><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">APPENDIX page 607</span></li><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">50. Isaac Carter</span></li><li><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #262626; font-size: 14.5px;">90009. Carter, Isaac</span></li></ul><div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Each entry was exactly as shown here. No images. No references, with the exception of those entries for the North Carolina State Records. The only way to make sense of the above is to start by looking at the description of the database:</span></div></div><div><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"</span><span face="ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-size: large;">From the years 1776 to 1783, approximately 36,000 men from North Carolina served in the American Revolution. This database is a roster of these individuals, which has been compiled by various sources, such as: the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, U.S. War Department Report of Pensions, Pierce's Register, records of the 10 regiments, company rosters, Army Accounts, and State Records."</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So, now comes the task of determining the origin of each scrap of information. Going to Ancestry's Card Catalog, in the text box I entered "Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution." This book is a published compilation of various sources transcribed by the DAR. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">When I entered Isaac Carter's information into the search box I got six results. <i>The important thing here is that you must go back to however many pages to find the source of these records.</i> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7PRKxmY_4Kxx5MJEZxGVxZmhuJJJZP62hj2R5tCmTn17Kx0Sieo1uUidsoKQTsfWZ8Ri2f1BVug7AoP-JvouRFdwy85RYhYSxjOgDxiNpadIOGt3gGBEXzwl9GdQvomI2v60jE1RmtgEF4oiXlz8TkYAgIK-PLYr1aP6mYt0ar19A02XzUoMw-oAb4A/s2121/Roster%20of%20Soldiers%20from%20North%20Carolina%20in%20the%20American%20Revolution_TITLE.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2121" data-original-width="1368" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7PRKxmY_4Kxx5MJEZxGVxZmhuJJJZP62hj2R5tCmTn17Kx0Sieo1uUidsoKQTsfWZ8Ri2f1BVug7AoP-JvouRFdwy85RYhYSxjOgDxiNpadIOGt3gGBEXzwl9GdQvomI2v60jE1RmtgEF4oiXlz8TkYAgIK-PLYr1aP6mYt0ar19A02XzUoMw-oAb4A/s320/Roster%20of%20Soldiers%20from%20North%20Carolina%20in%20the%20American%20Revolution_TITLE.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><li>Isaac Carter, p. 93.<i> Revolutionary Army Accounts, Volume AA--Pages 1-44 Inclusive </i>[Page 43, folio page 2<span>]</span><span style="font-style: normal;">: North Carolina</span><span style="font-style: normal;">.</span><i> </i></li><li>Isaac Carter, p. 607, table: 47.<i> State Records of North Carolina, </i>Clark<i>, </i>Vol. XIII, Pages 506-507. Isaac Carter, Time Enlisted (<i>blank</i>), 3 years: Roll of Capt. Clement Hall's Company, in the 2nd Battalion, Commanded by Col. John Patten, White Plains, September 9, 1778.</li><li>Isaac Carter, p. 609. <i>State Records of North Carolina</i>, Clark, Vol. XIII. 50. Isaac Carter [Pages 212-214] Roll of Capt. Fenner's Company--2nd Battalion, Commanded by Col. John Patton, Camp White Plains, September 9, 1778. </li><li>Isaac Carter, p. 6. <i>Pierce's Register. </i>90009. Carter, Isaac; 90996. Carter, Isaac; 91489. Carter, John. 91489. (<i>For an explanation of this source, see: <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=juPn5mjLa3UC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">Pierce's Register</a>. Certificates 89501-91855 were from the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Clarke, paid to November 15, 1783; R. Fenner, agent</i>).</li><li>Isaac Carter, p. 97. Carter, Isaac, pt., Walsh's Company, Enlisted 1 September 1777, Prisoner 1 June 1779, Discharged 20 February 1780, 8th Regiment, Col. James Armstrong. <i>North Carolina State Records</i>, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783.</li><li>Isaac Carter, p. 113. Carter, Isaac, pt., Stephenson's Company, Enlisted 1 September 1777, 3 years or the War, Deserted 13 June 1783. 10th Regiment, Col. Abraham Sheppard.</li></ol><div>Looking back to the research question, I'll consider all the sources, but <i>first</i>, we'll focus on this last entry of Isaac Carter in Capt. Stevenson's (Stephenson) company. This part of the record is formatted the same as the muster rolls in numbers 2 and 3, but is an <i>alphabetical</i> listing of soldiers' names in the first column, followed by their respective captain's name, the date of enlistment, the period of service, and occurrences. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm beginning to see some answers to my questions about Moss & Scoggins' entry for Isaac Carter in their book, <i>African-American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution</i>. Now I need to sort this out and begin some analysis. But that's for tomorrow.</div></div></span></div><div><table class="table customGrid tableStriped table480" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #262626; font-family: ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; width: 825px;"></table></div></div></div>Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-69182355230860355972024-03-15T12:45:00.000-07:002024-03-17T16:35:56.544-07:00Isaac Carter: Determining the Identity of Same Name Rev War Soldiers, Part 4<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Part 3 of this series was part of the original work I did on trying to identify Private Isaac Carter of North Harlowe, Craven County, North Carolina, whose family during the American Revolution lived along the South Side of Neuse River and West Side of Clubfoot Creek. You can find the following related posts here:</span></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/10/series-research-barrier-breakthroughs_31.html" target="_blank">Isaac Carter: Determining the Identity of Same Name Rev War Soldiers, Part 1</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/11/series-research-barrier-breakthroughs.html" target="_blank">Isaac Carter: Determining the Identity of Same Name Rev War Soldiers, Part 2</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/11/series-research-barrier-breakthroughs_02.html" target="_blank">Isaac Carter: Determining the Identity of Same Name Rev War Soldiers, Part 3, UPDATED in 2014</a> </span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I had examined Revolutionary War Pension Files only to discover that none of the three found at Fold3 or Ancestry.com belonged to this particular Isaac Carter.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gPHoz_2obkXBuQgpb9DJG4JlJ3LiO_8ER1twN7AWh70BUSWyHkEbo0U55plswyigw6-1H-2ht-ENITZaIHsk3rRRzndpRCtUlckDqFMqzc4523hkKdfCEOwzOcEunAyz06gmUqKwyiAFVdTioCnyuX5ZotFqz_0NLOm3xcfihpw21aIcctZeUZeen1s/s327/Moss%20and%20Scoggins_African-American%20Patriots%20in%20the%20Southern%20Campaign.webp" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="225" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gPHoz_2obkXBuQgpb9DJG4JlJ3LiO_8ER1twN7AWh70BUSWyHkEbo0U55plswyigw6-1H-2ht-ENITZaIHsk3rRRzndpRCtUlckDqFMqzc4523hkKdfCEOwzOcEunAyz06gmUqKwyiAFVdTioCnyuX5ZotFqz_0NLOm3xcfihpw21aIcctZeUZeen1s/s320/Moss%20and%20Scoggins_African-American%20Patriots%20in%20the%20Southern%20Campaign.webp" width="220" /></a></div></h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Go back to START</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Going back to the entry for Isaac Carter in, <i>African-American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution, </i>by Bobby G. Moss and Michael C. Scoggins, I skipped past the claims that:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">he was probably the son of Isaac Carter who served in a Craven County Militia Regiment commanded by Colonel Edward Griffith [<i>Isaac Carter was the son of Abel Carter who served in the Craven County Regiment under Major John Tillman in 1754</i>];</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">he enlisted on September 1, 1777 [<i>this was the date of enlistment for Isaac Carter of Gates County who served in Captain John Walsh's company, 8th North Carolina Regiment</i>];</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">that he deserted from his regiment on June 13, 1783 [<i>I couldn't find evidence of a deserter in any of the pension files</i>].</span></li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Claims left to investigate</span></h3></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Isaac Carter enlisted as a private in the 10th North Carolina Regiment under Captain Silas Stevenson and Colonel Abraham Sheppard for three years, or the duration of the war;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He served under Captain John Tillman in the garrison of Fort Hancock at Cape Lookout, North Carolina, along with Joshua Carter, William Dove, and Isaac Perkins;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">That Tillman's men were enlisted for one year, but remained on duty for two years; and, </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He received certificate number 4409 for militia service in the Wilmington District.</span></li></ol><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Research Strategy</span></h3></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The first thing I always do when undertaking a new research question is to check the references for all sources I have consulted. Then, I gather evidence based on the sources' citations, and if citations are lacking, I focus on the claims being made and ask myself where I might be able to find supporting documentation. The third thing I do is go back to Ancestry and Fold3 to locate all service records and muster rolls for Isaac Carter, and look for the names of those who also served from his community (<i>see number 2 above</i>), ruling out any same-name individuals who could have served in the same company. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But the key to determining if Isaac Carter served in the Craven County Regiment of Militia, a regiment on the Continental Line, or both, is <i>dates</i>. So, in the analysis phase, I'll focus on regimental histories, commanding officers' service records, and the history of Fort Hancock on Cape Lookout, North Carolina. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Actually, much of this research is finished. The sources have all been archived, and now it's time for the analysis phase.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Source list</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Angley, Wilson. <a href="https://www.qaronline.org/reports/historical-overview-beaufort-inlet-cape-lookout-area-north-carolina" target="_blank">"An Historical Overview of the Beaufort Inlet: Cape Lookout Area of North Carolina."</a> Queen Anne's Revenge Project: North Carolina Natural and Cultural Resources, 1982.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Lewis, J.D. <i>NC Patriots 1775-1783: Their Own Words</i>, 3 vols., Clara G. Harper, 2021. (See online: Carolana.com).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Clark, Walter (ed.). <i>The State Records of North Carolina</i>, 16 vols., Goldsboro, N.C., 1895-1914. (See online: Documenting the American South, https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Haun, Weynette Parks. <i>North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Journal "A" (Public Accounts) 1775-1776. </i>Durham, N.C.: 1989.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Haun, Weynette Parks. <i>North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Vol. I, Vol. II, Part II. </i>Durham, N.C.: 1988-1999.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Haun, Weynette Parks. <i>North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Vol. III, Vol. IV, Part III. </i>Durham, N.C.: 1990-1999.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Haun, Weynette Parks. <i>North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Book K, Part XVIII. </i>Durham, N.C.: 1990-1999.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Kell, Jean Bruyere. <i>Coastal North Carolina's Carteret County During the American Revolution: 1765-1785. </i>Carteret County Bicentennial Commission: 1975.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Stick, David. <i>The Outer Banks of North Carolina: 1584-1958. </i>University of North Carolina Press, 2015.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, NARA M246, Fold3.com.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">U.S. Revolutionary War Service Records, 1775-1783, NARA M881, Fold3.com.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>A note of special thanks to Victor T. Jones, Jr., Special Collections Librarian of New Bern-Craven County's Kellenberger Room for assisting me in lookups for North Carolina sources not available in Massachusetts. His expertise has been invaluable to me for nearly twenty years!</i></span></div>Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-85518294375401624632024-03-14T18:05:00.000-07:002024-03-14T21:01:28.359-07:00The Forgotten Patriots Project at SOFAFEA.org<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> It's been years since I've written in this blog. So much in my life has changed since I researched for the North Carolina Society Sons of the American Revolution for the Forgotten Patriots Project. In the past, I wrote about </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">the <a href="https://ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Revolutionary War Pension Files</a>, </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>the <a href="https://ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/search?q=Harlowe+Patriots" target="_blank">SAR Grave Memorial Ceremony</a> honoring the fourteen free Patriots of Color from Harlowe, Craven County, North Carolina who fought in the American Revolution </span>(March 16, 2014)<span>, and</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>the Chartering of the only SAR Chapter named for a Patriot of Color, the Patriot Isaac Carter Chapter, named for my late husband Cedric C. Carter 's 3rd great-grandfather </span>(September 3, 2016)<span>.</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuwmRnr4jeozvCACGTM1CVVCyRFGNQrCVF1fQtuyhhhCz0iDeYI3iRL25bBRz_2ULJUUOQrnswF8wwllF-mgeda2AZBJXiClvfa_twMKh5ZV6PWli1d1HNDKyFadcDdKFWLgRqJ4SW9OBzhHsWt5gU-24zO4o2SOzK8W5FqTU1LaLfqalKFohqmno5J0/s960/Cedric%20at%20SAR%20Memorial%20Service.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuwmRnr4jeozvCACGTM1CVVCyRFGNQrCVF1fQtuyhhhCz0iDeYI3iRL25bBRz_2ULJUUOQrnswF8wwllF-mgeda2AZBJXiClvfa_twMKh5ZV6PWli1d1HNDKyFadcDdKFWLgRqJ4SW9OBzhHsWt5gU-24zO4o2SOzK8W5FqTU1LaLfqalKFohqmno5J0/w640-h360/Cedric%20at%20SAR%20Memorial%20Service.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Courtesy of Regina Yvette Carter Garcia, 2016</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In August 2023, my brother-in-law, H. David Carter emailed me about an opportunity to continue my work on the Harlowe Patriots. The <a href="https://www.sofafea.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=4&nodeID=1" target="_blank">Society of First African Families of English America</a> took the mantle of the <a href="https://www.sofafea.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&pageId=618" target="_blank">Forgotten Patriots Project</a> and is applying a multi-faceted approach. Since September 2023, I've been actively researching and writing about the details of the Harlowe Patriots' service by focusing on their regiments' movements in a series of engagements through three theaters of war. This has proved to be an enlightening challenge!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We are discovering new things about the trials our ancestors endured as we focus our research on the commanding generals, colonels, and captains of the soldiers' regiments found in written accounts of the battle history. Our sources go beyond the Survivor and Widow's Pensions, service records, and muster rolls, now including letters, diaries, state records, and military and local histories. Some of the things we thought we knew already have been proven flawed and we are correcting that through a series of books we will be publishing. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I am honored to be collaborating with about fifty authors and scholars on this project and will use this blog to help sort out some of the research questions I address as I work toward our first big deadline of March 31, 2024.</span></div><div><br /></div><p></p>Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-43920311248129807172015-07-28T08:27:00.000-07:002024-03-14T16:11:53.514-07:00An Abstract of : The Will of Thomas Hyman<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-weight: normal;">Craven County, North Carolina<br /></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-weight: normal;">Record of Wills (Loose), 1760-1890<br /></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-weight: normal;">Will Book B: 287 - 288.<br /></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-weight: normal;">Written 25 April 1807; proved December Term 1807<br /></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">In the name of God, Amen. I </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>THOMAS HYMAN</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"> of the County of Craven, </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">give my wife </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">PATSEY</span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, during her life, one third part all my lands including the buildings where we reside, and the negroes </span><span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">STEPNEY, DINAH, BIG TOM, MOLLY, SAM, FIELDER, CAMBRIDGE, CHARITY, RACHAEL</span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, </span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">and blacksmith, </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>GODFREY</span>; to</span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"> my son, </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>SAMUEL</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, all my lands situate in Craven County upon Hancocks Creek, Northward of Bounder neck gut and the south prong of said gut; to </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">my daughter </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>ANN</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, all that part of my lands situate in Craven County upon Hancocks Creek, Southward of Bounder neck gut, and southward of the south prong of said gut; </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">to my son </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>SAMUEL </span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">the negroes, </span><span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"> </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">NELLY, AFFRICA, BOB, BEN, BIG BILL, ABRAHAM, SUKEY, LITTLE BILL, DAVID</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, and my half of negro </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>LARRY</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, owned by </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>WILLIAM CONWAY</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"> and me; to</span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"> my daughter </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>ANN</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, the negroes, </span><span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">TILL</span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, </span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>LITTLE TOM, NOAH, TOBEY, JACOB, AMERICA, ADAM</span> and <span>HETT</span>; to </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">my son </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>SAMUEL </span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">my interest and property in the Stock, debts, tools and other property belonging to the partnership of </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>WILLIAM CONWAY</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"> and me in the Blacksmith business </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">excepting only my interest in the negroes </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>WILLOUGHBY </span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">and </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>PHOBE</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, which I give </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>WILLIAM CONWAY</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, the residue of my estate to be equally divided among my wife and two children.<br /></span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">I[f] my children die under the age of twenty one, without issue living at their decease, the shares go to the surviving child; i[f] both my children should die under the age of twenty one and without issue living at the time of their decease, I give to </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>BETSEY COART</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, daughter of my former wife, all the negroes I obtained by my marriage with her mother and the residue of the negroes & personal property given to my children & the profits arising from the same, not applied towards the maintenance and education of my children. I give upon the death of my children, as aforesaid, to my wife; my lands, upon the death of my children, I give my nephew </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>WILLIAM CONWAY</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">; I appoint my wife </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>PATSEY </span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">and </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>WILLIAM CONWAY</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"> Executors Newbern the 25th day of April 1807.<br /></span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">[Signed] </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>THOMAS HYMAN<br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span>Witnesses: </span><span>WM HOLLISTER, ABNER K. WEST<br /></span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">State of North Carolina, </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">Craven County,</span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"> Court of Pleas & Quarter </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">Sessions, December Term 1807; </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>THOMAS HYMAN</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"> deceased was proved by the oath of </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>WILLIAM HOLLISTER</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, a witness, and </span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>WILLIAM CONWAY</span></span><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">, one of the Executors. Ordered that letters testamentary issue to said Execr and that said Will be Recorded.<br /></span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";">Attest<br /></span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #2d3037; font-family: "arimo";"><span>J.G. STANLY, CC</span></span></span></span></p>
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Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-23106426515708694252015-07-27T04:05:00.000-07:002015-10-28T19:07:57.484-07:00Amanuensis Monday: The Will of Thomas Hyman<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Welcome to the first Amanuensis Monday as we focus on the Descendants of Abraham and Rhoda (Whitehead) Hyman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For those who may be joining us for the first time, you may wonder what is "Amanuensis Monday?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"amanuensis: one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript....Latin, from (<i>servus) a manu</i> slave with secretarial duties. First Known Use 1619." [1]</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each Monday we will examine a document that guides us on our quest for the origins of the African American HYMAN family in Craven and Carteret Counties, North Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the purpose of maintaining the integrity of our research, we must approach each individual, each relationship, as </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">new </i><span style="font-size: large;">information. We must set aside any biases or prior beliefs about the family so that we can reconstruct the family group within the context of its society.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In order to do so, we must first look to the will of Thomas Hyman [2], the white owner of those recorded in the Census as slaves, but believed to be <i>indentured servants</i> by family historians. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thomas Hyman's</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In the name of God, Amen. I Thomas Hyman of the County of Craven, being of sound, disposing mind and memory do make this my last testament.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I give my dear wife Patsey, during her life, one third part all my lands including the buildings where we reside. I give my said wife the following negroes, viz. Stepney, Dinah, big Tom, Molly, Sam, Fielder, Cambridge, Charity, Rachael, and blacksmith, Godfrey, to her and her heirs forever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I give to my son, Samuel, all that part of my lands situate in Craven County upon Hancocks Creek, which lies to the Northward of Bounder neck gut and the south prong of said gut, to him, his heirs and assigns forever--</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I give to my daughter Ann, all that part of my lands situate in Craven County upon Hancocks Creek, which lies to the Southward of Bounder neck gut, and southward of the south prong of said gut, to her, her heirs and assigns forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I give to my son Samuel the following negroes, Viz. Nelly, Affrica, Bob, Ben, big Bill, Abraham, Sukey, -- little Bill, David, and my half of negro Larry, owned by William Conway and me, to my said son & his heirs, forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I give to my daughter Ann, the following negroes, Viz., Till, little Tom, Noah, Tobey, Jacob, America, Adam and Hett, to her and her heirs forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I give to my son Samuel my interest and property in the Stock, debts, tools and other property belonging to the partnership of William Conway and me in the Blacksmith business</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In case with of my children should die under the age of twenty one years, and without issue living at their decease, it is my will, and I do devise that the shares of such child in my estate under any clause of this will, go and vest in the surviving child. And in case both my children should die under the age of twenty one years and without issue living at the time of their decease, Then I give and devise to Betsey Coart, daughter of my former wife, all the negroes which I obtained by my marriage with her mother and the residue of the negroes & personal property given to my children & the profits arising from the same, which shall not have been applied for and towards the maintenance and education of my said children. I give upon the death of my children, as aforesaid, to my wife, & her heirs forever. My lands, upon the death of my children as aforesaid I give to my nephew William Conway, to him & his heirs forever. I nominate and appoint my wife Patsey and William Conway, Executors of this my last will and testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Newbern the 25th day of April 1807.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Signed, sealed, published and ) <u>Thos Hyman</u> (seal)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wm Hollister, jp</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The foregoing last Will and Testament of Thomas Hyman deceased was produced and the due execution thereof by the testator was proved by the oath of William Hollister one of the subscribing Witnesses thereto at same time William Conway one of the Executors therein named appeared and qualified. Ordered that letters testamentary issue to said Execr and that said Will be Recorded.</span><br />
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[1] <i> Merrium-Webster Online Dictionary, (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amanuensis : </i>accessed 27 July 2015), "<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amanuensis">amanuensis</a>." The definition includes an audio pronunciation by clicking on the speaker symbol.<br />
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[2] "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," Images, <i>(http:FamilySearch.org : </i>accessed 27 July 2015,) Craven County Courthouse, North Carolina.Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-79398034483581164872015-07-21T16:14:00.000-07:002016-03-20T18:56:08.051-07:00Calling ALL HYMANs: Reuniting Nine Branches of HYMAN Descendants<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It's difficult to believe that it's already been a year since I went on hiatus . . . not from researching, but just from blogging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I am now more focused, more organized, and digging deeper through analysis, thanks to Thomas MacEntee's <a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/genealogy-doover-cycle-3-schedule-topics/">Genealogy Do-Over</a>. I chose to do the "Modified Participant Option," which is more like a "Go-Over," and am now in the midst of<i> Cycle 3</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Besides working on reorganization, I have also participated in several webinars for genealogy and writing memoirs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Yes! </b>At times it feels like it's just too much for this genealogist, who also works at a full-time job, who's working on BCG Certification and writing a family history memoir, to sort and file the myriad documents collected over years of research only to find that I didn't catch it all the first time around, and am expanding from four surname binders to <i><b>six</b></i>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>How do I ever keep it all straight?</i></b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">To be honest, if you saw my office, you would be asking the same question. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I began the process of applying for my credential in May 2013, not realizing that I still had much to research and analyze in order to <i>prove </i>the relationships in my Kinship Determination Project, <i>aka </i>the KDP. This has been the most challenging section of the seven-step process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In May 2015 I requested "my last" one-year extension, and I anticipate my work to be submitted within five or six months, <i>with any luck</i>.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Back to North Harlowe for HYMAN Family Reunion 2015</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Also this past May, my husband and I attended the HYMAN Family Reunion in North Harlowe, Craven, North Carolina. What a <i>wonderful </i>time we had, making so many new family connections, and visiting with cousins we had met years ago at the Peter James HYMAN Family Reunion in Beaufort, Carteret, North Carolina. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As we looked over a manuscript that a cousin is preparing for publication, it became clear to me that there is a need to complete the <i>whole </i>family tree, beginning with the will of their ancestors' masters, Thomas Hyman and his son Samuel, uniting nine branches of this family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I suppose everyone's African American genealogical dream would be to work back even further, to locate the plantation records and find the first African to cross over to the colony. And, how I would love to be able to locate any living descendants of the white Hyman family and learn about both sides, <i>master and servant</i>. </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Nine Branches of Descent</span></i></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Abraham and Kitty (Brown) HYMAN</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">William and Deborah Elizabeth (Dove) HYMAN</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Peter and Caroline (Borden) HYMAN</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Stephen and Betsey J. (Fisher) HYMAN</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Adam and Phyllis (Brown) & Jeffrie Ann (Cully) & Mary (Downs) HYMAN</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Merebee (HYMAN) and Lanan COLEMAN</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Rachel (HYMAN) and Hasty CHADWICK</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Charity HYMAN</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Jane HYMAN</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you descend from one of these branches and you would like to contribute to this project, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">please</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> contact me. I would </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">love </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">to work with you!</span></div>
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Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-84667663490412345182014-07-24T17:23:00.001-07:002014-07-24T17:23:28.357-07:00Isaac Perkins: Revolutionary War Pension Application File, Part 9<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.royalprovincial.com/graphics/eutaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://www.royalprovincial.com/graphics/eutaw.jpg" height="275" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">"Battle of Eutaw Springs,"engraved abt. 1859<br />South Carolina, September 8, 1781<br />Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division</span></td></tr>
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<b><i>Update: The North Carolina Continentals</i></b><br />
The last section I read of this book was Chapter 18, Eutaw Springs.<br />
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There seems to have been several changes in command for the 2nd North Carolina Regiment. I'm hoping to find another source that can elaborate on where these men were during the battle and what their contributions were. Till then, I'll have to set my notes next to the reading and see if I can make any connections.<br />
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<b><i>Nearing the end of this file</i></b><br />
We've come to the last few documents of Isaac Perkins' pension file. One might think that this is the end; however, it is just the beginning. After the documents are transcribed, in order for them to be purposeful in building Perkins' story line, they must be abstracted and the details put into a chronology.<br />
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But first, lets take a look at the last three images in the record set.<br />
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927.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins: <i>Image 33/35<br />www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.<br />
Under the act, entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers<br />
of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15 May 1828.<br />
TREASURY DEPARTMENT<br />
24 Dec 1828<br />
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The annex paper relating to the claim of Isaac Perkins<br />
under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a<br />
request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any<br />
records in the War Department, that the Claimant has received, or is entitled to receive,<br />
the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army<br />
of the Revolution.<br />
<br />
R. Rush<br />
<br />
The Hon. Secretary of War<br />
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War Depart.<br />
Bounty Land Office<br />
The records of this office to not show that Isaac Perkins<br />
of the North Carolina line ever received or is entitled<br />
to bounty land in the United States<br />
<br />
Robert Taylor<br />
27 Decr 1828<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqts3ENBjZZFo_LzeAv-amB05uqmni1VmcKmBOj1IwOyUvsk26SZB4lbtIA5RkSIb1O792AqGChAaQkEAq1bandTTKN6RWlfcPUKgHJk2oURRtXNhag3CMHAlVuwTfz2jkDFb7Sr8EAmM/s1600/Page+34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqts3ENBjZZFo_LzeAv-amB05uqmni1VmcKmBOj1IwOyUvsk26SZB4lbtIA5RkSIb1O792AqGChAaQkEAq1bandTTKN6RWlfcPUKgHJk2oURRtXNhag3CMHAlVuwTfz2jkDFb7Sr8EAmM/s1600/Page+34.jpg" height="200" width="176" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins: <i>Image 34/34<br />www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an "Act for the relief<br />
of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution"<br />
approved on the 15th May 1828. I Isaac Perkins of the County of Craven<br />
and the State of North Carolina do hereby declare that I enlisted in the<br />
Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for three years or and for and<br />
during the war and continued in its Service until its termination;<br />
at which period I was a private in Captain Clement Hall's company<br />
in the second regiment of the North Carolina line.--- And I also declare<br />
and that I afterwards or was entitled to under a resolve<br />
of Congress passed the 15th May 1778.---And I further declare that<br />
I was not on the 15th day of March 1828 on the Pension List of<br />
the United States.<br />
Sworn to before me his<br />
Geo. A. Hall, J.P. Isaac X Perkins<br />
mark<br />
<br />
Before me<span style="background-color: white;"> Geo. A. Hall, a Justice of the Peace </span>of<br />
the County of Craven and State of North Carolina personally appeared<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Thomas H. Daves and John R. Good</span> of the Said County who did<br />
Severally make oath that Isaac Perkins by whom the forgoing<br />
declarations was Subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been<br />
a private in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.----<br />
<br />
Witness my hand this ninth day of August 1828.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins: <i>Image 35/35<br />www.Fold3.com</i></span><br />
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Geo. A. Hall, J.P.<br />
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[Handwritten on the back of the preceding document]<br />
I James G. Stanly Clerk of the Court of the County of Craven<br />
in the State of North Carolina do certify that George A. Hall Esq before<br />
whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of<br />
the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.<br />
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand<br />
and affixed the seal of the said Court this<br />
13th day of August <strike>One t</strike> in the year One thousand<br />
eight hundred and twenty eight.<br />
J.G. Stanly C.C.<br />
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I suppose it would have been more beneficial time-wise for me to have abstracted each record immediately after transcribing it. Hindsight, they say, is always 20/20. So my next task will be to go back over the documents and abstract them. And once that is completed, I will begin a chronology for Isaac Perkins' life events.<br />
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Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-51034466647186403192014-07-22T16:54:00.000-07:002021-04-25T20:55:41.666-07:00Isaac Perkins: Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Application File, Part 10<b><i>In Summary: Abstracts of Isaac Perkins' Pension File</i></b><br />
<a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/isaac-perkins-revolutionary-war-pension.html">Part 1:</a><br />
Isaac Perkins: Image 1/35: Cover page<br />
<ul>
<li>N.C., File: S41953</li>
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Image 2/35: Isaac Perkins: Service Record<br />
<ul>
<li>Enlisted 16 May 1777/8 for a 3-year term (2 sources with conflicting year of enlistment)</li>
<li>Officers: Captain Stevenson and Colonel Sheppard; Captain Clement Hall and Colonel John Patton</li>
<li>Private, 2nd Regiment, North Carolina line</li>
<li>On N.C. Roll: Pension: $8 per month, beginning 9 June 1818</li>
<li>Certificate of Pension: 30 Nov 1818</li>
<li>Amount due on 4 Mar 1830: $18.06</li>
<li>Died May 23, 1830</li>
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Muster Roll: Captain Clement Hall's 2nd North Carolina Batalion<br />
<ul>
<li>Served at White Plains, New York</li>
<li>Line 20: "Isaac Purkins": enlisted 16 May '77, term: 3 years</li>
<li>Served with Martin Black: line 21: enlisted 16 May '77, term: 3 years</li>
<li>Served with Isaac Carter: line 47: enlisted poss. 28 Oct '76</li>
<li>Served with John Carter: line 62; enlisted poss. 1 Jan 1777: tern: "1", for the duration of the war</li>
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<a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/isaac-perkins-revolutionary-war-pension_25.html">Part 2:</a></div>
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<ul>
<li>Quantitative estate appraisal</li>
<li>Land Deed: Contained within pension file, a handwritten transcription from the original handwritten copy found at Craven County Register of Deeds</li>
<li>Isaac Perkins Estate File (1834), 10 pages, FamilySearch.org</li>
</ul>
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<a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/isaac-perkins-revolutionary-war-pension_630.html">Part 3:</a></div>
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<ul>
<li>Served 10th North Carolina Regiment under Captain Silas Sears</li>
<li>1777: Marched to Valley Forge, PA</li>
<li>Redistribution of soldiers moved him into the 2nd Regiment under Colonel Patten and Captain Clement Hall</li>
<li>Served with 2nd Regiment in its Northern Campaign</li>
<li>Marched to Charleston, SC and taken prisoner</li>
<li>Escaped and served in NC militia till end of war</li>
<li>Served a total of over three years, no discharge given</li>
<li>Comrade at arms: Osborne Clark</li>
<li>Referred to his wife, Deborah, age 66 in the year 1829</li>
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<a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/isaac-perkins-revolutionary-war-pension_27.html">Part 4:</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/06/isaac-perkins-revolutionary-war-pension.html">Part 5:</a></div>
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<ul>
<li>Land Indenture: From Isaac Perkins to his brother-in-law, Isaac Carter</li>
<li>For the sum of $50.00</li>
<li>South Side Neuse River, at Head of Handcock's Creek</li>
<li>150 Acres</li>
<li>Originally granted to Perkins by patent</li>
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Part 6:</div>
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Part 7:</div>
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Part 8:</div>
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Part 9:</div>
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Part 10:</div>
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Part 11:</div>
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Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-1482747890185385792014-07-08T18:42:00.000-07:002014-07-10T14:34:37.578-07:00Isaac Perkins: Revolutionary War Pension Application File, Part 8<b><i>Update: The North Carolina Continentals</i></b><br />
To date I am half-way through reading <i>Chapter 17: South Carolina, 1781</i>. The author provides interesting details of military communications and actions, as well as the day-to-day effects of this prolonged war on our North Carolina troops, fighting outside of their state boundaries. It explores their inner conflicts of service to country vs. the needs of their families at home, especially during planting and harvesting seasons, which counted significantly in the continuous rate of desertion.<br />
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We are coming near to the close of Isaac Perkins' pension application file. Today we'll be examining a collection of communications which causes questions to arise in regard to the identities of several of those who contributed documentation in the attempt to restore Perkins' name to the pension list.<br />
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As we view the lapse of time just represented here--September 1828-December 1829--we can only imagine the mounting frustration this man and his family experienced in his attempts to receive the gratuity which was rightly his under law.<br />
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Newbern <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Decr 21st 1829</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins: <i>Image 26/35<br />www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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<br />
Sir<br />
<br />
I have the honor herewith again to enclose for the<br />
further examination of the Department, the documents<br />
of Isaac Perkins, attached with every explanation<br />
required & instructions of the 24th [ ], which I hope may<br />
receive your Approbation, flattere'd in this by the very<br />
benevolent and Speedy attention paid to the claims<br />
of the poor Old Soldier when presented under date of<br />
18th [ ], but unfortunately proving informal then,<br />
as deficient in the requirements now furnished<br />
And permit me, to claim for him your attention<br />
to the circumstance, for his not making his application<br />
after the present form sooner, that he was led to believe<br />
by the parties attached to his Schedule, with their<br />
Attestations, was the proper requisite to be transmitted<br />
to the department, and which he had expected had been<br />
Sent on by some of his friends here, (with whom he found<br />
it on hand at the date of his present application<br />
which is most respectfully submitted<br />
With great respect,<br />
Your Obed't Servant,<br />
Sam Gerock<br />
<br />
Hon.<br />
the Secretary<br />
of War<br />
United States<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bAx-y2i5Y96WTVYRe6Oj4Qz9jAl9FXFRscEnnJpLZqenkEZzHWe68HAU6NAWBenV4Jyz8aRsLPMn5YrzI9Yc8HaktaZMmrKHpWxC0BlrTDvTRFRkUQvxQE8Kn4ReePZpvbykb5sgbbk/s1600/Page+27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bAx-y2i5Y96WTVYRe6Oj4Qz9jAl9FXFRscEnnJpLZqenkEZzHWe68HAU6NAWBenV4Jyz8aRsLPMn5YrzI9Yc8HaktaZMmrKHpWxC0BlrTDvTRFRkUQvxQE8Kn4ReePZpvbykb5sgbbk/s1600/Page+27.jpg" height="200" width="193" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins: <i>Image 27/35<br />www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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Office of Revolutionary Pensions<br />
Treasury Department<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins: <i>Image 28/35<br />www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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H.R. <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Decr 23 1828</span><br />
<br />
Sir,<br />
<br />
Some time ago I forwarded from Newbern<br />
N. C. applications under the act of the last Session<br />
(relative to soldiers of the Revolution who had ser-<br />
ved till the close of the War) on behalf of Michael<br />
Ellis _______ Perkins _______ Thomas x________ King. -----<br />
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Have the goodness to let me know the [ ]<br />
of these applications. -----<br />
<br />
Respectfully [ ]<br />
Jn H Bryan<br />
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<b><i>Commentary: Who was Jn H. Bryan?</i></b><br />
A Google search led me to The Southern Historical Collection's holding, <i><a href="http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/b/Bryan_Family.html">Bryan Family Papers 1704-1940.</a> </i>The abstract reads as follows:<br />
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<i>Bryan and related...families of New Bern, N.C., and vicinity. Prominent family members included John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870), congressman and lawyer of New Bern and Raleigh, N. C. .... </i>[1]</blockquote>
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Newbern <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Novr 18th 1829</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins: <i>Image 29/35<br />www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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<br />
Sir<br />
<br />
I have the honor to enclose for the consideration<br />
of the Department, the Declaration and the Schedule<br />
annexed of Isaac Perkins, a Negro Man, an Old<br />
Soldier of the Revolutionary Army in Order to be restored<br />
to the Pension List, the Decision of his appeal may<br />
be addressed to me for his information and is<br />
Respectfully submitted,----<br />
With great respect<br />
Your Obed't Servant<br />
Saml Gerock<br />
<br />
Honr<br />
The Secretary<br />
of War<br />
United States<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins: <i>Image 30/35<br />www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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927.<br />
Revolutionary Claims.<br />
Under the act entitled, "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and<br />
Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15 May 1828.<br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">Treasury Department</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">5 Jany 1829</span><br />
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Isaac Perkins<br />
under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a<br />
request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if<br />
so, what discharge, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an<br />
application stated to have been heretofore made for him by a pension.<br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">Richard Rush</span> [signature]<br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">The Hon. Secretary of War</span><br />
<br />
Letters from the War Department [ ] January 1829.<br />
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<b><i>Commentary: Who was Richard Rush?</i></b><br />
From the appearance of this signature directly above the title, "The Hon. Secretary of War," I had first imagined that Richard Rush held that office at the time this document was generated. I'm glad, however, that I followed my instinct and <i>Googled </i>"U S secretary of war January 1829 Richard Rush," because the information I found showed that he was, in fact, not the Secretary of War, but served<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>from 1825 to 1829 as secretary of the treasury during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. </i>[2]</blockquote>
By clicking the link <i><a href="http://millercenter.org/president/jqadams">John Quincy Adams Front Page</a>, </i>the list of cabinet members found on the lower right side of the page reveals that James Barbour held the title of Secretary of War from 1825-1828, and that Peter B. Porter had served that office from 1828-1829. [3]<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins: <i>Image 31/35<br />www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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897. 927.<br />
Ref. Pension Office [Handwritten]<br />
<br />
TREASURY DEPARTMENT<br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Sept. 2, 1828</span><br />
<br />
Isaac Perkins, of in the County of<br />
Craven, in the State of No Carolina, has applied to the Secretary<br />
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving<br />
officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th of May 1828. He states that he<br />
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and<br />
continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain<br />
Hall's company, in the Second regiment of the No Carolina<br />
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve<br />
of the 15th of May 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the<br />
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3rd of<br />
March, 1826, nothing.<br />
<br />
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by<br />
the records in his office.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh5zu044ZUm2XQu3w5VO5ACmNo206GxanMLMEbK0Ezj_pExHD4TOSkFzlyJJmVqVqb-Iu7eOZZ_KxqMci8HxM_Ix8wVz1mq8y7kfMOC0tUTJx5TaxZmulebsuvZp4iVcnj3TBiQ2zqhw/s1600/Page+31.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh5zu044ZUm2XQu3w5VO5ACmNo206GxanMLMEbK0Ezj_pExHD4TOSkFzlyJJmVqVqb-Iu7eOZZ_KxqMci8HxM_Ix8wVz1mq8y7kfMOC0tUTJx5TaxZmulebsuvZp4iVcnj3TBiQ2zqhw/s1600/Page+31.1.jpg" height="78" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: yellow;">By order of the Secretary</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">A. Dickens </span><br />
<br />
<br />
TREASURY DEPARTMENT<br />
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,<br />
9 September 1828<br />
<br />
It further appears that Isaac Perkins is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since 3 March 1826.<br />
<br />
The name of Isaac Perkins cannot be found among those of the North Carolina line, to<br />
whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars<br />
were issued.<br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">Peter Hagner, Auditor</span><br />
<br />
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<b><i>Commentary: Who was A. Dickens?</i></b><br />
By Googling the name, "A. Dickens," I located several transcriptions for other documents bearing the above highlighted quote, and one other bearing the additional initial, "F. A. Dickens." Next, I searched, "F. A. Dickens office of the treasury 1828," and discovered numerous PDFs including the terms, "By order of the Secretary," "Treasury Department," "1828," and "F. A. Dickens." Scrolling down just below the PDFs, I found "<i><a href="http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/d/Dickins,Francis_Asbury.html"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>Francis Asbury Dickens</b> </span>Papers</a>: 1729-1934</i>." Reading the abstract, I found some perplexing information:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><span style="background-color: yellow;">Fanny </span>was employed by the Confederate Treasury Department in 1862, at Richmond, and, in 1863, she moved to....1828, land grant of John Forsyth, Governor of Georgia.....March, May 1865, oaths of allegiance and amnesty of <span style="background-color: yellow;">F.A. Dickens</span>.</i></blockquote>
By reading the collection overview of the <i>Francis Asbury Dickens Papers</i>, I learned that he had served as an agent for the U. S. War and Treasury departments, and as a Washington D.C. lawyer, "specializing in government claims....against the U. S. government, particularly pension claims lodged by veterans of various wars." He was the son of Asbury Dickens, and had married Margaret Harvie Randolph: "Fanny," as referred to above, was their daughter, Frances Dickens: the second of five children. [4]<br />
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<b><i>Commentary: Who was Peter Hagner, Auditor?</i></b><br />
When in doubt of deciphering the correct spelling of a signature, I have found it always best to approximate the spelling in a Google search. Originally, I searched for what appeared to me to be "Peter Hagman;" but, the results brought up an immediate correction of "Peter Hagner, Auditor." As with F. A. Dickens, I located an entry for "<a href="http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Hagner,Peter.html"><i>Peter Hagner Papers, 1730-1940</i></a>. --UNC Chapel Hill Libraries." The first sentence of the collection abstract was very intriguing:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>Peter Hagner (1772-1850), native of Pennsylvania, known as the "watchdog of the Treasury," was a clerk in the accounting office of the United States War Department, 1793-1817, and third auditor of the United States Treasury, 1817-1849.</i> [5] </blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins: <i>Image 32/35<br />www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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897. Isaac Perkins<br />
I. Perkins<br />
recd <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">2 Sept. 1828</span><br />
[ ] same day<br />
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<b><i>Commentary: Non-chronological order of dated materials</i></b><br />
As you look through the various documents posted here, you will note that I have highlighted the dates of each in <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">light blue</span>. If you look closely, you will note that although these documents have been placed in this order, they present themselves non-chronoligically:<br />
<br />
Image 26/35: 21 Dec 1829: from claimant;<br />
Image 27/35: no date;<br />
Image 28/35: 23 Dec 1828;<br />
Image 29/35: 18 Nov 1829;<br />
Image 30/35: 5 Jan 1829;<br />
Image 31/35: 2 Sep 1828;<br />
Image 32/35: 2 Sep 1828.<br />
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One theory is that they were place in the file randomly. Another might be that they represent the various attempts by the various individuals and department officials, crossing paths over time. At this point, I am not certain of the reasoning; so, for now I will just make a mental note of it and move on.<br />
<br />
Next time we will examine the final three records contained in the pension file of Isaac Perkins.<br />
<br />
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_____________________<br />
[1] Bryan Family, "Collection No.: 00096; Collection Title: Bryan Family Papers, 1704-1940," in UNC University Libraries, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <i>The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library </i>(http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/b/Bryan_Family.html : available 8 July 2014).<br />
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[2] Margaret A. Hogan, consulting editor, "Richard Rush (1825-1829): Secretary of the Treasury," in Miller Center, University of Virginia. <i>American President: A Reference Resource</i> (http://millercenter.org/president/jqadams/essays/cabinet/170 : available 8 July 2014).<br />
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[3] Margaret A. Hogan, consulting editor, "American President: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)," in Miller Center, University of Virginia. <i>American President: A Reference Resource </i>(http://millercenter.org/president/jqadams : available 8 July 2014).<br />
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[4] Francis Asbury Dickens, "Collection No.: 00218; Collection Title: Francis Asbury Dickins Papers, 1729-1934," in UNC University Libraries, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <i>The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library </i>(http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/d/Dickins,Francis_Asbury.html : available 8 July 2014).<br />
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[5] Peter Hagner, "Collection No.: 03117; Collection Title: Peter Hagner Papers, 1730-1940," in UNC University Libraries, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <i>The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library </i>(http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Hagner,Peter.html : available 8 July 2014).<br />
<br />Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-50078272143405575862014-07-03T20:19:00.000-07:002014-07-03T20:22:33.087-07:00Isaac Perkins: Revolutionary War Pension Application File: Part 7<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f03793" target="_blank">Washington at Valley Forge</a><br />E. Percy Moran, 1862-1935, artist<br />Courtesy Library of Congress</span></td></tr>
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<b>Update: <i>The North Carolina Continentals</i></b><br />
Chapter 6, <i>Valley Forge, 1777-1778</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
This chapter brings to light some answers to questions I had formed from working with a member of the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution who had contacted me about participating in the <a href="http://ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/03/honoring-our-ancestors-free-black.html"><span id="goog_252070650"></span>Forgotten Patriots<span id="goog_252070651"></span></a> project.<br />
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In regards to military service in the 10th North Carolina Battalion under the command of Captain Abraham Sheppard,<br />
he had mentioned that late in the war the records were ill-kept and many who were not under the direct command of Capt. Sheppard were, in fact, lumped together with other soldiers, leaving it to us these two-hundred thirty-odd years later to sort out. Chapter 6 helped with the sorting.<br />
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The problems seemed to start with the recruiting officers in Abraham Sheppard's Tenth Regiment who recruited "bodies" to fill the ranks who were often too sickly to fight. Signing bonuses of twenty shillings for each officer to meet his enlistment quota did not help in selecting the most fit men for the task. Their deadline for signing on three hundred men was July 1, 1777. His orders were to march them north to meet up with Washington as soon as the ranks were full. Rankin states,<br />
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<i>Sheppard's record-keeping was so sloppy that it was not only difficult to determine just how many men had been enlisted but equally hard to ascertain the actual number in camp with him....Although Sheppard was supposed to march directly to Richmond to await further orders from Caswell, by October 6, he had moved no farther than the Roanoke River, two miles from Halifax. Sheppard...left his troops encamped on the banks of the river and returned to his home in Dobbs County....When Sheppard finally began his march he was forced to leave forty-seven behind who were too ill to take the rigors of a long march. </i>[1]</blockquote>
Note below that Isaac Perkins recalls his commander to be Col. Benjamin Sheppard, perhaps from a faulty memory.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>There had been two rather shocking revelations. Benjamin Sheppard, paymaster of the Tenth, and Alexander Outlaw, the quartermaster, were declared unworthy of holding office when they were suspected of counterfeiting. </i>[2]</blockquote>
The conditions of the regiment continued to cause delays, chiefly due to illness.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>...by mid-February...it was little more than a skeleton unit; in addition to the 47 left behind at the beginning of the march, 118 men had deserted along the route....A large number had fallen ill, and 20 had died and had been buried in shallow graves along the way....Only six men died as a result of the [smallpox] inoculation, but a much larger number were lost as a result of the measles epidemic that swept through camp....The unit was soon to fade into obscurity as a result of continued desertions. </i>[3]</blockquote>
At that point, the remaining men of the Tenth Regiment were divided up between the First and the Second Regiments.<br />
<i><br /></i><i><b>Transcription of Declaration of petition for pension</b></i>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins <i>Image 23/35</i></span></td></tr>
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Declaration<br />
In Order to be restored to the Pension list under the<br />
Act of first March 1823 Craven County [ ]<br />
On the 12th day of November 1829, personally appear<br />
ed, in Open Court of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions<br />
of the County of Craven and the State of North Carolina, being a Court of Records which proceeds according to the Course of<br />
the Common Laws with a jurisdiction unlimitted in [power]<br />
of A[ ] and Keeping & Record of its proceeding<br />
Isaac Perkins a resident of aforesaid County<br />
aged Seventy three years who being first duly<br />
sworn according to Law, doth make Oath to the<br />
following declaration in Order to obtain the<br />
provision made by Congress of 18th March 1818<br />
and 1st May 1820. That he the said Isaac<br />
Perkins, enlisted for the term of Three Years<br />
about the Month of May 1778 in the State of No<br />
Carolina in the Company commanded by <span style="background-color: yellow;">Capt</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">[Silas] Stevenson in the tenth Regiment, Commanded</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">by Col Benj Sheppard</span> in the Line of the State of</div>
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No Carolina on the Continental Establishment</div>
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that he continued to serve under different</div>
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changes of the Corps and captured at Charleston<br />
until discharged in the State of No Carolina by<br />
Col Patton. That his name has been placed on the Pension<br />
list & dropped therefrom on account of his property<br />
And in pursuance of the Act of 1st May 1820 I do<br />
solemnly swear That I was a resident Citizen of the<br />
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United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that<br />
I have not since that time by gifts sale or in any manner<br />
disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with<br />
which thereby so to diminish it, or to bring myself<br />
within the provision of an Act of Congress, entitled an<br />
Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the<br />
Land & Naval Service of the United States, in<br />
the Revolutionary War, ha[- - ]ed on the 18th day of<br />
March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person<br />
in trust for my, any property, or securities, contracts, or<br />
debts due to me, nor have I any income other<br />
than what is contained in the Schedule hereto An<br />
nexed, and by me Subscribed, My Occupation<br />
being that of a Farmer, and my ability to pursue<br />
in very uncertain. Owing to my great bodily<br />
infirmity under which I labor, my family<br />
now consists of myself and my wife Deborah<br />
who is now Sixty Six years Old and not able to support<br />
herself. The changes of my property since 18th March<br />
1818 Are as follows: I sold 150 Acres of Land for forty dollr<br />
part of which have ever been paid me and used towards<br />
my support along with some of my Stock<br />
being heretofore able to support myself by my labour<br />
Is the reason I did not apply sooner to be restored<br />
to the pension List. The number of my pension<br />
Certificate granted on the 30th Novr 1818 is [5]66.<br />
Sworn to and declared on the 12th day of Novr 1829.<br />
his<br />
attest James G Stanly Isaac X Perkins<br />
mark<br />
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Con.<br />
Pen. to Con. 28 Dec<br />
1829---<br />
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Recd from S Gerock<br />
Newbern, N.C.<br />
28 Dec 1829<br />
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[1] Rankin, pp. 129, 130, 131.<br />
[2] Rankin, p. 133.<br />
[3] Rankin, p. 138.<br />
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It is amazing how a vacation...a week away...though filled with activity, offers opportunity for reading without distraction! I finished the chapter entitled, <i>Charleston, 1780 </i>(Chapter 11), and then read Chapter 7, <i>Monmouth and the New York Highlands.</i><br />
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As I read, I highlight the details which might have effected my ancestor directly, or may have been aware of. I then check the footnotes, and work on tracing the information back to its origins, some of which include <i><a href="http://etext.virginia.edu/washington/fitzpatrick/" target="_blank">Writings of Washington</a>, <a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsmss/umich-wcl-M-844mch?view=text" target="_blank">The Diary of James McHenry</a>, </i><i><a href="https://archive.org/details/armylaurensyear00johnrich" target="_blank">Correspondence of Colonel John Laurens</a>, </i>and <i><a href="https://archive.org/details/revolutionarywar00dear" target="_blank">Revolutionary War Journals of Henry Dearborn</a></i>. Even though the ancestor was unable to read a newspaper, keep a diary, or correspond with his spouse, the eye-witness accounts of those serving close by offer a glimpse at shared events, the difference being a matter of individual perspective.<br />
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By making notations on the first page of the chapters of the names of those ancestors who participated in the battles, I am able to gain a quick glimpse of who was serving together, and in what capacity, militia or Continental Line.<br />
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<b><i>Checking out the backstory: A letter bearing reference to character</i></b><br />
As you will see below, this letter contains the combined testimony of Joseph Physioc and John S. & Cherry Whitehead. When considering the judgment of a person's character as written in a letter such as this, background knowledge of those giving testimony has the potential to supply greater depth to the quality of the individual's characterization.<br />
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Joseph Physioc, I remember from prior research, was a Quaker and a member of the <a href="http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/m/Manumission_Society_of_North_Carolina.html" target="_blank">North Carolina Manumission Society</a>. The <i>Physioc Family Tree </i>states that he was born about 1786 to Peter and Abigail (---) Physioc. He married first on 30 August 1805 to Contentnea Evans, and married second on 1 April 1839 to Eliza Hope Borden Cox.[1]<br />
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His estate file (1841) reveals some bits of interest concerning his dealings with manumission. The letter to the left, written at Rocky Hill on 20 Dec 1841 by Thomas Kennedy, states second hand knowledge of Physioc's recent death, and makes mention of his last will and testament,<br />
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<i>in which he has directed that his Negroes should be Freed; leaving funds for the purpose of Transporting them and Colonizing them in Liberia, that he has appointed me with others, to carry his Philanthropical views into Effect--</i></blockquote>
The Inventory of Slaves records the names and ages of twenty-five slaves from the Joseph Physioc household.<br />
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The other men whose signature is affixed to the character reference of Isaac Perkins were John S. Whitehead, and Cherry Whitehead. While John S. Whitehead's (1832) estate file contains only two pages, Cherry Whitehead's file (1832) contains 100 pages. I had originally assumed that Cherry was John's wife's name; but, when I looked into the estate file, I discovered that Cherry Whitehead was the husband of Sarah. I was unable to locate any marriage record of a "Cherry" Whitehead in Craven County Records. Searching FamilySearch.org, however, revealed a document of interest: Jeremiah (Alias Cherry) Whitehead, md. Sally Rice on 1 Jan 1828.<br />
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Now I am beginning to wonder what happened in 1832 that both of these Whiteheads died in the same year....<br />
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In any event, these three men were Isaac Perkins' neighbors as can be seen on their 1790 U.S. Census enumeration.<br />
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<b><i>Transcription of letter of character</i></b><br />
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[Note: All spelling and punctuation is as found within the pages of this letter.]<br />
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Craven, at Woodville 15th Decr 1829<br />
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Dear Sir,<br />
Your letter of the of the 12th Inst. came<br />
safe to hand in which you State that is is necys-<br />
-ary that myself together with another of my<br />
Neighbours should make a statement of sorts<br />
with Respect to the conduct and Expenditures<br />
of our Old Neighbour Isaac Perkins, as Also<br />
how he may have Diminished his little property<br />
since the year of 1818---<br />
With Respect to his property we know of<br />
no means used by him to Diminish it---<br />
true he did sell one yoke of Old oxen six or<br />
Eight years ago to John Franklin of Newbern,<br />
but at what price we do not now recollect.<br />
It is also true that he sold to Isaac Carter in the<br />
foregoing part of the year of 1827 one hundred<br />
and fifty acres of poor sandridge land bordering<br />
on the flat pocoson for forty Dollars-- of which<br />
a part of the purchase money was paid in adv-<br />
-ance by the said Carter. By work and labour<br />
done on the premices of the said Isaac Perkins<br />
in the repairing of his fences and puting his<br />
little farm in order -- but we think to the<br />
best of our recollection that the said Perkins<br />
has acquired this Same 150 Acres of land since<br />
the year of 1818 -- by a grant or patent in<br />
his own name ---- Exclusive of this above we<br />
know of no property sold or diminished by the<br />
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Said Perkins Except perhaps a Sow and<br />
Piggs or the like -- but how he may have<br />
spent or disposed of his little moneys from<br />
time to time it is impossible for us to say.<br />
Other than for the support of himself<br />
and his family --- from a long and Inti-<br />
-mate acquaintance with the general con-<br />
-duct and Character of the Said Isaac<br />
Perkins we do not hesitate to declare<br />
that (though a man of <u>Colour</u>) we do<br />
believe him to be to honest in principal<br />
to practise any thing like a fraud.<br />
and we are well asured that he has not<br />
attempted it ---- he is now Old and infirm<br />
his infirmity orriginates no doubt, from<br />
severe Exposures in the Revolutionary Army<br />
in which it is notoriously believed that he<br />
was a faithful soldier -- he is not able to<br />
labour -- and it is Evident that he must<br />
Suffer (Should he Exist) if he is not assisted<br />
by the fostering hand of the General Government<br />
or by the humain Charity of his friends and<br />
Neighbours--- Respectfully<br />
Your obedient servants<br />
Jos Physioc<br />
John S. Whitehead<br />
Cherry Whitehead<br />
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P.S. in Regard to the 150 Acres of land sold<br />
by I. Perkins as stated in the foregoing. There<br />
will appear a mistake of ten Dollars between<br />
the face of the Deed, and the price stated above,<br />
the cause is thus accounted for, I drew the<br />
Deed at the request of Perkins. before I had<br />
properly understood the Bargained price -- and<br />
drew it for fifty Dollars, whereas the Bargain-<br />
-ed price was but forty Dollars -- I also drew<br />
the note given by Carter for the same, for<br />
forty Dollars. and at the request of the parties<br />
some few months afterwards I gave credit<br />
and said note for fifteen Dollars, partly<br />
as I understood for labour done by the said<br />
Carter in advance Very respectfully<br />
yours Jos Physioc<br />
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Two years after date I promise to pay<br />
to the order of Isaac Perkins the Sum of<br />
forty Dollars for Value Recd this 30th day<br />
of January 1827-- his<br />
Attest Isaac X Carter<br />
Jos Physioc mark<br />
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Recd fifteen<br />
Dollars in<br />
part of the<br />
within note<br />
Decr 4th 1827<br />
seven Dollars and fifty<br />
cents in part of the<br />
within note.<br />
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Isaac Carters note<br />
$40.00<br />
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[1] Rowan, Carla and Peter, compilers; from the records of Elinor Fletcher. <i>Physioc Family Tree and the Descendants of Joseph Edward Physioc. </i><http.//home.mchsi.com/~davidsclarke/Physiocs/history/PhysiocFamilyHistory.htm>, available 20 May 2007.<br />
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As I pondered the idea of one day assembling a complete narrative for the 1st and 2nd North Carolina Continental Line, focusing on the men serving in the same battles our Carter and Perkins ancestors fought, my mind drifted to their common denominator: military pension application files. For those I have already transcribed, each veteran had received their pension on the merit of having served for the minimum time prescribed (at least nine months), but had not necessarily been wounded in battle. Their maladies were related to their current state of indigence, and a grateful country's financial response.<br />
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Below you will find a listing of several online resources offering the basic guidelines for the military pension application:<br />
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<li><i><a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2008/winter/follow-money.html" target="_blank">Follow the Money: Tracking Revolutionary War Army Pension Payments</a></i>, by Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. National Archives, Prologue Magazine, Winter 2008, Vol. 40, No. 4</li>
<li><i><a href="http://www.fold3.com/page/849_revolutionary_war_pension_files/" target="_blank">Revolutionary War Pension Files</a></i>, <i>Including Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, M804</i>, Fold3.com</li>
<li><i><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fayfamily/pensions.html" target="_blank">Pensions Enacted by Congress for American Revolutionary War Veterans</a></i>, Rootsweb.Ancestry.com. Taken verbatim from GenForum-Genealogy.com message board: American Revolution Pension Acts, <a href="http://genforum.genealogy.com/americanrev/messages/3250.html" target="_blank">Message #3250</a>, "Dead Wrong about Pension Acts," by Ed.</li>
<li><i><a href="http://www.americanrevolution.org/pension.html" target="_blank">Revolutionary War 1776-1783: Pensions</a></i>, by Jeannette Holland Austin</li>
<li><i><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/pensions/revwar/classes.htm" target="_blank">Revolutionary War: Classes of Revolutionary pensioners</a></i>, USGenWeb Archives: Pensions Project. Source: Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. V, November, December, January 1917-18, No. 4, pp. 191-193. </li>
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While several of the above are very good sites which describe the legislation of and basis for obtaining a military pension, one of the best online resources I have found is the National Archives Microfilm Publications Pamphlet Describing M804 entitled, <i><a href="http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M804.pdf" target="_blank">Revolutionary War Pension Bounty -- Land -- Warrant Application Files</a>, </i>and a description of Revolutionary Pension Files is available at <a href="http://www.fold3.com/page/849_revolutionary_war_pension_files/">Fold3.com</a>.<br />
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For a more comprehensive treatment of the topic, the book entitled, <i><a href="https://ia600504.us.archive.org/20/items/historyofmilitar00glasrich/historyofmilitar00glasrich.pdf" target="_blank">The History of Military Pension Legislation in the United States</a></i>, by William Henry Glasson, can be found at Archive.org. The book can be viewed online or a PDF version can be downloaded to your computer. Always make sure you save it to a file where you can find it easily when needed.<br />
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<b><i>Update: <a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/isaac-perkins-revolutionary-war-pension_27.html" target="_blank"><span id="goog_1177725852"></span>The North Carolina Continentals<span id="goog_1177725853"></span></a></i></b><br />
I am currently reading this book during lunch breaks at my day job, and have nearly completed Chapter One: War Comes to North Carolina. I am focusing on any pertinent information that would help me develop a true picture of news developments my husband's ancestors were privilege to, as well as their first-person military experience in the battles mentioned in their pension files.<br />
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So far I have read about the formation of county Committees of Safety, how news of Lexington and Concord arrived to the people of Craven County, raising the brigade, and the uniforms and provisions prescribed for local militia and the Continental Line. The detail offered is outstanding, and I would highly recommend this book for anyone searching for details of their ancestor's North Carolina Revolutionary War experience.<br />
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In addition to the author's description, the footnotes prove a very good source for tracing the author's critique back to the original sources.<br />
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<b><i>Back to the Pension Application: A Land Indenture</i></b><br />
When I first began reading this land indenture, the memory of having read it prior to obtaining this file sprang forth. I had photocopied the certified copy of this indenture from the volumes at Craven County Register of Deeds several years ago. So, I checked my family surname binders and located the document. I noticed that I had neglected to cite the volume number on the back of the photocopies.<br />
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Craven County Register of Deeds Staff have always been wonderful in answering my queries, so I emailed them the pertinent details of the document and the page numbers which appeared in the upper corners of the pages. I also attached the pages of the indenture from the pension file.<br />
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The very next day, Michelle Toth, the Assistant Register of Deeds, emailed her reply. In addition to the question of which volume these pages appear, I had also wondered about a difference in the dates posted on the certified copy obtained at the Register of Deeds and the copy found within the pension file. The former copy stated,<br />
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<i>This Indenture made and executed this 3rd day of January 1827 between Isaac Perkins...and Isaac Carter....</i></blockquote>
while the pension file's copy stated,<br />
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<i>This Indenture made and Executed this 30th day of January 1827. Between Isaac Perkins...and Isaac Carter....</i></blockquote>
The handwritten copy of the original, is written in a different hand that the derivative, and the format of the latter differs as well in both style, spelling and punctuation. I had asked the Register of Deeds which would be the most reliable, and she responded that the copy found in their office would be the more precise.<br />
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With that information, I will transcribe the derivation below, making any significant differences between it and the copy in brackets as such: [ ].<br />
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TRANSCRIPTION: Vol. 47, pp.16 & 17<br />
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This Indenture made and Executed this 30th [3rd] day<br />
of January 1827. Between Isaac Perkins of the<br />
State of North Carolina and County of Craven<br />
of the One part, and Isaac Carter of the State and<br />
County aforesaid, of the other part, Witnesseth that<br />
I the said Isaac Perkins, do for and in Consideration<br />
of the Sum of Fifty dollars to me in hand paid by<br />
the said Isaac Carter at and before the sealing and<br />
delivery of this [these] presents the receipt whereof I do<br />
hereby acknowledge [whereof is hereby acknowledged]<br />
have given, granted, bargained<br />
sold, released and confirmed enfeeoffed[1], and do<br />
and by this presants [these presents] give grant bargain sell release<br />
and confirm enfeeoff, &, I ----- [ ] the said Isaac Carter<br />
his heirs and assigns forever a certain piece or<br />
parcel of Land situated in the state and County<br />
aforesaid on the south side of Neuse River and on the<br />
head of Handcocks Creek. Beginning at a Gum on<br />
the West side of Mococks branch John Whiteheads<br />
corner, running thence with Whiteheads line So 45 Wst<br />
108 poles to a pine in his other patent line, thence<br />
with the said line South 140 poles to a pine at the<br />
pocoson [interlined in derivative: side, then with the various courses of the pocoson] South Easterly 128 poles to a pine at the<br />
No. 15 Et. 24 poles to a pine, then No. 48 Et. 22 poles to a<br />
pine in the Pocoson. then No. 2 Wt. 60 poles to a pine<br />
near the head of Mococks branch. thence with the said<br />
branch to the beginning. Estimate to contain One<br />
hundred and fifty Acres more or less, which was<br />
granted by Patent to the said Isaac Perkins, dated<br />
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the 15th decr 1814 To have and to hold with all<br />
and singular the previlidges [privileges] and profits thereinto [thereunto]<br />
belonging or in any wise appertaining to the only<br />
proper use and behoof of him the said Isaac Carter<br />
his heirs and assigns for ever, and the said Isaac<br />
Perkins do for myself my heirs Executors or Admin<br />
istrators, covenant and agree to the Warrant and defend<br />
above described tract or parcel of Land free and<br />
clear of any person claiming any right or title thereto<br />
by through or under me, my Heirs Executors and Adminis<br />
trators or Assigns, and no further to him the said<br />
Isaac Carter his heirs and assigns forever.<br />
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand<br />
and affixed my seal, the day and date first above <br />
his<br />
Written Isaac X Perkins<br />
Signed sealed and mark<br />
delivered in presants [presence]<br />
of us---<br />
Attest Joseph Physioc<br />
William Simpson<br />
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State of North Carolina )<br />
December 12th 1829 )<br />
This was the execution of the foregoing Deed acknowledged<br />
before me in due form of Law, by Isaac Perkins the Bargainer<br />
Let it be registered<br />
J R Donnell J.S.L.D.C.<br />
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<b>NOTE: </b>I am unable to find the meaning of JR Donnell's credential. On this derivative it appears to be "JSLDC," yet on the copy it appears to be "J.S.L.H.E." Please contact me if you have knowledge of this credential and its meaning.<br />
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I Borthick C Gillespie Register of the County<br />
of Craven in the State of North Carolina<br />
certify the foregoing to be a true copy from<br />
the Records of said County book No. 47 folio 16&c<br />
December 15th 1829) B. C. Gillespie Regr )<br />
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State of North Carolina )<br />
Craven County )<br />
I James G Stanly Clerk<br />
of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of<br />
Craven County hereby certify that Bortherick<br />
C. Gillespie Esquire is Register of Craven County<br />
and the foregoing is his signature<br />
In testimony whereof I hereunto<br />
set my hand, and affix my seal<br />
of said Court at New Bern, this<br />
17th Day of December A.D. 1829<br />
J G Stanly Clerk<br />
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[1] <b><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/enfeoffed" target="_blank">enfeoff</a></b>, trans. vb. (en fef): (Law) <i>property law </i>(a person) with possession of a freehold estate in land. <i>Collins English Dictionary. </i>To put into possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service.</div>
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<b><i>An addition to my LibraryThing.com</i></b></div>
When I began my in-depth research on the battles and skirmishes in which our free black Patriots from Craven County, North Carolina had participated, I came across a book title contained within an end note of a book on the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse. I quickly checked on the Barnes and Nobel and Amazon.com sites to compare availability and prices and found what I was looking for! Not only was I able to purchase a "Like New" hardcover copy of this book, but much to my joy, it arrived at my mailbox two days later!<div>
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The book's title is, <i>The North Carolina Continentals</i>, by Hugh F. Rankin. Check it out on Amazon.com's "Click to Look Inside!" feature. It appears to be quite thorough in its footnotes and bibliography, which is great for me, because I'm always checking sources to glean additional details.</div>
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<br />Contained within its twenty chapters, I found information concerning every battle in which the free black <a href="http://ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/03/honoring-our-ancestors-free-black.html" target="_blank">Patriots </a>of Craven County, North Carolina had fought. I'm looking forward to this being a very good read!</div>
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<b><i>Part 4 in the Pension File of Isaac Perkins</i></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins 10/35<br /><i>www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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[Transcription, page 1]<br />41 953</div>
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Revy INVALID</div>
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File No. 41.953</div>
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Isaac Perkins</div>
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Pvt. Rev War</div>
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Act. 18 March 18</div>
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Index. Vol. 3, Page 890</div>
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[handwritten note on right side of document]</div>
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1930-Aug 8--Hist. to</div>
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Adj. Gen. See </div>
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[N]ewbern copy in </div>
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Misc File under</div>
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1828 papers </div>
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to be filed</div>
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with Ad OW</div>
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Inv. File# </div>
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Isaac Perkins Pvt.<br />
N. Carolina<br />
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No. Carolina<br />
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Inv. File No. 41.953<br />
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10th Regiment<br />
Isaac Perkins pt. 16th May 1777. 3yrs<br />
The above is a true abstract from the Mus-<br />
ter roll of the North Carolina Continental line<br />
in the revolutionary war.<br />
Given under my hand 10th July 1818<br />
<a href="http://rancho.pancho.pagesperso-orange.fr/Sechill.htm" target="_blank">Wm Hill</a> Secretary<br />
of State<br />
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See letter to Sec. of War Jan. 6. 1828<br />
See letter Nov. 24. 1829 to <span style="background-color: yellow;">S. Gerock</span><br />
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4,666<br />
North Carolina<br />
Isaac Perkins<br />
private<br />
In the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.<br />
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina<br />
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on<br />
the 9th of June 1818<br />
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of November 1818<br />
J. E. Shanlet Esq. Clerk<br />
of the [C--] of Craven Co. N.C.<br />
Arrears of 4th of Sept 1818: 2 26/30 mo. $22.93<br />
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 <u> 48 </u><br />
$70.93<br />
{Revolutionary claim<br />
{Act 18th March 1818.}<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Capt</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">Saml Gerock</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">Newbern</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">N. C.</span><br />
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Came to hand<br />
20th Decr 1819<br />
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<b><i>For Additional Consideration</i></b></div>
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I have seen the name, <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~bcamin/pensions.htm" target="_blank">Samuel Gerock</a>, several times before in other documents; but, this is the first time I have seen the rank of Captain attached to his name. The link provided and entitled, "North Carolina Pensions, (119-121)" states that he had been employed at the Bank of New Bern. It also details in his pension application that he had enlisted for <a href="http://www.fold3.com/image/20456671/" target="_blank">service </a>in the Revolutionary War in Maryland. An overview of his service record also appears. A brief description of his appearance in latter years can be found <a href="https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1313/Samuel%20Gerock#hit1" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-82942915410762514382014-05-25T17:02:00.001-07:002014-05-25T17:02:19.626-07:00Isaac Perkins: Revolutionary War Pension Application File, Part 3<div style="text-align: left;">
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It is difficult to imagine the conditions, the time and energy expended by these heroic soldiers from New Bern, North Carolina, who were marched some 463 miles to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and then another 670 miles to Charleston, South Carolina,only to be taken as prisoners of war and held on a prison ship in the harbor.<br />
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By today's standards we think of a trek of this nature in terms of hours; but, in the 18th Century we're looking at months of walking, waiting, fighting, and walking some more.<br />
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As we look at the next documents in Isaac Perkins' Revolutionary War pension application, we begin to see the framework of his military experience. We are also introduced to a new participant, one Osborn Clark.<br />
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A quick search at Fold3.com uncovered a pension file for this soldier, who fought in the same regiment as Isaac Perkins on his second tour of duty. You can find more about Osborn Clark <a href="http://www.fold3.com/image/12842237/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<div>
United States of America</div>
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To the Honorable the Secretary at</div>
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War of the United States</div>
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The Petition of Isaac Perkins a</div>
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Citizen of the United States sheweth, That</div>
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he enlisted as private soldier in the tenth</div>
<div>
North Carolina Regiment in the Continental line</div>
<div>
in the year<span style="background-color: yellow;"> One thousand seven hundred</span></div>
<span style="background-color: yellow;">and seventy seven</span>, in the Company commanded<br />
by <span style="background-color: yellow;">Captain Silas Sears Stevenson</span>, was marched<br />
to <span style="background-color: yellow;">Valley Forge</span> in Pennsylvania, where the<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">tenth Regiment</span> was distributed & deponent<br />
passed into the <span style="background-color: yellow;">Second Regiment</span> and into the<br />
Company commanded by <span style="background-color: yellow;">Captain Clement Hall</span>.<br />
he served in that regiment in its Northern<br />
Campaigns, marched with it to South Carolina<br />
and was <span style="background-color: yellow;">taken prisoner at Charleston</span>--he<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">escaped </span>from the enemy and returned to North --<br />
Carolina & <span style="background-color: yellow;">served until peace in the Militia</span><br />
of the State. His whole service in the<br />
Continental line of the State of North Caro-<br />
lina against the Common Enemy exceeded<br />
three years -- he <span style="background-color: yellow;">never received a discharge</span><br />
deponent is now sixty one years old<br />
has a family, and is reduced in circumstances.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins 8/35<br /><i>www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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and needs the assistance of his Country for his<br />
support--he prays the benefit of the Act<br />
of the last Session of Congress providing for<br />
his care.<br />
Isaac<br />
his + mark<br />
Perkins<br />
Sworn to in open Court<br />
9th June 1818<br />
J S Stanly<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Osborne Clark</span> maketh Oath that he knew<br />
the petttioner <i>(sic) </i>Isaac Perkins a private soldier<br />
in the North Carolina Continental line in the<br />
War of the Revolution--deponent knows said<br />
Isaac Perkins served three years as a soldier<br />
in the Continental Line of North Carolina<br />
against the Common Enemy. a s b o n C C [signature]<br />
Sworn to in open Court<br />
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9th June 1818 State of North Carolina<br />
J G Stanly CC Craven County<br />
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions<br />
June Term A.D. 1818<br />
The foregoing affidavits of Isaac Perkins<br />
and Osborn Clark being taken and subscribed to in open<br />
Court. It is ordered that it be certified to the Secretary<br />
at War of the United States that it appears to be the satis:<br />
:faction of this Court that the petitioner Isaac Perkins did<br />
serve in the revolutionary war against the Common Enemy<br />
as stated in his petition, and that the said Isaac Perkins is<br />
now in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance<br />
of his Country or his support.<br />
Witness James G Stanly Clerk of the Court<br />
aforesaid under the Seal of this Court at Newbern<br />
this 30th day of June A.D. 1818<br />
James G Stanly CC<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins, 9/35<br /><i>www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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In reply to your request of ___________, received__________<br />
for a statement of the military history of Isaac Perkins <a negro man> a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will <strike>find below the desired </strike>information contained in his (<strike>or his widow's</strike>) application for pen-sion on file in this Bureau. S41,953<br />
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Enlisted: 1777 May '<strike>78.</strike> Served: 3 years. Rank: Private. Captain Silas S Stephenson 10th N.C.Captain Clement Hall, <span style="background-color: yellow;">Colonel Patten 2nd N.C.</span><br />
Also served in Militia till Peace--no officers stated.<br />
Served in the Northern Campaign, marched to South Carolina where<br />
captured at Charleston, but escaped and returned to the North.<br />
Battles engaged in _____________________________________<br />
Resident of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in North Carolina<br />
Date of application for pension, June 9, 1818 His claim was allowed.<br />
Residence at date of application, Craven Co. N.C.<br />
Age at date of application: 61 yrs, 73 in 1829<br />
Remarks: In 1829 he referred to his <span style="background-color: yellow;">wife, Deborah, 66 yrs of age</span>.<br />
Respectfully,<br />
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not used [handwritten]<br />
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Commissioner.<br />
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<br />Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-61930033344706153392014-05-25T04:32:00.001-07:002018-09-16T12:18:36.493-07:00Isaac Perkins: Revolutionary War Pension Application File, Part 2<b><i>Pension Applications can give us insight to the everyday life of our ancestors.</i></b><br />
The following documents include an inventory of Isaac Perkins' real and personal property used to determine if he was truly an indigent veteran of the Revolutionary War, a certificate sworn by the clerk of courts that the names of the men who conducted the inventory were true, and a sworn statement that the inventory itself is true. They were signed and sealed in April and November 1829.<br />
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At the request of Isaac Perkins of Craven<br />
County in the state of North Carolina<br />
an old Revolutionary Soldier and a claimant<br />
for a petition under the former act of<br />
Congress Granting petitions for the releaf [<i>sic</i>]<br />
of Indigent Soldiers of the Revolutionary<br />
war--we the undersigned have met and<br />
have valued all the property he the said<br />
Perkin[s] is now [ ] off--which we apprise<br />
and value as follows-- --that is to say<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">100 acres of poor piney land) $25.00</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">valued at 25 cents per acre )</span><br />
11 head of cattle val'd at $2.00)<br />
each upon an [E]verage -- ) 22.00<br />
32 head of hogs, mostly pigs)<br />
[E]verage 5/ Each -- ) -- 11.00<br />
House hold & kitchen furniture<br />
valued in toto of $15-- 15.00<br />
A small canoe valued at 10/ 1.00<br />
3 head of sheep valued at 10/ <u> 3.00 </u><br />
$77.00<br />
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[From here I would search the deeds at Craven County Register of Deeds for a detailed description of this piece of land, and its location; however, the deed itself is contained within this pension file: Images 16/35 and 17/35. I would also search FamilySearch.org for his <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-24758-9287-13?cc=1911121&wc=93G6-VZT:183209301,183375701,198009001" target="_blank">estate file</a>, which may include a list of the items of household furniture and any farming implements in his possession that could provide clues of his living conditions.]<br />
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We the undersigned haveing [<i>sic</i>] been long<br />
acquainted with the above claimant, Perkins;<br />
as well as also with his Resources and means<br />
of support--his age and infirmities-- over--<br />
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believe him to be deserving & also entitled to<br />
assistance from the Bounty of his Country<br />
we hereby Certify that we have valued<br />
his property fair and Equitable to the<br />
best of our Judgments and abilities<br />
and we find it to be worth at most of this<br />
this time of [ ] --not exceeding the sum<br />
Seventy Seven Dollars in money.<br />
Given under our hand and seals this<br />
25th day of April 1829---<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">
his Abner W. Seabrook [seal]</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
Isaac X Perkins Wm Physioc [seal]</div>
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mark John S. Whitehead [seal]</div>
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Saml Gerock Meshack Always [seal]</div>
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Jos Physioc JP [seal]<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins/Image 5/35</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">www.</span><i style="font-size: x-small;">Fold3.com</i></td></tr>
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Let a Certificate to</div>
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above be presented--</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
North Carolina</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Craven County court S. November Term AD 1829</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
William Physioc & Joseph Physioc whose names are </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
subscribed to the foregoing schedule made oath in open</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
court & in due form of law that the facts noted</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
in said schedule are true. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Attest J.G. Stanly Clerk of Craven County Court</div>
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I James G Stanly Clerk of the County Court<br />
do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction<br />
of the Court that the said Isaac Perkins did serve in the<br />
Revolutionary War and stated in the preceding declar<br />
ation against the Common Enemy for the term of<br />
Mine Months, and one engagement, on the Continental<br />
establishment. I also Certify that the foregoing Oath<br />
and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied<br />
from the Records of the said Court, and I do further<br />
Certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court that<br />
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the total amount in value of the property exhibited in<br />
the aforesaid schedule is seventy seven Dollars<br />
and ------ Cents<br />
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand<br />
and affixed the Seal of said Court this 12th day<br />
of November 1829 J G Stanly Clerk<br />
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Isaac Perkins<br />
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As I read military histories about the skirmishes and battles in which our ancestors fought, I try to look for specific information about their regiments so I can piece together the movements and experiences they might have had. For instance, I am currently reading the book, <i>Monmouth Courthouse 1778: The last great battle in the North, </i>by Brendan Morrissey.<br />
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From our last <span id="goog_1338927175"></span><a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/isaac-perkins-revolutionary-war-pension.html" target="_blank">post</a><span id="goog_1338927176"></span>, you'll note that we found the names of Isaac Perkins' commanding officers: Captain Stevenson and Colonel Sheppard (North Carolina Militia), and Captain Clement Hall and Colonel John Patten (2nd North Carolina Regiment). According to Morrissey, Col. John Patten and the 2nd North Carolina were part of the main body of General George Washington's troops, serving in the right wing under Major General Nathanael Green (p. 86). There were seven Brigadier Generals commanding the right wing:<br />
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<li>Brigadier General William Woodford (Virginia), </li>
<li><span style="background-color: yellow;">vice Brigadier General Lachlan McIntosh (North Carolina), </span></li>
<li>Brigadier General Enoch Poor (New Hampshire and New York), </li>
<li>Brigadker General Jedediah Huntington (Connecticut), </li>
<li>Brigadier General William Smallwood (Maryland and Delaware), </li>
<li>Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg (Virginia and German Battalion), and </li>
<li>vice Brigadier General George Weedon (Virginia).</li>
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McIntosh's troops were made up of the 1st North Carolina (Colonel Thomas Clark) and <span style="background-color: yellow;">2nd North Carolina (Colonel John Patten). </span></div>
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<b><i>Additional information about Asa Spelmore/Spelman</i></b></div>
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In looking back at <a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/04/asa-spelmore-american-revolution.html" target="_blank">Asa Spemore</a>'s Pension Application File, it was stated that he was a </div>
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<i>Private in the Regiment commanded by <span style="background-color: yellow;">Colonel Davidson</span> of the N. Carolina line....</i>[that] <i>he enlisted in the company commanded by <span style="background-color: yellow;">Captain Quinn in the Tenth North Carolina Regiment Continental Establishment</span> Commanded by Colonel Davidson.</i></blockquote>
It appears, however, that Asa Spelman possibly made an error in his recollections as Captain Michael Quinn was associated with the 8th and the 3rd North Carolina Regiments; and, Asa Spelman appears on the roll of the 8th NC Regiment. Note also that Quinn resigned his commission 14 Dec 1779 and became a traitor for the British cause, was captured in Edenton, NC in 1781 and was executed. Following his resignation, the remains of the 8th Regiment were added to the 2nd North Carolina Regiment.<br />
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According to the list of <a href="http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/nc_patriot_military_lt_colonels.html" target="_blank">Lt. Colonels</a> on The American Revolution in North Carolina website, Lt. Colonel William Lee Davidson changed regiments several times in his career. Starting out in the 4th North Carolina Regiment as a Major, he received a promotion to Lt. Colonel and transferred to the 5th, the 7th, 3rd, and then the 1st, all between the years of 1777 and 1779. It was noted that he served at the Battle of Monmouth as well. So while Isaac Perkins swore that he saw Asa Spelman while on duty in White Plains, they were both at Monmouth as well.<br />
Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-32177910589443352432014-05-14T03:44:00.001-07:002023-10-15T13:34:18.807-07:00Isaac Perkins: Revolutionary War Pension Application File, Part 1<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b>What kind of clues might be found by the family historian within the pages of a pension application or a regimental history that could be used to piece together the overlapping activities of Revolutionary War servicemen from a given community?</b><br />
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Let's take another look at the Pension Declaration for Asa Spelmore, Part 3, where we found an affidavit sworn by Isaac Perkins <a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/04/asa-spelmore-american-revolution_6.html" target="_blank">(Image 9)</a>:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">"</span><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">Isaac Perkins</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;"> maketh oath that he was a </span><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">private </span><span style="font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">Soldier</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;"> in the</span><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;"> Second Regiment, North Carolina line in</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">the Continental establishment</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;"> in the War of the Revolu: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">:tion -- that while on Service at </span><span style="font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">White Plains in the </span><span style="font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">State of New York</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">, a detachment of Continental troops </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">[passed] that place on duty, and [ ] then </span><span style="font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">he saw </span><span style="font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">the petitioner Asa Spelman or Spelmore</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">, whom he </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">had been long acquainted with in No Carolina -- that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">said Spelmore was then serving as a Continental Soldier </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">but deponent does not know the length of his service. The </span><span style="font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">deponent was at the battle of Monmoth and at the </span><span style="font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;">Siege of Charleston</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo; line-height: 18.2px;"> ----"</span></span></div>
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We know that our ancestors did not act alone. They were part of a larger group, which in turn was part of a greater cause. By highlighting the main points of the affidavit as shown above, we are well on our way to piecing together the BIG picture.<br />
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So, let's go to Fold3.com and see if we can find a pension application for Isaac Perkins.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Isaac Perkins, S41953, Image 1/35, <i>www.Fold3.com</i></span></td></tr>
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<div><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>4,666</div><div style="text-align: center;">North Carolina</div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: center;">Isaac Perkins</div></div></blockquote><div>
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of Craven Co in the State of N. Carolina</div>
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who was a private in the company commanded </div>
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by <span style="background-color: white;">Captain Stevenson</span> of the regiment commanded</div>
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by <span style="background-color: white;"><span>Colonel Sheppard</span> </span>in the N. Carolina</div>
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line, for the term of three years.</div>
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from <span style="background-color: white;">May 1778 to ------- 1781</span></div>
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Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina</div>
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<span> </span>at the rate of Eight --- Dollars per month, to</div>
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of November </div><div><span> </span>1818 and sent to J.G. Stranlet [Stanley] </div><div>Clerk of Craven Co. N.C.</div>
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Continued on the Roll on 9th day of</div>
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January 1820 and notification sent to </div>
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S. Gerock Esq at Newbern, N.C.</div>
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Pension commencing on the 28</div>
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Amount due on 4th of)</div>
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March, 1830 ) $18.06</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Died May</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span><span> </span>23, 1830</span> </span> (Revolutionary Claim, )</div>
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From this document we have three facts which can help us: the name of his regiment's Colonel, his Captain, and Perkins' date of death. The first two can be use to pinpoint in which regiment he served. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isaac Purkins, Revolutionary Service Rolls,<br />
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Another document, Roll of <span style="background-color: yellow;">Capt. Clement Hall's</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>Company in the 2nd North Carolina Battalion Commanded by <span style="background-color: yellow;">Colo John Patten</span>, White Plains, September 9th, 1778, records his name on line 20:<br />
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Isaac P[u]rkins, Time Enlisted: <span style="background-color: yellow;">16 May, 1777</span>; Time Engaged: 3 years.</blockquote>
Also included on this roll are several other familiar Craven County names:<br />
21. Martin Black, 16 May, 1777, 3 years;<br />
47. Isaac Carter, 28 Oct, 1776, 3 years;<br />
62. John Carter, 1 Jan, 1777, 1 [duration of the war].<br />
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A very useful online military website is <a href="http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/revolution_patriot_troops_nc.html" target="_blank">The American Revolution in North Carolina</a>. The Continental Army page shows links for ten regiments and DQMG [Deputy Quarter Master General's Department]. By clicking on 2nd NC Regiment, we find the military history of Colonel John Patten, as well as Captain Clement Hall. We also find the listing of skirmishes and battles which this regiment had been engaged:<br />
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<li>Brandywine Creek; </li>
<li>Germantown, PA; </li>
<li>Monmouth, NJ; </li>
<li>Near West Point, NY; </li>
<li>Stony Point, NY; </li>
<li>Siege of Charleston, SC 1780; and </li>
<li>Eutaw Springs, SC.</li>
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In order to reconcile the colonels and captains under which Isaac Perkins served, we must look at the North Carolina Militia page and click <Craven County Regiment of Militia>. Scrolling down to Captains, we find the name Capt. Silas Stevenson; and here we find the following private soldiers: Martin Black, Isaac Carter, William Dove, and Isaac Perkins, listed in a table in alphabetical order.<br />
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From this information, we can deduce that these Craven County men had first joined the local group of militia, which then was absorbed into the Continental line, 2nd North Carolina Regiment.<br />
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There is, however, a discrepancy in the dates in which it is recorded that Isaac Perkins enlisted. His claim sheet records his enlistment as May 1778, while the roll records his enlistment as 16 May 1777. Since the roll was taken at the time of his service, I would rely on it more than the claim sheet, which was recorded fifty-three years after the fact.<br />
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The final correspondence in Asa Spelmore's pension file represents the final attempt to gain a soldier's pension for service in the Revolutionary War. It appears that a pension was never granted, and the case, having been brought to court twice, was left unresolved.<br />
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42022<br />
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Asa Spelmore<br />
Pri Rev War<br />
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Act. 18th March 18th<br />
Index:--Vol. [G?], Page 483<br />
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your Constituents applied some time since for a provision on the ground of Revolutionary Service. His petition was returned for more specific statement of citizenship & the Oath of Mo H Davis, Sheriff of the County was added. . And the papers again forwarded to the War office -- Since then nothing has been heard of his case-- I have obtained from the Clerk's Office, a Copy of his petition, & proof & enclose it to you-- & hope you will in person hand it to the proper office & obtain an early decision on his case.</div>
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He is miserably poor & cannot t[ay] the Government long -- but while others with no better claims are relieved. it is hard this old fellow should be [competent] to [beg] his head.</div>
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lay before Mr. J. L. Edwards a letter from Mr. John Stanly [ ] the claom of an old Soldier for a pension under Government -- At the time this claim claim was [ ] before you I reserve promise of an answer as soon as the claims previously presented should hear under your examination --- if the claim which was presented February 2nd has not yet been examined --- I should like to be informed when it is possible --- it will [come] in course for ex-amination.</div>
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Thos Watson</div>
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:plemental matter required --- It is now</div>
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Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-4719062585843029722014-04-06T12:57:00.000-07:002014-04-20T12:59:58.996-07:00Asa Spelmore: American Revolution Pension Declaration, Part 3Following the testimony of Asa Spelman and the affidavits sworn by fellow patriots John Carter and Isaac Perkins, the Clerk of Court, J G Stanley, certified the statements as being true copies from the original record.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Asa Spelmore<br />
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Thomas Watson<br />
Agt.<br />
Newbern, N.C.<br />
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Rec'd June 1821<br />
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<u>certificate amended</u><br />
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[ Asa Spelman is ----<br />
N.Carolina and proobably<br />
should be Asa Spelmore<br />
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district of North Carolina) Court of Pleas and Quarter<br />
Craven County ) Sessions - September 1820<br />
On this 13th day of September 1820 personally appeared<br />
in open Court, the said Court being a Court of Record<br />
proceeding according to the course of the Common<br />
law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount,<br />
keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power to<br />
fine and in prison Asa Spelmore commonly called<br />
Asa Spelman, aged Seventy four years, who being first<br />
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the<br />
following declaration, in order to obtain the pension<br />
made by the Act of Congress of 18th March 1818, and the<br />
1st of May 1820, that he the said Asa Spelman enlisted<br />
in the Company commanded by Captain Quinn, in the Tenth<br />
North Carolina Regiment, Continental Establishment command:<br />
=ed by Colonel Davidson--that he enlisted for nine months<br />
and served his term, but cannot state the day of his<br />
enlistment or discharge--He was discharged at Halifax in<br />
No. Carolina. He was not in any engagement except on<br />
skirmish near West Point, and at King's Ferry in Jersey.<br />
He has no other evidence of his service in his power than the<br />
annexed affidavits of Isaac Perkins and John Carter.<br />
And in pursuance of the Act of 1st May 1820 I do solemnly<br />
swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on<br />
the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that<br />
time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of any property,<br />
or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it<br />
as to being myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress<br />
entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the<br />
land and navel service of the United States, in the<br />
Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818.<br />
and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me,<br />
any property or security, contracts or debts due to me, nor<br />
have I any income or any property, except one<br />
Canoe and paddle. Declarant is by occupation a<br />
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Cooper, but from age and infirmity he cannot work but little.<br />
He has no family and resides with his brother.<br />
Sworn to and declared his<br />
on the 13th day of September Asa X Spelman<br />
1820 before mark<br />
J G Stanly Clerk<br />
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Isaac Perkins maketh oath that he was a private<br />
Soldier in the Second Regiment, North Carolina line in<br />
the Continental establishment in the War of the Revolu:<br />
:tion -- that while on Service at White Plains in the<br />
State of New York, a detachment of Continental troops<br />
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the petitioner Asa Spelman or Spelmore, whom he<br />
had been long acquainted with in No Carolina -- that<br />
said Spelmore was then serving as a Continental Soldier<br />
but deponent does not know the length of his service.<br />
deponent was at the battle of Monmoth and at the<br />
Siege of Charleston ---- <br />
Sworn to & subscribed in <br />
Open Court September <br />
J G Stanly Clerk his<br />
Isaac X Perkins<br />
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John Carter, a Citizen of Craven County in the State<br />
of North Carolina, maketh oath that he enlisted<br />
in the Company Commanded by Captain Quinn<br />
in the Regiment Commanded by Colo Davidson<br />
(the Tenth) in the <strike>Continental</strike> North Carolina<br />
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line, Continental Establishment, during the War<br />
of the Revolution, and served nine months, and depo:<br />
:nent knows that Asa Spelman was a soldier in<br />
the Same company and that he said that Spelman did<br />
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Sworn to and subscribed in ) John X Carter<br />
open Court September 13th ) mark<br />
A.D. 1820 )<br />
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Sessions of Craven County do hereby Certify</div>
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at this time and has been for many years</div>
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a resident Citizen of this County, and that he is</div>
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the same person who has applied for a pension</div>
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Sworn and subscribed before me</div>
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14th March 1821[in open court] Thomas H. Davis</div>
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J G Stanly CC</div>
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It is ordered that the Clerk certify to</div>
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the Secretary at War, of the United States that the</div>
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Witnesses [ ] support of the petition of said Asa Spelman</div>
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or Spelmore are worthy of merit. Witness James</div>
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G Stanly Clerk of said Court under the [ ]</div>
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of said Court at Newbern [ ] 14th day of March</div>
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Asa Spelmore is not mustered. I find the name of</div>
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Asa Spelman a private in Capt Quinn's Comp y of the 10th<br />
Regt for 9 months, enlisted 20th July 1778, which is believed</div>
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to be an error and that is should have been Asa Spelmore.</div>
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Given under my hand this 12th Dec</div>
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1820 Wm Hill, Sec ry</div>
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<br />Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-27207619251244114552014-04-03T17:04:00.003-07:002014-04-03T17:04:51.543-07:00Asa Spelmore: American Revolution Service Declaration, Part 2Continued from<i><a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/03/cross-referencing-pension-files.html" target="_blank"> </a></i><i style="color: #1e1e24; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ibawcross-culturalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/03/cross-referencing-pension-files.html" target="_blank">Cross-Referencing Pension Files: The Revolutionary War Pension File of Asa Spelmore</a>, 31 March 2014</span></i><br />
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John Carter a citizen of Craven County in<br />
the State of North Carolina maketh oath<br />
that he was enlisted in the Company [when?]:<br />
mustered by Captain Quinn, in the Regiment<br />
commanded by Colo Davidson (the [?])<br />
in the North Carolina line Continental es-<br />
tablishment during the War of the Revolution<br />
and served nine months and deponent<br />
knows that Asa Spelman was a soldier in<br />
the same company and that the said<br />
Spelman did serve the term of nine months<br />
in said company. signed his<br />
John X Carter<br />
Mark<br />
It is the opinion of the Court that the<br />
total amount in value of the property cohab-<br />
ited in the aforesaid schedule is considerably<br />
less than one hundred Dollars--<br />
Craven County Court of Pleas & Quarter<br />
Sessions. March Term A.D. 1821--<br />
Thomas A Davis Esq. Sheriff of Craven<br />
County appeared in open Court and made<br />
oath that he is well acquainted with<br />
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Asa Spelmore or Spelman that said Asa</div>
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is at this time and has been for many years</div>
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a resident Citizen of this County and that he</div>
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is the same person who has applied for a</div>
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pension. And it is Ordered that the</div>
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Clerk Certify to the Secretary at War of </div>
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the United States, that the Witnesses in</div>
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support of the petition of the said Asa</div>
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Spelman or Spelmore are worthy of merit.</div>
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State of North Carolina</div>
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Craven County</div>
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I James G Stanly, Clerk of the</div>
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Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions</div>
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of Craven County do hereby Certify</div>
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that the foregoing affidavits and</div>
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the schedule thereto annexed are</div>
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truly copied from the records of</div>
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Said Court.</div>
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In Testimony whereof</div>
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I have hereunto set my hand and</div>
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affixed the seal of said Court</div>
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at Newbern this 15th day of</div>
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January A.D. 1822.</div>
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J S Stanly CC</div>
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Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions</div>
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May Term A.D. 1822.</div>
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Asa Spelmore or Spelman maketh oath</div>
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in open Court that he has endeavored to ascertain</div>
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the time of his entering the service, and the time</div>
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of his leaving it--and is now able to declare</div>
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that he entered the Service at Smith's Creek</div>
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in Craven County, No Ca on the 20 July in the</div>
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year seventeen hundred and seventy-eight--</div>
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and was discharged at Halifax, No Ca on</div>
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the eighth day of May one thousand</div>
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seven hundred and seventy-nine</div>
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Sworn to and subscribed in</div>
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open Court 15th May</div>
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1822. Attest J S Stanly CC his </div>
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Asa X Spelman</div>
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State of North Carolina</div>
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Craven County</div>
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I James G Stanly</div>
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Clerk of the Court of Pleas and</div>
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Quarter Sessions of Craven County hereby</div>
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certify that the foregoing affidavit is</div>
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truly copied from the records of said</div>
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in Court. In Faith whereof I hereunto</div>
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set my hand and affix the seal of</div>
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said Court at Newbern this 14th</div>
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day of June 1822.</div>
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<br />Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-29647511291660648722014-03-31T20:37:00.001-07:002014-03-31T20:38:08.883-07:00Cross-Referencing Pension Files: The Revolutionary War Pension File of Asa SpelmoreA good practice when studying pension files is to locate the records of those who made sworn statements in support of a fellow soldier's application. Asa Spelman (Spelmore) had testified on behalf of John Carter on 13 Dec 1820.<br />
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Below you will find the first installment of Asa Spelmore's pension application (images 1-4). Because the file consists of a total of nineteen images, it will be treated as a mini-series.<br />
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SERVICE NUMBER<br />
N.C. Spelmore, Asa S42022<br />
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[Left Side]<br />
18-691 R<br />
North Carolina<br />
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Asa Spelmore<br />
(aged 74)<br />
of Craven Cy in the State of N. Carolina<br />
who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Davidson of the N. Carolina<br />
line, for the term of nine months 1778-9<br />
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Inscribed on the roll of North Carolina<br />
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of September 1820.<br />
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1 of July 1822<br />
[Gentle] Thomas Watson Esq.<br />
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Newbern, N.C.</div>
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Arrears to 4th of March 1822 141.83</div>
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[s]emi anl all'ce ending 4 Sept 1822 48 </div>
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$189.83</div>
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{Revolutionary claim,</div>
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Act 18th March 1818.}</div>
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May 1, 1820</div>
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(Not on list)</div>
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[per call ?] 14 Sept 1831</div>
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to the Pensioner</div>
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District of North Carolina</div>
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Craven County</div>
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Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions</div>
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September Term A.D. 1820</div>
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On this 13th day of September 1820 personally</div>
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appeared, in open Court, the said Court being</div>
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a court of record proceeding according to the</div>
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Course of the Common Law, with a Jurisdiction</div>
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unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record,</div>
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of its proceedings, and having power to fine and</div>
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imprison Asa Spelmore commonly called</div>
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Asa Spelmore, aged seventy four years who</div>
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being first duly sworn according to law, doth on </div>
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his oath make the following declaration, in order</div>
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to obtain the provision made by the Acts of</div>
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Congress of 18th March 1818 and the 19th May</div>
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1820 that he the said Asa Spelmore enlisted</div>
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in the Company commanded by Captain</div>
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Quinn in the Tenth North Carolina Regiment</div>
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Continental Establishment Commanded by Colonel</div>
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Davidson, that he enlisted for nine months, &</div>
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served out his term, but cannot state the day</div>
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of his enlistment or discharge, he was discharged</div>
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at Halifax in North Carolina. He was not in</div>
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any engagement except a skirmish near West</div>
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point and at King's ferry in Jersey. he has</div>
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no other evidence of his service in his power</div>
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than the annexed affidavits of Isaac Perkins</div>
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and John Carter. And in [persuance] of the</div>
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Act of 19th May 1820. I do solemnly swear</div>
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that I was a resident Citizen of the United</div>
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States on the 18th day of March 1818, and</div>
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that I have not since that time by gift</div>
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or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to</div>
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diminish it as to bring myself within the</div>
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provisions of an "Act of Congress entitled</div>
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An Act to provide for certain persons engaged</div>
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in the land and navel service of the </div>
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United States, in the Revolutionary War passed</div>
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on the 18th day of March 1818. And that</div>
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I have not , nor any person in trust for me, </div>
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my property or securities, contracts or debts owed</div>
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to me, nor have I any income or any property</div>
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except one Canoe, one paddle, declarant is</div>
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by occupation a Cooper, but from age &</div>
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infirmities he can work but little. He has</div>
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no family and resides with his brother.</div>
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Sworn to and declared, (signed) his </div>
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on the 13th day of) Asa X Spelmore</div>
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September 1820) mark </div>
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Isaac Perkins maketh oath that he was a</div>
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private soldier in the 2nd Regiment North</div>
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Carolina line in the Continental establishment in</div>
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the War of the Revolution, that while on service</div>
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at White Plains in the State of New York</div>
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a detachment of Continental troops [ ] that</div>
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place on duty, and among them he said the</div>
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the petitioner Asa Spelman or Spelmore whom he</div>
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had been long acquainted with in No. Carolina</div>
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that said Spelmore was then serving as a</div>
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Continental soldier, but deponent does not know</div>
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the length of his Services, deponent was at the</div>
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battle of Monmouth and at the seige of</div>
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Charleston. his </div>
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(signed) Isaac X Perkins </div>
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<br />Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-22140895505770057772014-03-30T16:59:00.000-07:002014-03-30T16:59:03.214-07:00Craven-Carteret County List of Declarations of Service Accompanying U.S. Pension Applications<b><i>--as extracted from <a href="http://www.ncdcr.gov/Portals/26/PDF/findingaids/pdf/MilColl_WaroftheRevolution.pdf" target="_blank">Camin's "Declarations of Service" List</a> (Box 7-14), </i></b><br />
<b><i>State Archives of North Carolina</i></b><br />
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One of the most helpful tools when doing preliminary searches for primary documentation at an archives are the finding aids found on each repository's website. The North Carolina State Archives "Military Collection Finding Aids" contain lists of information grouped first by century, and then by conflict. They range from the <i>Spanish Invasion Collection, 1742-1748 </i>to the <i>Iraq War Papers, 2001-2010</i>. Each link opens into a PDF document which records each collection organized by box number and contents.<br />
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The following is an extraction, containing the names, dates of pension application, and the county in which they were filed. Altogether there are twenty-six applications from Craven County and one from Carteret County.<br />
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<li><b>Martin Black* (1820), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Furney Cannon (1853), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>John Carter* (1820), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>John Cox (1820), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Levi Dawson (1838), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Sacker Dubberly (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>John Gregory* (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Samuel Ipock (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>John P. Ives (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>James Jones (1820), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Daniel Lane (1833), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Absalom Martin* (1820), Carteret</b></li>
<li><b>Enoch Masters (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>William Morgan (1821), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Edward Nelson (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Isaac Perkins* (1829), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Isaac Reed (1799), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Isaac Sampson (1820), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Aaron Spelmore* (Spelmen) (1820), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Asa Spelmore* (1820), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Peter Vendrick (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>William Warren (1821), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Robert L. Whitaker (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Benjamin White (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Rev. Rufus Wiley (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>Solomon Witherington (1832), Craven</b></li>
<li><b>William Witherington (1832), Craven</b></li>
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Please note that all free persons of color are denoted with an asterisk (*) beside their name. Also, these are applications from those who served on the Continental Line. Others who served in the North Carolina State Militia are not represented here. Omission of a soldier's name from this list does <i>not</i> mean that there is no service record for that particular soldier--just that there was no application for pension made.<br />
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Revolutionary War Pension Files, the originals which are housed at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Washington, D.C. [Publication Number: M804, <i>Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Catalog ID: 300022, Record Group: 15.], </i>may be viewed at <i><a href="http://www.fold3.com/">www.fold3.com</a>.</i><br />
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Another interesting collection of Craven County documents found at the North Carolina State Archives are the <i>Loyalist Records. </i>For Craven County, there are two sets of files:<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
C.R. 028.301.12-13 County Court Minutes, 1776 (?)-1784. Part I contains proceedings in treason hearings by the state; Parts I and II contain matters related to confiscated property, 1778-1784.</blockquote>
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C.R. 028.928.13. State v. Jethro Oates (1780), trial for treason. </blockquote>
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<b><br /></b>Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-4039087170372736762014-03-29T13:15:00.000-07:002014-03-29T13:15:30.461-07:00The Revolutionary War Pension File of John Carter (transcription)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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SERVICE NUMBER<br />
N.C. Carter, John R1,749<br />
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John Carter<br />
North Carolina line<br />
10 Regmt Col Davidson<br />
20 July 1778 - 9 mo<br />
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Certified by [faded]<br />
that Carter stayed on<br />
the [faded] mustered for<br />
nine mo----<br />
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Dead. See letter from Saml<br />
Gerock dated Newbern, July 10, 1828<br />
Said letter not on file on<br />
this claim. Oct. 1, 1918<br />
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Thos Watson<br />
Newbern N.C.<br />
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United States of America ) Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions<br />
District o North Carolina ) Septr Term 1820<br />
Craven County )<br />
On this 13th Day of Septr 1820 personally appear<br />
ed in open Court the said Court being a Court of Re-<br />
cord proceeding to the course of the Common<br />
Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of<br />
[ ] keeping a record of its' proceedings and<br />
having power to fine and imprison, John<br />
Carter aged --- Sixty six years who being first duly sworn<br />
according to Law doth on his oath make the following<br />
declaration in order to obtain the provision made by<br />
the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the<br />
1 May 1820, that he the said, John Carter, enlisted for the term of nine months on the ------ day of------in the year -----in the State of No Carolina in the company commanded by Colo Quinn--in the 10th Regiment commanded by Colo Davidson in the line of the State of North Carolina--<br />
on the Continental Establishment, that he continued<br />
to serve in the said Corps <strike>until</strike> Nine Months.<br />
when he was discharged from the said service <strike>in</strike><br />
at Halifax in the State of North Carolina -- deponent<br />
is unable to State the time of his enlistment or<br />
discharge -- he was not in any encampment but<br />
was in some skirmishes, near West Point and at<br />
Kings Ferry. He has no other evidence of his ser-<br />
vices in his power except the adjoined deposition<br />
of Asa Spelman -- And I do solemnly swear that I was<br />
a resident Citizen of the United States on the 12th<br />
March 1818 and that I have not since that time<br />
by gift sale or any manner disposed of my prop-<br />
erty or any part thereof with intent thereby so to<br />
diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions<br />
of an Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain<br />
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certain persons Engaged in the Land and Naval service<br />
of the United States in the Revolutionary War." --<br />
passed 18th March 1818 and that I have not, nor has<br />
any person in trust for me any property or securities<br />
contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income<br />
other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto<br />
annexed & by me subdivided. <strike>if</strike> His apparel<br />
& biding his only property. declarant is by<br />
occupation a Cooper, but age & infirmity have<br />
rendered him for some years unable to work.<br />
He has no family & lives with his sister<br />
Margaret Fenner ---- his<br />
John X Carter<br />
mark<br />
[ ] Sworn to and declared<br />
on the 13th day of September<br />
AD 1820 before<br />
J G Stanly CC<br />
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Asa Spelman a Citizen of Craven County in<br />
No Carolina, maketh Oath that he was a<br />
Soldier in the Revolution, in Capt Quinns<br />
Company, tenth Regiment Commanded by<br />
Colo Davidson, No Carolina line, Continental<br />
establishment & served nine months in said<br />
service & deponent knows that John Carter<br />
did enlist and serve in the same Company &<br />
Regiment for the period of nine months.<br />
[ ] Sworn and declared on the his<br />
13th day of September Asa X Spelman<br />
AD 1820 before mark<br />
J G Stanly CC<br />
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State of No Carolina</div>
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Craven County</div>
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I, James G Stanly, Clerk of the</div>
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Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of</div>
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Craven County, do hereby certify that</div>
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the foregoing oath and the schedule thereunto on</div>
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record, are truly copied from the records of said</div>
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Court: and I do further certify, that it is the</div>
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opinion of this said Court, that the total</div>
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amount in value of the said property exhibited</div>
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in the aforegoing schedule, is considerably</div>
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less than one hundred Dollars.</div>
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In testimony hereof I have hereunto </div>
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set my hands, and affixed the seal of the </div>
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said Court, on the 13th day of September</div>
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AD 1820.</div>
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J G Stanly Clerk</div>
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of the Court of Pleas & Quarter</div>
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Sessions of Craven County March</div>
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Term AD 1821---</div>
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Frederick Jones Esq solemnly and </div>
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sincerely declared and affirmed that he [has] made</div>
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acquaintance with John Carter the petitioner for a </div>
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pension, that said John Carter is at this time</div>
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and has been for many years a resident of the</div>
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County of Craven and State of North Carolina</div>
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affirmed & [ ]</div>
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before me 13th March 1821) Fredk Jones</div>
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in open Court </div>
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J G Stanly </div>
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And it is ordered that</div>
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the Clerk Certifies to the secretary at War of the</div>
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United States that the Witnesses in support of the</div>
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petition of said John Carter are worthy of credit</div>
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Witness Jas G Stanly Clerk of said Court</div>
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under the [ ] of said Court at Newbern</div>
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this 13th day of March 1821---</div>
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J G Stanly</div>
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State of North Carolina Secretary's Office 12th Dec 1820<br />
I William Hill Secretary of State in & for the State a-<br />
foresaid do hereby certify that it appears from<br />
the muster rolls of the Continental line of this<br />
this State in the Revolutionary war that John<br />
Carter a private in Capt Quinn's Company of<br />
the 10th Regt was mustered on the 20th July<br />
1775 for nine months. The date of his dis-<br />
charge is not mentioned.<br />
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Given under my hand</div>
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the date above</div>
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Wm Hill</div>
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John Carter [post mark] NewB. N.C.<br />
----- APR 14<br />
Thomas Watson Honorable J C Calhoun<br />
Agt Secretary at War<br />
Newbern, N.C. Washington City,<br />
----- DC<br />
Recd 24 Apl 1821<br />
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Dead.<br />
[Exd]<br />
[10/19] June [21]<br />
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1749 [stamped] REJECTED<br />
P.O. John Carter<br />
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Service:<br />
Enlisted: , 18 .<br />
Discharged: , 18 .<br />
Application Filed: , 18 .<br />
Act 1818 claims not<br />
recorded in List of suspended<br />
& rejected claims, printed<br />
in 1852.Debra Newton-Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864989883928654758.post-57829332609390468072014-03-20T15:36:00.001-07:002016-08-09T09:03:46.681-07:00Honoring our Ancestors: Free Black Patriots of the Revolutionary War<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRZ7Px-LsknZ0G026-unnPPzgvjo4VlXmKFDw99co3jGkPLQLz4H9qY-bAPdUsDQcjKlLT9d3UKOHa3bcwLe-QWFB5OkH4ZZ5s-DRzdUxB-rFnH4FHX3KwTbYHhyphenhyphenIUDe966fFb2uMmxg/s1600/Scan0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRZ7Px-LsknZ0G026-unnPPzgvjo4VlXmKFDw99co3jGkPLQLz4H9qY-bAPdUsDQcjKlLT9d3UKOHa3bcwLe-QWFB5OkH4ZZ5s-DRzdUxB-rFnH4FHX3KwTbYHhyphenhyphenIUDe966fFb2uMmxg/s1600/Scan0001.jpg" width="408" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">When I was first contacted last October to assist in some research for a member of the DAR who was looking for the burial ground of her ancestor, Isaac Carter, I had no idea it would lead to such a wonderful tribute--with full honors--to our free black ancestors of Craven County, North Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nor would I have guessed that I would be meeting together with Ms. Maria William Cole, National Vice Chairman Insignia, of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and a host of other dignitaries, from the highest officials of the SAR to state and local political and community service leaders, to pay tribute to these patriots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The turnout exceeded my expectation when this event proceeded on a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon, with close to a hundred and fifty people or more, seated on folding chairs under three canopy tents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The microphone cable lay along the wet grass and soon died out, and we, the speakers, were asked to use our "mother's voices" to make our presentations heard. Usually I record and transcribe the speeches at events such as this, but I had to forego it on this occasion. So, it is from memory that I share with you today the events of this past Sunday afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps the most memorable of all the speakers for me was Marion T. Lane, Ed.D., Commander in Chief, Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge, and descendant of free black patriot, Martin Black, Private, Second North Carolina Regiment. Educator and author, she illustrated her message with descriptive cues which left one imagining how the patriotic free men of color had enlisted for the duration of the war, unlike the average white patriot, who had enlisted for only an average of nine months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She depicted five northern regiments of free black patriots, including sailors, cavalrymen, and foot soldiers...fighting on the Continental Line and in the states militias. And then there were the free blacks of North Carolina. Their regiments were not segregated. Whites and blacks fought side-by-side for the freedom of a Nation, and of an oppressed people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My presentation followed immediately after Dr. Lane's.</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">I am honored to be here on behalf of my husband, Cedric Carter, who is a descendant of six of the fourteen free black patriots we honor here today. </span></b></i></blockquote>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Isaac Carter, his 3rd great grandfather</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Joshua Carter, his 3rd great grand uncle</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">John Carter, his 3rd great grand uncle</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">George Perkins, his 4th great grandfather</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Isaac Perkins, his 3rd great grand uncle, and</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>William Dove, the father-in-law of Charity (Carter) Dove, his 1st cousin four times removed. </i></b> </span></blockquote>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">When we speak to our cousins and friends here in North Harlowe about our free black ancestor who served their country so gallantly, their minds turn to the Civil War; but, the Carter family has a rich history! </span></i></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The Carters were not freed slaves who enlisted for service. No, they had been free since 1684! There have been several studies and books dedicated to the Carters and the Georges, and they have a rich history...a history of freedom...of land owners who worked together with their white neighbors to build this community of North Harlowe.</i></b> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>And even before these patriots served, the Carters' father, Abel Carter, and their Uncle Isaac Carter, had served in the North Carolina State Militia as early as 1754 [French and Indian War].</i></b> </span></blockquote>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm982dUexmsdHBDEWJdIaGaNzCJg4z34jWs2CRQTtyOTMFEfUM9yrg0DSbMw5KTy59usJoX3FuwVLTrPhN4h-vRjzLlH1Mf3lVhPBmk0tvXltIrH6rM7To1jYb_4HhV0ZKQ208ZqZyNUQ/s1600/Feb_Mar+2014+056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm982dUexmsdHBDEWJdIaGaNzCJg4z34jWs2CRQTtyOTMFEfUM9yrg0DSbMw5KTy59usJoX3FuwVLTrPhN4h-vRjzLlH1Mf3lVhPBmk0tvXltIrH6rM7To1jYb_4HhV0ZKQ208ZqZyNUQ/s1600/Feb_Mar+2014+056.JPG" width="150" /></a><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">When our children grew up and attended school in Massachusetts, they were taught about the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry...and they were taught about the freed slaves and contraband who joined the Union forces during the Civil War...but they were never taught about the free blacks of North Carolina who volunteered to fight in the War of Independence...the American Revolution.</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">I am honored to be here today, and urge you to tell your children of the free black patriots of Craven County who dedicated their lives to independence for all Americans, black and white.</span></i></b></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">As I spoke of the years of freedom our ancestor had enjoyed nearly two hundred years before the outbreak of the Civil War, I could see the smiles of pride among family, and the nods of agreement among researchers, historians and dignitaries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Following the Retirement of the Colors, several members of the SAR approached me with hand shakes and warm regards of thanks for my participation.</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Without you," said Guy Higgins, the initial researcher who had contacted me about the Forgotten Patriots project, "none of this would be happening today. Thank you."</span></b></i></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">Gary O. Green, whom I had assisted in identifying relationships among those buried in the George Family Cemetery, also gave me kind words of appreciation.</span><br />
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<a href="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMjLnCew9rKTF7vg43cv7lCO7K_p3yMoqXtX6PmU8F7HEa2poR" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMjLnCew9rKTF7vg43cv7lCO7K_p3yMoqXtX6PmU8F7HEa2poR" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">And lastly, I was surprised to be awarded a pin representing the SAR Outstanding Citizenship Award. I knew then that my departed 1st cousin once removed, Ralph Allen Cangson, former President of the Orange County Chapter of the California Sons of the American Revolution, would have been proud that I had continued in his footsteps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a family historian and researcher, I learned several things throughout this five-month project, but none more important than the humbling recognition that sometimes our family ties can be just as, if not more valuable, than what we know and can share about our family history. In all, it takes everyone working together...reenactors...researchers...family historians...and the multitude of cousins still on the home place...to accomplish an act of honor which will be represented in the community long after the speeches are over.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maria William Cole, <br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">National Vice Chairman Insignia<br />National Society DAR</span></td></tr>
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