Pension Application of William CARROLL, Jr.
Transcribed 26 December 1989 by Michael S. Cole, M.D.
On 1 November 1832 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, William CARROLL, Jr, applied for a pension for his military service during the American Revolutionary War. He died on 28 December 1835 in Lincoln (now Cleveland) County, North Carolina. The following set of papers includes the application submitted by his widow, Keziah (CURRIN) CARROLL, on 17 June 1844 in White County, Tennessee. She died on 9 Feb 1845 at Sparta, White County, Tennessee.
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Enlisted about 2 wks after battle of Eutaw Spgs '81 to Nov. 10, 1782
Private under Captain HALL and Colonel LITTLE in N.C.
Battles engaged in, none
Residence of soldier at enlistment, in Granville Co., N.C., on Tar River
Date of application for pension, Nov 1, 1832. Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Lincoln Co., N.C.
Age at date of application, about 80 years - born in Halifax Co., Va.
[Should read "Fairfax Co."]
Remarks: Sol[dier?] m. Granville Co., N.C., Sept 1777, Kissiah
he d. Dec. 28, 1835
& she was alld. pens. on her appln. exec. June 17, 1844, while a res. of White
Co., Tenn. & abt 83 she d. Feb 9, 1845, leaving ch. Jesse, John, Elijah, Henry
CARROLL, Betsy DOVER, & Nancy DOVER.
Ch. Jessey b Nov. 19, 1778 - John b. Aug. 3, 1779, Betsey Dec. 13, 1780,
Elijah b. Apr. 7, 1781, Henry Feb. 26, 1783, Nancy b. Sept. 21, 1785.
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Wm CARROLL Declaration 18573
And the Said Court do hereby declare
their Opinion[?] after the investigations[?] of the matters
& after the posting[?] of the interrogations presented by the
War department that the above named applicant
was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states
And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them
that Hugh QUINN who had signed the preceeding
certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County
of Lincoln, No C & that John McEL[RINEE?] who has also
signed the Record is a resident in the district
of York in the State of So Carolina & is a
credible person & that their statement is[?] _____ to credit.
I Vasdry[??] McBEE Clerk of the County Court do
hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the
original proceedings of the said[?] Court
in the matter of the application of William
CARROL for a pension. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office
this 4th day of November 1832.
Vasdry[?] McBEE
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Declaration to obtain the benefit of the
Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of North Carolina
Lincoln County On this 1st day of
November 1832 personally appeared in
open court of Lincoln County & state
aforesaid William CARROLL aged about
eighty years who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the Act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832 That he entered the service
of the United States under the following
named officers & served as herein stated
That he lived in the State of North Carolina
near Tar River in the county of Granville
That was[?] drafted (the particular year
or month he does not now remember,
but that it was about 15 or 18 months
before the close of the Revolutionary
War) but was prevented from going
into the service at that time, but was
afterwards called out & Joined head[?]
quarters at a place called Round O.
near Utaw[?] Springs in the State of
South Carolina about two weeks[?]
after the battle was fought there That
he was under the command of Colonel
LITTLE[,] Major DANNAHO & Captain HALL
and a part of the time he served under
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the command of General GREEN Joining
first at the Round O. then marched to
the Pon pons[?] thence to Ashily[?] hill & was
stationed there for some considerable
time The precise time not recollected In
which time he served as a guard at
Bancohn's[?] Bridge That he never was in any
engagement, but was near a scirmish at
Stone[?] He was discharged or paroled by
Lieutenant LUCY[?] but has lost the same[?].
That he was born in Fairfax county Virginia
& removed from thence to Tar River in
Granville as aforesaid And that he knows
of no person whose testimony he can[?] pro-
cure[?] to support the facts above stated
nor has he any documentary evidence
That he served in all to the amount
of twelve months. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annui-
ty except the present and declares that his
name is not on the pension roll of the
agency of any state or of the state of North
Carolina Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year
aforesaid. his
Wm X CARROL
mark
We Hugh QUI[N?] a clergyman residing in the
State of North Carolina & county of Lincoln &
District of York South Carolina
John McEL[iasse?] Jr[?] residing in the ^
hereby testify that we are well acquianted with
William CARROLL who has _____ _____
sworn to the above declaration That we[?]
believe[?] him[?] eighty years of age That he is the
_____ _____ in the neighborhood where
he[?] resides[?] to have been a soldier of
the Revolution & that we[?] _____ in[?] that[?]
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opinion[?] Sworn & subscribed the day and year
aforesaid. Hugh QUIN__
Josn[?] McELW[___?]
Test Vasdry[?] McBEE Clerk of _____
Interrogations put to the said William CARROLL by the court.
1st Where & in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in the State of Virginia
but the year, or month I do not remember
2 Have you any record of your age & if so
where is it.
Answer I have not.
3 Where were you living when called into
service; where have you lived since the
revolutionary war and where do you now
live? Answer I was living in North Caro-
lina Granville county on Tar River
4th How where you called into service Were
you drafted[,] did you volunteer, or were
you a Substitute? And if a substitute,
for whom?
5 State the names of the regular officers
who were with the troops where you
served; such continental & militia
regiments as you can recollect and
the general circumstances of your
service
Sworn to in open Court
Test Vasday[?] McBEE Clerk
of Said Court
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Inscribed on the Roll of N.Car
at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of April
1833 and Leut.[?] D. REI-
NHARDT Lincolnton Crt[?]
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 $80.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep 4 '33 20.00
$100.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by E. D. BULLOCK Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 36
No 6296 Kissiah CARROLL widow of William ____ Act 4 July 1836
Declaration
third Section of the
In order to obtain the benefit of the ^ Act of Congress
of the 4th July 1836
State of Tennessee
White County On this seventeenth day of June Eighteen hundred
and forty four, personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting
Justice of the Peace for and in said County Kissiah CARROLL, a resident
of the County and State aforesaid aged about Eighty three years
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath
make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provision made for the Act of Congress - passed July 4th 1836.
That she is the widow of William CARROLL, who was a private
soldier in the War of the Revolution, and that she does not now recollect
the services performed in the Revolutionary War by the said William
CARROLL, but that he was placed on the pension list at the War
Office of the United States upon his own declaration and accompanying
evidence some time in the year 1834 under the Act of Congress of
7th June 1832, which Declaration and evidences are now in said
office, and to which the Department is respectfully refered. She further
declares, that at the time he entered the service he resided in Granville
County N. Carolina, and that when he obtained the pension as above stated
he resided in Lincoln County N. Carolina, and that the Amount of said
pension was forty Dollars per annum for his said service. She further
declares that she was married to the said William CARROLL by a Minister
of the Gospel in Granville County N. Carolina some time in September
seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, and that she knows of no person
now living by whom she can prove the marriage and that she has no
documentary evidence by which to make any further proof, [nothing has the ?]
_____ record of the age[?] of where[?] _____
She further declares that the said William CARROLL died on the 28th
day of December 1835, and that she has remained a widow ever since
that period, as will more fully appear by reference[?] to the proof
hereto annexed[?] She further states that she recollects to have heard her
husband the aforesaid William CARROLL in her lifetime say that he first
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served under Capt HALL, and Genl GREENE, [an]d in some other
tours, he was under Capt ARMSTRONG, Major [D]ONAHOO and Col
LIGHTAL, and that from his statements his served [in] all twelve months.
Sworn to and subscribed before me an ac[tin]g Justice of the
Peace for said County this 17th day of June 184[4]
her
John SWINDLE Kissia[h] x [CARROLL]
Justice of the Peace [mark]
And I further certify that the said Kessiah [suffers] from
bodily infirmity unable to attend Court
Witness my hand and seal this 17th day of June 1844
John SWINDLE
Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee
White County personally appeared before me, John SWINDLE
an acting Justice of the Peace for said County William ROBBINSON and
made oath according to law that he has been acquainted with William
CARROLL and Kissiah CARROLL for the space of thirty years or upwards
and knows that they lived together as husband and wife at that time,
and ever since until the time of his death, and that she has not
been married since the death of the aforesaid William CARROLL.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of June 1844.
John SWINDLE his
Justice of the Peace William x ROBBINSON
mark
State of Tennessee
White County Personally appears before me an acting Justice of the Peace
for said County Elijah CARROLL and made oath according to law
that he have been acquainted with William ROBBINSON whose name appears to
the above certificate, for several years and believes him to be a respectable
Citizen of said County, and that he is also acquainted with Kissiah CARROLL
whose name appears to the foregoing Declaration and believes her to be about
eighty-three years of age, as stated in her declaration also[?] that she is
_____ _____ in the _____ where she resides to have been the wife
of the said William CARROLL, who died the 28th December 1835.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 17th day of June 1844.
John SWINDLE Elijah CARROL
Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee
White County I John SWINDLE an acting Justice of the Peace
for said County do certify that I have been acquainted with Elijah
CARRO[L]L for several years and believe him to be a respectable citizen
of said County, and that credit should be given to any statement made by
him in the foregoing certificate
[Witness] my hand and seal this 17th day of June 1844.
John SWINDLE
Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee
White County September Term 1844 County Court
The Declaration of Kissiah CARROLL
certified on the 17th day of Jun 1844 by John SWINDLE a Justice
of the peace for said County being submitted to the Court
the said Court doth approve of his proceedings and acts in said
case and hereby direct the Clerk to endorse the approval
on the papers we also certify that the within papers we[re]
Blotched in this Court by accident
William GLENN
Richd BRADLEY
Robert H. McMANUS[?]
State of Tennessee
White County I William LITTLE Clerk of the County Court
of White County, do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings are the
Original proceedings had and approved of by the County Court of White
County at its July Term 1844, relative to the Declaration of Kissiah
CARROLL to obtain the benefit of Acts of Congress relative to Revolutionary
pensions, and I further certify that the aforesaid
is and was a Justice of the Peace of said County, duly commissioned and
qualfied[?] according to law, and that the signature purtaning[?] to be his
genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affix my seal of office at office in Sparta this 3d day
of September 1844.
Test William LITTLE Clerk
of White County Court
State of Tennessee
White County I William GLENN Chairman of the County Court
of White County do certify that William LITTLE whose name appears to the
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foregoing certificate, is and was at the time it bears date Clerk of
the County Court of White County, duly elected and commissioned according
to law, and that due credit should be given to his official acts as
such, and that this is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal this 3d day of September 1844
William GLENN
Chairman
of White County Court
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10,145 North Carolina
Keziah CARROLL, decd
Widow of William CARROLL
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 28th Dec 1835
of Cleveld in the State of N. Carolina
who was a Private in the Compny
commanded by Captain HALL of the
Reg commanded by Col LITTLE in
the N.C. line for 10 months,
25 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville
at the rate of 36 Dollars 10
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of
Dec 1840 and Sent to A. R.
HORNESBY, Shelby, N.C.
Total amount, $180.50
Act of July 7 1838.
Recorded by D. H. MOODY Clerk,
Book D, Vol. 1, Page 287
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State of North Carolina Court of pleese and quarter
Cleaveland County Sessions, November turme
On this 19th Day of November 1845, personally app
-eared Nancy DOVER one of the Children and
Heirs at law of Kisziah CARRELL into Open
Court, who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following Declaration in
order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by
the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 and 3 March
1843 and 17th June 1844, the act of 7 July 1838 entitled[?]
an act granting half pay and pension to certian widows
that her Mother Kisziah CARROLL was the widow of William
CARROLL, who was a private in the North Carolina Militia and
inscribed on the pension list N.C. Agency[?] at the rate of forty Doll
-ars per annum, and this Declarant further Declares, from information
that her late Mother Kisziah CARROLL was married to the said William
CARROLL her father sometime in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy
Seven and that Kisziah CARROLL's husban the aforesaid William CARROLL
died on the 25th Day of December 1835, and that the aforesaid Kisziah
CARROLL was married to the said William CARROLL prior to his
leaving the service, that the marriage took place previous to the first of January
seventeen hundred and ninety four viz.[?] at the time above stated and
that her Mother the aforesaid Kisziah CARROLL Died on the 9th Day
of Febuary, 1845, and this Declarant now askes for the amount
Due her late Mother under the above mentioned acts of Congress, and
this Declarant further Declares that the following is the names of all the
Surviving Children of Keziah CARROLL, Decesd: to wit, Jessey CARROLL
John CARROLL, Betsey DOVER, Elijah CARROLL [? Patsey BRITDGES ? - crossed out]
Henry CARROLL, and Nancy D[OVER] the Presant Declarant, living on the
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7th July 1838. Sworn to and Subscribed on the Day and
year above written before her
Nancy x DOVER
mark
Sworn to in Open Court Nov 19th 1845
and Subscibed before me Richard CHAMPION Clerk
State of North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Cleaveland County November Sessions 1845
I Richard CHAMPION Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions do certify that it has been
Shown in proof to the satisfaction of the Court
that Kiziah CARROLL widow of William CARROLL
died on the 9th day of February 1845, and that she was
living in the State of Tennessee at the time of her
death, and that it has also been shown and proven
to the satisfaction of said Court that James CARR[-]
OLL John CARROLL Betsy DOVER Elijah CARROLL
Henry CARROLL and Nancy DOVER are the Childr
-en of Kiziah CARROLL widow of William CARROLL
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed by name &
affixed the seal of said Court at
Office this 19th Nov 1845
Richd CHAMPION Clk
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State of North Carolina On this 22nd day
Cleaveland County of June 1846
personally appeared before me Joseph
CARROLL one of the acting Justices of
the peace in and for said County
Betsy DOVER and after first being duly
sworn according to law deposeth and
sayeth that She is one of the daughters
and one of the heirs at law of William
& Kizeah CARROLL whose heirs is applying
for the pension due their late Mother
who died on the 9th day of February
1845 and she further sayeth that the
above attac[h]ed Family Record of
William CARROLL and Kiziah CARROLL
has been in her posession for a great
many years and that She that
She believes it to be the Jenuine
Account[?] and in her fathers own handriting
writing and that her mother Kiziah
CARROLL died in the State of Tennessee
Sworn to and and Subscribed the
day and date above ritten before
me her
Joseph CARROLL Betsy x DOVER
mark
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[very poor copy -
- every word is questionable]
Family Record of Wm
CARROLL and Keziah
CARROLL
Jessey CARROLL was born
November the 19th 1778
John CARROLL was born
August the 3rd 1779
Betsy CARROLL was born
on the 13 December 1780
Elijah CARROLL was born
on the 7th of April 1781
Henry CARROLL was born
on the 26 of february 1783
Nancy CARROLL was born
[on the] ___ of Sept 1785
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State of North Carolina I Joseph
Cleaveland County CARROLL
the Magistrate before who the above
affidavid was made do certify that
I am well acquanted with Betsy
DOVER who made the [oath in appearance ?]
and that She is on of the heirs at law
of Wm & Kiziah CARROLL and that She
is a woman of good caracter whose
veracity cannot be disputed given
under my hand and seal this the
27th day of June 1846 Joseph CARROLL
State of North Carolina I Richard
Cleaveland County Champion Clerk
of the Court of please and quarter session
for Cleaveland County do certify that
Joseph CARROLL is one of the acting Justices
of the peace in and for said county and
all due faith and credit is given to all
his attestations as such.
In testimony where of
I have set my name
and affixed the seal of
my office this 27th day of June 1846
Richard CHAMPION Clk
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State of North Carolina On this 18th day of
Cleaveland County August 1846 Person
ally appeared before Joseph CARROLL one
of the acting Justices of the Peace
for Said County Nancy DOVER Who
being first duly sworn according to
L[aw] doth on her oath make the follow
ing declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by an act of
Congress passed July 4th 1836.
That She is a daughter and one of
the heirs at Law of Keziah CARROLL Who
was the widow of William CARROLL Who was
a private Soldier of the North Carolina
Continental line & as such servd the
United States against the [Common enemy ?]
& was allowed a Pension at the rate of $40
per annum. That her Father & Mother
the aforesaid William & Keziah CARROLL was
marrried some time in the Year Seventeen
hundred and Sevnty Sevn in Granville
County North Carolina this deponent
further declares that the onely Record
that Gives any account of the date of
the Marriage or the date of the Births of
the Children of the aforesaid William & Keziah
CARROLL is the old original Family Record
of the Said William & Kaziah CARROLL &
that the same has been sent to the
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Pension Office This deponet makes
this declaration as a supplementary to
a former declaration Which She made
under the act 7th July 1838 & declares
under the act of July 4th 1836.
This deponnt further declares that her
Mother further was Married prior to
His entering the Service & had one or
two Children as will more fully Show
by refference to the former declaration
and the papers sent with said declara
tion which is now in the Pension Office
according to a letter address to the Hon James
GRAHAM on the 10 of July Last
Sworn to & Subscribed
the day & date first above written
test Joseph CARROLL her
Nancy x DOVER
mark
North Carolina
Cleevelend County I Jos CARROLL the
Majistrate before Whom this foregoing
declaration was made do herby certify
that Nancy DOVER who was sworn to this
above declaraton is a rispictebble
person whose verasity & charreter cannot
be disputed In testimony whereof I
hereunt[o] set my hand & seal 26 Sept 1846
Joseph CARROLL
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
I, William HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the
State of North Carolina, do hereby cer-
tify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the
Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary
War, that William CARROLL a private Soldier in Capt. HALL's
. . . . . Company of the 10th Regiment, entered the service on the . .
day of . . . 1781 . . for the term of twelve months, left the ser-
vice 10th November 1782, mustd for the war Janry 1782.
Was allowed for his services in 1782, Twenty three Dollars &
30 Cents. Given under my hand this 8th day of August 1846.
Wm HILL Secretary
of State
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Shelby N.C. Sept 3d 1846
Dear Sir:
Enclosed I Send You a Suplument
declaration in the case Keziah CARROLL
Deceased If the Proof sent with her other
declaration is not sufficient to [Entitle]
her to the act of 1836 We will Excupt of a Pension
under the act of 1838 according to her first
declaration. I also Send You the Secrutary
certificate of N.C. of William CARROLL's Servic[e]
as required in Your Letter of the 10th July 1846
To the Hon. James GRAHAM
Pleas Report the case
to me at this place
I Remain Yours,
A. R. HORNESBY
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State of North Carolina On this 23rd day
Cleaveland County of Oct 1846
personally appeared before me Joseph
CARROLL one of the acting Justices of
the peace in and for Said County John
STEWARD and after being first duly
sworn according to law deposeth and
sayeth that he become personally
acquanted with William CARROLL and
his wife Kiziah CARROLL in the year
1796 whose heirs is now maken application
for the pension which was due their
late mother Kiziah CARROLL Decd and
knows that they were married many
years before that time from the fact
I have in my own posession the date of
my own marriage which was in July 1797
and at that time the said William
& Kiziah CARROL had some six or seven
Children or perhaps more the[y] had one or
two nearly grown and I heard them say
that they had left their oaldest sone in
Granville County which sone come
some time afterwards to his fathers and
I do further certify that I have heard them
say that they weare married before he
the said William CARROLL went into
service and I do further certify that
I lived a near neighbor to them from the
time I became acquanted with them untill
the day of the said William CARROLL's death
and do further certify that they were respectable
citizens and always lived together as man and
wife and was always recognized as such and
I further certify that some of the Children is living
near me now which I believe to be upward of sixty five
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years oald Sworn to and Subscribed
before me the day and date first written.
Joseph CARROLL John STEWARD
State of North Carolina I Joseph CARROLL
Cleaveland County the magistrate before
whom the above affidavid was made
do certify that I am personally acquanted
with John STEWARD who made the above
affidavid and do certify that he is an
oald gentleman of known respectability
whose veracity cannot be disputed Given
under my hand and seal this 23rd day of
Oct 1846 Joseph CARROLL
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State of North Carolina Personally appeared
Cleaveland County before me James
ROBERTS one of the acting Justices of the
peace in and for said County John
MULLANDER[?] and after being duly sworn
according to law deposeth and sayeth
that he became personally acquainted with
William CARROLL and his wife Kiziah
CARROLL in the year 1796 whose heirs is
now applying for the pension which was
due their late mother Kiziah CARROLL Decd.
and knows that they were married before
that time from this fact that he has
the date of his own marriage and family
record which shows he was married himself
in June 1796 and at that time William
CARROLL and Kiziah CARROLL had some
four or five Children or more and they
said that they had left their oaldest son
in Granville County bound to a trade
which afterwards come in to his fathers and
from that time till the death of William
CARROLL they lived as man and wife and
was near neighbors to him and that he
oftentimes heared William CARROLL speaken of his
being in the survice and his wife at home
suffering and that he is well satisfied that he
heared William CARROLL say that he was married
before he went into the survice Sworn to
and Subscribed before me this 24th day of
Oct 1846
James ROBERTS John MILLINDER[?]
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8038.
North Carolina
Keziah CARROLL
widow of Wm CARROLL
who was a private
in the N. C. Line
Husbd died 28th Dec 1835
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
36 Dollars 10
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension the
10th day of Dec. 1846
and sent to
A. R. HORNESBY
Shelby [N.C.]
Recorded in Book C[?],
Vol. 2, Page 153.
Payable to James [should read "Jessey"],
John, Elijah, Henry
CARROLL, Betsey &
Nancy DOVER, only
Children
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838,
Keziah CARROLL, decd, of N. Carolina
widow of Wm CARROLL
who was a Private in the N. C. Line
and died on the 28th day of December 1835
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty Six
dollars and Ten cents per annum, commencing on the
4th March 1836 and terminating on the 4th of March,
1841, payable to James, John, Elijah & Henry
CARROLL, Betsy & Nancy Given at the War Office of the United
DOVER, only children. States, this Tenth day of
December one thousand
eight hundred and Forty Six.
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Payment to be made
at Fayetteville
by John HUSKE
Agent for paying Pension-
ers in the Agency of
N. Carolina
Payable on the 4th March,
and 4th September in each
year.
Recorded in the Pension
Office in Book D Vol. 1[?]
Page by
D. H. WOOD Clerk.
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