Noah Carter, Company L

This Virginia native lived in New York’s Hudson River Valley after his service. Having a sustained a devastating wound to his left foot, the veteran could barely work. His widow, described as “honest and industrious,” was feeble and destitute. Her former employers provided testimony in support of her pension application.

Invalid — 484,658 / 671,469
Widow — 854,921 / 645,258, Amanda A. Carter

Sworn Statement, Noah Carter, 19 January 1888
residence and post-office address, 204 Anne Street, Newburgh, NY; “[H]e has followed the business of taking care of horses ever since his discharge until about 12 years ago … [wounded] while retreating with his company and regiment … has continuously doctored said foot by application of liniments and bandages the said foot at times swelling to such a degree as to prevent his putting on a shoe …”

Questionnaire (Form 3-493), Noah Carter, 5 May 1899
[residence] 240 Washington St., Newburgh, New York
[previous residence] “have lived in Newburgh from the time I was discharged about 23 years”
[nearest post office to both addresses] “City of Newburgh, Orange County, NY”
[occupation since] “when able took care of horses”
[known by another name] no
[military service under another name] no

Sworn Statement Noah Carter, 30 August 1890
residence, 277 Washington St., Newburgh, NY; “that the surgeon of his regiment who treated him is dead, that he can therefore furnish no proof …”

Application for Original Invalid Pension, Noah Carter, 24 May 1893
58 years; residence, Newburgh, Orange Co., NY; ” … was wounded by a minie ball in the left foot … never treated in hospital … [his] attorney Seward [?] Round, Newburgh, Orange County, New York … also personally appeared, Joseph P. Thompson, residing at Newburgh, NY and Samuel H. Blair, residing at Newburgh, NY “

Questionnaire (Form 3-402), Noah Carter, 29 April 28 1898
[married] Aminda Hasbrouck
[when, where, by whom] Bishop Joseph P. Thompson in Newburgh, NY, on the 27th of October 1907 — Leslie]
[record] marriage ceritficates and one of the witnesses, Amie Bed[?]”
[previous marriage] “yes name James Johnson died in 1872″
[children living] none

Sworn Statement, Lewis Martin, 4 August 1902
“That he was a member of Company L … and served with Noah Carter and knew him well. When the regiment was near Richmond, Virginia on the march between Petersburgh and Richmond said Noah Carter was with his regiment marching and fighting and in the line of his duty was shot in the left foot … about the first of April 1865”

Additional Evidence, Amanda Ann Carter, 14 August 1906
post-office address, 241 Washington Street, Newburgh, NY; “Also personally appeared Robert Bailey [and] Charles Frint, of Newburgh, Orange County, NY”

Sworn Statement, Charles T. Alsdorf and Josephine Johnson, 14 November 1906
residence and post-office address, Newburgh, NY; “well acquainted with [Amanda] and knew [Noah] …”

Sworn Statement, Lewis Day Williams, 17 November 1906
“Rev. Lewis Day Williams … he is the custodian of the marriage records of AME Zion Church of Newburgh, NY and that there is no record of the marriage of Noah Carter and Amanda Ann Carter …”

Sworn Statement, A.P. Templeton,, 17 November 1906
She is the Registrar of Vital Statistics of the city of Newburgh, and as such is the custodian of the marriage records; … is unable to find any such record”

Sworn Statement,, Geo. E. Trimble, 2 January 1907
“He is well acquainted with the widow of Noah Carter, and knew her husband well, and he has known them well for 30 years and more”
[Note: He’s quite eloquent about the couple’s marriage and poverty — Leslie]

Sworn Statement, Simon P. Alsdorf, 3 January 1907
residence, 91 Liberty, Newburgh, NY; occupation, musician
“[H]as known [the couple] all his life … known them both well for at least 20 years past … They have not owned any property during that time … Amanda Carter is poor and in want, she has no land or interest in land, and is destitute, and in need. They were always [illegible] poor people and she is very poor now.”

Sworn Statement, Mary W. Cameron, 3 January 1907
residence, 117 Chamber St., Newburgh, NY; “she has known [Amanda A. Carter, the claimant] 25 years or more …
“For some 15 years she worked for me and in my family and father’s family … we have had to help her for years of late. She was always honest and industrious till she became too old to work”

Sworn Statement, Arthur P. Davis, 4 January 1907
“have known [Amanda] for at least ten years and knew [Noah Carter] for 20 years and more … They traded with me off and on and now and then for groceries. I am a grocer and my address is 34 William Street … She is in serious want and her pension is very much needed.”

Transcript from “Records of Death” kept in Board of Health, Newburgh, Orange County, NY, Noah Carter, 19 August 1907
[death date] 9 August 1906
[name] Noah Carter
[age] 73 years old
[status] married
[occupation] hostler
[birthplace] Virginia
[father’s name and birthplace] not given
[mother’s name and birthplace] not given
[place of death] 241 Washington Street, Newburgh, NY
[direct cause of death] senility
[contributory cause of death] gastritis
[medical attendant] John Deyer, MD
[burial] Woodlawn Cemetery

Sworn Statement, Henry Hermans [sp?], 19 August 1907
residence, 162 W. Parmenter St., Newburgh, NY; “acquainted with [Amanda Carter] about 29 years … I well remember the death of Noah Carter which occurred about a year ago and since then [deponent has] lived about 350 feet of said Amanda A. Carter …”

Sworn Statement, Louisa Smith, 9 September 1907
“I know Noah Carter had another wife before he married Amanda Ann … Her name was Jane …. I laid her out when she died, I remember it well …”

Sworn Statement, Coleman Major, 9 September 1907
residence, Newburgh, NY; “Noah Carter was a tenant in my house in 1874 and his wife died there and was buried from my home.”

Sworn Statement, Amanda Carter, 19 October 1907
residence, 241 Washington St., Newburgh, NY; “[soldier] was married once before he was married to me and only once. He married Jane Johnson and she died in the year 1874 …
“[deponent] was also previously married to one John Roberts and he died in the year 1876 in Middletown … she has no income and no means of support since August 15, 1906. She is supported by her sister Prudence Brown by days work and washing and scrubbing …”
“Two witnesses, Alice Rose and Prudence Brown”

Sworn Statement, William Hasbrouck and William Darby, 27 October 1907
residence and post-office address, Middletown, NY; “… acquainted with [Amanda] and knew John Robert, her first husband well … [Robert] died in Middletown, NY on [illegible]. We helped lay him out after he died and we were present at his funeral and know he died.”

Sworn Statement, William Hasbrouck, 8 February 1908
57 years old; residence, Middletown, NY; “… John Roberts died in Middletown, NY on the 25th day of August 1876 …”

Sworn Statement, William Darby, 10 February 1908
64 years old; residence, Middletown, NY; “… John Roberts died in Middletown, NY on the 25th day of August 1876 …”

Sworn Statement, Henry Hammonds, 11 February 1908
residence, 167 W. Parmenter St., Newburgh, NY; “is well acquainted with Amanda A. Carter [who] resides at 241 Washington St., Newburgh, NY, she was married before her marriage to Noah Carter to a man named John Roberts [who died] at Middletown, NY August 26, 1876 … I know he died from the following facts: [Hammonds] knew from personal friends who were in Middletown, NY & from the undertaker and from the papers published in Orange County

Sworn Statement, Amanda Carter, 23 March 1909
residence, 241 Washington St., Newburg, NY; “My former husband John Roberts never served in the military …”

Application for New Certificate, Arminda A. Carter, 6 September 1910
78 years old; post-office address, 68 Fulton St., Middletown, NY; ” On or about the 4th day of May 1910, at or near Village of Tarrytown, State of New York, and to the best of said deponent’s knowledge and the belief that said Certificate has been lost, mislaid, or destroyed and said deponent has made diligent search and inquiry to find said Pension Certificate but without sucksess [sic] and deponent is of the opinion it is beond [sic] recovery, lost or destroyed and she now makes this Application to Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, DC for the issuing of a new Pension cerificate.
“Also personally appeared, Prudence E. McClary“