Please add this to the Johnston County site. As you are aware the TARTs are also in Johnston County. I have more info to send in the future - as time allows! Thank you! Have a wonderful day Nancy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAR PENSION - ABSTRACTED NOTES SAMPSON COUNTY- NC THOMAS TART - Rev War Pension 1833 Abstracted by Nancy J. Capps Cumberland County, NC [email protected] June 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Listed as a "Privateer" in the American Revolution - >(Court statement dated August 1833) "to prevent the British ships from entering the river." "He volunteered" Father lived in Bertie County, NC Born Nansemond County, VA, 7 Feb 1761 Called to service in Bertie County, NC- at fathers house- but he was absent from land by sea. One year later after his return, he married and moved back to VA. Another year later he moved back to Bertie County, NC. "Thirty three years ago I moved to where I now live on the north side of Kill peacock Swamp and east side of great Coharie river. Honorable discharge from the army... Names of persons known in your neighborhood... Character for Veracity are "THOMAS THORNTON Sr., and WESTBROOK LEE whom I have known for about thirty three years, Farmers residing in Sampson County THOMAS TART who has subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age , that he is believed and reputed in the neighborhood, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion & that we believe him to be a man of veracity. Sworn and subscribed the year and the day foresaid" THOMAS THORNTON (his mark) WESTBROOK LEE JNO. KING JOS. BENNETT ~~~~~~~~~~~ >Letter from Washington DC to HENRY L. MALLEN of Livingston ALA dated Oct. 14, 1931 states he is ...THE ONLY SOLDIER SURNAMED TART or TARTT that is found in the records of the Revolutionary war. Enlisted July 20, 1778 "Captured an English brig laden with supplies for the english army at Halifax, Nova Scotia." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ NJC2005