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State of Service: PA/NC
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: May 1755 / Lancaster / PA Death: 28 Feb 1838 / Mecklenburg / NC
Qualifying Service Description:
CAPTs WHITE, HOUGLAND; Colonel GIBSON; CAPTs JAMES HART, BROWNFIELD, REED; COLs DAVIE, ROBERT IRWIN
Private, PA., NC
Additional References:
Pension Number *S8182
Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters Pension application of John Carothers S8182 fn28PA Transcribed by Will Graves 1/14/11
Photo displayed courtesy of Russell H McCullough, NC SAR
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Author: Warren Woodrow Carothers
John Carothers (b. May 1755 - d. February 28, 1838) was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was the third son of John and Sarah Neely Carothers. He married first Mary Vance (b.1764 - d.1785) and second Ester Sample. He had a large farm as recorded in his will that is on file with the North Carolina Archives Department. His family remained in Mecklenburg County until Duke Power Company bought the last part of the home place on the Catawba River about 1920.
An account of his Revolutionary War record is on file with the Daughters of the American Revolution. Rachel Hanna Hoke, National Number 532103, filed the account. She is descended Mary Vance Hanna, a daughter of David Carothers, John’s son. In her registration she gives the following account of John's military record:
1775 - Volunteered for service under the command of Captain White and Colonel Gibson as a private in Virginia.
1777 - Volunteered under the command of Captain Hoagland under Colonel Gibson and General Hand in Mecklenburg, County, North Carolina.
1780 - Volunteered under Colonel Robert Irwin and General Sumter for service against the British and Tories in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and adjacent South Carolina Counties. John and his brothers Robert and James took part in the Battle of Hanging Rock.
The Hanging Rock battle site, which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is about three miles south of Heath Springs off Highway No. 58. Thirteen-year-old Andrew Jackson serving as an aide to his kinsman, Robert Crawford, participated in his first warfare in this battle.
John’s pension application was dated August 31, 1832, while a resident of Mecklenburg County. He received $70 per annum commencing March 4, 1831. (Certificate of pension S8182 issued April 20, 1830)
John Carothers was married twice. He first married Mary Vance (b. 1764 - d. 9/22/1785). By this wife he had two sons. The son John left no marriage record. David, from whom the writer Warren W. Carothers is descended, was born second. Mary Vance died while in her early twenties and is buried at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church.
John married second to Ester Sample (b. 1766 - d. 3/25/1818). She is also buried at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. By this marriage he had a large family. His sons were James Sample Carothers, Ezekiel Carothers, and William Carothers. His daughters were Elizabeth who married John Neely, Mary who married Joseph Whitesides, Jeminia who married James McKee, and Esther who married Joseph Ratchford.
He was a successful farmer. He had horses and various farm animals. His will indicates he raised an assortment of crops. He was a slave owner and mentions several of them in his will. He also mentioned his Bible and hymnbook in his will, so we assume that he was a practicing Presbyterian. John Carothers, his wives, and many of his kin are buried at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
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