Adam Pinkney CARRIKER

1821 - 1888  (66 years)

• Name	Adam Pinkney CARRIKER
  Birth	7 Jun 1821	Cabarrus County, NC
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jan 1888	Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [now Bryan County, OK]
  Death	10 Jan 1888	Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [now Bryan County, OK]
  Burial	Mount Joy Cemetery, Mount Joy, Delta County, TX
  Notes	(1) Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010 Name: Adam Pinkney Carriker Application Date: 12 Dec 1913 Application Place: Wheeler, Texas Spouse: Mrs Mary A Carriker Marriage Date: 27 Oct 1861 Marriage Place: Lafayette, Mississippi Death Date: 9 Jan 1888 Death Place: Blue, Choctaw Pension File Number: 24761 Application Type: Widow [The application reads as follows:] THE STATE OF TEXAS County of Wheeler I, Mrs. Mary A. Carriker, do hereby make application to the Commissioner of Pensions for a pension, to be granted me under the Act passed by the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Texas, and approved April 7, A. D. 1913, on the following grounds: I am the widow of Adam Pinkney Carriker, deceased, who departed this life on the 9th day of January, A. D. 1888, in the Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory. It was then called Blue County. I have not remarried since the death of my said husband, and I do solemnly swear that I was never divorced from my said husband, and that I never voluntarily abandoned him during his life, but remained his true, faithful and lawful wife up to the date of his death. I was married to him on the 27th day, October, A.D. 1861, in the county of Lafayette, in the State of Miss. My husband, the said A. P. Carriker, enlisted and served in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States of the United States, and that he did not desert the Confederate Service. I have been a resident of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A. D. 1900, and have been continuously since a citizen of the State of Texas. I do further state that I do not receive from any source whatever money or other means of support amounting in value to the sum of $300.00 per annum, nor do I own in my own right, nor does anyone hold in trust for my benefit or use, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the value of one thousand dollars, exclusive of the home of the value of not over $1,000.00; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and I do further state that the answers given to the following questions are true: 1. What is your age? 76 years. 2. Where were you born? Dec. 15th, 1836, Chambers Co., Ala. 3. How long have you resided in the State of Texas? Since December 20th 1899. 4. How long have you resided in the county of your present residence? And what is your postoffice address? Since March, 1911. Shamrock, Texas. 5. What was your husband's full name? Adam Pinkney Carriker. 6. What was the date of his death? Jan. 9th, 1888. 7. In what State was your husband's command originally organized? Mississippi. 8. How long did your husband serve? If known to you, give date of enlistment and discharge. He enlisted in 1862 and got home in Dec. 1865. The exact date not known. 9. What was the name or letter of the company, or name or number of the battalion, regiment or battery of artillery in which your husband served? If he was transferred from one branch of service to another, give time of transfer, description of command and time of service. Principally in the Calvary [sic]. 3rd Miss. Calvary [sic], Company "H," under Col. McGuirt [McGuirk?] & Captain Gordon. The Company was first Infantry but they mounted themselves and were converted into Calvary [sic]. 10. Name branch of service in which your husband served, whether infantry, cavalry, artillery or the navy, or if commissioned as an officer by the President, his rank and line of duty, or if detailed for special service, under the law of conscription, the nature of such service, and time of service. First in Infantry and transferred to the Calvary [sic], as above stated. He served as a private throughout the war. 11. Have you transferred to another any property of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? No. Wherefore your petitioner prays that her application for a pension be approved and such other proceedings be had in the premisses [sic] as are required by law. /s/ Mary A. Carriker Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 12th day of December, A. D. 1913. /s/ M. M. Miller County Judge, Wheeler County, Texas [Seal] AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES [Note. - There must he at least two creditable witnesses.] THE STATE OF TEXAS County of Wheeler Before me, M. M. Wheeler, County Judge of Wheeler County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared W. R. Brigman and Mrs. Susie Cowden, who are personally known to me to be credible citizens, who, being by me dulysworn, on oath state that they personally know that Mrs. Mary Ann Carriker, applicant for a pension as the widow of Adam Pinkney Carriker, deceased, is in truth aud fact the widow of Adam Pinkney Carriker, deceased; that they personally know that she has not remarried since the death of her husband, for whose service in the army she claims a pension, and that they have no interest in this claim. /s/ W. R. Brigman /s/ Susie Cowden Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 12th day of December, A. D. 1913. /s/ M. M. Miller County Judge, Wheeler County, Texas [Seal.] AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES [Note. - There must be at least two creditable witnesses.] THE STATE OF TEXAS County of Texas [sic] Before me, M. M. Miller, County Judge of Wheeler County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared E. E. Holt and W. R. Brigman, who are personally known to me to be credible citizens, who, being by me duly sworn, on oath state that they personally know the above-named applicant for pension, and that they personally know that the said Mrs. Mary Ann Carriker has been a bona fide resident citizen of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A. D. 1900, and that they have no interest in this claim. /s/ E. E. Holt /s/ W. R. Brigman Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 12th day of December, A. D. 1913. /s/ M. M. Miller County Judge, Wheeler County, Texas [Seal.] (2) www.findagrave.com: Adam Pinkney Carriker Birth: Jun. 7, 1821 Death: Jan. 10, 1888 Adam Pinkney Carriker was a Confederate soldier. His widow, Mary A. Carriker and daughter's family are buried in the Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, TX. - Bio by Beth Shelton. Family links: Spouses: Mary Ann Welch Carriker (1832 - 1924), Sophia Starnes Carriker (1823 - 1859); Children: Obediah F. Carriker (1855 - 1859), Olivia Salome Carriker Vanderburg (1858 - 1911), Sarah Cora E Carriker Brigman (1868 - 1944), Amanda Viola Carriker Coker (1871 - 1967) Burial: Mount Joy Cemetery, Mount Joy, Delta County, Texas, USA Created by: M. L. Record added: May 30, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 11058383
  Person ID	I41990	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Sophia Catherine STARNES,   b. 14 Apr 1823, Cabarrus County, NC d. 27 Sep 1859, Lafayette County, MS (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1842	Cabarrus County, NC   [1]
  Family ID	F18067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann WELCH,   b. 15 Dec 1832, Chambers County, AL d. 2 Apr 1924, TX (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F18068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015: Name: Adam P Kariker Gender: Male Bond Date: 26 Aug 1842 Bond Place: Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA Spouse: Luffy Starns Spouse Gender: Female Event Type: Bond.