Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 40472, for Samuel Smiley, Pennsylvania
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Penn.       Smiley, Samuel    S 40472
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40472
Invalid
Ref
File No. 40472
Samuel Smiley
Lu Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: Vol. 3, Page 467
Arrangement of 1870

1932 May 11 [illegible] June Greene A[illegible]
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Received 
MAR 22 1932
Receipt Section
Pension Files Supervision
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205 W.Cherry St.
Clyde, Ohio
3-21-32

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
Please furnish at your earliest convenience, all data you have on hand relative to Revolutionary War pensioner, Samuel Smiley, of Chester Co. Pa.  If possible, give dates of birth and death, place of enlistment, place of residence during War.
Yours truly,
June Greene
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10,362
R
Pennsylvania

James Smiley

of                in the state of

who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Capt. Frazier of the Pennsyl line, for the term of 3 Years

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commen[ce on] the 1 of Dec 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of May 181 and sent to On Dave West Chester     42.00

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  24 & 25
Semi-anl. all' ending 4 Sept 19 48
 [Total amount sent]  $72.25

[written on left side]  2  28.4
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                                       38.35

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March 1818}

Very light and unreadable pencil handwriting:
8/??  Con[tinu??]  [perhaps CONTINUANCE?]
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Samuel Smiley

10362\\









Eastown
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, CHESTER COUNTY, SS: --- On this Thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and Twenty Personally appeared in OPEN COURT of Common Pleas, held at Westchester, in and for the county of Chester, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; being a court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, Samuel Smiley aged Eighty one years and upwards, resident in the township of Eastown in the said county of Chester, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820; That he served in the Revolutionary war, in the Company of Capt. Joasier in the Fourth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Colo. Wayne on the Continental Establishment, and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18th of March 1818, his certificate being numbered 10, 362 --- AND I the said Samuel Smiley do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, ""an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. his Samuel Smiley mark Sworn to declared and subscribed, on the Thirty first day of July 1820, in OPEN COURT of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the said Court, being a Court of Record by the Laws of the said Commonwealth. Hon. G. Wersler Prothonotary SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY. 3. Chairs 1 Iron Pot 1 Iron kettle 1 Cedar Tub 1 Cedar Bucket. Two Bowls ½ doz Cups & Saucers 4 Plates 1/2 doz. Knives & forks 1. chaff Bed & Bedding 1 old Table 1 Candlestick 1 Shovel & tongs 1 1/2 pint [illegible] 1 [illegible] [illegible] valued at $20.
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I have a Pension from the State of Pennsylvania of Forty Dollars [illegible] year

I am eleblell[?] Fourteen Dollars

I an a farmer by trade, but from age and infirmity am unable to pursue that occupation ,  U gave bi family [living?] with me but my wife Rachel age Sixty years, and infirm like myself-
            his
Samuel X Smiley
            mark
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This has a fold on the left side making it appear to be two pages--it is treated as such below
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On the left side

Samuel Smiley
private
5th Pennsylvania Reg D

977 3 years

on Rolls
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On the right side

Case 2894

John Davis
Judge
West Chester, Pa

[illegible] @ Dec 16. 1818

Endorsed

Adm Co.
[vertically written in ink and alongside the  judge's name] Honorable

[also vertically written in ink, but at bottom of right page]

Secretary of War
Washington City
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Chester County

Samuel Smiley of Chester County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who oath makes the following declaration
That the said Samuel Smiley in the year 1776 enlisted in Captain Frasers company, Col Francis Johnstons regiment of the Pennsylvania line of the Army and that under this enlistment he served three years, that he reenlisted and served in the 5th Pennsylvania regiment three years.
That said Declarant faithfully served the term of his enlistment and was honorably discharged.  That the Declarant had written certificates of his discharge and that he lost the same by time and accident.  That the Declarant is 72 years of age, infirm and from his reducedd circumstances in life is now in need of assistance from his Country for support, and, that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every provision therefore allowed him buy the laws of the United States.
Samuel his mark Smiley

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Chester County
On the Fourth day of December 1818 personally appeared before one John Davis.....one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid the above named Samuel Smiley and in  my presence subscribed and made oath to the case in written declaration by him made and it appearing to my satisfaction that the aforesaid Samuel Smiley served for more than the term of nine
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months at one period of the Revolutionary was in the Pennsylvania line on the Continental establishment and againt the common enemy, and I do further certify my full belief that said Samuel Smiley is in necessetous circumstances and in need of the assistance which he requires...

I hereby certify the testimony in the case to the Secretary of the Department of War.

John Davis

I John G. Wresler Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania De Certify that John Davis Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, I and at that time was, one of the associate Judges of Court aforesaid duly appointed Commissioned, and qualifies, to all whose official acts as such full faith and Credit are and ought to be given.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at West Chester the seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.


Mr J. Wresler Proth
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[This is a typed document]
May 11, 1932

BA-J/AWF
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Samuel Smiley
S. 40472

June Greene
205 W. Cherry Street
Clyde, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Samuel Smiley, a Revolutionary War pensioner of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S 40472, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Samuel Smiley.

He enlisted sometime in the year 1776 and served in  Captain Frazer's company in Colonels Wayne's and Francis Johnston's Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, reenlisted and served three years in the Fifth Pennsylvania regiment.  His residence at the time of enlistment is not shown , nor is the place where he enlisted stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 8, 1818, at which tine he was living in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

In 1829 he stated that he was eighty-one years of age and at that time was living in Eastown, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

His wife, Rachel, was sixty years old in 1820.  There no reference to children.

The soldier, Camuel Smiley, died August 25, 1825.  The date and place of his birth are not given.   [after the 1825 year date there is a hand-written written "913"]

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator