Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25033, for John Smith, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
CONTENTS
Smith, John  5
Elizabeth
In 1818, res. of Smithfield, Madison Co. N.Y. aged 71.
died in Oneida Co NY. about 1828.
NUMBER
W. 25033
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18.634
New York R
John Smith 5th
of Vernon in the state of N. York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schaick of the N. York
line, for the term of the war.
Inscribed on the roll of N. York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of May 1822 and sent to H. Wendell, Junior
Albany N.Y
Arrears to 4th of March 1822
Semi-annual, all'ce ending 4 Sept 1822. 
3 yrs 10 mo
371.69
40.00
$419:693
[Fd 192]
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818 }
21 May 1820
Oneida County
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51152
Albany New York
Elizabeth Smith
widow of John Smith
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Increased from $80 per annum
---
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the first day of July, 1848.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
and eighth day of Jany 1851 and sent to
William Valentine
Albany
 New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 188 Vol 4.
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[Left side of page]
Warrant del'd
to Capt James Stewart
for Duncin Smith

[Right side of page]
John Smith. 5th
Pension documents
21st April 1818-
Col. Van Schaick's N. York Regt
1776 - War-
(Vernon) The name of John Smith
Oneida Co
different places on Roll of Col. Van Schaicks
N. York reg't. (1st Reg't)
Admitted.
make out certificate & Record name
24 May 1822
H. Wendell Junr
Agent
Albany N.Y.
Albany N.Y.
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State of New-York,
County of Oneida-
Court of Common Pleas
 On this fourth day of September 1825 personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said County-According to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) John Smith, aged seventy four years, resident in the town of vernon in said county who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: in the companies commanded by Capts. DeWitt, & Sytes, in Col Van Schaicks Regiment in the Continental Establishment, in the New York Line, for the term & in the manner specified in my original declaration accompanying this inventory - dated the twenty first day of April 1818 - that owing his not being able to procure testimony to prove his identity until this day (August third 1826) has been the cause of his not having presented his affiliation for a pension to the Hon. the Secretary of War. 

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th of March,1818; 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 that I have no family other than my wife who is about sixty four years old who by means of Rheumatic pains is unable to do Severe work - that I am old & infirm, and have no means of support, and stand in immediate aid of assistance from my country for Support - The following Schedule contains an accurate account of all my Estate – viz - Real Estate None - Personal Estate viz - One old table of the value of Fifty Cents - Seven Chairs of the value of One Dollar & seventy five cents - Two Iron Kittles of the value of one dollar & fifty Cents - One pair of And Irons - Shovel & Tongs of the value of One Dollar - Tea Kittle & Spider of the value of one dollar - Bake Pan & Small Kittle of the value of one Dollar & twenty five cents – Three Pails one dollar & old Crockery and knives & forks of the value of Two dollars and seventy five Cents - Snuff Box & Snuff Six cents – 
[signed] John Smith x his mark
Value $9.81
In open Court before 
[signed] M. G. Miller first Judge 

STATE OF NEW YORK 
Court of Common Pleas- 
Clerks office, Oneida County } To wit
I Eliasaph Dorchester Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing Inventory and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nine dollars and eighty one cents. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Fourth day of September 1821 
[signed] Eliasaph Dorchester Clerk 
By Jno. Bernard Deputy Clerk
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Schedule of John Smith 
a Pensioner of the Rev
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State of New York
Madison County. SS

John Smith being duly sworn says that he is a resident of the Town of Smithfield in the County of Madison in the State of New York that he is seventy one years old and infirm. That by reason of his reduced circumstance in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support. That he has never received a pension from the Government of the United States. That he served as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution on the continental establish for the term of seven years & three months. That he enlisted during the war into a company then commanded by Captain Thomas Dewitt of First Regiment of the line of New York Commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schaick of General Clintons Brigade some time in the year 1776 but the month is not recollected. That at the termination of the war he was honorably discharged at Snake Hill in New Windsor which discharge is now lost. That he was at Fort Stanwix when it was besieged by General St Leger and the Indians & was at the Capture of Lord Cornwallis
[Signed] John his X mark Smith
Sworn the 21st April 1818
before me ....
[Signed] P. Smith
First Judge
Mad County
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I Peter Smith First Judge &c as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Smith did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding affidavit, against the common enemy, for nine months on the continental establishment; and I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war
Dated the 29th day of April 1818
[Signed] P. Smith

State of New York
Clerks Office
Madison County ss
I certify that Peter Smith Esquire was first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison on each of the days the above affidavits & certificate appear to have been taken & certified duly qualified according to Law also the signatures to the same appear to be in his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 30th day of April 1818
[Signed] J. N. M. Hard Clerk
[No seal is visible]
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State of New York
Albany County  To wit
John Luther late a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, being duly from faith that he well knows, John Smith, in the foregoing application named, that the said Smith enlisted [about is crossed out] sometime in the year 1776 in the company commanded by Captain Thomas DeWitt, under whom he served until he was transferred to Captain George Seyths Company, where he remainded until the end of the War, in the Regiment commanded by Col Van Schaick on the Continental Establishment, in the New York Line - And further Saith not
[Signed] John his X mark Luther
Sworn Before me this Third day of Augt 1821
[Signed] H. Wendell Jun'r
Commissioner &c &c

State of New York
Albany County  To wit. Nicholas Boon late a private in the Revolutionary Army, being duly from faith, that he well knew John Smith in the above affidavit named, during about five years service in the Revolutionary War, that to the
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but of this deponents recollection, knowledge & belief the said John Smith served in the Regiment commanded by Col Van Schaick, in the Continental Establishment, in the New York line, in the Companies under the command of Capt'n Thomas DeWitt & George Scyths, And further this deponent saith not
[Signed] Nicholas his X mark Boom
Sworn to before me this 4th day of August 1821
H. Wendell Jun'r
Commissioner &c &c
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[left side]
John Smith 
[illegible] 1776 War
War
Mclench [?] 1776 [illegible]
[illegible, David?] Van Niss 3 ys
17 John Smith
N Y Roll 

[right side]
13690 
Elizabeth Smith 
wid. of John 
NY 
act 7 July 1838 
husband died 1824. 
admitted 
Pr. $80 per annum
com 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841 
under act 3 March 1843 & 17 June 1844 from 4 Mch 1843 to 4 March 1848 
under act 2 Feb ‘48 from 4 March 1848 for life 

Wm Valentine 
Albany N. Y.
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State of New York 
City & County of Albany 
Justices Court } ss
I David Russell Clerk of said Court hereby certify that Abraham Morrell is one of the Justices of the Albany Justices Court the same being a Court of Record in and for said City & County duly commissioned & qualified as such and that his signature to the foregoing Declaration & Jurat is genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Official Seal of said Court this first day of June 1848 
[signed] D. Russell Clerk 
I further certify that two leaves containing the family record of Jacob Smith, a son with whom the aforesaid Elizabeth Smith now resides, was taken from his family Bible by me, in his possession and on the said two leaves I have written my signature. Dated July 3. 1848 
[signed] Abraham Morrell Justice of the Justices Court of the City of Albany

State of New York City & 
County of Alby Justices Court } ss  I David Russell Clerk of said Court hereby certify that Abram Morrell is one of the Justices of the Albany Justices Court the same being a Court of Record in & for said City & County duly commissioned and qualified as such & that his signature to the foregoing Certificate dated July 3d 1848 is Genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereto signed my name & affixed the Official Seal of said Court this 3rd day of July 1848 
[signed] D Russell Clerk
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State of New York
County of Albany } ss

On this 31st day of May, 1848 before me, Abraham Morrell one of the judges of the Justices Court in and for said county personally appeared Elizabeth Smith who from old age, general debility and sickness being unable to appear in open Court doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, March 3d 1843 and June 17th 1844. That she is the widow of John Smith who was a pensioner of the United States of Oneida County N.Y, and that her husband the said John Smith died in the county of Oneida and State aforesaid about the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight or about twenty years ago as near as she can now recollect. That her husband the said John Smith was a regular enlisted soldier and served in the New York line Knows him to have been a regular enlisted soldier from the fact that her husband received bounty land, this declarant having been solicited to join as a party to the conveyance of said land & declined doing so, That she was offered, in addition to the compensation to her husband, the best silk dress she could select but still declined & never did sign any deed or conveyance for her right in said land. Declarant further saith that her said husband served under Capt Sytez, the rank in which he served she can not tell with certainty, but believes he was a private but doth not recollect having heard him say in what capacity he served. Declarant also saith that she has no knowledge or information of any records relating to her said husbands services but the foregoing facts are exclusively from her own recollection as to what she has heard from her said husband. And the reason she has not heretofore made application for a pension is because her son with whom she lived since the death of her said husband was informed that she was not entitled on account of the date of marriage being after the close of the War of the Revolution. That she was married to the said John Smith in or about the year one thousand seven
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hundred and eighty three or four. That she has no record of her birth or marriage or the births of her children, but the birth of her son Jacob Smith, in connection with others, is recorded in his family Bible & it there appears that he was born in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, but she believes it should have one year after that viz one thousand seven hundred and eighty five & her reason for believing so is because she knows she was married after the close of the war & her said son Jacob was born at least two years after her marriage. That Declarants maiden name as Elizabeth Rice and saith she was married by a methodist Episcopal Circuit minister in what is now known as the Town of Clifton Park, County of Saratoga and State of New York on or about the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three or four as aforesaid, and said marriage took place before the first day January one thousand seven hundred and ninety four viz the time and place above stated - Declarant further saith that as near as she can state she is now eighty five years of age 
[signed] Elizabeth Smith X her mark
The words "that, what & married,” interlined before execution 
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 31st day of May 1848 
[signed] Abraham Morrell a Justice of the Peace of the City and County of Albany, State New York
I Abraham Morell one of the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Albany, County of Albany & State of New York, the same being a court of record, do hereby certify that on a careful examination of the aforesaid Elizabeth Smith, as to the material facts set forth in the foregoing declaration, she is of sound mind and her faculties good, and I have entire confidence in her statement as therein set forth. I further certify that she is confined to her bed from sickness and is unable to attend court. That she made her mark to said declaration, owing to her not being able to write, having never learned to write. Given under my hand at the City of Albany this 31st day of May A.D. 1848 
[signed] Abraham Morrell
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FAMILY RECORD.

MARRIAGES. 
Jacob Smith, to Elinor Van Olinda 
February 3, 1810. 
[signed] Abraham Morrell Justice of the Justices Court of the City of Albany 

MARRIAGES.
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FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES    BIRTHS
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Jacob Smith, October 1784.
Elinor Van Olinda, May 5, 1795.
John Smith, January 15, 1811.
Henry Van Olinda Smith, February 4, 1813.
Peter Van Olinda Smith, February 15, 1815.
Ann Freligh Smith, Junuary 9, 1817,
Susanah Smith, May 2, 1819.
Jane Elizabeth Smith, September 17, 1821.
Jacob Smith, Jun. June 1, 1824.
Anthony Smith, September 17, 1826.
Clinton Smith, May 28, 1829.
Martin Smith, August 18, 1831.
William James Smith, January 4, 1834.

[signed] Abraham Morrell Justice of the Justices Court of the City of Albany

BIRTHS.
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FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
Jane Elizabeth Smith, November 28,
1830.
John Smith, April 24, 1838.
DEATHS.
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State of New York
County of Oneida
Jeremiah Hoffman, being first duly sworn according to law deposeth that he is forty six years of age, that he was born and reared in the Town of Guilderland, Albany Count N.Y. That when he was about fifteen years of age, he became acquainted with a man by the name of John Smith who was then engaged in, and worked for a glass manufacturing establishment, located in the aforesaid town and County. That deponent also worked in said establishment with the said John Smith until said establishment closed up business and subsequently was removed to Vernon Oneida County, where deponent and the said John Smith also worked together in the same establishment. Deponent saith that the aforesaid John Smith was a pensioner of the Revolution that he drew his first pension money while living at the last mentioned place. Deponent also saith that he was acquainted with the wife of the said John Smith that her name was Elizabeth that he knew the sons of the said John and Elizabeth Smith, the oldest of whom was Wm. Deponent also saith that the said John Smith died in the Town and County aforesaid upwards of twenty years ago that deponent was one of the barners at the funeral of the said John Smith and that after the death of the said John Smith, Elizabeth the widow of the said Smith removed from said town to live with
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her son John Smith and deponent has understood that she has lived with her children since the death of the said John Smith. The word in "said" and "lived" erased before execution.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of June 1848
Jeremiah Hoffman
[signed] N. S. Loomis Justice
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the subscriber Jeremiah J Hoffman & have been for about twenty years that he is a sober industrious more that he is intelligent & I have good reason to believe that his statement as set forth in the above affidavit is true.
[signed] N. S. Loomis justice
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State of New York
County of Oneida | Henry P. Trewar
being first duly sworn according to law deposeth that he is thirty three years of age, that he was born in this town and village of Vernon, County and state aforesaid, that from his earliest recollection, he distinctly recollects an old man by the name of John Smith, who worked in a glass manufactory in the aforesaid Town, that he also distinctly recollects that the said John Smith died in said Town in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty six or seven as near as deponent can now recollect on. When deponent was about eleven years of age, deponent also saith that he recollects the wife of the said John Smith, that her name was Elizabeth and that the said Elizabeth Smith lived in and worked for the family of deponent's Father after the death of the said John Smith about six months on until she moved out of said Town to live with her relatives as Deponent understood and believes. Deponent further saith that he distinctly recollects two sons of the aforesaid John and Elizabeth Smith that there names were Wm and John. Deponent further saith that he has heard that the said Elizabeth Smith still remains the widow of the said John Smith.
[signed] Henry P. Truax
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of June 1848
the word "the" erased before execution
[signed] N. S. Loomis Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted
with the subscriber Henry P Truax & have known for four years. I know him to be a man of
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of respectable character of business capacity & inteligent & I have no doubt or hesitancy in certifying that the most implicit confidence may be placed in his statements in the foregoing affidavit or on his word under any circumstances 
[signed] N. S. Loomis Justice
June 15th 1848

State of New York 
Clerks office
Oneida County } ss  I Patrick Mahon Clerk of the said county Certify that N. S. Loomis Esquire was on the 15 day of June 1848 a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oneida duly elected and and authorized to act as such and that his signatures on the opposite side purporting to be of the said Justice are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said said County and subscribed my name 
[signed] Patrick Mahon Clerk
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State of New York 
County of Schenectada } ss
John G. Clute of Niskayuna in the County and State aforesaid Aged Sixty one years who being first duly sworn according to law Deposeth that he is acquainted with Elizabeth Smith widow of John Smith decd who was a pensioner of the United States and died in Oneida County N.Y. and is also acquainted with a son of the said Elizabeth and John Smith by the name Jacob who now resides in the Town of Watervliet N.Y. That this deponant became acquainted with the said Elizabeth & John Smith as well as their said son Jacob when this deponant was about ten or twelve years of age, that this deponant and the said Jacob Smith were associates in boyhood and the said Jacob Smith is older than deponant at least one or two years  this deponant was born on the thirtieth day of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and is enabled to give the date of his birth from a record of the same in his posession written by his Father upwards of fifty years ago, and is correct. Deponant also saith that from the time he first became acquainted with the said Elizabeth & John Smith they always lived together and were reputed as husband & wife and brought up a number of children one of whom is the aforesaid Jacob, and the said Elizabeth Smith still remains the widow of the said John Smith [signed] John G. Clute
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 30th day of May 1848 at Niskayuna
[signed] J. W. Byrn Justice
I certify that the subscriber John G. Clute is a worthy cittezen a man of truth and can be implicitely
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STATE OF NEW-YORK. 
County of Schenectady, 
CLERK OFFICE, } ss.
I, SILAS H. MARSH, Clerk of the County of Schenectady, Do hereby certify, That John W Byrn Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of making such certificate a Justice of the Peace for the town of Niskayuna in and for said County, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. - And further, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment, is genuine. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the 21st day of June 1848. 
[signed] S. H. Marsh Clerk.
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State of New York
County of Schenectada } ss
John G. Clute of Niskayuna in the County and State aforesaid Aged Sixty one years who being first duly sworn according to law Deposeth that he is acquainted with Elizabeth Smith widow of John Smith decd who was a pensioner of the United States and died in Oneida County N.Y. and is also acquainted with a son of the said Elizabeth and John Smith by the name Jacob who now resides in the Town of Watervliet N.Y. That this deponant became acquainted with the said Elizabeth & John Smith as well as their said son Jacob when this deponant was about ten or twelve years of age, that this deponant and the said Jacob Smith were associates in boyhood and the said Jacob Smith is older than deponant at least one or two years this deponant was born on the thirtieth day of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and is enabled to give the date of his birth from a record of the same in his posession written by his Father upwards of fifty years ago, and is correct. Deponant also saith that from the time he first became acquainted with the said Elizabeth & John Smith they always lived together and were reputed as husband & wife and brought up a number of children one of whom is the aforesaid Jacob, and the said Elizabeth Smith still remains the widow of the said John Smith [signed] John G. Clute
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 30th day of May 1848 at Niskayuna
[signed] J. W. Byrn Justice
I certify that the subscriber John G. Clute is a worthy cittezen a man of truth and can be implicitely
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State of New York
County of Albany } ss
Jacob Smith of Watervliet in said County being first duly sworn according to law deposeth that he is now fifty nine years of age and is a son of John & Elizabeth Smith. 
That his father was a regular enlisted soldier in the War of the Revolution, as this deponant has always understood & believes. That his said father was a pensioner of the United States and died in the County of Oneida and State aforesaid on about the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight or about twenty years ago, as near as deponant can now recollect. 
That his mother the said Elizabeth Smith is now about making application for a pension and the reason she has not heretofore done so, is because deponant was informed several years ago that she was not entitled to a pension unless she was married before the close of the Revolutionary Year. That deponant nor his mother was otherwise informed until within a few weeks last past. 
That his said  mother has made no application for a pension heretofore or had any interview with any person upon the subject until within a few weeks. That the reason deponant believes his mother has had made no application or had any interview with any person is because she has lived with deponent most of the time since the death of the husband, the said John Smith, that if any effort had been made this deponent would have known it and this deponent called on Mr Valentine of Albany a few weeks since and was informed that she was entitled to a pension, at the same time deponant requested said Valentine to prosecute said claim
Deponant further saith that his parents had but one child older than himself & his name was William and but two children younger than deponant, whose names were or are John and James.
[signed] Jacob Smith X his mark
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 6th day of June 1848
The words "had & the" erased & the word "but" interlined before execution
[signed] J. B. Houghtaling Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted
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with Jacob Smith above named, that he is a person of good moral character, a credible & competent witness, and I verily believe his statement is entitled to full faith & credit. I further certify that the reason of his not writing his name, is that he never learned to write 
Watervliet June 6, 1848 
[signed] J. B. Houghtaling Justice of the Peace 
I further certify that in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five I was Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church Known as the Niskayuna church in the county of Albany, that during the time I was Pastor as aforesaid I had occasion for important reasons to search for records of Marriages & births in connection with other matter of said church and found no records of Marriages or births of earlier date than one thousand eight hundred, and do not believe any was kept at an earlier date than the last mentioned year 
Watervliet June 6. 1848. 
[signed] J. B. Houghtaling Justice of the Peace
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State of New York 
County of Albany } ss
Hannah Smith of Gilderland [Guilderland] in said County Aged eighty Eight years last October who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth that she is a sister to Elizabeth Smith widow of John Smith decd and her maiden name was Hannah Rice. That the said John Smith was a Revolutionary soldier and a pensioner of the United States and died, as near as she can recollect some twenty years ago in one of the counties west of Albany, the name of which she can not now recollect. That this deponant was married when about twenty six years of age, and not exceeding two years sooner or later to Martin Smith who was no relation to John Smith aforesaid. That deponants sister Elizabeth and the said John Smith came on a visit to deponants house about two years after deponant was married as aforesaid at which time deponant was informed by her sister Elizabeth that she, Elizabeth, was then married to the said John Smith and further that they both recognized and acknowleged each other as husband & wife, from which time until the death as aforesaid of the said John Smith, they lived together and were reputed as husband & wife and brought up a number of children, That deponent was not present at their marriage, but were always reputed to have been married & this deponant has no doubts of the fact. That deponants sister Elizabeth aforesaid was about four years younger than this deponant, and still remains a widow, and that deponant saw her sister Elizabeth about six months ago and that she now resides with a son by the name of Jacob Smith, in Watervliet Albany County N.Y. 
[signed] Hannah Smith +her mark
the word "ago" interlined before execution 
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 7th day of June 1848
[signed] Christopher Crownse Justice of the Peace
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Albany County Town of Guilderland
I the undersigned do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Hannah Smith within that she is a credible and competent witness of Good moral character as well as inteligence and her faculties and memory remarkably Good apparently little or none impaired By age is enabled to relate so many circumstances and incidents connected with the foregoing that I have no manner of doubt as to the accuracy and truth of her statement as within Set forth and I further certify that the reason of her not writing her name is Because she has no learning to write her name 
dated June 7th 1848 
[signed] Christopher Crownse Justice of the Peace

See Certificate of character below
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State of New York 
County of Albany } ss  Nehemiah Osborn of said County being first duly sworn according to law Deposeth that he is seventy eight years of age. That in the early part of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four he removed to and commenced working in or for a Glass manufacturing establishment located in what is now known as the Town of Gilderland [Guilderland], County and State aforesaid, and that immediately on commencing work he became acquainted with a person by the name of John Smith who then resided there and was employed in said establishment, That deponant was thus employed until the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, during the whole of which time or about seventeen years, deponant & the said Smith had daily interviews nearly all the time & thus became personally and intimately acquainted with each other, Deponant further saith that he was also acquainted with his wife whose name was Elizabeth. That the said John & Elizabeth Smith then lived together as husband and wife & were so reputed in the neighbourhood during the whole of the aforesaid seventeen years & at the time deponant first became acquainted with the said Smith & his wife aforesaid they had two or three children, the oldest of which was named William, & the next Jacob, Deponant also saith that he was frequently informed by said Smith that he was a regular enlisted soldier in the war of the Revolution and recd bounty Land, & has frequently heard said Smith relate many circumstances and incidents which occurred during the time he was in the service and further that said Smith & family removed from said Glass work to Vernon, Oneida County New York 
[signed] Nehemiah Osborn
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 12th day of June 1848 – 
[signed] D. Russell Justice of the Peace 
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Nehemiah Osborn who made the above affidavit and
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have been for thirty six years last past that he has for the whole of the said time Borne an irreproachable Character for truth & veracity honesty sobriety & industry that his faculties are good apparently Little or none impaired by age his memory remarkable for Recollecting Dates - Circumstances – Persons - &c &c and I do further certify that the most implicit confidence may be given to his statements under any & all circumstances 
[signed] David Russell J.P.
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State of New York 
County of Albany } ss Simon Fort of Watervliet being first duly sworn according to law, Deposeth that he is personally acquainted with Jacob Smith son of John and Elizabeth Smith, That the deponant was an associate of the said Jacob Smith in boyhood & has known him ever since. That deponant is now Sixty one years of age & he is enabled to give his age with certainly from a family record of his own which is correct & has been written at least fifteen years. That said Jacob Smith was a little younger than deponant not exceeding five years & he believes about one or two years, That he was also acquainted with the parents of the said Jacob Smith and also other of their children. That the parents of the said Jacob was John and Elizabeth and the names of other children were William, James and John and that the said Elizabeth Smith now lives with her son Jacob in the Town of Watervliet County and State aforesaid. That the said John & Elizabeth from the time deponant was a boy as aforesaid, lived together as husband & wife and were so reputed in the neighbourhood, until they removed from Watervliet aforesaid, & this deponant has no doubt but they were lawfully husband & wife and never heard a doubt expressed to the contrary –
That the family record of deponents above refered to was coppied from his fathers Ancient family record about fifteen years ago – 
[signed] Simon Fort
the word "when” erased before execution 
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 6th day of May 1848
the words "of Watervliet” interlined before execution – 
[signed] J. B. Houghtaling Justice of the Peace.

I hereby certify that I am personally with Jacob Fort above named, that he is a person of good moral character a credible & competant witness, and I verily believe his statement entitled to full faith & credit. 
Watervliet June 6, 1848 
[signed] J. B. Houghtaling Justice of the Peace
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State of New-York, 
CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY, CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, Lawrence Van Duesen Clerk of the City and County of Albany aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Houghtaling, Crownse, Russell & McKown was on the day of the date of the annexed Affidavits and Certificates Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly appointed and sworn, and that the signatures to the Jurats of said Affidavits and to the said Certificates purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of the said County, this third day of July 1848. 
[signed] L. Van Deusen Clerk.
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State of New York 
County of Albany } SS Frances Batterman of the Town of Guilderland & County aforesaid Aged Sixty Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth that she has resided in the aforesaid Town for this last forty years that upwards of thirty years Ago her husband was one of the supertendants of A Glass Manufacturing establishment located in said town That there was a person By the name of John Smith who lived in said Place and was employed in said establishment and he had a wife & several children the names of those she recollects ware William Jacob & John one of whome was an apprentice to the establishment she thinks he was the youngest and was about serving or had served his time out being twenty one years when said establishment closed up Business in the year one thousand Eight Hundred and fourteen that she was not personally or intimately acquainted with the said John Smith & family or was not imediately associated with them but knew them by General information in the neighbourhood and from the fact that she lived near them and her husband was one of the supertendant as afore said and from A number of other circumstances she has perfect recollection of the foregoing facts deponent further saith that the said John Smith & family removed from said Town about thirty years ago to Vernon Oneida Co N.Y. 
[signed] Frances Batterman
subscribed and sworn to Before me the 9th day of June 1848
[signed] James A McKown Justice
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I do heareby certify that Mrs Batterman is of Good Sound Mind & memory Also of the most Respectability 
Guilderland June the 9th 1848 
[signed] James A McKown Justice
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Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 25033 
Elizabeth Smith 
Wid of John Smith 
Priv Rev War
Act: Feb 2nd 1848 
Index:- Vol. S, Page 226
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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10724
New York
Elizabeth Smith
Widow of John Smith
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the
1824
of Vernon in the State of New York
who was a private in the
commanded by Captain
of the
Regt commanded by Col. Van Schaick in the
New York line for the term of
the war

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y.
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of
September 1849 and sent to
Wm Valentine, Albany, N.Y.
Total amount,
$
---
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by
J P. Chase Clerk,
Book D.  Vol 1   Page 545
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New York
Elizabeth Smith
widow of John Smith
who was a Private
in the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of September '49 and sent to Wm Valentine, 
Albany
New York
{Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.}
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2
Page 85
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5052
New York. Albany
Elizabeth Smith widow of John Smith who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Sept 1849. and sent to Wm Valentine Albany New York 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 188 Vol. 4 

[illegible] to Mr Gordon Feb 2/50
Letter to Wm Valentine April 13, 1850 
Let to same Nov 19. [1850]
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[Page is blacked out]
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No 13690
Elizabeth Smith
NY
Let. to Hon. J. J. Slingerland
August 1st 1848
let to Wm. Valentine 
Let. to Hon. J. J. Slingerland
Dec. 20th ‘48

act 7 July 1838
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The Records of the New York Continental line, show that there were seven soldiers of
that line, named John Smith, and that Warrants for bounty land have issued to
each and all of them many years ago
[W. G.]
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John Smith 5th Oneida Co NY 
Act 18 March 1818 $96 per 
Old case   To what time was he last paid?
G.C.A

Pension Office 
July 27 1848 

Paid to 4th Sept. 1824 
BLB
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Letter
Inc to $96 per annum 
dedg former payts at $80 per annum, 
Com’g 1 July 1848.


Wm Valentine 
Albany NY
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Albany N.Y. Oct 26th 1850
Sir
Enclosed is the Declaration of Elizabeth Smith
for an increase of her pension under the joint
Resolution of July 1st 1848, and her pension certificate is herewith returned that a new
one may issue at the increased rate -
I am Yours very respectfully
Wm Valentine

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington
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Payment to be made Albany N.Y. by
F W Olcott, Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Albany N.Y.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 188 Vol. 4
J. P. Chase Clerk
From
WM Valentine
Albany N.Y.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848,
Elizabeth Smith
widow of John Smith
who was a Private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this 5th day of September
one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Albany N.Y. Sept 16th 1848
Sir
Enclosed is a new declaration and additional
testimony, as required by your Letter of the 1st of August last in the case of Elizabeth Smith widow of John Smith deceased under the Acts of 1838. 43. & 44
I am Your my respectfully
Wm Valentine
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comm of Pensions
Washington
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Sir
Albany N.Y. Dec 8th 1848
Enclosed is additional evidence in the case
of Elizabeth Smith widow of John Smith deceased in connection with which, I would respectfully solicit a careful reinvestigation of all the evidence on file in this case and I trust there will be a favourable issue and the claims admitted upon the proof on file,
I am Yours very respectfully
[signed] Wm Valentine

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington
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Albany N.Y. May 15th 1849 
Sir 
Enclosed is additional evidence in the case of Elizabeth Smith widow of John Smith late a pensioner of Oneida County N.Y. in her application under the Act of 1838 and subsequent laws – 
I am yours very respectfully 
[signed] Wm Valentine 

J.L. Edwards 
commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
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Albany N.Y. Jany 26th 1850 
Sir 
Elizabeth Smith, widow of John Smith, who was placed on the pension roll in Sept last under the Acts of 1838 and subsiquent laws, is about to assert her claim for dower in bounty land, and in order to aid in the investigation, it is desirable to learn from her husbands Declaration or the proof on file, the names of the officers under whom he served with such other information as may be deemed serviceable or enable the claimant (by the ballotting Book) to refer to the location of the land 
It will be esteemed a favour to receive this information at the earliest practicable moment 
I am Yours very respectfully 
[signed] Wm Valentine 

J.L. Edwards Esqr 
Comr of Pensions 
Washington
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State of New York 
County of Oneida } On this 6th day of September 1848 before me John P. Shetwood a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personly appeared Robert Waterson who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth that he is seventy two years of age that in the year one thousand eight hundred or there abouts he became acquainted with a man by the name of John Smith who was employed in a glass manufactoring establishment in the Town of Guilderland Albany Co. N.Y. And that he also knew him to be employed in a glass establishment after his removal to Vernon Oneida County N.Y. Deponant further saith he knew of the said John Smith applying for a pension and that he was some years endevouring to obtain said pension before he succeeded, and that when he succeeded he drew over four hundred dollars, as he has heard the said John Smith often say, And also that he has heard the said John Smith say that he let his son John Smith Jnr have one hundred dollars of the first money be drew from the Uninited States Government, and that he drew ninety six dollars per Anum, Deponant further saith that the said John Smith who was a pensioner died in the town of Vernon County afore said in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty three as near as deponant can now recollect deponant recollects distinctly of attending his funeral and of assisting in
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leying him out after his death, Deponant also saith thare was not nor is not any gravestone or any thing of the kind by which the date of his death was or is known at the present time, Deponant further saith that he knew the wife of the aforesaid John Smith that her name was elizabeth and that after the death of the said John Smith his wife the said Elizabeth removed from the town of Vernon to live with her children whose names deponant saith was William John, James and Jacob as deponent has always understood and believes – 
The word "said "and “its" in the 15th line from the top erased and the words "a glass" and "his” enterlined before execution – 
[signed] Robert Watterson
Subscribed and sworn to before me 
[signed] John P. Sherwood 
Justice of the Peace 
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Robert Waterson and have been for twenty years and upwards and know him to be a man of good moral character and his statement is entitled to full faith and credit under any all all circumstances 
[signed] John P. Sherwood 
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York 
Oneida County ss: On this sixth day of September 1848 personally came before me John P. Sherwood a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oneida, Ariel Norton who being duly sworn saith the resides in the Town of Vernon in the said county of Oneida about one mile from what is and has been called the Oneida Glass Factory that he is sixty five years of age and upwards, that he has resided in the said Town Vernon ever since the year eighteen hundred and eleven, that during the whole of the said time he has been a practicing Physician, that he very frequently attended families as Physician at the said Glass Factory during the years 1820, 1821, 1822 and 1823 and before and since, that he was during those years well acquainted with John Smith untill the time of his death, that the said John Smith was a Laborer in or about said factory, that said Smith had a wife who was called Elizabeth and a family of Children, that this deponent doctored in the family of said Smith in diferent years That the said Smith was taken sick as near as this deponent can recollect on or about the 28 day of December 1822 that this deponent then attended him as Physician and continued to attend him as such physician from time to time untill the 12th day of March 1823 as per the account book of this deponent. which is paid herein viz  (over)
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John Smith O.G.F.  D.
December 28, 1822 
Attention & [illegible, opinion?]  2/-
1823 – January 3d to Visit Julip & Nitric acid 4/-
January 4 Attention  2/
January 6  Visit & Medicine [illegible]  6/-
January 7 Visit & Medicine  4/-
January 8 Visit & Medicine  4/-
January 9 Visit Cathartic, oil &c. 4/-
January 10 Visit & Medicine  4/-
February 22d Visit Gum complain &c  5/-
March 2d Visit & Medicine 5/-
March 3d Visit & Medicine 5/-
March 4th Visit, oil & parg 5/-
March 12th Attention & advice 2/-
And this deponent further saith that the above items is a true copy taken from my account book, which items were intered in said Book on or about the time as above stated and while this deponent was attending said Smith, that this deponent verily believes that the said John Smith died within a few days after the last visit of this deponent to him, to wit, the 12 day of March 1823. This deponent further saith that he understood and it was so stated in the family of the said Smith that the said John Smith above named was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that he drew a pension of $96 a year. This deponent further saith that he at the time above stated, knew James Smith, and William Smith, children of said John Smith, that
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after the death of the said John Smith the said Elizabeth his widow & her children moved from the said Town of Vernon to reside with some of her relations, as this deponent was informed and believes 
This deponent further saith that the said Oneida Glass Factory was located in the Town of Vernon in said County of Oneida that the (O G. F) marked at the top of the above account was meant to designate the above named John Smith from other John Smiths and means Oneida Glass Factory 
[signed] Ariel Norton
N.B. the words "Wife" erased & the word “widow” interlined before execution
Subscribed & Sworn to before me the day & year first above mentioned 
[signed] John P. Sherwood 
Justice of the Peace 
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Ariel Norton and have been for twenty five years and upwards and that I know him to be a man of good moral character and that his statement is entitled to full credit & belief
[signed] John P. Sherwood 
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York 
County of Oneida } s  On this sixth day of September 1848 before me John P. Sherwood a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Willette H Shearman of Vernon who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was Agent and superintendent out of the Oneida Glass Factory in the Town and County afore said from April one thousand eight hundred and thirteen to the year, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six That one John Smith was employed as a workman for several years in said establishment To wit, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two and for several years previous to that That the last work by him done was on the second day of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty two when he sickened. That his accounts were closed up on the Books of said company on the fourteenth of December thare after That this deponent knew the said John Smith was a pensioner in said County of Oneida And that he died at a period not far distant from the last mentioned date and with that sickness That he left a widow whose name was said to be Elizabeth That she moved from the afore said town soon after the death of her husband the said John Smith This Deponant further saith that he knew two of the sons of the said John and Elizabeth Smith To wit
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John Smith Jun and William Smith both of whom has been in the employ of this Deponant 
[signed] Willette H. Shearman
Subscribed & Sworn to this 6th day of September 1848 before me 
[signed] John P. Sherwood
Justice of the Peace 
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Willette H. Shearman and have been for twenty years and upwards and know him to be a man of good moral Character and his statements are entitled to belief & credit 
[signed] John P. Sherwood 
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York 
Clerks Office 
Oneida County ss.  I, Patrick Mahon Clerk of the said County certify, that John P. Sherwood Esquire was on the Sixth day of September AD 1848 a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oneida duly elected and authorized to act as such: and that the several signatures subscribed to the foregoing Depositions purporting to be those of the said Justice are genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Official seal and Subscribed my name Sept 7 1848 
[signed] Patrick Mahon Clerk 
For James Edgar Dep Clk
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To J L Edwards Esq 
Plese to Report to me at your earliest convenience 
[signed] John J Slingerland

forwarded by Wm Valentine from Albany New York
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State of New York
County of Albany

Elizabeth Smith of Watervliet in said county who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth that she the widow of John Smith deceased and is an applicant for a pension, That her husband the said John Smith was a pensioner of the United States and died in the county of Oneida and State aforesaid, That when she made the declaration for a pension some four or five months ago, she stated that her husband died about twenty years ago as near as she can recollect. That she nor her husband has or ever had any record of their ages and she has no record of the date of his death. That when she made her declaration aforesaid, she had but little time for reflection or enquiry, & being informed that the precise date of the husbands death or of her age was not material & that it was only necessary for her to state as near as her memory then served her, she then stated that he died about twenty years ago, being as near as she could then recollect, since which time being assisted by her daughter in law and other relatives, she has become satisfied that it is about twenty five years. Deponent further saith that she was nineteen years of age when she was married and as near as she can now recollect her marriage took place in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three or four. That the foregoing is the only reason she can give for any discrepancies that may exist between her statement and the evidence as to the date of her husbands death or of her age. And she now makes the foregoing statement by way of an amendment and correction to her Declaration aforesaid.
[signed] Elizabeth Smith X her mark
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 30 day of November 1848
[signed] J. B. Houghtaling Justice of the Peace

I certify that deponent is the identical person above named,
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And the reason of her not writing her name, is, that she never learned to write
[signed] J. B. Houghtaling Justice of the Peace

State of New-York, 
CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY, CLERK’S OFFICE, } ss.
I, L. Van Deusen Clerk of the City and County of Albany aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that J. B. Houghtaling was on the day of the date of the annexed Affidavit and Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly appointed and sworn, and that the signatures to the Jurat of said Affidavit and to the said Certificate, purporting to be his, are genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of the said County, this Sixth day of December 1848.


Mrs Smith
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State of New York 
County of Albany } ss  M. D. Moore being first duly sworn according to law Deposeth that he was present some four or five months since when the enquiries was made of Elizabeth Smith widow of John Smith deceased relative to the date of her husbands death, her own age, and other matters connected with her application for a pension. That when the enquiries was made as to the date of her husbands death as well as her age both were given from her recollection and not from any record of either, and she was then informed by her Agent William Valentine that the precise date was not material, but she was only required to give the dates as near as she could recollect 
[signed] M. D. Moore
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 5th day of November 1848 
[signed] Daniel W Mills 
Commission of deeds 
I certify that I am personally acquainted with M D Moore above named and that he is a person of strict moral and religious character and the most implicit confidence may be given to his statement, either under oath or otherwise 
[signed] Daniel W Mills 
Commissioner of deeds
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State of New York
County of Albany } ss
William Valentine being first duly sworn, according to law Deposeth that he is the Agent in the prosecution of the claim of Elizabeth Smith, widow of John Smith deceased for a pension, that when he first approached Mrs Smith for the purpose of preparing her Declaration for a pension, he enquired among other things, when her husband died, to which she replied after a few moments of reflection, having no record of it, that as near as she could recollect, it was about twenty years, he then enquired of her son Jacob with whom she resides & who was present, how long he thought it was, and he answered, about twenty years, deponant accordingly put it so in her declaration and also in the deposition of her son aforesaid. That he deponant then supposed & so remarked to them, that the precise date was not material, but they were merely required to state as near as their memories served them, Deponant further saith that he supposed, as no pension was to date from his death, that the precise date was not material, nor that it was necessary for her to give her age with as much precision as might be required under some other circumstances, And the Declaration aforesaid was made by Mrs Smith before any information was obtained from any other source as to the date of her husbands death. Deponant also saith that he has not been able to find any record of the death of the husband of Mrs Smith or of her age & doth not believe there is any record of either, Deponant also saith that the foregoing are the only reasons he can give for any discrepances which may exist between the statement of Mrs Smith and the evidence, as to the date of her husbands death or of her age, 
[signed] Wm Valentine
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 5th day of November 1848 
the words "whom & deponant" interlined before execution 
[signed] Daniel W. Mills 
Commissioner of deeds
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State of New-York, 
CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY, CLERKS OFFICE, } ss.
I, L. Van Deusen Clerk of the City and County of Albany aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Daniel W. Mills was on the day of the date of the annexed Affidavits and Certificates a Commissioner of deeds in and for said County, duly appointed and sworn, and that the signatures to the Jurat of said Affidavits and to the said Certificates purporting to be his, are genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of the said County, this Sixth day of December 1848. 
[signed] L. Van Deusen Clerk.
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State of New York 
City & County of Albany
Justices Court } ss 
On the 28th day of August 1848 in open Court, the same being a Court of Record, personally appeared Elizabeth Smith aged about eighty five years, who being just duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838, March 3rd 1843, and from June 17th 1844. That she is the widow of John Smith who was a pensioner of the United States and died in the County of Oneida and State of New York on or about the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight or about twenty years ago as near as declarant can now recollect. That her husband the said John Smith, was a regular enlisted soldier and served in the New York line, knows him to have been a regular enlisted soldier from the fact that he received bounty land, this declarant, having been solicited to join as a party in the conveyance of said land and declined doing so, That she was offered in addition to the compensation to her husband, the best silk dress she could select, but declined said offer and never did sign any deed or conveyance for her right in said land. Declarant further saith that her husband served under Capt Sytez, the rank in which he served she can not tell with certainty but believes he was a private. Declarant also saith that she has no knowledge or information of any records relating to dead husbands services, but the foregoing facts are entirely from her own recollection as to what she has heard from her said husband. The reason she has not heretofore made application for a pension is because her son with whom she lived since the death of her husband, was informed that she was not entitled because she was not married
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before the close of the War of the Revolution. And the reason she has not asserted the right to dower in the land granted to her husband she was informed that, as she was not entitled to a pension, she was not entitled to any interest in the land, besides which she as well as her children was poor & had not the legal ability or means to investigate or pursue the matter & therefore nothing had been done in the premises. That she was married to the said John Smith by a Methodist Episcopal Circuit minister in what is now known as the Town of Clifton Park, County of Saratoga and State of New York on or about the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three or four, that her maiden name was Elizabeth Rice, and was married to the said John Smith before the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four viz at the time and place above stated. Declarant further saith that the names of some of her children was Jacob James, William and John, Declarant further saith that she made a Declaration some three months ago, to which in connection with the proof on file in the pension office with such as may be furnished by her Agent Wm Valentine she refers the Department in support of her claim for a pension as aforesaid Declarant further saith that the minister by whom she was married did not reside in the Town where she was married & doth not know precisely when he resided but thinks it was not far, as he being a circuit minister sometimes preached in said town of Clifton Park
[signed] Elizabeth Smith X her mark

the word "proof" interlined before execution
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 28th day of August 1848 
in open Court 
[signed] Abm Morrell
Justice of the Justices Court of the City of Albany
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I certify that Elizabeth Smith above named is the same person who made a Declaration for a pension before me some three months since. That I have carefully examined her in relation to the material facts set forth in the foregoing Declaration and verily believe her statement as therein set forth is entitled to full faith and credit. I further certify the reason of her not writing her name is that she never learned to write. 
Given under my hand this 28 day of August A.D. 1848
[signed] Abm Morrell
Justice of the Justices Court of the City of Albany

State of New York 
City of Albany Justices Court } ss I C A Ten Eyck clerk of the Justices court hereby certify that Abm Morrell above named is one of the Justices of the Justices Court in and for the city of Albany and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
I further certify that the same is a court of Record and expressly so declared in the law of this State, under and by which said Court was organized & by which is still a court of Record 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said court in the City of Albany this 28th day of August 1848 
[signed] C. A. Ten Eyck Clerk
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State of New York 
County of Albany  ss. 
On this 22d day of August 1848 Before me Martin Winne a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared James B Houghtaling, who being duly sworn, deposes and says, during the year 1844 & 1845, he was the Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Watervliet Known and distinguished formerly by the name of the M. E. Church Niskayuna, in the county aforesaid, that during that time he had occasion for important reasons, to examine the records of Births, Marriages & Baptisms, of said church, and could find none prior to the year 1800, and was informed that none had been kept prior to that time - And further this deponent saith not. [signed] J. B. Houghtaling
Subscribed & Sworn 22d day of August Before me
[signed] Martin Winne Justice

State of New-York, 
CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY, CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, L. Van Deusen Clerk of the City and County of Albany aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Martin Winne was on the day of the date of the annexed Affidavit and Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly appointed and sworn, and that the signatures to the Jurat of said Affidavit and to the said Certificate, purporting to be his, are genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of the said County, this Sixteenth day of September 1848. 
[signed] L. Van Deusen Clerk.
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State of New York 
County of Oneida } ss
Willett H Sherman Robert Waterson and Ariel Norton residents of Vernon in the county aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law depose and say that they are the persons who have heretofore made depositions in the case of Elizabeth Smith widow of John Smith, in her application for a pension. That when said depositions were made as well as at the present time deponants had or have no positive means of knowing the precise date of the death of said John Smith, but their statements, as then made were based upon the circumstance of their several accounts with said Smith being closed or last entries made about that time, The supposition was that he died soon after that date, but this being founded upon circumstances & memory only they may have been mistaken in the date of his death.- And at present deponants are unable to make any further explanation or correction than the foregoing 
[signed] Willette H. Shearman 
Ariel Norton 
Robert Watterson 
subscribed & Sworn to before me this 11th day May 1849 – 
[signed] Ralph McIntosh 
Justice of the peace 
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Willett H Sherman Ariel Norton and Robt Waterson above named. That they are persons of the first reputability and standing, and their statement is entitled to the most implicit confidence.
[signed] Ralph McIntosh Justice of the peace
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State of New York 
Clerks Office 
Oneida County – ss  I. Patrick Mahon Clerk of the said County certify, that Ralph McIntosh Esq was on the 11 day of May 1849 a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oneida duly elected and authorized to act as such and that the signatures purporting to be those of the said Justice on the opposite side, and on the half sheet thereunto annexed are genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County & subscribed my name May 12, 1849 
[signed] Patrick Mahon Clerk 
for James Edgar Dep. Clk
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State of New York 
County of Oneida } ss
Robert Waterson Aged seventy two years, Willett H Sherman aged fifty seven years Ariel Norton Aged Sixty eight years, Alanson Clark aged forty five years. Achsa Root aged sixty eight years and Rebecca Waterson aged sixty eight years, all residents of Vernon in the County and State aforesaid being each duly sworn according to law depose and say that they were each personally acquainted with John Smith who in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, also before and after, resided in the Town and County aforesaid, That most of the time during which he resided in said Town he was employed in a Glass Manufacturing establishment then in operation, that the said John Smith was a pensioner of the United States and died in said Town of Vernon on or about the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, as near as deponents can now recollect, and that it was not exceeding two years after & not before that date, that it was generally known and believed in the neighbourhood at that time as will as the present that the said John Smith was a pensioner as aforesaid, and further that deponants never knew or heard of any other person by that name who was a pensioner and resided in the Town or county aforesaid, Deponants further saith that they were each personally acquainted with the person who the said Smith then resided with & who was his reputed wife & subsequently his widow; That she is now in the presance of these deponants and from their own knowlege and recollection they each distinctly recognise her & unequivocally say that she is the identical widow of John Smith the pensioner above described – 
[signed] Robert Watterson 
Willette N. Shearman 
Ariel Norton
Alanson Clarke 
Achsa Root
Rebecca Waterson X her mark
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 11th day of May 1849 – 
the word "not before "erased & the word, “& not before" interlined before execution. the word "with" also interlined before execution 
[signed] Ralph McIntosh 
Justice of the peace
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I certify that the within named deponants all are persons of the first respectability and standing as much so as any who reside in this vicinity, That I have not the least doubt as to the truth of their statements as therein set forth 
[signed] Ralph McIntosh
Justice of the peace 
Clerk State of New York
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from Wm Valentine
Albany
N.Y.
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STATE OF New York 
County of Albany - } Ss.
On this ninth day of October A. D. 1850, before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Elizabeth Smith of Watervliet N.Y. who being duly sworn, upon her oath makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 29th 1848 and of the joint resolution of July 1st 1848 - That she is the widow of John Smith late of Oneida County N.Y. deceased, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and received in his life-time a pension from the United States, at the rate of $96 per annum. That since the decease of her said husband she has been allowed a pension at the rate of $80 per annum, and is now in the receipt of the same. She further states, that she believes that by virtue of said Act of July 29th 1848 or of said joint Resolution of July 1st 1848. she is entitled to an increase of pension. She therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds, and asks that a new certificate may be issued to her for such amount of pension as she may be entitled to by law. 
[signed] Elizabeth Smith X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this ninth day of October A. D. 1850 
[signed] J. B. Houghtaling Justice of the Peace 

I certify the reason of said Elizabeth Smith not writing her name is that she never learned to write and further that I know her be the identical person above named 
[signed] J. B. Houghtaling Justice of the Peace 

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