Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42341, for Benjamin Smith, Rhode Island
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Service R.I. Smith, Benjamin 
Number S. 42341

Contents
enl. at Providence RI
In 1821 res. of Westport, Essex Co. N.Y. aged 76 years & wife Anne
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9387
New
York
Benjamin Smith 2d
Westport in the state of New York
was a private in the regiment commanded by
Cornel Angell's of the Rhode Island
for the term of 6 years a
ribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the
of April 1818
certificate of Pension issued the 15 of April 1819
sent to D Rojs, Esq
Elizabeth C.k.
ars to 4th of March 1819 
/ [not legible] One 15/31  $85.29
anl, all'ce ending 4 Sept.
48.
$133.29
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Convened
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Notification sent May 8th 1821 to C.B. Hatch
Esqr West Port New York
Hon. A.C. Dodge 27 Febuary 1855
" Gen W. Jones June 24, 1856
[not legible]
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private
1777- 6 years
Col. Samuel Angells Ret
Rhode Island Line
Datin M
4.26
1.5
5.29
Service admd
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State of New York Essex County ss:
Benjamin Smith of the town of Westport in said County being duly sworn says that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five at Providence in the State of Rhode Island he enlisted as a private soldier to win for eight months and that at the expiration of that time he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Coggshall Oney at Smithfield in said State to serve for the span of one year and that he did serve for that period in the said company which made a part of the Regiment of Colonel Israel Angel at the expiration of which period he received an honorable discharge Since is lost - that this deponent then enlisted for during the war
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and did faithfully serve accordingly under the aforesaid Captain until he was promoted to a majority under Colonel Jeremiah Oney and that he was in the Rhode Island line and that he was discharged in Rhode Island honorably which is also lost - and that his final discharge was given to him in the year 1783 - and that by reason of his reduced circumstances he is in need of the assistance of his country for support
Benjamin Smith
Sworn & subscribed this 15th April 1818 before me Dan Ross First Judge of the Court of Common pleas for Essex County 
I certify that I am satisfied that the above statement is true-
April 15th 1828 
Dan Ross
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I do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the applicant Benjamin Smith did serve for nine months at one time on the continental establishment during the War of the Revolution 
May 1st 1818 
Dan Ross
State of New York County of Essex ss} I Thomas Stower Clerk of the County of Essex Certify that Daniel Ross Esquire before whom the fore going affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex aforesaid and that he was a first Judge of said County as aforesaid at the time the above certificate bears date and that his name written under the said affidavit and subscribed to the said Certificate is his own proper signature Witness whereof I have hereunto set my and & the seal of said County this 1st day of May 1818 
Thos Stown Clerk 
By Ashley Pond Dept 
I Daniel Ross first Judge as aforesaid do certify that the aforesaid Benjamin Smith by reason of his reduced circumstances is in need of the assistance of his country for support 
July 27th 1818- 
Dan Ross first Judge
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State of New York Essex County ss} I Thomas Stower Clerk of the County of Essex Certify that Daniel Ross Esquire before whom the within affidavit was taken and also by whom the last annexed certificate was made at the time they respectively can [illegible] was first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex and that his name written under the said affidavit and also subscribed to the last and certificate is his own proper signature. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said County this 28th day of July 1818 
Thos Stower Clerk
By Ashley Pond Dept
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Benj Smith 2nd
2d  9.3017
Sept 1819

C. B. Hatch Esq'r
Westport
N. York
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STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ESSEX ss:} On this [crossed out: line illegible] 9th day of January 1821. Personally appeared in open court, being a court of record of the said County of Essex Benjamin Smith 2nd aged seventy six years, resident in the Town of Westport in said County of Essex who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
Enlisted in the year 1776 for one year in Col Israel Angels Regiment in Capt Coggshall Oney's Company of the Rhode Island line & served the full period of his enlistment and then enlisted 1777 for & during the war in the same Reg & the same company where he served three years & still continued in the same Regiment under the command afterwards of Col. Jeremiah Oney & continued in the service under his company until the close of the war having served in the battle of little York [crossed out: illegible] at the taking of Cornwallis, at a  Battle near Fort Mifflin, the Battle of monmouth & others. The original declaration was dated the 15th day of April 1818 and the certificate is numbered 9387 signed J.C Calhoun 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"" pass'd on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or security, 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 
Benjamin Smith 2d
Sworn to and declared in open Court on the 9th day of January 1821 before me Thos Stower Clerk 
I Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk of the Court aforesaid hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court; that the total Amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is fitly four Dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court on this 12 day of January 1821 
(in the absence of Thomas Stover Clerk)
 Ashley and Dep. Clerk
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A Schedule of Property belonging to Benjamin Smith the second of the Town of Westport County of Essex & State of New York September 26th 1830 
2 Hogs weighing about one hundred pounds 
1 Common bible 
1 [illegible] Shackling [illegible] 
6 Do pewter plates 
1 Do Cast Handirons 
3 old tubs 
1 corn Basket 
1 set old knives & forks 
1 old Shovel & Tongs 
1 Candle Stand 
1 paper trunk about 2 feet long 
1 Quart decanter 
12 quart Jug 
1 Spider 
1 piece pail Kettle 
1 ^[illegible] Do 
1 half do
1 Churn 
2 wood Bowls 
1 clothes Basket 
3 old pails 
1 Do [illegible] [illegible]
1 Pewter Tea pot 
1 small looking glass 
1 half Bushel 
1 old [illegible] spinning wheel 
1 Do Woollen 
1 Do Quil which 
4 cream [illegible][illegible] Bowls 
6 plates 
1 old Handsaw 
1 Taping gauge
1 Flat Iron 
1 shaving knife 
1 pine cupboard 
about 20 Bushels of Corn 
A Life Lease of 25 acres of poor Land [illegible] 
the family consists of myself aged Seventy Six years able to labor about half my time & my wife Aune Smith is in a poor state
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health troubles much with the Asmy unable to labor the age seventy four years & on and [illegible][illegible]most part of the time ^Fuller aged Eleven years a healthy child which compose my family
Benjamin Smith 2d
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42341

INVALID.
Revy
File No. 42,341
Benjamin Smith
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 468

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Free Geo. W. Jones

To the
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[vertical]
Benjamin Smith 2d
NY March 1818  

Cole
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4S52
Mr. Randall

[right side vertical]
Benjamin Smith, 2nd. Paid to 4 Sept 1832
[illegible]
Auditor
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Pension Office. 
24th Feby 1855.

New York Rolls
Act 18th March 1818
$96 per annum.}

Benjamin Smith 2d
To what time paid?
When did he die?
S. Cole
for Commissioner

R.J Atkinson Esq'r
Third Auditor