Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2126-150, for Joseph S Smith, Maryland
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Continental  Smith, Joseph, S. B.L Wt 2126.150.Cornet
Armand’s Corps Issued May 28, 1789
Md. Res in 1806
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(3. 1776)
Service
{Continental Armand's Corps}
Smith, Joseph, S.
MD. res. in 1806
Number
B.L.Wa, 2126-150-Cornet
Issued May, 28, 1789
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United States of America
Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Joseph Smith of Taney Town in the County of Frederick and state of Maryland do make, constitute, and appoint Clement Smith of George Town District of Columbia, my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my Name to ask, demand, & recieve from the Secretary of War or from such authority as may be competent to grant or issue the same, a certificate or Warrant for such funds as I may be entitled to from the United States, for services rendered during the Revolutionary War as a Cornet of Dragoons in Armands Partizan Legion
with Power also an Attorney or Attornies, under him for that Purpose, to make and substitute, and do all lawful Acts requisite for effecting the Premises; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his Substitute, or Substitutes, shall do therein by virtue hereof 
In witness where of, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Twenty Eighth Day of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and six.
Signed, sealed and Delivered 
in the Presence of
JOHN COX Merchant George Town 
Jos Smith
Richard Smith Clk. Off. of D&D Wash.
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DISTRICT OF

Be it Known, That on the Twenty eighth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred six - before me, Walter Smith,
Notary Public, dwelling in Georgetown, in the County of Washington
and district of Columbia, came
Joseph Smith___
- --- ---
above named, and acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be his Act and Deed,
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto at my Hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, the Day and Year last aforesaid.
Walter Smith
Notary Public.
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Received 11th June 1806, of the [illegible]
of war a Land warrant in favor
Joseph L. Smith for two hundred acres
No. 21264 dated 28th day May 1789
C. Smith
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Joseph S. Smith
B. L. Wt. 2126 - 150
The record of Joseph S. Smith is given below:
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Warrant No. 2126, for one hundred fifty acres of bounty land was issued May 28, 1789, on account of the service of Joseph S. Smith as a cornet of dragoons in Armand's Partisan Legion, Revolutionary War.
In 1806, Joseph S. Smith was residing in 
 Taneytown, Frederick County, Maryland, the date and place of his birth and names of parents are not given. It is not stated whether he ever married.
The following names appear in the soldier's claim but no relationship to him was shown:
Clement Smith, in 1806, a resident of Georgetown, District of Columbia.
Richard Smith  '' " held a clerkship in the District of Columbia.
Walter Smith, " " a notary public residing in Georgetown, D. C.
There are no further data relative to Joseph S. Smith.
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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1915, Apr 21- Hist to - Mrs. F. W. Matteson
1934 Oct. 18 - Hist. to - Mrs. A. E McClanahan
MLB
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Sept. 24, 1934
Director of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please give me any information
you have on Dr. Clement Smith,
Alexander Lawson Smith, Dr Joseph
Sim Smith, and Patrick Sim Smith, all of Maryland. And any information about William B Tyler of Maryland during the Revolution, who later came to Tennessee.
also I would like to get any information on Robert Anderson of Virginia, who I think was an officer in the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you very much
I am very truly
Mrs. A. E. McClanahan
Route 1. Nashville, Tennessee..
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NATIONAL SOCIETY OF UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812
332 WEST 87th STREET, NEW YORK CITY

[stamped in black ink] RECORD DIVISION
APR 14  1915

CHARTER TRUSTEES
Mrs. WILLIAM GERRY SLADE
Mrs. GEO. R. WOODWARD
Mrs. BOWMAN A. McCALLA
Mrs. EDWARD ROBY, CHAIRMAN

Mrs. WILLIAM GERRY SLADE, New York, PRESIDENT NATIONAL
[ribbon with star and anchor]U-S-D 1812

Mrs. B.C. Whitney, Michigan, First Vice-Pres. National Mrs. Frank Wheaton, Colorado, Cor. Sec. National
Mrs. Robert Hall Wiles, Illinois, Second Vice-Pres. National Mrs. Clarence F. R. Jenne, Vermont, Treas. National
Mrs. George H. Wilson, Kentucky, Third Vice-Pres. National Mrs. Z. T. Fulmore, Texas, Curator National
Mrs. Fiora Adams Darling, Founder General, Director National Mrs. John B. Richardson, Louisiana, Historian National
Mrs. Millard F. Corkran, Delaware, Rec. Sec. National Mrs. Edward Roby, Illinois, Charter Trustee National
Mrs. George A. Ludin, New York, Special Secretary National

Date, April 12th,,1915
Commissionser of Pensions
Military Secretary

Dear Sir:
We desire to place the official bronze grave marker of our Society upon the grave of Dr. Joseph Sim Smith
(Name of Soldier)
if his services in the War of 1812 can be verified. He is believed to have enlisted in the service from the State of Maryland and to have served as follows: Cornet or 2nd Lieut of 1st Battalion of Cavalry - Armands Partisan Corps
17-20-1782. Surpens Mate Maryland Line 1780. Major Maryland Militia 1793. 

Kindly give me an official record of his services, if possible. Yours truly, 
Signature, Mary L. Matteson (Mrs F.W)
Secretary for Memorials and Grave Markers
D. C, Chairman - 3838 Woodley Lane N. W.
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NATIONAL SOCIETY OF UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812
332 WEST 87th STREET, NEW YORK CITY

[stamped in black ink] RECORD DIVISION
APR 14  1915

CHARTER TRUSTEES
Mrs. WILLIAM GERRY SLADE
Mrs. GEO. R. WOODWARD
Mrs. BOWMAN A. McCALLA
Mrs. EDWARD ROBY, CHAIRMAN

Mrs. WILLIAM GERRY SLADE, New York, PRESIDENT NATIONAL
[ribbon with star and anchor]U-S-D 1812

Mrs. B.C. Whitney, Michigan, First Vice-Pres. National Mrs. Frank Wheaton, Colorado, Cor. Sec. National
Mrs. Robert Hall Wiles, Illinois, Second Vice-Pres. National Mrs. Clarence F. R. Jenne, Vermont, Treas. National
Mrs. George H. Wilson, Kentucky, Third Vice-Pres. National Mrs. Z. T. Fulmore, Texas, Curator National
Mrs. Fiora Adams Darling, Founder General, Director National Mrs. John B. Richardson, Louisiana, Historian National
Mrs. Millard F. Corkran, Delaware, Rec. Sec. National Mrs. Edward Roby, Illinois, Charter Trustee National
Mrs. George A. Ludin, New York, Special Secretary National

Date, April 12th,,1915
Commissionser of Pensions
Military Secretary

Dear Sir:
We desire to place the official bronze grave marker of our Society upon the grave of Dr. Joseph Sim Smith
(Name of Soldier)
if his services in the War of 1812 can be verified. He is believed to have enlisted in the service from the State of Maryland and to have served as follows: [illegible] or 2nd Lieut of 1st Battalion of Cavalry - Armands Partisan Corps
17-20-1782. Surpens Mate Maryland Line 1780. Major Maryland Militia 1793. 

Kindly give me an official record of his services, if possible. Yours truly, 
Signature, Mary L. Matteson (Mrs F.W)
Secretary for Memorials and Grave Markers
D. C, Chairman - 3838 Woodley Lane N. W.
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October 18, 1934
*************[illegible]
Alexander Lawson Smith
W. 4247
Mrs. A. E. McClanahan
Route #1
Nashville, Tennessee
*********
Joseph S. Smith
B. L. Wt. 2126-150
**********
[handwritten]This hist. Belongs in
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Dr. Clement Smith, Alexander Lawson Smith, Dr. Joseph Sim Smith, Patrick Sim Smith, all of Maryland; William Tyler who served from Maryland but later moved to Tennessee, and to Robert Anderson, of Virginia, all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained for pension and bounty land made to the United States based  upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of a Patrick Smith or William Tyler as described; or of any Clement Smith.

The data given by you in regard to Robert Anderson are not sufficient to enable this office to identify the record of the particular soldier of that name in whom you are interested, should it be on file. Please furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to Robert Anderson, when another search of the records will be made and a report furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

The records of Alexander Lawson Smith and Joseph S. Smith were found and are furnished herein.

Alexander Lawson Smith
W. 4247

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 4247, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Alexander Lawson Smith.
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The date and place of Alexander Lawson Smith's birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim.

He was commissioned captain July 13, 1776, and served as such in Stephenson's and Rawling's Rifle Regiments; he subsequently served as major and lieutenant colonel and left the service in September, 1780. During his service he was in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine and Monmouth.

Alexander Lawson Smith married sometime in August 1792, Martha Griffith, daughter of Samuel Griffith and his wife, Martha, at whose home they were married in Harford County, Maryland.

Solider died in January, 1802, in Harford County, Maryland.

Soldier's widow, Martha Smith, married in February, 1812, Samuel Jay, who died September 12, 1818.

Martha Jay, former widow of Alexander Lawson Smith, was allowed pension on her application executed August 19, 1842, at which time she was aged seventy-one years and a resident of Harford County, Maryland; her application was executed in the City of Baltimore.

In 1843, Martha Jay's address was given as Hall's Cross Roads, Harford County, Maryland.

No reference was made in the claim to any children of Alexander Lawson Smith and his wife, Martha.

The following family data are given in the claim:
Samuel Griffith was a resident of Harford County, Maryland, in January, 1794, where he died about June of that year, survived by his widow, Martha, and the following eight children: - Samuel Gouldsmith Griffith, Martha who married Alexander Lawson Smith, Frances, Sarah, John Hall Griffith, Edward, Luke and Alexander. Reference was also made to the elder Samuel's brother, Luke, deceased.

Reference was made in the claim to Frances Garrettson, sister-in-law of the above named Samuel Griffith, also to a Dr. Samuel Griffith whose relationship to the family of Griffiths was not shown.

The name of one Lewis Griffith appeared in the claim but his relationship was not stated.

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April 21, 1915

Mrs. F.W. Natteson
3838 Woodley Lane N.W.
Washington D. C.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 12" instant you are advised that Joseph S. Smith was allowed 150 acres of bounty land on warrant No. 2,126 on account of his services as a Cornet of Dragons in Around's Partisan Legion Revolutionary War. He resided in Taneytown, Maryland in 1806.

There is no data on file as to his family and no further data as to his residence and service than as above stated.
Very respectfully,
[handwritten] S.M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.