Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,769, for George Smith, New York
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
Continental 
New York 

Smith, George 

NUMBER 
S. 36,769 
B.L.Wt. 1920-200. Lieut Issued Oct. 23, 1790 No papers. 
Also recorded as above under Wt. 2572. 

CONTENTS 
In 1818 aged 68 yrs res of Stratford, Fairfield Co, Conn.
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… tion sent the 20th March
…Esqr.  Clk: of Fairfield Coy. Commr
See letter to H. W. Edwards N.P.P
May 4. 1824
D. Oct. 13, 1822


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George Smith of Hartford, Fairfield Co in the State of Connecticut who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Livingston of the New York line, for the term of 6 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence the 11 of April 1818 

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd of Feby 1819 and sent to Judge Edwards, Bridgeport Fairfield Co Connectt. 

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 4 mos 24-30  96
Semi-anl, all’ce ending 4 March 1819.  120 
[total] $216 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 
Cont
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Geo Smith
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District of Connecticut ss 
Stratford in the County of Fairfield, in said District on the 11 day of April 1818 I George Smith of said Stratford do under oath declare, before Pierpoint Edwards Judge of said District; In which District now and for nearly twenty years last past have resided 
That on the twenty first day of November In the year 1776 I was appointed second Lieutenant of the Company No 1 of the Fourth Battalion of New York forces in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof.
That I joined and did duty in the Regiment untill the Fourth day of October 1777, which day I was appointed Dept. Judge Advocate General to the Northern Department of the Honable Major General Horatio Gates.
That I continued with him him and untill the command of the Northern Army ceased when I fell under the command of his Exelency General Washington, That at the close of the War I settled my accounts as Advocate up to the first day of April as will appear from the Records of the pay office, and drew my Bounty lands at the Close of the War from the State of New York, and from the United States 
And I further make oath that by reason of my reduced Circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my Country for support, and that I am now a resident Citizen of the United States, and have been a resident Citizen of the United States ever since the declaration of Independence 
[signed] Geo. Smith
District of Connecticut ss  April 11th 1818 the aforenamed George Smith came before me & in my presence subscribed the aforesaid declaration & made oath that the same is true
[signed] Pierpoint Edwards 
District Judge of District
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District of Connecticut ss 
Personally appeared before me Pierpoint Edwards Judge of said District David Plant Esqr of Stratford in said District who being duly sworn, Deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with George Smith mentioned in the foregoing declaration That he is a resident citizen of Stratford and has been a resident citizen of Stratford for nearly twenty years last past 
[signed] David Plant
April 13. 1818
April 13th 1818 sworn before me 
[signed] Pierpoint Edwards 
District Judge of the District of Connecticut
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Josiah Meigs certificate 
Lieut: George Smiths petition 
No 3 
Revolutionary Service.
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General Land Office
I do hereby certify that military Land Warrant No. 2592. dated 23 October 1790, for Two hundred Acres, issued in favor of George Smith, a Lieutenant in the late New York Line was on the 10th February 1800. registered by, & for William Steele, & located with many more, amounting in the whole to 4000 acres, on the Second Lot of the Third Township in the Seventeenth Range, of the tract appropriated for satisfying thereunto for military services. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, & caused to be affixed the seal of this Office, at the City of Washington this 24 September 1819. 
[signed] Joseph Hays 
Commissioner of the Genl. Land Office.
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Smith
confirmed

(March 1819)
continue
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 13th day of June 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED in open Court, George Smith a resident in the town of Stratford in the County of Fairfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.
6 Windsor Chairs – 1 Cherry Table – 2 pine chests
2 pine writing desks – 1 chest of drawers – 1 Gun
1 Gridiron – 6 old casks - 1 Gridle
1 [illegible] – 2 iron pots - 1 spider
2 small skillets - 1 Book case & 5 doz. old Books
2 nail hammers - 2 spinning wheels - 3 pine Tables
1 Gimblett  - 1 Auger - 1 Handsaw
1 axe - 1 Hatchet - 1 Chissel
1 Tea Kettles  - 1 old trunk - 3 raisors & a Box
2 fishing lines & hooks. - 1 doz. tea cups & saucers - 3 Baskets
1 stand  - 1 tin oven - 2 Demijohns
1 old cradle - 1 Reel  - 1 Bag
2 bake pans - 2 pails - 3 Decanters & 4 glasses
5 tumblers – 1 doz. earthen plates  1 sett old crockery & glassware
1 Bible – 2 hoes & rakes 
1 Beetle & wedges  1 wash tub  -  6 old cider & meat Barrels
1 doz. knives & forks  6 spoons - 2 trammels
1 drawing knife - 2 stone jugs -  1 large spinning wheel
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court as aforesd.
this 13th day of June 1820 by me.
[signed] Geo. Smith
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District and State of Connecticut, ss. 
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 15th day of June 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, George Smith aged seventy years, resident in the Town of Stratford in the County of Fairfield in said State, and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: from November 1776 to the 4th of October 1777 in the company commanded by Capt Sacket …
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Livingstons Regiment being the 4th Regiment … York line and that in sd. October 1777 … Deputy judge advocate general under … to serve as such from that time until April 1780, … by said Gen. Gates on secret service in which he remained … the war in 1783. - and that his said commission of Livingston … department in 1818 in order to obtain his … that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the Act … 18th of March 1818, was dated the 11th day of April 1818; that in … he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 6341 And I do further 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, on 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 day 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation was formerly that of an attorney and counsellor at Law in the city of New York, but that I have followed no profession or occupation for twenty years past having been and being now in as feeble state of health and unable to support myself by labour and that I have a family residing with me consisting of two daughter viz. Lucy E aged 35 years and Charlotte Ann aged twenty six who are in bad health and contribute nothing to my support. And that for many years past I have received my support from two of my sons one of whom, Henry, resides in New York and the other Charles R. is a surgeons mate in the Navy of the U. States on board the [illegible] Frigate. 
[signed] Geo. Smith 
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid. 
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is forty three Dollars and forty seven Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court. 
Attest David Burr Clerk
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District of Connecticut, ss.
I, David Burr Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Fairfield in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is forty three Dollars and forty seven Cents. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this 13th day of June 1820
Attest David Burr Clerk 

I, Robert Fairchild Chief Judge of the County Court in and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that David Burr Esqr is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in Fairfield in said County this 13th day of June 1820.
[signed] Robert Fairchild
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May 4, 1926.
Mr. Chas. R. Hale,
33 Capitol Ave. 
Hartford, Conn. 
Sir: 
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 36769, it appears that George Smith was commissioned November 21, 1776, Second Lieutenant of the First Company, Fourth New York Battalion, and so served until October 4, 1777, when appointed Deputy Judge Advocate of the Northern Army and continued in service until the close of the war. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818 at which time he was 58 years old and a resident of Stratford, Conn. He died Oct. 13, 1822. 
From the papers in the pension claim, S.8269, it appears at Ebenezer Darrow was born Nov. 6, 1756, and served from 1776, to 1780, as a private, at various times amounting to 26 months, under Captains Samuel Thompson, Jabez Beebe, Richard Waite, Oliver Comstock and Griswold Avery, in the Conn. Troops. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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July 26, 1832, while living in Waterford, Conn. 
The date of his death is not on record. 
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT, 
Commissioner.
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Hartford Ct Feb. 27. 1926 
Revolutionary War Records Section 
Pension Dept 
Washington, D.C. 
Sir:
Please send me Revolutionary War record of Ebenezer Darrow of Waterford Ct who died April 29 - 1841 Age 86 and on 1832 pension Roll. 
Also of George Smith of Waterford. Conn. and on 1818 Pension Roll. 
We wish to get headstone for these veterans.
Yours very truly 
[signed] Chas. R. Hale 
33 Capital Ave 

Tombstone data only
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Address – 
To
Hon Charles H Peck 
Stratford, Fairfield Co. 
Connecticut 

[stamp]
U.S. Pension Office JUL 17 1905

[stamp]
OLD REV & 1812 SECTION FILES
JUL 19 1905
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To the Pension Office -   R
Please send to the address of Hon. Charles H Peck the copies of the pension claims Wm Gorham, b. in Stratford of April 1754. Married Mary Cannon Got a pension through Judge Robert Fairchild in 1818 for service in the Rev War 
Nathan Osborn, born Jan. 1753. 
He died in Stratford - Got a pension in 1818 through Judge Fair – 
George Smith died Oct. 13. 1823 in Stratford. He was from Long Island Judge Fairchild applied for his pension Sept. 6, 1819. 
[signed] Charles A Peck
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36769
Revy INVALID. 
File No. 36,769 
George Smith 
Lieut Rev War
Act: 18 March 18th
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 383 
{Arrangement of 1870.} 

Aug. 10. 1905 Hist to Hon. Chas. H. Peck, Stratford, Conn. 
1926. May 4, Tombstone data to Chas R. Hale
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IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, TO George Smith Gentleman
We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Second Lieutenant of the Company number one of the Fourth Battalion of New York forces in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a second Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as a second Lieutenant- And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Dated the twenty first day of November one thousand Seven hundred & Seventy Six
By Order of the Congress
[signed] John Hancock PRESIDENT
ATTEST. [signed] Chas Thomson Secy
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George Smith 
Lieut & Dept Judge Advocate Genl 
11th April 1818 
Admd.

[crossed out: The Judge's certificate, as to circumstances wanting in this case]

See letter to Hon. H. W. Edwards 4 May 1824

Pierpont Edwards Esq 
Bridgeport Fairfield Cy.
Connecticut 
Recd 27th May 1818
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I Pierpoint Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that George Smith who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed Schedule did serve in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his case to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant an act of Congress in such case made & provided said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed schedule 
May 20th 1818 
[signed] Pierpoint Edwards
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The Honorable John C. Calhoun 
Secretary of the Department of War 
Washington

George Smith
Lieut
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District of the State of Connecticut ss
Stratford December 3d 1818
Personally appeared before me Pierpoint Edwards District Judge of said District, Daniel Judson Esq and David Brooks of said Stratford persons will known to me, who being duly sworn depose and say that they are personally acquained, with said George Smith of said Bradford in the County of Fairfield who has put in his declaration for a Pension as a Revolutionary officer, that he is very poor and that he needs the aid of his country for a support 
[signed] Daniel Judson   David Brooks 

District of Connecticut ss  Dec 3d 1818
I Pierpoint Edwards district Judge of said District do certify that the said George Smith, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life does stand in need of the assistance of his Country for support 
[signed] Pierpoint Edwards