Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,850, for Peter Smith, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Penn.
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Smith.Peter
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NUMBER
S.4850
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CONTENTS
b. 1736 in Berks Co. Pa. there at enl. (Northumberland Co. Mifflin Co.) active residences
res in 1833, Lake Twp. Wayne Co. Ohio.
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13,073.
Ohio Pittsburgh

Peter Smith
of Wayne Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the compy commanded by Captain Good of the  ------- commanded by ------ in the Penn ----- line for 9 mos

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. Pittsburgh, at the rate of    30. Dollars 00. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May 1833 and sent to E Avery Wooster, Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1883                  60.00  
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833    15.00
                                                                    -------
                                                                   $75.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{as of June 7. 1832}

Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk
Book E  Vol. 8  Page 127 

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Letter to 3d auditor 5 Dec 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 7th April 1838 agt notified 25 Dec 1838

Date of death not on A.B.
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Declaration in order to obtain benefit of the act of congress of the 7th June 1832
State of Ohio
Wayne County } ss.
On this 19th day of March 1833 personally appeared, in the court before the court of common pleas now sitting, Peter Smith a resident of the Lake township Wayne County Ohio aged about seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of June 7th 1832.
That he enetered the service of the United Statesunder Captain Jacob Drunkenmiller in the summer of 1776 enlisted for five months, and served seven months.
That in about a year and a half after his discharge he was drafted in the militia to go out against the Indians & served two months when he was discharged.
In the first service the whole company to which applicant belonged was [german].
Applicant has now a very imperfect memory but makes this declaration from the best of his recollection.
In answer to te following question to wit.
Where and in what year were you born?
He says he was born in the year 1756 within 8 or 9 miles of Longswamp Berks County Pennsylvania
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Question 2nd: Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Answer} I have no record of my age and none was ever kept to my knowledge.
Question 3rd} Where were youn living when called into service, where have you lived in the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer} I enlisted in Longswamp in Berks County at the age of twenty years, lived in and near Coatstown, Robsonia & other parts of Berks Co about twenty one or then of his years after my enlistment, then at Shamokin Northumberland County about one year, then at Selinsgrove Northumberland Co fifteen years, then four or five years near Lewistown Mifflin County, then thirteen years in Wayne County Ohio. 
Quest. 4 : How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer} [illegible] toward the middle of July I heard the cheers of a recruiting party, went out and enlisted under Captain Jacob Drunkenmiller for five months, Jacob Gerver Lieutenant, his brother Edward Gerver, Ensign & Jacob Bierman Sargent. We lay about one month at [illegible] manor until the company was full, which consisted of twenty eight then marched to Amboy in New Jersey remained there about a week or more when a large body of militia arrived at that place under, I believe, Gen Sterling, we remain a week or two longer at Amboy, we were at Smithfield, Crooked Billet, Frankford,
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we were also back & forth out in different
parts of New Jersey-- I remained seven months
in service under Capt Druckenmiller when
I obtained a discharge from him near Philadelphia.
Applicant was residing at [Lenserworth]
when called a second time into service-
This he believes was then one year and a
half after his first discharge. This time he
was drafted into the service in the militia under Captain Daniel Good, George Heffenberge Lieutenant. We were drafted 
to go against the Indians - proceeded to North
Hampton County. We passed [Christian Well]
& the [kind of up to] Manchester [Gradden Rutter?].
Remained at there and [illegible] about one month
& three quarters. When we arrived there,
we found two companies of Regulars. Capt
Shroyer commanded one of them. We
scouted every day toward Broadhead
Creek. Once when we were out upon
a scout a family of the name of Larsen
had been attacked & several of them killed
by the Indians. Our party shot one of the Indians
engaged in that massacre. Applicant
was discharged by his Captain 
two months after the draft - but he has lost
this discharge & the other given him by 
Captain Druckenmiller.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were
with the troops where you served, such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. Applicant can not now remember more than is
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listed here.

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Answer = I rec’d discharges from Captains Druckenmiller
& Good, but lost them.

7. State the names of persons to whom you are
known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for [veracity] & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
He states William Hughes & Enoch Covert.

Applicant has no documentary evidence of his
service & he knows of no person whose testimony
he can procure in this State who can testify to his
service. He does not know whether any of the company are living in Pennsylvania.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present and 
declares that his name is not on the Pension 
Roll of the Agency of any State. 
Peter Smith his mark

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J. Sloane Clerk

We William Hughes a clergyman residing in
Green township Richland County, Ohio and Enoch Covert, residing in Lake Township in Wayne County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Smith who has subscribed & sworn to the are declaration, that we believe him to be a man of truth & veracity, to be seventy six 
years of age, that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur
in that opinion.
William Hughes
Enoch Covert

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J. Sloane Clerk
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State of Ohio Wayne County }  I John Sloane Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Peter Smith’s application as above stated for a Pension. In testimony thereof I have set my hand and the seal of said Court the 23d March 1833 – 
J. Sloane Clerk
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24 -187 13.073
Peter Smith
Wayne Co Ohio
admitted for 9 months
from 1776
Edward Avery
Wooster
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A statement, showing the service of Peter Smith

Period when the service was rendered.
Summer 1776 | Drafted 

Duration of the claimant's service
7 months  |  2 months

Rank of the claimant.
Private

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Captain Druckenmiller | Captain Good

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
76 years

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & Clergyman

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance
, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory,
County of
or District ss
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C. D. residing in (the same)
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,  Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
do hereby certify that the foregoing 
for a pension.
and State, Territory or District
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier - 
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and
what has become of it?
To an officer, Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents and
the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the
ing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will of
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally  appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory,
 he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: 
For ___year___ months and ___ days, I served as a ____. .For ___year___ months and ___ days, I served as a ____, and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant
served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three 
or four months, is too indefinite. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.
This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officer applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.

The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public papers.
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses.
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
in the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witness
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
note applies to continental troops only.
The notes from (a) to (l) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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June 6, 1934
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PETER SMITH
S. 4850
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Edith McCullough
1626 Garden Street
Santa Barbara, California

Dear Madam:

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 4850, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Peter Smith.
He was born in 1756 within eight or nine miles of Longswamp, Berks County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing at Longswamp, Pennsylvania, he enlisted the middle of July, 1776, and served as private in Captain Jacob Druckemmiller's Pennsylvania company, length of tour seven months. About a year and a half after being discharged, he enlisted and served two months as private in Captain Daniel Good's Pennsylvania
company against the Indians and was in an attack upon them while out on a scouting party.
After soldier's enlistment he lived in and near Kutztown and other parts of Berks County, Pennsylvania, about twenty-one or
twenty-two years, then moved to Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived for fifteen years; from there to
Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, where he resided four or five years, thence to Wayne County, Ohio.
Peter Smith was allowed pension on his application executed March 19, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Lake Township, Wayne County, Ohio.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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1934 June 5. Hist to E P. H. McCullough
(see ltr in clm. W 8011 [or 8071] of Michael Kinsey) MLB
1936, Dec. 9 - Hist to Mrs .L.C. Milliran (see ltr
in Clm. N.C. S 2067 of Peter Smith)_MLB

Rev War
4850
INVALID.
___________
File No. 4850
Peter Smith
Privt Rev War
____________
Act: June 7" 1832.
Index:--Vol. M, Page 346

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
December 18th 1838
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Peter Smith,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa, Agency, at the rate of Thirty - Dollars and_____
Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1836, to the 4th March, 1838.

Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Wooster O
April 7

free

Hon Lewis Cap
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Wooster April 6, 1833

Hon L. Cass
Secretary at War 

Sir, Enclosed are the
Applications for pensions of John Bivens
& Peter Smith citizens of Wayne County
Ohio
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Srvnt
Edward Avery
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December 9, 1936

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Peter Smith, S. 4850
Peter Smith, R. 9824
Peter Smith, W.C. 12067
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Lucille H. Milliren
Hasson Heights
Oil City, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you designate Peter Smith as the Revolutionary War soldier in whom you are most interested who served in the Continental line and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania militia, wife's name possibly Susan, and the
War of 1812 record of Peter Smith who may have lived in Center County, Pennsylvania, and whose wife's name may have been Lydia.
You state that you would like the records of all soldiers with the name Peter Smith to aid you later to determine the one you seek.
The Revolutionary War record has been found of a Peter Smith who enlisted in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and of one who lived there later, and the War of 1812 record of a Peter Smith of Center County, Pennsylvania. Those records are furnished you
herein and may aid you in your research.

PETER SMITH
S. 4850

The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 4850, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Peter Smith.
Peter Smith was born in 1756, within eight or nine miles of Longswamp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are
not given.
While residing in Longswamp, Pennsylvania, he enlisted the middle of July, 1776, and served as private in Captain Jacob Druckenmiller's Pennsylvania company, length of tour seven months. About a year and a half after being discharged, he enlisted and served two
months as private in Captain Daniel Good's Pennsylvania company against the Indians and was in an attack upon them while out on a
scouting party.
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After the soldier's enlistment he lived in an near Kutztown and other parts of Berks County, Pennsylvania, about twenty-one or
twenty-two years, then moved to Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived for fifteen years, thence to Lewistown,
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, where he resided four or five years, and from there to Wayne County, Ohio.
Peter Smith was allowed pension on his application executed March 19, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Lake Township,
Wayne County, Ohio.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should
write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Peter Smith,
Certificate No. 13073, issued May 9, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Ohio Pittsburgh Agency.
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PETER SMITH
R. 9824
The record follows of Peter Smith as found in pension claim, R. 9824, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Peter Smith are not given.
Peter Smith died September 9, 1829, survived by his widow, Ruth, who died May 23, 1833, and their children: Rachel, John W., George,
Jacob W., and Ralph Smith, and Mary Henry and Hannah Banker (the given names of Mary's and Hannah's husbands not shown)
October 6, 1847, Ralph Smith, son of Peter Smith and his wife, Ruth, while residing in Seneca County, New York, applied for pension
which might have been due on account of the Revolutionary War service of his father. He applied in behalf of himself and the other surviving children. It was stated that Peter Smith, the soldier, while residing in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, enlisted and served to the close of the Revolutionary War; date of enlistment, length of service
and names of officers not given.
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The claim was not allowed as proof of six months service was not furnished in accordance with the requirements of the pension law.
In 1847, one Job A. Banker, aged fifty years, was residing in Seneca County, New York, his relationship to soldier's family not shown.
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PETER SMITH
W. C. 12067
You are furnished herein the record of Peter Smith as found in pension claim, W.C. 12067, based upon his service in the War of 1812.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Peter Smith are not shown.
Peter Smith enlisted at Bellefonte, Center County, Pennsylvania, and served from April 12, 1813, to November 8, 1813, as sergeant in
Captain George Rickard's Company of Pennsylvania militia.
After the War of 1812 the soldier resided nine years in Potter Township, Center County, Pennsylvania, then moved to Cranberry Township, Venango County, same state, where he was residing in 1850, then aged sixty years. He was still living in Cranberry Township in 1855 and died there January 31, 1863.


Peter Smith married Mary Anne Tate in Nittany Valley, Center County, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1818. Neither the soldier nor his wife had been
previously married. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given.

Soldier's widow, Mary A. Smith, was allowed pension on her application executed May 4, 1878, at which time she was aged eighty-two years and a resident of Cranberry Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. She also received a pension from the State of Pennsylvania, no further details of which were given.
It was stated that Peter Smith and his wife, Mary Anne, reared a family of ten children, but the only names designated in the claim were: Margaret Allison, their fifth child, who in 1878 was aged fifty years, and Martha Ziegler, then aged forty years, who was their ninth child, both of them residing then in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. The older children were at that time living in a western state and territory.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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June 6, 1934
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Michael Kinser, W. 001
Peter Smith, S. 4850
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Mrs. Edith McCullough
1626 Garden Street
Santa Barbara, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Michael Kenser (variously spelled) of Montgomery County, Virginia, or Frederick County, Maryland or Virginia, and of Peter Smith or Schmidt of Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims 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 has been made and only one claim for pension found for a soldier named Michael Kinson (under any spelling) and his record is given herewith, also that of Peter Smith of Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator