Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 40456, for Edward Smith, Maryland
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service
Continental (MD)

Smith, Edward

Number
S.40456

Enl. at Elkton, MD
in 1828 aged 70 yrs & res of York Co. PA
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No. 19973
Pennsylvania
Edward smith
of York Co in the state of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Bentilow of the Regiment commanded by Pulaski in the Maryland line for the term of one year rom the year 1778 to the year 1779

Inscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the 11 day of September 1828

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of September 1828 and sent to David Corey Esq York Penna

Arrears to 4th of March 1829 $46.33
Semi-an. all'ce ending $0.00
$46.33

{Revolutionary Claim Acts March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820}

Died June 26, 1832
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York County
Pennsylvania

On this fourth day of August AD 1828 personally appeared in open court it being a court Common Pleas and a court of record in and for the said county of York Edward Smith a resident of said county aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and 1st of May 1820 that he the said Edward Smith enlisted at Elkton in the state of Maryland in the year 1778 in the company commanded by Captain Bentilow regiment commanded by General Pulaski for the term of one year in the Congress line on the continental establishment and that he continued to serve in said corps one year and three months when he was discharged from the said service at Charleston in South Carolina on the fourth day of September 1779 and that he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension whatever except the present and that his is not on the roll of any state and in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 1st of May 1820 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 provision 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 and since 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 whatever nor have I any income whatever nor have I any property since the 18th of March 1818 therefore
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sale material change could have taken place in it and that I have heretofore applied for a pension but could not obtain it for want of the necessary proof required at the pension office. I have no family nor any friend with whom I can expect any assistance. I am by occupation a day laborer but in consequence of old age and disability am not able to labor any more for a living and am in indigent circumstances in life and stand in need of the assistance from my country and further saith not.

Edward Smith

Sworn & declared in open court the 4th day of August 1828 before me

Walter Franklin
Judge - 2nd J.D. JP

State of Pennsylvania
York County

I Michael W Ash Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county being a court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath is truly copied from the record of the said court.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court of York this third day of September Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.

Michael W Ash
Cler of the Court of Common Pleas
of York County

SEAL

Edward Smith
for pension
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February 11, 1939

BA-J/MCS
Edward Smith, S.40456

Mrs. Alice E. Starner
443 1-2 W. College Avenue
York, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to the revolutionary war soldier Edward Smtih of York County, Pennsylvania.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim S.40456 based on the military service of Edward Smith.

The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.

Edward Smith enlisted at Elkton, Maryland in 1778 in Captain Bentalou's company in General Pulaski's Corps and was discharged September 4, 1779, having served one year and three months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 4, 1828, at which time he was living in York County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy years.

Edward Smith died June 26, 1832.

There are not data on file relative to wife and children of this soldier.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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40456
Revy INVALID

File No 40,456
Edward Smith
Pri Rev War

At: 18 March '18
Index Vol 3 Page 467

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1939 Feb 11 - hist to Miss Alice E Starner
M.C.S.
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ENVELOPE

York PA Mail Stamp - Jan 7, 1939

Veterans Admin Received Stamp - Jan 9, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
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January 7, 1939

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly send me any available record you may have of Edward Smith of York County Pennsylvania a soldier of the revolution pensioned in 1828 and oblige

Very truly yours

Alice E Starner

(Mrs.) Alice E. Starner
443-1/2 W. College Ave
York, PA
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Pen to Com 11 Sept
1828
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Sir

Enclosed I send you the certificate of George Klinefelter Esq stating that Frederick Boyer is entitled to full credit on his [illegible] which I have attached to his deposition if you are now satisfied that he is entitled to a pension please to send me the certificate.

I am very respectfully your
Humble servant

David Corey

York Sept 11th 1828
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York County
Pennsylvania

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Philip Shaeffer a credible witness being by me duly sworn according to law saith that he was well acquainted with Edward Smith a soldier in Captain Bentolou's company under the command of Fen. Pulaski in the year of our Lord 1778 in the revolutionary war and he knew him to be in the actual service of the United States in said company upwards of one year at one period of time and further saith not.

Philip Sheaffer 

Sworn & subscribed before me this 12th day of August 1828

George Klinefelter

York County
Pennsylvania

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Frederick Boyer a United States pensioner who being by me duly sworn according to law saith that in the year of our Lord 1778 he was well acquainted with Edward smith of York County and well knows him to have been an enlisted soldier for one year in Captain Bentalou's company under General Pulaski of the Congress line and that he knew him to remain in the said corps one year or more at one period of time in the actual service of the United States. Deponent was a soldier in Captain Selinski's company under Gen Plaski at the same time and further saith not.

Frederick Boyer

Sworn and subscribed before me this 2nd day of September 1828.

George Klinefelter
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I George Klinefelter Esq one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of York and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Frederick Boyer of York County PA who made oath to the above deposition and that he is entitled to full credit on his oath - dated at York this 11th day of September 1828.

Witness my hand
George Klinefelter
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20701

State of Pennsylvania
York County

SEAL

I Michael W. Ash, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county of York, do certify that George Klinefelter Esquire before whom the annexed affidavits were made is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said county aforesaid as such is duly commissioned and qualified; and that to all acts by him done in that capacity full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court in the borough of York this thirtieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.

Michael Ash - Clerk

Prothonotary.