Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30113, for Thomas Smith, Massachusetts
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SERVICE  NUMBER
Mass.  Smith, Thomas  S. 30113
CONTENTS
b. in 1753 in Brunswick, Me.
res during Rev. Bath, Me.
[illegible] 1832 res. Litchfield, Lincoln Co. Me.
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Maine 5248.
Thomas Smith
of Litchfield in the State of Maine
who was a priv: 1 Serg.^2
in the company commanded
by Captain Ede of the Regt. commanded by Col. Craft in the artillery line for
21. months 6 days private
2 months 24 days Sergt.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 102. Dollars 14. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6.th day of Feby. 1833 and sent to 
R. C. Vose, Augusta, Me.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $153.21. Semi=anl. allowance ending 4. March 33.  51.7.
$204.28.
{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Francis F. Franciosi Cler
Book [illegible] Vol. 1. Page 90
Copy for Land Agt.
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Thomas Smith, Sergt.
Capt. Edes Co  Crofts Regt
[illegible] "76. to May 1777. 6. months
Same Co. Regt. -- from
June or July '77 to Aug. or Sep. '79
as Sarg.  nearly 2 years 2. years
2 [illegible] Mo
Proof
[illegible] Saml. Smith Wm. Crawford
credible witnesses
E. D. Bangs, certificate for 6 mo.,
& that no further rolls are to be
found in [illegible]
[illegible]
21 mo 6 days, pr.
2 mo. 24 days, Sergt.
Adm
R. C. Vose
Augusta, Me
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE }
KENNEBEC COUNTY, } SS.
On this twenty ninth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared
before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, Thomas Smith a resident of Litchfield, in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy nine 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with
Captain Edes and served in Col. Crafts
regiment of Artillery the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: [illegible] Edes Capt., Crafts Col. That he enlisted in that company & regiment as a sergeant the first of December 1776 for the remainder of the years service then about
six months, that he served until the last of May 1777 when his time being out he was verbally discharged at Boston.
That soon after [illegible] in June or July 1777 he again enlisted as a Sergeant for three years in the same company & regiment. That under this
enlistment he served until August or September 1779, when he was
put into the Hospital in Boston & being sick & unfit for duty was permitted to return home & was never able afterwards to join his regiment & did not therefore take any formal discharges. In consequence
of that sickness he remains feeble & infirm to this day. That he has
endeavored to state correctly the times when he had left the service
but may not being certain he served more [illegible]
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born in Brunswick, Maine, in the year 1753, where he
presumes his age is recorded. That during his revolutionary services his
home was at Bath, Maine, & he has lived in said Litchfield
about fifty years. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a
substitute. He did not receive a written discharge.
That any of his his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity
their belief of his services.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present,
and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, [signature] Thomas Smith
before [signature] Nathan Weston Jr [illegible] S.J.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
[signature] Nathan Weston Jr
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State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss. - I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within
and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the
matter of the application of Thomas Smith for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 15th day of October A. D. 1832

[signature] J. A Chandler
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30113
INVALID
Revy

File No. 30,113
Thomas Smith
Serg Rev War

Act: June 7yh 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 381

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Deposition of Wm Crawford for Thomas Smith 2

Thos Smith
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I William Crawford of [Gardener in the county Kennebeck and State of Maine do upon oath testify
and declare this well know me Thomas Smith
Solder
war of the revolution the said Smith
Jonathan Eads and in Colonal Thomas Crafts
Massachusetts Regiment in year
1777 and 1778 and was discharged at Boston
I think in the year 1778 I knew him for
more than two years in that 
service in the company regiment and
as well knowing to the said Smith Service
[signature] Wm Crawford

Linconsell
Lincon May 29th 1832
William Crawford above name to me is
well known to be credible and disentendness
Witness and a man of truth and vanity
personly
appeared and made oath to the
truth of the above deposition by him
Subscribed

[signature]John Neal Justice of the Peace
who is a Justice
[signature] Nathan Weston Jr
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the
United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common
Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the
Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor,
that Thomas Smith
a citizen of the United States, now resident in Lisbon
in the said County of Lincoln, in the District of
Maine, on the eleventh day
of April
A.D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce;
and transmit the same and the proceeding had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be place on the pension list of the United States, agreelaby to the provisions of an Act, entitled" An Act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and navel service of the United States in the revolutionary war." 
passed March 18, A.D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful examination of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a
non commissioned officer in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy,
upon the continental establishment for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which
I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty first day of May
in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston [illegible]  that
2d East Circuit
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, SS.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County
of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire,
before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of
Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties
of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have
affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he
presides.
hundred and eighteen.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth
day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
[signature] John Davis
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Thomas Smith Lisbon
pr col Crafts Mass pay
artillery. Apl 1778 2 years
April 11 1810

Rejected Crafts Regt not on continental establishment
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Thomas Smith aged sixty five years a citizen of the U. States, born
in Brunswick, Maine, but now of Lisbon Maine, upon oath testify
and declare, that in April 1778 I enlisted as a sergeant in the
war for revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental
establishment, for the term of three years in Capt Edis's company
and regiment of Artillery commanded by Col. Thomas Crafts
of the Massachusetts line. I served part of the time in the State of
Rhode Island and part of the time in Castle William Boston
harbor. After I   had served about two
years I was taken sick and put into the hospital in
Boston, where I remained some time, and being unfit for
duty, I was permitted to return home, from Boston in August or September
1780. By reason of my sickness. I was never afterwards able
to join my regiment, and did not therefore take any formal
discharge. In consequence of that sickness I remain infirm
and [illegible] to this day. From my reduced circumstances, I
am in need of assistance from my country for support. And
I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore
allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am
not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I
request that I may be placed upon by the pension list for
the District of Maine
[signature] Thomas Smith
Lincoln ss.
O
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On the eleventh day of April A D 1818 Thomas Smith above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of 
the foregoing declaration by him submited -
Before me,
Nathan Weston Jun
Chief Justice C. Court Com 
Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Neal of Litchfield in the County of Lincoln District of Maine of lawful age
upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with the above named
Thomas Smith. From his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from
his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth I have understood
in years past, that he served in the continental army, and fully believe that he word
he has above stated-
[signature] John Neal
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss
On the twenty first day of May AD 1818, John Neal Esq within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the   within deposition by him subscribed.
Before me, 
Nathan Weston (illegible)

Chief Justice C. Court Com Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
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Deposition of Saml Smith for Thos Smith
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I Samuel Smith of Litchfield in the county of Lincoln of lawfull age do testify and say that I was knowing to Thomas Smith of said Litchfield enlisting in to the service of the United States of America [illegible] 1776 in the company commanded by Capt Jonathan Edes in Colonal Thomas Crafts regiment and served until the following and they was discharged but I the saw said Thomas Smith in said service in June 1778 sick and in September following also saw said smith in said service & then went to sea and did not see him again until the three years had expired and further sayth not
[signature] Samuel Smith
Litchfield Oct 2 1818

Lincoln Oct 2 1818
Personally appeared the above named Samuel Smith and made solomn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him  subscribed  before me

John NealJustice of the Peace who is a Justice
Nathan Weston
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Novr 25th 1832
I hereby certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appear
that the name of Thomas Smith is borne on "an abstract
of the 4th Company in the Mass Train of Artillery commanded
by Capt. Jon W. Edes Col Craft's regt, from the 1st of
Feby to May 8th 1777. as having been paid as a Gunner
for three months & seven days service
and that his name is borne on a payroll of the same
company from the 8th of May until the 1st of August 1777
as having been paid as a sergeant for eighty four
days service
and that there are no further rolls of that company.
bearing the names of individuals who served therein
to be found in this office
And I further certify that there are no rolls of
Capt Edes company in Col. Crafts regt. from Dec
1776 to Feby. 1777. to be found in this office
Edward D Bangs Sir