Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9696, for Henry Smith, South Carolina
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
S.C.      

    Smith, Henry
                Betty

NUMBER 
R9696
CONTENTS
   (unreadable)
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Betty Smith Decd Widow
of Henry Smith
S. Ca
_______

claim for
Pension
________

Townes & Campbell
Atty for claimant
Greenville
S.C-
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State of South Carolina Greenville District 
Personally appears Henry Smith before me in the Court of Ordinary for the district & in the state aforesaid, & being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension in light of his mother Betty Smith late of the district & state aforesaid now deceased under the act of Congress passed in the year of our Lord giving pensions to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers to which he is entitled as her representative together with his sisters Mrs Mary Jenkins & Mrs Ann Butler her only surviving children.
That the said Betty Smith was at the time of her death the widow of Henry Smith a Revolutionary soldier who died in Rangeburg District South Carolina on the (blank) day of October 1790 as this deponent is informed & believes & as well appears by reference to evidence herewith furnished. That said Betty Smith having removed some eighteen years after her husbands death to Greenville district there died on the 13 May 1843 having never married after the death of her said husband Henry Smith, being aged at the time of her death eighty three years wanting about five months. That said Henry Smith & Betty Smith were married according to the family record on the 10 October 1782 which appears to have been before the expiration of his last term of service in the revolutionary war.
This deponent further states that his said father Henry Smith served a period of two years
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& eight months
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Henry Smith was born by the grace
of God July the 18th day 1757
And married October  the 10th
day 1782
State of South Carolina
Greenville District
Personally appeared
before me Micajah Berry and Edwin Nare
to me known as credible witnesses, who
being duly sworn declare that they have
examined a private, family record, contained
in an old Bible, of the marriage of Henry
Smith and that the above is a correct
copy of the same, that the said record
has every appearance of being genuine &
they believe that the same is genuine
Micajah Berry
day of June A.D. 1855
T. Edwin [illegible]

Sworn to & subscribed
before me this 9th day of June A.D. 1855
M.G.E.
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Mary Smith daughter of Henry
Smith and Beltty his wife was born August the 30th 1783
Ann Smith was born June the 
13th 1786
Henry Simpson of the aforesaid was
born  December at 13th 1790

State of South Carolina⎬
Greenville District          ⎬ Personally appeared
before me Micajah Berry & T. Edwin [illegible]
who being duly sworn according to law, declare
that in the same Bible in which is contained
the record of the Marriage of Henry Smith, & to
which these deponents have certified is
also contained the above record of Births
that the above is a true & correct copy
of the record, and that they believe it to
be genuine.                                 Micajah Berry
                                                      T Edwin [illegible]
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 8th day ⎬ Edw
of June 1855
Louis H Shumale
[illegible]
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Maj. H. Smith's
claim

Evidence
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The State of South Carolina}
Greenville District                   }

Personally appeared before
me Oliver P Berry to me known as a
credible witness who being duly sworn
deposes and says that in the year A.D.
1843 he lived with and made a
crop with Henry Smith and that
Betty Smith mother of Mary Smith and
Henry Smith who was living on the
plantation of the said Henry Smith
died about the middle of May in
the said year A.D. 1843.
O. P. Berry
Sworn to and subscribed  }
before me this 21st day      }
of June A.D. 1855                 }
S D Goodlett                           }
Notary Public                          }
& Exofficio Magistrate          }
[illegible].D.                              }
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9696
P.O.
Betty Smith
Service: Henry
1-0
                  
 REJECTED

Enlisted:                   , 18
Discharged:             , 18
Application filed:    , 18

Alleges:  

Re-enlisted:


Attorney: 
P. O. _
_____Recognized.   _____Contract.
Cert.  of  Dis.        Searched for, 18
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No 15342
Betty Smith
Widow of Henry
So Carolina
Townes & Campbell Aug 13 /55

9696

July 7 1838
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Pension Office
August 13 1855
Gentlemen
The application of the children of
Betty Smith decd widow of Henry of S. Ca
has been examined and filed under the act
of July 7 1838
The original Family Record containing
the date of her marriage and the births of
her children must be sent to this Office for
inspection, and the service for which a
Pension is claimed must be proved by
these who know that it was rendered by
the Henry Smith who was the husband
of the mother of the applicant; or in other
hands, he must be identified as the soldier where services
have been certified by the Comptroller of sola
Messes Townes & Campbell
Greenville
So Ca
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State of South Carolina
To Henry Smith
December the 7th 1778 To 56 Days duty at 10 Shills per day £  S  D 23.0.0
March the
3rd 1779. to 23 days duty at 10 Shills per day 14.0 .0
April
the 10th 1881 to 210 days duty at 10 shills per day 105.0.0
February
8 1782 To 264 day duly ad 10 Shills pr day
132.0.0
-
279.10
certifyed pr me Anderson Thomas Capt  L 39.17.1 1/2
558

South Carolina
Camden District
Appeared Henry Smith and made
oath that the above duly charged 556 days has
been justly performed, and he has never received any part thereof, Sworn to before me this 15th day of June 1784
D Hopkins J.P.
Issued 29th of June 1785 to Mr Henry Smith
for thirty nine 17 S 1½ for 558 days Militia
in 1778 & 1782 as per account audited. No 52
Principal £ 39-17- 1½ Annual Interest £ 2 15.9
I certify that the above account and indent
is a true copy taken from the originals in
this office.
Thos P Walker
Deputy Comptroller General
Comptroller Generals Office, State of South Carolina
Columbia April 24th 1855