Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2126-150, for Joseph S Smith, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE     Continental
Armand's Corps

Smith, Joseph, S.

NUMBER     B.L.Wt. 2126-150-Cornet
Issued May 28, 1789.

Md. res. in 1806.

CONTENTS
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Book shows that Wt. was issued for [underlined] 150 [/underlined] acres (not [underlined] 200 [/underlined] as receipt shows).
Soldier was only a Cornet.
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United States of America. [large seal in top center of this page; oval in shape with an eagle in the center holding a branch in one claw and a bundle of something in the other; a garland of leaves adorn the top outside the oval]

[the left margin of this page is decorated with a dual border of geometric shapes highlighted by flower shapes with the following words inscribed between: OF CO LUMBIA, COUNTY OF WA[illegible]JNGTON.]

Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That
I Joseph Smith of Taney Town in the County of Frederick
and State of Maryland
do make, constitute, and appoint Clement Smith of George Town
District of Columbia, my true and lawful Attorney for me
and in my Name to ask demand & receive from the 
secretary of War or from such authority as may be
competent to grant or issue the same, or certificate
or warrant for such Lands as I may be entitled
to from the United States, for services rendered
during the Revolutionary War as a Cornet of Dragoons
in Armand's Partisan Legion
with Power also an Attorney or Attornies, under him for that
Purpose, to make and substitute, and do all lawful Acts requisite for
effecting the Premises; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my
said Attorney or his Substitute, or Substitutes, shall do therein by
virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal the Twenty eighth Day of February in the Year of our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and six.
Signed, sealed and Delivered
in the Presence of
John Cox Merchant Geotge Town Jos Smith
Richard Smith clk off of D.&D. Washn.
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[the left margin of this page is decorated with a dual border of geometric shapes highlighted by flower shapes with the following words inscribed between: DISTRICT]
Be it known, That on the Twenty eighth Day of February
One Thousand Eight Hundred six before me, Walter Smith,
Notary Public, dwelling in Georgetown, in the county of Washington
and District of Columbia, came Joseph Smith
above named, and acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be
his Act and Deed,
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed
my Notarial Seal, the Day and Year last aforesaid.
Walter Smith
Notary Public.
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Received 11th June 1806 of the Secretary of War, a land warrant in favor of Joseph S. Smith for two hundred acres, [written above the words two hundred is the number 150] No. 2126 & dated 28th day May 1789.
C. Smith
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Joseph S. Smith
B. L. Ft. 2126-150

The record of Joseph S. Smith is given below.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Warrant
No. 2126, for one hundred fifty acres of bounty land was issued
May 28, 1789, on account of the service of Joseph S. Smith as a 
cornet of dragoons in Armand's Partisan Legion, Revolutionary War. 

In 1806, Joseph S. Smith was residing in Taneytown, Frederick
County, Maryland. The date and place of his birth and names of parents
are not given. It is not stated whether he ever married.

The following names appear in the soldier's claim but no
relationship to him was shown:

Clement Smith, in 1806, a resident of Georgetown, District of Columbia.

Richard Smith, " " held a clerkship in the District of Columbia.

Walter Smith, " " a notary public residing in Georgetown, D. C.

There are no further data relative to Joseph S. Smith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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1915. April 21 - Hist to Mrs. F. W. Matteson - AW.

1934 Oct. 18 - Hist to Mrs. A. E. MClanahan - MLB.
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Sept. 24, 1934
Director of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please give me any information
you have on Dr Clement Smith,
Alexander Lawson Smith, Dr Joseph
Sim Smith, and Patrick Sim Smith,
all of Maryland. and any information
about William Tyler of Maryland
during the Revolution, who later
came to Tennessee.
also I would like to get any
information on Robert Anderson of
Virginia, who I think was an officer
in the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you very much 
I am very truly
Mrs. A E. McClanahan
Route 1 - Nashville, Tennessee.
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NATIONAL SOCIETY OF
United States Daughters of 1812
332 WEST 87th STREET, NEW YORK CITY
CHARTER TRUSTEES.
Mrs. WILLIAM GERRY SLADE
Mrs. GEO. B. WOODWARD
Mrs. BOWMAN A. McCALLA
Mrs. EDWARD ROBY, CHAIRMAN
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Mrs. WILLIAM GERRY SLADE, New York, PRESIDENT NATIONAL
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Mrs. Robert Hall Wiles, Illinois, Second Vice-Pres. National
Mrs. George H. Wilson, Kentucky, Third Vice-Pres. National
Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, Founder General, Director National
Mrs. Millard F Corkran, Delaware, Rec. Sec. National
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Mrs. Z.T. Fulmore, Texas, Curator National
Mrs. John B. Richardson, Louisiana, Historian National
Mrs. Edward Roby, Illinois, Charter Trustee National
Mrs. George A. Ludin, New York, Special Secretary National

Commissioner of Pensions DATE, April 12th 1915
Military Secretary

Dear Sir:
We desire to place the official bronze grave marker of our Society
upon the grave of Dr Joseph Sim Smith (Name of Soldier)
if his services in the War of 1812 can be verified. He is believed
to have enlisted in the service from the state of Maryland
and to have served as follows: Corult or 2nd Lieut of
1st Battalion of Cavalry - Armands Partisan Corps
17-18-1782. & [illegible] Mate Maryland Line 1780-
Meyer Maryland Militia 1793
Kindly give me an official record of his services, if possible.
Yours truly,
Signature, Mary L. Matteson (Mrs F. W.)
Secretary for Memorials and Grave Markers
D.C. Chairman 3838 Woodley Lane
N.W.

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[stamped] U. S. PENSION OFFICE E APR 13 1915 [/stamped]
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October 18, 1934
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Alexander Lawson Smith
W. 4247
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Joseph S. Smith
B. L. Wt. 2126-150 
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BA-J/MLB [hand drawn circle around these last 4 lines with the words "This list belongs in" written inside]

Mrs.A. E. McClanahan
Route #1
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information
relative to Dr. Clement Smith, Alexander Lawson Smith, Dr.
Joseph Sim Smith, Patrick Sim Smith, all of Maryland; William
Tyler who served from Maryland but later moved to Tennessee, and
to Robert Anderson, of Virginia, all soldiers of the Revolutionary
War.

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 the soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to sho such claims on 
file on account of the Revolutionary War service of a Patrick
Smith or William Tyler as described; or of any Clement Smith.

The data given by you in regard to Robert Anderson are not 
sufficient to enable this office to identify the record of the
aprticular soldier of that name in whom you are interested, should
it be on file. Please furnish as much as possible of the following 
data in regard to Robert Anderson, when another search of the
records will be made and a report furnished: approximate dates of
birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service
and given name of widow.

The records of Alexander Lawson Smith and Joseph S. Smith were
found and are furnished herein.

Alexander Lawson Smith
W. 4947

The data which follow were obtained fromthe papers on file in
pesnion claim, W. 4247, based upon the Revolutionary War service of
Alexander Lawson Smith.
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The date and place of Alexander Lawson Smith's birth and names
of his parents are not shown in the claim.

He was commissioned captain July 13, 1776, and served as such
in Stephenson's and Rawlings' Rifle Regiments; he subsequently served
as major and lieutenant colonel and left the service in September,
1780. During his service he was in the battles of Trenton,
Brandywine and Monmouth.

Alexander Lawson Smith married sometime in August, 1792,
Martha Griffith, daughter of Samuel Griffith and his wife, Martha,
at whose home they were married in Harford County, Maryland.

Soldier died in January, 1802, in Harford County, Maryland.

Soldier's widow, Martha Smith, married in February, 1812, Samuel
Jay, who diedSeptember 12, 1818.

Marhta Jay, former widow of Alexander Lawson Smith, was allowed
pension on her application executed August 19, 1842, at which time
she was aged seventy-one years and a resident of Harford County,
Maryland; her application was executed in the City of Baltimore.

In 1843, Martha Jay's address was given as Hall's Cross Roads,
Harford County, Maryland.

No reference was made in the claim to any children of Alexander
Lawson Smith and his wife, Martha.

The following family data are given in the claim:

Samuel Griffith was a resident of Harford County, Maryland, in 
January, 1794, where he died about June of that year, survived by
his widow, Martha, and the following eight children: -
Samuel Gouldsmith Griffith, Martha who married Alexander Lawson
Smith, Frances Sarah, John Hall Griffith, Edward, Luke and Alexander.
Reference was also made to the elder Samuel's brother, Luke, deceased.

Reference was made in the claim to Frances Garrettson, sister-in-
law of the above-named Samuel Griffith, also to a Dr. Samuel Griffith
whose relationship to the family of Griffiths was not shown.

The name of one Lewis Griffith appeared in the claim but his
relationship also was not stated
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Rev. War Section.

April 21 1915.

Mrs. F. W. Matteson,
3838 Woodley Lane N. W.
Washington D. C.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 12" instant,
you are advised that Joseph S. Smith was allowed 150 acres
of bounty land on Warrant No. 2,126 on account of his service
as a Cornet of Dragoons in Armand's Partisan Legion Revolutionary
War. He resided in Taneytown Maryland in 1806.

There is no data on file as to his family and no
further data as to his residence and service than as above
stated.

Very respectfully,
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.