Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7541, for Benjamin Smith, North Carolina
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State of North Carolina
County of Wayne
Superior Court of Law
Fall Term 1832.

On this first day of October, personally appeared before J.J. Daniel Judge of the Superior Court of Law for the County of Wayne, Benjamin Smith a resident of said County and State aforesaid, aged 73 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 passed June 7, 1832. 

That he entered the Army of the United States on September 17, 1777. as substitute for his brother Josiah Smith who enlisted and afterwards being about to contract matrimony procured declarant to go in his place : 

That he joined at Kinston N. Carolina the Tenth Regiment [named the "Sheppard's Regiment"] of the North Carolina line - under command Colo. Abram [Abraham] Sheppard - Major [John] Sheppard - Captain A. Sheppard [Abraham Sheppard Jr] and lieut [Lieutenant] Wm Sheppard [William Sheppard]

That at the time of entering the service he was a resident of Dobbs County [North Carolina] now called Wayne [County]. That under command of these officers he was conducted to George Town [Georgetown] in Maryland, - thence to Vally Forge [Valley Forge] in  Pennsylvania - and joined the Army of Gen. Washington [General George Washington] - which was then Winter Quarters.

At Valley Forge the Tenth Regiment of N.C. [North Carolina] Line was reduced to the First & Second Regiment N.C. Line and Declarant placed in the Second Regiment N.C. Line under Capt. John Ingalls.- Colo. John Patton. Lieut. Colo. [Lieutenant Colonel] Harney, Major Murphy. Lieut Arthur Cotgraves - From Vally [Valley] Forge Declarant was marched to Monmouth New Jersey and was engaged in the battle of that place 28 June 1778. [Battle of Monmouth, [Monmouth Court House, New Jersey]
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Thence marched, after burying our dead, to White Plains
N. York, when he was quartered till September following
was then marched to Danbury Conn. near which
place he remained in Camp, a few days hence was
marched back to N. Jersey, and passed the County at
Paramus a Scotch Settlement to guard the line -
Early the following Spring declarant was ordered to Sing Sing
on the Hudson and was employed in building a
 fortification at Stony Point on the West sign of that river
from which labor they were driven by the British fleet
back to West Point at which place he remained
till the next fall - He was then ordered to South Carolina
Rafting  through Geo. Town in Maryland
crossing the Potomac on [illegible]- thence to Richmond -
thence across James River, to Petersburg, - thence to Halifax
N. C. crossing the Roanoke - thence to Gasboro [Glassboro?] thence to- Wilmington N.C. - thence along the coast to Charleston was then placed under Gen. Lincoln - at Charleston by Gen. Clinton Declarant was made prisoner
and retained prison almost fourteen months  when
he was exchanged the second day of July -
then sailed from Charleston to James Town
under flag of truce - thence marched to Williamsburg
and stayed there two weeks. - thence to New Castle on
Pamunky River in Virginia. - Hence to Richmond then
when he was discharged in writing by Col. Harry -
which discharge has been lost or mislaid. Declarant
does not remember to have seen it in twenty years
but says that he was regularly honorably discharged -
He hereby relinquishes every claim [illegible] to a pension
or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that
his name is not on the pension Roll of any State - 
Sworn & Subscribed the day aforesaid
Benjamin Smith
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Benj Smith-
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Mrs. J.M. Wood,
Walnut St.
Goldsboro, NC
Personal request for history
April 27, 1917.
Benj. Smith
NC 87041