Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Blank], for John Smith, New Hampshire
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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
N.H. Smith, John Dis.
No papers
CONTENTS
res of Francistown
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Oct. 12" 1906
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Smith, John
His name apears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New Hamshire submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794 and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 139.
Rank: Sergeant
Regt: 1st N. Hampshire
Disability: Wounded in his head by a musketball, which remains lodged there
When and where disabled: July, '81, near Kingsbridge
Residence: Francistown
To what pension entitled: One half
Remarks: Enlisted April 5" 1777, for the war; on the rolls in 1783
Allowed
see 1839-[illegible]
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NH Agency
Jugt  2 50. per mo

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PENSION
US
March 29, 1915
OFFICE
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per c1
Troy, Pennsylvania.
March 27, 1915
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I think I have located definite knowledge
regarding JOHN SMITH and wish to obtain the records of service.
John Smith was born in New Boston, N. H. June 9, 1759; died in Francestown, N. H. Aug. 24, 1824. He married ( 1 ) Elizabeth Campbell ( 2 ) Lucretia Colby,
John Smith served 7 years in the Revolutionary War. He was wounded in the battle of Bennington by a bullet which entered his neck and was not removed.
REVOUUTIONARY RECORD
Vol 3. Rev. Rolls by Hammond published by authority of the State ( New Hampshire )
Size Roll of Captain Isaac Farwell's Company First N. H. Reg ' t.
(Copied from Captain Farwell's Company book Adjutant Gen. Office)
John Smith age 22; 5 ft. 9 in.
Birthplace New Boston, N. H.
Place of Residence New Boston
Enlisted April 5, 1777 from New Boston for 3 years.
Thanking you for any assistance you can render and
trusting that this information may be clear to you, I am
Yours truly,
Ethel B. Hovey
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Rev. War Sect.
Troy, Pennsylvania.
April 7, 1915
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
My letter of March 27 has not been acknowledged.
It may be that the name of the Captain confused you. I desire
to establish the record of JOHN SMITH'S service or
anything of interest on record. The following data may
assist you in ascertaining the facts:
JOHN SMITH enlisted from New Boston, N. H. on April
5, 1777 to serve during the war. He was in Capt. William
Scott's Company (also known as Capt. Isaac Farwell's Co.)
He married ( 1 ) Elizabeth Campbell ( 2 ) Lucretia Colby.
What do the records show of ABNER ROCKWELL'S War
services? I believe he hailed from Stockbridge, Mass. He
served in Capt. David Pixley's Company, Col. Brown's
(Berkshire County) regt.; also Capt. Ezra Whittlesey's
Company 3rd Berkshire County Regt. I shall be more than
grateful for any assistance you may be able to render of
concerning anything that the records may show.
Yours very truly,

Ethel B. Hovey

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Pension
U. S.
April 8,1915 
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Rev. War Section.
April 7, 1915.
Ethel B. Hovey,
Troy,
Pennsylvania.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the twenty-seventh
ultimo, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show
that one John Smith was allowed pension of two dollars and
fifty cents per month at the New Hampshire Agency for disability
incurred while a sergeant in the Revolutionary War; there is no further information concerning him, for the reason that there are no papers on file, the same having been destroyed in the burning of the War Office.

It is proper to say that additional information may be obtained from the publications entitled, "AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, CLASS 9, CLAIMS," page 1389, and "LIST OF PENSIONERS reported by the Secretary of War in 1835, "VOL. 1, page 20 of the New Hampshire pension roll.

Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.