Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,806, for William Smith, Virginia
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SERVICE: Va.
Smith, William
Elizabeth
NUMBER: W. 4.806
CONTENTS:
born in Albemarle Va. in 1755 [illegible] mar Dec 22, 1775 Elizabeth [illegible] Massie
died Dec 29 1836
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Wm. Smith
Nelson Co Va ~
26

Admt as a pr 4 mo.
$20
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State of Virginia, and County of Nelson to wit.
On this 30th day of January 1834 personally appeared before me James Woods Jr a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid William Smith a resident of the County of Nelson in the State of Virginia, aged seventy eight years the 19th day of May last past who being 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 the 7th 1832. That he was drafted in the county of Albemarle, State of Virginia, in the year of 1776 to the best of his recollection; as a militiaman and that he hired a substitute, which Substitute served out that tour, which was not less than three months to the best of his recollection; that he was drafted again in the same County in the year 1777 as well as he recollects, and again hired a Substitute which served that tour which was not less than three months to the best of his recollection. That he was again Drafted in the same county in the year of 1778 he thinks; and marched to the barrax in the same county where he served a tour of not less than three months to the best of his recollection immediately under Captain James Garland who got shot before the tour expired and his successor is not recollected. in the year 1781, o the best of his recollection he was drafted again in the same county and started under Captain William Grissom to march to the lower part of Virginia but was detached below Charlottesville Albemarle County and sent to Irvines old store on James river in the same county where he served a tour of not less than three months to the best of his recollection, as a guard to ammunition and Military equipage under an officer by the name of Yarber. That his service in person and by substitute during the revolution was not less than twelve months to the best of his recollection, and for those services he claims a pension; that in the whole of the above service he was a private
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he knows of no one now living by whom he can prove his services except Charles Rodes who was with him a few weeks on his tour at Irvine old store. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State or territory Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Wm,, Smith

Questions by the Magistrate
1st. Where and in what year was your born
I was born as I was told by my parents in the county of Albemarle State of Virginia in the year of 1755

2nd. have you any record of your age and if so where is it
I have and it is now in my possession

3rd. where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live. I was living in the county of Albemarle when called into service and lived there some time after the war then moved to Amherst County lived there untill (Nelson County) was taken from Amherst and am now living in Nelson County

4th did you eve receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it Given and what has become of it
I never did receive a written one and to my recollection but was told by my officers when my tours was over that I was at liberty to go home

5th how were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom. I was Drafted

6th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the General circumstances of your services. Colonel John Harvie was a Colonel at the Albemarle Barrax and Colonel John Jordan at Irvins old store and I am of opinion they were Militia officers the circumstances of my services are as fully set forth in my Declaration as my
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recollection will enable me to do it

7th State the names of persons in your present neighborhood to whom you are known who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution -

We Alexander Heman & Charles A Smith residing in the neighborhood of William Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said William Smith, that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Alex Hemall
Charles, A, Smith

I James Woods Jr being a Justice of the Peace for the county of Nelson in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Andrew Heman & Charles A Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing certificate that they are men of veracity, worthy of being believed on oath and I do further certify that the reason William Smiths Declaration was not made in open Court is because of his old age which has rendered him unable to ride to the courthouse and it is my opinion after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the Said William Smith was a soldier of the revolution and served as he has stated Given under my hand and seal this 14 day of February 1834
James Woods Jr {Seal}
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State of Virginia and County of Nelson to wit
On this 7th day of Feby 1834 personally appeared before me James Woods a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Nelson Charles Rodes a resident of said County, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he knows that William Smith who is now a resident of this County, served as a Guard to some Military equipage and ammunition at Irvins old store in albemarle County in the revolutionary war but how long he is unable to say as he was there but a short time himself sworn to and subscribed this 7th day of Febry 1834 Charles Rodes

I James Woods being a Justice of the Peace for the County of Nelson in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Charles Rodes who has sworn to and subscribed the above deposition and that he is a man of veracity worthy of being believed on his oath, given under my hand and seal this 7th day of Febry 1834 James Woods Jr {Seal}

State of Virginia, Nelson County, to wit.
I, Spotswood Garland, Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that James Woods Jr who hath signed the foregoing certificates is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Nelson, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the signature aforesaid purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 31st day of October, 1834. Sp. Garland, Clerk.
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1413
Elizabeth Smith
Declaration

Allow $20 per ann
comg 4 Sept 1835.

Tho Hord Esq
Present
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State of Virginia
Nelson County} To wit - On this 15th day of Feby 1837 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesd Elizabeth Smith, a resident in the said County of Nelson and State aforesaid, aged 78th years on the 10th day of March next, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th. 1836: That she is the widow of William Smith, who was a private soldier in the Virga Troops in the War of the Revolution, and went from Albemarle County. 
She refers to, & herewith exhibits a certificate which issued to him for a pension bearing date the 8th. day of [illegible] 1834 - She further declares that she was married to the Said William Smith on the 22nd day of Decr. in the first year of the War of the Revolution (1775) - That her husband the aforesaid William Smith, died on the 29th of Decr. 1836 - and that she has remained a widow ever Since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed - Elizabeth Smith
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and
year above written, before me, justice as aforesd -
John M Smith

And the Said justice further certifies that the above named Elizabeth is a person of strict veracity - That her age and infirmity would prevent her attending the Court of said County in order to make her declaration - John M Smith
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State of Virginia
Nelson County} S.S. Personally came before the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said County, Charles A. Smith who is a resident of Albemarle, and who is known to the subscriber as a man of veracity, and whose statement is worthy of full faith and credit, and being first duly sworn according to law, saith, that he is now 51 years of age and that has been well acquainted with Mr. Charles Smith & has been so since infancy, and that he was the eldest son of the late William Smith & Elizabeth Smith of Nelson Co. and that he is now 61 years old as he has a knowledge of from his long acquaintance with him, and in the family - That Said William Smith the father was a revolutionary soldier as he has always understood, and of late years a pensioner - and that the above named Elizabeth Smith is now, and has been the widow of said William Smith ever since his death which took place the 29th Decr. 1836.
Charles A. Smith
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 15th day of Feby. 1837 - John M Smith

State of Virginia,
Nelson County,} to wit:
I Spotswood Garland, Clerk of the County Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that John M. Smith, who hath given the two foregoing certificates, is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified to his said office, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such; and that the signatures aforesaid are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I here unto set my hand, and annex the seal of the said Court, this 16th day of February, 1837. Sp: Garland, clk.
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See letters to D Anderson jr. & P. Agt. Dec. 14. 1835 -

Virginia 29.553
William Smith
of Nelson in the State of Va
who was a pr: in the Compy commanded by Captain Garland of the - commanded by - in the Va Mila. line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8- day of Decr 334 and sent S. Garland. 
Livingston - Va.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 34 70-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 35. 10-
$80 -
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath: Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 67 - Page 33
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Virginia 576
Elizabeth Smith
widow of William Smith
who died on the 29 December 1836.
of Nelson Co in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Garland of the rgt commanded by - in the Virginia Militia 
Drop

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of Sept 1835

Certificate of Pension issue the 10th day of March 1837 and sent Thos Hord Esq. Present.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 30
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 10
$40
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the ____}
Recorded by H H Sylvester, Clerk,
Book A Vol. 1 Page 111

Let Pension Agent Jany 10. 1835
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State of Virginia
Nelson County} To wit - This day 19 Feby. 1837, personally came before me a justice of the peace in and for said County Jane Martin, who is respectable citizen of said County, and whose statement is worthy of full faith and credit, and she being first duly sworn, deposeth, that she is now in her 78th year, and that she was married to the late Hudson Martin on the 2nd day of December 1778. And that she well recollects that William Smith late of the said County (and who was a revolutionary soldier as she has generally understood) and Betsey (or Elizabeth) Massey was married some time before the date of her own marriage, above stated, & has a child called Charles Smith - before said date - Given under my hand this 19th day of Feby - 1837 -
John M Smith
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4806
Elizth. Smith
Wid.
Wm. Smith
Pvt. Va. Mila.
Act: July 4"/36.
Index:-Vol. M, Page 219
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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To what time was William Smith of Nelson County Va. paid under the Act of June 7. 1832?
H. H J
Pen Off
9 Mar 37

pd to 4 Sep 1835
JH

Third Auditors Off
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Mrs Smith -

123

Thomas Hord Esq
Washington City
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Virginia
Albemarle County Court Clerks Office Towit
I, Ira Garrett clerk of the County Court aforesaid, do hereby Certify, that I have examined the file of marriages in my said Office, and can find no record Showing the intermarriage of William Sith with Elizabeth (or Betsey) Massie - And I further certify that there was no regular files of marriages kept in said Office previous to the year 1806 - Given under my hand and seal at my said Office this 4 day of March 1837.
Ira Garrett Clerk {S}
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Payments to be made
at Richmond
by the Tr. W. S. B Bank
Agent for Paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Va

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 67 Page 33 by N Rice
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, William Smith - of the State of Virginia - - who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is enabled to receive Twenty - dollars - cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 8- day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven -
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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J. L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Dec 14
Wm Smith
Va. roll
F. 29,553

[stamp 1]
FREE

[stamp 2]
RICHMOND
DEC
12
Va.
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Richmond Decbr 11th. 1835
J L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
Enclosed is the Pension of William Smith, which the agent for the Payment of Pensions here, during your instructions - for its payment in Consequence of the length of time, which the Claim has remained unpaid, this delay has in a great [illegible] been declaimed by the difficulty in getting the Claim in proper form of interest you will return it with instructions for its payment
Yr Obb
D Anderson Jr
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State of Virginia
Augusta County} To wit - 
Claudius Buster, a respectable citizen of said County, and whose statement is worthy of full faith and credit, personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in & for said County, and being first duly sworn according to law, he saith that he is now upwards of 73 years of age, and is a pensioner for revolutionary services - and that he was well acquainted with William Smith late of Nelson County, and has been acquainted with him for upwards of 58 years, and that he was then a married man, and his wife was a Massey - a daughter of Charles Massey - who lived near the line between Amherst and Albemarle Counties, but on which side he dont exactly know - His impression is that it was on the Albemarle side - 
Claudius Buster

Subscribed, and sworn to before me a justice of the peace in and for the County abovementioned on this 21st of Feby - 1837 -
Lewis Wayland
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Virginia, Augusta County, to wit.
I Jefferson Kinney, Clerk of the County Court of Augusta aforesaid, hereby certify that Lewis Wayland within named is a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law - Information recorded in my office prior to the year 1785 - I further certify that sd. signature of Lewis Wayland is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name This 21st of Feby. 1837 and in the 60th year of the Commonwealth.
Jefferson Kinney, Clk.