Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9765, for John Smith, Pennsylvania
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8-1776

SERVICE 
Penn.

Smith, John

NUMBER R. 9765

CONTENTS  In 1845 Res. of Baltimore aged 86 years
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37.003
John Smith
Maryland
Act of June 1832.
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James Oldham
certificate
in the case of
John Smith
applying for
a Pension
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore ⎬    To Wit
On this Fifteenth day
of March Eighteen hundred and forty
five Personally appeared John Smith
of the City of Baltimore formerly of the State of
Pennsylvania Aged Eighty Six years
who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on his Oath make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provision made by the Act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832 That the said John
Smith entered the service of the United States
in Pennsylvania in October 1776
where and when he volunteered his services
for six months his Capt was Capt. Caleb
Armitage his Lieut was Lieut Christopher Roone
his 2nd Lieut was Lieut William Wilson & his
Col was Col William Moore he was attached ┃
to the first Regiment of Philadelphia County
troops and was in the Battle of Germantown
& Princeton which took place in 1777 and
he well recollects Col John Stone who
commanded one of the Maryland Brigades
and he received a mortal wound at the
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battle of Germantown he further states
that during his campaign he marched
through Delaware Pennsylvania & the Jersey
and during said service was in several
skirmishes and he received an honourable
discharge that was signed by Capt. Caleb
Armitage which he lost And he further
states that he is at this time drawing a
Pension of Forty dollars per year from the
State of Pennsylvania for his services during
the Revolutionary war
He hereby relinquishes every
claim whatever to a Pension or an annuity except
the present and he declares that his name is
not on the Pension Roll of any agency in
any state or if any, only on that of the
State of Pennsylvania
Sworn to and subscribed
to the day and year aforesaid in Open Court
John Smith
Before us
ED Kemp
John Smith
Peter Leary
John D Readel
Justices of the
Orphans Court
for Baltimore County
Maryland ss.
I hereby certify that
Edward D Themp, Peter Leary and John D Readel
Esquires who have signed the aforegoing paper
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now at the time of so doing Justices of the Orphans
Court for Baltimore County duly commissioned
and qualifed according to Law.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto
subscribe my name and affix the
Seal of said Court this 15 day of
March 1845
Test.
D. M Perine Regr
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Declaration
of
John Smith
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore ⎬
To Wit
On this fifteenth day of
March Eighteen hundred and forty five
Personally appeared James Oldham Aged
Eighty seven years and made oath on the
Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he is
personally acquainted with John Smith who
is applying for a Pension for his Revolutionary
services and know him to be the Identical
person who was attached to Capt Caleb
Armitage Company and knew of his volunteering
 in said Company for six months
and knew him to be at the battle of
Germantown & Princeton and he belonged
to the first Regiment of Pennsylvania County
troops commanded by Col William Moore
and during said service they often Messed
together and was intimately acquainted with
each other
Sworn to and subscribed
to before me a justice of the
Peace in & for the City of Baltimore
& aforesaid State
James his X mark Oldham
I hereby certify that James Oldham is well known by me
and that he is man of truth and can be relied on in any statement he make-
Nicholas Breunes Justice of the Peace
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State of Maryland Baltimore County  I hereby
certify that Nicholas Brunes, Esquire before whom the within deposition
was made and who has thereto signed his name was at the time also
a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the 
City of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of Baltimore
County Court on this 19th day of March 1845
AW Bradford clk
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Certificate
in the case of
John Smith
applying for
a Pension
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore ⎬ To wit
On this twentieth day of March Eighteen
hundred and forty five, Personally appeared
Benjamin Brannaman aged Eighty five
or upwards of years, and made oath on
the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that
is personally acquainted with John Smith
who is making application for a Pension
for his Revolutionary service and knows
him to be the Identical person who was
attached to Capt Caleb Armitage Company
and of his volentering in said Company
for six months, and he knew him to be at the
Battles of Germantown and Princeton and
he belonged to the first Regiment of the
 Pennsylvania County Troops Commanded by
Col William Moore and during said
Service they often messed together and
was intimately acquainted with each other.
Solomon his X mark Flowers
Sworn to and subscribed
to before me a Justice of
the Peace in and for the
City of Baltimore and aforesaid State
J L Maguire 

From information received I have pleasure
in saying that Benjamin Flowers is entitled
to full credit under oath
J L Maguire
J.P
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore 
I hereby certify that J L Maquire Gentleman
before whom the annexed affidavit was made and
who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the
time of so doing one of the Justices of the Peace
of the said State in and for the City aforesaid
duly commissioned
and sworn. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of Baltimore
County Court this 20th day of March
A D. 1845
A W Bradford
Clerk Balto County Couns
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9th 65
P. O.
John Smith
Service:
[stamped] REJECTED
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension
as
"For further proof
Re-enlisted as
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized  Contract
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Letter to Henry Bell May
1845
to same Jan 25th '45
9765
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Nancy Will
June 25. '45
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[handwritten in upper right corner] 428
Pension Office
June 25 1845
Sir
The amended declaration of John Smith
adds nothing whatever to the proof of service
heretofore filed. It appears he is in the receipt
of a pension from the State of Pennsylvania, and
ansequently the reason assigned for not applying
to the Genl Government for the amount he has long
said been fully apprized he was entitled to, for his
revolutionary service one groundless
If the records at Harrisburg furnish no
evidence of Claimants service, before his claim
can be omitted he must produce the testimony
of two or more credible witnesses whose [text crossed out] 
names are found upon the Rolls, who will be
required to set forth in their affidavits the
time of his entering the service, and the time and
manner of leaving the same, as well as the Regiment
Company, and Line to which he belonged
The claim is a very doubtful one and [word crossed out]
must be sustained by the highest grade of proof before
it can be allowed.
1845

[lower left margin] Henry Bell Esq
No. 147 Light St
Baltimore
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[written in upper right corner] 102
Pension Office
May 6th 1845.
Sir.
I have examined the papers in the case 
of John Smith, an applicant for a pension
under the Act of June 7th 1832, and placed
them on our file.
It is rather a strange circumstance that
he being a resident of the City of Baltimore
should after the lapse of nearly fourteen
years since the passage of the act, have
for the first time assert his claim. A
satisfactory reason should be given why
he has delayed his application until this
period
He alleges that he entered the service in
in October 1776 for six months, and that he
he was in the battles of Princeton and
Germantown. The history of the war shows
that the former was on the 3d Jany and
the latter on the 4th of October 1777, and hence
he must have been in service, twelve, instead
of six months
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The testimony of two witnesses are produced
in support of the claim. James Oldham
and Soloman Flowers. If they were in the
service why have they not applied for
a pension? Their
names are not found
upon and rolls as pensioner ^ which greatly weakens their evidence.
[text crossed out]
Unless it can be shown that the
witnesses by the most clear and satisfactory testimony that
were in the service
and served with Mr Smith the claim
cannot be admitted
Henry Bell Esq
147 Light Street
Baltimore
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Certificate
of
John Smith
applying for a
Pension
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State of Maryland}
City of Baltimore }   To Wit
On this ninth day of May Eighteen
hundred and forty five personally
appeared John Smith Aged Eighty
six years and made Oath on the
Holy Evangely of Almighty God that
he was fully apprized long since that
he was entitled to a pension for his
Revolutionary services and had determined
never to apply for the same
while his health enabled him to live
without it, my friends has induced
me to apply now in consequence of
my health and infirmities, with old
age, and not being able to work =
otherwise I should never have applied
for this pension. I am now receiving
forty dollars for my Revolutionary
services from the State of Pennsylvania
which is the only resources I have or
can rely on - In answer to the term
of service he states that he volunteered
for six months and continued in
service of and in and for during the
Revolutionary war
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In testimony whereof }
I have hereunto subscribed }
my hand and } 
seal dated within }      John Smith
J L Maguire }
Justice of the Peace }
in and for the } 
City of Baltimore }
State of Maryland Baltimore County S.
I hereby certify that James L Maguire gentleman
before whom the foregoing deposition was made and 
who has thereto subscribed his name was at the
time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of said
State in and for the City of Baltimore duly 
commissioned and sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereto
set my hand and affix the seal
of Baltimore County Court this
21st day of May 1845.
A W Bradford Clk
Balto Co
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Baltimore, May 12th 1845
This is to Certify, that I have known Mr.
John Smith, the bearer of these lines, for nearly
ten years last past, and that I also know him
to be a revolutionary pensioner, drawing
money semiannually from Govement, either
of York or Harrisburg Penn for some
8 or 10 years past.
Elias Heiner
Pastor of the Reformed Church
on Second Stout, Baltimore
Sworn before me
Wm W Fitton
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Auditor General's Office,
Harrisburg, May 19th 1845

Dear Sir
By reference to the books of the Treasury I find
that the annual pension of $40 each in the cases of Benjamin
Brenneman and James Oldham are payable to Isaac Garretson
Esq of York for their use agreeably to an act of Assembly. It is
not so in the case of John Smith, he draws his pay himself
from the County Treasurer of York.  If you wish to prove
the fact that these men are pensioners you had better obtain
from this department certified copies of the vouchers upon
which the last payments were made to them, in which case
it will cost you about $2 fees for separate certificate for each
or about half that sum to make one certificate answer for the
three
Yours Respy
J W Hammond
Chief Clerk
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March 21. 1845
Mr Smith
June 1 1832

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Baltimore March 20th 1845

Hon Sir
I here transmit to you my
papers making applications for
a pension for my services in the 
Revolutionary was rendered in the State of
Pensylvania, and hoping that the may
be satisfactory, I have appointed Mr.
Henry Bell 147 Light Street Baltimore Md
to be my lawful agent to transact all
buisness with the General Goverment
Connected with my case, and to receive
all letters as Communications,
your early attention to this matter will
in thankfully received
Respectfully
Your ob Servt
John Smith

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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May 2nd 1848.

John Smith

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City  DC
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Baltimore May 21st 1845
Hon Sir
I here transmit to you aditional
Evidence in the case of John Smith his
Decleration shares only a part of his services
you will find from the letter of John W
Hammand Esq. that John Smith James Oldham 
and Benjamin Branaman are Pensioners
on the State of Pensylvania for
their revolutionary services, Soloman
Flowers is not a Pensioner, but aledges
that he was in the Revolutionary was
with the aforesaid applicants and
I think he is getting his papers to 
make application to the General Governmt
for a Pension
Respectfully
your obedt sbt
Henry Bell
147 Light Street

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
DC