Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,228, for John N Smith, New Jersey
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[form]
(3-1776)
SERVICE |  | NUMBER
New Jersey | Smith, John N. | S18,228. [all handwritten]
Carded. [handwritten]
CONTENTS
[the following is handwritten] b, Sept 28, 1764 in Bergen Co N.J. there at enl In 1832 res. of Morgan Co. Ohio
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Letter to Pensioner 10 March 18
Cir to Pen agt. 24 [rubbed out] 31st July 1841
Same 5th Oct 1841.
Letter to Pen 5 Oct 1841
To Wheeling Agency from 4th March 1841. to Nov. 1841, Notification to Pensioner, Morristown Belmont County Ohio
Order to pay April 21st 1842
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Wheeling 19.900
Ohio Pittsburgh. [crossed out]
John N. Smith [handwritten] of Morgan Co [handwritten] in the State of Ohio. [handwritten] who was a Private [handwritten] in the Co [handwritten] commanded by Captain Ward [handwritten] of the Regt [handwritten] commanded by Col Seely [handwritten] on the NJersey [handwritten] N. Jersey [written below NJersey in a neater hand] line for 18 mo. [handwritten] 
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsbg. [handwritten] at the rate of 60 [handwritten] Dollars 00 [handwritten] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d [handwritten] day of Septr 1833 [handwritten] and [the following is handwritten] sent to P. B. Johnson C.C. McConnelsville M. 3.d Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of  Sept 1833 150. [handwritten]
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34. 30 [handwritten]
$180. [handwritten]
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [signed] Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
Book [indecipherable handwritten symbol] Vol. 8 [handwritten] Page 127 [handwritten]
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No. 17920.
19.900
John N. Smith
Returned [crossed out]
Adm 1. year & 6 months priv.
40
20
[underscore]
$60

P. B. Johnston Clerk
McConnellsville Ohio Morgan County
20 Feb. 1835
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[form]
BRIEF in the case of [blank space] John N Smith [handwritten] of [blank space] Morgan County [handwritten] in the State of [blank space] Ohio [handwritten]
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  a Court [handwritten]
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he? 68 years [handwritten]
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
 | Years, Months, Days. | As a | Gen.
In 1780 . . . . | from July 1st last of Dec 6 months . . . | private | Capt Blance, Major Gutchins
1781 . . . . . | 1 .  month . | do. | Capt Saml Demarest.
1781 . . | . . 3 . months . . | do. | Col. Seely.
1782 . . | . 1 year . . . . . | do | Capt Peter Ward.
5.  In what battles was he engaged?
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bergen County, New Jersey [handwritten]
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence [handwritten]
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no [handwritten]
[written vertically to the right of questions 7 & 8} 6138
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signed] B. F. Pleasants  Examining Clerk.
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[sideways along the upper left side] July 30 1841 Mr Evans
[circular stamp partially covering the date]
ST CLAIRSVILLE O. JUL 28
[in upper right corner and crossed out] 1841
Mr. J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Application for a transfer
State of Ohio Belmont County ss
on the twenty fifth day of May eighteen hundred and forty one
before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said county of Belmont personally appeared John N Smith who on his oath declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Peter Ward and also Captain Thomas Blanch in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Seley in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Pensylvania at Pittsburgh agency  that he has lately removed from Morgan county Ohio to Belmont county where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be then payable in future at the Wheeling agency  The following are his reasons for removing from Morgan County; Because he had purchased property in Belmont county near his sons  [signed] John N Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforsaid James H Arnold Justice of the peace
State [crossed out] State of Ohio Belmont county ss
personally appeared before me James H Arnold a justice of the peace for Belmont county Hugh Rogers who solemly affirms that John N Smith who has taken and signed the above oath is the person discribed in his affidavit   [signed] Hugh Rogers
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 25 day of May 1841 and I do hereby certify that Hugh Rogers the above witness is a person of veracity  [signed] James H Arnold Justice of the peace
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The State of Ohio Belmont County ss
I StClair Kelly Deputy for John C Tallman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that James H. Arnold Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time of taking and certifying the Same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Said County duly Commissioned and Sworn and whose official acts of Such are entitled to and receive full faith and credit and also that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine.  Witness my hand and Seal this 9th day of July A.D. 1841 StClair Kelly dep. Clerk
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John N Smith decn for a pension
17920
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The State of Ohio Morgan County ss
On this nineteenth day of October AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Morgan County aforesaid John N Smith a resident in the County of Morgan in the State of Ohio aged sixty eight 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 7th June 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States and Served as herein stated under the command of Major Gutchins and in the company of Captain Blance by order or apointment of his father to make up the number of men demanded out of Captain Boards Company of militia of which his father was Lieutenant and in about the last of June or first July in the year 1780 and at the time he entered in the service aforesaid he resided in the County of Bergen State of New Jersey and that their head quarters was at Closter near Tapan where Major Andrews was executed the same year & that he was discharged on the last day of December the same year and that his second tour commenced in the spring of 1781 as a substitute for John Corten under the command of Captain Samuel Demarest and Lieutenant David Demarest for one month and was stationed at the new bridge in the County of Bergen New Jersey aforesaid the next and third tour commenced in the month of July or August in the same year as a three months man under the command of Col Seeley in Capt Vanblarcoms company and Lieutenant Bartholf and [crossed out word] head quarters at Springfield near Morristown State of new Jersey and that his fourth and last tour he enlisted in the spring of 1782 for the term of one year in the State troops and was under the Command of Captain Peter Ward Lieutenant Caterlan and Ensign Vanbrike and had our head quarters in the town of Hackinsack in the County of Bergen New Jersey. I hereby relinquish every claim what
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ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant
Que Where and in what year were you born
Ans In the County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey on the 28th day of September 1764
Have you any record of your age and if so where is it Ans In an old book of my fathers which is now produced in Court
Q Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live Ans I was living in the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey when I entered the service since that time I have lived in the City of New York and in little Britain until 1803 Since that time I have lived in the County of Belmont in the State of Ohio until the 6th day of September in the year 1831 Since that time I have resided and now live in Morgan County Ohio within two miles of McConnelsville the County Seat.
How were you called into the service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom Ans. the first six months was by the order or appointment of my father who equipped me for the service The second was for one month a substitute for John Corten The third was for three months enroled by my father The fourth and last time I enlisted for one year in the State troops under the officers above named. Question State the names 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 service Ans I do not recollect any other officers particularly other than those above named we laid near General Lafayette and were under his controul as to the general circumstances of the service I cannot recollect any particulars worthy of relating Sixth Question Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
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And I never received any that I recollect of 
Question State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Ans Having lately removed from Belmont County Ohio to this County I am unable to give the names of any persons here who have known me long or who knew any thing of my services in the revolution but as to my character I will give the names of John D Rutledge Esq John Hughs Doctor Charles Robertson Alexander Simpson & John Hanna & Samuel Williamson
And as I came from Belmont Co I refer to the testimony I took there [faint writing that looks as though it had been erased] John N Smith [written over the seemingly erased content]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid in open Court
P. B. Johnson Clerk
We Alexander Simpson [crossed out] Samuel Williamson & John E Hanna do hereby certify that we are acquainted with John N Smith Who has subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration that he is a man of good moral character and that his statement is entitled to credit Samuel Williamson John E Hanna
Sworn & subscribed to in open Court October 19th 1832 P B Johnson Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the [crossed out word] matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as a he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Williamson & John E Hanna who have subscribed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit And that the testimony of Robert
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C Botkin Basil Ridgway & John Hart of Belmont County could not be produced [crossed out] obtained in this Court Court [x'd out] without too much expense and inconvenience to the applicant
The State of Ohio Morgan County ss
I Perley B Johnson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John N Smith for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of October A. D. 1832
PB Johnson, Clerk
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[Typed letter]
August 5, 1931
Mrs. Fred Dover
McConnelsville
Ohio
[to the right of address] Rev & 1812 Wars Section EEL
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18228, that John N. Smith was born September 28, 1764, in Bergen County, New Jersey. His father, whose name is not given, was lieutenant in Captain Board's New Jersey Company, War of the Revolution.
While residing in Bergen County, New Jersey, John N. Smith enlisted about July 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain Thomas Blanch's Company under Major Gutchens (presumably meant for Goetschius) in the New Jersey Troops and was discharged December 31, 1780.
He enlisted in the spring of 1781, served one month in Captain Samuel Demarest's New Jersey Company; and again enlisted in July or August, 1781, and served three months in Captain Van Blarcom's Company, Colonel Seeley's New Jersey Regiment.
He enlisted in the spring of 1782, and served not less than eight months in Captain Peter Ward's New Jersey Company.
After the Revolution, he lived in NewYork City, and in Little Britain, state not given, until 1803; in Belmont County, Ohio, until September 6, 1831, and after that date within two miles of McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, while residing in Morgan County, Ohio. In 1841, he was residing in Morristown, Belmont County, Ohio.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller Assistant to Administrator
[handwritten to the left] Date of death not on dB.
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[File form]
18228 [handwritten at top of form]
INVALID.
File No. [handwritten entry]18228 John N Smith Pri Rev War
Act: [handwritten entry] June 7th 32
Index: Vol. [handwritten entry] 1, Page [handwritten entry] 338
(Arrangement of 1870)
[checkmark in lower right corner]
[Handwritten note on facing page] 1931-Aug 5 - Hist. to Mrs Fred Dover. EEL Letter in case of Peter Shacklee - N. 4799 - EEL
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[Blank page with John N. Smith written and underscored sideways along the right side]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [blank space] John N. Smith [handwritten in the blank space] which require further proof or explanation [all in bold face except handwritten text]
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes [handwritten]
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes [handwritten]
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [line drawn in to indicate not applicable]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes [handwritten]
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? No No [written twice in different handwriting]
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes [handwritten]
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes [handwritten]
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion? yes [handwritten]
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes [handwritten]
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes [handwritten]
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
no clergyman, but two citizens [handwritten]
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
He has very recently removed to the neighborhood in which he now lives [handwritten]
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had:
[very faint and illegible statement ending with  "in red ink"]
No [indecipherable symbol or letter] in Declarations also the Amended Declarations [handwritten]
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes [handwritten]
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes [handwritten]
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For [blank line] year [blank line] months, and [blank line] days, I served as a [blank line] For [blank line] months and [blank line] days, I served as a [blank line]; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [start italics] about three or four months [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. [in italics]
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. [in italics]
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
[pointing finger icon] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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North Western Bank of Virginia Pensions Agency
Wheeling April 16, 1842
Sir
I enclose for examination John N Smiths pension voucher 12 mos $60 your early attention will oblige
Yours Respectfully
Archibald Woods
Pension Agent for Gen S Thompson
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The State of Ohio Belmont County ss
On this second day of Oct. A.D 1832 personally appeared before me A. Moore one of the justices of the peace in and for said county John N Smith a resident in the county of Morgan in the state aforesaid aged sixty eight 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated under the command of Major Gutchins [probably Major Goetschius] and in the company of captain Blance [probably Blanch] by order or apointment of his father to make up the number of men demand out of captain Board's company of militia of which his father was Lieutenant in the last of June or the first of July in the year of 1780 and at the time he entered in the service aforesaid he resided in the county of Bergen State of New Jersey and that their headquarters was at Closter near Tapon [probably Tappan] where Major Andrews [probably Andre] was executed the same year & that he was discharged on the last day of December same year and that his second tour commenced in the spring of 1781 as a substitute for John Corten under the command of captain Saml Demarest and Lieut David Demarest for one month and was stationed at the new bridge in the county of Bergen New Jersey  the next and third tour commenced in the month of July or Aug. in the same year as a three months man under the command of Col Seely [probably Seeley] in captain Van Blarcoms company and Lieut. Bartholf and had our head quarters at Springfield near Morristown State of New Jersey and that his fourth and last tour he enlisted in the spring of 1782 for the term of one year in the state troops and was under the command of captain Peter Ward Lieut Caterlan [probably Catterline] and ensign Vanbrike [probably Verbryke] and had our head quarters in the Town of Hackensack in the county Bergen State of New Jersey --
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or anuity except the present and declairs that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.  The following questions proposed and answers given first where and in what year were you born A in the county of Bergen in the state of New Jersey on the 28th day of Sept 1764  Second have you any record of your age and if so where is it  A I have a record of my age in an old book of my fathers and it is at my home in Morgan county State of Ohio  Third question Where were you living when called in to service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live  I was living in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey when I entered the service since that time I have lived in the city of New York and in little brittain untill the year of 1803 since that time I have lived in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio until the 6th day of Sept in the year 1831. Since that time I have
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resided and do now live within two miles of McConnelsville the county seat of Morgan County Ohio  Forth question how were you called in to service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom  A the first six months was by the order or appointment of my father who equiped me for the service  The second was for one month a substitute for John Corten  The third time was three months enrolled by my father  The fourth and last tour I enlisted for one year in the state troops under the officers above named  Fifth question state the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recolect and the general sircumstances of your services  A I do not recollect any other officers particularly other than those above named  We laid near General Lafayette and were under his controle as to the general circumstances of the service I cannot reccollect any particulars worthy of relating  Sixth question did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has come of it  A. no. Seventh question state the names of persons to whom you were known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for vorassity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution  A I have none to my knowledge in my present neighbourhood on account of my late removal but in the county of Belmont where I formally lived I can name sundry persons Col. Robert C. Botkin John Hart Bazil Ridgway & Abner Moore Esq.  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  John N Smith
We Robert C. Botkin John Hart Bazil Ridgway residing in the aforesaid County of Belmont certify that we are well acquainted with John N Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age as he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he has latly resided to have been a soldier of the revolution agreeable to former statements before the 7th day of June 1832 and we concur in that opinion
Affirmed to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
continue
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Robert C Botkin
Basil Ridgway
John Hart
The State of Ohio Belmont County ss
I A Moore Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with John N Smith applicant for a number of years and I do not hesitate to say that I believe him to be a man of good moral character and a man of truth and I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the subscribing witnesses and that they are men of the first character and also that they are men of good Property the said Robt. C. Botkin is now an acting colonel of the militia of the county and state aforesaid and I do concur in opinion with the above witnesses that the [indecipherable] applicant has been a soldier of the revolutionary war.
Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of Oct. A.D 1832
A. Moore Seal [the word Seal is within a loopy circle resembling the serrated edge of a foil seal]
Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Belmont County ss
I John C Tallman deputy for Peter Tallman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Belmont do hereby certify that Abner Moore Esquire [begin strikethrough] before whom the foregoing declaration of John N. Smith appears to have been made and sworn to [end of strikethrough] whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate with his own genuine sitgnature [sic] was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace of said County duly elected, commissioned and Sworn and whose acts as a Justice are entitled to and receive full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at St Clairsville this fifth day of October Anno Domini 1832
Jno. C. Tallman depy Clerk
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Amended Declaration of John N. Smith in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Morgan and State of Ohio John N Smith who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below [next word crossed out completely] the whole time as a private According to his original Declaration hereto amended on his first tour not less than six months on his second tour not less than one month On his third tour not less than three months and on his fourth tour not less than eight months and was bound to serve for a year and was prevented only by the cessation of hostilities. For which service he claims a Pension That he has no documentary evidence to prove his services nor does he know of any person living by whom he can prove his services And further this deponent saith not
John N. Smith
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 28th day of May AD 1833 John B. Stone J.P. Seal [the word Seal is within a loopy circle to resemble the serrated edge of a foil seal]
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The State of Ohio
Morgan County
I Samuel A Barkes Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John B Stone is one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County; duly commissioned and qualified and that in all faith and credit is due and ought of right to be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at McConnelsville this 28th day of May AD 1883
S A Barkes Clerk CCP

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Oct 13. 1841
M Evans
[faint circular stamp] PITTSBURGH Pa OCT 10

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commiss. of Pensions
Washington City

[stamped above address] FREE
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Merchants & Manufacturers Bank
Pittsburgh Octob 8th 1841
Sir
In compliance with yours of the 5th Inst, received this day I beg leave to inform you that John N Smith Pens. under the Act of 7 June 1832 at Sixty Dlls per annum was last paid up for the [illegible] of March 1841 I also inform you, in compliance with your favor of July the 20th, that Seth Goodwin Pensioner under the same Act at 
73.33/mo Dlls per annum was last paid up to the 4 Sept 1841, but still resides in Medina Co Ohio.  Please to excuse this delay, caused by my being absent from home that time.
I am very respectfully your obt Svt
Fred K Kahl for M Tiernan [illegible] Pens. Agent

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commiss. of Pensions
Washington
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Mar 9. 1841
M Evans

[horizontal]
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C
Morristown O
March 11

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Morristown March 4th 1841
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir. I am entitled to a Pension agreeable to my Pension Certificate no. 19900 dated 23rd day of Sept 1833 of Sixty Dollars per annum and have been in the habit of drawing it at Pittsburg Pa but finding it verry inconvenient I wish my name placed on the Pension Roll at Wheeling Va as I live only 25 Miles from there and can draw with more convenience and by so doing you will oblige
Your [illegible]
John N Smith

[illegible] if you place my name on the Wheeling Roll inform me by letter directed to Morristown Ohio
J.N
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[Sideways along the left side] 
Morristown O 
6 cts 5
Oct  5, '41
Mr Evans [illegible]

[horizontal script]
[illegible - scrawled initials?]
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
Washington Citty D.C.
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Morristown October 27 1841
J. L. Edwards Pension Agent
Dear Sir: I sent on a request some time ago to have my name placed on the Pension Roll at Wheeling Va and not hearing wether it was done I sent to Wheeling and learned that it was not there. Six months pay was due on the 4th Sept. and would take it as a favor if you write me a few lines directed to Morristown and inform me wether my name will be placed on the Roll at Wheeling and where I am to draw the pay now due
I am yours Respt
John N Smith
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