Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,860, for John Smith, New Jersey
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SERVICE                                   NUMBER

New Jersey    Smith, John,       S. 4,860

carded
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LEFT SIDE:

13:179
Ohio
John Smith

of Butler Co in the State of Ohio
was a Private in the Company command(ed)
by Captain Clung of the Regt comman(ed)
by Col Taylor in the N Jersey Militia
line for one year and 9 months


Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 70 Dollars ___ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of May
1833 - and Sent to J Woods
                               Hamilton Co Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833             $140:00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33      35:00
                                                              ________
                                                             $175:00
                                                             _________

     {Revolutionary Claim,  }
     {Act June 7, 1832.        }

(R)ecorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk,
(B)ook 6  vol. 8  Page 24


RIGHT SIDE:

Letter to Hon. J. B Welles  3 Ands
31. Jany 1842.

Paid at the Treasury under the 
Act of the C. April 1838, from
4th Sep 1840 to 4 March 1842 Act
motified 13d Feby 1842
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The State of Ohio Butler County  )
Court of Common Pleas               )  Ss
on the thirtieth of July A.D. 1832  )

   On the thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the honorable the judge of the Court of Common Pleas in for the County of Butler and State of Ohio, John Smith aged seventy years - a resident of the County of Butler aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two, that on or about the first of May Seventeen hundred and Seventy-Five, he enlisted for three months in the State Troops of New Jersey in Huntington county he enlisted in Captain Clung's company of Trenton - he marched to Elizabethtown - he was engaged in guarding the points between Newark and Woodbridge until the three months expired when the company were discharged by Colonel Taylor, or Captain Clung, deponent cannot say positively which, no written discharges were given to any soldier during the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty so far as Deponent knows - deponent states that he was considered as a minute-man - he was frequently called out to serve for a few days or weeks against the British - he was frequently engaged in skirmishes with the Tories - deponent served under Captain Philips, Colonel Houlton, Captain Snook, and under others whose names he cannot now recollect.  Deponent further states that in April, Seventeen hundred and Eighty one he volunteered to serve in the continental troops, which were raised in New Jersey - he joined the regiment called the "Jersey Blues" - deponent was [illegible]-led at Ringo's tavern in Huntington County the
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Regiment marched under Colonel Taylor to Hackensack Bridge - Captain Smally commanded the company to which deponent belonged.  At Hackensack Bridge the Regiment joined the main army under the command of General Washington - After remaining at Hackensack four [illegible] marched under the command of Washington to Gloucester above Bargain Point - they were then ordered to proceed to the South to oppose Cornwallis - while marching to North Carolina, deponent had his right hand so crippled that he was unable to continue with the Army - he remained near Williamsburg about three months from April to September before he was crippled - from September until December he was unable to perform duty - deponent then took the smallpox, which prevented him from performing duty until February in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two - deponent was then ordered to take charge of a team and wagon - he continued to drive team until January, seventeen hunddred and Eighty-three the whole time that deponent drove team was about one year - at the time the army was disbanded, deponent was lying sick in New Jersey, and did not get a written discharge - deponent knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services. - deponent has a written record of his age left by his father in the family Bible, by which it appears that deponent was born on the fourth day of June Seventeen hundred and Sixty-two, in Huntington County New Jersey.  deponent has been living in the County of Butler, State of Ohio, sixteen years - deponent is well known to John Burk Daniel Trumbley & Pierson Sayre by whom he believes he can prove his character for truth and veracity and his reputation as a soldier of the Revolution.  He hereby relinquishes
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every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
  J A Smith

Sworn to & subscribed    )
the day & year aforesaid )
   John Reily Clerk
    
    We, Pierson Sayre, John Burk and Daniel Trembly residents in the County of Butler in the State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Smith who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  We have known him for more than fifteen years and he has always sustained a good character for truth and veracity & we believe his statement entitled to full credit.
Pierson Sayre
John Burk
Daniel Tremby

Sworn to & subscribed    )
the day & year aforesaid )
   John Reily Clerk

And the said court to hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Pierson Sayre, John Burk and Daniel Trembly who have signed the preceeding certificate are residents in the said county of Butler, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
   I John Reily Clark of the court of Common pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
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proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of John Smith for a pension
   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Hamilton this fourth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
   John Reily
[seal affixed]

(Notation:   2349
John Smith
A Revolutionary Soldier)



The State of Ohio : Butler County Ss

   Before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Butler aforesaid came personally John Smith who has sworn to and subscribed the within declaration and said John Smith being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served the three months which he has mentioned in the within declaration in the army of the Revolution in the year 1779 as stated within under Capt Clung - said Deponent further saith that he served a tour of one month during the year 1780 under captain
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Also before me William Hunter a Justice of the peace as aforesaid came personally Daniel Millikin, [illegible] apostate Judge of the Court of Common Please for the County of Butler who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been personally acquainted with John Smith who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration and affidavit for more than twenty five years, and he has been for more than fifteen years acquainted with the character of said Smith and the said Daniel Millikin saith that said Smith has always since deponent has been acquainted with his character, been reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and deponent concurs in that opinion said Smith sustained a good chraacter for truth & versacity and Deponent believes his statement entitled to full credit -
   Dan Millikin
Sworn to & subscribed before  )
me this 4th February 1883        )
   William Hunter JP
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Also at the same time came personally William Moore a resident of said County of Butler who is a reputable citizen of good character and said William Moore being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with John Smith who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration & affidavit for more than fourteen years & that said John Smith has always been believed and reputed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & deponent concurs in that opinion - said Smith has always sustained a good character for truth and veracity & his statement is entitled to full credit -
   Wm Moore
Sworn to & subscribed   )
before me this 4th day   )
of February A.D. 1833     )
   William Hunter JP

The State of Ohio Butler County  Ss
John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Certify that William Hunter Esquire herein before named before whom the depositions of John Smith, Daniel Millikin & William Moore herein before stated, were taken was at the taking thereof a Justice duly assigned to keep the peace in the said county of Butler and that the signatures thereunto affixed purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this fifth day of February One thousand eight hundred and thirty three
     John Reily
[seal affixed]
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Canton 24th

Brook in the Regiment of Col Josh Hawton during this tour the British army or a detachment of their soldiers burnt Springfield in New Jersey.  The company to which deponent belonged arrived at Springfield a few minutes after the British soldiers had left the town - Deponent enlisted in the first part of April 1781 in the Regiment called the Jersey Blues and continued in the service from that time until in September about the middle of the month as near as he can now state when he got his hand hurt so as to disable him from remaining in the service in active duty until the time he took charge of a team in February 1782 as stated in his foregoing declaration - Deponent was nine months in the service of the United States in the army of the Revolution as above stated.  he certifies five months disabled from being (?) the army by the injury he received in his hand and by the smallpox as stated in the foregoing declaration- during that time he was on furlough - After he recovered so as to be able to enter the service he was ordered to take charge of a public team and he continued to drive the team under the com-
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Service - Number
New Jersey - Smith, John, S.4860

June 4
f. 176[21? illegible] in Hunterdon Co. N.J. there at [illegible - ent?]                    carded
[double line across page below text above]
Contents 
Butler Co. Ohio in 1832
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July 23, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
John Smith, S.4860

Mr. J. H. Gallaher
Waynesboro, Box 255
Augusta County, Virginia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the record of John Smith,
a soldier of the Revolutionary War who applied for pension July 30,
1832, at which time he was living in Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in
the pension claim, S. 4860, based upon the military service of John
Smith.
He was born June 4, 1762, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The
names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Hunterdon County, he enlisted and served
with the New Jersey troops as follows: from May 1, 1779, three months
as private in Captain Clunn's company; in 1780, one month as private
under Captains Phillips and Snook in Colonel Joab Houghton's regiment;
from the first of April, 1781, until about the middle of September, 1781,
as private in Captain Smalley's company in Colonel Taylor's regiment
called the "Jersey Blues"; from February, 1782, until January, 1783, as
teamster under Captains Joab Broadus and William Moore.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832,
at which time he was a resident of Butler County, Ohio, where he had
lived for sixteen years.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's
family.

Very truly yours

Death not on
Agency Book [This text was handwritten to left of signature block]

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[left side:]
1911 Jan 10. History to
Charles Smith
1923 Sept 30. Hist to Mrs. C. De Wolfe AN
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1929 July 19 hist. to Mrs.
H. H. Smith   MCS
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1935 July 23 Hist to M[cut off]
J.H. Gallaher M.C.S

[right side:]
Rev War.      4860
INVALID.
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File No. __4860____
___John Smith____
____Privt___ Rev War ___
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Act: ___June 7" 1832
Index: -- Vol. __M___, Page __346__

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
Feb'y 3rd, 1842

Sir:

Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Smith.- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Seventy Dollars per annum, under the law of the 4th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840 to the 4th March 1841~
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present
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                    Hamilton Ohio Feby 9th 1833

The within applications for pensions are again forwarded to the department with much additional details & statements and Testimony as the applicants could obtain.  When examined please forward the decisions to me -
            John Woods

J.L. Edwards Esqr   )
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Hamilton O
                             Jan 3, 1911

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
                             Dear Sir
The Decendants of John Smith of Butler Co Ohio has organized a Smith Reunion and desirous of obtaining my Grand Father's war record he being born in the State of NJ Enlisting at the age of 14 in the Revolution Army Serving as teamster through the advise of the Engineer in the custom House Cincinnati he advised me writing to you
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for all information My Datter  at one time had Dr Miller of Hamilton O to write for it - She being Eligible to the Daughters of the Revolution, it was obtained although She never got it - and yet they charged her for it.  We find under Act of June 7th 1832 he was Placed on Pension roll May 25 1833 hopeing to hear from you Soon as I am prepareing an article for our next meeting  My Grand Father was born June 4 1762
   Chas Smith Hamilton
Ohio 605 Ross St       over
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P.S.  Wether he was in any Battles &c
James Chas Smith
605 Ross St Ham O

PS Again  Who was this Gen R Heber Britnall Adjutant General
   Trenton New Jersey


(Date Stamp:
U.S. Pension Office
Jan 5 1911)
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Waynesboro Va-
July 10-1935-

Dear Sir
I have, from "official Roster of (unknown word) Rev. soldier in Ohio, p.340, the following-
"John Smith, minute man and Teamster, enlisted May 1-1779 for 3 months, Apr.1 1781, To Fro 1782: Feb. 1782 to Jan. 1783: discharged at Boston: applied for pension July 30, 1832- claim allowed."
John Smith was b. June 1762 d- 1851 m-1787 (cut off) Rebecca Griffin b-1767 d-1819- John Smith died and buried, Reiley (cut off) his, (unknown word) he was born in Penna (cut off) you kindly furnish me a copy of his pension record, omit any information recorded in Sauer(?) and oblige-
Very truly
J.H. Gallaher
Box 255
Waynesboro Virginia
Augusta Co

Over
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Children of this John Smith and Rebecca Griffin, were

1. Amos Smith
2. Charles G Smith b. 1793 m. Phoebe Bartlow-
3. Polly Smith
4. Demarus Smith
5. John Smith b July 1808 m. 1st Sarah Jones
m. 2nd Sarah Lennon
Names of his children (unknown word) aid in locating this especial John Smith

(Stamp that says "received July 11 1935)
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To Department of the Interior
Rev. War Section
Bureau of Pensions
Washington

Enclosed please find some added information concerning John Henry Smith.
Respt yours
Mrs. C De Wolfe
1014W4 (illegible)
Williamsport, PA.
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Gen R. Heber Brientnall
Adjutant General
Trenton New Jersey

John Smith. U.S. Pension Butler Co. O
Private New Jersey Militia
Placed on pension May 25.1833 under act of June 7.1831
write to Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

This is from the engineer
Custom House Private
which I will send along
C Smith

(there is a stamp that says U.S. Pension Office, dated Jan 5, 1911)
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From Harrisburg, Pa.

John Henry Smith
born 1756
Carried on rolls as "John Smith". See offices and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, Page 758
3rd Hunterdon Reg. also NJ State troops and Continental Army U.S. Pensioners
Died 1840
S4860 is only N.J. man who (unknown word) from Hunterdon County

Martin Smith and Charity Rodenbaugh
Second son of John Smith resides at time of death with Peter Smith Hunterdon Co N.J. 

Sarah Smith married John Stires
3rd daughter of Martin Smith and Charity Rodenbaugh

Mary Ann Stires married Mahlon Fisher
1st daughter of Sarah Smith and John Stires

John Henry Smith 
From Trenton

Fifer in the Revolutionary War (1776) 3rd-Hunterdon Co Regiment also NY State Troops and Continental Army
Pensioner of US Government
Died 1840 at the age of 84 years
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IN REPLY REFER TO 
REV. AND 1812 WARS SECTION
MCS/EEL

3-2562
UNITED STATES 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON 
June 14, 1929

Mrs. H.H. Smith
Oxford
Ohio

Madam:
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained in your letter. 
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau. 
First name of widow: Rebecca Griffin
Full name of soldier: John Smith
Residence of soldier at enlistment: New Jersey
Residence of soldier after service: Pennsylvania
Name of state from which he enlisted: New Jersey
Approximate date of birth: June 4, 1762
Approximate date of death: March 18, 1851
Kindly return attached letter with your reply
Respectfully, 
Earl D. Church (signature)
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner

(stamp) REVOLUTIONARY AND 1812 WARS SECTION JUL 15 1929 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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New Jersey
Smith, John
Service Number: S4860
B. June 4 176 in [illegible] N.J. [illegible]
Cardid
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1762 - 6- 4
88 - 9 - 14
1851 - 3 - 18 -

88
52
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36

1819
36
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1855

(stamp) REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION 
JUL 18 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Captain John Smith. History. 

Captain John Smith, served in the Revolutionary War, under General LaFayette until the close of that memorable struggle is #### 1783, having entered the Army at the age of 16. He was a native of New Jersey, but came over into Pennsylvania, and was married to Rebecca Griffin on his 25 birthday. June, 4', 1787. In 1816 with his wife and 7 children he came to Ohio and entered 380 acres of land in Reiley Township where in 1819 he built the first brick house in Reiley Township, having burned the brick himself. His wife, Rebecca died in 18189 at the age of 52 years, 4 months, and 15 days  
He lived to be 88 years, 9 months, and 14 days old. 

Copied from Biographies of Butler Co. 

(stamp) REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION JUL 15 1929 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Rev. and 1812
War Section
MCS/HMM

July 18, 1929. 

Mrs. H.H. Smith, 
Oxford, 
Ohio. 

Dear Madam: 
I advise you that, from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 4860,  it appears that John Smith was born June 4, 1762 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. 
While a resident of that county he enlisted and served with the New Jersey Troops as follows: 
From May 1, 1779 three months as a private in Captain Clum's Company; in 1780 one month as a private under Captains Phillips' and Snooks' in Colonel Joab Houghton's Regiment; from the first of April 1781 until about the middle of September 1781 as a private in Captain Smalley's Company in Colonel Taylor's Regiment Called Jersey Blues; and from February 1782 until January 1783 as a teamster under Captains Joab Broadus and William Moore. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832 at which time he was a resident of Butler County, Ohio, where he had lived for sixteen years. 
There are no data relative to his family. 
No charge is made for this service. 
Very truly yours, 
EARL D. CHURCH, 
Commissioner.
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In reply to your request of ______, received ______ for a statement of the military history of John Smith, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's, crossed out) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
S. File 4860. 
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment | Length of Service | Rank | Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered (Below, Captain | Colonel) | State 

May 1, 79 | 3 mos | Pvt | Clung (crossed out) Clumm | check mark | N. Jersey
1780 | 1 mo. | ' | Phillips & Smith | Joab Houghton
First Apl 1781 | 6 Sept 1781 *about mid* | ' | Smalley | Taylor
Fby 1782 to Jan. 83 | Teamster {Joab Broadus Wm Moore

Battles engaged in, check mark
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hunterdon Co, N.J. 
Date of Application for Pension, July 30, 1832  allowed
Residence at date of application, Butler Co, Ohio where he'd lived for 16 years
Age at date of application, 70 b June 4, 1762 in  Hunterdon Co, N.J. 

Mr. John Haury Smith