Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6094, for William Smith, Virginia
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Va.  Smith, William  W 6094
Mary
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Virginia._16,,897.
William Smith
of Alleghiry in the State of Va
who was a /Xri-in the _____ commanded
by Captain  ______ of the Pejh? commanded
by Co. Marthurs_in the an
line for H. Months
Incribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 33. Dollars 33. Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Oct 33 and XXXX Andrew Fudge Covington-Va
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833  83.32
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 ma?: 34 16.66
$99.98
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nellice_Cleark
Book E. Vol 6 1/2 Page 32
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4667
Virginia Richund
Mary Smith
widow of William Smith
who Va served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
5 day of April 1849
Andrew Fudge
Covington
Va
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 184 Vol.3.
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Covington Va Free
Jan 9th
To the Secretary of War
Pension Claim) Washington City

Jan. 7, 14.
Wm. Smith
21983
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The following Declaration made by William Smith claimingthe benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7. 1834.
providing for the relief of certain Officers and soldiers including Indian Spies, who were employed on our frontiers in the Revolutionary service, I have endeavored to details
conformably to the liberal Spirit of said Act, though not perhaps according to any proscriptive regulation, or the business made of exhibiting such claims before the Department for this particular class of case

State of Virginia and Alleghany County, To wit
On this 17th Day of November, 1832, attended at the house of the above named Claimant William Smith, who no doubt from his apparent bodily decrepitude) and
is unable to attend at the Court House of said County, without much difficult and hazard, such as would cause him to relinquish his claim to a petition rather than incur the
danger of attending in order to comply with the requisition of said Law providing for the relief of soldiers, including Indian Spies of the Revolution: The said Smith is now Residing
in the said County of Alleghany V.A.) and he states that he was born in Richmond County (v.a.) in the year 1740 in the month of March, making his age, the ensuing March to be Eighty nine years. The said William Smith being first duly sworn according to Law before, and by me one of the Commonwealth's
Justices of the peace for the County of Alleghany, in the State aforesaid, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, that he was employed as an Indian Spy in the Western part of Virginia
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prefering(sic) this employment to Militia service during the time of the Revolutionary War, commencing his service in the year 1774. that he had moved from his native country, into that part of Virginia, now called Greenbrier County, when he engaged in the arduous duties, and submitted to the many privations incident to, and necessarily attendant on the life of a Spy. That he had frequently to explore the Trackless Wilderness
the Allegheny mountains and the waters issuing therefore
Westward, as far as the Ohio, in order to bring inteligence (sic)
to the frontier settlements, and to a fortified place on the
Ohio of Indian signs, or the dreadful approach of the
Savage foe. That at a place called Point Plesant (sic),
(the junction of the Kanahwa and Ohio Rivers) he acted
under the orders of Col. Andrew Lewis in the year 1774 in the character of a spy, at the time a Battle with the Indians was fought at the point before named, but
from circumstances growing out of the duties of his employment, he never was in a battle; the said applicant further states that he was first employed by Col. Fleming
and served many tours of Duty in regular succession during the Revolution. He obtained Certificates of Capt. John Anderson, then residing in Greenbrier County (once
Botetourt County) for may towns in the service as a spy, which exonerated him from Militia Drafts, or serving in the Militia. Sampson Mathews (in after time Col.
Mathews), living then in Augusta County (Staunton) was his paymaster, acting as such, he presumes by appointment for the back country, In his Book the applicant Judges his name is Registered, and the nature and
time of his various Towns noted to justify the wages he received from his country. The said
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applicant states that he has not retained any certificate of service.-- The said applicant States that
he was employed as a spy, from the commencement to the end of the Revolutionary War.
We know not that Indian Spies was ever embraced in any former Law, providing for Officers and Soldiers &c of the Revolutionary war. the above applicant states however, that his name is not on the Pension roll
of the agency of any state, and that he relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid  
William Smith  x his Mark

Having taken the within Declaration from the mouth of William Smith, acting as one of the Commonwealth Justices
of the peace for the County of Alleghany (Va); It can not be improper for me to add the following certificate. That I
have known the within applicant for more than forty years, and have often heard him relate the dangers he has escaped, in his various excursions through the wilderness in the haunts of the Indians I have heard him speak of various adventures corresponding with his statement within and his Character for veracity, independent of circumstances in
his favour, entitle to credit in his declaration, I have heard him spoken of as a remarkable man amongst her comrades
in early life, as being strong and active, and of undoubted Courage: That the said Smith was an Inhabitant of a Dangerous frontier, in the time of our Revolutionary struggle
can not be questioned, where he could not probably be Idle or unemployed, possessing his ardent Spirit I have
received him my self as a man of a peculiar texture of


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mind of great firmness and independancy in his Sentiments, who would not swerve from the truth, to avoid an Injury, or to receive a benefit, he is a Man destitute of Learning, or I should have judged him capable of Military advancement. hence the probable cause of his prefering the life of a spy, to that of being commanded by inferior Officers, many of whom fell short of him in native good sense, boldness in action, or of his commanding Spirit.  His mind, appears to be good, and traces his old Stories with his former accuracy.

If his case therefore is embraced in the Law of Congress providing for Soldiers &c. of the Revolution, there is [illegible] applicants, perhaps, to whom the favour would be more
Salutary, if spedily obtained; He has lived to rais a numerous family, and parted with all, except a single Daughter who has now become his only constant assistant and
inmate.- Allthough some of my remarks can not influence the Department, when the Law is the teste for the claim of the applicant, yet while this manifests some solicitude on my 
part, for the success of the Claimnants, and shew My imperfect Knowledge of the approved mode of procedure, in this particular class of cases. I would claim for my self the
apoligy of long acquaintance for this apparent solicitude in behalf of a worthy, and one useful man, hoping there by the favour might be hastened, his enjoyment must be short.
Given under my hand this 17th day of November 1832.
Jesse Davis
We Archibald M Kincaid and John S Kincaid residing in the County of Alleghany (Va) hereby certify tha,t we are well acquainted with William Smith
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who has subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration, and that we believe him to be between Eighty and ninety years of age, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been employed as an Indian Spy in the time of the Revolution on the western parts of Virginia.
Sworn to and subscribed this Day and year aforesaid.
Arch. M Kincaid
John S. Kincaid

Alleghany County Court November Ten 1833, being a court of Record. The Declaration of William Smith made before Jesse Davis a Justice of the Peace for this County, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1833, for the relief of Revolutionary Soldiers, including Indian Spies together with the certificate of Jesse Davis was returned into Court, and thereupon Archibald M. Kincade, Esq and John S. Kincaid appears in open Court and made oath to and subscribed the Certificate thereto appeared, and the Court do hereby [declare] their opinion after the investigation of the matter, that the above named William Smith was a Revolutionary Soldier, Indian Spy, and served as he states; and the Court further certifies that Jesse Davis Esq, Archibald M. Kincaid Esq. and John S. Kincaid, who have signed the certificate to said Declaration, are credible persons [illegible], and their states are [illegible] to credit.
I Andrew Fudge Clerk of the County Court of Alleghany County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains
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the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Smith for a Pension. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and private seal, (having no seal of Office). Given under my hand this 5th Day of December 1832.
Andrew Fudge Clerk

seal
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No 21983
William Smith

Adm as a private
hma $3333
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
13. May 1833.

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These point to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to the Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, showing the Service of William Smith Alleghany Co Va

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service.  Years.  Months.  Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

1775 to 1782 During the War} | Indian Spy | Capt Anderson Col Matthews} | -- | None | Va | 89 age | Transitionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Service prior to April 1775 is not recognized as that of the Revolutionary War.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every brand of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but  not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefit of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will be in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of _________
County of _______  }  ss.
On this _________ day of ___________ personally appeared (a) before __________ A.R. a resident (b) of __________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District of ___________ aged (c) ______ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) __________, with ________ and served in the  _______ (e) regiment of the  __________ line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officer;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he [entered] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. -> This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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 Agency in the State of _________
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
[illegible] ____________ of the Court of __________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ____ day of ________ &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz.:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ______ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ________ years of age; 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do 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 A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _________ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ________ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ___________ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ____ day of ______ &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propose the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. 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.
6. {To a Soldier,} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further product in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perm, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from body infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of that Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that each person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7,1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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*[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not confirming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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----year---months, and ------days, I served as a _______. For ---- months and ----- days, I served as a -----------; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state  that 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 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 a 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or or he 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.

Mode of authenticating papers.
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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must be under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regimen, 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.
-> The notes from [a] to [i] all are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies in continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Dyer Caster
Exam Clerk
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5704
Mary Smith
Va
Act 4 July '36
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State of Virginia  Allegheny County ss

On this the 6 day of June 18[illegible] personally appeared before me Moses H. Mann a Justice of the peace, in and for the county aforesaid Mrs. Mary Smith a resident of the county and state aforesaid aged eight two years and upwards (widow of Wm Smith Decd.) who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836   that she is the widow of Wm Smith decd who was she believes a private in the artilery   that her husband the said Wm. drew a pension for a few years previous to his death at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum   that she was married to the said Wm in the county of Botetourt by parson         on the tenth day of August seventeen hundred and eighty   that he afterwards removed to this county where he remained until his death   that he died on the fourth day of February 1836 and she has remained his widow since that period as well more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.  
Mary Smith  X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the 6 day of June 1842 before me  
Moses H Mann  J.P.

I furthermore certify that Mrs. Mary Smith above named widow of Wm Smith decd. who was a pensioner in this county is a lady of respectability and believe her declara-
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tion above to be true   that her said husband died about six years ago,  that from bodily infirmity and old age she is unable to attend court,  that I have taken the leaf containing the date of the marriage of said Wm and Mary Smith and the births of their children from their Bible and affixed it to this paper above and written my name three times across where the papers unite before signing as Justice of the peace.  Given under my hand this 6 day of June 1842
Moses H. Mann J.P.

Alleghany County Court June Term 1842
The Court having examined the Declaration of Mrs. Mary Smith widow of William Smith decd. who was a Revolutionary pensioner and also the the Certificate of Moses H. Mann (a member of their Body) respecting said Declaration, approve the same, and order the same to be certified to the war departmet.

I, Andrew Fudge, Clerk of the County Court of Alleghany County, in the state of Virginia, do hereby certify, that the above is a true copy of proceedings had in the said Court on the Application of Mary Smith widow of William Smith deceased for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at Covington, this 23d day of June 1842.  In the 66th year of the Commonwealth.
Andrew Fudge Clk
[SEAL]
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William Smith and Mary his wife was [married] the tenth day of August on thousand seven hundred & Eighty.
Peter Smith was born the 27th day of July 1781
Rebecca Smith was born the 8th day of September 1782
David Smith was born the 9th day of January 1784
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1807
1781
    26

1827
1808
    19

1824
1744
   80

1824
1792  
    32

1824
1786
    38
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Rvy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6094 
Mary Smith
Widow Wm Smith
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Index: — Vol. M, Page 219
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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5704 Va
Let to F. V. Sutton Nov. 18. 42
act 4 July 36
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State of Virginia
On this 20th day of March 1849. before me Lewis T Mann a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Allegheny in the said State, personally appeared Mary Smith, a resident of the said County, aged 88 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of Pensioners who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of William Smith, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and that under the Act of Congress of the 17 June 1844, she received a Pension at the rate of $33.33 per annum
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above written in presence of Wright Smith Ballard Smith
Mary X Smith her mark
Before me Lewis T Mann J. Peace I certify that Mary Smith the above declarant above named, is personally known to me Lewis T Mann J. Peace
I Andrew Fudge Clerk of the Court of Alleghany County, certify that Lewis T Mann is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this 21. day of March 1849. Andr. Fudge Clk Alleghany County.
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State of Virginia Allegheny County to wit
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for County
William Smith, who being duly sworn doth on his oath on the following amendment to his declaration made
17th Novr 1832 in order to obtain a pension that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he is unable to give an account of the particulars of his any degree of precision. He will state them however according to the
best of his recollection. He has served for some time previous to [insert "of the revolution" ?] the war in the character of an Indian Spy, the particulars of which service is here unnecessary to state. That he entered the service as a volunteer in the year 1775 under the command of Capt Arbuckle who was at that time stationed at Kerny [?]Fort on Maddy Creek now in Greenbriar County Early in the month of April 1775
 he was sent out with two other persons in the character of Indian Spies. His two companion were stationed near the road leading across Gauley
mountain and he was directed to range the country lying between the
waters of Gauley & New River. He was out on this employment until November in the same year embracing a period of not less than seven months, that Col. Hemming was commander
That in 1776 he was engaged in the same employment in the same
tract of country and the said declarant states that he was employed particularly in carrying lead from the Chessels [?] mines on New River to Capt Stewart, in Greenbrier, to be distributed to different companies as this was an article in great demand obtained with much hazard
and difficulty. Time taken in the employ cannot be stated with precision.
In 1777 Col  Skillem arrived at the fort with 300 men from Augusta and he was ordered to accompany him in the character
an Indian Spy to Point Pleasant. They arrived at the point day or two before the death of Cornstalk and Elimpries [?]
two Indians who were murdered in the Fort - That he was out with Col Skillem three months. There are  all the services he states with any precision as to the time he was employed.  He
recollects of being employed in carrying express from Point Pleasant
and to Kerny's Fort but cannot say for what length of time nor what period of the war. That he never was drafted being always considered during the war as subject to orders as a spy.  MARK
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Sworn to and subscribed by the declarant on this 24th day
of August 1833 Before me one of the Commonwealths Justice of
the peace for the County of Alleghany (Va)
Jesse Davis
1775 served 7 months
1776
1777
carrying express
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I do hereby certify that I was present at the time the above statement was made by William Smith an applicant for a pension and that it appeared to me that his memory was greatly impaired that although he seemed to have have a clear recollection of some events, yet he spoke of others with a great deal of incoherency that he seemed to have great difficulty in relating events in the order in which they occurred. I was under the impression that he did not relate all his services in the above statement, That he manifested, moreover a degree of petulance when requested to make any explanation that was thought necessary, which I attributed partly to weakness occasioned by his old age & partly to a nature obstinacy of disposition. The above statement was collected with great difficulty. Robt. M Hudson
Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of August 1833 before me one of the Commonwealths Justices of the peace for the County of Alleghany (Va) Jesse Davis
I Andrew Fudge Clerk of the County Court of Alleghany County, do hereby Certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Smith for a pension; and that Jesse Davis whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the peace, and duly commissioned as such to administer Oaths &c.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25th day of September, 1833. Andrew Fudge Clk
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[stamp] BOWLING GREEN VA JUN 21
2169 June 23 1843
Va Mar 3 1843 Mary Smith $33.33 per annum
Francis V. Sutton Bowling Green Va
FREE
[address lines]
J L Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions Washington
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Bow Green  June 21st 1843

Dear Sir

I enclose you the Declaration of Mrs. Mary Smith for pension under the act of March 3rd 1843

Very Respectfully
Frans V Sutton
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ENVELOPE

Covington
Mch 31 3

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Covington 21 March 1849.

Dear Sir

Enclosed you will receive the affidavit dated of [illegible] Smith, made in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress passed 2nd Feby 1848.

Please enclose her certificate of Pension to me at this place.

Andr. Fudge
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ENVELOPE

PAID 5.

Honb. J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington DC

Oct 29.1846
Recd
Alice Kinkaid
& Mary Smith

1876 Alice Kinkaid  43
1879 Mary Smith  43
1879 Va [illegible]
43
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Covington Virginia
Octr 19" 1846

Honl. J.L. Edwards
Comr. Pensions


Dr. Sir
I have been requested by Mrs. Alice Kincaid & Mrs. Mary Smith, widows who have received Pensions heretofore, to write you & request the information necessary to receive the benefits of late Pentin Laws.  They say that they believe they have not drawn any thing since March 1844  they request however that you will examine your books in relation to the matter.

They have also forgotten the exact amount that they were entitled to & request that you will give the amts.

If the Power of Attorney, the formula adopted is sufficient I have it, but as they have not drawn for upwards of two years, it is thought that they will have to apply again to the department to grant them a pention, if so I would thank you for the formula necessary ot have them reinstated to the Pention roll.

I am Sir
Yr Obt Svt
William Skeen
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Mary Smith, widow of William Smith, Virginia roll, Acts Mar 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844, at $33.33 per annum. and
Alice Kincaid, widow of John Kincaid, Virginia roll, Acts March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844, at $24.22 per annum

Be pleased to say to what time the above named Pensioners were paid, respectively.

Pension Office
Nov. 6, 1846


Alice Kincaid, paid to the 4th March 1844.
Mary Smith, paid to the 4th March 1844
B.L. Bojan
Novr. 7th 1846
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ENVELOPE

18 Nov. 1842  5704
In 6
March Smith 4 July 1836
Widow 
Allegany Co Va

F. V. Sutton
Bowling green Va.

J. L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington

STAMP - BOWLING GREEN VA  NOV 16
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Bow Green  Novr. 14th 1842

Dear Sir

I enclose you the papers of Mrs. Smith  I believe all that is necessary is sent   Mr. Smith's own declaration will prove service.

Very Respectfully
Frans. V. Sutton
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[STAMP]
Bowling Green Va
Apr 11

[STAMP]
FREE

JL Edwards Esq.
Commr. of Pensions
Washington

Apl 13 1843
Va.

Mary Smith
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Bow Green April 11th 1843

Dear Sir

In accordance with your instruction the Declaration of Mrs. Smith has been attached.

Very Respectfully,
Yr obt serv
Frans V. Sutton
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State of Virginia   Alleghany County ss

On this 14th day of June 1843 personally appeared before Hugh Bryan a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Mrs. Mary Smith a resident of the county and state aforesaid, who first being 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 on the 3d day of March 1843,  that she is the widow of William Smith, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and died on the 4th day of February 1836.  That she has as the widow of said Smith been allowed a certificate of pension at the rate of Thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, which original certificate was granted on the first day of June 1843, under the act of July 7, 1838 - She further declares she is still a widow
Mary Smith  X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the day and year above written
Hugh Bryan  J. Peace

I also certify that I know Mrs. Smith and that there is no doubt of the truth of her declaration above.
Hugh Bryan  J. Peace
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I Andrew Fudge Clerk of the Court of Alleghany County certify that Hugh Bryan is a magistrate as above and that [illegible] foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have here unto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this day of June 1843
Andrew Fudge, Clerk of the Court of Alleghany County
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N-9113
Mary Smith
Va
Act of July 38

Admitted
10 months 
prior
$33.33 pension

Francis V Sutton
Bowling Green
Va
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State of Virginia Alleghany County SS
On this the 6th day of March 1843 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Mary Smith widow of William Smith dec'd late a pensioner [?] who in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by an act of Congress passed on the 7th day of July 1838 doth on her oath make the following declaration that she is [?] widow of the aforesaid William Smith [?] the said William in this county of [?] 1782 [?] that she does not know anything of the service of her said husband, but has frequently heard him speak of his [?] in service and she [?] services at the rate of [?] dollars and thirty three cents per annum [?] before her [?]
Mary  her X mark  Smith

Allegany County SS
This day Mrs Mary Smith [?] form of law [?] of the facts set forth in the above declaration I also certify that Mrs Smith from old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court [?] day of March 1843.
Hugh Bryan  J. Peace

Hugh Bryan -- a justice of the peace in the county aforesaid do certify that Mary Smith above named is the widow of William Smith who was a pensioner in this county.  Given under my hand this day and date above written.
Hugh Bryan J. Peace
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Alleghany County Court March Term 1843.

The Court, having examined the Declaration of Mrs. Mary Smith, widow of William Smith decd who was a Revolutionary pensioner, and also the Certificate of Hugh Bryan (a member of their own body) respecting said Declaration approved the same and order the same to be certified to the War Department.

I Andrew Fudge Clerk of the Court of Alleghany County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the proceeding of the Court, on the application of Mary Smith Widow of William Smith decd for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name there 31st day of March 1843.
Andrew Fudge Clerk
Alleghany County
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1879.
Virginia Richmond
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Mary Smith
widow of William Smith
who was a Private
in the Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
========
Certificate of Pension issued the
7th day of Sept. 1843
and sent to Francis V. Sutton
Bowling Green, Va.
========
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 152

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7309
Virginia.
======
Mary Smith
widow of William Smith
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 4th February 1836
of Alleghany Co. in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the
commanded by Captain   of the
Regt commanded by Col. Matthew in
the Virginia line for [illegible]
======
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
======
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of
June 1843 and sent to F. V. Sutton
Bowling Green, Va
======
Total amount, $166.65
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W M Stewart Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 183

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