Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 22274, for Elijah Smart, New Hampshire
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[Government form]
(8-1776)

SERVICE                             NUMBER
[handwritten] N. H.            W22274


Smart, Elijah
Ruth [Written directly Elijah's name]
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[Government form]
3230
Mr 18 d 1833 
New Hampshire

Elijah Smart, LL
private.
New Hampshire line   1777.3yr
[Printed]
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

[printed form]
Inscribed on the Roll of.  [Filled in] New Hampshire at a rate of $8 [Filled in] Dollars per month, to commence on the [filled in] 27th of  April,1818 

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d of Oct 1818 and sent to Ezra Bartlett, long Grafton of N. H.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818  [illegibel   34.13
Semi-anl, all'ee ending 4th Mar 1819    48.00
                                                              $82.13

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}
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Notification sent to Geor Woodward 
Haverhill, N. H.  12  Sep 1820
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[Printed Government form with names written in]

1568
New Hampshire Concord
Ruth Smart
N.H.
Widow of Elijah Smart
who was a Private
in the Revolution
____________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars -
Cents [marked out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of August 1863 and sent to W. W. Russell
Plymouth, N. H.

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[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded on Book A.
Vol. 1     Page 21.
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[New Hampshire printed gov. form with names and dates filled in]

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

J  Josiah Stevens, Jr. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that [handwritten] Thomas Burnham [handwritten] is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of Merrimack [handwritten]only Commissioned and qualified that his Commission was dated on the fifteenth day of Jane, 1835 [handwritten] and will expire on the fifteen day of June 1840 [handwritten] and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this fifteenth day of July 4 1840

Josiah Stevens        Secretary of State.
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[handwritten]

State of New Hampshire Merrimack .  Hopkinton
August 56. 1838-  
    I Moses Kimball Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Hopkinton hereby certify that the following is a copy Records in my possession in the handwriting of the Rev. Elijah Hetcher who was Pastor of said Church when the following record proports to have been made "Elijah Smart & Ruth Peters both of Hopkinton were married."
I certify that it is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed 
'on the record in fair legible figures as follows -"one- thousand seven hundred and eighty one- July third - 1781  - 1781 July."
Moses Kimball

I Moses Kimball above named above [illegible]   that I am now the Pastor of the congregational Church in the County town and State afore said and that the above is a true extract from those records of said Church with the exception above names or certified by me

moses Kimball {Pastor of the Congregational church in Hopkinton

[written below Kimball's letter]
August 23 1838
Sworn before me 
 Thomas Burnham Justice of the Peace.
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[Typed form with handwritten entries]

I CERTIFY. That in conformity with the Law of the United States
[handwritten of the 18th of March, 1818.
[handwritten] Elijah Smart late a private in the
Army of the Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the, [handwritten] New Hampshire Agency, at the rate of [handwritten] eight dollars [word cents crossed out]--per month, 
to commence on the [handwritten] twentieth day of [handwritten] April one thousand eight hundred and [handwritten]eighteen.

GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this [handwritten] second day of [October] 
one thousand eight hundred and [handwritten] eighteen.

J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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Payable on the 4th of March & 1st of Sept in each year to the Branch Bank 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Recorded.

[written horizontally on the left side]

Thomas Mendance
[last name is hard to read]
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[Printed gov form with blanks filled in by handwriting]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Rev Claim.

I certify, That in conformity with the Law of the United States,
of the 18th of March, 1818 [handwritten]
Elijah Smart [handwritten] late a private [handwritten] in the Army of the Revolution, [handwritten] is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire [handwritten] Agency, at the rate of eight [handwritten] dollars --Cents [crossed out] per month, to commence of the twenty seventh [handwritten] day of April [handwritten] one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. [handwritten]

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this second [handwritten] day of October [handwritten], one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. [handwritten]

J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1835 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows'

State of New Hampshire . Grafton
On the eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me Walter Blair on of the Justices of the Court of common pleas for said County of Grafton Ruth Smart a resident of Thornton in the county of Grafton aged eighty 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 act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an
act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"  That she is the widow of Elijah Smart late of Thornton who was a private in the Army f the Revolution and inscribed on the pension list roll of the New Hampshire Agency at the rate of eight dollar per month as will appear by the accompanying certificate.

She further declares that she was married to the said Elijah Smart on the third day of July in the year seventeen hundred and eight one that  her husband the aforesaid Elijah Smart died on the thirteen day of March eighteen hundred thirty three that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January
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seventeen hundred and ninety four was at the time.
above stated                    Ruth Smart 

Sworn to and inscribed on the day and year as above written before

Walter Blair (Justice of the Court of Common pleas 

[The following paragraph was written and then crossed out]

The above named applicant being infirmed and unable to attend at court, was taken at her dwelling house.
[signed]
Walter Blair (Justice of the Court of Common pleas)

State of New Hampshire
Grafton County set.  I Nathan B. Felton Clerk of this Court of Comon Pleas the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Walter Blaire is an acting Judge of said Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the      20th day of December 1836 and will expire on the first day of October - 1866 and that his  true signature above written are gennine - [sp?]
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 13th day of January 1840

[signed[
A. B. Felton Clerk
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I Elijah Smart of lawful age, depose and say that the aforesaid Elijah Smart died on the Thirtieth day of March eighteen hundred & thirty three & that I was present at his death.  I further depose & say that the said Ruth Smart is the widow of the said Elijah & that she has never been married to any other person.
                                  [signed] Elijah Smart

Transcribed and sworn to
Before Sept 18,1838
[signed]  Walter Blair (Justice of the court of Common Pleas)

I certify that the above named Elijah Smart is a person of reputable character for truth and veracity
Walter Blair, Justice of the Court

State of New Hampshire
Grafton County set-
     I Nathan B. Felton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify [word struck out] Walter Blair is any voting Judge of the court of Common Pleas {several words struck] in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 20th day of December 1836 and will expire on the first day of October 1866 and that his  true signature above written are genuine
    Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 13th day of January 1840
[signed] N. B. Felton Clerk
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[text marked with an X through it]
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss. At the Court of Common Pleas holden at
Plymouth in and for said County of Grafton on the first Tuesday
of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty, by adjournment from the Term of said Court holden at
Plymouth in and for said County on the first Tuesday of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
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Evidence being proved satisfactory to the Justices of said Court
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my
Jones
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Elijah Smart

Correct, by the Rolls

[Text is very light and almost illegible]
Claim supported by the evidence of John Durgin
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State of New Hampshire
Stafford [illegible] On this 20th day of April  A.D. 1818 before me he transcriber on of the judges of the  court pf common pleas for said County personally appears John Durgin in [illegible] of Sanbornton in the county and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to the law doth on his mark make the following declaration that he knew Elijah Smart now of Thornton in the county of Grafton in State aforesaid in the years 1777 and the two following years and know that he served as a private soldier in Captain Nathanel Hutichins company Col Joseph Cilleys Regiment and  Newhampshire line for the afoesaid tern of three years and that he was discharged at westpoint in the State of Newyork in April 1780 -
    Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid -

Wm Badger
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[A Typewritten form filled in by handwriting]

State of New Hampshire
Grafton, 88.
 
     On this 27th [handwritten] day of April [handwritten]1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
for the said County, personally appears Elijah Smart[handwritten] aged 59[handwritten] years, resident in Thornton in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the united States in the revolutionary war:"  That he the said Elijah Smart[hand written], enlisted in Hopkinston[handwritten] in the state of New Hampshire [hand written in April A. D. 1777] in the company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Hutchins [handwritten] of the New Hampshire line [handwritten] ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the month of April 1781. -[handwritten], when he was discharged from service in Westpoint [handwritten] state of NewYork[handwritten] that he was in the battles of Sknesborough, Fort Ann, two at Still-water. [handwritten] 
and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his county for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
     Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
                            Ezra Bartlett

I Ezra Bartlett Judge [handwritten], &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Elijah Smart[handwritten] did serve in the evolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy and I transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of  War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Haverhill April 27th. [handwritten] 1818 

                              Ezra Bartlett
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Elijah Smart

3.230

March 1819

Conts.
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton Co
     At the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record by law established holden at Haverhill within and for said county of Grafton on the First day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty by adjournment from the second tuesday of July last past
               Present the Honorable
               Ezra Bartlett
                Daniel Blaisdell     Ess Justices -

Personally appeared in open Court Elijah Smart aged 61 years resident in Thornton in said county of Grafton who being duly sworn according to law doth an his Oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows is a private soldier in Capt Nathaniel Hutchen's Company and Col. Joseph Gilly's Regiment in the New Hampshire line that his original declaration is dated 27th. day of April 1818 and that he has received a pension and his pension certificate is numbered 3,230-
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th. day of March 1818  And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property nor any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as a bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th. day of March 1818 and I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due me nor have I any income other that what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed by me
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subscribed I further declare that I am by occupation a farmer unable to work much having been lame since the revolutionary war by having a fever sore on my foot while in the service of my county  My wife aged 62 years extremely sick & feeble not able to do any labor, and further I have four daughters who are sickly & primarily  defendant on me for support one Lydia Smart age 29 yers not able to more than half support herself. - Ruth Smart aged 27 years able to about half support herself.  Rebecca Smart aged 22 years can about half support herself.  Rosa Smart aged 19 years wholly dependent on me for support being sickly & I really stand in need of my countrys bounty & pray the same may be continued to me -     [signed] Elijah Smart

The following is a schedule of the estate of Elijah Smart of Thornton in the county of Grafton & State of New Hampshire late a pensioner under the act of Congress of the 18th. of March1818 and now an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the first of May 1820
One old table......................................50
One small Iron pot............................50
One Iron Tea Kettle....... ...................60
One warming pan...........................3.00
One set and of ten dishes...............34
One old chest with two drawers in the same......................................................1.50
One decanter...........................   ... ......50
One alap Battle......................................30
Three old pewter platters................1.00
One tin coffee pot................................67
One old spinning wheel .....................50
Three large earthen bowls 
& two small one......................................67
in knives & 6 forks..................................75
Three large iron spoons ......................25
eight old iron tea spoons ............  ......25
one earthen pint pitcher & one pint mug .16
[total of the column]                     11.49
[signed]  Elijah Smart
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Sworn to and declared before the Justice of said Court on this first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty-
Geo. Woodward Clerk



State of New Hampshire
Grafton  P
     I Geo Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for & within the county of Grafton aforesaid do certify that the foregoing oath & Schedule thereto amended are truly copied from the record of said Court.  I further certify that it is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said Schedule is eleven dollars forty nine cents -
     In testimony whereof I have 
     hence into set my hand & affixed
     the seal of said Court on this
     first day of August in the year of 
     our Lord one thousand eight
     hundred & twenty -
     [signed] Geo Woodward
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Elijah Smart
3.230

March 1819

[illegible]
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aww [written above Oct]
Oct. 10 "1906
[illegible]
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Smart, Elijah
     His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court of the District of New Hampshire, submitted to the -House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9. page 137

Rank: Private
Regt; Col. Cilley's 1st New Hampshire.
Disability:  Is, in a great measure, deprived of the use of his right foot, in consequence of a fever while in service.
When and where disabled May, 1778, Valley Forge.
Residence:  Hopkinton
To what pension entitled: One-sixth
Remarks: Enlisted April 1777, for three years; discharged April 7, 1780.
Evidence complete as to the object stated: but being wounded. is not comprehended by the laws.
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[Document is printed with fill in the blanks]

     In reply to your request of........., received.....
for a statement of the military history of Elijah Smart [handwritten]
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONATY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Handwritten below the first section]
The above noted is the only Elijah Smart found on the Rev. war records of this Bureau
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
    April 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
     3 yrs.
RANK
     Pri.
OFFHERS UNDER WHOM SERVEC WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
     Nathaniel Hutchins
COLONEL
     Joseph Cilley
Battles engaged in, [handwritten] Skenesborough; Fort Ann, both battles at Stillwater.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [handwritten] Enlisted at Hopkinton, N. H. 
Date of application for pension, [handwritten] Apr. 27, 1818 His cl was al.
Residence at date of application, [handwritten] Thornton, Grafton County, N.H.
Age at date of application, 59 yrs.
Remarks: [handwritten] Soldier was at Hopkinton, N.H., July 3, 1781.  Ruth Peters.  He died Mch. 30. 1833 and she was allowed pension on her appl. dated Sept. 18. 1838, while 80 yrs old and a resident of Thornton, N. H.  Children, Lydia, 29; Ruth 27; Rebecca; 22 and Rosa 19 yrs. of age in 1820.

[form #} 6-2856
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[Gov. Form with fill in the blanks]

Rev. WIDOW, & c.

File No. [handwritten]  22274
[handwritten]  Ruth Smart
widow of Elijah Smart
Pri rev War

Act [handwritten] March 3d. 43
Index: Vol [handwritten] M, Page [handwritten] 225

[Arrangement of 1870.]  [gov. printed form]

[all below handwritten] 
 1913. Aug. 21. History to Mary Lovering Holman 
..........................................................
1920 June 19 Hist to S. M. S. Haley
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[illegible]
Ruth Smart
N.H.
Act 7 July

[illegible]
before a Judge


H.F. Pierce
Senate [illegible]
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[handwritten letter]

Gentlemen:
     Will you please send me the pension Record (Rev.  War) of Elijah Smart of New Hampshire (probably Compton or Croyden).
     an immediate response will greatly oblige me - as soon as is convenient to you.

     Sincerely
     Mary Lovering Holman
     The Pines
      Gilmanton Iron Works
       N.H.

The man whose record is wanted is
Elijah Smart.

[circular government stamp affixes on left side reads]

U. S. Pension Office.
Aug 14 1913
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[document handwritten]

The Pension Office
Washington D. C.
           Gentlemen:  Will you kindly
give me the War Record [underlined] and family (all the children) of Elijah or Elisha Smart of Croydon New Hampshire [underlined] a Pensioner of the Revolution
Date of birth L date of death
This record is wanted for a descendant
to join D.A.R.  Thanking you in advance
            Respectfully
            S M S Haley  Post Master
             South Lee New Hamp

May 9, 1922

[lower center]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
May 10 1922
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Elijah Smart. N.H. Act 1818: Concord Agency
          when paid                HHS 
                                           Marach 5/40 

Third Aud off                 [illegible] 4 March 1833
                    JH
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[handwritten]
1832
Ruth Smart
Wid of Elijah
NH
Act  July  7 1838
married 1781
Died   1833
Alloc $80 per
ann.
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[handwritten]
1832
Declaration
Ruth Smart





$80 per ann



W.W. Rupell
Plymouth
N. H.
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[document is handwritten]
Declaration [centered & underlined]

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3d. March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of 1838

[center] State of New Hampshire.
Grafton Co.
On this the Twenty fourth day of March 1843, Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Magistrate in and for the County and State aforesaid, Ruth Smart a resident of Thornton in the County of Grafton and State, aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d day of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War
That she is the widow of Elijah Smart who was a private in the Revolution in the New Hampshire line.
That she was a pensioner under the act of 7th July, 1838, which she received at the rate of Eighty dollars per annom.[abbreviation]
She further declares that she is still a widow.
[signed] Ruth Smart
Sworn to, and subscribed on this day and year above written, before me.
    [signed]  Benjamin Fox  Justice Peace
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I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the witness named Ruth Smart who has signed and sworn to the within declaration and know that she is the widow of Elijhah Smart within named.
 
Benjamine Fox         Justice Peace
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[printed doc with fill in the blanks]
[dates are handwritten]

State of New Hampshire.
Office of Secretary of State.

Joshia Stevens [handwritten]Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby 
certify that Benjamine Fox [handwritten] is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Grafton[handwritten], duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 17th day of May 1841 and will expire on the 17th day of May 1846 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
   Given under my hand and the seal of said State this 18th day of May,1843,

[signed] Josiah Stevens,  Secretary of State
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[printed form with fill in the blanks]

5133
New Hampshire

Ruth Smart [handwritten]
widow of Elijah Smart, dec..[handwritten]
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 30 March 1833 [handwritten] 
of Grafton Co [handwritten] in the State of N. H.
who was a private[handwritten] in the Company commanded
by Captain Hutching[handwritten] of the regt commanded
by Col. Cilly in the N Hampshire 
line for 2 years.


Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 80 dollars [no amount cents per annum.
in commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued 6 day of March 1840, [illegible] Juc of Peace
Senate, U. S. A.

Arears to the 4th [illegible] 1840                    $320.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '40          40.00
                                                                        $360.00

Act of July7, 1838}

Recorded by D. M. Handy[signed]     Clerk
Book A, Vol. 1 Page 55.
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[printed document with fill in the blanks]

[Upper left hand]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form van-51
12-5-41

[upper right hand]
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

[centered]
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Name  Smart, John    GRADE  Private  LINE Massachusetts

WARRANT
NUMBER       5069    ACREAGE   100    ISSUED  Feb. 27,1790
to Theodosius Fowler

*[printed] 
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congression resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequence dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the General Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.