Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25003, for Abraham Smith, New York
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SERVICE
New York
Secv. Service
Smith, Abraham
Sarah
NUMBER
W. 25003
CONTENTS
In 1818 aged 64 yrs and resided in Bolton Vt.
pd Mar. 7, 1825
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No 1321
Sarah Smith
widow of
Abraham Smith 
Admitted
Private 18 months
[crossed out items]
Wm. Weston 
Burlington Vt.
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[Image of seal with ribbon]
State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss
I William Weston Register of the Probate Court for the District of Chittenden and State of Vermont do hereby certify that Charles Russell before whom the annexed declaration of Sarah Smith was taken was at the time of taking the same and still is Judge of said court and that his signature thereto is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I do herewith affix the seal of said court and subscribe my name this sixth day of March A.D. 1837 at Burlington in said district. 
Wm Weston Register
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss
On this sixth day of March A. D. 1837 before Charles Russell Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Chittenden and State of Vermont, personally appeared Sarah Smith of Bolton in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of an act of congress in relation to widows and orphans of soldiers of the Revolution passed July 4th 1836.  That she is the widow of Abraham Smith late of said Bolton, who died at Bolton aforesaid on the seventh day of March A. D. 1825, that the said Abraham Smith enlisted in the year 1776 into Capt Gilberts company and she believes that he served at that time as stated in his original declaration hereto annexed; that she lived about a mile distant from the said Abrahams residence from the commencement of the war of the revolution until she was married to him, and was personally knowing to his having served in
Captain [illegible] company in Col Thomas' regiment in the New York line and that he enlisted and served in Capt [illegible] company but from the lapse of time that has since intervened she cannot state the time that he was absent from home in those companies but believes that he served the full time he has stated in his original declaration.  She was knowing to his having enlisted on board the vessel called Endeavor and that he was taken a prisoner as he states in his declaration.  She fully believed as she saw him soon after his release.  She further states that she was married to the said Abraham Smith in the month of November 1778 by the Rev. M. Mead at North Salem in the State of New York but has no certificate of her marriage and
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has sent to North Salem for the purpose of proving the marriage by a copy of the record but can find no record of her marriage. 
She further declares, that after her marriage her husband was frequently called out during the war and preformed various services in guarding the frontier exposed to the british lines.  Her father Thaddeus Crane was Colonel of the Regiment, and her husband served in that regiment after their marriage and if his rolls are in the war department she trusts that her husbands services may be found there
She further declares that since the death of her said husband on the seventh day of March 1825 she ever has been and still is his lawful widow as will appear by the proofs hereto annexed.
Witness [illegible] Weston 
[signature] Sarah her X mark Smith
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
before me
Charles Russell Judge 
And I certify that the said Sarah Smith from a [? pulsied affection] cannot write her name 
Charles Russell Judge
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I, Pamela Allen of Jericho in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont aged Seventy five years being duly sworn , do depose and say that I was born in the town of North Salem in the county of West Chester and State of New York where I resided from my infancy until the year 1784 or 1785. and during my residence there I was well acquainted with Abraham Smith and Sarah Crane and in the month of November 1778 the said Abraham Smith was married to the said Sarah Crane.  I attended the wedding, and my impression is that the Rev M. Mead settled minister of the town joined the said Abraham and Sarah in marriage the said Abraham and Sarah after the marriage lived neighbors to me until I removed with my husband to Vermont.  I know that the said Abraham was in the service of the United States during the war of the revolution after his marriage but from lapse of time I am unable to state his services particularly. 
The said Abraham Smith died some ten or twelve years since and I know that the said Sarah has never since his death married again but has ever remained and still remains his lawful widow. 
[signature] Pamela Allen
State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss
Burlington February 1st 1837
There personally appeared Pamela Allen who has in my presence signed the above deposition and made oath in due form of law that the said deposition
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I Roswell Hirst of Waterbury in the county of Washington and State of Vermont aged Sixty years do depose and say that I was personally acquainted with Abraham alias Abram Smith late of Bolton in the County of Chittenden and that he died in the month of March 1825 at said Bolton.  I attended his funeral.  I am also acquainted with Sarah Smith of said Bolton and have been acquainted with her for forty two years past, and know that she is the widow of said Abraham Smith and has never married since the death of said Abraham but has ever remained and still is his lawful widow, I further say that the annexed original declaration sworn to on the 13th day of April 1818 before Joel Brownson assistant Judge of Chittenden County court by Abraham Smith was made by the same Abraham Smith who died at Bolton as above set forth, and that the said Sarah is the widow of the identical Abraham who made his original declaration as aforesaid, and further say not.
[signature] Roswell Hirst 
State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss
Burlington February 1st 1837
There personally appeared Roswell Hirst who has subscribed the above deposition in my presence and made oath in due form of law, that the
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss
I, William Noble, Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that William Weston before whom the above depositions were taken was at the time of taking the same and still is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Chittenden duly commissioned and that his several signatures above are genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix the seal of said court and subscribe my name this first day of February A. D. 1837 at Burlington in said county of Chittenden. 
Wm. Noble
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1521
Abraham Smith 
13 April
Abrm Smith
Petition for Pension
Inadmissible
Militia not
entitled to pension 
under the law
Wm Weston Esq
Burlington Vt
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Abraham Smith of Bolton in the County of Chittenden and state of Vermont being sworn do testify and say that that on the first of July in the year 1776 I enlisted a private soldier into Capt. Abijah Gilberts Company in Coll John Thomas Regiment in the New York line for six months and served the full term of my enlistment often our times were out we were prevailed upon to stay and [crossed out - keep garrison at fort independence & I] do duty and we agreed, but our company were so much cut up, having only eleven left and commanded only by the 2d sergeant, (When we went out our company was full having 60 rank and file and fully [crossed out - company of] officers.) We then joined Capt. Nathaniel Delavans company in the same Regt. and did duty all the time until about the end of April 1777 when I enlisted into Capt. Jesse Truesdells company of [illegible] and continued in [illegible] company until the month of October or November when we were dismissed and on or about the first of July the year I have forgotten I enlisted aboard of a boat the name of which was Endeavor commanded by one Capt. Samuel Crane to keep guard along the sound between Long Island and the main and served about one month when we were all taken prisoners & I was paroled and returned home & never knew of my ever being exchanged.  I furthermore say that I am sixty four years of age my circumstances as to prosperity very much [illegible] and stand in need of support from my country and further sayeth not
[signature] Abraham Smith
[illegible] April the 13th 1818
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 13th day of April 1818
Joel Brownson [illegible]
Judge of Chittenden
County Court
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss
I Joel Brownson assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that it has been made to appear to me satisfactorily that Abram Smith the within Deponant served in the continental service as a private soldier for a period of more than nine months - and that he is now poor & in reduced circumstances  - and justly entitled in the opinion of the undersigned to the provisions of an act of Congress passed on the 18th day of March 1818 - entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
[signature] Joel Brownson
State of Vermont
Chittenden County
County Clerks Office Burlington Vermont 
I Nathan B Haswell, Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Joel Brownson before whom the foregoing affidavit and certificate is given, is an Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State and that his name set thereto is his own proper signature.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the county to be affixed to these presents this 17th day of April 1878
Nathan B. Haswell
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Peter Crane of Richmond in the County Chittenden and State of Vermont being sworn do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Abraham Smith of Bolton in [illegible] county and know him to be an honest industrious man although he is poor his circumstances at present is very much reduced and stands in need of support from his country
I further say that in the time of the Revolutionary War I was knowing to his being out as a soldier against the common enemy a great part of the time during the war but as to the particular services do not at present recollect and further saith not
[signature] Peter Crane
Richmond, April the 14th 1818
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 14th day of April 1818
Joel Brownson
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Vermont, Burlington 982
Sarah Smith
widow of Abraham Smith
NY
who died on the 7, March 1825
of Chittenden Co. in the State of Vermont 
who was a Private in the [left blank] 
command [cut off] by Captain [left blank]
of the Regt command [cut off]
by Col Thomas in the N. York
line for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 60 Dollars [left blank] Cents per annu [cut off]
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of June 1837 and sent to Wm. Weston Burlington
Arrears to the 4th of March 37  360.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4, Sep "  30.00
$390.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section [illegible] 3-
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book A Vol. 1, Page 41
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Letter to Pen Agt. 9, May '38
order to pay. 13 Sept 1838.
Letter to Hon. J. Fletcher and [illegible] auditor 1 Jany 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838
from 4th March to 4 Sept 1837
Agt notified 25 Jany 1839
Date of widow's death not on A.B.
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March 13, 1934

Mrs. E. H. Marks
Barker, Texas

Abraham Smith
W. 25003, Rev. War
Thaddeus Smith
S. O. 21034, War of 1812
BA-J/MLB 
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Abraham Smith and Stephen Reed, and the Was of 1812 record of Thaddeus Smith, also the genealogies of the Crane, Reed and Smith families. 
The Revolutionary War and War of 1812 records have been searched and the records of Abraham Smith and Thaddeus Smith were found.  With the information furnished, no claim for pension can be identified as that of the Stephen Reed in whom you are interested.  This office has no general genealogical data on file as a means of establishing ancestral lines of any families.  The records of Abraham and Thaddeus Smith are furnished herein as found in the respective claims for pension based upon their military service. 
Abraham Smith
W. 25003
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
He enlisted July 1, 1776, place not stated, served as private in Captains Abijah Gilbert's and Nathaniel Delavan's companies, Colonel John Thomas' New York regiment, and was discharged about April 1, 1777.  He enlisted about April 1, 1777, served as private in Captain Jesse Truesdell's New York company of rangers and was discharged about October or November  About July 1, year not given, he entered on board the vessel, "Endeavor", Captain Samuel Crane, engaged in guarding the shores between Long Island and the main land, and after serving about one month was captured but paroled and returned home, no dates of this service given.  He was also frequently called out to protect the frontier under Colonel Thaddeus Crane.
In 1818 he was residing in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont, aged sixty-four years.
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He died March 7, 1825, in Bolton, Vermont.
Abraham Smith married in November, 1778, at North Salem, New York, Sarah Crane, daughter of Colonel Thaddeus Crane under whom the soldier served.
Soldier's widow, Sarah Smith, was allowed pension on her application executed March 6, 1837, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and a resident of Bolton, Vermont. 
In 1818, one Peter Crane was residing in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont, his relationship to soldier's wife, Sarah, not stated.
Thaddeus Smith
S. O. 21034
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.
He volunteered at Massena, Saint Lawrence County, New York, and served from October 1, 1812, as a private in Captain John Polley's company of New York militia, and was discharged the last of February, 1813. 
On account of his service in the War of 1812, he was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction on his application executed May 29, 1855, at which time he was sixty-seven years of age and a resident of Massena, New York. 
Thaddeus Smith married August 28, 1816, in Massena, New York , Rebecca Reed.
In 1871 the soldier was residing in Blue Earth City, Faribault County, Minnesota.
In 1871, one Myron T. Smith was a resident of Minnesota Lake, Minnesota, his relationship to the family not stated.
For information in regard to the location of the land granted
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on account of the War of 1812 service of Thaddeus Smith, you should write to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Building, Washington, D. C., citing the following:   Bounty Land Warrant 42904-160-55.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[corner fold obstructs] to your request of [blank], received [blank]
[corner fold obstructs] statement of the military history of Abraham Smith a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  W. File 25003
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DATES OF ENLSTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.| LENGTH OF SERVICE.| RANK.| OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED| CAPTAIN. |COLONEL.| STATE.
July 1777| [illegible]| Priv| Abijah Gilbert, Nathaniel Delavan| John Thomas| N. Y.
[illegible date| Jesse Truesdell's Rangers [illegible date] Samuel Crane "Endeavor" after serving 1 mo. he was captured & finally paroled  - no dates given
[entire line faded/illegible] 
Battles engaged in, [checkmark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [checkmark]
Date of application for pension, Apr. 13, 1818
Residence at date of application, Bolton, Chittenden Co., Vt.
Age at date of application, 64 yrs he died Mar. 7, 1825
Remarks:  [illegible] N. Y. Nov. 1778 Sarah [illegible] Crane [illegible] her application Mar 6, 1837 while 79 yrs of age [illegible]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 16th, 1839.
Sir:
Under the act 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,"  Sarah Smith, a Pensioner of the Roll of the Burlington, Vermont, Agency, at the rate of Sixty Dollars and [blank] Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July, 1836, has been paid at the Department, from the 4th of March, 1837, to the 4th September, 1837.
Respectfully yours,
[illegible] K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[illegible]
May [illegible] 1838
[illegible] Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
I forward the vouchers of [illegible] and Sarah Smith.  These pensioners have made an effort to be within the time allowed by law for drawing their stipend from the agency.  [illegible] them with authority for these payments
Very Respectfully
Your Obe Servant
E [illegible]
[illegible]
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J L Edwards Esq
Comp of Pensions Washington D C 
Sept 11
[illegible]
[ink stamp illegible except for SEP]
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[illegible] 
[illegible] 1838
J L Edwards Esq
[illegible] of Pensions
[illegible] Enclosed
forward [illegible] to pay [illegible] voucher 
of Sarah Smith.
Very Respectfully
Your Obe Servant 
E T Eng[illegible] [illegible]
[illegible]
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WILLIAM V. SMITH
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
PATERSON BLOCK
FLINT, MICH. April 19.11.
Hon. Com'r of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am writing to ask as to data in application for pension of Sarah Smith, widow of Abraham Smith. revolutionary soldier.  This widow was pensioned under acts granting pensions to widows of revolutionary soldiers, and her name is bourne of list of such pensioners, Senate Documents N. 444.  She then lived in Vermont.
I would like to know the service of the soldier Abraham Smith, as set forth in the application.  Where he lived at time of service, etc.
Thanking you in advance I am,
Most Respy Yours.
W. V. Smith, Atty.
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1911 Apl. 27. History to 
W. V. Smith 
1934 Mar. 13 - Hist. to Mrs. E H Marks
(see l'tr in claim S. O. 21034 of Thaddeus Smith, Nov 1812) - MLB
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25803
Sarah Smith 
wid. of 
Abraham Smith
Priv Rev war
Act:  July 4th 1836.
Index: - Vol. L, Page 226 
[Arrangement of 1870.]