Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4890, for John Carraway Smith, South Carolina
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SERVICE S.C.
Smith, John Carraway
Belcher, Ann Former widow
NUMBER W.4890 B.L.Wt.2265-300
Contents
Died in Savannah Ga Mar 15th, 1800
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No.977 Georgia
Ann Belcher, formerly widow of John C. Smith, who was a Captain 
in the S.C line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
480 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the
18 day of July 1843 and sent to R.G.Guerard Savannah Georgia
[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1  Page 212
Refer to July 18, 1843
Date of death not on A.B.
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John Carraway Smith
S.C.
B.L. Wt 2265-300

For papers of B.L. claim, see case of Aaron Smith, S.C., B.L. Wt. 2264-200
(Power of attorney and other data made out for the two cases on same papers)

M.K.
MAR 13 1912
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No. 8469
Ann Belcher formerly widow of
John C. Smith
Georgia

Attest
Jas Cleland
Clerk of Council
pro tem
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State of Georgia Chatham County 
On this first day of October 1842, personally appeared before me Richard D. Arnold Mayor of the City of Savannah, Mrs Ann Belcher a resident of said city, aged seventy eight 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 provisions made by acts of Congress passed 7th July 1838 and 23rd of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John Carraway Smith who was a Captain in the Second South Carolina Regiment of the Army of the Revolution. She knows not the period at which he entered the service, or the rank in which he entered the Regiment to which he belonged, the countries through which he marched, or the battles in which he fought, or the time of his leaving the service, but firmly believes he remained in service until the close of the War; and that he was a captain at the time of leaving the service. She has no record or documentary evidence of his service
neither does she at this day know of
any person living by whom his services could be proven. His commission as Captain in the Second South Carolina Regiment is dated at Philadelphia the 12th of April 1782, stating his rank as Captain aforesaid, from the 16th day of September 1776
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the original commission is herewith annexed. It appears by a paper in the handwriting of the late General Lachlan McIntosh that "Capt John C. Smith date of Commission 16 Sept '76 taken prisoner 12th May '80 exchanged"
She further declares that she, living at
that time a widow by the name of Ann
Brown, was married to the said Captain John Caraway Smith on or about the 10th day of November 1791 at Savannah by the Rev M Lindsay and that her husband the aforesaid Capt John Carraway Smith departed this life on the 15th day of March in the year 1800, in the City of
Savannah aforesaid. That she was
not married to him prior to his leaving
the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January
1794, to wit: at the time above stated.
His death is thus noticed in the Columbian Museum & Savannah Advertiser published on Friday the 21st March 1800 in the City of
Savannah. "Died on Saturday last after a short but severe illness, John Carraway Smith Esquire, a gentleman who held a Captains Commission  in the southern army during our
Revolutionary War, and particularly
distinguished himself as a soldier and
a patriot, being ever foremost in posts of danger; consequently enjoying the soldiers darling wish -honor and the thanks of his fellow soldiers & countrymen. His remains were attended to the grave by the Cincinnati Society and others of his
compatriots."
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She further declares that after the death of her husband aforesaid she again intermarried with James Belcher on the 24th day of December
1801, and that her husband, the said James Belcher departed this life about the year 1808 and that she has remained a widow from that day to the present times. s/ Ann Belcher
The words "in the southern army"
interlined before signing -
Sworn to & subscribed before
me this day & year first above written
Richard D Arnold Mayor

Also at the same time personally
appeared, William B Bullock and
John P Williamson persons well known to me and whom I certify to be witnesses of credibility to his being also duly sworn according to law, say that they were personally acquainted with John Carraway Smith reputed to have been a Captain in the War of the
Revolution, and his wife Ann Smith
during his life time that they were
married in Savannah, and prior to
the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, and they have known his widow as such, also as the wife, at a subsequent period of
James Belcher, and they have
also known her since the death of
the said Belcher as his widow to the
present day, and that she is at this time a widow, and they say that Ann Belcher who signed the foregoing declaration in their presence is the identical person they knew as the wife of Captain John Caraway Smith, and
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afterwards as his widow, and again
at the wife of James Belcher and since his the said Belchers death as his widow: and further they say not.
s/ W.B Bullock  Jno P. Williamson
Sworn to & subscribed before me, the day &  year first above written
s/ Richard D Arnold Mayor

In testimony whereof I Richard
D Arnold do hereby set my hand
and affix my seal of office at
Savannah this first day of October
in the year of our Lord One thousand
Eight hundred & forty two
Richard D Arnold
Mayor
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State of Georgia Chatham County
Clerks Office Superior Court
Chatham County
I, Edward G Wilson Deputy Clerk of the Sessions Court of Chatham County in the State of Georgia
Do hereby certify that Joseph Felt
who hath signed & subscribed the foregoing Certificate or implement of writing, is a Justice of the Peace duly appointed, commissioned qualified & sworn, in & for the County of Chatham, residing within City of Savannah. And I further certify that the said signature thereto subscribed is of the time & proper handwriting of the said Joseph Felt a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this thirtieth day of July, A.D. Eighteen hundred thirty Nine
Edward G Wilson
Dep Clk SCCC Ga

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF CHATHAM.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME-
I, Charles S. Henry Judge of the Superior Court of the Eastern District of Georgia do hereby certify that Edward G Wilson whose name and signature appear subscribed to the foregoing Certificate as Deputy
Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham county, is now, and was
at the time of granting the same, Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court
of the county of Chatham, in the State of Georgia; that to all of his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be had and given, in and out of judicature;
that the seal thereto annexed, is the seal of the Superior Court
aforesaid; that the said Superior Court
is a Court of Record, and that the attestation aforesaid is in due form:--
And I further certify, that there is no Chief Justice of the said Court.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand, at Savannah, the thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty nine and in the Sixty fourth year of American Independence.
Charles S Henry Judge
Sup Courts East Dist Geo
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Deposition Mrs Relchin [Belcher]
relative to Capt John C and
Lt Aaron Smith
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State of Georgia, Chatham County
Personally appeared before me the
subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Chatham Mrs Ann Belcher an aged and creditable witness who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and
saith that her late second husband John Caraway Smith who died in Savannah about the year 1800, was a captain of the South Carolina line of the Army of the Revolution, and
that his brother Aaron Smith was a
lieutenant of the same South Carolina Line of the Army of the Revolution and has also been dead many years, leaving three children to wit, Eliza Ann wife of Samuel Ellison, William H, and Aaron C Smith, as his only heirs, and further she the deponent saith not.
s/ Ann Belcher
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty ninth day of July Anno Domini Eighteen hundred thirty nine
the words "Second" and "Eliza"
having been previously written over
errors-
Joseph Felt
Justice of the Peace
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Will John C. Smith

Will

$2.50
100
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State of Georgia Chatham County
October 26th 1799
Know all men by these presents that I
Jn Car Smith being in perfect health
of body & mind make this my last Will and Testament Revoking all others 1st I leave my beloved wife Ann and my brother Aaron Smith to execute this my last Will and Testament 
2nd I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Ann all those negroes left jointly by Deed by their
Grandfather John Barnwell Esq Desd to her & Sister Martha Deveaux with also all the property devolving to her
by the death of her mother and her choice of Fifteen Negroes more out of all my other negroes & should she
think proper to let the negroes all remain together until all my lawful debts is extinguisht, then she is
to take five more making in all Twenty exclusive those left by her Grand father & mother, also all my Bedding
& Household furniture, a good horse & chair to ride in to her & her heirs forever - Lastly the proceeds rents & profits from my Mount Hope Plantation in So Carolina during the
natural life of my wife, and after her death the said Plantation to go to my Brother Aaron Smith with all the residue of my Estate real & Personal after paying my funeral expences and all my lawful Debts except one negro girl or Wench I give to my neice Eliza Ann Smith Daughter of Aaron Smith, 
Given under my hand & seal
Witness Present
Jno Car Smith

Chatham County, Personally appeared before me Richard
Keating who being duly sworn saith that on Friday evening the 11th Instant, he mentioned to Capt John Car Smith that he had told him sometime before, that he had made his Will and wanted him and Mr Keating
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to be witness to it - That as he was then sick he thought he had best sign his will, he said it was signd  I answered him no it was not signd he said it was signd. I then took the will from Mrs Smith and found it was signd I told him yes it was signd and requested him to look at it to see if he knew it. I then asked him if it was his will, he said yes and acknowledged
it to be his last will and Testament for the purpose within mentioned and that the annexed is the Identical
Paper that was acknowledged by John C. Smith as his last will and Testament. s/ Richd Keating
Sworn to 25th March 1800
before me Ed White Clk C.O.

Chatham County, Personally appeared before me Sarah Keating who being duly sworn saith that she was present on Friday evening the 14 Instant and heard Capt John C
Smith acknowledge a certain instrument of writing which was then shown him by Mr Keating to be his
last will and Testament and for the purpose within mentioned
s/ Sarah Keating
Sworn to 25" March 1800
before Ed White Clk C.O.

On Friday the 14th Inst in the afternoon I was called
to visit John Carraway Smith Esq as a Physician. when I arrived I discovered a great alteration from what had appeared the day before (at which time I also visited him) In the course of the evening I discovered evident
signs of approaching dissolution, and as it had been mentioned to me before that he had made a Will,
but had not signed it, I advised that it should be
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produced that he might have an opportunity to do it before he was too weak. It was brought, but desirous
to satisfy myself whether he was in his right reason I asked him several questions (I do not recollect what
they were), but he answered them correctly. The will was then presented to him. I asked him if he would sign
it he replied he had signed it already, the bystander told him he had not, he said he knew better, on examination we found he had signed his name, but there were no witnesses, I then took the paper hereunto annexed in my hand and asked him if it was his
desire that it should be considered his last Will & Testament and if it should remain as it was he said
yes- s/ George Aspinwall
Sworn in open Court 5th May 1800. Ed White Clk C.O.

At a Court of Ordinary held on the 5th May 1800 Aaron Smith one of the Heirs in the above will appeared and
qualified agreeably to Law.

24 February 1818 Then appeared Mrs Ann Belcher late Mrs Ann Smith the Executrix named in the foregoing will
of John C. Smith decd & qualified as Executor by taking the Oath prescribed by Law
S. M. Bond Clk

State of Georgia Chatham County
Clerks Office Court of Ordinary
I. Robert W. Pooler Clerk of the Court
of Ordinary of the County of Chatham in the State of Georgia
aforesaid Do hereby certify that the aforegoing contains
a true copy of the last Will and Testament of Capt
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John Car. Smith late of Chatham County deceased & the Probate
of the same with the qualification of the Executor & Executrix
as the same appear from the Original of File and Record in
said Clerks office. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
this Fourth day of October in the year of our
Lord One thousand Eight hundred & forty two
Robert W Pooler
Clrk. C.O.C.C
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State of Georgia Chatham County
October 26th 1799 ⎬ Know all men by these presents that I Jno Car. Smith being in perfect health of body and mind make this my last Will and Testament revoking all others
1st I leave my beloved wife Ann and my Brother Aaron Smith to execute this my last Will and Testament,
2nd I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Ann all those negroes left jointly by Deed by their Grand Father John Barnwell Esq dec, to her & Sister Martha Deream with also
all the property belonging to her by the death of her Mother and her choice of Fifteen negroes more out of all my other negroes & should she think proper to let the negroes
all remain together until all my lawful debts is extinguish then she is to take five more making all Twenty exclusive those left by her grand father & mother also all my Bedding & Household furniture a good Horse & chair to ride in to her & her heirs forever. lastly the proceeds, rents and profits from my Mount Hope Plantation in So Carolina during the natural life of my sd wife and after her death the said plantation
to go to my brother Aaron Smith with all the residue of my Estate real and personal after paying my funeral
expenses & all my lawful debts except one negro girl or Wench I give to my neice Elizar Ann Smith Daughter of Aaron Smith
Given under my hand & Seal
Jn Car, Smith
Witness present

Chatham County Personally appeared before me, Richard Keating, who being duly sworn saith, that on Friday
Evening the 14th Instant, he mentioned to Capt John Car Smith that he had told him some time before, that he had made his will and wanted him and Mr Keating
to be Witnesses to it. That as he was then sick he thought he had best sign his will he saw it was signed. I answered him no it was not signed he
said it was signed-- he said it was signed I then took the will from Mr Smith and found it was signed I told him yes it was signed and requested him took at it, to see
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if he know it. I then asked him if it was his will, he said yes, and acknowledged it to be his last will
and Testament for the purpose within mentioned and that the annexed is the Identical Paper that was acknowledged by John C. Smith as his last Will and Testament
s/ Richd Keating
Sworn to 25th March 1800
before me Ed White
Clk C.O.

Chatham County ⎬ Personally appeared before me Sarah Keating, who being duly sworn, saith, that she
present on Friday Evening the 14 Instant, and heard Capt John C. Smith, acknowledge, a certain testament of writing which was then shown him by Mr. Keating
to be his last Will and Testament, and for the purpose within mention
s/ Sarah Keating
Sworn to 25 March 1800
before Ed White
Clk CO.

On Friday the 14th Inst in the afternoon, I was called to visit John Carraway Smith Esq as a Physician, when I arrived I discovered a great alteration from what had
appeared the day before at which time I visited him in the course of the Evening I discovered evident signs and of approached dissolution, and as it had been mentioned of me before that he had wrote a Will, but had not signed it I advise that it should be produced that he might
have an opportunity to do it before he was too weak. It was brought, but desirous to satisfy myself whether
he was in his right reason asked him several questions I do not recollect what they were but he answered them Correctly. The Will was then presented to him; I asked him if he would sign it, he replied he had signed it already. The bystanders told him he had not, he said he knew better. On Examination we found
that he had signed his name, but there were no Witnesses
I then took the paper hereunto annexed in my hand
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and asked him if it was his desire that it should be considered his last will and testament and if it should remain as it was.  he said yes.
s/ George Aspinwall
Sworn in Open Court
5th  May 1800
Ed White
C.C.O.

At a Court of Ordinary, held on the 5th May 1800,  Aaron Smith, one of the Extors in the above will appeared and qualified agreeably to Law

Jn Car Smith's last Will and Testament Recorded Book F
page 359 25" March 1800. 
s/ Aron Smith

24 February 1818 then appeared Mrs Ann Belcher, late Mrs Ann Smith the Executrix named in the foregoing will of John C. Smith desd. & qualified as Executrix
by taking the oath prescribed by Law
S M Bond Clk

State of Georgia  Chatham County Clerks Office Court of Ordinary
I Edward G Wilson Deputy Clerk of the
Court of Ordinary of Chatham County in the State of Georgia hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the last Will & Testament & proceedings had thereon, thereto annexed of John Car Smith
late of Chatham County deceased, as the same appear from the Original office and record in the Clerks Office aforesaid
in Testimony where of I have here to
set my hand, and to the top of
the first page of this copy or [Illegible]
affixed the Seal of the Court of Ordinary aforesaid this second day of April Anno Domini Eighteen hundred thirty nine
Edward G Wilson
Dept Clrk. C.O.C.C. Ga
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State of Georgia Chatham County
October 26th 1799
Know all men by these presents that I
Jn Car Smith being in perfect health
of body & mind make this my last Will and Testament
Revoking all others 1st I leave my beloved wife Ann
and my Brother Aaron Smith to execute this my last
Will and Testament 2nd I give & bequeath unto my beloved
wife Ann all those negroes left jointly by Deed by their
Grandfather John Barnwell Esq Desd to her & Sister Martha
Deveaux with also all the property devolving to her
by the death of her mother and her choice of Fifteen
Negroes man out of all my other negroes & should she
think proper to let the negroes all remain together
until all my lawful debts is extinguisht [sic], then she is
to take five more making in all Twenty exclusive
those left by her Grandfather & mother, also all my Bedding
Household furniture, a good horse & chair to ride in
to her & her heirs forever lastly the presents & profits
from my Mount Hope Plantation in So Carolina during the
natural life of my wife and after her death the
said Plantation to go to my Brother Aaron Smith
with all the residue of my Estate real & Personal after
paying my funeral expences and all my lawful
Debts except one negro girl or Wench I give to my neice
Eliza Ann Smith Daughter of Aaron Smith, Given
under my hand & seal
Witness Present
Jn Car. Smith

Chatham County, Personally appeared before me Richard
Keating who being duly sworn saith that on Friday
evening the 14th Instant, he mentioned to Capt John Car
Smith that he had told him sometime before, that he
had made his Will and wanted him and Mrs Keating
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to be witness to it - That as he was then sick he thought
he had best sign his will, he said it was signed I answered him no it was not signed he said it was signed
I then took the will from Mrs Smith and found it
was signed. I told him yes it was signed and requested
him to look at it to see if he knew it. I then asked
him if it was his will he said yes and acknowledged
it to be his last will and Testament for the purpose
within mentioned and that the annexed is the Identical
Paper that was acknowledged by John C. Smith as his
last Will and Testament
Sworn to 25th March 1800
before me E White Clk C.O.
Richd Keating

Chatham County, Personally appeared before me Sarah
Keating who being duly sworn saith that she was present
on Friday evening the 14 distant and heard Capt John C
Smith acknowledge a certain instrument of writing
which was then shown him by Mr Keating to be his
last will and Testament and for the purpose within
mentioned
sworn to 25" March 1800
before E White Clk C.O.
Sarah Keating

On Friday the 14th Inst in the afternoon I was called
to visit John Caraway Smith Esq as a Physician
when I arrived I discovered a great alteration from what
had appeared the day before (at which time I also visited
him) In the course of the evening I discovered evident
signs of approaching dissolution, and as it had been
mentioned to me before that he had made a Will
but had not signed it, I advised that it should be
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produced that he might have an opportunity to do it
before he was too weak. It was brought, but desirous
to satisfy myself whether he was in his right reason
I asked him several questions (I do not recollect what
they were) but he answered them correctly. The will was
then presented to him. I asked him if he would sign
it he replied he had signed it already, the bystander
told him he had not, he said he knew better, On examination was found he had signed his name, but there
were no witnesses, I then took the paper hereunto annexed in my hand and asked him if it was his
desire that it should be considered his last Will &
Testament and if it should remain as it was he said
yes
George Aspinwall
Sworn in open Court 5th May 1800
Ed White Clrk C.O.

At a Court of Ordinary held on the 5th May 1800 Aaron
Smith one of the Extors [sic] in the above will appeared and
qualified agreeably to Law.

24 February 1818 Then appeared Mrs Ann Belcher late
Mrs Ann Smith the Executrix named in the foregoing will
of John C. Smith decd & qualified as Executrix by taking the
Oath prescribed by Law
S. M Bond Clk

State of Georgia
Chatham County
Clerks Office
Court of Ordinary
I Robert W. Pooler Clerk of the Court
of Ordinary of the County of Chatham in the State of Georgia
aforesaid Do hereby certify that the aforegoing contains
a true copy of the last Will and Testament of Capt
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John Car Smith late of Chatham County deceased & the Probate
of the same with the qualifications of the Executor & Executrix
as the same appear from the Original of File and Record in
said Clerks office. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
this Fourth day of October in the year of our
Lord One thousand Eight hundred & forty two
Robert W Pooler
Clk. C.O.C.C
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State of Georgia
Chatham County ⎬
On the fifth day
of November in the year of our Lord One thousand
Eight hundred & forty two, personally appeared
before me Richard D Arnold Mayor of the
City of Savannah, State and County aforesaid
William B Bullock & John P Williamson Esq
gentleman of high character & respectability,
and well known to me as worthy of good
credit, who being duly sworn do solemnly
declare, testify and depose that they
knew Captain John Caraway Smith, and his
then wife Ann, now Ann Belcher - that they
were married in November in the year
1791 at Savannah that they knew them both
during their marriage until the death of
Capt Smith in March 1800 - they knew
them to have been visitors and visited
by the perish and most respectable society
in Savannah, and other places as Husband
& wife That no person now lives who
was present at the marriage, but the
fact of marriage is as true as though
ten thousand persons testified to witnessing
the ceremony
They further depose and
say that the Rev  Mr Lindsay finds by whom
they were married, and who was known
to the deponents, died long since. That
no documents appertaining to his official
acts can be found that the present Rector
the Revd Edward Neufville of the same Episcopal
Church to which Mr Lindsey belonged
has been unable to find any documents of
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that period, nor can any document
in the Ordinary Office of that period
be found, the papers of that date having been destroyed or lost.
That William B Bulloch, one of
these deponents, on oath, further states that he is a first cousin of the said Ann Belcher, formerly Ann Smith
the wife of the said Capt John Carraway Smith that he knows them intimately- that he was on terms of familiar intercourse with them. That in the great fire of November 1796 in the City of Savannah which destroyed about three hundred Houses and stores, & at which time the
Court House in the City was burnt, he
during the conflagration was with and
at the dwelling house of the said Captain John C Smith & Ann Smith & thereafter resided together with the mother of this deponent, who was the aunt of the said Ann Smith for some months, until otherwise provided with dwellings s/ W. B. Bulloch
Jno P. Williamson
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year first above written
Richard D Arnold
Mayor

Also at the same time
personally appeared Mrs Ann Belcher
formerly Ann Smith, the wife of Capt
John Carraway Smith, who being duly
Sworn further saith, that she was
married to the said Capt John Carraway
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Smith on the tenth day of November
Seventeen hundred and Ninety one,
and lived as husband and wife until
his death on the 15th day of March 1800
- that there is no family register of
the marriage now in existence
Ann Belcher
Sworn to & Subscribed
the day & year first
above written. -
Richard D Arnold
Mayor

In testimony whereof
of the said Richard D. Arnold,
Mayor of the City of Savannah,
have caused the seal of office
of Mayoralty of the said City to
be hereunto affixed on the fifth
day of November in the year of
our Lord One thousand Eight
hundred & forty two.
Richard D Arnold
Mayor of the City of
Savannah

Attest
Elisha Wylly
Clerk of Council.
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April 18, 1932
BA-J/AWF
John Carraway Smith
W. 4890

Mrs. Anna R. Lacy
244 McNeil, North
Memphis, Tennessee

Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 4890, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Carraway Smith.

He was commissioned September 16, 1776 Captain in the Second South Carolina Regiment, was taken prisoner at Charleston, May 12, 1780, and later exchanged, no date given, and served until the close of the war.

He married November 10, 1791 in Savannah, Georgia, Ann Brown, a widow. She was the granddaughter of John Barnwell, the names of her father and mother are not stated.

John Carraway Smith died March 15, 1800 in Savannah, Georgia.

The widow, Ann Smith, married December 24, 1801, James Belcher, who died in 1808.

The widow, Ann Belcher, was allowed pension on account of the services of her husband John Carraway at which time she was living in Chatham County, Georgia, and was seventy-eight years of age.

There is no reference to children.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4890
Ann Belcher
Wid.
John C. Smith 
Capt. Ga. line
Act: Mch. 3rd/43
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1932 April hist to [illegible]
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Georgia 6871
Ann Belcher, formerly widow of
John C. Smith decd who was a pensioner under the Act of _
and who died on the _March 1800
of Chatham Co in the State of Georgia who was a Captain in the 
Regt commanded by Col _  in
the S. Ca line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 480 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Nov 42 and sent to
R. H. Porter Esqr C.C.O.C.C. Savannah

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841
Semi-annual allowance ending _
Act 23 Augt 1842 $2400
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Theo L Moody Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 197

Reported
Let to R.G Guerard May 10 1843
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Ann Belcher
formerly widow of
John C. Smith
Georgia
Suspended
See let 26th Oct 1842
Thos Northrup

Act 7 July 1838
& 23 Augt 1842
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN Congress ASSEMBLED To John Carraway Smith Esquire
Greeting.
We Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents Institute and appoint you to be a Captain in the Second South Carolina Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the Sixteenth day of September 1776 You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain - by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do Strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders, as Captain. And you are to observe and follow such order and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, a Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.

By Order of Congress
CB Lincoln [Benjamin]
Secretary at War.

Witness His Excellency John Hanson Esquire President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia 
the twelfth day of April A.D. 1782 and in the Sixth Year of our Independence.
John Hanson President
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To J L. Edwards Esq Comm of Pension
Washington City
Sir,
I herewith endow you the documents necessary to substantiate the claim of Mrs Ann Belcher to a pension under the act of Congress passed
3rd March 1843"_ having more than complied with the instructions of your letter of the 10th instant, Mrs Belcher has been extremely ill, from which
Cause together with infirmities of Old age she is unable to arrive at her exact age, or the regiment to which her husband John Caraway Smith was attached - but as you have said
it is necessary herewith inclose the papers leaving those blanks in her declaration the forms of which I obtained at the Planters Bank of this City. Be please to apprise me when her name can be registered upon
the Pension roll
I am Your Obd Servt
R G Guerard
Savannah 24th May
1843-
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To J L Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
Sir,
Mrs Belcher
requests me to write to you & request you to refer to the Commission which is filed in your office of Captain
John Caraway Smith, and ascertain for her what regiment he was attached to, also to her last declaration and let her know what age she declared herself to be at that time. She is now so old that her memory is week and she is unable to file the declaration required by the act of the 3rd March 1843 without a reference to the papers on file in your office;
I am Your Ob Srv
R.G. Guerard
An early reply will oblige
address the subscriber.

Savannah 3rd May 1843
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State of Georgia Chatham County
On this twenty third day of May 1843. Personally appeared before me Joseph Felt a magistrate Ann Belcher a resident of Savannah in the County of Chatham aged _ years who being 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 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary war, That she is the widow of John Caraway Smith who was a Captain in the United States Army, and of the regiment. & that she received under the act 7 July 1838 a pension of $480 per annum And further declares that she is still a widow s/ Ann Belcher
Subscribed & Sworn to before me,
on the day & year above written
Joseph Felt
JP
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Savannah Nov 6th 1842
Sir,
I enclose the documentary evidence in
the case of Mrs Ann Belcher who applied
for a pension under the late act of the
Congress of the United States
Very Respectfully
Yr Ob Servt
Robert H Porter

J L Edwards Esq
Commiss of Pensions
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF CHATHAM.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME-
I W. Thorne William one of the Justices of the Inferior Court
of Chatham Co
do hereby certify that Robert W. Pooler
whose name and signature appear subscribed to the foregoing Certificate as
Clerk of the Inferior Court of Chatham county, is now, and was
at the time of granting the same,  Clerk of the Inferior Court
of the county of Chatham, in the State of Georgia; that to all of his official acts and attestations,
as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be had and given, in and out of judicature;
that the seal thereto annexed, is the seal of the said Inferior Court
aforesaid; that the said Inferior Court
is a Court of Record, and that the attestation aforesaid is in due form:--
And I further certify that there is no Chief Justice of the said Court.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand, at Savannah, the twenty fourth
day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty three and in the sixty seventh year of American Independence.
W Thorne William
J.I.C.C.C.
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State of Georgia Chatham County 
I Robert H Porter Clerk of the
Court of Ordinary of Chatham County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that I have diligently researched the Records of said
Office, and have not found thereon any mention of the intermarriage of Captain John Carraway Smith, and Ann Brown, same of the intermarriage of James Belcher and Ann Smith Widow: And I do further certify that said Office of the Clerk of the
Court of Ordinary in the office from which by virtue of the statute in Such Cases made and provided all Marriage Licenses are required to be issued, and to be [illegible] for Record.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court
of Ordinary this fourth day of
October Anno Domini 1842.
Robert H Porter
Clk. C.O.C.C
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No 8469.
Oct 21 1842
Georgia
July 7. 1838
Ann Belcher

Honbl
James L. Edwards
Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington
City
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Washington City Oct. 20th 1842
Sir
Enclosed you will find the Declaration of Mrs Ann Belcher together with other papers to establish her right
to a pension under the act of Congress of the 25th of Augt 1842, as the widow of Capt J. C. Smith who was a Capt of the South Carolina Line in May 1780 at the Surrender
of Charlestown and was one of the Prisoners of war paroled
at  Haddells [Haddrell's] Point after the Surrender he was in service as a paroled prisoner to the end of the war he received his certificate for commutation and interest, also
his name is on the list of officers reported entitled to Bounty Land a warrant for three Hundred acres was recd in 1839 where his will is to be found along with the papers pertaining to said claim. The Commissioner will please cause an examination of this claim to
be made as early as convenient and oblige
Yours Respectfully
Thy Northup
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8469
Ann Belcher
formerly widow
of John C. Smith
Georgia

admd.
2 yr Capt
$480

Robt. H Porter Esq.
Clk C.O.C.C.
Savannah
Georgia
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF CHATHAM.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME-
I, W. Thorne William a Justice of the Inferior Court
do hereby certify that Robert W Pooler
whose name and signature appear subscribed to the foregoing Certificate as the
Clerk of the Court Inferior of Chatham county, is now, and was
at the time of granting the same, the Clerk of the Court Inferior
of the county of Chatham, in the State of Georgia; that to all of his official acts and attestations,
as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be had and given, in and out of judicature;
that the seal thereto annexed, is the seal of the the Court of Ordinary
aforesaid; that the said Court of Inferior
is a Court of Record, and that the attestation aforesaid is in due form: --
And I further certify, that there is no Chief Justice of the said Court.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand, at Savannah, the fourth
day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty two, and in the sixty seventh year of American Independence.
M. Thorne William J.I.C.C.C.
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State of Georgia
Chatham County
On this 23 day of May 1843
Personally appeared before me
Joseph Felt a magistrate in and
for the County of Chatham & State of Georgia, William
B Bullock and Abraham D. Abrahams Old,
credible & respectable citizens of the City of Savannah
County & State aforesaid, who being sworn according to
law, doth on her oath Severally make the
following declaration, That they have been for very
many years acquainted with Mrs Ann Belcher the
applicant for a pension under the act of Congress
passed on the 3rd March 1843 both before and
after her intermarriage with Captain John
Caraway Smith, who was a Captain duly
commissioned in the United States Army and that
they know her to be the same person who received
under the act of 7th July 1838. a pension of $480.
per annum, and they further declare that
she is still a widow.
W. B Bullock
A. D. Abrahams
Sworn & Subscribed to
on the day & year above written
Joseph Felt
J.P.

I, Robert W Pooler Clerk of the Inferior Court
of the County of Chatham & State of Georgia do here
by certify that Joseph Felt Esq before whom the above
oaths & declarations annexed hereto was made
is a magistrate duly commissioned & sworn, and
practicing in the City of Savannah County of Chatham State of Georgia - and that William B. Bullock and Abraham D. Abraham are old
credible & respectable citizens of said City, County & State
and further that it comes to his own knowledge the
the applicant Mrs Ann Belcher is the same person
who received under the act of July 7th 1838.
pension of $480 per annum.- And further I do
certify that she is still a widow.
In Witness whereof I do hereby set my hand
and affix the seal of said Court the 23rd
day of May 1843
Robert W Pooler
Clk I.C.C.C
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C. P. BENNET & COMPANY
SPOT COTTON BROKERS
4201/2 SOUTH AKARD STREET
DALLAS, TEXAS

BRANCH OFFICE:
COTTON EXCHANGE BLDG.
MEMPHIS, TENN.

PHONES:
LOCAL X-5328
L. D. 619
POSTAL

Memphis Tennessee
March third Nineteen thirty two

Director of Pensions
Washington, D.C
My dear Sir:-
Have you any record of a pension
having been paid to Aaron Smith
who served as 1st Lieutenant in the 2nd
Regiment, S.C. under Col. Francis Marion
during Revolutionary War? Or of
John Carroway Smith who was
Captain of a company in the 3rd S.C.
afterward assigned to the 2nd Regiment.
Also, was a pension ever paid to a
Smith or an Anderson who served
as private in any company from
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C. P. BENNET & COMPANY
SPOT COTTON BROKERS
4201/2 SOUTH AKARD STREET
DALLAS, TEXAS

BRANCH OFFICE:
COTTON EXCHANGE BLDG.
MEMPHIS, TENN.

PHONES:
LOCAL X-5328
L. D. 619
POSTAL

Newbury District S.C. belonging to
either of these regiments?
This information will be most
gratefully received.
Sincerely
(Mrs.) Anna R Lacy
244 McNeil, North
Memphis, Tennessee

p.s.
If there should be a record of any of these
men, will you kindly send all data in your
possession about them.
A.R.L.
RECEIVED
MAR 7 1932
RECEPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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April 18, 1932
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Anna R. Lacy
344 McNeil, North
Memphis, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting
information in regard to Aaron Smith Lieutenant in
the South Carolina Line, John Carraway Smith Captain in the South Carolina Line and to a Smith and to an
Anderson, a private in the South Carolina LIne.
You will find enclosed the records of the Aaron
Smith and John Carraway Smith in whom you are
interested.
It is not possible to identify the record of
a Smith or an Anderson, without the full name of each,
and as much as possible of the following data relative
to each - approximate dates of birth and death and places
of residence at enlistment and after service.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
Aaron Smith
Wt 2264-200
Sent April 18 - 1932