Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 915, for William Smith, New Jersey
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(8--1776)

SERVICE                                          NUMBER
New Jersey       Smith, William        S. 915.

                                                              carded.

CONTENTS
born Mar. 28, 1752, in Somerset Co, [crossed out N.Y] ^N.J, res. there always 
up to 1832
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[left side:]
9812
New Jersey
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William Smith
of Somerset Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Smalley of the Regt. commanded
by Col. [blank] in the N. Jersey line for 18 months____, _______
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 240 Dollars - ['Cents' crossed out] per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of June
1832 and sent to Hon J. Randolph
Present
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33                    $40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33.       10
                                                                     ____
                                                                      $50

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

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk,
Book C   Vol. 3 Page 130

[right side:]
Letter 19.   April 1837 - Pen Agent


Date of death
not on AB
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No 6.078

William Smith
Somerset County
New Jersey


['Return S. no' crossed out]
Admitted
Private 6 months


James F Randolph
['N. Thompson' crossed out] Present

W to W.S.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
24th 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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those points 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 this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

Statement, shewing the service of Wm Smith Somerset County N.J.
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[Table follows with 6 columns, column headings as follows:]
(1) Period when the service was rendered.
(2) Duration of the claimant's service. {sub-headings:  a. Years. b. Months. c. Days
(3) Rank of the claimant.
(4) Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
(5) Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
(6) Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[text under columns:]
(1) July 1, 1789
(2) a. [blank] b. 6. c. [blank]
(3) pr
(4) Capt Smalley, Maj. Gilchrist
(5) 68, Somerset County
(6) Living & Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 branch 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 benefits 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 claim- ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, 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     } ss.
County of
On this      day of      personally appeared (a) before
A. B. 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 serv-ed under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) 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 per-sons 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 revolu-tionary soldier, and served as he states.
I            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 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 days 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 Revo-lutionary 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 commis-sion; 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 ser-vices 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-
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 ex- [sic] 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 propound 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 produce 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 perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily 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 the 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 such 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
conforming 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 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 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 if 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 pass 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 regiment, 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] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to 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.
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Wm Smith

No 6078



T.         P.          written
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress 7th June 1832-

The State of New Jersey Somerset County SS-
On this thirteenth Day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the inferior Court of Common pleas of said County William Smith a resident of the township of Bedminster in said County
aged ['sixty eight' crossed out] seventy years. Three months and fifteen days who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his
oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th Day June A.D. 1832. That Deponant volunteered----- in the army of the Revolution on the 1st day of July in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty under Capt David Smalley of said County for six months. Deponent lived in the township of Bernard at the time in said County our company was marched to Hackensack in Said State where he and the Company lay about two months and and a half from thence we were marched to Fort Lee on the North river where we lay for about the like space of time from thence we were marched to Elizabeth town where we lay until discharged which was on the first
Day of January A.D. 1781.  I got a Discharge in writing which is now lost. a Major Gutchess had
the command.-  That this deponent has resided
in the township of Bedminster in the County and
State aforesaid ever since the Revolutionary war
I am acquainted with all the men in my own
neighborhood who can testify to my character for truth and veracity - to wit. W. A. Van Dorn Esq. Nicholas
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Arnsworthn Esq John Lane Esq. &c---  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and Declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Wm B. Gaston
William Smith

Somerset County SS. Be it Known that on this 13th Day of August A.D. 1832. Personally Appeared in open Court before the above named Court Paul Voorhees who being sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is in his ['fifty' crossed out] seventy third year of age
that he was out as a soldier of the Revolution and served therein for six months with William Smith the above applicant. They were commanded by Capt David Smally Stationed at Hackensack, Fort Lee and Elizabeth Town. The Maj.s name was Gutchess or some such name (he was a Dutchman) and further saith not-

Paul Voorhees

Sworn & Subscribed in open
Court the day and year afsd
A. F. Gaston
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We Isaac M. Fisher a Clergyman residing in the
township of Bedminster County of Somerset and State afsd and Job Lane residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well are well [sic] acquainted with William Smith who has subscribed and Sworn the above declaration that we believe him to be Sixty Eight years of age- that he is reputed and believed in the neighorhood 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---

Wm B. Gaston
Revd. Isaac M. Fisher
Job Lane

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and that after putting the interrogators presented by
the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Isaac M. Fisher who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the township of Bedminster afsd and that Job Lane  who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible
person, and that this statement is entitled to credit
Wm. B. Gaston
Revd Vanderveen
Wm T. Hooven
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss }
I John M. Mann Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said 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.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.-

J.M. Mann
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Interrogatories proposed by the Court to William Smith--upon his application for a pension.
1. Question. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in the Township of Bernard County of Someret N.J. on the 28th day of March A.D. 1762
William Smith
2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it. 
A. I have a record of my age in my possession.
William Smith
3. Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live? A. I resided in the County of Somerset N.J. and have lived in said County ever since.
William Smith
4. How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a Substitute for whom?
A. I volunteered into the service in Captain David Smallys Company.
William Smith
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
A. Maj. Gilchrist Commanded. Capt Smally the Capt of the Company. I refer to my declaration for a particular answer to the interrogatory-, we were at the Hook house on the North river had some firing at the time, lay some time in tents 
and some time in houses when we had no tents. William Smith
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6. Q. Did you ever receive a Discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
A. I Received a written discharge from the service which is now lost, which I have stated in my declaration
William Smith
7. Q. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier
of the Revolution.
Ans. For an answer to this interrogatory, I beg leave to refer the Department to my declaration William Smith

Sworn and subscribed
before me this 15th of
June 1833
Wm B. Gaston

I William B Gaston the Judge who administered the foregoing oath do hereby certify that Paul Voorhees who has sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a person of credibility, and that his statement is worthy of full credit and belief -
June 15th 1833
Wm B. Gaston
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William Smith-
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State of New
I John M Mann Clerk of In
Court of Common Pleas in and for
said Court do hereby certify that
William B Caston before the above the
foreing amended proceedings in the
matter the apperation of William
Smith for a pension hereto attached to
the uninal proceedings of said Court
whose proper signature is thereto subscribed
were had was at the time thereof and still is a
of said Court in all commision & In witness where of
has here unto set my hand and a fixed the seal of
said Court at Bridgewater the fifteenth day of June
Comas County
Eighteen hundred and thirty Mann
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June 26, 1934

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[Ineligible] TEEL
William Smith S.915


Mr. Miles F. Gordon
Trial Court
Central Avenue and 4 " Sir
Plainfield, New Jersey

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of William Smith, of Somerset County, New Jersey, who served in the Revolutionary War; and also ask if a William Smith, of Somerset County, New Jersey, received a pension for service in the War of 1812.

A careful search of the War of 1812 records has been made and no
record found of a claim for pension having been made to the United States
based upon the military service of a William Smith, who enlisted
from Somerset County, New Jersey, in that war. The record of William
Smith, 3,915, the only soldier of that name who enlisted from Somerset
County, New Jersey, found on the Revolutionary War records of this of
fice, has been located and his history is furnished herein as obtained
from the papers on file in his claim for pension based upon his service
in the Revolutionary War.

William Smith was born in Bernard Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
, on March 28, 1762. The names of his parents are not shown in
the papers in the pension claim.

William Smith was allowed pension on his application executed
August 30, 1832, while residing in Bedminster Township, Somerset
County, New Jersey, where, he stated, he had lived ever since the
Revolution.

There are no data as to soldier's family.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revo-lutionary War pensioner, William Smith (S.915), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
William Smith, Certificate No.9812, issued June 20, 1833, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey
Agency.

In regard to furnishing you list of correspondents whose names
are shown in this pension claim, this office does not furnish lists of its correspondents.

Your three cent stamp is returned herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Truell Court
John [hard to read]
Central Abrenue and Fourth Street
Plainfield, New Jersery
June 18, 1934

Revolutionary War Pension
Bureau and War of 1812
Washington, D.C.

William Smith was a
soldier in the Revolution from
SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
Will you kindly inform me
said William Smith was a Pensioner.
also, if there is any correspondence
on file in relation to him, will you
please give me the address of the correspond
was there a William Smith of
Somerset Co. N.J. on the Pension Rolls
of the War of 1812. off to the address of
any correspondents in your fear concern
my same.
[??]  & stamp for return and
thank you in advance
Miles F. Gordon
John L. Orwell, Pres.
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Truell Court
John M. Arnell, Prop.
Central Abrung and Fourth Street
Plainfield, New Jersey

Oct. 29,33,

Revolutionary War
Peunion Bureau 
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
my ancestor Wm Smith of Somerset Co.,
A N. J. was a soldier in the
Revolution from the above said
County. Will you kindly inform me if he recd.
a pension? Thank you in
advance for a prompt response . My husband is a person of the Civil War.

Yours respectfully
Mrs. John R. Truell
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Irene Truell FIELES the 5th
her father David, the 4th and her
bro. was Davis the 5th.
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Truell Court
John R. Truell, Prop.
Central Avenue and Fourth Street
Plainfield, New Jersey
Oct. 30, 1933

Revolutionary Was Bureau
and Bureau of War of 1812
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Kindly inform me
if you have any record of any
Smiths who enlisted from SOMERSET
COUNTY, N.J. for service in
either of the above wars.
My husband, nearly 89,
is a Civil War Veteran,
Thank you in advance,
Yours truly
Mrs. John R. Truell
I think my Revolutionary ancestor
was WILLIAM SMITH and other Smiths. I would like  like 
to have a copy of anything and everything
on file in regard to said Wm Smith and the 
same as to War of 1812 x Also the names of any [illeg of [illegible] - over
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respondents you may have in
your files on the said Wm
Smith of Somerset Co., N.J.
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[left side]
1933 - Dec 21. Hist to
Mrs John R. Truell - EES
1934 June 26 Hist to
Miles F. Gordon EES

Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 915
William Smith,
Priv N. J. Line.

Act June 7. 1832.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page e45
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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December 21, 1933
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BA-J/REL
William Smith-S.915

Mrs. John R. Truell
Truell Court
Central Avenue and Fourth Street
Plainfield, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War record of your ancestor, William Smith, of Somerset
County, New Jersey.

With the meager data furnished by you, this office has no means
of identifying accurately the record in which you may be interested.
However, the record of one William Smith of the county designated has
been found and is furnished herein as found in pension claim, S.915,
based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

William Smith was born in Bernard Township, Somerset County, New 
Jersey, on March 28, 1762.

While residing in said Bernard Township, New Jersey, he volunteered
July 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain David Smalley's Company,
under Major Goetchius in the New Jersey Troops and was discharged on
January 1, 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30,
1832, while residing in Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New 
Jersey, where, he stated, he had lived ever since the Revolution.

There are no data as to soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name
and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary
War pensioner, William Smith, S. 915), you should address
the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city citing the following data:
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William Smith, Certificate No. 9812, issued June 20, 1833,
rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

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Wm Smith N.J. Act 1832
admit
AO .9812 -
Com
for J. J. Coombs
July 18 / 57
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Trenton Bank
Pension office
April 6 1837
Sir
The enclosed certificate unpaid
for more than one year, I forward you
for your special direction authorizing payment
I remain very respectfully
Your Obt Serv
Phil Dickinson Pret
L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner