Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31372, for Thomas Smith, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Smith, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 31372

CONTENTS
b. May 5, 1741 in Pa., raised in Va.
res at eul. Surry Co. N.C.
res in 1833 Calloway Co. Ky.
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25275
Kentucky
Thomas Smith of Calloway in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Doke of the reg't. commanded by Col. Walker in the Virginia line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 50 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of Mach 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Dec. 1833 and near to Lyon #15
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. $75.--
Semi-an. allowance ending 4 March 15.-- =
$90.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7,1832.}
Recorded by Dan'l Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 31

25021
22374

Date of death not on AB
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State of Kentucky}
Calloway County} Set
On this 31st day of August 1880 personally appeared before the undersigned Samuel Watson an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Thomas Smith a resident of the said County of Calloway and state aforesaid aged ninety two 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He states that he has no record of his age but agreeably to what his parents told hi he was born on the 9th day of May 1741 in the state of Pennsylvania. That his parents moved to the state of Virginia when this applicant was a child in which last mentioned state he was raised. That he married when he was about twenty years old and moved to North Carolina Surry County where he continued to live till the war of the Revolution when he entered the service as a Volunteer in the North Carolina Militia under Captain James Doke who belonged to a Regiment commanded by major William Hall and Colonel Walker under whom this applicant served. He states that he volunteered in said service in the beginning of the year 1780 and served eighteen months. He believes that he served longer but is certain that he served at least eighteen months as he was in service during the whole or nearly the whole of the year 1780 and 1781. From his great age and bodily affliction and infirmity and from the consequent loss of his mind and memory he finds it impossible to state the particulars of his service to any degree of certainty. He finds that the scenes of his former life are about all of them swept from his recollection by the ravages of time. Of the events of the day of the Revolution there only remains upon his mind of the recollection of these events something like the faint impression of some by-gone dream: of all his friends and
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of acquaintances of that day there remains not one alive to him known of all his own children amounting to the number of ten there is not one left by the scythe of time though some of them loved to hold before they died. Of his service however he will state and that he can recollect most of it consisted in marching against the Tories under Captain Doke who commanded a separate and detached company of scouts or Rangers of whom this applicant was one. The Tories were very numerous and troublesome and much endangered the lives of the citizens and their property. Hence it became necessary for some Captain and his company to be constantly employed in suppressing them. This part of the service was assigned to Captain Doke by Major Hall and the Colonel of the Regiment in which service this applicant was engaged during part of the year 80 and the whole of they year 81. Under Captain Doke he ranged the country round on the waters of the Yadkin and Serrararut Rivers and as far back as the Blue Ridge for the purpose of watching the movement of the Tories and of surprising and capturing them whilst out on marauding and plundering expeditions. Whilst engaged in this service (he thinks in the summer of the year eighty one or eighty two but is not certain which) this applicant was severely wounded eight large buckshot having entered his body of which wound he was conjoined for two months before he was again able to march and perform the duties of the service. He states that while in the service under captain Doke he marched against the Indians on Holson [Holston] River where he served under Colonel Sevier. This he thinks was in the beginning of the year eighty and is perhaps the first of his service. He knows not how long he was on Holson [Holston] against the Indians. but this trip was only a different expedition of the same service in which he was engaged and made up
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part of his eighteen months service. Immediately on his return he continued his service against the tories as before stated. He will state that during sd. service of eighteen months he was considered as an Indian spy or minute man who was on all occasions to be ready for any adventure called for. He states that he was discharged by his Captain at the close of the war. But he has since lost it; perhaps half a century ago: and that after the Revolutionary war he lived for a great many years in Carolina but he does not recollect the exact number of years. That his first move upon leaving Carolinas was to Kentucky where he lived for a few years where he moved to Robson County Tennessee where he lived till about three years ago when he moved to western Kentucky where he has continued to reside ever since. He has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know of any living witness whose testimony he could procure to testify to his services. He knows of no man alive with whom he was acquainted that day but his neighbours to wit, Banister Wade, Vincent Wade, Barley Anderson, Richard Bazil, Samuel Watson, Wm. A. Smith, William M. Wilson, James Long, Samuel Smith, Jourdan Nanny, Lewis Nanny, Joseph Summerville, Riley Piper and others will bear ample testimony as to his character for veracity and integrity and as to his reputation of having been a Revolutionary Soldier. 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 whatever. [Signature] Thomas Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me the aforesaid Justice the day and year aforesaid.
[Signature] Samuel Watson J. P.
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We Richard Curd a clergyman residing in the said county of Calloway and state of Kentucky and James Long residing in the same county and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be ninety two years of age that he is reported and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion not having any doubt whatever of his having been such .
[Signatures]
Richard Curd
James H. Long
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [Signature] Samuel Watson J. P.

And I the undersigned Samuel Watson Justice as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And that I have myself been long acquainted with said applicant and know that he has always been reputed to be a soldier of the Revolution. And also further certify that it appears to me that Richard Curd who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said county of Calloway and state aforesaid and that James Long - who has also signed the same certificate is also a resident of the same county and state and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
And I do further certify that from the great age and extreme bodily infirmity and weakness of the said applicant he is wholly unable to attend court for the purpose of proving his services as for any purpose whatever as he lives about ten miles from the set of justice for the county and is no more securely able to leave his bed. Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace for county aforesaid the day and year aforesaid.
[Signature] Samuel Watson J. P.

State of Kentucky}
Calloway County} Set. I William Curd Clerk of the Court for Calloway County to certify that Samuel Watson is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 2nd day of September in the year 1833.
[Signature] Wm. Curd
[Seal]

27
Thos. Smith
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State of Kentucky}
Calloway County} Set.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Thomas Smith the above declarant who 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 to wit. For three months I served as a private, (volunteer) under Captain Doke and Colonel Sevier for fifteen months I served as a private (volunteer) under Capt. Doke and Colonel Walker making in all eighteen months and for such service I claim a pension. By way of explaining his declaration so as to meet the objections of the department he will state that by using the expression the "he was considered an Indian Spy or minute man who was on all occasions to be ready for any adventure called for, he meant no more than to say that this was the case form the commencement till the conclusion of his service including the two years about 1780 and 1781.  For although he served them two years yet he was not in actual service all the time of the said two years but feels very conscious that he w sin actual service at least eighteen months of the said two years. This will appear plain from a close inspection of his declaration than perhaps the department has given it. He states that in sitting forth in his declaration that he was wounded in the "year eighty one or eighty two" - he made a mistake and intended to say "in the summer of the year eighty or eighty one" [Signature] Thomas Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 day of November 1833 Samuel Watson J.P.
The word, "volunteer," interlined to follow the word private, were inserted before the above was subscribed and sworn to
[Signature] Samuel Watson J.P.

Commonwealth of Kentucky} I William Curd 
Callaway County set} Clerk of the Court of said
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County certify that Samuel Watson whose name appears as above is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the Count aforesaid duly and regularly commissioned and qualified as such that full faith and credit is and of right ought to be given to all his acts as such and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 26th day of November 1883.
[Signature] Wm. Curd
[Seal]

I do not know the applicant in this case but I know the persons to whom he refers and the clergyman & all the others concerned they are respectable and I have full confidence in their statements made by them, the old man is very poor and infirm, and if no better can e done et him have the smallest grade but it appears to me he ought to have at least 9 months.

[Signature] Chitt Lyon
Dec 18th 1833
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27.206
Thomas Smith
Calloway Co. Kentucky

(e)

$30 per anm.

C Lyon HR
Ky
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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 Thomas Smith

[Headings]

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Names and rank of the Field officer under who he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1780 | [blank] | private | Capt. Doke | 92 | Traditionary
The time engaged in actual service should be stated. His being ready does not entitle a claim. See note:

The applicants claim for 18 months cannot be allowed. Those who served in the militia, did not  perform as much actual service as 18 months during a period of 26 months. If he receives for 1 year it is considered a full allowance.

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 claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] 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 }
County of  } ss.
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 served 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. [hand pointing right] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  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 of office (i) this
day of     & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the    and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with    , 
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 Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,    Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of     
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this   day of    & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known in 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 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 Office 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. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which the low the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should not do so, he must answers of 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 he Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of 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 with a 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 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.
[hand pointed right] 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 is 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.

[In the right margin there is a bracket around section [e].]
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September 14, 1938

BA-J/AWF
Thomas Smith
S. 31372

Mrs. H. C. Curtis
4509 E. Douglas
Wichita, Kansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of
Thomas Smith, pension claim No. 31372.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 31372, based
on the military service of Thomas Smith in the
Revolutionary War.
Thomas Smith was born May 9, 1741 in the State of Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not stated. His parents moved when he was a child to the State of Virginia, where he was reared.
While residing in Surry County, North Carolina, Thomas Smith volunteered early in 1780, served as a private at various times until the close of the war, in the North Carolina militia, under Captain James Doak and Colonels
Walker and Sevier; his service was as an Indian
Spy and Ranger in pursuit of Tories and Indians, while in the service, he was wounded severely, eight large buck shot entered his body; length of entire service eighteen months.
Thomas Smith moved after the Revolution from Carolina to Kentucky, where he lived a few years,
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then to Robertson County, Tennessee, and in 1830 moved to Western Kentucky.
The soldier, Thomas Smith, was allowed
pension on his application executed August 31,
1833, at which time he was living in Calloway
County, Kentucky. Thomas Smith married when about twenty years of age, and then moved to Surry County, North Carolina; reference was made to ten children, all of whom were dead in 1833. Names of wife and children were not designated. Thomas Smith referred in 1833 to his neighbors, William A. Smith and Samuel Smith; it was not shown that they were related to the soldier. The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Thomas Smith
Certificate #25275
Issued December 18, 1833
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Stockton Calif.
Aug. 6. 1934

Washington D. C.
Director of Pensions
and Land Warrants
Recorder.

Can you please give me any thing on the Record of the Smiths. I am sending it just as it was written in The Smith Record.

Thomas Smith son of William Smith Born about 1697 in Virginia served in the of 1716. William Smith was the son of Thomas Smith. Thomas Smith was Governor of Maryland, served one term. He was the son of James Smith who was the Brother of Capt. John Smith who was served by Pocahontas. John Smith B. Jan 1579 at Willoughby Lincolnshire England died in London June 21 1631. He was the eldest son of George Smith a tenant farmer who was born in Willoughby England.
Thomas Smith was  Born in Virginia 1742. Served in the War of the Rev. 1776 & find his Father was William. They were related to The Agees-Anthony, Matthew, James, Inite find Thomas and William - James amoung Agees? They would be

[marginal note next to "Thomas Smith born in Virginia 1742" - married Leah Agee]
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the right ones & think I gave you as it was written you mite find a clue n some way. Thomas Smith was my Fathers Grandfather. we have not been able to find only ink at war in Our Family Record so old all dead and gon in hard to find them. My Grandfather Richard Smith Born 1792. My Father B. 1833 & I was B. 1869 so we are all old pioneers. Hope you may be able to find something some one of the Smiths may have written about them in that way or a pension may have been granted to Thomas Smith.. His children that we do not know. His Wife was Leah Agee a sister to Jamie Agee. Who was in the Rev. War and served some time. His Father drew a Warrant belonged to James. as it was states you did not know his Rank & found in our old OSA Ren. Book a James Agee was a Lieutenant. I have looked and hunted through Hundreds. He was the only James Agee I found. I may be giving a lot But you mite find something more from what I have told you. Obligi

Mrs. James H. Swan
1877 Tucern Ave.
Stockton California

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J letters
Stockton Calif. X
Aug 4. 1934.

Washington D C.
Director of Pensions
United States Pension
and land warrants Records.

I wrote you once before about Mayo Mease of Sandy Level Virginia. he served in the War of 1812, Pittsylvania Co. He served under Capt. T Shelton Company. A was a private. Names of men he served with from the above Co.
Printer
Thomas Mustein
William Gregory
David Shelton 
Mayo Mease
Spencer Hammond.

I received this from the Pittsylvania Co. Book. This is what it said in 1852. The Federal Government issued land bounties in blocks of 40 & 80 and 160 acres to the surviving soldiers of the War of 1812. These lands being located in the far West it was impractical for the aged men - agents in New York handled the sales. Warrants made and preparatory to the sale have been preserved, Private Mayo Mease.
This I found in the Pittsylvania Co. History Virginia Published By J. P. Bell Company. Wrote by Clemient. This Book takes in all of sent Claud Swanson people. I think from which I have given you. You can give something on his life and family. There was a Joseph Mease Sr. Pen. Mease Henry Calman, sons of Joseph. I do not  (over)

[stamp - RECEIVED AUG 10 1934 MAIL SUB.-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER 28
3:00
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know who or which are Mayo, Mease. or as     as there was only one family of Mease's in Pittsylvania Co. VA. Please give me all you have on him all so if you have any of his family names so many of the family were killed in the Civil War makes it hard to find any of them. Mayo Mease in service in the War of 1812 ought to be clear from what I have given you.
I am working in Genealogy I do hope I can find him and who he belonged to. I thank you so much.
Respect.
Mrs. James H Inian
1877. Lucerne Ave.
Stockton Calif.
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August 20, 1934
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BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Sarah D. Mo
1877 Lucerne Avenue
Stockton, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to James Agee, Henry Cullens, Alexandra, Thomas and William Smith, soldiers of the War of the Revolution, and information relative James Agee, Henry Selby Bethards, and Mayo Mease, soldiers of the War of 1812.
The records of this office fail to show claims
for pension on file on account of the Revolutionary war services of either, James Agee or Henry Cullens. The War of 1812 records of this office afford no data
relative to claims for pension having been filed on account of the services of Mayo Mease or of any soldier with surname Bethards.
This office has no general genealogical data on
file, nor has it any record of service rendered prior to the War of the Revolution.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary
and War of 1812 data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to make a series of investigations and reports for one person or organization, pertaining the soldiers of the Revolution and War of 1812.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Smith and the War of 1812 record

[note - see a letter to her of Apr. 3 1935, in Richard Braswell W.4888 which touches on this claim.]
[note - see another letter t her in reg't. files under George Smith - Aug. 1935
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of James Agee. It is hoped that these records may be of interest to you.

It is suggested as a possible means of securing data relative to the military record of soldiers of these two wars, that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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July 1, 1938

BA-J/AWF
Thomas Smith
S. 31372

Mrs. Jessie R. Wadley
Pleasant Grove
Utah

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of
Thomas Smith (also known as "Sir George Thomas Smith", born in 1741 in Franklin County, Virginia, wife Laer Agee.
The data which follow concerning Thomas
Smith were obtained from papers on file in
pension claim, S. 31372, based on his military
service in the War of the Revolution.
Thomas Smith was born May 9, 1741 in the
State of Pennsylvania. The names of his parents
were not stated. His parents moved when he was a child to the State of Virginia, where he was reared.
While residing in Surry County, North Carolina, Thomas Smith volunteered early in 1780,
served as a private at various times until the
close of the war, in the North Carolina Militia,
under Captain James Doak and Colonels Walker and Sevier; his service was as an Indian Spy and Ranger in pursuit of Tories and Indians, while in the service, he was severely wounded, "eight large buck shot" entered his body; length of entire service eighteen months.
Thomas Smith moved after the Revolution from
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Carolina to Kentucky, where he lived a few years, then to Robertson County, Tennessee, and in 1830 moved to Western Kentucky.
The soldier, Thomas Smith, was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1833, then a resident of Calloway County, Kentucky. He married when about twenty years of age, and then moved to Surry County, North Carolina; reference was made to ten children, all of whom were dead in 1833. Names of wife and children were not stated.
Thomas Smith referred in 1833 to his neighbors, William A. Smith and Samuel Smith; it was not stated that they were related to the soldier. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Thomas Smith
Certificate #25275
Issued December 18, 1833
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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August 20, 1934
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Thomas Smith-S.31372
James Agee-Wt.77963-120-55
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Sarah D. Mease
1877 Lucerne Avenue
Stockton, California

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31372, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Smith.
Thomas Smith was born May 9, 1741 in the state of Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not given. His parents moved when he was a child to the state of Virginia, where he was reared. While residing in Surry County, North Carolina, Thomas Smith volunteered early in 1780 and served as private at various times until the close of the war, in the North Carolina militia, under Captain James Doak and Colonels Walker and Sevier; his service was
as an Indian Spy and ranger against the Tories and Indians, while in the service, he was severely wounded, "eight large buck shot" entered his body; length of service eighteen months. After the Revolution, he moved from "Carolina" to Kentucky, where he lived a few years and moved to Robertson County, Tennessee and in 1830 moved to Western
Kentucky. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1833, then living in Calloway County, Kentucky.
Thomas Smith married when about twenty years of age and then moved to Surry County, North Carolina; he had ten children, all of whom were dead in 1833; names
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of wife and children not given.
The soldier, Thomas Smith, in 1833 referred to
his neighbors, William A. Smith and Samuel Smith, but did not state any relationship.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly the date of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following -
Thomas Smith
Certificate # 25275
Issued December 18, 1833
Rate $30.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

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James Agee- Wt.77963-120-55

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in claim for bounty land based upon the war of 1812 service of James Agee.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are
not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
James Agee volunteered in Jacksboro, Campbell County, Tennessee, September 23, 1813, and served as a private against the Creek Indians in Captain Robert Doak's company of Tennessee militia, and was discharged
January 15, 1814. He married in May, 1814 in Campbell County, Tennessee, Elizabeth Tudor. He died May 10, 1843 in said Campbell County.
His widow, Elizabeth Agee, was allowed bounty land
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in full satisfaction for the services rendered.
The widow, Elizabeth, stated in 1851 that she
was aged then about fifty-eight years and at that time she was residing in Campbell County, Tennessee, in 1855 she was still residing in same county and gave her age as about sixty years. The names of her parents and date and place of her birth are not given.
In order to obtain the location of the above noted land, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D.C., citing the following-

Wt. No. 71667 - 40 acres- Act of 1850
Wt. No. 77963 - 120 acres- Act of 1855.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Pleasant Grove, Utah,
June 13, 1938.

Pension Department
Washington D. C.,

I am interested in finding some information about a Thomas Smith (also known as Sir George Thomas Smith) who, I think, fought in the Revolutionary war. He was born in 1741 in Franklin Co. Virginia. His wife was Laer Agee. Do you have any information in your file concerning him. I will appreciate very much any thing you have concerning him. Thank you.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs,. Jessie R. Wadley
Pleasant Grove, Utah.

[stamp - RECEIVED JUN 16 1938 MAIL SUB.-DIV. VES. ADM. READER #7  3:00]

[note - Bed Geo - S. 31386]

[note - P. Geo. T S 18575]

[note - 1818-76 = 92]
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Mrs. James H. Meace
1844 Lucerne Ave
Stockton Calif. 

[stamp - STOCKTON CALIF. AUG 6, 11AM, 1934]
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[C in a triangle]  
Wichita, Kan.
Aug. 10-38

Veterans Administration

Dear Sir,-
Do you have the pension record of Thomas Smith, war service rev. war S.31372, last payment of pension was made Mar 20 1834, to Joseph Ficklin atty - covering period from Mar 4 1831 to Mar 4 1834, he  volunteered early 1780 & served as a private at various times, untill close of war was in N. Carolina Militia under Capt. James Doak

[stamp - RECEIVED AUG. 12 1938 MAIL SUB.-DIV.
VETS. ADM. READER #19 3:15]
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Cols. Walker & Sevier his service was an indian spy & ranger, against the Tories - he was wounded 18 buckshots in body, length of service 18 mos. he was a relative & I desire this pension record for D.A.R. application.
Thanking you respt.
Mrs. H. C. Curtis
4509 E. Douglas
Wichita, Kansas
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1934 - Aug. 20 - hist. to Mrs. Sarah D. Meace awf
1938 - July 1 - hist. to Jessie R. Wadley awf
1938 - Sept. 14 - hist. to H. C. Curtis awf

31372
Rev'y INVALID
File No. 31,372
Thomas Smith 
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7, 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 381
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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James Agee Smith, son of Thomas Smith.

James Agee fought in the war of 1812 Battle of Lundy's June 1814 1-2 miles in army 7 years. I received their information, from a cousin in New York. Will you please send me all information on Him;

My Great Grandfather was in the Bwoa war in 1812. He was Henry Selby, Bethards. He was from snow Hill Maryland can you give me anything on him.

All so Henry Cullins served in the Revo. War. He was from Snow Hill Maryland in Virginia first can you please give me anything on him. He was a Great Grandfather.

I do hope I can get some of them if not all.

Oblige Mrs. Sarah D. Meace
1877 Lucerne Ave.
Stockton Calif.
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Stockton, Calif.
July 25. 1934.

Washington D. C. 
United States Pension and Land Warrants Records:

Will you kindly give me what you can of Alexandra Smith of Kingston Roan Co. Tenn. He was Born June 20. 1809. Died July 6. 1860. served in Company 1. Tenn. Inf. Buried at Oak Springs 7 miles from Kingston Tenn. The Government erected a marker to his grave. Please state if he fought in any war or just belonged to the Regular standing Army. His Wife was Elizabeth Rayburn, Bain. May 22nd 1819. Died may 27 1902. Alexandra - Father was William Smith.

I have him William Father Grandfather Alexandra, Born in Virginia 1743 or 4. He was called by three different titles, sir George Thomas Smith, Si Thomas Smith and plane Thomas Smith. He served in the Rev. War 1776. He was the son of James Smith. Thomas married Leah Agee From Records we have Anthony Agee was her Father and James Agee Her Brother, and Matthew a Preacher from our Records, I wrote to the War Department about James Agee, & rec. a James
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Agee served in the Revolutionary as a soldier, in a regiment of Virginia & infantry. A list of soldiers of the Virginia line or continental establishment who have rece. certificates for the balance of their full pay agreeable to an act of assembly passed Nov. Session 1781. This record shows that on December 10. 1783 a certificate for $36 was received by Matt Agee. I mite find Thomas from Virginia all so a William Smith older than Thomas served at one time all so Franklin Co. Va. I find from our Family Records most of the younger Smiths lived in Tennessee Smith Co. Sullivan Co. last Gibson Co. Tennessee. I am working in Genealogy all so want my Daughter much information to join to get them & will be so pleased to get anything on any line & have given you Thomas Smith was my fathers Grandfather. My Great I am so desire to find him as I assume he would be near the Agee Have you had any claims on a William or Thomas or James who went to New York, a large Estate in there a lot of our Smiths have filed claims I have not, as yet, anything. You could give me
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On any enquirer or help in any way if any of them serving in the wars, mite help me to locate some of them. My Grandfather was Richard Smith. His Father was Thomas Smith Born in Va. 1743-- or 4.
His Children
William, Alexandra father.
James
Thomas
Dasha D.
Richard all born from 1783 to 1792.

All I have ask about are Thomas Their Father and his people. Much older than Thomas. Oblige
Ms. Sarah D. Meace
1877 Lucern Ave.
Stockton Calif.