Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25011, for Isaac Smith, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)
Service NH
Smith, Isaac
Hannah
Number W. 25011
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1834
New Hampshire
Isaac Smith
of Concord
in the state of N. Hamp.
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Samuel of the N. Hamp.
line, for the term of 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8. Dollars per month, to commence on the 9th of April, 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of March, 181? and sent to E. Barttell Esq. 
Havenhill N.H.

Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 10 21/30 4/31 - 86.89
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 - 48.
$134.89

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
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1901
C. New Hampshire
Hannah Smith
widow of Isaac Smith NH
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inc. from $80~

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars per annum, to commence on the of July, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Jan 1851 and sent to Hon. H. Hibbard
Ho of Reps
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30.90
Declaration
Hannah Smith
NH
Arl & March
80$
Joshua Machale
Stratford
NH
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State of New Hampshire
Coos County ss.

On this nineteenth day of July, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred &
forty three personally appeared before me Abiathar
Pike a Justice of the peace within and for the
County of Coos aforesaid Hannah Smith now a resident
in the town of Stark in the said County of Coos, aged
seventy nine years, the first day of April last past, who
being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath,
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the
benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to Widows
of persons, who served during the revolutionary war
That she is the Widow of Isaac Smith late of Lisbon in
the County of Grafton in said State of New Hampshire, who
was a Private in the army, during the Revolution, and
served as she has heard him say four years, that he bought
his time of his master when he was twenty years old and
gave him sixty dollars, and enlisted in the army and
served that year out, and then he enlisted for three years
and when this time was out the war had closed, that
he was once wounded in the thigh, and he talked about
applying for a pension on account of his wound but never
did, that she does not recollect the name of any Officer under
which he served nor the regiments in which he served that she 
received eighty dollars pension annually under the act of July
7th 1838. she further declares that she is still a Willow
and
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and that she now resides with her daughter in said
town of Stark. The words him, that and pension
were interlined before sworn to & signed
Hannah Smith
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year within
written, before me
Abiathar Pike Justice of the Peace
I further certify that I am personally acquainted with
the above named widow Hannah Smith and that
she is the widow of the within named Isaac Smith
deceased,
Abiathar Pike Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire Coos Ss.
I James M Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for said County of Coos, do
hereby certify that Abiathar Pike is a Justice of
the peace for said County as above, and that the
signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court
this 26th day of July, A.D. 1843.
James M Rix Clerk
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Isaac Smith Private

Correct by the Rolls
Adm
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Ezra Bartlett, Esq.
Haverhill
N. H.
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss ⎬ On this 12th day of May 1818, before
me the subscriber one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas for said County
personally appears Benjamin Stone of Landaff in said County, who being by me first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration, that Isaac Smith of Concord in said County in the month of March or April
1777 did enlist into a company commanded by the
said Stone to serve three years in the war of the revolution in the regular army of the United States, that
said Isaac Smith faithfully served out said time
and at its expiration was honorably discharged.
Ezra Bartlett
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Grafton SS.)
On this ninth
day of April
1818, before me the
subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for
said County
personally appears Isaac Smith
aged sixty two years, resident in
Concord in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to
law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made
by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the
said Isaac Smith enlisted
in March or April 1777
in the State of New Hampshire
in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Stone of the Regiment
commanded by Col Scammel;
that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States,
until the month of March or April 1780,
when he was discharged from service in Danbury
State of New York ;
that he was in the battles of
Hubberton, Bemis Heights or Stillwater
and
that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for
support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Ezra Bartlett
I, Ezra Bartlett
Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas
---
as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Isaac
Smith
---
did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common
enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to
the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned
act of Congress.
Haverhill May 14th 1818.-
Ezra Bartlett
I Ezra Bartlett Judge as aforesaid do
certify that Isaac Smith is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance
from his country for support
Ezra Bartlett
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affidavit of
David Priest
in case of Hannah Smith

David Priest
affidavit
Mrs. Smith
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I David Priest of Lisbon in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire
in the sixty fourth year of my age, depose & say that in April 1819 or
1820, I was called uppon to assist at the burial of Isaac Smith of
this Town a Revolutionary soldier & I went with one of my
horses & wagon & got the coffin & brought him to my house where
the funeral was attended & then carried him to the grave & helped
bury him - I further say that I am well acquainted with his
widow Hannah Smith & have been for more than thirty years
& that she & her husband Isaac Smith lived together as
husband & wife while he lived, after he came into this Town
they had a number of children & some of them about men
& women graven when they came into this Town
David Priest
State of New Hampshire -- Grafton Ss
Sept 6th 1838. Sworn to before me Levi Parker Just. Peace
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I hereby certify that the within
named affiant is known to me
& is a credible witness
Levi Parker Just. Peace
---
David Priest
affidavit
in Mrs. Smith case
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Jethro Aldrich
affidavit
the Mrs. Smith case
Sworn
---
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I Jethro Aldrich of lawful age do testify
that Isaac Smith formerly of Lisbon
but now deceased resided near
me for a long period of time until
his death-- that he died
about nineteen years ago at Lisbon then
called Concord-- that I have been
also acquainted with Hannah Smith
widow of said Isaac Smith ever
since I first knew him-- they lived
cohabited together as man and
wife until his death, and
since his death she has remain
his widow & has not been married
to any other person.
and that said Isaac Smith was a
Revolutionary pensioner at
the time of his death-
Jethro Aldrich

State of New Hampshire Grafton ss. Sept 6. 1838
Sworn to and subscribed before me--and
I certify that said affiant is
known to me and is a credible witness.
Andrew S. Woods Justice of the Peace.
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Isaac Smith Married June 1781
Mehitabel Born September 1st 1782
Caleb Born October 15 1784
Sarah Smith Died March 28 1785
Isaac Smith Married Hannah Critchet
July 17 th1780; Sarah Smith Born
April 22 1787; Anna Smith Born
November 12 1788 William Cargel Smith
Born April 31 1791; Mary Smith
Born October 22 1792; Hannah Smith
Born April 15 1794
Ruth Smith Born January 2 1796
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I Sarah True aged fifty one years last
April depose & say that I am a daughter of
Isaac Smith by Hannah Smith formerly
Hannah Critchet his married wife-- my
Father was a revolutionary pensioner & soon
after he drew a pension he died, I assisted
him to get it in matter time of his seventy(?)
as he stated therein is that he served three years
in Capt Benjamin Stones Company in Col.
Samuel Hal Culley. Regt same three years
& (illegible).-- The record hereto annexed
I have seen among my fathers papers were
since (illegible) to his death since
then my mother (illegible) had it until a few
month past when my Husband John
True take it & all his papers to see if we
could not get land bounty for his service.
Hon John Page wrote for us-- over forty
years ago when my Sister Ruth was a little
infant I saw my mother then put down her
birth on the record and hereto & it is
all in her hand writing & I had seen it often
before down to her birth in my fathers papers--
He did not write any. He died at Lisbon
April 15th 1819 or 1820 which year I have forgotten.
my mother has remained his widow since
his death he died at Lisbon NH then called
Concord & was on the New Hampshire line.
(illegible) & my mother knew his (illegible) & of pension
from -March 4 thr to April 15 as his widow.
Srah True
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Grafton Ss Sept 17. 1838 Sworn
to & subscribed before me and
I do certify that the said deponent
is a credible witness & reputable 
lady--Ira Goodall Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
I Nathan B Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for said County of Grafton, hereby certify that Levi Parker whose name is
subscribed to two certificates and other pages of this packet, was on the 6th day of September
current an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, & that his name so subscribed is in
each case aforesaid his genuine signature. I also certify that Ira Goodall, whose name is
subscribed to the above certificate was on the seventeenth day of September current & still
is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County & that his name as subscribed is his
genuine signature. I further certify that Andrew S. Woods, whose name is subscribed to
one certificate on another page of this packet, was on the 6th day of September current
an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, & that his name so
subscribed, as aforesaid, is his genuine signature. In testimony of all
which I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said
Court the 27th day of September AD 1838. N B Felton Clerk
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Hannah Smith
2134
declaration
Wid of Isaac
N H
Act July 7 1838
Married 1786
Died 1819
Allow 2 yrs pen.
$80 per annnum

Goodell & Woods
Bath NH
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions
to certain widows."
State of New Hampshire,
County of Grafton. Ss
On this sixth day of Sept AD 1838 personally appeared before the Judge of
the county of (illegible) of (illegible) in Morgan County in open
court Hannah Smith a resident of Lisbon in the County of
Grafton and State of New Hampshire, aged Seventy five years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled ""An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," that she is the
widow of Isaac Smith who was a Private in the army
of the revolution, and served as follows Viz four years in all three
years of it in Col Sammuels Regiment of the
New Hampshire line in Captain
Benjamin Stone Company from
April 1777 to the spring of 1780
as she has understood from him that
he was a pensioner of the New Hampshire
agency as he refers to his papers
& the down the roll at the then department
for the particulars of his
service-- he resides in Lisbon
formerly called Concord in said
County & State when he drew his
pension & died there.
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Smith on the seventeenth
day of July in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six that her husband,
the aforesaid Isaac Smith died on the fifteenth day of April
A.D. 1819-- that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service--but the marriage took place previous
to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated and that she has not since been
married to any other person but is now his widow.  Hannah Smith

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year as above written, before
Edward Webber Judge of Probate

I Moses Dow Register of the Court aforesaid do hereby
certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
Hannah Smith for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixth
day of September A.D. 1838
Moses Dow
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 25211 
Hannah Smith
Wid of 
Isaac Smith
Priv. Rev. War
Inder
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Act Feb 2d 1848
Index : Vol. 5, Page 226
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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2243
New Hampshire
Hannah Smith
widow of Isaac Smith
dec.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818-
and who died on the -1819-
of Grafton in the State of N.H
who was a private in the Co. commanded
by Captain (blank) of the Regt commanded
Col Scamuel in the N.H.
line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
the rate of 80 Dollars per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of April
1839--and sent to Goodall
& Woods, Bath N H.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 39 40.00
Total - $280.00
(Act July 7, 1838)
Recorded by DM Curdy Clerk
Book A Vol. 4 Page 54
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3085.
N. Hampshire, Concord
Hannah Smith
widow of Isaac Smith
who was a Private
in the Revolution
---
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars, no
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
1st day of Dec. 1843
sent to Joshua Marshall
Strafford, N.H.

Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1, Page 23.

Repd.
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1901
New Hampshire Concord
Hannah Smith
widow of Isaac Smith
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a private,

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars no
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
9 day of Sept. 1848,
and sent to
Joshua Marshall
the
Stratford
N. H

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 130 Vol. 1.

Rept
Let. to Hon. J. Wentworth
Apr. 1, 1850
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Inc to $96 by $80 per ann.
Cong 1 July 1848

Hon. H. Hibbard
H. of R.
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STATE OF New Hampshire
County of Coos Ss.
On this Twenty ninth day of October A. D. 1850, before
me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared
Hannah Smith, a resident of Stark in said County, aged 86 years who being
duly sworn, upon her oath makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the recent decision of the Secretary of the
Interior increasing the pensions of certain widows to the same
amount that their husbands drew-
That she is the widow of Isaac Smith late of Lisbon, N.H.
deceased, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and received in his
life-time a pension from the United States, at the rate of $96.00 per annum
That since the decease of her said husband she has been allowed a pension at the rate of $80.00 per annum, and is now in the receipt of the same.  She further states,
that she believes that, by virtue of the Joint Resolution of July 1. 1848
she is entitled to an increase
of pension.  She therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds, and asks that a new certificate may be issued to her for such amount of pension as she may be entitled to by law.
Hannah X Smith her mark
Attest: Arron Jackson
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of October A.D. 1830
Abiathar Pike Jus. Peace

STATE OF New Hampshire
County of Coos Ss.
I. James M Rix Clerk of the court of
Common Pleas within and for said county, do
hereby certify, that the above named Abiathar Pike is a
Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court this first
day of November
A. D. 1850.
James M Rix, Clerk
The above case made by me,
James M Rix Clerk
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Declaration
Hannah Smith.
All
3085

admitted

Joshua Marshall
Stratford, NH
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Declaration
State of New Hampshire, Coos ss.
On this twenty-fifth day of July in the year
of our Lord Eighteen hundred & forty Eight
personally appeared before the subscribing 
authority, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
within and for said County of Coos, Hannah
Smith a resident of Stark in the County of
Coos aforesaid aged Eighty four years, who
being first duly sworn, according to law, doth,
on her oath, make the following declaration,
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d
February 1848, granting pensions to widows of
persons who served during the revolutionary War;
that she is the widow of Isaac Smith
late of Lisbon in the County of Grafton State of
New Hampshire deceased, who was a Private
in the Army, but she cannot recollect distinctly
under whom he served or how long he served she
recollects he was wounded in the side and has
seen the scars of the wound, that he was advised
to apply for an invalid pension but he said he
had recovered and was a well man and would
not apply for a pension as an invalid, and the
annual amount of the pension which she received
under the act of the 17th June, 1844 was
Eighty dollars for annum.
She further declares that she is still a Widow.  Hannah X Smith her mark
In presence of us
Sophia Jackson
Arron Jackson

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year
above written, before me
Joshua Marshall Judge of the Court C. Peas

I further certify that I am personally acquainted
ted with the above named Hannah Smith and
that she drew a pension as above stated.
Joshua Marshall Judge of Court
Common Pleas
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I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, within and for the County of Coos,
State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that
Joshua Marshall is Judge of said Court of Common
Pleas, as within and that the signature
purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court, this
first day of August, A.D. 1848.
James M Rix, Clerk,
(illegible) by me
James M Rix Clerk
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Hannah Smith
Payment to be made at Concord by
Isaac Hill Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of New Hampshire

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 130 Vol.1.
Leo Jenkins Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848,
Hannah Smith
widow of Isaac Smith
who was a private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty
dollars per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marrige.
Given at the War Office of the United States
this 9th, day of September
one thousand eight hundred and
forty eight.
J. G. Mason
Acting Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
By F. S. Evans
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James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner Pensions
Pension Office
Washington D.C.

Pension papers

(written sideways)
3090 Aug. 5, 1843
Han. Smith
March 4, '43
N.H.
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Stratford July 31st 1843
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner Pensions,
Respected Sir,
Enclosed is the declaration of Hannah
Smith late of Lisbon in the County
of Grafton N.H. Now of Stark in this
County of Coos & State of New Hampshire
Respectfully your Obt. Servt.
Joshua Marshall
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Stratford August 6th 1848.
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Respected Sir
Herewith are enclosed the declarations
of Hannah Smith & Rachel Goss.
The said Rachel Goss received a
Pension certificate under the act of 17th
June 1844. dated the Eighth July 1848, on
which she has not yet received her pension.
& which still remains to be drawn.
Very respectfully
Your most Obedt Servt
Joshua Marshall