Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14490, for Roswell Smith, Vermont
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Service: VT
Smith, Roswell
Number: S14490
Carded

Contents:
[illegible] Oct. 19, 1754 in Farmington, Conn.
[illegible] Windsor, VT.
[illegible] 1832 Randolph, Orange Cty, VT.
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Vermont No. 26.007
Roswell Smith of Orange Co., in the State of Vermont, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Wait of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bellows in the Vermont Troops line for 9 months & 15 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 2/3 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension inscribed the 27 day of Nov. 1833 and sent to Edmund Weston, West Randolph, VT.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 79.16 1/3
Semi-ann. allowance ending to leave 34 13.83 2/3
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$95.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk, Book 8, Vol. 3, Page 92
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Declaration
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State of Vermont, Orange County SS, District of Randolph SS

On this 7th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. & The Probate Court within and for the District of Randolph in said County of Orange and State of Vermont, Roswell Smith, a resdient of said Randolph in said County of Orange and Stage of Vermont, aged seventy seven 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 7, 1832 -- that he enlisted [in] the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -- that he was born in Farmington, Connecticut, and resided there till 1765, when his father + family removed to Windsor Vermont, and the said Roswell Smith resided in said Windsor Vermont during the whole of the Revolutionary War. That the first of September 1775 he went from said Windsor to see his brother Asahel Smith who was a soldier under Col. Warner and stationed down Lake Champlain. That he arrived at the Lake near Crown Point and found a company of soldiers with boats carrying provisions down the Lake to St. Johns. They refused to take him with them unless he would volunteer as a soldier in said company and was equipped and did duty as a soldier. He cannot recollect the names of the officers. He went with said company to St. Johns and there had leave to join as a volunteer Gen. Montgomery's troops who was passing [from] St. Johns to La Prairie and at La Prairie he volunteered as a soldier in Col. Warner's regiment in the company to which his said Brother belonged, and was entered as a volunteer soldier in said last mentioned soldier company and was equipped and did duty. He was stationed and did duty as aforesaid three or four weeks at La Prairie. The Capt's name was Grant. He then volunteered as a soldier and returned up the lake guarding some prisoners taken at Chambly. He passed the Isle aux Noix the 19th Oct., his birth day. He assisted as a soldier in guarding said prisoners to Crown Point and was there discharged the first part of November, having done duty as a volunteer soldier two months. That in May 1777 he again at said Windsor volunteered
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as a soldier in the militia with several others and Richard Wait was chosen as a Captain and Samuel Savage as Lieut. That he marched to Ticonderoga and joined Col. Benjamin Bellow's Regiment of militia, and he continued in the service as a militia soldier at and about Ticonderoga and in scouting parties in various places, and in protecting the inhabitants till after Burgoyne surrended, and about the first of November was discharged and returned home, having performed duty as a militia soldier as last aforesaid six months. That in October 1780, the Indians having come to Royalton, Vermont, he repaired to that place and put himself under the command of Col. John House. He marched to Brookfield and, the Indians having escaped them,  the company returned as far as Pomfret and there having heard that the Indians were at Newbury, Vermont, he marched to that place and was stationed at said Newbury under Col. House about four weeks and then returned home, having been absent from home and performed duty as last aforesaid about six weeks. That he has no documentary evidence of his said services. 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.

Roswell Smith

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Frederick Griswold, Judge of Probate
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We, Edmund Weston, Jonah Washburn 2nd, and J.R. Parish, all residing in Randolph, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Roswell Smith, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that he is a clergyman and that we believe him to be 77 years of age. That he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Edmund Weston
Jonah Washington 2nd
J.R. Parish

Sword and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Frederick Griswold, Judge of Probate

And the said Court hereby declares the opinion after investigating the matter and putting the interrogations prescriped by the [unclear] that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court is also personalyl acquainted with the applicant and knows he is a clergyman, and that the aforesaid Edmund Weston, Jonah Washburn 2nd, and J.R. Parish, who have signed the preceding certificate, are credible, [unclear], and their statement is sealed to credit.

I J.R. Parish Clerk or Reg. of the Court of Probate
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State of Vermont
Orange County SS
District of Randolph

On this 11th day of Nov. A.D. 1833 personally apepared in open court before the Hon. Probate Court within and for the district of Randolph in said County of Orange and State of Vermont Roswell Smith, a resident of said Randolph in said County of Orange, aged 79 years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth make on his oath the following additional Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he was born in Farmington, Conn., on the 19th day of October 1754, and that he has no record of his age that he knows of: but possibly there may be a record of his age in said Farmington. That of since the Revolutionary War he has resided in Windsor, Barre, Moretown, Williamstown and Randolph, Vermont, except about eight years he was engaged as a preacher in the town of Barnston in Lower Canada. That he did not expect his name would be found on the Roll of Col. Bellows Regt. which went to the relief of Ticonderoga in 1777. That although he was attached to his Regt. and under his command, while at and near Ticonderoga, still his Company was consider a Vermont Militia and kept distinct from Col. Bellows Reg. and was employed & paid by the "Committee of Safety" of the "Newhampshire Grants" then so called: now the State of Vermont -- and was paid by said Committee of Safety for six months services in 1777. That he thinks and verily believes that in 1780 he was engaged at Royalton, Brookfield & Shrewsbury, as stated in his first Declaration the full term of six weeks -- That he cannot produce any further evidence
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of his said Services, but refers to Rev. Tilton Eastman, Jacob K. Parish, Jonah Washburn 2nd & Edmund Weston as persons who can testify as to his character for veracity & this belief of his services as a soldier in the Revolution.

[signed] Roswell Smith

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Calvin Blodgett, Judge

We, Tilton Eastman, a clergyman, residing in Randolph aforesaid and Wm. B. Chandler, residing in the same Randolph, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elder Roswell Smith who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: That for many years past we have been formally acquainted with the said Roswell Smith, that we believe him to be 7* 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.

[signed] Tilton Eastman, Clergyman
[signed] Wm. B. Chandler
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid

[signed] Calvin Blodgett, Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion, after the investigation of matters and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Tilton Eastman, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Randolph, and that Wm. B. Chandler, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Randolph and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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I William Hebard Clerk or Register of the
Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Roswell Smith for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here
to set my hand and seal of
this 11th day of November AD 1833
William Hebard Clerk or Reg
Cannel
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affidavit of Ashbel Smith
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I Asahel Smith of Windsor in Windsor County and State of Vermont aged 75 years, testify and say that during the Revolutionary War I resided in said Windsor and have resided there ever since - that in July 1775 I enlisted for five months under Capt John Grant in Col. Warners Regiment and marched to Lake Champlain and in ['Sept' crossed out] August we sailed down the Lake to St. Johns and soon after our Regiment went down to La Praire (La Prairie), and while at La Praire my Brother Roswell Smith then of said Windsor now residing in Randolph Vermont. joined the Company of which I was a member. in the month of September; as a volunteer and did duty as a soldier in said Company about three weeks, that he then returned up the Lake having volunteered as a soldier in another company - I further testify that in May 1777 said Roswell Smith and myself volunteered as soldiers in the Militia and we chose Richard Wait as our Captain ad Samuel Savage as Lieut, and marched to Ticonderoga & joined Col. Benj. Bellows Regiment of Militia, and I continued as a Militia man till the last of July 1777 when I enlisted as a regular soldier, and after I enlisted my said Brother continued as a militia man in the service till after Burgoyne surrendered as I understood and verily believe - I further testify that in October 1780 the Indians having come to Royalton Vermont, my said Brother Roswell Smith and myself volunteered & went to Royalton and placed ourselves under the command of Col. House, and pursued the Indians as far as Brookfield and I returned to Windsor & the next day I came back to Bethel Fort. and was there stationed about 4 weeks - my said Brother Roswell Smith returned from Brookfield as far as Pomfret and as I then understood & verily believe he then went to Newbury and was there
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stationed as a soldier about four weeks and soon after that we both returned to Windsor - 
/s/Asahel Smith
State of Vermont
Orange County ss. } at Randolph in said County on the 14th day of August 1832 Asahel Smith of Windsor in Windsor County and state of Vermont, personally appeared and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me
/s/Belcher Salisbury Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Orange County Clerks office August 25 1832, - I HEG McLaughlin Clerk of Orange County Court hereby certify that Belsher Salisbury before whom the foregoing affidavit was Taken was at that Time a Justice of the peace within & for said County, duly authorised to administer oaths. - and that the signatures purporting to be his are Genuine, - 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court the day and year above written. - 
/s/H. E. G. McLaughlin Clerk
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3616
Roswell smith
Admitted
9 mo 15 days pr
[ ]
Edmund Weston
West Randolph
NJ
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office,
23 April 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. These 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, sent this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of 
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered.|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
1775|( - |2| - )|private| Gen'l Montgomery & Col. Warner-|Now 79 years of age|affidavit of Asahel Smith & his own declaration-|
1777|( - |6| - )|private|& resided in Windsor Vermont|affidavit of Asahel Smith & his own declaration|
1780|([blank]|1 1/2|[blank])|private|Col. House|during the Revolutionary War|affidavit of Asahel Smith & his own declaration|
[total] 9 1/2 months service in the whole
[end of columns]
I am respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr. Roswell Smith
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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 et 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 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 [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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. ⇒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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 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 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 most 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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 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 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 place 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 or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 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 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 [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.
[margin note: Claimant's name not on the rolls of Col Bellows reg't which went to the relief of Ticonderoga in 1777.]
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 In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Roswell Smith a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ['(or his widow's)' crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.F.14,490.
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL')|STATE.|]
Sept 1775|2 mos.|Pri.|({John Grant & other officers, names not stated|Warner.)|Vt.|
May 1777|6  " |[blank]|(Richard Wait|Benjamin Bellows)|[blank]|
Oct 1780.|6 wks.|[blank]|( ✓ |John House)|[blank]|
[end of columns]
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windsor, Vt.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 17, 1832. His cl. was al. 
Residence at date of application, Randolph, Orange Co, Vt.
Age at date of application, B. Oct. 19, 1754, in Farmington, Conn. 
Remarks: There is not data relative to wife or children
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1915 Sept. 4. Copies of papers for
H. E. Perkins Civil War Div. &
1916 Jan. 6. History to
Mrs. Gilbert Gilbertson [ ]
1921, Feb 20 and [ ] furnished
date to obtain last 
payment etc
Rev War

14490
INVALID.
File No. 14, 490
Roswell Smith
Pri Rev W
---
Act: June 7 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 348
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Form 3698.
Treasury Department,
AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Rev War [ ] February 8, 1921.
Respectfully referred to
the Commissioner of Pensions,
Rev. War Sec., letter from H.
E. Perkins, Washington, D. C.,
relative to Roswell Smith, a
soldier of the War of the Revolulution, with request that the
usual data be furnished this
office.
J. E. R. RAY
Auditor.
JMC
answered
Feb 10, 1921
& letter
returned

PENSION FEB 9 1921
US OFFICE
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RECCAD
FEB 10 1921
DIVISION
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Rev Ser
Crosby N. Dak.
Dec. 29, 1915.
Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs,
Please give me necessary
credentials, as I wish for a
certificate, to join that
patroitic organization. The
Sons and Daughters of the
American Revolution
My Grandmas father
Roswell Smith of East Middlebury
and else where was born in
Farmington, Conn. in 1755, and
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died in Madison, Wis. in 1860.
He was 105 yrs old. Was the son
of Capt. Steel Smith, Windsor,
Vermont
Our grandfather Smith was a
Revolutionary soldier and
was pensioned as such under
certificate No. 14, 490, having
had 3 services in that war
Yours truly,
Mrs. Gilbert Gilbertson
Lock Box 153
Crosby N. Dak
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PENSION
US JAN 3 1916 
OFFICE

1832
77
1955
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[verso]
File No. 14490
Roswell Smith
Please copy papers requested by Mr. Perkins and deliver to the Law Division as the money in payment has been received.
/s/R. W. Burroughs 
Law Division
Sept 2, 1915. 

[center]
3-094
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C., Sept. 2, 1915.
Respectfully referred to The Chief of the Law Div. inviting attention to the attached request of H. E. Perkins, Civil War Div., (Files) for copies of papers in Rev. War pension claim of Roswell Smith, Vt. troops, S. File 11,490.
The number of words to be copied is 1900.
/s/J. S. Chamberlin (Rev. F.W.)
In charge Rev. War Section.
[receipt stamp: LAW DIVISION RECEIVED SEP 2 1915]
[receipt stamp: FINANCE DIVISION BUREAU OF PENSIONS SEPT 2 1915]
[receipt stamp: LAW DIVISION RECEIVED SEPT 2 1915]

[recto]
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
Finance Division
[receipt stamp: FINANCE DIVISION BUREAU OF PENSIONS SEPT 2 1915]
[margin note: File in case]
Sept 2, 1915
Chief of Law Div.

Sir:
I have this day received from H. E. Perkins ['draft No.' crossed out] Cash ['for' crossed out] $3.10/100, requesting ['post office addresses' crossed out] copy of papers as per letter herewith. 
[illegible] R. Stamp herewith,
Ship to Fin. Sept. 4/15 JP
Very respectfully, 
W. H. Campbell [initials: J.J.C.]
Chief of Division. 
Copy delivered to Mr. Perkins personally Sept 4.15 - J -
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Copy papers in claim of Roswell Smith S. File 14.490
Rev. War.
1900 [ ].

H. E. Perkins
Civil War Div.
(Files)
LAW DIVISION SEP 2 1915 RECEIVED
FINANCE SEP 2 1915 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
CHIEFS DESK SUPPLIES SEP 23 1915 DIVISION U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Personal rep [ ] 31, 1915
$3.10 currency one 10 cent stamp rec'd
[ ] RWS EAC
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Family 
Aaron
Moses
Rufus

Dec'd - Rufus Perkins. or sons
Chesterville. VT
See census 1790
Or. Roswell Smith.
Randolph V.t
serve in the Revolutionary
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LAW DIVISION
SEP 2 1915
RECEIVED
$3.10
10 cts stamp
19
15
95
19
$2.85
.25
3.10