Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,406, for Richard Smart, New Hampshire
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[a standard gov form]

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(8-1776)

SERVICE                                    NUMBER
N.H.               Smart, Richard     S.37.406
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[ Gove form with fill in the blanks}
9887
Maine

Richard Smart [handwritten]
of  [left blank] in the state of [left bland]
who was a Private in the regiment commended by
Colonel Scammel [handwritten] of the N. Hamp [document damaged]
line, for the term of 2yr. 11 mo.

In scribed on the Roll of Maine [handwritten]
at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on
the 4th of April, 1818 [handwritten]

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 [handwritten] of April 1818[handwritten]
and sent to Com Cosby Belfast [handwritten]

Arrears tp 4th of Mar. 1819 [handwritten]    88.23
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819              48

10 m. 27   4  [underline between lines]
          30    30  2 lines handwritten 

[centered]     Revolutionay claim, 
                     Act 18th March, 1818.}

[faint handwriting]
65-21
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[handwritten]
Notification sent May 14th. 1821 for William
Crosby, Esqr Belfast Maine
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[handwritten]

Richard Smart

9887

Sep 1819
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STATE OF MAINE.
At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Castine within and for the County of Hancock on the third day of March A. D. 1820.
Hancock SS.  
On this twentieth day of March 1820, being the first day of said term, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record by the laws of said state, with power of fine and imprisonment Richard Smart aged sixty five years, resident in Prospect in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit: as a private 12 months in 1776 in Captain James Osgood's company in Colonel Timothy Beadles Regiment in the Newhampshire line
also from 1777 till 1780 three years in Capt Benjamin Stone's company in Colonel Alexander Scammels Regiment in the Newhampshire line  of all which I made declaration before the Honorable Judge Crosby on the fourth day of April 1818, and have received my pension certificate therefor, No. 1887 and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen in the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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,” passed on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

Sworn to and declared on the twentieth day of March before [signed] Wm Crosby a Judge of said Court
Attest [signed] Mason Shaw Clerk
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(Schedule annexed) I Richard Smart on oath say and declare that I have no real nor personal estate nor any income whatever my necessary bedding, and wearing apparel excepted.  Except about the eighth of an acre of land in Prospect for which I gave fifty four dollars and which is not worth more, on which there are no buildings-
I am a farmer but by reason of age and infirmity I am unable to labour.
I have no children with me under age nor under my controle- I have a wife who has been sickly for twelve years but not expected to live long-- I am unable to support myself and wife without my pension.
[signed] Richard Smart

State of Maine
Hancock ss. Circuit Court of Common Pleas at Castine
March Term AD. 1821.
I Mason Shaw Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the third Eastern Circuit in the County of Hancock and State of Maine do hereby certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is fifty four Dollars.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thouand eight hundred and twenty one.
[signed] Mason Shaw Clerk
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Richard Smart  priv
Col. Scammels Regt New Hampshire Line 1777- 
3 years 
dec.  4th April 1818-
2yrs 11 Mos

Roll

Admitted
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I Richard Smart of Prospect in the County of Hancock in the District of Maine on oath do say that some time in the summer of 1775 I enlisted into the service of the United States as a private in the late revolutionary war for eight months and was  immediately embodied in Capt Jos Abbott Company at Medford near Boston in Co. John Starks Regiment in the New Hampshire troops and served my time and in the same company [.]  afterwards I enlisted again for one year and was embodied at Orford on Connecticut River below Haverhill in Capt James Osgoods company in Col [Tim?] Beadles Regiment and served my time out in said company, except a short time [as?] a prisoner with the Indians from whom I escaped and joined my company and was discharged at Saratoga Barracks.  
In 1777 I enlisted again for three years and was embodied at Ticonderoga in Capt Benj Stone's Company in the third Regiment N Hampshire line commanded by Alexander Scammel and was honorably discharged at Danbury in 1780. But I have lost my discharges and all other papers except the papers annexed[.] I am  62 years old[.]   I  further say that I am poor and stand in need of the assistance of my country for support.
[signed] Richard Smart
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Selectmen of
Prospect
Certificate to
Richard Smart
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The Subscribers Selectmen of the Town of Prospect do hereby certify that Mr Richard Smart an Inhabitant of said Town is in indigent circumstances and advanced age of life and not capable of doing much Hard Labor and if deprived of Health must call upon the Town for assistance[.]   we do therefore think he is entitled to such relief as is by Law provided for the Indigent officers & soldiers of the Revolutionary Army
Dated at Prospect 1st April 1818
[signed] Andrew Leach Jr
  Jona Dow
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HANCOCK, ss.
On the fourth day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington and Penobscot: Personally appeared Richard Smart who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, 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."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said Richard Smart did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce, I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed by Mason Shaw Esquire, Clerk of said Court for said County of Hancock.
[signed] William Crosby  Judge [illegible]
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February 4, 1937.
BA-J/ady
Richard Smart
S. 37406

Mrs. A.H. Gilchrist
Barnet
Vermont
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Richard Smart a soldier of the Revolutionary War and other soldiers of New Hampshire with the surname Smart.
As a means of identifying the particular record of a soldier with the surname Smart, in whom you are interested, should it be on file, the full name of the soldier is essential with as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.37406, based upon the military service of Richard Smart in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Richard Smart are not shown.
While a resident of Rumney, New Hampshire, Richard Smart enlisted in 1775 and served eight months as private in Captain Joshua Abbott's Company, Colonel John Stark's New Hampshire Regiment. He enlisted in 1776 and served as private in Captain James Osgood's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment; was for a short time a prisoner of the Indians from whom he escaped and rejoined his company, length of service one year. He enlisted in March 1777 and served as private in Captain Benjamin Stone's Company, Colonel Alexander Scammell's Third New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged in March 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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April 4, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-two years and a resident of Prospect, Hancock County, Maine.
In 1821 Richard Smart stated he had a wife, her name and age not given, and no children with him under or under his control.
In 1818 one Moses Smart was residing in Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, his age or relationship to soldier not stated. There are no further family data.
Richard Smart died in May 1827, place not shown.     On AB
Very truly yours
D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Smart, Richard
NH S37406

Clothen
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Comp
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Camp Danbury 5th March 1780
Richard Smart of the 3rd New Hamp Reg. has Recd Seventy nine dollars for his [unknown] of Clothing for 1777 & 1778 at the stipulated prices & has recd one coat one Jacot [jacket?] 1 p  Stocking 1 p shoes 1 Hat & one Blanket towards his Clothing Bounty for 1779
[signed] [illegible] Blanchard PMast
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37406
INVALID. 
Revy 

File No. 37,406 
Richard Smart
Priv Rev. War 

Act: 18 March 1818 

Index:--Vol. 2, Page 383

[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870.


1937 Feb 4 Hist to Mrs. A.H.Gilchrist
A.D.Y.
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Barnett, Vermont
January 16, 1937

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Please send me any data you may have concerning Richard Smart, a soldier of the Revolution, of Rumney, New Hampshire.
Also any other information you may have on any Smart of New Hampshire.
Yours truly,
Mrs A.H. Gilchrist
Barnet, Vermont.
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Affidavit
Moses Smart
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I Simon Knowles late a soldier in the revolutionary war on oath say that I knew Richard Smart of Prospect in the county of Hancock and that I knew him in the army of the Revolution such that he served as a private soldier in Capt Ben Stones Comp in Col Scammels Reg since that he was a three year man
[signed] Simon Knowles

Lancaster Oct 27 1818
Sworn to before me
[signed] Wm Crosby [Jus Peace?]
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Affidavit
William Preston
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I William Preston of Rumney in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire of lawfull age do depose and say that I enlisted Richard Smart then of said Rumney now as I understand of the town of Prospect and province of Main[e] commonwealth of Massachusetts in the Company of Capt Benj Stone in the third New Hampshire Regiment  under the command of Col Alexander Seamans for the term of three years which term he faithfully served with me in the revolutionary war and than [then] recd and honorable discharge from said service as having served his country as a good and faithful Soldier.  I the deponant do further say that I enlisted the said Richard Smart in March AD 1777 and the said Smart was discharged from his said service on March AD 1780-
[signed] William Preston
Rumney May 28 1818

Grafton ss  State of Newhampshire May 28 1818
personaly appeared William Preston signer of the above affidavit and made Solom [sic] oath that it was just & true
Before me [signed] David Gibson Just Peace
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I Moses Smart of Rumney in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire of lawfull age do depose and say that Richard Smart than [then] of said Rummy now as I understand of Prospect in the Province of Main[e] in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, enlisted in to the Company of Capt Benjamin Stone in the third New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Col Alexander Seamans in March AD 1777 at the same time I the deponent enlisted for the term of three years to serve in the revolutionary war and I was with the said Richard Smart and he with me during said term of three years in the revolutionary war and in March AD 1780 the said Richard Smart Recd an honorable discharge from said service which I saw and we both returned to said Rummy together from our said Service
[signed] Moses Smart
May 28 1818

Grafton ss  State of New Hampshire May 28 1818
Personaly appeared Moses Smart signer of the above affidavit and made solom [solemn] oath that it was just and true
Before me [signed] David Gibson Just Peace