Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14534, for Israel Smith, Rhode Island
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(S-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
R.I.
Smith, Israel
NUMBER
 S. 14534
carded
CONTENTS
b. Sept. 21 1754 in Gloucester , Providence R.I.
there and at Thompson Conn. during Rev.
In 1833 res Brookfield, Worcester Co Mass.
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21.147
Massachusetts 
Israel Smith
of Brookfield in the State of Mass
who was an Ensign in the Company commanded
by Captain Winson of the Regt commanded
by Col Brown in the Mass 
line for 1 mo Private
4 mo Sergeant
3 mo Ensign
R.I. Conn Line, Records corrected
Mar 7 [illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Jan
B and sent S.Y.
Atwell Glouster R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1830 $!33.33
Semi-anl, allowance ending Mar 32 26.64
$160.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk.
Book C  Vol. 2 Page 80
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Application for
Israel Smith pension
26701
Please address me at
Gloucester R I
Saml Y Atwell
Atty for 
I Smith
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I Jeremiah Iron of Burrillville in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island 83 years of age being first duly sworn do depose and say that I was a soldier of the revolution and  am a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 1832 I further say that I well know Israel Smith formerly of Gloucester in said County now of Brookfield in the state of Massachusetts.  In the later part of the year 1776 he was orderly Sergeant in Capt [illegible] Winson Company Col Chas Brown regiment R I Militia and served on said with me one month, we were stationed at Bristol RI. In January 1777 (I think) he served as orderly Sergeant aforesaid with me in said Company one month and we were stationed at said Bristol.  In the same year (1777) he served as Sergeant aforesaid with me at Providence RI  and in said Company, one month.  In October 1777 he was orderly Sergeant in said Company and joined Gen  J. Spencer expedition and was stationed at Tiverton R.I. one month and was a sergeant in said Company at said time.  He was afterward appointed Ensign in said Company and I remember of his serving  as such in said Company several times but I do not remember the particulars.  I was a Sergeant in said Company during the time said Smith was Ensign
Jeremiah Irons
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State of Rhode Island and Providence ss
In Burrillville this 28th day of March 1832 before me personally appeared Jeremiah Iron, who is well known to me and who being duly sworn on oath says that he foregoing deposition by him signed is just and true in all its parts.  I further certify that the said Irons is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 28th day of March 1833
Saml Y Atwell
Pub. Notary

Providence ss I William R Watson Clerk of the court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Providence in the state of Rhode Island, hereby certify that Samuel Y Atwell is a Public Notary within and for the county of Providence aforesaid that the above signature purporting to be his, is in the proper handwriting of said Atwell and that said Atwell is by the laws of this state, authorized in his said capacity to take depositions.
 In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Providence this first day of April AD 1833
Wm  R Watson
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Attest
L. Cooke J. Clk
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
Providence ss
  On this twenty ninth day of January 1833 in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Probate of Glocester in said County now sitting personally appeared Israel Smith a resident of Burrillville in the County of Worcester State of Massachusetts aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth herewith make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 vis  and he said declarant he was born September 22nd 1754 in Glocester  (now Burrillville) in said County of Providence.  There is a record of my age in the records of said town of Glocester.  I lived in said Glocester when first called into service.  Since the revolution  I have lived in Providence in the state of  Connecticut  in Holliston [illegible] and Brookfield in the state of Massachusetts and now live in said Brookfield.  I did not make my application for a pension in the County where I reside, because my revolutionary service was principally performed in the state of Rhode Island.  I have persons who have knowledge of when reside in the County of Providence in said state.  In December 1776 I was called out as an orderly Sergeant in Capt. Stephen Winsome Company, Col Charles Brown regiment R.I. militia I was stationed at Bristol R.I. one month.  After my month expired I enlisted in [illegible] Company, as an orderly Sergeant.  I was stationed at said Bristol one month.  The British had taken possession of R. Island
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and we were stationed at said Bristol to guard the place.  In February 1777 I was drafted as an orderly sergeant in said Company and was stationed at Providence R I one month.  I was quartered at  the south part of town at a Tanners house.  In October 1777 I was drafted as an orderly sergeant in said Company and joined the troops in Gen  Spencers expedition and marched to Tiverton R.I. I was stationed at said Tiverton one month.  The expedition was planned for the purpose of attacking the British on Rhode Island but failed in consequence of our plan having been betrayed to the enemy.   Gen Cornada and Cols Brown and Barton were officers with the troops.  In May 1778 I was appointed by the new General Prembly of the state of Rhode Island ensign in the fourth company of militia in the town of [illegible] Col Chas Brown regiment. Stephen Winson  was Captain James Ross Lieutenant .  In August  1780 I was with a part of my company as Ensign. I joined the troops under Gen Sullivan.  We first went to Tiverton [illegible 8 words] on Rhode Island during a very severe storm.  After the storm we marched down to  Whortbury plain and shortly after I was sent  with a party of men to British [illegible] to assist in forewarning military stores.  On the 29th of August  our troops retreated up the island to the harbors between  British and Quaker hits when a battle was fought between them and the enemy.  I was in the fort during the battle.  The next night we retreated from the island to Tiverton and soon after we were discharged.  I served as an Ensign at least one month at this time, during witch both
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drafts of the militia.  Gen Sullivan Gen Cornado Col Green Col Brown and Col Barton were officers with the troops on the island.  In December 1778 I served as Ensign as aforesaid on a [illegible]. I was stationed at Providence R I one month. I was directed to place myself under the [illegible]    Command of Major General Sullivan.  In January 1779, I was again ordered to place myself under the direction of said Sullivan and served one month as Ensign acting as his orderly or aid decamp.  In April 1780 I [illegible] to [illegible] Connecticut  and in 1780 I joined as a private - Capt Simon [illegible] Company of minute men, formed specifically to [illegible] The officers were commissioned to form during the  [illegible].  In September 1781 we were ordered to march to New London (Conn)  to resist the British under Arnold who had attacked the place.  I was on duty at the time as a private one month.  I was stationed at Norwich and the adjacent places.  I continued a private in this company until the close of the war in September 1783.  I did duty in the same 3 years and 4 months  for {illegible 2 words} and held in waiting to do duty at all times when called upon.  Joh Barrett was Lieutenant and Samuel Fay Ensign .  I never received any written discharge and my  Commission is hereunto annexed.
Capt Miller Fisk and Simon Draper Rev Whorton and Rev W. Stone and Allen Newell both of Brookfield, Jesse Armstrong, Cyrus Cooke Esq of
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Gloucester, Simeon Smith  Moses Cooper Seth Ross Judge John Easton of Burrillville are persons to whom I am Neighbor in my present and former neighborhood and who can testify unto my character for veracity and their belief of my service as a soldier of the revolution.  I hereto relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  The testimony of such surviving witnesses as I know of is hereto annexed.
Israel Smith

Sworn and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
Attest        L. Cooke P. Clk.

We Simeon Smith residing in Burrillville and Jesse Armstrong residing in Gloucester sworn in do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Israel Smith formerly of Gloucester now of Brookfield Mass.,  who had duly scribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 78 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he formerly resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Jesse Armstrong
Simeon Smith

Sworn and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
Attest      L. Cooke P. Clk.
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigations of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department is that the above named applicant was a revolutionary officer and soldier and served as he stated.  The Court further certify that it appears to them that Simeon Smith and Jesse Armstrong who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Burrillville and Gloucester and are credible persons  to what this statement is entitled to credit .  The Court further certify that no clergyman resides in the vicinity of the known residents of the said applicant in said 
Gloucester.
I Levit Cooke Clerk of the Court of Probate for said town of Gloucester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Israel Smith for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and sealed affixed this 29th day of January 1833.
L. Cooke P Clk

Providence July 30th 1833
I hereby certify that Levit Cooke  was on the 29th day of January 1833 reputed to be the clerk of the Court of Probate in and for the town of Gloucester in the County of Providence and that his signature to the foregoing documents and certificates purporting to be his are in the proper hand writing of said Cooke as I believe.
In witness whereof I have  hereunto set my hand at said Providence on the day and year prior written.
N. P. Knight
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24761
Israel Smith
Rhode3 Island
Ensign 3 mo     30
Lieut 4
Private 1
8
The applicant can give no other names than the ones given in his [illegible]  for not applying in the county where he resides viz than those persons who had knowledge of his service and from whom he could obtain the evidence required live in the vicinity of Gloucester R. I.  An additional affidavit and certificate are herewith forwarded
Saml Y. Atwell
Gloucester RI
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183
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 show 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.
A  STATEMENT,  showing the Service of Israel Smith Providence Rhode Island
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.
Call 1776 1 month  Sargt  Capt Winsom Col Brown
78 years Gloucester R I 
documentary [illegible 2 words]
Prove the first 4 mo
papers not authenticated
Enl. 1776 1 mo Sargt. Same Officers
Draf 1777 1 mo Sargt Same Officers
  "     1777 1 mo   "        "         "
"        1778  1 mo  Ensign  "      "
"         1778   1 mo  d    Genl Sullivan
"          1779  1 mo    "     "        "
1780  Time not given  prvt.  Capt Davis

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J.L.  Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUN 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
  This law has been construed to extend, as well to he line, as o 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 no those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and o Store Keepers, etc., 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 bein in actual military service.
Four general c lasses 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, 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 Sate, 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 7tth 1832.  hat 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 erm of enlistment, he must specify he particular period, and rank and names of his offers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered he service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country though which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged o 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.
[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 sserved as he states.
I  of the Court of  do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains she original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of he 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, hey will produce such proof as the rule given in not (j) points out.
  Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belong to the New Hampshire Militia and Sate Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to he 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 in 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 mater, 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. 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 mater of the application of   for a pension.
  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal     of office, the   day of     &c.
  Every applicant will produce he 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 o f at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of he services of he applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as my have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
  If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A Very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of he principal means of corroborating the declaration of he applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, of 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 here subscribe and be sworn to, one of he 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 and 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?
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 signed, and what has become of it?
     To an Officer.  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was ist 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 he age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood o have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these person sis a Clergyman, the Court will 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 dto be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever exited upon the subject.
  Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declarations 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 hat 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 the case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties of 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 is in handwritten brackets
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
{c} The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
{d} The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
{e} Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. {Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.
Handwritten in the margin  the length of the last term not stated. 
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 he Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, hat, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his servrice; 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 he 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 he phrase about three or four months, is too indefinate, 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 places where he service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
{f}  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
{g}  The opinion of the Court is always required.
{h}  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
{i}  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, providing the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany he papers.
[the above is starred in the left margin and { on the right margin].
   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 the papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tale or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as t 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 in 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 witness, 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 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.
* [handwritten]  The Clerk of Probate[illegible] has no device
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21747
Rhode Island
Israel Smith
Providence in the State of Rh. Island 
who was an Ensign &c. in the Comp. commanded by Captain Winson of the Reg. commanded by Col. Brown in the Rh. Island 
line for
3 mos. Ensign    $30
4 mos Sargt.         20
1 mm Priv.             3.33
$33.33
 R. I. and Conn. Line Records corrected
Mar. 7th
Inscribed on the Roll of Rh. Island
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Oct.
 and sent to S.Y. Atwell
Gloucester
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $133.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible]  26.66
$159.99
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7 1832.
Recorded by Go C Stiles Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 3. Page 130
See letter 13 Dec 1835
to S. Y. Atwell
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RevWar        14534
INVALID.
File No. 14,534
Israel Smith
Ensign etc. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol.  1, Page 349
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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By his Excellency William Greene.  Esquire, Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of and over the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
 To Israel Smith.   Gentleman, Greetings.
You the said Israel Smith being by the General Assembly of this State elected and chose to the Place and Office of Ensign of the Fourth Company or Trained Band of the Town of Gloucester in the County of Gloucester in the County of Providence in the State aforesaid, are hereby, in the Name of the Governor and Company of the said State, authorized, empowered, and commissioned, to exercise the Office of Ensign of and over the Company aforesaid: And to command, guide and conduct the same, or any Part thereof: And in Case of an Invasion or Assault of a common Enemy to infest or disturb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together the Company under your Command, or such Part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, andd therewith, to the utmost of your Sill and Ability, youare to resist, expel, kill and destroy the same, in order to preserve the Interest of the good People in these Parts.  You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders, as shall from Time to Time be further given forth, either by the General Assembly, the Governor and General Council or other of your superior Officers.  And for your so doing, the Commission shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge.
  GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of he said Sate, the Eleventh Day of May in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-eight.
W. Greene
By his Excellency's Command,
Henry Ward [illegible]
S. File 14,534.
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Chepachet R I
Nov 29

Cert retd for corrections
G.C. Stiles

J L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
DC.
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Gloucester  November 28th 1833
Sir
  Enclosed you will find the pension certificate of Israel Smith which is returned to the department that an error in the same may be corrected. By a reference to the application of Mr. Smith you will perceive that he  stated  his present place of residence to be Brookfield in the state of Massachusetts, in the Certificate he is inscribed as of the state of Rhode Island.  This error you will perceive  deprives  Mr Smith of process of availing himself of the benefits of the grant to him.  When corrected please forward  his certificate addressed to Israel Smith Brookfield  West parish, Mass.   I direct this payment to be made at Boston Mass.
Respectfully Yr obd. serv.
Saml Y Awell
To
J L Edwards Esq 
commissioner of Pensions
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Payment to be made
at Providence
by pres. US {illegible]
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of
Rhode Island

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E.  Vol. 2
Page 130 by Go C  Stiles
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

  I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Israel Smith of the State of Rhode Island who was an Ensign &c. in the Revolutionary  Army, is entitled to receive Fifty Three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1834, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
  Given at the War Office of the United
Sates, this 24 day of October one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}
Geo Wm Crump
Acting Commissioner of Pensions
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Chepachet R I
Dec 27

Tres
31 Dec. 1833
Israel Smith
R. Island

J L Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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Gloucester December 26th 1833
Sir
  In reply to your letter relative to the pension certificate of Israel Smith,  I beg leave to state that the reason for him not making his declaration in the State where he resides was  assigned by him under oath in his application for a pension. to which you will please refer.  I would also beg leave to refer you to the documents correction with his application as furnishing the most  plenary evidence of the character and standing of Mr Smith both in this state where his family live and in the place where he now resides.  
The traditionary proof of his service is also made out in both places.  Should any other reason  than those offered be required please inform me.
  Respectfully yr obt sert.
Saml Y Atwell
J L Edwards Esq.
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Lemuel H Arnold
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name "HENRY BOWEN" to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who, a the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law:  Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith ad credit are to be rendered.
  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Providence, this eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirty -three and of Independence the fifty-seventh.
Lemuel H. Arnold 
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND
Henry Bowen Secry
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Secretary's office Feb 8th AD 1833.
I certify that at the session of the General-Assembly of said State  holden on the first Wednesday in May one thousand seven hundred seventy eight, Israel Smith was elected Ensign of the fourth Company of militia in the town of Gloucester, and that at the May session following, the said Israel Smith was reelected to said office; all which appears of record in this office.
Witness  Henry Bowen Secry.
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State of Massachusetts
Worcester ss.  In Brookfield this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1833 Personally appeared before me he undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Israel Smith of said Brookfield who being duly sworn deponeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively unto  the  precise length of his active service in Capt. Simon Davis' Company of minute men, mentioned in his declaration, but according to the best of his recollection he served as a soldier for said Company from the Spring of 1780 to the close of the war and was in  active service during ssaid period one month at the time Col. Arnold burned New London for which service he claims a pension
Israel Smith
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Gloucester ss Sept 3. 1833 Personally appeared Micah Stone Francis Horton Daniel Newell Baxter Ellis Ebenezer Merriam within named made oath to the truth of the within certificate by them subscribed I further certify that I am personally acquainted within them and are of the opinion that their testimony is entitled to full credit and belief
Jesse Bliss Jus. Peace
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Worcester ss.  Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that Jesse Bliss before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Worchester, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full credit is to be given to his doings in said capacity.
I further certify that the name of Jesse Bliss affixed to said affidavit  is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this third day of September A.D. 1833
Theophs. Wheeler Reg  of said county
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Smith, Israel  GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5066 ACREAGE  100 ISSUED 
Aug. 22, 1789
to ____not shown___
* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.