Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14500, for Oliver Smith, Vermont
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                               NUMBER
Mass            Smith, Oliver   S.14500
Vt.
carded
CONTENTS

b M 1752 at Hadley, New Hampshire Res. Mass. there at first enl
res M 1777 Sanford Pennington J. W.
res M 1832Clarendon, Orleans County New York
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14102.
4147 New York
Oliver Smith
-
Orleans Co in the State of New York
Private in the Company command
by Captain Foster of the Regt commanded
by Col Ward in the Mass & Vermont
line for 20 mo 9 days
acct Oct 24.06

Inscribed on the Roll of New
the rate of 67 Dollars 65 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May
1833 and Sent to
A. Cantine Holley 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $135.30
Semiannl. allowance ending 4Sep 31 33.82
$169.12

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 36
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14.149
Oliver Smith
Orleans Co N York

admitted
20 mos. 9 days Private
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BRIEF in the case of Oliver Smith
Clarendon of Orleans County in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 79 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
21 April In 1775 to 1st Jany 1777

Duration of Service.
Years Months, Days
1    -   9        -    9-

Rank.
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen. Ward
Cap Foster, Col. Ward
Cap Smith & Hubbard
5. In what battles was he engaged? Quebeck
8. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hadley, Hampshire Co. Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by trade
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary & living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
attached as required
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Richard Catts
Examining Clerk,
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Oliver Smith
14147
40
20
46.66
99
47.65
26.66

any communication in
reply to the with application
will be directed to the address of
Abner Cantine
Hadley
N Y
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State of New York County of
Orleans & Town of Clarendon
on this 21th day August 1832 at the place
aforesaid, personally appeared before me Abraham Cantine
one of the Judges of Orleans County Court, Oliver
Smith a resident of the Town of Clarendon County
State aforesaid, 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
Seventh 1832, that he is Seventy nine years of age
that he entered the Service of the United States under the
following named officers, and served as herein
Stated - was born in the year one thousand
Seven hundred and fifty two in the Town of
Hadley County of Hamshire in the State of
Massachusetts, has no record of his age nor
can he say where it is if any, was living in
the Town of Hadley aforesaid when I entered in
the service of the United States in the month of
April 1775, removed to the Town of Stanford in
County Bennington State of Vermont in the Autumn
of the year 1777 Removed from Stanford to the Town the
of Rome in the County of Oneida in the State of New York
in the year 1797. removed from one to the Town
of Murray in the State of New York in the year 1815
to his present place of residence, which by a division of
the Town of Murray is now the Town of Clarendon
aforesaid - Entered the Service of the United States
as a volunteer in a company of Artilery commanded
by Captain Foster on or about the twenty first day
of April in the year 1775 in the Town Hadley
aforesaid, which was immediately on the receipt 
of the news of the Battle of Lexington that on the said
27th day April 1775 I marched with said company
for Lexington, and continued the March direct to 
Cambridge where I with said company encamped, on or about
the Seventh day of May next I  enlisted in a company
commanded by Captain Smith in the Regiment of
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Colonel Ward, in a Brigade commanded by General
Ward, that in the Summer following General
Washington arrived and took command of the army
in the latter part of the Summer or first of the fall
following I engaged to go with Col. Arnold on the
expedition to Quebeck, and that about one week after
such engagement or enlistment, I marched with said
party under the command of Col. Arnold for Quebeck
and continued under Col. Arnold and suffered all the
hardships and privations of that campaign untill
the final Surrender of the greater part of Arnolds
men at Quebeck on the morning of the first of
January 1776. the Captain under whom served was
Jonas Hubbard who was wounded in the action and
died of his wound the Lieut was Brown the Ensign
was - Pierce he' Pierce, was not in the action - of field
officers recollects Major Bigelow Lieut Col Green
and thinks Maj. Meigs; of the Capt recollects Capt Morgan
of the Riflemen, Capt Smith of the riflemen and Capt
Hendrick of the Riflemen  which Capt was killed, also
Capt of infantry of the State of Rhode Island Ward,
[illegible] and Capt of infantry of Massachusetts
were Goodrich, Hubbard, from Connecticut
Capt Hanchet, from New Hampshire Capt Henry
Dearborn, recollects of seeing with Arnolds command
two young men as volunteers who he thinks got to be
Staff officers while in Canada the our was Burr
and Ogden the other, Ogden was wounded in the
back or shoulder at the battle of Quebeck within my
reach, - also recollects Lieut Clark and others -
The last words I recollect to have heard Benedict
Arnold say, was in the Battle the he was wounded
when he was assisted back by two men "rush on
my brave boys the Town in our own we have got
our battery" I continued a prisoner of war at
Quebeck untill some time in the Summer of 1776
when I with the rest of the prisoners was put on board
of four transports who together with the convey
went down the St Lawrence and around to New
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York, and about the first of October 1876 I with the
of the prisoner was discharged at Elizabeth Town 
in New Jersey as prisoners of war on parole, and
from his best recollection now thinks it was
about the first of January 1777 when he was ex
exchanged and ceased to be a prisoner of war 
in the Autumn of the year 1777 I turned out in
the alarm of the battle of Bennington Served the 
company of Militia commanded by Capt Samuel
Robison and served in said Company after the
Battle about fourteen days - I have been out
a number of days since that time of Bennington
above described but cannot state when and to
what place with sufficient accuracy
I have never received any discharge except such as
recd from confinement at Elizabeth Town New Jersey
as a prison I war on parole 
my enlistment in the company of Capt Smith in
Col. Wards Rgt on the 7th May 1775 aforesaid was
for the term of Eight months-

I lived in the Town of Stanford Vermont from the
the time of the Battle of Bennington to the close of the War
which was on the frontier, since the Battle of Bennington
I have been out in alarms on the frontier a
number of times almost always in the Company
of Captain Samuel Robison of Benington, I feel safe
in saying as much as six months at different times,
Colonel Moses Robison commanded the Regiment of
Militia in which I served and Nathaniel Brush
was Lt. Col.
Oliver Smith

after the above was carefully read over to said Oliver
Smith which is the narrative taken by me and as
given by him, other first having him sworn according
to [illegibe] he stated it to be correct according to the best
This knowledge and belief and requested me
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to affix his name to it, he having lost his
sight since the 21st day of August last when
this affidavit was commenced it having been
delayed in consequence of my other business
Abner Cantine one of the Judges
of Orleans County Courts
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Stake Newark & 
County of Orleans ⎬ Personally appeared before me Abraham 
Cantine one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of the said
County aforesaid at the Town of Clarindon in said
County aforesaid Moses Clark a resident of the Town of
Guilford in the County of Chenango & State foresaid who first being
duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath say he is a
resident of the town of Guilford aforesaid is Eighty five years
old he well remembers that Oliver Smith enlisted in the service
the united Colonies in the spring of the year one thousand Seven
hundred seventy (he thinks the month of April) in the 
Town of Cambridge in Massachusetts in a company commanded 
by Capt Eliacom Smith 
for the term of Eight months, this deponent well remember
the said Oliver Smith marched with and made a part
the command of Genl Arnold destined for the taking of Quebeck
as this deponents brother went in company with Smith, this
deponent was well acquainted with said Oliver Smith several
years previous to 1775 both living in the Town of Hadley in 
Massachusetts that said Oliver Smith and this deponent both
belonged to a company of minute men in Hadley and as
members of this company of minute men, commanded by
Capt. Foster both March from Hadley to Cambridge
about a fortnite before said Oliver Smith enlisted in the company
of Capt Smith-- that the first time this deponent
saw said Oliver Smith after said
Smith left Cambridge for Quebeck more than a year & often
and as he understood and believed at the time he had
returned from Quebeck on furlough
Moses Clark
Subscribed & Sworn before me this Second day of
August 1832-
Abraham Cantine Judge

the person now present who now resides in the town of Clarendon
(addition made)
Abraham Cantine Judge
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State of New York County of Orleans
and Town of Clarindon  Ss
I Abner Chase
residing in the Town of Byron County of Genesee
State of New York on oath say that I am well
acquainted with Oliver Smith who has subscribed
and sworn to the annexed declaration that I believe
him to be about Eighty years of age that he is reputed
and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to
have been a soldier of the revolution, I have been 
acquainted with said Oliver Smith forty years and
upwards a part of the time in the State of Vermont
where he was reputed to have been a soldier of the
revolution, and I concur in that opinion-

Abner Chase
Sworn and Subscribed before me
this 21st day of Augt 1832-
Abm Cantine one of the Judge of Orleans
County Courts

State of New York County of Orleans
and Town & Clarindon Ss 
I Seth Langdon
residing in the Town of Byron County of Genesee
State of New York on oath say that I am well
acquainted with Oliver Smith who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe
him to be Seventy five years old and upwards; that he
is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where
he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that I concur in that opinion - my acquaintance 
has been about twenty five years standing
Sworn and Subscribed       Seth Langdon
before me this 21st day
of Augt 1832

Abm Cantine one of the Judges of Orleans County Court 

(over)
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I, Abraham Cantine one of the Judges of Orleans County
to do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation 
of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as
he Stated - and I do hereby further certify that it
appears to me that Oliver Smith whose name is affixed
to the preceding certificate is unable by reason of bodily
infirmity to attend the Court and I do further certify
that it appears to me that Abner Chase and Sath
Langdon who have signed the preceding certificates
are residents of the Town of Byron in the County of Genesee 
that the farm on which they reside and bounded on the town
line of the Town of Clarendon aforesaid, and also adjoining the
farm on which Oliver Smith resides, and that they are [illegible]
credible persons and that their statement is entitled
to credit; and I do further certify that I do not know that
there is a Preacher residing within several miles of the residence
of said Oliver Smith particularly in the Town of Clarindon
in which I am well acquainted-
State of New York County
of Orleans for
Abm Cantine
one of the Judges of Orleans
County Court

State of New York County 
of Orleans
I AB Mills Clerk of the said County
do certify that Abraham Cantine before
whom the preceeding affidavits purports
to have been sworn And also before
whom the preceeding proceedings were
had was at the date of the [illegible] one of
the Judges of the County County Courts in and for
the County of Orleans and that I am acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe his name
subscribed to the said affidavits & proceedings to be
his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of Office this
8th day of October 1832
G. Mills Clerk
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I would add in addition that the erasures and
interlineations in the previous papers were all made
by me, and to make them correct according to the
deposition of said Smith
Abm Cantine
one of the Judges of
Orleans County Court
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May 12 Hist to Joel B. Smith 
Box 774, Whitewater, Walworth Co. Wis
MEL
Jany 15-1901 Hist to
Mrs Susan Walker Moline Ill.

14500
INVALID.
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File No. 14.500
Oliver Smith
Priv. Rev. War.

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Act: June 7, 1832
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 348
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. DIV.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the
data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Oliver Smith
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Hadley Mass. Hampshire Co.
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Bennington Co. Verment
Date of death (as near as possible):
somewhere about 1830 think
Christian name of widow
Betsey 
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
I think he recd a small pension in the last years of his life
Remarks:
He removed from Vt to Rome
Oneida Co. N. Y. in 1797 from
there to Cayuga Co. from there
to Orleans in Genesee Co. where
he died
Your name and address:
Joel B Smith
Box 774 Whitewater
Walworth Co. Wis.
6 - 870
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Whitewater Wis Apr 23d 1895
Chief of O.W. & N Division
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
I have filled out the
enclosed blank to the best of my
knowledge our family record was
destroyed by fire a great many years
to I have to rely on my memory
my Grandfather had five brothers they
were all soldiers of the revolution
my Grandfather and a brother went
with Arnold to Quebec in 1775 and
both were taken prisoners
Sincerely hoping you may be able
to trace his history through the war
as it would be a source of a great
deal of pleasure to me I am sincerely yours
Box 774 Whitewater Wis Joel R Smith
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[two stamps]

US PENSION OFFICE
H APR 27 1895


OLD WAR & NAVY
APR 30 1895
FILES
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Bureau of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you
kindly look in the records
and see if Oliver Smith
was a pensioner of the
Revolutionary War if he
was, please send me


[stamp]
US PENSION SERVICE
K JAN 8 1901
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what you find. I think
he went from New
Hampshire, but I am not
sure
Respectfully
Susan E. Walker
Moline, Illinois
2200 7th Ave
Jan. 1. 1901.
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Jn 14500
24.465

[stamp]

O.W.&N. DIVISION
JAN 12 1901
RECEIVED
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES    Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAM-51-
12-5-41    BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD
NAME Smith, Oliver GRADE  Private LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 3498 ACREAGE.  100   ISSUED  July 21, 1789
to Ladd and Cass, assignees
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 is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.