Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,107, for Samuel Smith, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Continental. ( Conn. ) Smith, Samuel S. 17.107
carded
CONTENTS
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Connecticut N. 28.
Samuel Smith
of Norwalk in the State of Connect
who was an Artificer in the Compy command
by Captain Painter of the Regt commanded
by Col. Baldwin in the Con. [illegible]
line for
3 years
[illegible] 1818
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 144 Dollars Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Mar
1834
B. Isaac
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834 432.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 72.00
$ 504.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk
Book E. 2. Vol. Page 39
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I Samuel Smith of Wilton in the County of
Fairfield and State of Connecticut being duly
sworn [illegible] and say that I entitled as a solder
in the army of the United States in the revolutionary
war on the 20th day of October 1777 in the Company
commanded by Capt Gamaliel Painter & the Regiment
commanded by Clarke painter as an artificer and said
during the term of their years ending Octor 1788
and when discharged I belonged to the Regiment Commanded
by Jeduthan Baldwin in Gamaliel Painters
company. I was honorably discharged from said
service and my discharge was based on the pay table
offer in Hartford in said State of Connecticut as a 
necessary [illegible] for my obtaining pay from State
of Connecticut I am some what infirm relevant to my
age and need assistance from my friends or Country for
my [illegible] and further say not Samuel Smith
Law of Connecticut Fairfield County
Danbury Probate District on the thirty first
day of March AD 1818 Personally come before
Daniel B Corke Judge of said Court of Probate the above named
Samuel Smith and made oath in due form to the truth
of the above affidavit by him subscribed in my presents
being personally and well known to me having a field in
Danbury for thirty years past untill a short time recently
and entitled to full faith and credit by which affidavit
and other inhibits by him made in my own knowledge
I am fully satisfied that he remand the service against the
common [illegible] by him attested to in his sd affidavit
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that he is poor and stands in need of assistance from
his Country for support and is justly entitled to a
pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
the Seal of said Probate District on the day and date
within written (in the absence of the Clerk)
Daniel B Cooke Judge & Probate
Justist of Peace and one of the Judges
of the Common Pleas in said Fairfield
County
I Samuel Smith of Wilton in the County of Fairfield and
State of Connecticut thus being again duly sworn, do further
witness & say that the within [illegible] and discharge
are original papers belonging to [illegible]& the sd discharge the
[illegible] mentioned in the foregoing declared by me subscribed
& that I have found the same from the Controller Office
of the State of Connecticut [illegible] the first affidavit was [illegible]
to Daniel B Cooke Esq
State of Connecticut Fairfield County Danbury
Probate District on the 3d day of Sept 1818. Personally came
before me Daniel B. Cooke Judge of Court of Probate the above
named Samuel Smith the same who signed the former affidavit
and made oath to the truth of the affidavit by him
[illegible] in my presence and at the same presented to me the enlistment 
and discharge herewith [illegible] the best  witness which
[illegible] offered of his services from the well and long established
reputation of S Smith I am fully satisfied & papers are original
and authentic In testimony whereof I have hereunto at
by my hand and the seal of said [illegible] District on the
day and date last above written
Daniel B. Cooke Judge of Probate
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss Redding March 20 1837
I Jonathan R. Sanford Judge
of the Court of Probate for the District
of Redding in said Fairfield County do
hereby certify that satisfactory evidence 
has been exhibited to said Court
that Samuel Smith of the town 
of Wilton now deceased was a [illegible]
of the United States on the roll
of the Connecticut Agency under the
act of congress at the rate of one
hundred & forty four dollars per
annum - that he was a resident of
said town of Wilton in said County
of Fairfield & State of Connecticut and
clerk in said town on the 16th day of
May AD 1836 leaving no children.
but leaving a widow named Mary
Smith who died in said Redding in
said District on the 28th day of
March 1830. leaving six children now
living named John De Remer Abraham
De Remer Marie Osborne David
Dunning, Caroline JeIliff and
Catherine Canfield
And I further certify
that Aaron Jelliff is Administrator 
upon the estate of the
said Mary Smith duly
appointed and qualified to
act in that Capacity
In testimony whereof
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have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the Official
seal of said Probate Court
at town Reddy this 28
day of March AD 1831
Jonathan R. Sanford Judge
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Samuel Smith
Conn.
Act 7th June 1832.
28159
10. 11 May 36
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss
Sold by Fauld & Sperry, 154 Chapel Street, New Haven.
Know all Men by these Presents, that
I Adam Jellif Administrator upon
the Estate of the late Mary Smith Widow
of Samuel Smith late of the town of Wilton
in the County of Fairfield in the State of
Connecticut a Revolutionary Pensioner
have constituted, ordained, and made, and in my
stead and place put, and by these Presents,
do constitute, ordain, and make, and in my stead and place put
L M Drury of Canandaigua in the State of
New York
to be my true, sufficient, and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead, to
make application to the proper department
of the United States Government for an
[illegible] of the Pension of the said Samuel
Smith dead late of said town of Wilton
in said County of Fairfield and State of
Connecticut a Revolutionary Pensioner
and for the payment of any and
all arrearages of said Pension with
full power to receive any certificate
which may be issue in my name
Giving and hereby granting unto my said attorney my full power and authority in and about the
premises; and to use all due means, course, and process, in the law, for the full effectual, and complete execution
of the business afore described; and in my name to make and execute due acquittance and
discharge; and for the premises to appear, and the person of the constituent to represent before
any governor, judges, justices, officers, and ministers of the law whatsoever, in any court or courts of
judicature, and there on my behalf, to answer, defend, and reply unto all actions, causes, matters, and
things whatsoever, relating to the premises. Also, to submit any matter in dispute, respecting the premises
, to arbitration, or otherwise with full power to make and substitute, for the purposes aforesaid, one or
more attornies, under him my said attorney and the same again at pleasure to revoke.
And generally to say, do act transact determine, accomplice, and finish all matters and things whatsoever,
relating to the premises, as fully amply and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as he the said constituent
if present, ought or might personally, although the matter should require more special authority
than is herein comprised. I the said constituent ratifying, allowing, and holding firm and valid
all and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done, in
and about the premises, by virtue of these Presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th
day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Aaron Jelliffe
Signed, sealed, and delivered
in presence of us.
J. R. Sanford
Charles Robinson
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss Redding March 28 1837
Then & there personally appeared
Aaron Jeliffe who has signed and
sealed the within Power of Attorney
and acknowledge this and to be
his free act & deed before me
this 28th day of March AD 1837
Charles Robinson Notary Public
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Samuel Smith
(Examd)
(2794)
( March 1819 )
Continue
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of
Fairfield in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 13th
day of June 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and
having a seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED in open Court, Samuel Smith resident in the town of
Wilton
in the County of Fairfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed
the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income
and property, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) via
One Cow 12 years old
1 [illegible]
1 set shoe making tools
Seven Chairs, 3 low Chests & 3 tables old
1 Tea pot, six tea cups & 6 saucers
8 plates, 2 meat [illegible]
2 cider barrels, 1 trammel, 1 dish Kettle
1 Porridge pot small, 3 milk pans earthen
& two tin [illegible], 1 hoe, 1 Seythe, 1 pitchfork, 1 rake
1 pair Andirons & Shovel & tongs, 1 stub feythe
1 short feythe, 2 Bibles 1 old Beaman
Sundry Small articles of furniture & crockery
Saml Smith
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District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County
of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 13th day of June
1820 the same being a Court of Record, and havng a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in
open Court, Samuel Smith aged sixty four years
resident in the Town of Wilton in the County of Fairfield in said State,
being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows
that is to say-- On the 20th of October 1777, he enlisted
into the company commanded by Gamaliel
Painter in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jeduthan
Baldwin, which was a Regiment of artificers, on the
Continental establishment, and served in said Regiment
for the term of three years thereafter which was the
term of his enlistment, and at the close of that term
was honorably discharged as will appear by his
discharge now in the war department and
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March,
1818, was dated the 31st day of March
1818 that in pursuance thereof he was
entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 2799. And I do further solemnly swear
that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift,
sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
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 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in
for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in
Schedule herein annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a
Shoe maker, but my eye sight has so failed me that I cannot
work at it much, and that I am troubled with a difficulty
of breathing
and that I have a family residing with me to wit a wife named Mary
aged forty four years and she has not been able to do the
work of the family for half the time during two years
past and is now quite unwell, and two daughters
the one ten years old named Caroline, and the other
8 years of age named Catharine
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid. Samuel Smith
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion
that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule is Sixty two
Dollars and ninety nine cents, and doth order these proceeds to be entered in the Records of said Court
Attest David Burr Clerk
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State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield
I DAVID BURR. Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State,
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from
the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court
that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
sixty two Dollars & ninety nine cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at
Fairfield, this 13th day of June AD. 1820
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said
County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, Fairfield June 13th 1820-
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD. Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in
said State, do certify the DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn;
and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it
proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of
amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for
the County of Fairfield.
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Saml Smith Jr
Certificate from
Wm Sizer
Smith, Samuel
Cont Conn S17109
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This may Certify whom it may Concern, that Saml Smith Jr
of Haddam in the State of Connecticut, has enlisted into
the Continental Service as an Artificer, to serve three years
Certified [illegible] Wm Sizer Lient
Middletown Octr 20th, 1777
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Saml Smith, Decd
Judd to $240 body $144
Caring 4 March 1831,
& ending 11 May 1836
payable to
Aaron Jelliff Adm
the Estate of Mary Smith,
for the benefit of
John De Remer
Abraham De Remer
Maria Osborne
David M Dunning
Catharine Canfield &
Caroline Jelliff, only
living children
[illegible] Drury
Canandaigua
NY
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28, 159
Connecticut
to
Samuel Smith
of Norwalk in the State of Connt
who was an Artificer in the Company commanded
by Captain Painter of the Regt commanded
by Col Baldwin in the Connt
line for two years Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford
the rate of 240 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831 & End 11th
May 1836.
Certificate of Pension is 4th day of Decr
1857 and sent to
L.M. Drury
Arrears to the 4th of Canandaigua
Semi-annual allowance ending
N. Y.
[illegible] from $144
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H R Weightman
Book E 2 Vol. 3, Page 42
39
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2799.
Connecticut.
Samuel Smith, private
Col. Baldwin's regimt of
Artificers Continental
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 31 of March, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of Sept. 1818
and sent to the case of Danl B.
Cooke, Danbury, Connect.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 $41.32
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March 48 -
1819.
5 mo: 1/31& 4/30
(Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Three years
Continue
Wilber, Fairfield County,
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Notification sent the 27th June 1820 to
said David Burr Eighth
 Fairfield
Connt. [Connecticut]
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Samuel Smith
S.F. 17107
Comm.
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This may sertify that Samuel Smith has served
as an Artificer three years faithfully in
Capt Painters Company & is hearby Discharged
his time of enlistment being
fully expired given under my hand
This 27 day of Sept-1780
Eliazer Lettle Lt. 
artificers
J. Baldwin Comdt. of Artificer
& Colo of Engineers
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17107
INVALID.
File No. 17107
Samuel Smith
(illegible)
Act: June 4, 1832
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 358
(Arrangement of 1870.}
June 13 1901
Chas. G. Phelps
Mailing from Conn
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30.626 ct
[illegible]
Artificer 3 years
$144 per
year
to be drafted under
act of 18
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Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Norwalk March 13 1834
Sir
Inclosed is my Pension
Certificate placing me on the Pension list roll of
the Connecticut beginning at the rate of Eight Dollars
per month under the act of the 18 of March 1818
and now request that I may be deposed from
said Sect under that Act and be placed on the
Pension Act roll of the Connecticut agency [illegible]
able to the act of the 7th June 1832 Claiming that
in the fall of the year 1777 I enlisted into the
Continental Army as an Artificer in Capt Gamaliel
Painter Company in Col. Jeduthun Baldwin Regt
and continued in the services of the United States
until the 20 day of October 1782 and was then
Honorably discharged at [illegible] and State of New York
which discharge was sent to Washington when my
first application was made for which service I
was promised Seventeen Dollars per month and
received my pay in Continental money & have
often given fifty Dollars of said money for my dinner
and now prays that I may be placed on the
list rate of the Connecticut agency is a certificate
and draw pay from the 4th of March 1831 deductions
thereon the pay which I have recd from said 4th day
of March to the 4 day of March 1834
Samuel Smith
This may Certify that I am well acquainted with the
above named Samuel Smith and know him to be
the Identical man of who the former was granted under 
the act of 1818 and that the above is in his signature
Benjn Isaacs Judge of the
Court of Probate for Fairfield
County & in the District of
Norwalk
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War Department, No. 2799.
PENSION OFFICE,
June 26, 1820.

SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards

To Mr. Samuel Smith
U.S. Pensioner
Wilton,
Cont

This will not be wanted again. A.W. Magett
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Brief in the case of Samuel Smith, Sec, late of 
Fairfield County and State of Connecticut
act 7 June 1832
Claim, ("original," or [crossed through] "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Artillery Artificer - Increased from
$144 to $240

Name and residence of Agent.
L.M. Drury
Canandaigua
Ms
C.S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
of the 18th of March, 1818, Samuel Smith
late a private in the
regimt of artificers comd by Col. Jeduthun Baldwin
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency,
at the rate of eight dollars cents per month,
to commence on the thirty first day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this twenty third day of September,
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War