Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 45777, for Charles Smith, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE  N.C.
Smith, Charles
NUMBER S 45777

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CONTENTS
b. 1758 in Craven Co. N.C.
res[idence]. at enl[istment]. & 1832, Pitt Co, N.C.
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Hon. T. Ruffin. Jan 4/60
Date of death not on AB.



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12.164
North Carolina -
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Charles Smith
of Pitt - in the State of N. Car: who was a pri[vate]: in the - commanded by Captain - of the Reg[imen]t commanded by Col: Armstrong in the N. Car: line for 9 months -
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina - at the rate of 30 - Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of April 1833 - and Sent to A. Parker Greenville - N.C.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  60 -
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 15 -
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$75. -
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book E       Vol. 6       Page 55
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Charles Smith
NC



admit as private for 9 months from 1779 Colo. Armstrong
NC - $30.00







- A. Parker Esq
Greenville
N. C. -
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BRIEF in the case of Charles Smith County of Pitt in the State of N Caro[li]n[a]
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?  open court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]

3. How old is he?  74 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

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[table with the following headers: Period. (In.) | Duration of Service (Years, Months, Days,) | Rank (As a) | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served (Gen.) | ]
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In 1779 - | [blank] 9- - | Private | Colo Armstrong




5. In what battles was he engaged? Stono - 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Pitt Co. N Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & living witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.


Richard Cutt,
Examining Clerk.
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State of North Carolina
Pitt County 

On this the tenth day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the state and county aforesaid now sitting (the same being a court of records) Charles Smith a resident of Pitt County and State of North Carolina aged seventy four 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 of 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States (under) the following named officers and  served as herein stated -
He was born in the County of Craven & State of North Carolina some time about the year 1758 and that he has no record of his age - that he left the  County of Craven when quite a small boy and resided in the County of Pitt and State aforesaid at the time he was drafted and has continued to reside there ever since.  
That he was drafted in the year of 1779, the month not recollected and joined {illegible}
at Kinston in the State of North Carolina and marched from Kinston to Charleston South Carolina and he was in the Battle of Stono Ferry -
from Charleston he was marched into different parts of the State of South Carolina and in latter part of the same year he was discharged at Moncks Corner in the State aforesaid.  He had a written discharge, which discharge has since been lost which was given by Col. Armstrong - That he served in the Continental service and served nine months - That he was well acquainted with Major Raiford, Capt P. Taylor & Lieutenant  William Saunders & Sargent Lewis Cunner
all of the same regiment.  He further declares that he
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no documentary evidence of his Services and Knows of no person except [crossed out: Nathaniel] ^Giden of^ Pettit County who served in the same regiment - whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service - e 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 or of the United States
Charles [his mark X] Smith

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
S/Archd Parker Clk


I [crossed out: Nathaniel] Giden Pettit of the County of Pitt and State of North Carolina do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Charles Smith whose declaration is hereto prefixed - that I served in the same regiment of the North Carolina line in which the said Smith was balloted [crossed out: commanded] ^the regiment commanded^ by Genl. Lincoln [General Benjamin Lincoln] and know that he served nine months in the State of South Carolina that the Said Smith belonged to the Said Company in the year 1779. the month not recollected and that he was discharged with the rest of the company at Monks [sic: Moncks] Corner in South Carolina. in the same year & that he believes him to be Seventy four years of age [.] I further Certify that the said Charles Smith has ever since resided in the County of Pitt and that I believe him to be a man of veracity -
Giden [his mark XI] Pettit

Sworn to in open court August 10th 1832
S/Archd Parker Clk


We Britton Jones and John Anderson residing in the County of Pitt & State of North Carolina hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Smith who has Subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be Seventy four years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he
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resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
S/Archd Parker Clk
Britton [his mark X] Jones
S/John Anderson


And the said court do hereby declare their 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 states - And the Court further Certify that it appears to them that [crossed out: Nathaniel] Giden Pettit [,] Britton Jones and John Anderson who have Signed the preceeding [sic: preceding] Certificates are residents in the County of Pitt and are Credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit


I Archibald Parker Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Pitt and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Charles Smith for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this tenth day of August 1832
S/Archd Parker Clk.
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October 13, 1936

Charles Smith - S.45777
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. C. G. Young
Proctor
Arkansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your requests for the pension record of Charles Nelms who died in Northampton County, Virginia, the pension record of Charles Smith of Pitt County, North Carolina, and pension record of William Smith of Anson County, North Carolina.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full for each request for Revolutionary and War of 1812 data.

The record Charles Smith which follows was obtained from pension claim, S. 45777, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

Charles Smith was born in the year 1758 in Craven County, North Carolina, names of his parents not given. He left Craven County, [illegible in smudge] quite a small boy" and settled in Pitt County, North Carolina.

While residing in said Pitt County, Charles Smith enlisted in the year 1779 and served nine months as private in Colonel Armstrong's North Carolina regiment, during this service was in the battle of Stono. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed
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August 10, 1832, then a resident of Pitt County, North Carolina.

The papers in this claim contain no reference to the family of the soldier, Charles Smith.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following-

Charles Smith
Certificate # 12164
Issued April 3, 1833
Rate $30.00 per anum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Pension Office Jan 3/60.
The Third Auditor will please certify the date to which the within named pensioner was paid.
Very respectfully.
Geo C Whiting
[crossed out: Chief Clk]
Commissioner

3d Auditor's Office
Jan'y 4. 1860.
Charles Smith: No: Carolina. 7 June 1832. $30. - per annum, appears to have been paid to Mar: 4 1842.
very Resp[ectfull]y
AJ Atkinson
Auditor.

Geo: C. Whiting Esq
Comm of Pensions
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1914. Sept. 16. history to Mrs. J. L. Butt.   M.B.H.
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1915. March 19: history to Mr. B.C. Smith.   M.B.H.
1927- June. 13 - Hist to Mrs. Harvey K. Persons- see letter in June Smith- S.21977 AWF.
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1936- Oct. 13 hist to Mrs. C.G. Young AWF



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45777
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 45.777
Chas. Smith
Priv. Col. Armstrong's 
Co. Rev War
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Act: 7 June. 1832
Index: - Vol. 3,     Page 468.

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.                AWF

January 13, 1927

Mrs. Harvey K. Persons
Monticello
Ga

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 45777, it appears that Charles Smith was born in 1758 in Craven County, North Carolina.

While residing in Pitt County, [arrow pointing here with note: left Craven Co. when "quite a small boy"] North Carolina, he enlisted in 1779 and served nine months as a private in Colonel Armstrong's North Carolina Regiment, and was at the battle of Stono [note in margin: June 20. 79] [crossed out: Ferry].

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 10, 1832, while a resident of Pitt County, North Carolina.

There [crossed out: is] are no family data o file.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner. 

OK
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.       3-525

_______DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
____    BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
______   Washington, D. C., __________, 19__
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of  Charles Smith a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.   S.F. 45.777.
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[table with the following headers: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN., COLONEL.) | STATE |]

1779 | 9 mos. | Pvt. | √ | Armstrong | N.C.



Battles engaged in, Stono Ferry

Residence of solider at enlistment, Pitt Co N C.

Date of application for pension, Aug 10. 1832. His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application,  Pitt Co. N. C.

Age at date of application, born in 1758 in Craven Co., N.C.

Remarks: there is no family data on file.

Respectfully,
ok

Commissioner.
6-2856
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Hope Mills, N. C., Sept. 9, 1914.

Department of the Interior,

Washington, D. C.,

Gentlemen: - 
Please send me a statement of the military history of the following Rev. Soldiers of Pitt Co., N. C. who were on the pension list of that county in 1840:
CHARLES SMITH, SEN. aged 106 and lived with Charles Smith, Sen.

GILES NELSON,              " 86 "    "    "  Caleb Nelson.

HENRY SMITH,          "  83    "   "    "  James Smith.

My mother was a Nelson and my father was a Smith.

Yours truly,
(Mrs.) Maggie Butt.


(Mrs. J. L. Butt Envelope)
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[round postal stamp:
PENSION OFFICE. D
U. S.   SEP 11 1914]
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Aurora, N. C., [crossed out: Jan. 28] Feb 6, 1915.

Department of the Interior, 

Washington, D. C.,

Gentlemen:
Please send me a statement of the MILITARY HISTORY of CHARLES SMITH, SEN., who was on the Pension list of Pitt County, N. C. He was 106 years old in 1840.

Yours truly,
B. C. Smith

[round stamp:
PENSION OFFICE. D
U. S. MAR 9 1915]
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CHN

[round stamp: 
PENSION OFFICE. D
U. S. MAR 9 1915]

February the 28 1915

South Creekes Beaufort Co NC

Dear Sir [;] in reply to your letter will Say that I am one of the many Smith and of that Set Some Way and my father Burton A. Smith Was killed in the Sivil [sic: Civil] War and I Was Bred and Bornd [sic: born] i Pitt County NC and if there is any favor I can doo [sic: do] you I am at your Service
B.C. Smith

let me heare [sic: hear] from you a gain [sic]
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[round postal stamp: EDMONDSON.
AUG 27 1936]

[round stamp: arrow pointing to 11:45
RECEIVED AUG 29 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
[illegible] 17]

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

VETERANS BUREAU
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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PROCTOR, ARK.
AUGUST 27, 1936

GENTLEMEN: 13
PLEASE LET ME HAVE THE REC. RECORD OF ONE WILLIAM; WHO DREW PENSION, WHILE A RESIDENT OF ANSON COUNTY N.C.

ALSO CHAS. SMITH OF PITT CO. N.C.

THANKING YOU FOR THE ABOVE,
I AM VERY TRULY YOURS,
Mrs. C. G. Young
MRS. C.G. YOUNG
PROCTOR ARK.
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[round stamp: SEP 26 1936]

[illegible stamps]

[round postal stamp:
EDMONDSON ARK.
SEP 19 1936 A.M.]

[round stamp: arrow pointing to 12:00
RECEIVED SEP 21 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM. READER #68]

Veterans Bureau
Washington, D.C.
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Proctor Ark.
Sept, 19 - 1936

Gentlemen: caus Ident 9-24
Do you have the pension record of one Charles Nelms or Nelm or Nelmj - who died in Northampton Co. Va. [noted in margin: No 801 No 9126] 

I have pension record of one Chas. Nelms who died in Bedford Co Va after 1832. but he is the wrong man. The man I am looking for married Eliza Sydnor. 

Very truly yours
Mrs. C. G. Young
Proctor Ark
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Charles Smith
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Smith which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides: [illegible]

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides: [illegible]

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [illegible]

V. Has he mentioned 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? [illegible]

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [illegible]

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? [illegible]

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [illegible]

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [illegible]

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [illegible]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [illegible]

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [illegible]

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank]

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [illegible]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? [blank]

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 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."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 his service. The use of the phrase [italics] about three or four months [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.

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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

👉In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.