Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,176, for Abner Smith, Massachusetts
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Mass.
Smith, Abner  S41,176
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Abner Smith
Affidavitt
81-83
Mass.
Jackson Masstts. Regt.
Massachusetts line

Proof of (faded) required
No.9

Abner Smith
Admitted
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State of Vermont
Orleans County SS
Be it remembered that on this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen came before me William Howe of Derby in the County of Orleans & state of Vermont Chief Judge of Orleans County Court of Common Pleas duly qualified within and for the county of Orleans and state of Vermont sd. court of Common please being a court of Record Abner Smith of Irasburgh in the county of Orleans & State of Vermont and made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true and appearing to my satisfaction from the declaration aforesaid that Abner Smith the applicant aforesaid was in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy for the term of nine months at least to wit as is in his declaration more fully set forth and that by means of his reduced circumstances in life he is (illegible) and in need of assistance from his government for support.
All this I do certify as my oppinion and do hereby transmit the testimony in the case and the knowing thereon had to the Hon. Secretary of the War Department.
In testimony whereof I have hereto put my signature and cause the seal of our Court of Common pleas to be affixed at Derby this 16 day of April A. D. 1818.
William Howe, Judge
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I Abner Smith of Irasburgh in the County of Orleans & State of Vermont testify & say that I am Fifty Two years & five months of age and that in the year A. D. 1780 and according to my best recollection in the month of August at Pellam in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I inlisted for six months in to Capt. Hanrads company & Col. Thomas Nixons Regiment & General Greatons Brigade. I served the full terms of my inlistment and was discharged-and in the month of June A.D. 1781 I enlisted for three years at S. Pellam and was mustered at Springfield in the State of Massachusetts and was marched in the months of July & August a. D. 1781 to the state of New Jersey. I was then attached to Capt. Daniel Hastings company and to the Regiment commanded by Col. Michael Jackson and to General Henry Jackson's Brigade and served in said Company Regiment & Brigade for nine months. I was then with my company transferred to the seventh Regiment commanded by Col. Brooks. I served in sd. company & regiment for about six months when the company to which I belonged commanded by Capt. Hastings was transferred in to the Fourth Regiment where I served untill after Peace. I was discharged honorably at West Point in the state of New York. I further testify, that I have not seen my discharge for twenty years & conclude it must be lost. I further testify that I am poor with a large family hand have no property  and have need of a pension from my government for support.
Brownington April 16th 1818.
Abner Smith

State of Vermont
Orleans County Ss
Brownington April 16th 1818
Then personally appeared Abner Smith and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned, make oath that the foregoing affidavitt by him subscribed contains the whole truth and and nothing but the truth.
Before me
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State of Vermont
Orleans County sss
I certify that the Hon. William Howes above named is chief Judge of the County court of this county and the forgoing is his signature.
Att. Ira. H. Allen Clerk & Notary public
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Abner Smith of Irasburgh in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel M. Jackson of Massachusetts line, for the term of 2 years 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16th April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th of April 1820 and sent to the Honb. P. C. Craft, House Repts. M.P.
Arrears to 4th March 1820 (illegible)  178.32
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1820 48.00
$226.32
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818}

Orleans Coy.
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Notification sent Sep 29 1820 to Ira H. Allen
Irasburg, Vermont
Let. to J. H. Kimball Feb 10 '48
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Abner Smith's declaration
Irasburg, Orleans County, Vermont

AW
16711
(faded)

Sep 20
29 Sept 1820
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss

At Irasburgh on this 29 day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for the County of Orleans aforesaid and made such by the laws of the State of Vermont which proceed according to  the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keep a record of their proceedings, Abner Smith aged fifty five years resident in said Irasburgh in Orleans County aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows; in the ninth regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Col. Henry Jackson in the company commanded by John Hastings Capt. as per his original declaration dated the 1st day of April 1818 for which he has received a pension certificate number sixteen thousand seven hundred and eleven. Ad I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 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 within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, viz. two sheep, one plough, on old cart, one harrow, one draft chain, one axe, two pitch forks, one five pail kettle cracked, one (illegible) pot cracked, one pair of  andirons one broke, one lunch table, one candle stand, one loom, one wooden wheel, 6 common chairs old, two hoes, one dish kettle, one tea kettle, three knives and fork and a few articles of crockery, wooden ware and spoons, not worth five dollars in the whole, nothing due to me from which I (illegible) ever to realize anything and I justly owe five hundred dollars or there
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abouts. My occupation of farmer of midling health to labour, my family consists of Sarah my wife aged fifty five years, one daughter Mary aged twenty two, Arabella aged nineteen, Horace aged fourteen of slender constitution, Orena aged twelve years of slender health.
Abner Smith
Sworn to and declared this 29 day of June 1820
Before William Howe Judge of Orleans County Court

I Ira H. Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the 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 fifty dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 7 day of July 1820.
Ira H. Allen Clerk of the Court
for the County of Orleans
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in reply to your request of............., received............
for a statement of the military history of Abner Smith a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. File 41,176

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment/Length of Service/Rank/Officers under whom service was rendered-Captain-olonel/State

Aug. 1780/6 mos/---/Capt. Harwood-Col. Thomas Nixon/Mass.
June 1781/9 mos/---/Capt. John Hastings-Col. Henry Jackson
                 6 mos/---/Capt. John Hastings-Col. Brooks / 7 Mass & 4 Mass
served until Peace

Battles engaged in ................
Residence of Soldier at enlistment: enl. at Pelham, Mass.
Date of Application for pension: Apl. 16,1818-Allowed
Residence at date of application: Irasburgh, Orleans Co., Vt.
Age at date of application: 52 yrs 5 mos. Died Sept. 11, 1825
Remarks: 1820 wife Sarah at 55 yrs, dtr Mary 22 yrs, Arabella 19, Horace 14, Orena 12 yrs
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Feb. 15--1910-
Bureau of Pensions;
Mr. V. Warner
Commissioner,
Dear Sir;
It is respectfully requested, that information be given, regarding the service in the Revolutionary War of Salvanus Smith-D. May 12-1830 buried Evergreen Cemetary, Doves, Lorain Co. O. Lieut. Mass Regiment Conn. minute men Lexington- Apl. 19-1775
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Jonathan Smith Lieut. Pensioner D. Dec 14-1824 aged 62 yrs. Buried Dover, Lorain Co. O. private N. H. continental line (Rutland Co. Vt.)
Abner Smith Corporal (ck mark)
Town Haddam; Lieut. Col. Chapman Thomas Wheelers Born- Received pension as private Orleans Co. Vt. Apl.16 1818 at the age 59 (ok)
Gamaliel Fenton b. Jan 31-1763 D. Aug. 19-1849-
Probably enlisted from Conn. buried Dover O.
Joseph Bradley of Fairfield Conn and of Berne N.Y.  b. 1746 Fairfield moved Albany  (co. N.Y.)
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1791-Died Berne Albany Co. N.Y. 1828-
1768 married Martha Bates Volunteer Rev. War-Conn Militia
Benjamin Lynes (Lines) of Ridgebury Conn . b.1760 - d 1845  married Sarah Colby
Enlisted from Conn-probably  Danbury
Very respectfully
Mrs. Perry L. Hobbs
6508 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, O.
Committee on marking Revolutionary graves Western Reserve Chapter-D.A.R

(stamp-U.S. Pension Office A Feb 16 1910)
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Record Division.
March 7, 1910

Mrs. Perry L. Hobbs,
6508 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio

Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 15th and received the 16th ultimo, you are furnished the military records of the following Revolutionary War soldiers; Abner Smith, Sur. File No. 41,176, Silvanus Smith Sur. File No. 34,300; and Gamaliel Fenton Wid. File No. 4,951; and you are advised that the record of pensioners of the Revolutionary War fails to show that claims were filed for the service of Joseph Bradley, Benjamin Lines or Lynes, or Jonathan Smith described by you.
Abner Smith (Sur. File No. 41,176) enlisted at Pelham, Massachusetts, and served as a Private in the Massachusetts troops from August, 1780, six months in Captain Harwood's company, Colonel Thomas Nixon's regiment, and from June, 1781 until Peace, in Captain John Hasting's company in the 9th 7th and 4th regiments.
In April, 1818, he was a resident of Irasburgh, Vermont and fifty (paper folded over) years and five months old. He died September 11, 1825.
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3-871

Record Division
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of pensions

Briefed by: Geo. M. Morre
Feb. 28, 1910
Certificate No.
Claimant lives in Vermont
Soldier: Abner Smith
Service: Rev
Additional Service
No.---claim, State records..., 190..
No claim, combination records....., 190...
Remarks: to o. W. & N. or R. as above except & F. 41176

Chief Division
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Feby 3,'48
(illegible) case of 
Abner Smith Vt.
Act 18 March 1818

Barton Vt.
Jany. 28

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
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Barton Vt. Jany 17, 1848

Sir
On the 17 day of April A.D. 1820 Abner Smith of Irasburgh Vermont, was inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the Vermont agency at the rate of $8.00 per month under the act of 18th March 1818 (No. 16711) which certificate is registered in Book B. Vol. 4 page 182 as appears by the certificate.
the said Abner Smith died on the 11th day of September 1825 leaving no Widow, but leaving nine children, seven of whom still survive. The two who have deceased have left one a husband & children the other children only.
At the time of the decease of the said Abner Smith his pension was due from the 4th September 1824 to 11 Sept. 1825 the time of his decease.
You are requested to direct as to the proper method for the children to draw the money or gratuity due said Smith at his decease.
Yours respectfully your obt. sevt.
John H. Kimball

Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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41.176
Revy INVALID
File No. 41176
Abner Smith
Pri. Rev. War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: Vol. 3, Page 468

[Arrangement of 1870]

1910 Mch 7 Hist. to Mrs. Perry L. Hobbs
 (cents sign)
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I Lemuel Healy of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age to testify and say that I enlisted into the Continental army in the War of the Revolution and served for three years in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson and in the company commanded by Capt. John Hastings in which company Abner Smith then of Pelham in the County of Hampshire belonged and was in the same regt. with me the most of two years, said Smith was in the service with me more than two years. We joined the army in the year seventeen hundred & eight one. I was discharged on the 28th of October 1783 (sentence here crossed out) Further the deponent saith not.
Lemuel Healy

Worcester Ss November 8th 1819 
Then Lemuel Healy personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Aaron Tufts, Just. Peace
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I certify that Lemuel Healy the within Deponent is a credible witness.
Aaron Tufts, Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester, ss.
I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify that Aaron Tufts, Esquire before whom the  annexed affidavit has been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County seal, this Ninth day of November A. D. 1819.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

application of
(folded over)
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Lancaster 3d Feby 1820 this may certify that Abner Smith served in my company in Col. Henry Jackson's Regt. during the revolutionary War nearly two years and during that term behaved like a faithful and brave soldier.
John Hastings
Capt. in the 9th Regt. of Massachusetts

To the Secretary of War