Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30707, for Thomas Smith, Virginia
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Service
Va.
Smith, Thomas
Number
S. 30707
Contents
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22374 Kentucky Thomas Smith Clark Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a Sergt./pr in the [illegible] commanded Captain Nichols of the regt. commanded by Col. Lewis in the Virginia line for Private 8 1/2 months sergeant 2 1/2 months Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 40 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.  Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of October 1823 and Samuel M Taylor Winchester Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 102.08 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 20.42 died July 2 25, 1838  $122.50 A. B. {Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}  Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page 28
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The Bearer Thos. Smith having a Brother in the garrison Very ill, he has therefore Leave of absence to [illegible] to Convey his Brother to his friends in Albemarle County.  [illegible] Commandr of Garrison March 15. 1781
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Hon. Lewis Pension Claim
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Thomas Smith Ken [illegible] 1776 Pr & Segt private.? Pr. 8 1/2 m0, 28.33 Segt 2 1/2 Mo. 12.50 $40.83 Samuel M. Taylor Clk Clarke Co. Winchester Ken
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, May 31st 1833 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 rules and regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These 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, show the Service of Thomas Smith Clark Co. Ky. Period when the service was rendered. Entered as a minute man March 1776| Duration of the claimant's service. 4 Months. 15 Days. | Rank of the claimant.  Private| Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Cap Nicholas Lewis Col Chas Lewis| Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  80 Albemarle Co. Va| Proof by which the declaration is supported.  Traditionary credibility certificate| Period when the service was rendered 1781| Duration of the claimant's service.  4 months| Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Col. Dabney| Duration of the claimant's service.  2 months Days 1/2 | Rank of the claimant. Sergt/| Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Cap Grayson| The official character & Signature of the Justice before whom the [illegible] declr was made should be certified by the clerk of the Court, which should be attached to the papers [illegible] as required by the regulation note.  I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L.  EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.  The following regulations have been adopted:  This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to 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 not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served onboard 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 being in actual military service.  Four general classes 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, mucicians 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 State, 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 7th, 1832.  That 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 term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers') the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the county through which he marched. This form is  to  be  varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to 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 a subscribed the day and year aforesaid. ---A. B. [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 served as he states.  I -- of the Court of -- do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the 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, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points. out.  Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the 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 ---, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be --  years of age; that he is reputed and believed, 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 matter, and after purring the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, 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 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 matter of the application of --for a pension.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand seal -- of office, this-- day of -- &c.  Every applicant will produce the best proof in this 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 of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may 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 od his
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3 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 the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these 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 there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the 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 n what year were you born?  2.  Have you any 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?  And if a substitute, for whom?  5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental 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 given, and what has become of it?  {To an Officer.  {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it 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 the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so 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 to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  Applicants unable to appear in Court, be reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration 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 that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and  that 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 case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties 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) 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.  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."  It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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 about three or four months, is too indefinite, 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 a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, by clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place of places where the 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 preformed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.  (f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.  (g) The opinion of the Cour 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, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.  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 other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.  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 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 witnesses, 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 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.  Geo. B. Whiting
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December 3, 1930
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF : MLB
Mrs. John W. Lawless
Talley Road
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30707, that Thomas Smith was born July 23, 1752 (O. S.) in Albemarle County, Virginia.
While residing in Albemarle County, Virginia, he enlisted in March, 1776 and served four and one half months in Captain Nicholas Lewis' company, Colonel Charles Lewis' Virginia regiment; after which, he served three and one half months taking care of the sick at Newcastle. He enlisted January, 1781 and served as private and sergeant in Captain William Grayson's company, a part of the time under Colonels Charles Dabney and Charles Lewis, length of service about six and one half months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, at which time he was living in Clark County, Kentucky, having moved there in 1794.
He died July 25, 1828.
There is no reference to either wife or children.
Very truly yours
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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Mr Smith Sargt Sword
Irvings Store
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Irvings Store June 5 1781

Sir
you are to take charge of all the stores and those two prisoners untill they are sent for, you will be particular in not leting the men run about, I have left the key of the lower lumber; house and when there comes com by water you must Receive it, and be particular in measuring, it and keep an account of it and the com that comes in waggons you must send down to the S. lake

Joseph Yarsborough S. Keeper
Mr Smith Sargt. guard
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State of Kentucky
Clarke County Sct
On this 25th day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Richard French now sitting, being a court of record expressly made so by the act of the legislature establishing it, Thomas Smith a resident of Clarke County and State aforesaid aged eighty years *He was born in Albemarle County, State of Virginia the 23rd of July 1752 old style 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated. On the second saturday in March 1776 he enlisted in the Minute service in the company commanded by Captain Nicholas Lewis, he then lived in the county of Albemarle Virginia where he always lived until 1794 - he moved & got to Kentucky the 14th of December & he has lived in Clarke County Kentucky ever since in the place he now lives - where said company was raised he thinks it was in the 4th Regiment commanded by Col. Charles Lewis - They were first ordered by him to With Courthouse in North Carolina by General Andrew Lewis - said order was countermanded and they were thence ordered to Burrell's farm there they built a fort Col. Richard Mead was engineer at that place as [illegible] was finished they were thence ordered to Frager's ferry - before they got there the orders were countermanded & we were ordered to New Castle about the last of July 1776 - Thence we were ordered against the Indians on French Broad - He did not go the last trip in consequence of sickness the company returned about Christmas He remained at New Castle he thinks by the order of Cap Chas. Nevin 3 1/2 months taking care of the sick He was in service from the second Saturday in March until the last day of July 1776 & while they were gone against the Indians he was still considered in service & that month taking care of the sick

*The record of his age is contained in a family Bible - at the sale of his father's estate his brother William Smith purchased said Bible & now has it in Nelson County Virginia
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Making his term & the time he was attending to the sick eight months - during which time he was not employed in any civil pursuit
The next time he entered the service as a drafted Malitia Man in the Virginia Militia between the 10th and 15th of January 1781 - in the company of Captain William Grayson raised in Albemarle County Virginia where he then lived we marched in sight of Hampton - Thence ordered to the half way house between York and Hampton - Col James Barnett who lived in Amherst County commanded at the half way house - Thence we were ordered to York where we were commanded by Col Chas. Dabney & Majr Campbell - while there a negroe boy came post haste from half way house - belonging to Tho. Miles * - on the 15th day of March 1781 he was permitted to get his brother home who was sick and disabled (see certificate marked A) He then attended to the sick in the hospital constantly agreeably to orders until the fifth of May 1781 he entered the Militia again - as Sargent he commanded commanded in in Capt. William Graysons Company He was ordered by Col. John Cole to the old Isle, under Capt. Chas. Russell he remained there sometime, about two weeks, till we got the place filled up with stores, Thence he was ordered by Russell to Irvines old store - he had the sole command of eighty or ninety men there for about one months as sargent (see certificate Marked B.) Then he was ordered by Russell to throw the stores across James River - He sent men up and down the River to prep boats - up the River the Cabbell family furnished 21 boats & negroes to work them it had but one boat down the River in waggons - he moved then to New Glasgow. He was one months there. AT which place on the last day of the month of July 1781 Col. Hugh Rose gave him a written direction to return to his proper officer in Albemarle - Lieutenant Beckam - There he remained subject to order for sometime he does not well recollect* - Altogether he was in the Minute service eight months - and in the Militia service or if his services in the hospital & brother was sick were counted his whole malitia service as he was not discharged at all will be nine and a half months to [illegible] six months and a half - He states that he lost all the discharges he had many years since - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except 17 1/2
Smith, Thomas. Va S30707

*he was taken sick & remained sick a good while & was never regularly discharged he was still sick when he heard Cornwallis had surrendered

* the boy required for Col. Chas. Dabney & informed him the british were at the half way house- Majr. Campbell order out 60 men to act as infantry during one engagement but the British retreated to their shipping of Newport News where they remained all winter
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months - the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state - The papers refered to in the first part of his declaration are the only documentary evidence he now has - He knows of no living witness by whom he can prove any part of his services - & he cannot produce any other proof than the certificate marked A. B Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thos Smith
He is well known to the Hon Chilton Allan, James Clark, Samuel Hanson, Sam M Taylor - who can testify as to his veracity - in addition to those who have testified hereto - all of whom accordingly testified in open court to the truth of the [illegible] herein contained. 

We John Morton a clergyman, residing in the county of Clarke and State of Kentucky and Nathaniel Ragland residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Smith, who has subscribed and sworn to the above dec
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laration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed & 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 day & year aforesaid John Morton 
Nathaniel Ragland

And the said court hereby declares its 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 certifies, that it appears to him that John Morton who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the county of Clarke and is a credible person and that Nathaniel Ragland who has signed the same is a resident of Clarke County & is a credible person & their statement is entitled to credit
Richard French

I Samuel M. Taylor clerk of the Court of Clarke County Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of

Smith, Thomas
Va S30707
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the application of Thomas Smith for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 25th day of September 1832
Sam. M. Taylor

State of Kentucky
Clarke County Sct.
This day personally appeared before me an acting justice of the peace for said county Thomas Smith, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & 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 period mentioned below & in the following grades - For four & a half months he served as a minute man - on the morning the second saturday in March and ending the last day of July 1776 - For three & half months he remained by orders at New Castle as a nurse taking care of the sick - from the first of August to the 15th of November 1776 - For four months commencing 15th January 1781 and ending 15th Nov 1781 he served as a militia man & from 15th May 1781 to the last day of July 1781 was in service as a sargent having the command of eighty or ninety men making 2 1/2 month so that
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all together he was in service as above stated fourteen months and a half months - 
In minute service - 4 1/2
As a nurse - 3 1/2
As militia man - 4 1/2
As sergent - 2 1/2 14 1/2
Under the officers - during the tours - & performing the services as stated in this declaration hereto annexed - & for the time during which the service was performed - he was not employed in any civil pursuit - for which he claims a pension
Given under my hand this 25th day of July 1833
Wm F. Hockaday JPCC

Clarke County Sct
This day also appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace for said county Saml Hanson J. B. Hockaday Milton Allan and severally made oath that they have [illegible] old neighbour [illegible] Thomas Smith for a great
that he has generally reputed a soldier of the revolution & they believe the statement contained in his declaration hereto annexed are true - Given this 29th day of August
Wm. F. Hockaday J.P.

State of Kentucky
Clarke County Sct
I James P. Bullock Clerk of the County Court for the county of Clarke & State aforesaid do hereby certify that William F. Hockaday whose proper signature is subscribed to the foregoing certificate hereto attached was at the date thereof acting Justice of the peace for said county and state & that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit - & the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter for the application of Thomas Smith for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 2nd day of October 1833 ~ 

WINCHESTER KY, SEP 29 free
Honble Lewis Cass
War Department
Washington City

Smith, Thomas
Va. S30707
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April 21, 1931
Mrs. John W. Lawless Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
201 Talley Road MCS : MLB
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
You are advised that no claim for pension was made to the United States by any one as the widow of Thomas Smith ( S. 30707 ).
Very truly yours
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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Chattanooga Tenn -
March 12 - 1931

Bureau of Pensions.
Dear Sir - [illegible] did not Judith Smith draw pension of her husband's Thomas Smith did in Clark County Kentucky July 28 - 1838 his own pension claim was S. 30707-
If she did not will you please send me copy of same as I am trying to get her maiden name birth marrage and death. 
Thanking you for the trouble.
Mrs John W Lawless

Mrs John W. Lawless
201 Talby Road
Chattanooga Tenn
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Chattanooga Tenn
Apr 9 - 1930
Bureau of Pensions
Hear Sir. Have you any word of having [illegible] a [illegible] to one Thomas Smith who died in Clark County Kentucky I think he was from Virginia his will was written June 1837 probated Aug - 1838 his wife was Judith - and children were
Benjamin N Smith
Martha Smith Ragland
Charles L Smith
 Thomas Smith Jr
Mary Smith Jewell
Mildred Smith Vance
Elizabeth Smith Luisenberg
Nancy Smith Berry
I have heard since [illegible] that this man was in the war 1812 of he was [illegible] me what [illegible] you have in you
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office - some say this Thomas Smith was a [illegible] major in the Revolutionary of course I do not know.
Your very lively,
Stella Jewell Lawless
Adhere
Mrs John N Lawless
Talley Road
Chattanooga Tenn.
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30707
Revy Invalid
File No 30707
Thomas Smith
Sept Rev War
Act: June 7th 32"
Index: Vol. 2, Page 381
[Arrangement of 1870]

1930 Doc. 3 - Hist to Mrs. John W. Lawless
1921. Apr. 21 Mrs John W. Lawless  [Aug]
adv. no din. for pen filed by widow 
of Thos. Smith.   [mcs]