Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 40447, for Moses Smith, New York
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(3-1776)  Number
Service
New York
Smith Moses
S40447
Contents
[illegible] in Walkill Twp. Orange [illegible] N. Y. in 1818 aged 59 years & res of Phila PA
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1929
Pennsylvania
Moses Smith
Capt Grage
[illegible] 
New York Line 6 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 30 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of July 1818 and sent to Mr. T Smith
No. 266 Lumbard St.
Philadelphia
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818
4 [illegible]  $33.33
{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
City of Philadelphia
S40447
See letter of Sept/ 1829 to Major Hook Evidence copies for Col. Nicholas & handed to Major Hook Feb. 18, 1832
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Moses Smith
Soldier - 30 April
Correct
The seal may be dispensed with
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Pennsylvania St.
[illegible] remembered that on this 30th day of April AD. eighteen hundred & eighteen, before me the subscriber [illegible] Hemphill President of the District Court of the city of Phia, personally appeared Moses Smith, aged fifty nine years now resident in the City of Philadelphis in the State aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn according to law oath made the following declaration on oath in order to obtain the provisions made by the late Act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain pensions engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." that the said Moses Smith did in the spring of seventeen hundred and seventy six in the Township of Warhill County of Orange and State of N. York enlist into Capt. Crage's company of fact for one year, was mustered at fort constitution and joined Colonel Van [illegible] Regiment served the year out in said Regiment, and then enlisted in Capt. Smiths company for during the war, joined the [illegible][illegible] Regiment commanded by Colonal Van Cortland on the Continental establishment that he served in said Regiment to the end of the war, and that he was discharged in the Spring of seventeen hundred & eighty three with the main army at Snake Hill in Orange County & state aforesaid, that he [illegible] his land in the State of N. York and his Continental County land from the United States, that he was in the battle of Long Island giving [illegible] of N. York & White Plains & at the [illegible] of Cornwallis; and many small or Shirmishes during the war, was [illegible] wounded in the face & leg, that he has never received any pension & humbly releases to the United States all claims thereto, that he is a nation born resident citizen of the United States, and that he by old age and [illegible] circumstances in life is in need of assistance
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=assistance from his country for support, and that he knows of no other testimony here in the City he can give of his servises but a [illegible] to his enlistment discharge, and drafts of the land he drew for his services recorded in the war office. Sworn to & [illegible] before me tja day and year aforesaid.
30th April 1818
Jos. Hemphill
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Moses Smith
Found on Roll of the NY line
Free
The Honorable Secretay of War:  [illegible] Washington City
Correct
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Philadelphia May third 1818
The Honorable John Calhoun Secretary of War
Sir,
Please to [illegible] to inclose to you my testimony of my services in the Revolutionary War; duly taken before judge Hemphill of this City, it brings in [illegible] out of my [illegible] to bring forward any living testimony [illegible] of my services; I reference your [illegible] to my enlistment and discharge- together with the [illegible] of the [illegible] of N. York Line; and the [illegible] of [illegible] in the State of New York and my [illegible] for my Continental [illegible] [illegible] which [illegible] [illegible] the [illegible] took many that the return of my [illegible] might [illegible]-Those [illegible] and be found in the State of New York; and [illegible] in the War [illegible] of the Unites States which [illegible] [illegible] Honor was in [illegible]
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profession of [illegible] land in an early [illegible] for anything [illegible], and was a [illegible] given for my discharge with [illegible] for my land.  [illegible] in the County of Cayuga in the State of New York. 
[illegible]  should you find me entitled to a pension from the United States please to send my certificate for my [illegible] enclosed in a letter directed to Mr. [illegible] Smith N. 266 Lombard St. Philadelphia and I will [illegible] it [illegible] with my grateful thanks to my country and to your, Sir. I am respectfully your [illegible] humble [illegible]
Moses Smith
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
19.
In reply to your request of _, received
for a statement of the military history of
Moses Smith a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 40447
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Spr 1776 to Spring 1783
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 year
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Crage (?)
Israel Smith
COLONEL.
Van Scha [illegible]
Van Cortland 2" Regt. "
State NY
Battles engaged in, Long Island White Plains, Yorktown; was wounded in face & leg 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl in Walkill  Twp Orange Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Apr 30, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Philadelphia, Pa.
Age at date of application, 59
Remarks: There is no family data on file
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40447
Invalid.
Revy
File No. 40447
Moses Smith
Pri Rev War
Act 18th March 18
Index:-Vol. [illegible] ., Page 467
[Arrangement of 1870.]
not sent
Nov. 19. 15  [illegible  [illegible date last payment
1915 Nov. 26 History to Mr. Charles E Bond. MBH
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James H. Hook
for 
Moses Smith
Rcd 7 Sept 1829.
388
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Dear Sir
The enclosed are respectfully referred to you. Mr. Edwards remark that evidence of Moses Smith having served to the end of the war is on file and this office & he presumes it is [illegible] [illegible] 
May I ask to hear from you as early as convenient to enable me to reply to Major J. N. Barker of Pha by whom the declaration was sent [illegible]?
With much [illegible]
J. H. Hook 7 Sep
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Revolutionary Claim
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1714
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officer's and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 16th of May, 1828, I Moses Smith of New York, in the County & State of New York, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Israel Smith's company in the second Regiment of the New York Line commanded by Colonel Van Cortlandt.  I also declare that I did not afterwards receive certificates for the reward of eighty dollar, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778, but that in the year 1818 applied to the War Department for a pension, which was granted, which [illegible] [illegible] in the city of Philadelphia from the 4th of September 1818, until March 1820.  That in September 1826 on my application to the agent for my pension then due I was informed that I had been sticken from the pension list, and could receive no further payment of pension there.  That being ignorant of the [illegible] of procedure to procure my pension, I left my papers with James N. Barker Esq. at Philadelphia and went away poor, and grieved in hear, in which situation I still remain, with additional age and infirmities, which render me unable to support myself and make necessary for me to throw myself in the Justice and generosity of my country. And I further declares that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and have not received any pension since the 4th of March 1820.
[illegible] my hand this nineteenth day of August in the year eighteen hundred & twenty nine.
Moses Smith
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Before me Peter Christian, an alderman of the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day Cory Meeker and Jospeh Althouse, of the said city, who did severally make oath that Moses Smith, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reported and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein [illegible].
Witness my hand this nineteenth day of Sugust in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
Peter Christian [illegible]
I, William Stewart, Clerk of the major court of the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that Peter Christian Esquire, before me whom the foregoing affidavit were sworn, was at the time an alderman of the said City and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony where of, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thoughts and eight hundred and twenty-nine.
W. Stewart, Clerk
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War Department
Pension Office
September 7, 1829
Sir,
I herewith return the affidavit of Moses Smith, which you left here this morning.  I find from an examination of his case, that his pension was stopt under the Act of May 1, 1820.  Having never exhibited a schedule of property under that law, he has received no pension since the 4th of March of that year.  As he served to the end of the war, he can, I presume, on application at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, obtain the benefits of the act of May 15, 1828.  his affidavit appears to have been drawn up with reference to that law.
I am respectfully your Obt. Servt.
James L. Edwards
Major J. H. Hook
U. States Army
Present
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Act 1828
Settled at Treasury
Cousd with Invalid file
35.0 [illegible] [illegible]
It should leave [illegible] part were S. 40447 he was the Phila man
 Will Mr. Dicken [illegible] enable me to [illegible] to Major Barker relative to old [illegible]
J.H. Hook
12 Oct
Major J. H. Hook
[illegible] Army
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Rec'd 12 Oct 1829   904
Phila 10 Oct 1829
[illegible]
I am anxious to learn the state of your [illegible]; we are all most anxious.
Old Mr. Smith, the pensioner, [illegible] make his morning call of duty & truly having in the first place [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] office.
Do write me, if but one line.
The best wishes of all of me & mine [illegible]
Jms. Barker
My [illegible]
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1714.
No of orig Payt 1007
Revolutionary Claims.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
24 Sept 1829
Moses Smith
of New York has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in Captain Israel Smith's company in Col Van Cortlandt Regiment of the New York
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
FA Dickins
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
25th September 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Moses Smith in the New York line
It further appears that a man by the name of Moses Smith is now on the pension
list of the New York agency, and has been so since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of Eight dollars per month. He has been paid to the 4th September 1828-
Peter Hagner [illegible]
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OFFICE OF
AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
November 23, 1915
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the nineteenth instant.
you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Philadelphia, Pa. the records of this office show last payment to have been made to
Moses Smith, Private, Army of the Rev., certificate No. 1929. at $8.00 per month, to March 4, 1820, when his name was stricken
from the roll.
Neither the date of his death nor the name of the person to whom payment was made is shown.
Letter herewith returned.
1820.
Respectfully,
By
Oscar A Price
Auditor.
Form 3577
Ed Jan 21-11-2,000
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Pension
O
U. S.
Nov 24 1915
Office
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[illegible]
3-397
(Old N0. 3-399)
Rev War Section
[illegible] File No. 40447
Moses Smith
AW Ex'r.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENsiONS,
Washington, D. C., Nov. 19, 1915
Office [illegible] [illegible]
Nov 22 1915
Sir:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Moses Smith pensioned under the Act Mar 18, 1818, from Apr. 30, 1818, by certificate No. 1929, issued July 28, 1818, rate $8  Per. Mo. Penn. Agency showing date of last payment of pensioner, name of person paid and date of death.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.
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[illegible] 1 Rev Sec
one 2 ct Stamp
Enclosed 
Stamp [illegible] 
G.M. Saltzgaber Esquire,
Law Division,
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
November 9th. 1815
Yours of the date September 22, 1915
at hand note all you say and in sending Companies
William Bond Soldier of 1812 Buried in Pavilion N. Y. has record reading thus,
William Bond Lieutenant, November 16, 1792 left Fort Franklin for post at Cassawanga on French Creek; arriving at camp January 16, 1793.
1784 at Fort Franklin.
Mr Bond or Ensign William Bond with General Knox 1792 made speech February 17, 1792 at Cornplanters Town Fort Franklin.
Colombia County 1793 in Lieutenant Colonel Philip VanAlstines Regement
William Bond, Ensign
1796 Lieutenant in John A VanBeuren's Company
1798 Lieutenant removed by Council of Appointments
1784 - 1821 Niagra & Cattaraugus County New York Volunteers.
I find that Moses Smith of Westerlo ( 1803), Albany County Member of Assembly
State of New York April 28, 1804-5; served in
Moses Smith Ensign 5th Regiment Infantry Orange County New York
Moses Smith, 2d Regiment of Line; 4th Regiment Line & 12 Regiment Line Albany County New York
Moses Smith 2 Regiment Colonel Philip Van Courtland, New York
Moses Smith 4th Regiment Line Colonel James Holmes, New York
Moses Smith Col. Jacobus Van Schoonhovens 12 Regt. Albany County New York
Also would like to know of
Captain Jeremiah Smith Gloucester County 3 Battalion November 14, 1778 & November 28, 1776 in First Regiment Essex County New Jersey.
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Will you kindly state if any claim for pension is filed in which these men are in receipt of Pensionsor have right to Pension.
I have stated companies as near as I can find out in records printed in New York State & Jersey in Revolutionary war & submit them to your
approval hoping you will advise me as to their right of pension.
Enclosed please find stamp for return answer
Truly Yours
Charles Elmer Bond
Address 12 North Broadway, White Plains, N. Y.
[illegible Nov 10 1915 Office