Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19056, for Samuel Smith, New York
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SERVICE
New York

Smith, Samuel 
Nancy

NUMBER
W 19056
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Reported
to Agt  
1849
Aug15 1849


297
New York Albany
Nancy Smith,
widow of Samuel Smith
N. Y.
who served in the Revolutionary war
as a private
___________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars ___ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
_______________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
 19th day of June 1848
and sent to James G. Austin
Phelps
Ontario Co. N.Y.

____________________
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 185 Vo;. 4
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Paid at the Bank of the Metropoliton
in Washington DC 4 Sept. 1835
letter to J.P. Van Ness  Sept 4 1835
Letter to Van Ness 8th Oct 1843
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J. Patterson May 2, 1836
to James  Sept. 28
self, at March 9. 1838
to Samuel Smith April 1830
Saml Smith Aug 1838
do to J. Smith Jan. 22d 1841-
do to H.H. Sylbut
Oct 1814


30.192
Albany New York
Samuel Smith
Monroe in the State of New York
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Townsend of the regt. commanded
by Col Graham in the New York
line for 6 months private
_____________________
Issued in the roll of Albany N York
the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
____________
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Oct
1835
and delivered to
Pensioner Present
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1835       $80.00
Grant. allowance ending
                                                             11.00
                                                             _______
                                                            $91.00
Recorded by Dan Boyd, Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 60
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832      ⎬
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Samuel Smith
as off
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State of New York
Monroe County
Town of Persia, SS
Isaac Smith of the Town of Attica Genesse County
and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to
law deposes and says that he is a brother of
Samuel Smith and that in the year 1778 this
deponent resided in the town of Fredericksburg
in Dutchess County. that he was knowing that
his said Brother was in the Revolutionary Army
during the summer of 1777 stationed at a place called Robinsons Mills in Dutchess County about
five miles from where this deponent then lived
and that this deponent was well acquainted with
Captain Elijah Townsend and knows that said Townsand was stationed at the said Mills at the time above mentioner 1777 and this deponent was frequently at the said Mills during the summer of 1777 and saw his Brother there as a soldier some times on parade under arms and understood he belonged to Captain Townsends company and frequently saw after Townsand exercising the company when his said brother was on parade that
this deponent was 14 in his 15th year at that time that the said troops were stationed at the said Mills
for the purpose of guarding public property and 
provisions stored at that place this deponent is confident that the service was called Six month
service and that his brother was at home frequently
during the time for a day or two at a time and
from the best recollection of this deponent he 
was in the service six months at this time.
                                         Isaac Smith

Sworn & Subscribed the 21st day of May 1834
before me
John E Paterson J.P
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I certify that I am acquainted with Isaac Smith the person making the within affidavit and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and that his statement can be relied on or correct.
Sworn June 20th 1834
John E Patterson J.P


State of New York
Monroe County ss. I certify that John E. Paterson Esquire before whom the within affidavit was sworn
was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his proper hand &
signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of November 1834
Leonard Adams, Clerk
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13.811
the matter
of
Samuel Smith
pension Applicant

Declaration affidavits



A. Samson
Agent
Rochester
N.Y.
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State of New York
Monroe County SS: Personally appeared before me
the undersigned a justice of the peace Samuel Smith who being duly sworn deposeth & 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 & in the following grades. First. one year. 2d one year and Eight days; 3rd  six months: 4th three months. Each and every of the above times he served as a private & for such service he claims a pension. This deponent
further says that he is now confident that his third
period of service commenced on the first day of
March instead of the first of April as mentioned
in the declaration.
                               Samuel Smith

Subscribed & Sworn to this third day of June 1833 before me.
Allexander S. Alexander J. Peace


State of New York
Monroe County
I certify that Alexander S. Alexander Esqr. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and official seal this third day of
June 1833-
Leonard Adams, Clerk
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State of New York
Monroe County ⎬ SS. On this third day of October personally appeared in open Court before Peter Prices,
Joseph Sibley & Samual Castle, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Monroe now sitting, .Samuel Smith a resident of the town of Parma in said County and State of New York aged seventy five years and two months who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon 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. That some time in the month of January in the year 1775 he enlisted for the term of one year in a regiment commanded by Colonel Mc Dugal in a company commanded by Captain Comfort Suddenton & Lieutenant Elijah Oakley, that said company was opened for individuals to enlist on Christmas day in the year 1774 and that his years service commenced at that time, that he enlisted in the town of Fredericksburg in the County of Dutchess and State of New York at the time above mentioned and about 1st Period the first of March of said year 1775 he together with his of service company marched directly to New York City-- that he was that year
stationed and remained at New York City until his
years service expired which was on Christmas day of
the year 1775, that he was discharged at New York City
and does not recollect of having received a written 
discharge, was discharged by said Captain Suddenton
This deponent further says that on or about the first
of January of the year 1776 he again enlisted for one
year at New York City in a Brigade commanded by
General Mc Dugal in a regiment commanded by Col.
Richmond and Lieut. Col. Frederick Widenfelt, in a
company commanded by Captain Andrew Billings
Lieut. Benjamin Pelton and Ensign Daniel Pelton,
that he remained at New York City until a short time
before the British captured that place, from thence
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he was ordered to march to a place near Kingsbridge
in the State of New York. that the regiment in which
he was serving lay at that place and about there for
some time, the precise time he does not now recollect
he was then ordered to march to White Plains and remained there until after the battle-- was in the battle
at White Plains which owing to the Superiority of the British compelled the Americans to retreat, they retreated
a short distance from the place where the battle was
fought and soon after said battle his company was ordered to march to Trenton in the State of New Jersey, he marched with his company to said last mentioned
place but the day before arriving at that place and on
this term of one years service expired, but at the solicitation of his commanding officer himself 
together with many or all of the company to which be
was attached volunteered their services to go on the
expedition to Trenton, they arrived there the next day after marching all in night in a storm and were very soon warmly engaged in the battle at that a place in which battle he assisted in capturing  of nine hundred Hessians, and that after having served for one year and about eight days and on or about the first of January in the year 1777 he was discharged by his Captain near Trenton, thinks he received a written discharge which has since been lost.
This deponent further says that some time in the spring of the year 1777 and to the best of his recollection on or about the first of April of said year he again enlisted under Captain Elijah Townsend for the term of six months. that he enlisted at Fredericksborough
in the County of Dutchess and State of New York, that very soon after he enlisted he marched to a place called Red Mills about four miles from the town of Fredericksborough aforesaid, that his company was stationed then for the purpose of protecting
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the provisions of the United States army from the
frequent incursions of the Tories, that he remained at said
lace during the whole of his six month service and was there discharged by his captain but does not recollect of having received a written discharge.
He further says that on or about the first of October in the year 1777 he again enlisted for six months in a regiment commanded Colonel Henry Suddenton in a company commanded by Capt John Hiat, that he enlisted at Fredericksborough aforesaid at said last mentioned time and immediately marched to near Sing Sing in New York State and remained there and about then for three months when the British went to their winter quarter cold
weather having commenced and he was discharged
together with his company-- does not recollect of having received a written discharge-.
This deponent further says that he was born in the year 1757 on the 13th day of July of said year that he has now and for a long time has had a written memorandum of his birth. He further says that he was born in the town of Fredericksborough in the County and State aforesaid
that he lived in said place until he was about thirty years old from thence he moved to a place called Quemans Patent in said State where he lived about five years, he then went to New Polk in Ulster County and State of New York where he lived about thirty years. He then moved to Seneca in Ontario County and said State where he lived about three years from thence he moved to Parma in the
County of Monroe and State of New York where he now resides and has resided for about seven years. This deponent further says that there are now living two individuals viz Isaac Smith his brother and
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Samuel Gregory who are knowing to his having served
in the revolutionary war, whose affidavits he has 
procured which are hereto annexed and to which for
further proof be refers. He further says that he is well
known to Joseph Gould, Samuel Gregory and John C
Patterson Esq. who live in the neighbourhood and
have for for a long time been acquainted with him. He further says that owing to the clergyman living in his neighbourhood being unwell he is unable to procure
his attendance in court but he has obtained his affidavit which is hereto annexed and to for proof.
He further says that he hereby relinquishes every
claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the
present and declares that to his knowledge his name
is not on the Pension Roll of any state.
                                     Samuel Smith
Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me 
Saml Castle
Judge  Morgan County Court

We John E. Patterson and Samuel Gregory residing in
the town of Parma in the County of Monroe and State of
New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Smith who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration and  that we believe him to be seventy five years and two months old. that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
                            John E, Patterson
                             his mark
                           Samuel Gregory
                             his mark

 Subscribed the and year a,foresaid before me
                       Saml Castle Judge
In presence of Elihu Lockwood


And the said Court do hereby declare there opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war
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The department that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the
Court further certifies that it appears to them that
that it appears to them John Patterson & Samuel
Gregory who have signed the preceding certificate
are residents in the town of Parma in the County of
Monroe and State of New York, that they are
credible persons and that their statement is 
entitled to credit.
I Leonard Adams Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Smith for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 3 day of October 1832
L. Adams Clerk
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Monroe County ss. 
Joseph Gould a Clergyman residing in the town of Parma and County aforesaid being sworn deposes and says
that he is well acquainted with Samuel Smith of Parma aforesaid and has been for six or seven years now last past. that he believes the said Samuel Smith to be seventy five years of age, that he is generally reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the revolution and that he the said Joseph Gould concurs in that opinion.
                                                      Joseph Gould

Sworn to this ninth day of September 1832 before me.
              John E. Paterson Justice
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State of New York
Marion County ss.
I, Leonard Adams Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that John E. Paterson before whom the within affidavit it was sworn was at the date of the same
a Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly qualified and that I am acquainted with his hand
writing and verily believe that the signature to the said
affidavit is his proper hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office this 5th day of October 1832-
                                       L. Adams Clerk
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Monroe County SS
On this third day of October one thou sand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before Peter Price, James Smith & Samuel Castle, Judges of the Court of Common pleas now sitting, Samuel Gregory of the town of Parma in said County of Monroe who being duly sworn made solemn oath that he is well acquainted with Samuel Smith of Parma aforesaid and was acquainted with him during the revolutionary war. That this deponent and said Smith were both born in the town of Fredericksborough now called Putnam in the County of Dutchess and State of New York, that this deponent knows that said Smith
did serve as a soldier in the revolutionary war, that during the year 1777 this deponent saw said Smith at a place called Red Mills in Frederickborrough doing military duty at which place the company to which he belonged was stationed to protect provisions belonging to the army which were deposited there, that this deponent saw him twice during that summer while on duty at that place. This deponent further says
that he remembers that said Smith was absent from home the greater part of the time during the
years 1775, 1776 & 1777. that it was generally reputed and believed at the time and well understood that said Smith was in the army as a soldier, that this deponent was frequently at the house of the father of said Smith where he often heard the subject talked of. This deponent further says that he was seventy one years of
age on the Eighth day of April last.
                                             Samuel Gregory
Subscribed and sworn this 3d day of October 1832 
before me.
                     Saml Castle, Judge Monroe County Courts
In presence of Elihu Lockwood
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State of New York
Monroe County ss
I. Leonard Adams, Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County of Monroe do hereby certify the within affidavit was sworn to in open Court before Samuel Castle one of the Judges of the said Court. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of October 1832
                                              L. Adams Clerk
I Samuel Castle Judge of Monroe County Courts
do certify that on the third day of October 1832 Samuel
Gregory swore to the above affidavit before me. I further certify that for a number of years last
past I have been personally acquainted with said
Gregory who swore to the aforesaid affidavit and
that his character for truth & veracity is now & has always been unexceptionable & that his affidavit is entitled to entire credit-
                                          Saml Castle
Dated at Parma August 28th 1853


State of New York
Monroe County ss. I certify that Samuel Castle before whom the above mentioned affidavit of Samuel Gregory was sworn was at the date thereof and also at the date of the above certificate on of the Judges of the County Courts of said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily
believe, that his name subscribed to said certificate is his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty eighth
day of August 1833.
                                      L. Adams Clerk
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13.811
The matter
of
Samuel Smith

Pension Applicant
Declaration affidavits
&c
A. Samson
Agent
Rochester
N.Y.
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State of New york
Monroe County 
On this 31 day of July 1822 Isaac Smith of the
Town of Attica County of Genessee came before me
the subscriber one of the Justices of the County of Monroe who being duly sworn according to Law on his oath make the following declaration. that Samuel Smith now a resident of the Town of Parma County of Monroe is a brother of this deponent and that in the year 1775 this deponent and the said Samuel Smith lived in the Town of Fredricksborough in the County of Dutchess and State of New York that the said Samuel Smith
enlisted in the year 1775 in the New York State Troops under Captain Sudenton for one year and that the said Samuel Smith was absent during the year and that in the year 1776 his said Brother enlisted in the New York State troops under Captain Billings and was absent from home during the year and that in the year 1777 the said Samuel Smith was out on to Six months Tours and this deponent says that the Last six months his brother served under Captain Townsend and was stationed at Red Mills in Dutchess County and this deponent saw him these seven times while in the service at that place and that this deponent recollects
hearing his said brother-- relate the circumstances of his being in the Battle at White Plains and Trenton and
that this deponent was in hearing of the guns at the Battle of White Plains and believed at the time and still believes his said brother was in the said battle and this deponent further saith that he fully believed at the time and still verily believes that the said Samuel Smith
served in the Revolutionary war the whole length of
time above specified.
                                      Isaac Smith
Subscribed and sworn the 31st day of July 1832 before me.
                                      John C Paterson Justice
State of New York
Monroe County    ⎬ SS
  I Leonard Adam, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that John Patterson before whom the within
affidavit was sworn, was at the
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date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly qualified and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is his proper hand writing -
In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this 5th day of October 1832
                                    L. Adams Clerk

I, John E. Patterson a Justice of the Peace of Monroe County do certify that on the 31st day of July 1832 Isaac Smith swore to the above or within affidavit before me. I further certify that previous to that time I had not been personally acquainted with the said Isaac Smith who swore to the above or within affidavit
but from the knowledge & obtained at that time and have since obtained of his character for truth and veracity it is now and always has been an exceptionable and that his affidavit is entitled to entire credit. at August 27th 1833
                                    John O Paterson JP
Pension Applicant
Samuel Smith


State of New York
Monroe County
 I certify that John E. Patterson Esq. before
whom the above affidavit of Isaac Smith was sworn
was at the date of said affidavit and also at the date of the above certificate a Justice of the peace in for said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his signature  above subscribed is his proper hand  writing and signature - Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty eighth day of August 1833
                                                  L. Adams Clerk
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1382
Saml Smith
┃ ⌨
-
credibility of the witnesses
not duly certified
Ashley Samson Esq
Rochester,
N.Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Aug 22 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 notes and the regulations will shew 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.
Enlisted 1775  1 year Private Capt Suddenton  Col Mc Dugal
Marched to New York was remained  75 yrs 7 mo. Sworn & traditional

Enlisted 1776  1 yr  Private  Lt. Ashley New York until discharged  County Dutchess NY

Volunteer after discharge    1 yr 8 mo. Lt. Mc Dugal,Capt. Billings, Lt. Petterson. Co. Richmond,  White Plains Trenton New Jersey

Enlisted Apr 1777  6 mo. 

6
with
Enteral
77
Entd Sew.
Statement shewing the service of Saml South
Duration of the
claimant's service.
1
1
1. Labor &
77
to
Amo: set
3 -
6
┃ 3
9
Rank of
the
claimant.
Names and Rank
of the Company
officers under
whom he served.
Private Cap Indenton
Oakley
Names and Rank
of the General
and Field officers.
Col McDugal
Wife
Private Cap Townsend
-
Richmond
Battles in which
the applicant was
engaged.
Country through
which he marched.
manted to
┃ New York
and mane
Bentel
Richard
Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and age
at the present
period-
Evidence by
which the declaration
is sup-
-
75 years & ┃
months ┃
┃ County Dutely
New York
He afterwards says his time
of service commenced on & massday
1774.
┃ New York
┃ henbridge
While plains ┃
Winter in ┃
New Jersey
went to Freed
and Crown rent
went to a
Rents
was then
┃ Joseph
While place
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
ported.
Living with
& Tradition
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 on board 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, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, 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.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State Territory or
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion 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
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country 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
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.
of the Court of
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and 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 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
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 them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that 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.
1.
Clerk of the Court of
for a pension.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but it 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 of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 are 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 in 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 and 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 un Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
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 he 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
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.
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 by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be
fore 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.
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will foldeclarant
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
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
smite the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
defnite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension that 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
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
not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year----months, and
served as and for such service I claim a pension."
in the
rect the reason to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service the
the indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
highly objectionable. It must, in every
the particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
that served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authat
he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must fix 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 pubseal
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.
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 waness
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal
note applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Castleton N.Y.
Nov 5th 1834
1884
Mr Samuel Smith
Parmer Center
Monroe County
M
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Samuel
Case
Smith
aff
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State New York
Green County SS
Elisha Smith in the of the town of Strathmore in the County of Greene and State of New York being duly sworn maketh Oath & saith that he was born in the Town of Freder Town
in the County of Dutchess & State aforesaid & Now Town of Carmel County of Putnam, that
he this Deponent had a Brother Named Samuel all who was born & resided at the places aforesaid & who now resides at Parma Center in the County of Monroe & State afore
said - This deponent further saith that the
said Samuel Smith in the month of February
1776 enlisted in a company of minute men
commanded by Capt Comfort Luddington
in Col Jacobus Swartwouts Regiment &
marched to the dutchess Co. of New York where he was stationed & served out the Term of one year in the service of the United States & was discharged in February 1777 & that the said Samuel  Smith was employed principally in building forts & fortifications this deponent for with that he enlisted in the same company with the said Samuel Smith & served out his Term of Service & was discharged at the same time after having served one year in the service of the United States.
                               Elisha Smith
Sworn & Subscribed this 28 day of October 1834 before me 
                                Dorrance Kirtland
       First Judge of Greene County aforesaid

I Certify that the said Elisha Smith who signed
the above affidavit is a man of Good moral character & a creditable witness
dated 28 day of October 1834
                               Dorrance Kertland
                                   First Judge of aforesaid
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State of New Yak
Greene County Ss. 
I. William G. B. Heermance Clerk of the said County do certify that Lorance Keirtland Esquire before whom the within affi davit was sworn, was at the date of the same First Judge the
said County, and authorized to take the same, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature to said affidavit is genuine.
witness my hand and seal of office this 30th
day of October 1834
                                  William Herman ,Clerk
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State of New York 
Genesee County  ⎬

On the Eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, before me, Harvey Putnam a commissioner of Deeds in and for said County, Comes Isaac Smith to me known, who being duly sworn deposes and says
That sometime in the fall of 1775 his brother
Samuel Smith the same now making application for
a pension) left home under Captain Comfort Luttenton and Lieutenant Elijah Okely to serve during that fall's campaign, and that according to this deponent's recollection he was gone five or six months before he returned to his father's, that during this time correspondence was kept up between Samuel and his family, frequently hearing from him by his friends and brothers who were serving in the same company. That early in the Spring of 1776 his brother Samuel left home to serve under Captain Andrew Billings & Col. Richman, and that he did not return until late
in the next winter or early in in the Spring - that during this time correspondence between Samuel and his fathers family was continued - that his father visited him in the army - that he was said to have been in the battle of White Plains - that he well remembers when he heard the Cannons at a distance of about thirty miles how his mother felt for her son at every discharge. That about the first of March 1777 his brother left home under Captain Elijah Townsend to protect Robinsons Red Mills in Fredericsborough Dutchess County where he remained six months. During which time correspondence was also continued, That this deponent saw him there exercising in the ranks of
his company at five or six different times. when sent to those mills by his father. And further this deponent saith not. 
                                    Isaac Smith

Sworn and Subscribed this 8th day of July 1835 before me 
Harvey Putnam Commissioner of deeds for
Genesee County and Justice of the  Peace
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with satisfaction and certify that Isaac
Smith the within named deponent is a very worthy citizen whose integrity is not likely to influenced by the of Consanquinity. 
July 8, 1835.
                          Henry Putnam
                        Timothy Fitch


State of New York
County of Genesee
J. Timothy Fitch Clerk of said County certify
that Harvey Putnam before whom the within
affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly authorized to take the same. And that his signature to the seal of said affidavit is genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this ninth day of July 1835
                               T. Fitch Clerk
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8975.  6/76
Nancy Smith
widow of
Samuel Smith Pensioner
_________________________________
application for Penn
underActs  of 1843 & 1844
________________________________
Ontario Co N.Y.
act 43. & 44
admd
6 mo. private
21 Nov

20 from
1844 when
her husband died



E.F. Brown
Agent
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State of New York
Yates County SS
 On this 13th day of July AD 1846 before
me John L Cleaveland a Judge of Yates County Common Pleas County, said Court being a Court of Record in said County, Personally appeared Nancy Smith a resident of the town of Benton in the County of Yates aforesaid age Seventy Six years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pased March 3d 1843 and of the act of June 17, 1844. The deponent says that she is the widow of Samuel Smith who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and who was a pensioner of the United States at his death at the rate
of twenty Dollars per annum. The further declares
that her late husband the said Samuel Smith
died at the town of Seneca in the County of Ontano & State of New York on the 21st day of November AD 1844-- & the further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Smith her late husband on the 2d day of August in the year 1791 at the town of Coxhie in the County of Greene & State of New York by a Justice of the peace who was at the time a stranger to her personally, but he was an acting Justice of the peace at that place, and to her a stranger, that the name of the said Justice the has forgotten, but that she has not heard any thing of him for a great many years and she verily believes he has been dead many years. that tse lived with her said late husband from the day of their marriage aforesaid until the day of his death aforesaid - as his lawful wife, and has raised a large family of children -She further declares
that the and her late husband formerly kept
family Record of Births & Deaths of their children
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that the said Record become old & being in a small old Bible it became torn out & has been lost and destroyed & has not been seen for a great many years that there is no record in Existing as she knows of & verily believes of the Marriage of her said late Husband & her self- Either Public Private or documentary that she has a sister by the name of Mary Ann Pierce who is now seventy three years of age and knows of my marriage and that I was the wife of the said Samuel Smith my late husband from the time of our marriage
and until his death above stated he having lived
her to all the while she further declares that
she was not married to him prior to his leaving the
service but the marriage took place as aforesaid that some man in the Village of Geneva made her late husband papers to enable him to draw his semi anual payment & that since his death she has not seen the old certificate of Pension, but the believes it is Existed some where at this time unknown to her-- she further says that she
has not intermaried but continues the widow of her late Husband the said Samuel Smith.
                   Nancy Smith
Subscribed and sworn this 13 th day of July AD 1846 before me
     John Cleaveland Judge of Bates County Court
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State of New York
Yates County SS.
 I John L Cleaveland a Judge of the County of Yates and do hereby certify that Nancy Smith who subscribed her name to the forgoing declaration
& who took the aforesaid affidavit Resides in the same town with me. that she is a woman of good moral character & her and statements are Entitled to credit & I do further certify that the said Nancy Smith widow of Samuel Smith deceased is unable from old age & bodily infirmity to attend Court.
Dated Benton July 13th 1846
   John L Cleveland Judge of Bates County Courts


State of New York
Yates County SS. 
I, D. H. Buel Clerk of the said County do hereby
certify that John Cleaveland Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Nancy Smith was made & by whom the foregoing certificate was made was at the time of taking the same a Judge of Yates County Court duly commissioned and
Sworn and authorized to act as such, and further
that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of
said Judge and verily believe his signature to said
affidavit and certificate is genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Penn Yan this 13th day of July A.D. 1846
                   D H Buel
                   Clerk of Yates County
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State of New York
Ontario County SS. 
Ann Maria Miller a Resident of the town of Seneca in said County, being duly sworn deposes and say that the is in her forty first year of age that she Resides in the town of Seneca in said County
that she is a daughter of Nancy Smith widow of
Samuel Smith who was a soldier in the Revolution
& who was also a pensioner of the United States at the Rate of twenty Dollars per annum. that her father the said Samuel Smith died at the town of Seneca in said County on the 21st day of November 1844. She was present at his death and burial, that her Mother the said Nancy is now a widow of the said Samuel her father, that she has not intermarried she also says that her said father and mother did a great many years age have a family Record of the Births & Deaths of their children, but the same being in a small old Bible the Record has become lost or destroyed. She further says that there is no record in Existence as she only believes of the Marriage of her said
father & Mother Either, Public, Private or documentary
                                        -Annmariah Miller
                 
Subscribed and sworn this 10th day of July AD 1846 before me.
                     James G. Austin Justice of the peace                                                                                                                                                         
                               in said County aforesaid
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State of New York
Ontario County SS. 
I James G Austin a Justice of the peace in & for said County do hereby certify that Mrs Ann Maria Miller who took & Subscribed her name to the foregoing affidavit is a woman of good moral character & her said statements are entitled to credit-
Dated Ontario County July 10th 1846
                                   James G. Austin J.P
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State of New York
Ontario County SS. 
Mary Ann Pierce a Resident of the town of Benton in the County of Yates being duly sworn deposes and says that she is in her seventy third year of her age that she is a sister of Nancy Smith widow of Samuel Smith who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and who was also a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty Dollars per annum. that she was well acquainted with said Smith late husband of her sister the said Nancy and who is now applying for a Pension on account of the Revolutionary service of her said late Husband, that she knew the late Husband of the said Nancy when he was a young man. Knew him before he married my sister the said Nancy. She recollects when the said Samuel Smith married her sister the said Nancy. they were married as husband and wife by a Justice of the peace in Coxakie, County of Greene & State aforesaid on the 2d day of August in the year 1791. the name of the said Justice she does not now Remember that he was an old man at that time -deponent says that she has lived near her sister the said Nancy and her late husband the said Samuel Smith ever since they were married & further says that the said Nancy & her late Husband the said Samuel Smith lived together as husband & wife from the time of their marriage aforesaid till his death which took place at the town of Seneca, Ontario County on the 21st day of November 1844. deponent says she saw her sister & the said Samuel Smith her late husband married, that she was born & brought up in the same neighbourhood with the said Smith & well remembers the circumstance - she further says that she Recollects well of seeing a great number of years ago the old family Record of her sister the said Nancy & that it was in a small old Bible and that the leaves are torn out & the Record is now
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lost and destroyed-- & she further says that from Enquries made the said Justice has been dead a great many years & that there is no Record Public Private or documentary of the Marriage of her said sister the said Nancy & her late Husband the said Samuel Either in Coxakie or among the friends of her sister aforesaid - as she has been able to find
[Signed] Marian Pierce
Subscribed and sworn this 10th day of July 1846 before me James G Austin Justice of the Peace in & for said County
Thalia A Smith Witness-

State of New York
Ontario County SS. I James G Austin a Justice of the peace in & for said County, do certify that Mrs Mary Ann Pierce who took and subscribed her name to the foregoing
affidavit is a woman of good moral character and her statements are entitled to credit
Dated Ontario County July 10th 1846
[Signed] James G. Austin J. P.
[Signed] Thalia A Smith Witness
N.B. the word "Pierce" in the last above Certificate was written [illegible] before Execution
[Signed] James G. Austin J. P.
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Samuel Smith state of New York who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars  per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in
every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States
this Second day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty
                                    Lew Cass
                                   Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Payments to
at Albany NY

by E. Ames Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of 
New York

Recorded in the Pension Office,
 in Book E Vol. 4 Page 66
 by Dan'l Boyd, Clerk
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State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office 
I,  Alexander H. Howell Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that James G. Austin Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit of Ann Maria Miller and Mary Ann Pierce was made, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly elected and sworn and authorized to act as such - And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signatures to the 
affidavit of the said Ann Maria Miller & Mary Ann Pierce and the preceding certificate to be genuine.

In Witness whereof I have set unto it my hand and affixed the seal the said County at ______
this 2 nd day of July AD 1840
Alexander H. Howell, Clerk of Orland County
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Nancy Smith
widow of
Samuel Smith
Additional testimony
Page 43


State of New York
Yates County SS. 
Mary Ann Pierce a resident of the town of Benton in said County, aged seventy three years being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following statement in addition to what the has already testified to in order to aid Nancy Smith widow of Samuel Smith to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of March 1843 and of the act of the 17th June 1844. She restates now the same facts testified to by her in her former affidavit before Esquire Austin - The further says that the said Nancy is her Sister, that the war Raised, and lived in the family of her father with her said sister untill her said sister was married, that the Remembers the fact of the Marriage as well as the Remember any circumstance in her life time. She says that at the time her said sister
was married that she and her intended the said Samuel
Smith together with deponent and some others took a
Ride, and went to Coxsackie & there was married as Husband & wife in the presence of Deponent as all the others in company the Justice of the peace who married them was a stranger to all of them. She Remembers the date which was august 2 1791-from several facts and circumstances-- one of which is that it was one year and a few days prior to the deponents Marriage to her late Husband and another fact that deponent was at the time in her Eighteenth year and she has frequently heard it talked of to wit the date year and circumstance from
that time during their living together-- deponent says further that she has always lived close by her said sister the said Nancy and her late Husband and recollects the births of her said sisters children
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& that she remember the facts of the marriage aforesaid of his said sister & her late Husband - as will as any fact
which has transpired during her life time - that her said sister & her late Husband did a great many  years ago have a family Record of their marriage with the births
of their children &c. that she has seen it a great many
time & recollect the date of their marriage being named
therein that he has frequently heard the time talked
of and as long ago as when they first began to have
a family - that her sister the said Nancy has lived as well as did her late Husband the said Samuel, with the
Children for a great many years before he died. that the
said old Record became lost or destroyed as she
has stated in her former affidavit-
                                     Marian River

Subscribed and sworn this 4th day of September A.D.
1846 before me
Jesse Gage
Justice of the peace of Benton in said County & State



of New York
Yates County SS.
I Jesse Gage a Justice of the peace of the town of Benton in said County do hereby certify that Mrs Mary Ann Pierce who took & Subscribed her name to the foregoing affidavit is a woman of good moral character & her statements are entitled to Credit - Dated Benton September 4th 1846
Jesse T. Gage J.P
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State of New York,
County of Yates     SS
I hereby certify that Jesse T. Gage Esquire, whose signature subscribed the acknowledgment of the execution of the said instrument thereon, was, at the date of the said certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the 
county aforesaid, commissioned and sworn county and duky authorized by the laws of said state to act as such:
that I am well acquainted withi his hand writing and verily believe  his signature to be genuine.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said County and of the County Courts thereof (my official seal)  Seventh day of September A.D. 1846
                                   D H Buel, Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
W.F. 19056
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 ofSamuel Smith
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
-
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Signed of
Same
during the
Ryan
RANK. Private

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Henry Luddinton, Andrew Billings, Elisha Townsend, Jonathan Fassett
COLONEL.
Mc Dugall, Richmond, Jacobus E. Grant, Henry Ludington

STATE.
Battles engaged in,White Plains, Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment Fredericksburg
Date of application for pension, Oct 8 1822
Residence at date of application, Parma NY
---
Age at date of application (Born July 18 1757July)

Remarks:

Nancy who was a resident of Benton

Commissioner.
6-2856
Soldier attested he enlisted in 1775 and as they error
I have not signed of
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Con
Nancy Smith







E.F. Brown
Nov 20, 1846
Page 48

EDMUND F. BROWN, Attorney and Agent for Claimants, Notary Public and Commission of
Virginia, Illinois, and Alabama, continues to attend to the settlement of business before Congress and the
several Departments of the General Government, and particularly claims for Pensions, Patents, Lands,
Contracts, &c.
Office on Seventh street, two doors above the City Post Office.
Letters postage paid) may be addressed, E. F. Brown, Box 103, P. O. Washington City


U. S. Agency, Notarial, and Commissioner's Offce
Washington City 20th November 1846.

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
I am requested by J. G. Austin Esq. of Phelps, N.Y. to ask you to re-examine the claim of Nancy Smith widow of Saml Smith. Your letter of 7. Aug. last, to Hon. C. H.
Carroll, stated that she would be allowed the same pension which was granted to her husband as soon as the marriage previous to 1794 was satisfactorily proven. She then sent what she thought was good proof, but your letter of 24 Sept. last to J. G. Austin states that the testimony of Mrs Pierce will be deemed sufficient
when her (Witness's) character for veracity is proven.
Inasmuch as the Magistrate, (Mr Gage) not the Agent, has certified to the character of the Witness, and
as it would cost considerable expense, and trouble of sending along distance for further testimony, the claimant thinks it hard requisition, and hope you will reconsider it, and allow her claim.
Very Respectfully, Jr Obt St.
Edm. T. Brown
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Mrs Nancy Smith
for transfer of the payment of her pension

July 28, 1876.
Isaac J. Blauvelt
Enclose the Pension Certificate of Nancy Smith
wishes its made payable at 
N. York
Albany
W. Cole


War Department
Widows Pension
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Nyack N.Y.
July 28   Paid 10.

War Department
Widows Pension
Washington

[Upside down on page]
Of. Com of Pensions
Dept of Interior 
Aug 1/49

Mrs Nancy Smith
for transfer of the payment of her pension

July 28, 1876.
Isaac J. Blauvelt
Enclose the Pension Certificate of Nancy Smith
wishes its made payable at N. York instead-
Albany
W. Cole
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Nyack Rockland County N.Y. July 28th
Hon. Secretary of War
Sir
The enclosed certificate of Mrs Nancy Smith widow of Samuel Smith a revolutionary pensioner, is made payable at Albany the widow has removed from Ontario County to the County of Rockland in said State of New York and as her pension certificate is payable in Albany she wishes the same made payable in the City of New York being nearer to her present place of abode and the pension being so very small the expense in collecting at Albany would exceed that of collection in the City of New York more than double, have the goodness to alter this certificate or send a new one payable in New York City
Respy Yours
[Signed] Isaac J. Blauvelt
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Repd
.
Albany
New York. 379
Nancy Smith widow
of Samuel Smith
who was a Private
in the N.Y. Line
Husb. died 21 Nov 1844.
________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on
the 21st November 1844.
_________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
18th day of May 1847
and sent to
E. F. Brown
Agent

Act of June 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A  Vo; 2 page 86
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Aug 7sent to
Parton NY

War Department
Pension Office
Washington City DC
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Benton Yates Co NY
Augt 3rd 1838
Sir
I am a Pensioner on the New York Agency drawing $20 a year. I have another witness who was knowing and
has made affidavit to a years service in addition to what I had heretofore established which will add $40 a year
to my Pension. This witness is Peter Wills whose affidavit is herein enclosed You will have the goodness to give immediate attention to this business and
much oblige your friend 

Note: any return you may have
to make please send to this post office.
Sarah Smith
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To the Hon Lewis Cass, Sect of War
Your Petitioners would respectfully represent that they have been well acquainted with Samuel Smith for Several years past and have frequently heard him relate
the circumstance of his having served in in the war of the Revolution and that the said Samuel Smith is a poor but industrious citizen of the Town of Parma in the County of Monroe and State of New York that he
has resided then for the last ten years and has sustained an unimpeached character for truth and verity and your petitioners would represent that they have not the least doubt but the said Samuel Smith is entitled to a pension for his services in the War of the revolution and that by granting him a pension in the opinion of your petition
you will be a paying a debt of gratitude and serving the cause of humanity and your petitioners would ever pray
Parma September 14 1835
Saml Castle J.P.
John E Paterson J. P.
Frederick Whittlesey late M. C.
E. L. Tucker
Jacob Gould Collector of the Revenue
Wilber Phillips
Justus Hovey
Roswell Atchinson
Samuel D Deyo
M. L. Ross
J.A. Root
John Ryder
Reuban Knapp
Saml Gault

John Fosmine
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Wm Tompkins
Silvester Brown
M. H. Smith
H. Leonard
Jacob Skutt
Jonathan Leonard
Abner Celf
Orson Atchinson
Warren Root
Herman Leonard
Barnabas Cary
Hanson W Phillips
Samuel A Smith
Lewis Park
Chauncey A. Knox
Leonard Brugh
Asahel Munson
John Phelps
H C Deming
Gervis
Bailey Burrett
Philetus Gould
Henry Bush
Peter Lester
Daniel B Meech
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Supplemental testimony
in the Claim of
Nancy Smith
widow of
Samuel Smith



E. F. Brown
Wash. D.C.
15. March 47
Agent
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S
State of New York
Yates County        ⎬ 
Mabel Whitney a resident of the town of Benton in said County aged Eighty three years, being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says. I am well acquainted with Marian Pierce an old Lady Now Residing in Benton aforesaid & formerly a resident of Penn Son & who is a sister of Nancy Smith of the said town of Benton & who is now applying for a Pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her late husband Samuel Smith deceased - I further says that I have been acquainted with the said Marian Pierce ever since she was a young girl, having known her in New Paltz Ulster County in the State aforesaid before
she was first married - I know her first Husband whose name was "Dower. I was not present at their marriage but I will recollect that she and her said Husband came a visiting to our House in New Paltz aforesaid & they we believed to him been married no one doubted it. I also knew her late Husband Abner Pierce who died a quite many years since at Penn Yan aforesaid I have known said Marian Peirce even since She was married to her said first Husband the aforesaid Doren
she has always borne a good character & her statements in Relation to the Marriage of her said sister Nancey Smith to her late Husband Samuel Smith deceased are entitled to the fullest credit & further that from my best recollection I do not doubt but I verily believe the said Marian Pierce was married at the time Sworn to by her to wit when she was in the Eighteenth year of her age at any rate this declared they to have been married as husband & wife

                                               Mabel Whitney
                                                      her mark

Subscribed and sworn this 5th day of March AD 1847 before me
                     Jesse T. Gage  Justice of the Peace
Page 59

State of New York
Yates County         SS
I Jesse Gage a Justice of the Peace of the town of Benton in said County do hereby Certify that I am acquainted with Mabel Whitney who subscribed her name to & sworn to the foregoing affidavit
that she is a woman of good moral character the
Statements therein contained are Entitled to credit & I do further certify that the Reason the said Mabel Whitney did not write her name to the said figures affidavit is because of old age and the stiffness of her fingers -
Dated Benton March 5th 1847-
                                      Jesse T. Gage
State of New York
Yates County SS
I, R. R. Fargo Clerk of this said County of Yates do hereby certify that Jesse T Gage before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in & for said County Sworn and duly authorized by law to act as such, that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the said foregoing affidavit & Certificate are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Penn Yan this Eighth day of March AD 1847.
                                   R R Fargo, Clerk
Page 60


State of New York
Yates County
William J. Oliver and George Shennan Residents of the Village of Penn Yan in said County being duly sworn severally depose and say that they are acquainted with Mrs Marian Pence  a Lady
resident of Benton in said County, but formerly a resident of Semian that they have known the said Marian Pierce for many years that they now do and during a long acquaintance with her, esteem her a  woman of good moral character, and that  any statements she may have made under oath in relation to the marriage of her Sister Nancy Smith
widow of Samuel Smith deceased are entitled to credit
Dated Penn Gen. March 5th 1847

Subscribed and sworn this5th day of March A.D. 1847 before
Thos H Locke Justice of the Peace
                              William Locke
                              George Shennan

STATE OF NEW-YORK.
YATES COUNTY              SS
i, R R Fargo, Clerk of the said County of Yates,
do hereby certify that Thomas H. Locke Esq.
before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of
the peace in and for said county, sworn and duly authorised by law to act as such, that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature to the annexed certificate to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said county and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof, this 5 day of March 1827
R R Fargo Clerk
Page 61

James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Home Dept
Washington D.C.




Nancy Smith
Page 62

MECHANICS' AND FARMERS' BANK,
Albany PENSION AGENCY
August 9. 1849

JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 6th inst- I have to state that Nancy Smith a Pensioner under the Act of 2d Feby. 1845 AT twenty Dollars per annum was last paid the 4 day of September 1848
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully
Your obt servt
Thos W. Olcott
PENSION AGENT
Page 63

State of New York
Monroe County  SS
Samuel Smith being duly sworn depones
and says that he now resides in the town of Panna in said County and has resided there for the space of Eleven years last past - That this deponent was born in Fredericksburgh Dutchess County, State of New York, in the year 1757. that he enlisted as a soldier in the Army of the United States on or about the first of March 1776. That he served in a company of minute men then commanded by Captain Comfort
Luddington in Colonel Jacobus Dentons regiment, that he marched under said uddington to the City of New York where he was stationed and served for the term of one years in the service of the United States and that he was discharged in February 1777 and that this deponent was for the most part employed in building forts and fortifications and this deponent further says that he again enlisted into the service of the United States on or about the first of March 1777. after his discharge as aforesaid that he served under Captain Elijah Townsend for the term of six months that he was stationed at Robinsons Mills in Dutchess County of said State, for the purpose of guarding public property
that this deponent has served much more but has no conclusive evidence on that point. That the facts set forth in the late affidavit said deponent verily believes true-
                                       Samuel Smith                  

Sworn & Subscribed this 17 day of November
of 1834 before me
A. S. Alexander Justice of the Peace
Page 64

State of New York
Monroe County ss. I certify that Alexander S Alexander Esquire before whom the within affidavit was sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the
peace in and for said county, and that I am
acquainted with his hand writing and verily
believe that his name subscribed to said
affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of November
                                 Leonard Adams, Clerk
Page 65

answered
Feby 1838.
Page 66

James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Smith
Page 67

State of New York
Town of Seneca Ontario County 
to the Honorable Secretary of war
Sir
 Some time in the month of December  Last I
enclosed the affidavit of Luther Smith in a Letter Directed  to the war Department not knowing your Honors name _____ forth in said affidavit my Services Done in Col Van Cortland's Regiment under the command of Capt Tilton and in as
much as the old Secretary had promised to Increase my pension according upon  the further Testimony that I could obtain
having not Received any answer or letter we return and am afraid that the other was discarded or mislaid-.Dear Sir I pray you to send me an answer with whether you have Received such affidavit or not and oblige your humble Servant 
                                                  Samuel Smith
Note: direct your letter  to Betthany post office
Town of Benton, Yates County New York
Page 68

Nancy Smith
New York

Letter to C H Carroll
August   1846
and to J G Austin
Sept 24 1846


Act 3 March 1843
Page 69

State of New York
Monroe County    SS
Samuel Gregory of the Town of Parma in the County of Monroe & State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law depose sand saith that he is well acquainted with Samuel Smith that in
the time of the revolutionary war this deponent
resided in the Town of Frederick Town in Dutchess County that this deponent was knowing that the said Samuel Smith was in the service of
the United States in the company of Captain
Elijah Townsand this deponent thinks it was in
the summer of 1777. this deponent further saith
that the said company was stationed at a place called Robinsons Mills in Dutchses County
in the State of New York for the purpose of guarding public property stored at that place. that this deponent was frequently at the said mill during the summer of 1777 and saw the said Samuel Smith there on duty as a soldier this deponent thinks that the said Smith was in the service of the United States Six months at this time.
                            Samuel  Gregory
                                        his mark

Sworn & subscribed this 15th day of November 1834 before me
                                         John Paterson J.P
I certify that I am acquainted with Samuel
being the person who signed the above
affidavit and know him to be a man of good moral character and his evidence is 
entitled to full credit and belief.
John E Paterson JP
Page 70

Samuel Smith

State of New York
Monroe County ss.
 I certify that John C. Paterson Esquire before whom the within affidavit as sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that
I am acquainted with his hand writing and
verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature
 Witness my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of November 1834
Leonard Adams Clerk
Page 71

Affidavit
of

Lemuel Pardee
Page 72

Monroe County
Lemuel Pardee of Grece in said
County being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted will Samuel Smith now residing in the town of Parma County aforesaid and this deponent further sayeth that of his knowledge the abovenamed Samuel Smith Served as a private in Captain Salton's Company Col Van Courtland's Regiment in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Six
                               Lemuel Pardee
Sworn and subscribed this 1st day of Apr 1830
before me 
Elias Avery Justices of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the abovenamed Lemuel Pardee and believe
him to be a man whose truth and veracity can
be depended on.
Elias Avery Justice of the Peace

Greeces Monroe County
State of New York
I certify that Elias Avery Esq was on the
day of the date of the above affidavit a Justice
of the peace in & for said county, and that I
am well acquainted with his hand writing and
verily believe that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine 
Witness my hand and official seal this sixth day of April 1836.
Samuel G. Andrews
Page 73

Sept 6
Samuel Smith
no of his papers
13811 or 14684


J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

Sept 6

Parme County NY
Aug 31-
Page 74


State of New York
Monroe County
Perma Center August 31 1836
Sir,
At the request of Samuel Smith I forward the
Enclosed Affidavit for an increase of his
pension, it is the last effort he can make as
his witnesses are dead or out of his reach. 
Mr Smith is poor and worthy of a pension
if his proofs are sufficient to entitle him to it.
Respectfully your
E. Paterson

Hon J L Edwards
Page 75

Saml Smith
NY    N 30192
look for
proof



N H Hemiup 
Geneva, NY
Page 76


Jany  7, 75   1 yr Col McDougall,  _Oakley,Col Swarts
Jany 76        1 yr Genl McDongall, Lt. Wisenfelt. 
                      Capt Andrew Billington Vol john Neator,   
                                   was at the Battle of Cape Peton.
    77           6 mo.   under Capt Elijah Townsend
    77           6 mo. Capt Jno. Hyatt & Col Luddington
Samuel Smith dec. per $20

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Page 77

Apl 19


Free
J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC




Parma Center NY
Page 78

State of New York
Monroe County SS
Samuel Pardee of the Town of Grace
in said County being duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that he is acquainted with Samuel Smith that he was acquainted with the said Samuel Smith in the year 1776. that in March of that year the said Samuel Smith was a soldier in the Revolutionary
was at the City of New York that this deponent and the said Samuel Smith were frequently on guard together during the spring and Summer of 1776 that this deponent does he recollect the name of the captain under whom the said served when he first became acquainted with
him personally but thinks it was Billings, that this deponent belonged to the________ troops and the said Samuel Smith to the New York troops that this deponent frequently see the said Samuel Smith till after the Battle at the White Plains the last time he Recollect seeing the said Samuel Smith in the war of the revolution was about ten days after the Battle of White plains at that time the said Samuel Smith was in Captain Benjamin Pelton 's Company Colonel Van Cortlands Regiment and this deponent further saith that he is verry positive that the said Samuel Smith was in the army as a soldier from March 1776 till after the Battle at White Plains which this deponent thinks was in September the same year and further this deponent saith not.


Sworn and subscribed the 7th day of June 1836 when he Came before me
John E. Peterson J.P
Page 79

State of New York
Monroe County SS
Samuel Pardee of the Town of Grace
in said County being duly sworn according to law
deposeth and says that he is acquainted with Samuel
Smith that he was acquainted with the said Samuel
Smith in the year 1776. that in March of that year the
said Samuel Smith was a soldier in the Revolutionary
was at the City of New York that this deponent and
the said Samuel Smith were frequently on guard together
during the spring and Summer of 1776 that this deponent
does he recollect the name of the captain under whom
the said served when he first became acquainted with
him personally but thinks it was Billings, that this
deponent belonged to the ______ troops and the
said Samuel Smith to the New York troops that this
deponent frequently see the said Samuel Smith till
after the Battle at the White Plains the last time he
Recollect seeing the said Samuel Smith in the
was of the revolution was about ten days after
the Battel a White plains at that time the said
Samuel Smith was in Captain Benjamin Pelton Company
Colonel Van Cortlands Regiment and this deponent
further saith that he is verry positive that the said
Samuel Smith was in the army as a soldier from
March 1776 till after the Battle at White Plains
which this deponent thinks was in September
the same year and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed
Harte
the 7th day of June 1836 Came
before me
John E. Peterson J.P
the interlination
the word some
were meted before signing
Page 80

State of New York
Monroe County   SS

I certify that John E. Patterson Esqr
before whom the within affidavit purports
to have been sworn was on the day of
the date thereof a Justice of the peace
in and for said county, and that I am
well acquainted with the hand writing
of said Justice and verily believe that the signature to said affidavit purporting to be his is genuine. Witness my hand and official seal this twenty seventh day of August 1836
Samuel G. Andrews Clerk
Page 81


Seneca 16th 1838
Sir
Having just receive your letter I hasten to inform you that the letter which I sent you with the
name in Witness was dated a year ago last December and it may therefore be in some of the packages in the office of that date. If their is any persons in Capt Benjamin Pelton that Draws a pension please let me know where they live his or their names.
Yours Respectfully
Samuel Smith

 J. L. Edwards JP
Page 82

Ontario County S.S.
This day appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace of the said County Peter
Wells, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith
that he is personally acquainted with Samuel Smith Jr who now resides in the Town of Seneca in said County as also does this deponent and that the said Samuel Smith 3rd was a soldier in Col. Van Cortlands Regt in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Pelton
that deponent saw him whilst in the service in said Company in the City of New York in the year 1775 and that said Smith served in said company one year being the time for which he was enlisted in the service of the United States deponent further saith, that to his own knowledge said Samuel Smith was present at the Battle of White Plains & did his duty as a soldier in that engagement
                                     Peter Wells
Subscribed & sworn this 1st day of August 1838
                                        Richard Hogarth JP

State of New York
Ontario County   SS

I hereby certify that the above named Peter Wells is Known to me personally known & that he is to the best of my knowledge & belief a man of truth & veracity and that his testimony
is entitled to credit & belief.
Under my hand at Geneva the 1 day of August 1838
                                        Richard Hogarth J.P.

State of New York
Ontario County Clerks office
I hereby certify that Richard Hogarth whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly elected and qualified and that his term of Office commence on the 1st day of January 1837 and
on the 31st December 1840 and that his signature above written is genuine-
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and seal this 2d day of August 1838 at Canandaigua
                                L. Doran Bunn, Deputy Clerk
Page 83

J. L.. Edwards
Commissioner of the pension office
Washington
District of Columbia



BentonJune 12
Page 84


Seneca January 11 1841
Sir
As commissioner of the pension office I apply to you for relief, I served in the militia of the State of New York during the Revolutionary war
, in Benjamin Peltons company twelve months, and four months in John Hyatts company, Colonel Cortland commanded the former
and Colonel Luddington the latter, I was in the Battle of White plains and Trenton. I made several unsuccessful attempts to obtain  pension previous to the year 1835, in the fall of that year I went to Washington, though little able to endure the fatigues of so long a Journey
or to defray the expenses incident to it, I succeded in obtaining a pension of twenty dollars a year, a pittance so contemptible that it is utterly insufficient to allocate my wants, being now eighty four years of age, poor, and broken down with the infirmities incident to such an
advanced age, what I request of you is, to let me know if there is any survivors belonging to either of the above mentioned companies who
now receive pensions, and what their names, and when they live, I might appeal to your sympathies by a variety of considerations,
but I despise it, I want only sheer Justice, that relief which my country has provided for those who stood by her in the day of trial, that relief
is my due, dearly earned it, and now in my old age, friendless and poor, I look up to my Country as a common friend and boldly
demand it.
                                        Samuel Smith 3rd
3
Direct to Bellona, Town of Benton, Yates County,  New York
Page 85

Nancy Smith
widow of
Samuel Smith
declaration under the act
of 2d February 1848
______________________________
Drew a Pension under the
act of 17th June 1844
of $20 per annum


admitted

James G. Austin

Phelps, Ontario, NY
Page 86

DECLARATION,
in the Congress, entitled" An Act making further provision for surviring Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution." 

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Ontario County, ss:
On this 25th day of May A.D. 1848, personally
appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, duly autho0rized by law to administer Oaths, Nancy Smith a resident of the town of
Seneca in the County of Ontario State of New-York, aged
Seventy Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following Declaration order to obtain provision made by the act of Congress
passed the 22d February, 1848, granting pensions to the Widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War: That she is the widow of Samuel Smith who was a soldier & Private & Served in the War of the Revolution, and that from her old age and loss of memory she is not able particularly to describe her husbands service in the Revolution But would respectfully refer to the proofs on file at the War office for the services rendered by her said Husband & upon which proof her former pension was granted and that he has drawn a pension at the rate of Twenty Dollars
per Annum under the Act 17th June, 1814; and that she is still a Widow.
                                         Nancy Smith
IN PRESENCE OF
James G. Austin
Susan Smith

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written here.
James G Austin JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.



State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office ⎬ I hereby certify that James
Austin Esquire before whom the above proceedings were heard was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected sworn and authorized to act as such, And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signatures to the above certificates are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of said County at Canandaigua
this 26th day of May AD 1848.
A. H. Howell
Clerk of Ontario County
Page 87


Sept 14, 1846

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Page 88

'-
Phelps Ontario County N.Y.
Sept 10th 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq
Intance I send you additional testimony in the Claim of Mrs Nancy Smith Widow of Samuel Smith - which was filed by Judge Carroll some time since, he having transmitted to me your Letter to him Aug 7th in relation to her claim - It is hoped the supplemental testimony will prove Satisfactory July last Judge Carroll presented
the Pension office the claim of Mrs Rhoda Crosby
Catherine Debow & Nancy Caldwell widow of Philip
Caldwell, Each under the joint Resolution of 21 Jany
1845. Judge Carrall has forwarded to the Certificate
in the Case of Rhoda Crosby & Catharine Debow but
information in relation to the Claim of Nancy Caldwell
his Letter of the 8th instant I have just Received he
informs me that you had not advised him of the
State of her claim & Request me to write you in the subject. Will you have the kindness to inform me of the disposition of her claim.
Very much obliged, Respectfully Yours
James G. Austin
agent for Mrs. Caldwell
Page 89

Phelps Ontario Co. NY
July 23d 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq
Enclosed you have the application of Ruth Park Widow of Robert Packs for a pension.
It is hoped the papers will be satisfactory. You can
address me in Relation thereto.
Respectfully Yours
J. G. Austin

Also of the Application filed for Nancy Smith widow of Samuel Smith
in relation thereto
Page 90

Samuel Smith private $20 of Albany - act 7 June 32
Act of 7 June 1832  
last paid?
G.C.
Paid to 4 Sept. 1844
A.B.C.
Page 91

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
19056
Nancy Smith
Widow of
Samuel Smith

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Act: Feb 2, 48
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 224
Arrangement of 1870.}



1915 July 8 Hist to Laura A Madden
Page 92

ESRARCHES FOR COATS OF ARMS.
FAMILY HISTORIES.
ANCESTRAL LINES FOR MEMBERSHIP IN
SOCIETIES OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
COLONIAL DAMES, COLONIAL WARS AND
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS, ETC.
GENEALOGICAL BLANKS, ANCESTRAL CHARTS
FOR SALE
GENEALOGIES COMPILED
●
WORTHINGTON
MR. E. E. BOWEN.
REFERENCE
LAURA A. MADDEN
GENEALOGIST
Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Author of the Harmons in
the Revolution; Knight Family of America in preparation; Paddock Family and its Mayflower
ancestors in preparation; Worthington of Maryland in preparation.
SIR WEST 16TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY
TELEPHONE 2620 AUDUSON
CAN DE SEEN BY APPOINTMENT AT ANY OF THE LIBRARIES
Mr. J. L. Davenport
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
De La Mar, Idaho
MR. JOHN REYNOLDS TOTTEN,
44 West 54th Street, New York City
MRS. JOHN MESTON DUNCAN,
The Huguenot,
in West neth Street, New York City
Rev Sec
of
June twenty - ninth
nineteen-fifteen
County N.
Will you kindly let me have the record
of a Samuel Smith who served in a New York
Regiment during the Revolutionar y War from Dutchess County I want very much to get his place
and date of birth and death if possible.
Any information on this man will be very acceptable
remain
Awaiting the favor of a reply I
Yours very Respectfully,
Laura A Maddey