Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,129, for John Smith, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Smith, John
Mary

NUMBER
W. 6.129

b. Aug 24 1749 - res. at enl. Sussex Co. N.J. & lived there after Rev.
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CONTENTS
d. Jan 18, 1828
____Wid. Mary living in Hunterdon Co. N.J. 1838____
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The Family Genealogy,
John Smith, Son of Alexander and Martha Smith was born the 24th August 1749
Mary Burcaw Daughter of Jn Clary Burcaw was born the---- 1760
John Smith and Mary Burcaw was Married in 15th February-1777.

Children on this Couple

Charity Smith was born the 12th September, 177?
Abraham Smith was born the .28th October .177?
Isaac Smith was born the 24th November. 1781
John Smith was born the 22nd Sept .1782~ deceased 10. December 1782
Margaret Smith was born the 8th March. 1785
Peter P. Smith was born the 8th January, 1792
Jenny Smith was born the 4th August, 1794
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[left side:]
New Jersey 2141
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Mary Smith,   [illegible text, crossed out]
widow of John Smith, decd
who died on the 18th January 1828
of Hunterdon Co. in the State of N Jersey
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Helm of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the N Jersey line for 21 months 3 days.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 70 Dollars 63 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of March 1839 & sent to Hon T. Jones York,
Salem, P.O. New Jersey.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1839           $565.04
Semi-annual allowance ending 
         4 Sep 39                                                35.31
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                                                                   $600.35
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4, 1836,   }
{Section the 3d.    }

Recorded by
D. McCurdy, Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 132

[right side:]
repd.
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of April 6th 1838 from Mar
4th 1841 to Sept 4th 1841. Agt notifd.
July 11th 1842
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
COUNTY OF WARREN
ON THE TWENTY THIRD OF JANUARY ?1839
PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WARREN AND STATE  AFORESAID MARGARET MARNE AGED EIGHTY FIVE YEARS WHO BEING FIRST DULY SWORN  ACCORDING TO LAW ? ON HER OATH TO POSE AND SAY WHAT SHE WELL KNEW JOHN SMITH AT THE TIME HE ENLISTED UNDER CAPTAIN HELMS. WHAT HE WENT OUT UNDER SAID ? AND WAS GONE FOR A LONG TIME, SHE AW HIM WHEN HE WENT OUT IN THE SERVICE OF THE REVOLUTION AND  RECOLLECT OF SEEING HIM AT HER DEFONENTS? HOUSE ONCE WHEN HE CAME HOME ON FURLOUGH AND THAT HE THEN RETURNED TO THE SERVICE ? SON, AND SHE THEN SAW HIM AGAIN WHEN HE RETURNED HOME AFTER HIS TERM OF SERVICE HAD EXPIRED. SHE FURTHER SAITH THAT SHE KNEW THE SAID JOHN SMITH WIFE MARY WHOSE MAIDEN NAME WAS MARY BURKAW AND KNEW THEM BOTH AT THE TIME THEY WERE MARRIED, AND THAT MARY SMITH IS THE ? WIDOW OF THE SAID JOHN SMITH A SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION FOR WHOSE SERVICES SHE NOW ASKS A PENSION. ? FURTHER SAITH THAT ? WAY SHE COMES TO KNOW THE ABOVE STATED FACTS IS THAT SHE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE SAID JOHN SMITH LIVED AND WHEN HE ENLISTED AND WHERE HE WAS MARRIED AND WHERE HE RETURNED AND LIVED AFTER THE REVOLUTION. 

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME 
MARGARET MARNER JP

I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT MARGARET MARNE THE ABOVE NAMED INFORMANT IS A HIGHLEY RESEPECTABLE OLD LADY WHEAROFS OF EIGHTY YEARS OF AGE WITH A GOOD MEMEORY AND IN ? OF ALE HER MENTAL FACULTIES AND THAT SHE IS ? TO FORTH AND ? TO WHAT SHE HAS SWORN ABOVE
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State of New Jersey Ss
I James D. Wescott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Abraham Warne Esqr. before me whom the within affidavot of Margaret Warne was taken and who hath attested the same, was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Warren in said State duly appointed commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal pf office at the City of Trenton in said State, this thirty first day pf January Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine (1839)
(signature)
James D. Wescott
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State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon
On this tenth day of October AD 1838 personally
appeared before me John Thompson one of the Judges 
of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the
county of Hunterdon and State aforesaid Mary Smith
a resident of Hunterdon County aged Seventy Eight years
who being first duly sworn according to saw doth on his solemn 
oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress
passed July 4th 1836 that she is widow of John Smith 
died who was an enlisted soldier in Capt. Helon's Company
of the New Jersey line for the term of during the war of
the Revolution that he enlisted in the service near the 
commencement of the war and served until the war closed.
She further declared that she was married to her husband
the said John Smith on the Thirteenth day of February AD
Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven by Adam Hall Esq.
a Justice of the Peace for the County of Sussex N.J. that the
marriage took place at the House of the said Adam Hall
on Furlough the time they were married (?) further said
the Family Genealogy hereto annexed was drawn a great many
years ago by the school master to whom her children went to 
school and that the births of the children therein recorded are
the legitimate childen of her and John Smith and were born
according to the dates therein stated she further saith that her
husband the aforesaid John Smith died on the 18th day of January
AD 1828 and that she has remained a widow ever since the period
of his death as will more fully appear by reference to proof hereto an
(?) she further saith that she makes this declaration before me a Judge
of the Court on account of her inability to appear in open Court and I the said
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Judge do certify that she is unable to appear in open Court by reason of her bodily infirmity
Sworn and subscribed to
this 10th of October. AD 1828
before me JN Thompson
Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County

x her mark
Mary Smith

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County Ss

I Isaac G. Farlee clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hunterdon do hereby certify that John Thompson Esquire before whim the foregoing declaration was made, and sworn, was then a Judge of said Inferior Court of Common Pleas, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit  an due to all his official acts as such, and that his signature is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at Flemington this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
(signature)
Isaac Farlee
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Revy.  WIDOW, &c.
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File No. __6129_____
___Mary Smith_____
___Wid of__________
___John Smith______
__Pr. N.J. Line_____
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Act:___July 4th 36, Sec. 3d__
Index: -- Vol.__M___, Page ___219___

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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N.Jersey
Mary Smith
B.T.J. Yorke 14.Jan. 1839


Act 6 July 1836
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MADISONIAN OFFICE.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 22d 1842.

Sir:

Under the Act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary Smith,------------------- a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Seventy---
Dollars and 63 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1841, to the 4th Sept 1841-

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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To J.L. Edwards Esq
Dep of War
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House of Representatives U.S.
Washington City D.C.
February 5 1839

Dear SIr

I now enclose you further evidence in case of Mrs Mary Smith Widow of John Smith late of Sussex County in the State of New Jersey- whose papers were sent to you some time ago praying for a pension.

I hope the enclosed will prove satisfactory and you will be called to grant the prayer
the petitioner-

Your early attention is respectfully requested-

Very respectfully
T. Jones Yorke

To J. L. Edwards Esq
Dep of War
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Jurat Feb 20
N.J.

Mary Smith
[postal stamp:]. WASHINGTON D.C. FEB 19

FREE
T. Jones Yorke

J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Dept of War
Washington City
D.C.

Hon. T.J. Yorke
HR
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House of Representatives U.S.
Washington City D. C.
February 19th 1839

Dear Sir

on the fifth of this month ,enclosed to you a letter from Mary Smith widow of John Smith ['widow of John Smith' crossed out] late of New Jersey and a soldier of the Revolution, and some further evidence as to her claim for a pension-

Pardon me for pressing, this matter on your consideration--but they the children is [illegible] her and is desirous to know if the evidence produced, is sufficient or if will be necessary to provide any further-

Your early answer of when it will not interfere
with your more important duties, is respectfully
requested-

Very Respectfully &
T. Jones Yorke

To the Hon. J. L. Edwards
Dept of War
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Hon. J.L. Edwards
Dep. of War
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House of Representatives U.S.
Washington City D.C.
Jany 11 1839

Dear Sir

Enclosed I send the papers of Mary Smith widow of John Smith a Soldier of the Revolution claiming a pension.

Your attention to and report thereon at your earliest convenience will oblige

Very respectfully
T.Jomes Yorke

To J.L. Edwards Esq
War Office-
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Hunterdon County N. J January 27th 1839

J. L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir

I respectfully take the liberty of addressing you
in reference to my application for a pension which has been submitted to you and reported for further proof in consequence of which I with the assistance of my friends have made every
exertion for the purpose of finding some one living who knew my husband John Smith in the service of the Revolutionary war but cannot find one, as all of his comrades in arms are deceased or moved from this place to where I cannot get trace of them I therefore despair of getting further proof than that which I hereby submit in my case

My husband John Smith lived at the time he was enlisted in Sussex County in the township of Mansfield where I also lived at the time, in refreshing my recollection I remember well that Captain Helmes enlisted him when he was through our neighborhood recruiting Capt Ch[illegible]lines lived at Hackettstown in the same County.  he served for a long time under Capt Helmes and I think under another Captain afterwards but his name I cannot distinctly remember, my husband married me during the
time he was in the service and served a long time after we were married and from his extreme exposure and hardships in the service he lost his health and never completely recovered in consequence of which we always remained in poverty as we were at the close
of the war. some time after the close of the war
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we removed to another neighborhood in Hunterdon County where by dint of my industry and application we made a respectable living and raised a large family of children. since my husbands death I have managed to get along so far but now have become old and infirm
scarcly able to do any more work and my children who yet remain living are also very poor and unable to keep me I therefore have been compelled very reluctantly to apply to the overseers of the poor for relief.  I therefore humbly hope that you will reconsider my claim in as favourable a point of view as your well
known sense of justice will admit of

I remain yours very
Respectfully,

               her
Mary J.    X   Smith
              mark

Witness present
James Dawson
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2541

4183
Mary Smith
widow of John
New Jersey
Act 4 July 1836.

Admitted
Private 21 mo & 3 days

Hon. T. Jones Yorke
H.R.
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State of New Jersey SS
I, James D. Westcott Secretary of State of
the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify
that Abraham Warne Esqr. before whom the affidavit of Margaret Warne was taken, and who hath attested the same, was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Warren in said State, duly appointed commissioned and Sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations: - And I further certify that William B. McCullough Esqr. before whom the affidavits
of John Lake and William Runkle were taken, and who hath attested the same was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Warren in said State duly appointed commissioned and sworn and that full faith
are to be given to his official attestations.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State, this Eighth day of January Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine (1839)
James D.Westcott
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State of New Jersey
County of Warren } SS
On this fifth day of January AD 1839 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Margaret Warne aged Eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose and say that she was personally acquainted with John Smith named in the annexed declaration at the time that he enlisted in the service of the Revolution that she lived in the neighborhood and that he was enlisted by Capt Helms and served in his Company for a long time she knew
him at the time he went out and saw him when he returned deponent further saith that she knew Mary his wife whose name was Brokaw that she knew them both when they went to get married to Adam Hall a Justice of the Peace living in the neighborhood that he was at the house of Abr Brokaw the said Marys Father at the time they returned from the Justice and
took tea with them at the house of the said Marys Father she has also heard Esq. Hall say that he married the said John Smith to the said Mary Smith, they afterwards lived together in the neighborhood for a long time and had several children and was respected by all who knew them and that the the [sic] said John Smith was reputed and believed to have been a good and faithful soldier by all who knew him.

Margaret Warne

Sworn and subscribed to
before me Abrm. Warne JP

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Margaret Warne the above named deponent and that she respectable old lady and entitled to full confidence as a witness
Abrm Warne
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State of New Jersey
County of Warren } SS
On this second day of January AD 1839
personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Lake aged sixty two who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was personally acquainted with John Smith and Mary Smith named in the annexed declaration shortly after the close of the Revolution and that the said John Smith was reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary war by all who knew him and
that his wife Mary lived with him in lawful wedlock and had several children born during the time that deponent was acquainted them
John Lake

Sworn and subscribed the day and year
first above written before me-
Wm B. M. Cullough Justice Peace

I do hereby certify that the above named deponent is a highly respectable gentleman
and entitled to full credit and belief-
Wm B McCullough J.P.
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State of New Jersey, Hunterdon County ss
Personally appeared before me, Adams C.
Davis, one of the Justices of the peace in & for
said County, Abraham Emmans, who being duly
Sworn according to law, on his oath saith, That
he hath known Mary Smith on ever since the
death of her husband, John Smith, who died
in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty eight.
and that the said Mary Smith hath remained
a widow ever since the death of her said
husband.

Abraham Emmans

Sworn & Subscribed before me
at Flemington Oct 17, 1838
Adams C. Davis

I do hereby certify, that the above named
deponent is a respectable man and entitled to full confidence as a witness.
Adams C. Davis

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County
I Isaac G Farlee Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hunterdon do hereby certify that John Thompson, and Adams C. Davis Esquires before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, and who certifies to the credibility of Elizabeth
Thompson and Abraham Emans, ['then were and now are' crossedd out]  I the said John Thompson then was and now is one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas 
 the said Adams C. Davis is one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County, both duly commissioned & sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to
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all their official acts as such, and that their signatures are Genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at Flemington this seventeenth
day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
Isaac G. Farlee Clk
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State of New Jersey
County of Warren  } SS
On this second day of January AD 1839
personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County William Runkle aged Eighty Three years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with John Smith named in the annexed
declaration shortly after the close of the Revolutionary war and knew him for a long time and that he was reputed and believed to have served in the war of the Revolution he further saith that he knew his wife Mary Smith whose former name was Brokaw and that the said Mary and John Smith lived together in lawful
matrimony for a long time in his neighborhood and had several children

Wm Runkle

Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written, before me,
Wm B McCullough J. Peace

I do hereby certify that the above named deponent is a highly respectable gentleman and entitled to full credit and belief
Wm B McCullough J.P.
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State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon } SS
On this fifteenth day of October A.D. 1838 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon and State aforesaid Elizabeth Thompson who being first duly
affirmed according to Law doth on her affirmation declare and say that she has been personally acquainted with Mary Smith named in the annexed declaration both before and since the death of her husband John Smith
and that she has remained a widow ever since the period of her husbands death which took place in the year Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Eight

Elizabeth Thompson

Affirmed and subscribed to
this 15th Oct A.D. 1838
before me Jno Thompson one of the Judges
of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County

I do hereby certify that Elizabeth Thompson the above name affiant is well known to me and that she is a respectable lady and entitled to full confidence and belief
Jno Thompson
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Second Regiment
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Capt. Helms's company

[table below, with 10 columns; column headings as follows:]

(1) Names
(2) Rank
(3) Time in Service
(4) Pay per Month
(5) Amt. of Depreciate
(6) State Stores
(7) Cash recd. of Commr.
(8, 9, 10) [no column headings]

[Text below column headings:]
(1) John Smith
(2) Private
(3) Oct 28 1778 to Aug. 1. 1780
(4) 2. 10.0
(5) 449.18.6
(6) 4.0.0
(7) 1.17.6
(8) 44
(9) 1
(10) 0
[end of table

State of New Jersey SS
I, James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true extract from an account headed "Return of the noncommissioned officers and private of the Second Jersey Regiment, in service in January 1781, with sums due to each on the account of depreciation of their pay, agreeably to an act of the Legislature passed Jany. 26.1781" as contained in Book B. of Auditors accounts during the Revolutionary War, now remaining in my office.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at the City of Trenton in said State, this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight (1838)
James D. Westcott

[seal affixed at left]
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b. July 8 1752 or 1750 at Baskinridge Morris Co. N.J.
CONTENTS
Enl. in Monmouth Co. N.J. (his residence) lived in [illegible] Co NY- about 35 yrs. also in Oswego and in res. in 1835 Rochester NY.
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Know all men by these presents, That I, the subscriber, have appointed, and by these presents do appoint and constitute GLEASON F. LEWIS, Esq., my true and lawful Attorney in fact, to receive from the second or third Auditor of
the Treasury, the Secretary of War, or any other officer or officer authorized to settle or pay the same, all moneys, drafts or other dues of every kind, nature and name, for extra pay, commutation money, bounty, clothing money, prize money, withheld pay, or any other dues of any kind due to me from the United States, whether paid by any of the before mentioned
or any other officers of the United States; and I do hereby request said officers, or any or either of them, to pay said amounts to said Lewis, and do hereby give to said Lewis as full power to endorse all drafts, pay certificates, or any other papers in reference to said business, and to execute any and all receipts or discharges, or any other act which I could do if present, and any act by him to be done, shall be the same as if done by me in proper person.

Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of October A. D. 1853

                 her
Nancy A.  X  Wilbur
                mark 

In presence of
O.D. Hinckley
H.B. Greeburg

STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Chautaqua
Personally came before me, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, Nancy A
Wilbur and acknowledged that she had executed the foregoing instrument.  I certify that I know her to be the person described in the same.

Given under my hand at Clymer this 11th day of October 1853
O.D. Hinckley Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Chautauqua } SS
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Otis D. Hinckley----
Esq., who has subscribed the foregoing certificate of acknowledgement of power of Attorney, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Chautauqua--- and State of New York---
duly commissioned and authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, and that the foregoing signature " O.D. Hinckley" Justice of the Peace" is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as Clerk of said county at Mayville--- this twenty eighth day of November---A. D. 1853.

R. O. Green CLERK
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G.F. Lewis
Jany. 11/54
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185

Pension Office
11th Jany 1854.

Sir,

Yours of 5th ultimo, enclosing a Power of Attorney from Nancy A. Wilbur, who styles herself heir at law of John Smith decd of New York, has been received. If she is his child she must make application stating herself to be such-showing the date of her fathers and mothers marriage, of their deaths, and the
names and number of the surviving children.  If she is not a child she is not entitled. It is contrary to our rules to send papers or copies of any record from this office.

G. F. Lewis Esqr.
Cleveland
Ohio
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33.177
John Smith's
application for 
a Pension.

9760
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State City and County of New York ss: on this Twelfth day of August A.D. 1835 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Marine Court of the City and County of New York now sitting John Smith of Rochester in the County of Monroe in Said State of New York at present a resident of said City of New York to which place he has now come to make his application for a pension because it is more convenient for his witnesses who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passes June 7th 1832. That he was Seventy Nine years of age on the 8th day of July last past according to an original entry made in his family bible, but that his bible is not move with hum having left it with his family so that he cannot now provide it in court. That he was born in Baskinridge Morris County State of New Jersey in the year 1756 That in the month of August 1776 he entered into the service of the United States as a volunteer in a company then waited in Monmouth County New Jersey,(where he at that time resides) to serve five months, commanded by Captn Abraham Woolley in a Regiment under Col: David Forman-that he was made orderly Sergeant of said company and served as such for said five months-that he marched with said company to Long Island and was at the battle of Long Island which took place soon after- that he continued with said company during the retreat of the American army across the island of New York to Fort Lee and through New Jersey and was at the
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capture of the Hessians at Trenton and also at the battle of Princeton , and when his five months service was over he was discharged and went (?) house-That in the Spring of 1777 the particular month he cannot recollect he again joined as a volunteer, a company of militia horsemen commanded by Captn James Greene under Col Henderson raised in Monmouth County to serve as (illegible) that he was uniformed armed and equipped himself and served in said Company-and also in a company of horse in the same Regiment under Captn Van Derhover until the End of the war- That he was called out and served sometimes in one of said companies and sometimes in the others frequently a month and more at a time and sometimes a week or ten days at a time, during which he was at the battle of Monmouth and at many skirmishes along the shore and lives in Monmouth County-That on account of his old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot specify with any kind of precision the particular times and periods of this service but according to the best of his recollection he served as a private not less than a year attached to the army in actual service, and for the rest of the time during the war he was in service on the  times continually under army of minute man-That he was frequently on service with Major Lee and Captain Randolph of Virginia and often dine with them-That he was
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well acquainted with Col: Morgan, and also knew Major Genl: Lee. That he has no documents to prove any part of his services. That Peter Wardell Thomas Chandler and Uriah Cooper all pf Monmouth County knew him well during the war and have some personal knowledge of his services-That upon the evacuation of the City of New York by the British he came to that City-That he afterwards removed to Saratoga in the State of New York where he lived above 35 years-that he also lived at Oswego and Rochester in Said State. That he is well know to Mr. John R. McDowall a clergyman and Dr. Lewis Post of Said City who are now present and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution-He hereby relinquished every claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid-
(signatures)
Jno Smith
John Barberie, Clk
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We John R McDowall-a clergyman and Lewis Post Physician both residing in the city of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. John Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age of seventy nine years 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
(signatures)
J.R. McDowall
Lewis Post

John Barberie, Clk
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State of New Jersey. Monmouth County ss:
Thomas Chandler and Uriah Cooper both of said County Farmers being severally duly sworn depose and say-and first the said Thomas Chandler-for himself says that he is now seventy five years of age and upwards, and the said Uriah Cooper says he is sixty five years of age and upwards-and these Deponents both say that they are well acquainted with Mr. John Smith of New York, and have known him since he was a boy that they have always lived in said county and were born there-that to their own knowledge , said Smith was a soldier in the continental army in the Revolutionary wat in what was called the five months service under Captain Woolley in the year 1776 where they went to Long Island, that they also saw said Smith in service in the horse militia under Captain Van Der Hoven frequently after his return from Long Island doing duty at many various times during the said war and they also saw him under Capt. Green
(signatures)
Thomas Chandler
Uriah Cooper

Sworn and subscribed
this 4th day of August
1835 before me
Joseph Wardell
Justice of the peace
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I. Joseph Wardell a Justice of the Peace residing in Monmouth County, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Chandler and Uriah Cooper who have sworn in the written affidavit, and that they are credible persons- Dated this 4th day of August 1835.
(signature)
Joseph Wardell
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey. Monmouth County,

Peter Wardell of **aid County Farmer being duly sworn
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State of New Jersey. Monmouth County N.J.
I D H Ellis Clerk of the Said County do hereby certify that Joseph Wardell before me whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was on the day of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and that the signature of Joseph Wardell therein subscribed is his own proper hand writing
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of the said County this fifth day of August 1835.
(signature)
D H Ellis
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And also that it appears to them that John R. McDowall who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in the City of New York and that Lewis Post who has also signed the same is a respectable physician of said City and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
By the County
John Barberie, Clerk

I. John Barberie Clerk of the Marine (?) County of the City of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of he said court in the matter of the application of John Smith for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the said Court this 12th day of August AD 1835-

John Barberie
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9760
P.O. ___John Smith___
Service.__N.J. res. N.Y.____
Enlisted:_________, 18__
Discharged: ________, 18__ ['REJECTED' stamped over text]

Application filed: ___________, 18__

['Alleges' crossed out]: __The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as 
['Re-enlisted' crossed out]: "Officers' names, duration rank locality, are wanted for each 
tour by itself."__
Attorney: _____________
P. O. _________________
________Recognized. __________Contract.
____Cert. of Dis.   Searched for _________, 18__
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New York
Revolutionary
John Smith

Suspended
(Illegible) Let to. J.N. Taylor
Aug. 17th 1835
John N Taylor 24 Aug-1835
G.F. Lewis 11th Jany: 1854.
1832
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Banking and Exchange Office of G.F. Lewis,
Corner of Superior and Union Streets.
Cleveland, Ohio, January 5, 1854

Hon L P Waldo
Comm of Pensions

Sir
Enclosed I hand you a Power of Attorney from Nancy A. Wilber heir at Law as she says to what was due dec Late John Smith and officer of the Revolution
There has been a Lot of papers filed in this case by an gent in NY State but nothing ever don (sic)
Will you hav (sic) the goodness to Send the papers to me and such information as will enable me to prepare the aditional (sic) vouchers in order to obtain for her what is due
Very respectfully
G F Lewis


For the accommodation of all, my office will be open from 8 in the morning to 9 in the evening.
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John N Taylor
24 August 1885
O.C.


Rec. Vol. 33 pa. 23
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War Dept
Pension Office
Aug 1835


Sir

In reply to yours of 19. last respecting the claim of John Smith I have to state that the pro rate pension awarded by the act of 7.June '32 indispensably requires a specification of each tour that the Dept. may understandingly adjudicate each and every part of the service which is to be taken into the computation of a certificate with respect to proof it is believed to be abundant among the numerous survivors if the New Jersey militia~
(illegible) 4 June

Jno N Taylor
New York
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August 17th 1835


Rec. Vol. 38. pa. 19.
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War Department
Pension Office
Aug 17th 1835
Sir
The papers relating to the claim of John
Smith have been examined and suspended. There is no
evidence of the existance of a company of Cavalry commanded
by Capt Vander Hoven in the Jersey Militia as
set forth in this case. This part of the claim requires
further proof By the regulations of the Department
it is required that each term of service be distinctly .
specified as to duration time and place
John N. Taylor Esq
New York
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New York Augt 19th 1835
Jos L Edwards Esqr
Sir:
Forms of the
17th inst in relation to the pension of
John Smith was recieved this morning
Mr Smith says that it is impossible
for him now at 80 years of age to 
particularize the several periods of his service and
that he cannot attempt to amend his
declaration in that respect without laying
himself under the imputation of a perjury.
As to the existence of a Capt Vander
Hover he says that his service .under him was very 
short but that he was at the battle of
Monmouth under him, & there captured
a British ammunition chest there are
several persons yet living in N. Jersey who
remember Capt Vanderhover & will
amply corrobororate Mr Smiths statements
respecting him. I can forward you their
affidavits if the other difficulty can be
disposed of with regard to time-
I hope under all the circumstances
of this case you will incline to compromise
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the matter & allow him half pay as for a
years service with this arrangement
Mr Smith would be satisfied-
Excuse the liberty of my suggestion &
believe me
with every sentiment of respect
Your Obt Sert
John N. Taylor,
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Jamaica Queens County State of
New York 27th December 1834
Sir
I have had the honour to receive from
Hon A. Huntington your letter respecting the
claim of John Smith
I am the attorney who made out those papers
to persuade you to give credence to my 
statement I would beg of you to inquire of Hon A
Huntington the Rep from my district also
of Hon John W Brown of Orange County
N Y who is also in the house of Representations
Since the reception of your letter I have visited
Smith and endeavoured to get information from
him more satisfactory to you but without 
success-- He thinks that his Colonel's name was
Smith, but he is not sure.
Smith is a poor old man of unusually weak
intellect and I am well convinced that should
you see him yourself you would without
hesitation conclude that he was one of those
careless simpletons who would think his 
Captain the greatest man in the world. I am
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rather surprised that he should even
remember his Lieutenant. I have known him 8 or 9 
years. He is a very ignorant man. I believe
that he never could either read or write yet
he is a conscientious man and has the 
expectation of being honest and upright in his conduct and dealings-- he is one of the oldest men
in this town-- but is not intelligent enough to
give a satisfactory account of things of quite
common occurrence
Your own knowledge of mankind will
convince you that sometimes a person can
recollect another as to his clothes, house, and general appearance and yet not be able to call the
name to mind. I can adduce instances of
intelligent persons who within 20 years have
been in places far from home, and also among
strangers at home, where they have conversed with
persons and even spent some days with them, and
yet now cannot recollect their names.
When I contrast such deficiency of memory with
the incapacity age and infirmity of Smith 
I am not surprised at his forgetfulness of the
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names of his Regimental officers after the lapse
of more than fifty years.
Your honour observes that "It cannot be 
conceded that so much service (18 months) is insusceptible of proof, by a claimant still residing
where he was enlisted, or called into service &
in the midst of all the associates of his whole
life.."
Although Smith lives in the same place 
where he has always lived - his case is very far
different from what your honour has supposed-
Jamaica in the time of the Revolution was a
tory district to a very great extent. The British
army was encamped where the village now is very
few indeed (if any) are at present here
who were here at that time-- Many joined the
British and went away at the close of the war
A man of Smith's intelligence & understanding
would never find an introduction to any thing
far from home - he has consequently lived in obscurity but I am confident that he ought in justice to receive a pension pursuant to the act
of Congress 7th of June 1832. I believe that he
is too honest, too simple, too void of natural
shrewdness and sagacity to give me an account
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that is not true. I have taken the trouble to
to inquire among his neighbours and I find
that he has always related the same story
in substance that appears in his affidavit
and which is on file in your office
I have the honour to be
very respectfully
Your obedient
Servant
Pierpont Potter
Hon J. L. Edwards
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New York Augt 13th 1835
To J.L. Edwards Esqr
DrSir:
I enclose the
application of John Smith for a
pension under the act 7th June
1832.
As he expects to remain
in this City some time he desires
that his pension may be payable
here for the present
With great respect
Your Obt Sert
John N. Taylor,
3 Napan St.