Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6098, for Leonard Smith, Maryland
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Smith, Leonard or Leonard B Mary Bowan Lown and NUMBER W. 6098 BL.Wt.57.752.-160-55

Res at enl. near BryanTown, MD.
in 1920 res. of Columbia Co. GA. aged 60 yrs.
died in Columbia Co. GA. Jan. 15, 1838
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16,537 Georgia Leonard Smith of Columbia Cy [County] in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel of the 3d Mary P Regt line, for the term of [illegible] three years Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 of Jany 1820 Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of March 1820 and sent to Hon J. Crawford House of Representatives Arrears to 4th of March, 1820  11. 9 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820 48 1 [illegible] $59.9 Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. Reinstated 1st March 1821 [illegible] Decision conf by Secy of War, Feby 26, 1821.
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[in left margin] 15 [illegible] '38 20 
be Notification sent November 10. 1820 to Peter Crawford, Columbia C. [illegible]  Geo Reinstated by Hon Secy of War on a third exten ation of the papers, the 1st March 1820 Rt Hon. J. H. Lumpkin July 19/56
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57752 [illegible] Feb 18/57 [across page]
268.696 Act Mar 3.'55 Mary Smith and Leonard Smith, Jr. Age 60 on Feb16/57 [illegible] Son Revy War. Geo Ad 29 July 48- 1229 Special by Commd. Feb. 14. '57 W. Cole CC Miller  T Jackson Augusta End P Vol. S. 170
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1229 Georgia Mary Smith widow of Leonard Smith Md, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private  Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848  Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Jany 1857 and sent to . Hon. A.H. Stephens  H. R. Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 29, 1848, Page 235 Vol. 36
368696 [in margin]
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Leonard Smith 16.537 Sept. 1820 not entitled Hon. J. Crawford 
Columbia C [illegible] Georgia [line marked out]
Allowed J.C.C
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Georgia On this 3d day of July 1820, personally Columbia County ⎬ appeared in Ohio Court, being a Court of Record for said County Leonard Smith aged Sixty one resident in said County who being duly sworn to according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. First in Capt Poseys Company for four months in 11 Colo Ewings Regiment that he afterwards enlisted with Capt Claggett in the third Maryland Regiment commanded by Col Gist for three years; and afterwards enlisted in the Maryland State Regiment and after being marched to the Southward he was attached to Capt Smiths Company and the Regiment was commanded by Col. Otho H. Williams, and was discharged at the close of the War at Fredericktown in the State of Maryland - The declarant has not received any Pension, but has received a certificate dated 10th March 1820 No 16,537- that he is entitled to a Pension of Eight Dollars per month to commence on the 24th January 1820 and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War [illegible] the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not, nor has
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has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contra
cts or debts due me, nor have I income other than what is 
contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscr
ibed.

Schedule of all the Property, belonging to me, necess
ary clothing and bedding exception to wit

210 acres of Verry [very] Poor Pine Land . . . . . . . . . $105.
One Horse 9 or 10 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     50.
" Mare do  do  do & colt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      60.
25 Head of Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     115.
25 Hogs & Pigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      30.
$380
_____
(Signed) Leonard Smith

The declarant is a Farmer and Carpenter but is now able 
to do verry [very] little work, and is afflicted with an exceeding 
bad rupture, he makes a little corn, and no cotton or other
articles for market.

His family residing with him consists of his wife
Mary aged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46  years
Daughter Betsy (insane & fits for 12 years) . 24 do
" Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 do
" Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 do
Son Alexander H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 do
Daughter Pricilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 do
Sworn to and declared on the 3d day }
of July 1820 in Open Court } (Signed) Leonard Smith
JA Smith
D Clk..
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Georgia }
Columbia County }  I Walter A. Appling Clerk of the Superior 
Court of the County aforesaid Do certify that the foregoing oath 
and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the 
record of said Court, that the total amount in value of 
the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Three hund
red & Eighty Dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 3d day 
of July 1820. [Blurred seal of Court]
Walter A. Appling
Clerk S. Court
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Application for 
Bounty Land

Mary Smith
168.696

Forwarded by 
Millers & Jackson
Attys at Law 
August, Ga
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State of Georgia }
Richmond County }

On this sixth day of February A.D. one thousand 
eight hundred and fifty seven, personally appeared before me, 
a Notary Public within and for said County, and duly authorized 
to administer oaths for general purposes, Mary Smith, aged eighty 
one years, a resident of Columbia County in said State:- who
being duly sworn according to law declares, that she is a Pensioner 
of the United States:- that her pension certificate is dated 
the twenty sixth day of January 1857:- that she is the widow 
of Leonard Smith, deceased, who was a private in the 
Revolutionary War, and served under Generals Greene, Smalley 
and Morgan, and was in the battles of Mud Island, Cowpens 
and Guilford Court House:- that he volunteered for three 
years and then for the war.  Deponent does not know 
when said Leonard Smith entered the service, but that he 
was in actual service for the whole period of his first 
enlistment, to wit, three years, and afterwards con
tinued in actual service until after the surrender of 
Cornwallis at Yorktown and was honorably discharged.

She further states that she was married to 
said Leonard Smith in Richmond County, Georgia, on 
the 17th day of December 1796 by one John Catlett, com 
monly known as Judge Catlett, a Justice of the Peace, and 
that her name before her said marriage was Mary 
McManus:- that her said husband died in Columbia 
County, Georgia, on the 15th day of January 1838, and that 
she has ever since been and still is a widow.  She 
has no public or private record of her said marriage,
but refers for further proof to the application made 
by her for a pension, and to the affidavit of John 
B. Brown hereto annexed.

She makes his declaration for the purpose 
of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be 
entitled under the Act approved March 3 1855.
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She further states that there is no person now in
life who was present at her said marriage, whom she
could use as a witness. She believes she is the only
surviving witness of that event. - And that she has
not, and, so far as she knows or believes, said Leonard Smith
has not received any bounty land for said services, or
ever made any application therefor.
Mary Smith
her mark

We John K. Jackson and John B. Brown, the first a
resident of Augusta, Georgia, the other of Columbia County
Georgia, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration
was signed and acknowledged by Mary Smith in our presence:
and that we believe, from the appearance and statements
of the applicant, that she is the identical person she
represents herself to be
John K. Jackson
John B Brown
And the said John B. Brown further states that he well
knew Leonard Smith in his lifetime and was the executor
of his will, which recognized the above applicant as
his wife: that he know them well from 1827 to
1838, when said Leonard Smith died, and that they
always lived together as man and wife and were
so reputed by all their neighbors and friends, and he
never heard a breath of suspicion to the contrary.
John B Brown

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and
subscribed before me on the day and year above
written, and I certify that I know the affiants
to be credible persons: that I am fully satisfied
the claimant is the person she represents herself
to be, and that I have no interest
in
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this claim George T. Barnes Notary Public
State of Georgia
Richmond County Clerk's Office Inferior Court of said County
I Benjamin F. Hall, Clerk of the Inferior Court
of said County, certify that George T. Barnes, whose
genuine signature appears to the jurat of the foregoing
affidavits, is and was at the date thereof an acting
qualified Notary Public in and for said County, and as
such authorized to administer oaths for general purposes
under the law of Georgia.
Witness my hand and seal of
said Court this 6th Feby 1857
Ben F. Hall Clerk
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Hon J Crawford, H. R.
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District of Georgia 

On this 24th day of January 1820 before 
me the subscriber one of the Judges 
of the Superior Court of this State for 
said District personally appeared 
Leonard Smith aged sixty years resident 
in Columbia County in said District 
who being by me first duly sworn 
according to the law doth on his oath 
make the following declaration in 
order to obtain the provision made 
by the late Act of Congress entitled 
An Act to provide for certain persons 
engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States in the 
Revolutionary war.  That he the said 
Leonard Smith on or about the first of 
March 1777 this Deponent enlisted under 
Captain Horatio Claggett whose company 
was attached to the third Maryland 
regiment commanded by Colonel Mordecai Gist, in the 
continental establishment in which company and regiment 
this Deponent served three years and was regularly discharged 
in Wickes farms near Morristown in the State of 
New Jersey in the month of March 1780.  That 
he was in the Battles of the White Plains 
in the battle of Brandywine, Monmouth 
at Stony Point, at the battle of Guilfort [Guilford] of
Hobkirks hill, at the siege of ninety six at the 
battle of Eutaw he continued in service 
untill [until] the end of the war having reinlisted [reenlisted]
in the 7th Maryland regiment commanded b 
Col Otho Williams that he is in reduced 
circumstances and needs the assistance of 
his country for support that his discharges 
are lost or mislaid and he has no other evidence 
but the affidavit of Notley Whitcomb of 
said services.
Sworn to & declared before me  Leonard Smith
in the day & year aforesaid
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I John Montgomery Judge of the Superior 
Courts Middle District Georgia do certify 
that the said Leonard Smith did serve in the 
Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding 
Declaration against the common for the term 
of nine months at one time on the Continental 
establishment.  I am also satisfied that he 
needs the assistance of his country for support. 
And I now transmit the procedings [proceedings] and 
testimony taken and had before me to the 
Secretary of the Department of War pursuant 
to the directions of War pursuant to the 
directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
Jno H Montgomery Judge
Sup Cots Mid St Geo [word Seal encircled]

State of Georgia } 
Richmond County } Clerks Office Supr Court

I John H Mann Clerk of the Superior 
Court of said County Do hereby certify that the 
Honorable John Harford Montgomery Before whom 
the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time 
of subscribing the same and now is Judge of the Superior 
Courts of the middle District of Georgia duly commissioned 
and sworn as appears of Record
[Blurred seal of Office] Given under my hand and seal of office
at Augusta this twenty fifth day of January 
in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred 
and twenty.
John H Mann Clerk
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Application for Pension
Mary Smith
wd ao [?] of Leonard B.

Geo

John K. Jackson
Augusta Georgia
Attorney for Applicant
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State of Georgia }
Richmond County } Personally appeared before me 
Thomas W Miller attorney at law who being duly 
sworn says that prior to the year 1844, in that 
year or thereafter not many years ago, he was 
employed as such attorney at law to procure evidence 
of the marriage of Mrs Mary Smith to one 
Leonard B Smith in order that said Mary 
might present to the United States Govemment [Government]
a claim for a pension, having been informed that 
her husband, the said Leonard B had been a
soldier in the revolutionary war.  That accor
ding to his recollection for the purpose of receiving 
such proof he went to the residence of William 
Dearmond in said County & there received an affi
davit from Mrs Martha Fury who as well 
as he remembered did prove the marriage of said 
Mary to the said the said Leonard B.  That he 
would have prosecuted the claim of said Martha 
for a pension, but was afterwards informed that there 
was no law existing at the time, which was appli
cable to the claim she [illegible] that he therefore aban
doned the same

He further swears that said affidavit according to 
his recollection was made before him as a Notary 
Public.  that this affidavit and other papers he 
had connected with the case remained in his office 
for years, but that the same have been lost or
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mislaid so that said affidavit cannot now be 
found.

Deponent can not be more specific than he 
has been inasmuch as he has not thought of 
the matter in years, except as from time to time new [word struck out] laws 
have been passed in relation to these matters

Deponent further says that at that time Mrs Martha 
Fury was an old woman, not an entirely credible 
witness and that deponent has been informed and 
has many reasons to believe and does verily believe 
that said Martha Fury has been dead for several 
years.
Sworn to & subscribed before }  T. W. Miller
me in open Court }
this 10th of November 1856 }
Benjamin F Hall }
Clerk Superior Court }
Richard County }
[Blurred seal]
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State of Georgia, }
Richmond County ⎬ I, Foster Blodget, Junior, Ordinary 
of said County, and the proper officer appointed by law 
to keep the records of the issuing and return of
Marriage Licenses of said County, hereby certify that 
I have made a thorough search in my office for the
record of the marriage of Leonard B. Smith and
Mary Smith; that I can find no evidence in my
Office of such marriage; and that there are no
records of marriages prior to the year Eighteen
hundred and six (1806)
Witness my official signature
and seal this tenth day of No
vember, 1856.
Foster Blodget Jr
Ordinary
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Sold by
John C. Clark & Son.
Dock Street
Philadelphia.
---
State of Georgia
Columbia County
On this Eighth day of October
eighteen hundred & fifty six before me James B Wilson a Justice of the Inferior Court of said County personally appeared Mary Smith, a resident of said County & aged eighty one years on the fifth day of January last. Who being duly sworn according to law doth
on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pensions made by the act of Congress approved July 29th 1848 "to wit" that she is the widow of Leonard B Smith, who was a private soldier in the revolution war with Great Britain, that the
said Lenard B Smith resided at the time he entered the service in the State of Marland that he volunteered for three years & then enlisted during the remainder of the war. that he was in the battles of Mud Island, [Corrpend], and Guilford Court House, that in the course of his service he marched through the State of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina to Charleston and served under Generals
Green and Morgan. At the time of his entering the service, he lived near Bryan Town in the State of Maryland. Deponent does not know when he entered the service, but he did not leave the service until after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at York Town; and for further proof of service she refers to the record in the application of the said Leonard Smith who was a pensioner and received his pension which was eight dollars per month at the Agency at Savannah Georgia. She has no documentary evidence
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to support her claim, except what is furnished by the records of the war department and the application of her said husband Leonard B. Smith who obtained and enjoyed his aforesaid pension until the day of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Leonard B Smith on the 17th day of December 1796 in Richmond County Georgia
that her husband the aforesaid Lenard B.
Smith, died on the 15th day of January 1888
in Columbia County Georgia. That she was
not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January 1800, namely at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never married
since the death of the said Leonard B Smith
and that she has never before made application for a pension, but that in the year 1844 she employed Thomas W Miller Esquire to make such application for her, but that after recuring proof upon the oath of Martha Fun
of the marriage of herself and her said husband on the day aforesaid he abandoned said application upon the ground as he advised her that there was no law at that time applicable to her Case, she further declares that she has no record evidence of said marriage, that she had searched by her counsel in the office of the ordinary of Richmond County for the certificate of her marriage and that the same cannot be found she further declares that the said Martha Fury is now dead and that there is no person in life who was present at her said marriage
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by whom she can prove the same. In default
of which she annexed hereto affidavits which jurat with the best secondary evidence that the nature of the case admits of Mary Smith
her mark


State of Georgia
Columbia County
I, James B Wilson One of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed before me this Eighth day of October 1886
and I further certify that said deponent is ┃
personally known to me, that I believe her foregoing declaration to be true; and from bodily infirmity she is unable to attend Court
Witness my hand and official signature.
the day and year aforesaid James B Wilson J. P.


State of Georgia
Columbia County
I, David Harriss
Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County
hereby certify that James B. Wilson whose
genuine signature appears to the Jurat of the
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foregoing affidavit is and was at the date
thereof and acting qualified.  Justice of the Inferior Court of said County and that the
same, is a Court of Record

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this
[illegible] day of November 1886
David Harriss
[illegible]
-
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State o Georgia }
Columbia County }

Personally appeared Simmons 
Crawford who being duly sworn sayeth [saith], that he 
knew Leonard B Smith and Mary Smith his wife 
during the lifetime of the former.  that he knows 
that they [struck out: have] were for many years residents  
of the County of Columbia in said state.
That they were of respectable character and rep
utation and always lived together as man and wife.
Sworn to & subscribed before }
me this 29th day of Sept 1856 } Simmons Crawford
Jas M Anthony J.S.C. C.Ga

State of Georgia }
Columbia County }

I, David Harriss 
Clerk of the Superior Court of said County hereby 
certify that James M. Anthony whose genuine 
signature appears to the [illegible] off the foregoing affi
davit is and was at the date thereof an acting 
qualified Justice of the Superior Court of said 
County
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court 
this first day of October 1856
David Harriss
[Blurred seal of Court] Clerk J.C.C.C.
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State of Georgia }

Personally appeared George 
W. Crawford who being duly sworn sayeth [saith]
that he knew Leonard B Smith and Mary Smith 
his wife, during the life time of the former.
that he knows that they were for many years 
residents of the County of Columbia in said 
State.  That they were of respectable character 
and reputation and always lived together as man 
and wife, and that said Mary Smith is still a widow.
Sworn to & subscribed before me }
this 30th day of September 1856 } Geo W Crawford
Henry P. Walker J. P.

State of George }
Richmond County }

I Benjamin F Hall 
Clerk of the Superior Court of said County hereby 
certify that Henry P Walker Esqr whose 
genuine signature appears to the [illegible] of the forego
ing affidavit is and was at the date thereof an 
acting qualified Justice of the Peace 
of said County.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court 
this [illegible] day of November 1856
Benj F Hall Clerk
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[The below language was struck out]

State of Georgia }
Richmond County } Ordinary's Office of said County

I, Foster Blodget Jr, Ordinary of said County, 
and the proper officer appointed by law to keep the 
records of the issuing and return of Marriage Licenses of 
said County hereby certify that I have made a thorough 
search in the proper places, in connection with John 
K. Jackson Esqr for the record of the marriage of 
Leonard B. Smith and Mary Smith:-that I can 
find no evidence in my office of such marriage and 
that the records of marriages prior to the year 
have been lost or destroyed.
Witness my official signature and seal this tenth 
day of November 1856.
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Further Proof in the 
application of 
Mary Smith for 
a Pension

Forwarded by 
John K. Jackson
Augusta Ga
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State of Georgia }
Richmond County }

In proper person appeared John B. 
Brown, who, being duly sworn, saith that he is a resident 
of Columbia County in said State, and that he has been 
a resident thereof for more than forty five years:- that 
he was a militia captain in that county from 1827 
to 1833 and believes he knew every man in the 
County of Columbia:- that he well knew Leonard B.
Smith, in his lifetime, and knew that he was a 
pensioner upon the United States government down 
to the time of his death:- that he never knew any
other Leonard B Smith, or Leonard Smith, or Len 
Smith in said County or elsewhere:- that he (deponent)
was the executor of the last will and testament of 
Leonard B. Smith, in which said Smith recognized 
Mary Smith, who is the present applicant for a pension, 
as his wife, bequeathed all his property to her as 
his wife for her life, and at her death to their 
children:- that he (deponent) has fully administered 
and settled up his estate according to the provisions 
of said will without [illegible], hindrance or opposition 
from any person:- that said Leonard B. and 
Mary, to deponent's own knowledge, lived together 
as man and wife and were so recognized by all their 
friends & acquaintances, and deponent never heard 
a breath of suspicion to the contrary:- that the 
pension certificate, and other papers connected therewith,
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came to deponent's possession, after said Smith's
death, as his executor:- that with a view to 
obtaining a pension for his said widow Mary 
Smith, deponent placed said papers in the 
custody of Thomas W. Miller Esquire, an attorney 
at Law of the City of Augusta:- that after taking 
proof of the marriage of said Leonard B. Smith 
and Mary Smith from witnesses, who were then 
in life but now deceased, deponent was informed 
by said Thomas W. Miller that such pension could 
not be obtained because the parties had not been 
married within the time then provided for by 
law:- that said papers have since been lost 
or mislaid and cannot now be found:- that 
deponent has often seen said Leonard B Smith write 
and sign his name, and has seen him collect 
his said pension, and has seen the necessary papers 
for the collection of it made out for him by 
Peter Crawford and Charles A. Crawford.  Deponent 
further says that he has seen a record of the birth 
of the children of said Leonard B. Smith and 
Mary Smith, in the handwriting of said Leonard 
B., showing that they had eight children, two 
of whom appeared to be born previous to the 
year eighteen hundred.  Deponent further says
that the annexed deed, made to him by Leonard 
B. Smith, was signed by said Smith and the 
signature thereto is the genuine signature of
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Georgia } [illegible] indenture maid [made]
Columbia County } this [illegible] day of 
September in the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty seven between 
John B. Brown of the County and State 
aforesaid of the one part and Leonard 
B Smith of the same place of the other 
part.  Witnesseth that the said John B. Brown 
for and in consideration of the sum of 
Fifty Dollars to him in hand paid at and 
before the sealing and delivery of these presents,
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged 
hath granted bargained sold and conveyed 
and does by these presents grant, bargan [bargain] sell 
and convey unto the said John B. Brown his 
heirs and assigns, all that tract or [illlegible]
of land situated and lying in the County of 
[illegible] at the time of surveying in the 
Nineteenth District known and distinguished 
in the plan of said District by the 
Number two hundred and thirty two to have 
and to hold said tract or parcel of land 
unto him the said John B Brown his heirs 
and assigns together with all and [illeigble] and 
the rights, [illegible] appurtenances thereof 
to the same in any manner belonging 
to his and their own proper use benefit 
and behoof for [illegible] in fee simple
And the said Leonard B Smith for himself 
his heirs and [illegible] and administrators 
the said bargained premises unto the
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will warrant and for [illegible] defend the 
right and title thereof against themselves 
and against the claims of all other persons 
whatever.
In witness whereof the said Leonard 
B. Smith hath hereunto set his hand 
and seal the day and year above written.
Signed sealed, and delivered 
in presence of 
Leonard B Smith [word Seal encircled]

[Faint signatures]
William [illegible]
[illegible] Cox [illegible]
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State of Georgia }
Richmond County }

Personally appeared before me 
Nehemiah K Butler who being duly sworn deposes 
and says that he is a merchant in the City of 
Augusta County and State aforesaid and has been 
for many years past.  That he was well acquain
ted with Leonard B Smith late of the County of 
Columbia during his lifetime from his having traded 
with him for many years.  That Leonard B. was a 
pensioner up to the time of his death and usually 
sent his pension papers to the City of Savannah where 
the pension agent resided.  That said Leonard B. 
was a poor man and usually settled his indebtedness 
to him said Nehemiah K. after receiving the 
amount of his pension.  That said Leonard B 
went by the name of Len Smith and that he said 
Nehemiah K. only knew his name to be Leonard B. 
from him said Leonard B. when opening an account 
against him in his books.
Sworn to and subscribed before }
me this 10th day of December 1856 } Nehemiah K. Butler
Frank H Miller 
Notary Public 
Richmond County 
Ga
[Blurred seal]
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State of Georgia } Clerks Office Superior
Richard County } Court of said County

I Benjamin F Hall clerk of the Superior Court of said 
County do hereby certify that Frank H Miller whose 
genuine signatures appear to the [illegible] of the foregoing 
affidavits is and was at the dates thereof an 
acting qualified Notary Public and and for said 
County and authorized to administer oaths for general 
purposes
Witness my official signature and seal of said Court 
this 24th day of December 1856.
[Blurred seal of Court] Benj. F. Hall Clerk
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57,752

Rev Clms
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No. 1460
Mary Smith
wd of Leonard B.
Georgia

Let J. R. Jackson
Nov. 22/56

July 29, 1848
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[Envelope]

[Circular mail stamp]
AUGUSTA 
FEB
[illegible]

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C

[Written vertically in right margin]
Feby 11/57
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 6098
Mary Smith 
widow 
Leonard Smith 
Pri. Rev. War

Act: July 29, 1848
Index:--Vol M, Page 210

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, March 7th, 181[illegible]

I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls remain
ing in the Auditor's Office, that Leonard Smith 
enlisted as a private in the 3rd Maryland 
Regiment, on the 18th day of March 77 
and was discharged on the 11th March 80. 
Thos. Karney Aud. S. M.
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Washington City 
11 July 1886

Mr J Minot

Sir,  I am re
quested by a constituent 
to inquire of you and 
ascertain the condition 
of the application of Mrs.
Priscilla Smith widow of 
Leonard B. Smith a de
ceased Pensioner and a 
resident of the State of 
Georgia for a Pension.

Will you be so good 
as to inform me at 
your earliest convenience

Yours truly
Jno H Lumpkin
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Washington D C
29, Decr. 1856

Dear Sir

Enclosed I send 
you some papers relating 
to the claim I believe of 
Mrs Mary Smith of Ga
for a Pension as widow 
of Len B. Smith decd.
The papers have been sent 
to me by a highly respectable
Gentleman who informs me 
that this case is certainly just.
I know nothing of the 
parties myself but have
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great confidence in 
Mr. John K. Jackson who 
sent the papers to me.
Please let me hear from 
you when action is had 
on the claim.

Your Respectfully 
Alexander H Stephens

George C. Whitney
Comr of Pens
Washington 
D.C.
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Brief in the case of Mary Smith Widow of Leonard 
of Georgia under the Act of July 29 1848.

Her husband was pensioned under the Acts of 1818 & 1820 at 
$96 a year & died in 1838.

Date of marriage proven by a witness to the service
the Family record showed the birth of 2 children before 
1800, and by the oath of her husband, who in 1820,
declared that he had a child 24 years old & another 21 
years of age.

Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, her 
identity as the pensioner's widow, his death
and her presented widowhood proved by credible
witnesses.

Sent to 
Hon A. H. Stephens  Thornton Triplett
H of Reps  Examiner
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[Envelope]

(Private)
Mr. John C. Calhoun
Secy. Dept. War
Washington

[Written vertically through address]
Ansd. Nov. 18. 1820
[illegible initials]

[Written vertically in left margin]
W Edwards
J. C. C.

the [illegible]
Georgia
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Nov. 24th 1820

Sir,

I called a day or two past at the pension
office and heard somewhat to my regret, that 
the name of old Leonard Smith of Columbia County 
Ga. had been stricken from the list.  Mr Edwards 
however informed me that a hearing could be 
had & suggested the course I am now about to 
pursue.

I beg leave then on behalf of this declining 
veteran to state that I have known him as the 
neighbor of my father at least fifteen years.  That by 
reason of his bodily infirmity (being very badly ruptured)
his advanced age, the size & helpless condition of his 
family, and his general good character, his neighbors 
have contributed, from a [illegible] of its necessity, much to
ward the subsistence of the old man his wife & children

The little piece of pine land on which he resides 
I presume never did with the upmost tillage he has 
been able to give it produces an adequate supply 
of food for his family, and he has therefore been always 
obliged to eke out the deficit by his trade of job car
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pentery during the winter months, aided as he has 
been for many years by the friendly donations of his 
neighbors.  Two hundred acres of land in N. England 
Pennsylvania or Jersey is thought to be an estate, 
but both you and I know, that a man may 
own two thousand acres of the [illegible] lands of 
Carolina & Georgia & yet be a pauper.  I do not 
consider Smith's land as adding essentially one dollar 
to his wealth.  I know he can in the same neigh
borhood have the gratuitous use of ten times as 
much of such land during life.

Having known Smith so long and believing 
as I certainly do that he is as fairly entitled to the ben
efits of the pension law as any man in Georgia 
or any where else, I can but express the hope 
that his case will be re-examined & that he may 
[illegible] the benefits of a more favorable decision.
I am very respectfully 
Yr. [illegible] Obt.
J. Crawford
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Mary Smith 
Widow of Leonard 
of
Georgia

Admd: July 29 1848
$96 a year from 
4 March 1848

Cert to 
Hon. A. H. Stephens
Hof R
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Georgia,  Personally appeared before me Notley Whitcomb 
Columbia County a citizen of the County of Columbia in the State 
aforesaid and after being duly sworn on the Holy Gospel of God 
deposeth and saith in the Revolutionary War he served 
as a regular soldier in the Maryland Line at the siege 
of York and after the capture of Lord Cornwallis, the 
regiment to which he belonged was marched to South 
Carolina and joined the army under the command of 
General Greene, and upon his joining the Southern army 
he became acquainted with Leonard Smith (now a 
citizen of the State and County aforesaid) who was then 
in the [words struck out] regular service under the command of 
General Green either as a soldier or non-commissioned 
officer, that the said Leonard Smith continued in the 
army of the United to the close of the Revolutionary 
War and from which period this deponent was well 
acquainted with the said Leonard Smith-and this depo
nent further saith that to the best of his recollection 
the regiment to which he belonged joined the army 
under General Greene in the winter of 1781 in the State of 
South Carolina, and that he has reason to believe 
that the said Leonard Smith was a soldier in the 
army of the United States during the greater part of 
the Revolutionary War
Sworn to before me }  Notley his X mark Whitcomb
this 15th day of Sept 1819. }
Jno H Montgomery
Judge Sup Cots Mod Dt Ga