Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 22276, for James Smith, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)
[column headings: SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER|]
N.H.|Smith, James|W22276|
[blank]|Ruth|B.L.Wt. 6015-160-55|
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CONTENTS
Res. at enl. Haverhill, N.H. 
d. Oct. 8, 1844 at Bath, N.H.
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32,378.
New Hampshire.
James Smith, deceased, of Grafton (in the State of N. Hampshire, who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Barrows (Barron) of the Regt: commanded by Col. Bedel in the N. Hampshire line for 12 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, & Ending on 8th, October, 1844, when he died
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Certificate of Pension issued the 13th: day of September 1845 and sent to John Bedel, Bath - N. Hampshire
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Arrears to the 4th of [blank] [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank] [blank]
$543.77
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. M. Stewart Clerk,
Book E Vol. 1 Page 119.
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[verso]
Reported Jany 22/49
Reported feby 13/49

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3262
New Hampshire ['Ports' crossed out] Concord
Ruth Smith widow of James N.H. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Jany 1849 and sent to Chester C. Hutchins Bath N.H. 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 130 Vol. 1.
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[verso]
43,968} Act May 3/55 Rec Apl 6/55
Ruth Smith wid of James Smith (private)
Pensioner
War Revolution
Private Col. Bedel's N.H. Reg't 
Boynton
Adm'd 160 acs Sept 6/55
Dodge
[overwritten: War't No 6015 iss Sept 10/55]

[recto]
NH
feby 48 - no 3262
Vol S1. page 146
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43.958
Ruth Smith Declaration
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State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton (SS) on this thirty first day of March AD 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the state and county aforesaid Ruth Smith aged eighty three years a resident of Bath in said state who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of James Smith who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and that she is now in recpt of a pension from the United States for the Service of her Said husband James Smith at the rate of forty dollars per annum under the Act of February 2d AD 1848 that her name is on the Roll of the Concord NH Agency.
She further declares that she was married to the said James Smith in the town of Bath in said State of New Hampshire on the nineteenth day of March AD 1789 that her said husband died on the eighth day of October in the year AD 1844 that her name before her said marriage was Ruth Weeks and that she still remains a widow she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3d 1855
/s/Ruth Smith
attest /s/Emeline S. Smith
/s/James S. Sanborn
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We Emeline S. Sanborn and James S. Sanborn residents of Bath in said state of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed in our presence by the Said Ruth Smith and that we believe from the statements and appearances of the declarant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
/s/Emeline S. Sanborn
/s/James S. Sanborn
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were signed and sworn to on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in his claim
/s/Dan'l Patterson Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord.
April 3, 1855
I hereby certify, That on the date of the annexed attestation Daniel Patterson was a Justice of the Peace for the county of Grafton in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified, and to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. 
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written. 
/s/John L. Hadley
Secretary of State.
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James Smith dec'd
NH
Act 7. June 32.
Adm'd 
12 mo pri
40 to 8 Oct'r 44 the day of his death to Ruth Smith his widow - 
Enter on Index
/s/Jno Bedel
Bath N.H. 
40x13.4x401-4
520
  20
    3.33
       44 = 543.77
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I, Eben'r Carleton, Jr. certify That I have held the office of Town Clerk of Bath in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire three years past & now have the possession of the Records of Said Town. And that the following is a true extract form said Records - 
"Marriage, James Smith and Ruth Weeks married the 19th March 1789 pr. Jacob Hurd Jus. Peace"
Bath Town Clerk's Office. Dec'r 4, 1844 /s/Eben'r Carleton Jr Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire. Grafton ss. Dec. 4, 1844, 
Personally appearing, the above named Ebenezer Carleton Jr. made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true.
Before me /s/John L. Carleton, Jus. Peace
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County sct - I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John L. Carleton is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Grafton, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 17th day of January AD 1847: and that his signature above written is genuine - 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said County, this 7th day of December AD 1844.
/s/N. B. Felton Clerk
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Declaration of Ruth Smith in order to obtain the pension or annuity due and owing to her late husband James Smith in his life time from the United States of America on account of his revolutionary services by virtue of an act of Congress passed the 7th day of June A.D. 1832, entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution" & also in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress approved the 3d day of March A.D. 1843 entitled "an act granting a pension to certain widows of revolutionary soldiers" which act was revived & continued by an act of Congress approved the 17th day of June A.D. 1844 entitled "an act to continue the pensions of certain widows."
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss:} Personally appeared at the dwelling house of Martin L. Sanborn in Bath in said County on the 5th day of December A.D. 1844 before Andrew L. Woods one of the associate Justices of the Superior Court of the State of New Hampshire Ruth Smith a resident of said Bath aged 72 years the 19th day of January last, not having been able for nearly five years past to travel except occasionally to go a short distance to attend Church in pleasant weather, on account of a sever fit'g sickness about five years since which compelled her to rely upon her crutches for support in walking for more than two years of that time, and feeling unable from the delicate state of her health at the present and the infirmities of advanced age to leave her house at the present time; who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension or annuity due and owing to her late Husband James Smith in his life time from the United States of America for or on account of his revolutionary services by virtue of an act of Congress passed the 7th day of June A.D. 1832 entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving
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officers and soldiers of the revolution" and now by the subsequent provisions of the same due his widow the said Ruth Smith - and also in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress approved the 3d day of March A.D. 1843, entitled 
"an act granting a pension to certain widows of revolutionary soldiers" which act was revived & continued by an act of Congress approved the 17th day of June A.D. 1844 entitled "an act to continue the pensions of certain widows"
That she is the widow of James Smith late of said Bath deceased who was a soldier in the army of the revolutionary war of the United States of America - that as nearly as she can recollect and according to the best information that she has been able to obtain, her late husband the said James Smith sometime in the spring of 1778 enlisted as a private solder in a company commanded by Captain Timothy Barron of Haverhill in said State and served nearly one  year in a Regiment commanded by Timothy Bedel of said Haverhill as Colonel, and that she has heard her said husband ['has' crossed out] frequently & repeatedly from time to time since their marriage ['heard him' crossed out] say that he was about 16 years old when he was in the service & that he served about one year under Captain Timothy Barron & lived at that time at a place called Horse Meadow in said Haverhill but a little distance from the "Old Court House" in said Horse Meadow & that he was at the cutting out of 'Hazen's' road so called & was at Newbury Vt. at the time that Ezra Gates' arm was broken in the house of Gen'l Jacob Bailey by a shot from the enemy & was also at said Newbury at the time that Tom. Johnson was taken prisoner & carried into Canada, & that he was obliged to keep himself in readiness to march at a moments warning, and was frequently called out on occasions of alarm to defend the Connecticut River frontiers so called - She farther states that she has no documentary evidence of her said husband's term of service, but would refer you to the original or a copy of the pay roll of Captain Timothy Barron's company in Col. Timothy Bedel's Regiment, now on file at the war department.
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And she farther states that the reasons why her late husband never made an application for a pension are according to the best of her knowledge as follows - for the last twenty five years previous to his decease he was in easy & independent circumstances as to property - he labored under the mistake that he must make oath that he signed the enlisting roll himself & repeatedly said that he could not do so, as he had not a distinct recollection of so doing - he also supposed that he must find two persons that were personally knowing to the fact of his service, & that he must make oath that he actually stood in need of a pension, and from these circumstances combined and the fact of there being so few soldiers of his company surviving he never felt sufficient evidence or encouragement to commence an application - she farther states that she was married to her late husband the said James Smith at her Father's house about 1/4 of a mile from where she now resides, on the 19th day of March A.D. 1789 by Jacob Hurd Esq. & that her said husband died on the 8th day of October last at the dwelling of the aforesaid Martin L. Sanborn - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of Jan'y A.D. 1794 Viz: at the time and place above stated as her family Bible and the Town records agree in showing - that her maiden name was Ruth Weeks - that she now the widow of the said James Smith she not having intermarried with any other person since the death of her said husband the said James Smith - And that she and her late husband have resided in Bath aforesaid from the time that they were married as above up to the time of his decease - 
/s/Ruth Smith 
Sworn and subscribed by the above mentioned Ruth Smith this 5th day of December Anno Domini 1844
In present of /s/John Bedel
/s/Emeline S. Sanborn
/s/Mira Parker } Before me Andrew S. Woods, one of the associate Justices of the Superior Court of the State of New Hampshire
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I certify that the within named Ruth Smith has been personally known to me for a number of years and that she is the widow of the within named James Smith as she has represented herself in the foregoing declaration 
/s/Andrew S. Woods one of the associate Justices of the Superior Court of the State of New Hampshire
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County sct. 
I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk for said County of the Superior Court of Judicature of said State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Andrew S. Woods is an acting Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 2d day of October AD 1840, and will expire on the 2d day of June AD. 1873 and that his two official signatures above written (on this and the last preceding pages of this sheet) are genuine - 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 7th day of December AD. 1844. 
/s/N. B. Felton Clerk
[margin note: 6862]
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I Hannah Waters of Bath in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged 85 years the 29th day of Oct. last depose and say that I am the widow of John Waters late of said Bath deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner in his life time, and that I now draw a pension on account of his revolutionary services, & that I have lived in said Bath 78 years and over excepting three years of that time that I lived in Newbury in the State of Vermont and one year in Haverhill in the State of New Hampshire & that I have well known James Smith late of said Bath deceased upwards of 58 years, and that I never knew or heard of any other person by the name of James Smith in my life time except a son of the said James Smith - that died while very young - & that he has been considered in affluent circumstances for quite a number of years previous to his decease & that he has lived within about two miles of my place of residence ever since he has been married to his present widow Ruth Smith who I understand is about making an application for a pension, with whom I have been intimately acquainted ever since she was born. 
/s/X her mark Hannah Waters
In presence of /s/John Bedel
/s/Isaac Patterson} 
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss:} Sworn to and subscribed this 7" day of December A.D. 1844 
Before me /s/Isaac Patterson Jus Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County sct. 
I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Isaac Patterson is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Grafton duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the ninth day of January AD 1840 and will expire on the ninth day of January AD. 1848, and that his (official) signature above (written) is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand & the seal of said County this 7th day of December AD 1844 - 
/s/N. B. Felton Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF/eel
October 10, 1928
Mary Catlin
St. Peter, Minnesota
Madam:
I advise you from the papers on the Revolutionary War pension claim, W22276, it appears that James Smith, while residing new Horse Meadow, in Haverhill, New Hampshire,
enlisted in April, 1778 and served nearly one year as a private in Captain Timothy Barron's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment.
He died October 8, 1844 at Bath, New Hampshire.
The soldier married March 19, 1789, Ruth Weeks. She was born January 19, 1772.
She was allowed pension on her application executed December 5, 1844, at which time she was living at Bath, New Hampshire.
A son, James, died when very young, no date stated, and there are no further data relative to children.
Respectfully,
E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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[verso]
Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 22,276
Ruth Smith Wid: of James Smith
Priv. Rev. War
Act Feb. 2d 1848. 
Index: Vol. M., Page 225
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
Aug 3 '96 wid Pens'd to J. M. Rapp, Odin Ills. LWB
1911 Dec. 15 Hist. to E. T. Nelson V.L.M.
1921 Sept. 15 Hist. to Mrs. A. D. Douglass.
1922 Feb. 21 hist to Mrs. C. T. Howard. Ew-
1922, July 13 hist. to Mrs. J. N. Treadwell, Ew-
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'93
New Hampshire
Ruth Smith, widow of James Smith, who was a private in the New Hampshire Concord Agency.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 8th of October, 1844, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of September, 1845 and send to John Bedel.
Bathe, New Hampshire
(Act of JUNE 17, 1844)
Recorded in Book D
Vol. [illegible]-Page 41.
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Rep'd by letter to Agt 15th: Sept: 1845
see letters march 28. 1846 to P. Agt. & John Bedel: do. to P. Agt. April 23, 1846. 
Let to John Bedel and to Ira Goodall May 18 '46
To Ira Goodall, Aug 11/'46
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No. 43958
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855
Received Apr. 6, 1866
James Smith
Rev. War
Warrant No. 6015-160-55
L.D. Stevens
Concord N.H.
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(6862) N. Hampshire,
Ruth Smith, widow of James Smith, act 3d March. 1843 & 7 June '32 
see let: to Jno: Bedel, 26th Feby: 1845. 
same April 25th 1845
To same July 7. '45
To same July 26. '45
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✓  
6015
160 acres
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Let to Pension Agent Portsmouth Augt 29 '46
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Hannah Waters Deposition
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I Hannah Waters of Bath NH aged eighty seven years of age Depose & say that I have known James Smith ever since some time during the revolutionary war he then lived west of the mountain in Bath with his Father James - a young man quite he was never out in the service during the revolutionary war to my knowledge he was always at home as long as I knew him & he was only a boy when I first knew him I was asked by John Bedel to swear I never knew any other James Smith here but him & I said so I also told him I never knew as Mr Smith did any service I thought he did not whether this last fact was put into the affidavit I cannot say but the fact is so & I knew some others on the roll of Barron's company who did no service as Moris Pekin jr & I think some of the Clarks in Landaff
/s/X her mark Hannah Waters
attest /s/Ira Goodall
Grafton ss August 21 1846
Sworn to before me /s/Ira Goodall Jus Peace
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N. B. Felton
Plymouth N.H.
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[handwritten letter]
Bath N.H. May 19,/45

Dear Sir
On Saturday last I directed to you at Haverhill a package containing the affidavit of Tilpha Morrison, Martin S. Sanborn & Moses F. Morrison for the purpose of having your certificate affixed, supposing that you would be likely to return from Plymouth to Haverhill on that day, but I have since learned from Mr. Hibbard who has just returned from court, that the probability was when he left that the court would sit over & you would be likely to remain at Plymouth some time longer than I expected. I therefore have directed our Driver to forward the package to Plymouth if upon his arrival at Haverhill he should ascertain that you had not returned; Could yo do me the favor of affixing the proper certificate as soon as convenient & then enclose them together with this letter to J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City & drop me a line to that effect if you should prefer to do it? You will of course take notice of the date of Morrison's Commission and make the certificate accordingly. Your bill shall be paid by Mr. Hall by the first opportunity Extra trouble &c included - 
Very Respectfully Yours Truly 
/s/John Bedel
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[address] 
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C. 
[margin notes: No 37.096 James Smith decd NH
act 7 June 1832 Rolls - Col. Bedel Cap. Barron. 1778. 12 mo]
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[handwritten letter]
{Bath New Hampshire County of  Grafton Decr. 11, 1844

Sir
I herewith enclose to you the declaration of Ruth Smith of this place, widow of the late James Smith of this place deceased, together with the certificate of the Town Clerk of said Bath certifying the marriage of "James Smith and Ruth Weeks" - a paper printed at Haverhill in said County showing the fact & time of said James Smith's decease - the deposition of Noah Moulton of Lyman in said County - the depositions of Hannah Waters Mary Bedel & Wm. V. Hutchins all of said Bath - 
For further evidence in this case I would leg leave to refer you to the deposition of said James Smith taken in the case of Hannah Way of Lyman in said County some time last August, I think about the middle of the month, before Harry Hibbard Jus. Peace in my own hand writing & now on file in your department. 
Also to a copy of the pay roll of Captain Timothy Barron's company in Colonel Timothy Bedel's Regiment N.H. militia directed to your department in the same case & now on file,
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[handwritten letter continued]
All which are humbly submitted - Feeling confident that sufficient proof is therein certained to substantiate the said Widow Ruth Smith's claim I shall humbly await your further instructions - 
Very Respectfully I have the Honor to be your humble Obt. Svt. 
/s/John Bedel
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.}
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[addressed envelope]
10
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Bath N.H. July 14, 1845

Sir - 
The papers in Mrs. Ruth Smith's case that were returned from your Office have been Received, and as I am now as much at a loss how to proceed as I was when I directed them to ['them' crossed out] you I await for more particular instruction - 
There is no Court in this County now in session - Neither do I know whether the Court of Probate, the Court of Common Pleas or the Superior Court for the State of New Hampshire or the Circuit Court of the United States is meant - It is simply stated the certificate of the Court must be obtained - 
The sin of ignorance is to be winked at, and I must confess that acting under the instructions of your letter of April 25. I was ignorant as to the course of proceeding pointed out and went to one of the Judges of the Superior Court for this State for an interpretation, and it appears that he was as ignorant of what might be intended by the letter as myself - Therefore I wish to be informed whether this certificate must be obtained during the session of any particular Court and if so what Court, or whether any Judge of a Court of record, out of session time can make such a certificate as required - As a favor I would desire that I
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[handwritten letter continued]
may receive an answer as soon as circumstances will admit. 
Very Respectfully I Remain Yr. Hum. & Obt. Svt. 
/s/John Bedel of Bath N.H. 
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.}
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For Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington City
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[handwritten letter]
Bath May 26 1846

Hon J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
I enclose the proof of Lemuel Barrett's service in the Massachusetts line 7 months & 26 days which completes the proof wanted & I hope a certificate may soon come
I received yours relative to Mrs. Ruth Smith's Pension - when John Bedel as I understood took $140, of it as his part
Mr James Smith her late husband was a worthy man & he applied to me to know if he could get a pension as his name was on the rolls for a year's service I think 
I told him he could if he did the service & could so testify but he said he could not as he as not called to service I think at all certainly not to any amount & he gave it up 
I then understood that he talked with John Bedel & with Hastings but never went forward to get it - 
His widow is a very respectable Lady & has testified undoubtedly as she believes but she may have been deceived - 
over
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[handwritten letter continued]
I understood Hastings that James Smith told him & Bedel that he never served under that enrollment - That he stood ready to go when called for but never was called out
How Mr. Bedel could go on after that & get it I do not see if so 
I suppose Deacon Hastings would testify as I have that & that Bedel knew it if you wish it
But I do not choose to have any thing to do in it personally if I can be excused as Mrs Smith is a friend of ours & I should request to him her loose the pension 
I am respy & truly Yrs
/s/Ira Goodall
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[addressed envelope]
Wentworth N
Aug 21, 1846 20
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm'r Pensions 
Washington City
[margin notes: 27 Aug 1846 Particular attention of Dr. [illegible]]
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[handwritten letter]
Bath NH August 21 1846

Kind Sir
I transmitted to Mr. Hastings your letter I now enclose his & others' affidavits of the [illegible]. I suppose we might get even so many of similar import by taking pains enough & spending more time & money to do it
I had to go about one day to get them & promise to pay then first I suppose about five Dollars would suffice to pay them & myself the expenses postages &c
I can also say that Mr Smith spoke to me about his being entitled to a pension I said his name was on the rolls but at the same time he said he was never called out nor did he actually serve under it a day 
I told him he could not get a pension unless he would swear that he served as well as enrolled & he said he could not so swear & it was dropt. 
This Company of Barron's were called minute men & they were liable to be called into service at any
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[handwritten letter continued]
time & some were & some were not some served most of the time I believe & some a short time & some none at all & some had their names on that roll as I believe who never authorised it - I think Mr. Smith was one [illegible] Pike for another
But how it is generally I cant say - I took old Mrs Waters because they took him to prove identity & you will see she told them Mr Smith never served. 
Mr Hastings spoke to Mr. Russel because Mr Russel had served because he found his name on the roll - & knew not of his service - 
I refused to go on for those who said they never served & if they obtained it wa sunder the care of other agents
I should not wish to be active to upset the pension of Mrs Smith or any other person but when asked to furnish testimony to establish truth I cannot refuse & I have no doubt Smith was not entitled 
I am respy
/s/Ira Goodall
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark BATH NH [illegible date]] 10
[margin notes: Ira Goodall, costs Jno Bedel's charges]
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington City
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[handwritten letter]
Bath May 8 1846

Sir
Yours of the 30th ultimo is . 
I think from some observations in it you still misunderstand my remarks - 
There never as I stated in that had any hand in any speculations respecting pensions. 
I have never gone from my office to procure any such business but have done what others have employed me to do as well & as faithfully as I could for very small pay - 
I have advised several who have come not to apply because I did not think they could properly get pensions because they did not serve altho their names were on the rolls long enough among whom were James Smith & Eben'r Clark the widows of whom have obtained as I understand of others but not by my help 
I have no further  part nor lot in Hastings & John Hodges contract & I refused to act as referee between them I only charge Hastings for what I do as I charge any client for services
Had John Bedel pursued this course I fancy some who are on would not tell them, but I have nothing to do with him I only ask not to be judged by the false assertions of political or  interested enemies & I cannot
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[handwritten letter continued]
consent to be so judged - especially by John Bedel's representations.
If he betrays the secrets of the office where he studies & sends you bonds or copies drawn thereby the head in the office I have nothing to do with it
I can only say such a Witness should have a cautious hearing at best
I had no hand or advice in drawing those bonds or any other of the kind nor have I in any way united in or been advised to any such speculation
Can John Bedel say so riding over the country to hunt up cases, & taking bonds himself shall he cause me who never did either & shall I be judged
If he denied this ask Sherburne Long of Bath if he did not take such a bond of him where I had investigated without cost or bargain to any one & pronounced the claim untenable - ask Mrs Smith why he took $140. of her for getting hers & no pay, he charged Mrs. Johnson $90 for getting hers ( the mother of our Member of Congress) - I presume this last was rightly [illegible] but I would have got it for a tenth part of what he charged - I make no war on him but if he attaches me I carry the war into [illegible] &
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[handwritten letter continued]
desire that his doings may be investigated & mine are open - 
I am willing in every one for whom I have acted in getting pensions should be written to you & you will find I have got the most for from $5 to 10, for my services & those most difficult I long delayed ones is from $10 to 25, which is the largest I have ever received for all my services in getting any one pensions & never got one on a bargain to have a portion of it for doing it only pay for my services - 
I care not who gets Mrs. Temple's but I do care not to be believed - 
You may remember me when at Washington  in 1833 & 1834 but perhaps not, at all events I wish the truth to be understood at your department
I am respy yrs 
/s/Ira Goodall 
Hon J. L. Edwards
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: HAVERHILL N.H. JUL 31] FREE
Hon. James H. Johnson MC
Washington City  Ca
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[handwritten letter]
Bath July 28 1846

Dr Sir
I received yours relative to old Mrs Barnet I have procured a new declaration as it seems the old one is lost I sent that by mail last winter I also Mailed from here May 26th '46 a package of evidence of the service of Lemuel Barnet in Mass line under Capt. Pollard as a substitute for his Father in fall of 1779 for a mo 12 days & also 6 months & 14 days in 1780 from June 30 to Jany 2 1781 which the the Secy duly certified. I hope that is not lost as it cost her 6. or 8.00 to get it - 
They will find that amount in a letter about June 1, 1846 to them from me if not last on the road, directed to J. L. Edwards Com'r
I see from theirs to you that they do not find anything received since Jany last on this case - they must have overlooked mine
Please since how it all is before you have & if any further they be missing let me know as the poor old lady thinks her papers are being deferred - 
We have a fine season - having crops & a quiet community around us, some that give just enough to make us lively 
with respect Sincerely yrs /s/Ira Goodall 
Hon James H Johnson MC
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Alvan Hastings affidavit
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I Alvan Hastings of Bath N.H. aged fifty three years Depose & say that I have been acquainted with James Smith late of Bath for thirty years as a neighbor & some time in Aug. A.D. 1844 had some conversation with him & his wife Ruth Smith relative to getting a pension for him told him that his name was on the muster Roll with others of a Company Commanded by Capt Timothy Barron in Col. Timothy Bedell's (Bedel) Reg for one year from Apr A.D. 1778 to Apr. 1779 & that some of them were then drawing pensions & that I did not see why he might not draw as well as others, he said that Col. Moody Bedell (Bedel) had told him that his name was there & if I would him on the pension list that I might have all I could get for him over fifty dollars & said that he supposed that he was as much entitled to a pension as some others that had not done any service at all, for he said he recollected of being out about 1/2 a day at the time Royalton was burnt & again at the time a report came to Haverhill that Col. Johnson was taken prisoner by the Torys he then went acrost the river to Newbury in Vt. was gone from home about 1/2 a day at that time, but was not under military orders at either time & he believed not armed, he said several other boys went with him at each time, & some had guns & others had none he did not recollect that he had any himself on finding out that the old Gentleman did not consider his claim for a pension of much if any value, & thinking that there was some chance of getting him on to the pension list, as I considered that the Government had been rather Liberal in granting pensions in some cases, I entered into an agreement with him to make an effort to get a pension for him of which the following is a true copy - 
Now every agreement between Alvan Hastings of Bath County of Grafton
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& State of Newhampshire on one part & James Smith of Bath County of Grafton & state of Newhampshire on the other part witnesseth that James Smith on his part doth hereby agree to give & grant to the Said Alvan Hastings all the money that can be obtained by way of pension on account of his services as a Soldier in the revolutionary war that is now due or may hereafter become due, excepting fifty Dollars & Alvan Hastings on his part agrees to make the best posible effort to obtain a pension now due the said James Smith & that may hereafter become due on account of said Smith's Services as a Soldier in the revolutionary war as agent for ['said' crossed out] James Smith without any expence to said Smith excepting said Smith's coming to the Village to make oath to his declaration to get said pension & said Smith further agrees on his part to render to said Alvan Hastings all the assistance he can in order that said pension may be obtained, this agreement is made with knowledge that said James Smith's name is on the pay Roll of a Company Commanded by Timothy Barron as Capt in Col. Timothy Bedell's (Bedel) Reg & with the understanding that a copy of said Roll is now in the possession of John Bedell (Bedel) Son of Col. Moody Bedell (Bedel) & that said Hastings says he thinks the pension can be obtained & he will take the responsibility upon himself to pay all the expence he may be at in making a strong effort to obtain said pension by said James Smith's paying whatever sum or sums of money may be got by way of his pension, excepting fifty dollars which said Smith is to hold for himself out of the first money that can be obtained over & above a sufficient sum to pay the expence of getting said pension, & said Hastings on his part agrees to be satisfied with one half of said pension that may be obtained, as in the case of getting a pension for widow Hannah way of Lyman, the force of this obligation is such as not to be binding in Law
/s/Alvan Hastings
/s/James Smith
witness /s/Emeline S. Sanborn
the above agreement was made in the presence of said Smith's family with the understanding that it should in no way be binding in Law & that it would be at his option in case a pension should be obtained, to give me
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just what he should then see fit & no more, & it was so expressed, & soon after makeing said agreement I employed Harry Hibbard esq. of Bath to assist me in getting said pension & told him the agreement I had made with said Smith &  all the reasons I had for thinking a pension might be got, I recollect that he told me it was of no use to make any bargain I had made would do any good or hurt, & I thot so too after hearing his remarks about it, but I can safely say that I did not make it with the intention of defrauding or cheating a pensioner, & in regard to the bargain mentioned in getting or trying to get a pension for the widow Hannah Way I will just state that I made no bargain with her about it, but I did, with her Son Amos S. Way, but with the express understanding that our bargain was not to affect the widow's pension, but he was to see me paid according to agreement, whether he even got any thing of his Mother by was of her pension or not, Mr. Hibbard told me he thot it was not very certain that James Smith was entitled to a pension & advised me to see what evidence I could find of his services I did so I saw Noah Moulton of Lyman N.H. & enquired of him about Said Smith's being a soldier in the revolutionary war he said he knew him in the time of the war, & had known him ever since, but had no knowledge of his being a soldier, I told him that said Smith's name was on the Roll of Captain Timothy Barron's co with his & I was trying to get a pension for him, & wanted to ascertain wether he was entitled to one or not he Said Some of Capt. Barron;s Co. were caled out & some were not, he Said that Smith was never out with him, & rather that he never was out, for he had no recollection of hearing any one say that he was ever considered a Revolutionary Soldier & I could not find any one that did know of his ever doing any military service during the war & after making what enquiry I could relative to his Services & not being able to find any at all, I went to
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the said James Smith to see if he could recollect any thing more about it he said he had been looking to the history of the ear & found that neither the time that Royalton was burnt, nor the time Col. Johnson was taken prisoner appeared to be at the time his name appeared to be on the muster Roll & he could not recollect of any military service done by him during the time his name appeared on the Roll, & further said that he did not know how his name came to be on said Roll, for he said he never put it there, nor gave any consent to have it there, had never received any pay as a revolutionary Soldier, nor never had considered himself entitled to any pay & never had any knowledge of his name being on any muster Roll untill Col. Moody Bedell (Bedel) shewed it to him a few years previous to said Bedell's Death, I then told him I thot he would not be entitled to a pension without better evidence, nor without taking a false oath, he said he would take a false oath for all the  money there was at the City of Washington or words to that effect I told him I would not wish to have him under any consideration whatever - his wife the said Ruth Smith was present & heard most if not all of the above statements & said She would not wish to have her Husband take a false oath, I told her I would not encourage him to do it, but would Study to avoid it being done if I should be in any danger of it, I saw him a few days after the above conversation, & asked him what he thot about trying any further to get a pension, he said he did not want to have any thing more done about it, for he did not think it could be got without takeing a false oath, & I never said any thing to him about it afterwards neither have I ever said any thing to his wife Ruth Smith since his decease for I did not think her entitled to a pension without more evidence than I had been able to find, but John Bedell (Bedel) came to me not long after the old Gentleman's decease, & asked me if I did not wish to go shares with him in getting a pension for the widow Ruth Smith I told him no, for I thot she could not get a pension without takeing a false oath, he said he had made a bargain with her to get it, & that he was as sure that he would get it, as he was that the Sun would rise tomorrow morning, & that I should have none of it, unless I would go shares with him, I told him I did not wish for any of it, unless it could be honestly obtained, & if it could I presumed the old Lady would be willing to pay me a fair compensation for what trouble & expence I had been too, & I should not do any thing more about it, he said the old Lady had authorized him to pay me for what expence I had been at about it, if he got her pension, but he should give me no more than that, but I have never received any pay nor said any thing to the old Lady about it more she has said nothing to me about it since said Smith Died.
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Mr John Bedell (Bedel) was studying in said Harry Hibbard's office during the time I was trying to substantiate said Smith's claim to a pension 
I had frequent consultations with him & told him all the particulars about it, & he said that said Smith's pension could not be obtained unless we could procure satisfactory evidence of some service rendered during the time his name appeared on the Roll as a Soldier, I saw Mr. Moore Russell of Plymouth N.H. the first of last month, he stayed all night with me at my house in Bath, I then asked him if he had any knowledge of James smith being a Soldier in the revolutionary war, he said he did not recollect of his ever doing any military service, but he said that John Bedell had been at his house & taken his affidavit in order to procure a pension for the widow, & shewed or told him that James Smith's name was on the Roll of Capt. Timothy Barron's Co. he said he told him if it was he supposed that the widow would be entitled to a pension as much as any of them for none of them ever did much service in that Co. & that he thot some of them never did any at all, but he said it was so long ago, & he had to to be so old that he could not say positively whether James Smith was ever called out or not, John Bedell (Bedel) says he got the pension for the widow & had one fourth part of it, which he said was over $140.00 for him
/s/Alvan Hastings
Grafton ss August 20 1846
Sworn to before me 
/s/Ira Goodall Jus Peace
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James Kimball's affidavit
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I James Kimball of Bath N.H., aged fifty three years depose and say that I was acquainted with James Smith late of said Bath for a period of thirty years or more - I lived with him one year as a hired man, I carried on his home farm another year and I purchased a farm of him near his residence in Bath and lived a neighbor to him for more than twenty years - I heard him say that he thought he was not entitled to a pension, as he was never called upon to go out in the service at  all - and if I rightly recollect he said he never carried a gun half a day in his life - said James Smith died in Bath in October AD 1844 and his widow Ruth Smith still resides on the homestead in Bath - I have understood that She has received a pension she now draws, on account of his Revolutionary Services
/s/James Kimball
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. August 15 AD 1846
Personally appeared the above named James Kimball and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true - 
Before me, /s/Isaac Patterson, Justice of the Peace
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Matilda Weeks & Alfred Weeks affidavits
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I Alfred Weeks of Bath N.H. aged thirty nine years  depose & say that I have always Lived near neighbor ever since I can remember to James Smith late of Bath. I should think not over 1/4 of a mile from his dwelling house have seen him & talked with him frequently & have always understood by him that he never had done any Military Service whatever during the war nor Since. I have heard my Father say that he never died to his knowledge, & I have never known of his ever doing any services. I can remember & I have never known of his being considered as a Revolutionary Soldier by any person, I always lived with my Father untill his decease he died sometime in June A.D. 1843 & I have been informed that Ruth Smith the widow of Said James Smith now draws a pension & I have frequently heard it remarked that she was not entitled to one by any services her late Husband ever did, neither do I think she was myself. I am her Nephew
Grafton ss August 21 1846 /s/Alfred Weeks
Sworn to before me 
Ira Goodall Justice Peace
I Matilda Weeks aged sixty eight years depose & say that I have known James Smith above alluded to 53 years I have lived near him all that time to his death I believe the above is true of Mr Smith he had aversion to war would never train & I have always understood he did no service in the revolutionary war he married my husband's sister & his Father in law lived with me over twenty years & he always said that James Smith was not out at all in the [illegible] or services. 
/s/Matilda Weeks
Grafton ss Aug 21 1846
Sworn to before me /s/Ira Goodall Jus Peace
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: March 10, 1848. Addl ter. case Ruth Smith OM]
[postmark: HAVERHILL N.H. MAR 6] FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Haverhill March 6, 1845

Sir
I herewith enclose the affidavit of Moore Russell in support of the claim of a Mrs. Ruth smith. I would suggest that I know of but 4 persons living that served in Cap. Timothy Barron's company in 1778 & 1779. Noah Moul William Martin Jonathan Moulton & Moore Russell. Martin & Jonathan Moulton are past testifying in any case whatever hardly recognizing their own children. All what is humbly submitted. I await your further instructions
I have the honor to remain Your Humb. & Obt. Serv't
/s/John Bedel
Direct to Bost as before 
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington City
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I Noah Moulton of Lyman in the county of Grafton and State of Newhampshire aged Eighty four years the 14th day of December last depose and say that I am a revolutionary pensioner of the United States of America and that I served one year in a company commanded by Captain Timothy Barron of Haverhill in said State in a regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Bedel of said Haverhill for which service I now draw a pension under an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - that I have been well acquainted with James Smith late of Bath in said County deceased, whose widow I understand is about making application for a pension, for more than sixty five years, previous to his decease & that I never knew his character for truth & veracity questioned since my acquaintanse with him & would have believed him on oath sooner than men in general. I was acquainted with the said James Smith when he lived with his Father in said Haverhill at a place generally known as Kimballs Meadow about two miles above Horse Meadow so called in said Haverhill, & that I never knew of any other James Smith than the one above named that was old enough to serve in the revolutionary war and as his the said James Smith's name is found on the pay roll of Captain Timothy Barron's company & Colonel Timothy Bedel's Regiment I have no doubt but that the said James Smith with whom I was acquainted was the person who served in said company & according to the best of my recollection he was stationed at the "Old Court House" in said Horse Meadow one winter but I do not recollect that he was in the same party with me at any particular time & that I have heard Moody Bedel late of Bath deceased say that he could get the said James Smith's pension without any difficulty but that said Smith seemed to care nothing about it as he was well enough off without it, - I have always known that the said James Smith has been in independent circumstances for more than thirty years before his decease to my personal knowledge, I know of no other reason why he had not applied for a pension in his life time as I have understood & believed he
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he was entitled to one
/s/Noah Moulton
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss}
Sworn to and subscribed this 6th day of December Anno Domini 186
Before me /s/Herod Stevens Jus Peace
I certify that the above named Noah Moulton is personally known to me and that he has always as far as my knowledge extends maintained a good character for truth & veracity
/s/Herod Stevens Jus Peace
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County sct. 
I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Herod Stevens is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 26th day of January AD 1841, and will expire on the 26th day of January AD 1846 and that his two signatures above written are genuine. 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand & the seal of said County this 7th day of December AD 1844 - 
/s/NBFelton Clerk
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I Moore Russel of Plymouth in the County of Grafton State of New Hampshire in the eighty eighth year of my age depose and say that I was a member of the Company commanded by Timothy Barron & a Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Bedel duly enrolled for the defence of the frontier on & adjacent to the Connecticut River - & that I enlisted, served & was paid for one years service in the company. I was personally acquainted with nearly every member of said Company & among others James Smith who was a member of said company & did duty in the same as a private soldier according to my best recollection & beyond all doubt in my own mind. 
The said James Smith who was a member of said company was an intimate acquaintance of mine both before & after the service and was the same person who lived in Bath in this State who married Miss Ruth Weeks with whom I was well acquainted both before and after she was married to said James Smith who as I understand has lately died in said Bath. I think I was acquainted with nearly every member of said company with the exception of one or two. Part of our company was stationed at the Old Court House in the same town nearly a mile distant & some of us were at times employed in scouting. I do not recollect of any other James Smith than the one above named. Said company did service in the years 1778 & 1779 who were disbanded at the end of their term of service. 
/s/Moore Russell
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State of New Hampshire Grafton ss. March 5 1845
Personally appearing the within named Moore Russell and made Solemn oath that the within affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me /s/Jon'a Cummings Justice Peace
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County sct. 
I Nathan B. Felton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jonathan Cummings is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the twelfth day of June AD. 1841, and will expire on the twelfth day of June AD 1846, and that his signature above written is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this sixth day of March AD 1845 - 
/s/NBFelton Clerk 
Moore Russels' affidavit application for ['Samuel May' crossed out] James Smith
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Payment to be made at [blank] by [blank] Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of [blank]
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page [blank] by [blank] Clerk,
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, James Smith, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $40 per ann. commencing on the 4th of March, ['who was a' crossed out] 1831, and ending on the 8th. October, 1844, the day of his death; which will be paid upon the productions of the voucher to Ruth Smith, his widow. - ['is entitled to receive [blank] dollars and [blank] cents 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.' crossed out]
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 13th: day of September, - one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. 
[blank] Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.} [blank]
[blank] Commissioner of Pensions.
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: June 23d45 Ruth Smith N.H. addl pff sent months ago]
[postmark: CONCORD N.H. JUN. 20] FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington City D.C. 
[margin notes: Ruth Smith NH 36 ch to DC Jun 24th]
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[handwritten letter]
Bath N.H. June 17, 1845

Sir,
I directed some depositions to N. B. Felton the Clerk of the County Court to have him add the proper certificates - One of Tilpha Morrison, Moses F. Morrison & Martin L. Sanborn in the case of Ruth Smith, more than a month since. I received from him a line informing me that he had directed them to you and since I have heard nothing from then, Please inform me whether they have been received or not - 
Respectfully I remain Yr. Hum. & Obt. Svt.
/s/John Bedel
[margin note: chg'd to 25 Ames 24th [illegible]]
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington City D.C. }
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: CONCORD N.H. APR 13] 0
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C. 
[margin notes: Apl 20 46 Ruth Smith & others NH roll 14.44]
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[handwritten letter]
Concord March 31, 1846. - 
Dr Sir
Yours of the 28th instant is received requesting me not to pay Pensions of Hannah Way Ruth Smith, and Hepzibah Minor unless the person who applies for the month, will  swear that no part of it shall be applied to the payment of a certain sum alleged to be due to Alvan Hastings, of Bath N.H. I would inform you that the pensions of Hannah Way and Hepzibah Minor have been applied for and paid over prior to the receipt of your order, that of Ruth Smith will not be paid except upon the receipt of the oath as alluded to in your order; nor any further ['further' crossed out] sums that may become due her after except upon a like oath; I will wait for further instructions from the department for the sums already paid
I am respectfully your Obt. Serv't
/s/Isaac Hill by S. C. Badger
Hon. J. L. Edwards
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Certificate in the case of James Smith & Ruth Smith his Widow
Mr. Bedel
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The State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss - At the Superior Court of Judicature holden at Plymouth in said County of Grafton, in & for the Fifth Judicial District of said State on the Tuesday next after the fourth Tuesday in July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five. 
Present the Honourable {Joel Parker Chief Justice
John J. Gilchrist}
Andrew S. Woods} Associate Justices
Evidence being produced satisfactory to the Justices of said Court, that James Smith, who was late a resident in Bath in said County of Grafton, died on the eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, at said Bath, and that he left a widow whose name is Ruth Smith, who has made an application for a pension on account of her husband, said James Smith, Revolutionary services. The Court therefore find the facts aforesaid to be well proved, and order the  same finding to be certified by the Clerk  of said Court - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 31st day of July AD 1845 - 
/s/NBFelton Clerk
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6862
Ruth Smith widow of James NH
act 3 March 1843 and 17 Mar 1844
admd 12 mo pri
49 from 8 octr 1844 the day of her husband's death

Jno Bedel 
Bath N.H.
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I William V. Hutchins of Bath in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged 51 years the 24" day of September last depose and say that I have lived in said Bath ever since I was born & that I have been intimately acquainted with James Smith late of said Bath deceased from my earliest recollection up to the time of his decease, & that he has always since my acquaintance with him sustained a good character for truth and veracity & that I have been Town Clerk of said Bath for more than twenty years previous to March A.D. 1841 and have know the said James Smith to have been during and since that time up to his decease in easy and independent circumstances having lived within about three miles of him during the principal part of my life, & that I have always considered the said James Smith, whose widow I understand is about making application to obtain a pension, to have been a man of most scrupulous integrity and honesty
/s/William V. Hutchins
State of New Hampshire Grafton County ss:
Sworn to and subscribed this 7th day of December Anno Domini 1844
Before me /s/Isaac Patterson Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County sct.
I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Isaac Patterson is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Grafton, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the ninth day of January AD 1848, and will expire on the nineth day of January AD. 1848, and that his signature above (within) written is genuine - 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said County, this 7th day of December AD 1844 - 
/s/NBFelton Clerk
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Ruth Smith Declaration
AA 93.00
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Grafton ss.}
ON THIS 22d day of August 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Ruth Smith Widow of James Smith & that she is a resident of Bath in the County of Grafton ages Seventy Six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the Widow of James Smith who was a Private in the army of the Revolution & that she drew a pension under the act of Congress passed June 17th 1844 at the rate of Forty Dollars per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow. 
/s/Ruth Smith
attest /s/Horace G. Hutchins
attest /s/C. C. Hutchins
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written - Before
/s/Chester C. Hutchins Justice of the Peace
I FURTHER CERTIFY, That the above Declarant is personally known to me. 
/s/Chester C. Hutchins Justice of the Peace.
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I Mary Bedel of Bath in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was 60 years old on the 12th day of Oct. last & that I am the widow of Moody Bedel late of said Bath deceased, who died the 13th day of Jan'y 1841, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war for whose services I drew a pension after his decease to which he was entitled during his life time by an act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832 - & that I have always been acquainted with James Smith late of said Bath deceased ever since my earliest recollection & that I never knew of any other person of the name of James Smith except an old scotchman of Ryegate in the State of Vermont called Jimmy Smith & that I have heard my late husband tell the said James Smith that he could obtain his pension if he would but make the proper application, & I distinctly recollect that said James Smith replied to him "that when the first pension law was made he could not draw under it, but now he could live without it", and that she has heard the said James Smith say that he was in the service of the revolutionary war but could not say exactly how long - & that I have lived within three miles of the said James Smith for upwards of twenty years past up to the time of his decease, and have known him to have been in decidedly good circumstances as to property for that period of time, and that I never heard his character for truth & veracity called in question but have always considered him as a man of the most strict integrity and honesty /s/Mary Bedel
In presence of /s/John Bedel
/s/Lydia H Bedel
State of New Hampshire Grafton County ss. 
Sworn to & subscribed this 7th day of December 1844 
Before me Isaac Patterson Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County sct.
I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Isaac Patterson is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Grafton, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the ninth day of January AD 1848, and will expire on the nineth day of January AD. 1848, and that his signature above (within) written is genuine -
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said County, this 7th day of December AD 1844 -
/s/NBFelton Clerk
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[handwritten letter]
Pipestone Minn. Jan 23rd 1922

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C. [margin note: Record 120]
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me if possible the war record of James Smith of Bath N.H. He died Oct 8th 1844. I believe his widow Ruth Weeks Smith received a pension. 
Respectfully 
/s/Mrs. C. T. Howard
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[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE JAN 26 1922]
[receipt stamp: RECORD DIVISION JAN 27 1922]
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[handwritten letter]
St Peter Minnesota 
10 Dec - 1927. 

Commissioner of Pensions
Will you please send me copies of the pension papers of the following Rev. soldiers - 
James Smith (1763-1844) Private New Hampshire line. He was born & died in Bath N.H.
He served under Capt Timothy Baum.
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[handwritten letter continued]
2
Also a copy of the pension paper of Alcy Weeks widow of Benjamin Weeks a Rev. soldier from Mass who died at Halifax Vt. 1806. His widow Alcy Weeks moved to Rutland N York after the death of her husband she died Feb. 19, 1826 - was she a pensioner. 
Thanking you I am Very truly - 
/s/Miss Mary Catlin
St Peter Minnesota
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[handwritten letter]
St Peter Minnesota 
1 June 1922 [margin note: Rev. Secy W.S.]
 
Dear Sir - 
Please send me a copy of the Pension papers of James Smith born 1763 died 1844 in Bath N.H. - He served from N.H. in the Rev. war 
Thanking you - I am 
/s/Mrs J. N. Treadwell
St Peter Minnesota
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[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. F JUN 3 1922]
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[typewritten letter]
Delaware, Ohio
December, 9 1911

The Secretary,
Pension Department, U.S. Govt.
Dear Sir: - 
Kindly send in the enclosed envelope [margin note: (no env. c)] the revolutionary record [margin note: it is W22276] of James Smith, of Bath, New Hampshire; and oblige, 
/s/E. T. Nelson
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE L DEC 11 1911]
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[receipt stamp: RECORD DIVISION DEC 11 1911]
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[handwritten letter]
A. D. DOUGLASS
REAL ESTATE
FIRE, LIFE & AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
OFFICE PHONE RESIDENT PHONE 166
OXFORD, OHIO [margin note: Record 120]

Mr. Washington Gardner:
Dear sir; Will you please give me the record of James smith of N.H. born 1763 - married Ruth Weeks - died 1844 - 
also Joseph Smith of Plainsfield N.H. 
Yours truly - 
/s/Mrs. A. D. Douglass.
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE D AUG 18 1921]
[receipt stamp: RECORD DIVISION AUG 23 1921]
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information contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. James Smith W.F. 22276.
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.|(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
Apr. 1778| nearly 1 yr|Pvt.|(Timothy Barron|Timothy Bedel)|N.H.|
[end of columns]
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, near Horse Meadow in Haverhill N.H. 
Date of application for pension, Dec. 5. 1844, Her cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Bath Grafton Co. N.H. 
Age at date of application, She was born Jany  18, 1772
Remarks: Soldier married Mch. 19. 1789 Ruth Weeks. He died Oct. 8, 1844 at Bath N.H. A son James died when very young no date stated. [initials: CK]