Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9658, for Thaddeus Smith, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Smith, Thaddeus
or
Thadeus
Anne

NUMBER
W. 9658
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CONTENT

born Amwell [Huntingdon' crossed out] Hunterdon Co. N.J. May 6, 1742 thereabouts.

in 1832 res. of Rutland, Meigs Co., Ohio

d. Apr 12, 1839
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No 15-054.
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19.730
Thaddeus Smith
Meigs County
Ohio

['Returning to' crossed out]
Adm 7 months.

Marcus Bosworth Esqr
Chester
Meigs County
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
17th June 1833-

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, shewing the Service of Thaddeus Smith Meigs Co Ohio
[table follows with 6 columns; column headings are as follows:]
(1) Perid when the service was rendered.
(2) Duration of the claimant's service.  {sub-headings:  a. Years. b. Months. c. Days.
(3) Rank of the claimant.
(4) Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
(5) Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
(6) Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[text beneath column headings:]
(1) Drafted 1776, Enlisted
(2) a. [blank] b. 1., 6.
(3) private, "
(4) Cap Philips,  Col Chambers, Gen Dickerson
(5) 90 years, Washington Co. N.J.
(6) Living Witnesses
[end of table]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of [blank] ]
County of [blank]  } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged [blank] (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [bank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. -->This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                       A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] 
day of [blank] & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier{ Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
-->The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally appicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [i] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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10.308
Anne Smith
Indiana
Act 7 July 38
m 80-
admd
7 mo.
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23.33
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O.B. Ficklin
H.R.
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State of Indiana
Franklin County
On this Twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Forty three, personally appeared before the Subscriber Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, Anne Smith a resident of the County of Franklin and State of Indiana aged Ninety one years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows. That she is the widow of Thadeus Smith who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and placed upon the Indiana Pension Roll at the rate of Twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum and served
as set forth in his original Declaration now
on file at the war office of the United-
States and to which she refers for further
particulars respecting his services, that
she was married to the said Thadeus Smith
in the year of seventeen hundred and Eighty
one or Eighty two (1781- or 82) in the State of Newjersey Hunterdon County and Amwell Township by Esq William Abbot.  that they neither obtained License nor were they published, as neither law or custom required either at that time, but several witnesses were present at the marriage, but none that were present
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are living now living as she knows, that her
Marriage was never recorded as she knows of
that she has a family record of the births of her children, the oldest of which is Nancy by name and was born July 20th 1783, and thinks is
in the hand write of one Brown a school teacher
and a neighbor, that the names were recorded
soon after their births and that the same has
been in her possion [possession] ever since that time, She further declares declares that she was married to the said Thadeus Smith in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty one or the year seventeen hundred and Eighty two that she does not recollect the month or the day of the month and that her husband the said Thadeus Smith died on the Twelvth day of April, eighteen hundred and Thirty nine That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated, that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband but remains a widow as will more fully
appear by refference to the proof hereunto annexed.
            her
Anne    X  Smith
           mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written
before me Henry Berry
Probate Judge F.C.

Since the above was written the said Anne Smith is not certain that her husbands pension was transfered from the Ohio pension Rolls, written previous to signing by clerk.
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State of Indiana
Franklin County SS.   I Henry Berry Judge of the
Probate Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that on this twenty eight day of September A D 1845 Anne Smith was duly sworn to and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration.  I do further certify that Anne Smith who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration before me that she is unable from bodily infirmity to attend said Court that said bodily infirmity arises from old age and natural decay and decrepitude and is such as to render it inpracticable for her to attend said court at its
place of sitting.  Given under my hand this 28th
day of September A.D. 1843
Henry Berry
Probate Judge F.C.

State of Indiana
Franklin County ss On this twenty eighth day of September A.D. 1843, before me Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Ocy Abott and
Anthony Abels who being first duly sworn upon
their oaths say that Anne Smith is the widow
of Thadeus Smith and that the said Thadeus
Smith died on the Twelvth day of April one
thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine
That the said Anne Smith has not intermarried
but continues the widow of the said Thadeus
Smith, that the annexed record marked B is
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the only Record of the Family that they know of.
That the former viz Ocy Abels formerly Ocy Smith has known it as a family record ever since
he first recollection, and the letter viz Anthony
Abels has known it as a family Record for more than twenty six years and they verily believe it to be a true family record and the original record of the Family

         her
Ocy    X    Abels
         mark

                his 
Anthony   X   Abels
               mark

Subscribed and sworn to
before me this twenty
eighth day of September
A.D. 1843
Henry Berry
Probate Judge F.C.

I Henry Berry Judge of the Probate Court in
and for the County of Franklin and State of
Indiana do certify that Ocy Abels and
Anthony Abels, on this day by me were duly
Sworn to and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Deposition and that the said
Ocy Abels and Anthony Abels are credible
witnesses and their statements are entitled
to full credit    Given under my hand and
Seal this twenty eight day of September A.D. 1843
Henry Berry
Probate Judge
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD and SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
Newly Translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK
And with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently COMPARED and REVISED.
By his Majesty's Special Command.
Appointed to be read in CHURCHES.
EDINBURGH.
Printed by RICHARD WATKINS, One of His
MAJESTY's Printers: MDCCXLVI.
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Nancy Smith was born July 20th 1783
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Benjn Smith was Born Jan y. 1st 1787
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Joseph Smith was Born Oct 12th 1789
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Saml Smith was Born Jany. 16th 1792
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Ely Smith was Born Oct 20th 1794
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Elisa Smith was Born Dec 20th 1802
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[illegible] Smith was Born Dec.10th 1820
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Jonathan Waters was Born Octr 21st 1804
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State of Indiana
Franklin County
I Robert John Clerk of the Probate Court
in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that Henry Berry is Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County and State aforesaid
duly commissioned, and that the foregoing
signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have in hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord
1842
Robert John Clk
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5233
 Indiana   Madison
Anne Smith widow of Thadeus Smith
who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 cents per annum , to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
3rd day of April, 1844 and sent to
Hon O. B Ficklin
[Illegible] of [Illegible]
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1   Page   1811

Date of date
not on AB
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Ohio  19.730
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Thaddeus Smith
of Meigs Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Co commanded
by Captain Philips of the Regt commanded
by Col Chambers the New Jersey
line for Seven months.
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Inscribed in the Roll of Ohio---
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Augt. 1833 and sent to M. Bosworth, Chester, Ohio
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833         46.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33. 11.66.
                                                                  _____
                                                                $58.32
                                                                 ______⎨ {Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Wm R Palmer, Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 25.
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Order to pay July 6, 1837.
Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6th April 1838
from 4th Sept 1837 to 4 March
1838. agt notified 21 March
1839.
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Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the
the act of the 6th April
1838 from 4 March 1838 to
12 April 1839 the day of
his death. Agt notified 
13 Decr 1839
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The State of Ohio
Meigs County SS. }  Meigs Com Pleas October Term AD 1832
On this 2d day of October personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County now sitting
Thaddeus Smith a resident of Rutland in the
County of Meigs & State of Ohio aged ninety years who being first duly sworn ['deposeth &  saith' crossed out] according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated. In
the summer of 1776 as near as he can now recollect, but it was while the British were on
Staten Island he was drafted to serve a tour of
one month in the Company commanded by
Capt John Phillips in the Regiment commanded
by Col Chambers- he joined the Regiment
at a place called the blazing Star, he served there & in that vicinity one month & was discharged he recd a written discharge which is lost-  In the fall of the same year a general call was made for Militia in that region- I turned out
under Capt Philips in Col Chambers Regiment
& Gen Dickersons Brigade            Chamberlain
being Lieut Col. & Cornelius Stout Major joined
the Regt at Ringgold tavern Huntington [Hunterdon] Co. N.J.   Among the various services performed while out on this tour One was to take all the boats they could find on the Delaware down to Trenton to Ferry Genl Washington's army across the Delaware
at Trenton Genl Putnam had command of the boats he continued to serve until the ensuing Spring or summer- he does not recollect the date of his entering the service nor of his discharge but thinks
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he served six months & more is sure it could not be less- his recollection of past events is indistinct except where those events made a deep impression on his mind he is therefore unable to set forth his services more distinctly than he has done although he is confident he was in the service in all more than one year - he well recollects seeing Genls Washington & Putnam & Lord Stirling & others, he has no documentary evidence of service & knows
of no person living who can testify to his services except John Bruce & Keziah Boice whose testimony he has procured but who cannot attend on this Court without great inconvenience   he was born in Amwell, Huntington [Hunterdon] Co N Jersey May 6 old
stile [style] AD 1742 his birth is recorded in his family Bible which was the Family bible of his Father at which place he resided when called into service & until from 1800 to 1804 he then removed to Shemokum [Shamokin] on the Susquehanna river Pa about 20 years since moved to Cheat river Va from thence about 11 year sin to Mill Creek Va from thence in the spring of 1829 to Rutland Meigs Co Ohio. he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
                his
Thadeus   X   Smith
              mark

Sworn to & subscribed the day
year aforesaid
M. Bosworth Clerk  }

The State of Ohio
Meigs County  }. I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thaddeus Smith for a pension

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand 
& seal office the 12th day of October, AD 1832
& of our State the 30th 
M Bosworth Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Meigs County ⎬ On this 20th day of July AD 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas for said County Benjamin Stout & John Aleshire John Miles
residing in Rutland Meigs County Ohio hereby certify that We are well acquainted with Thaddeus Smith who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been
a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in
that opinion & the said Benjamin Stout further states that he was born & brought up in Huntington [Hunterdon] Co N. Jersey within a mile of where Thaddeus Smith formerly resided he was quite young when Smith removed from that place but he knows that it was the universal opinion there, that he was a soldier of the
revolution & he has -------- heard aged persons when talking over the scenes of the Revolution recapitulate the services of said Thaddeus Smith
Benjn Stout
in Stout

Sworn to & subscribed
in open Court,
M. Bosworth Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department (at the Oct. Term 1832) that the above named applicant was
Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Benjamin Stout & John Miles who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Township of Rutland in this County, that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit & further that it appears to the Court that there is no Clergyman residing in the vicinity of the applicant. Thaddeus Smith
Attest
M Bosworth Clk
July Term 1833

Thaddeus Smith
15054
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The State of Ohio
Meigs County SS }
I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thaddeus Smith for
a pension. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court this 26th day of July AD 1833 & of our State the 31st
M. Bosworth Clerk
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December 8, 1937.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mrs. Estella U. Service
Ceres, California

BA-J/ady
Thaddeus Smith
W. 9658

Dear Madam:


The data contained herein were obtained from
the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim
for pension, W. 9858, based upon the military
service of Thaddeus Smith in that war.

Thaddeus or Thadeus Smith was born May 6, 1742 (old style) in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, names of his parents are not stated.

While a resident of Amwell, New Jersey, he
enlisted in the summer of 1776 and served one month as private in Captain John Phillips' Company, Colonel Chambers' New Jersey Regiment. He enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served six months or more as private in Captain Phillips' Company, Colonel Chambers' New Jersey Regiment.

About 1804 he moved from Amwell, New Jersey, to Shamokin, Pennsylvania, about 1812 moved to Cheat River, Virginia, about 1821 moved to Mill Creek, Virginia, and in the spring of 1829 moved to Rutland, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, while a resident of Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio.

He died April 12, 1839, place not stated.

Soldier married in 1781 or 1782 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Anne, her maiden name not stated.

She was allowed pension on her application executed September 28, 1843, at which time she was aged ninety-one years and a resident of Franklin County, Indiana.
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The names of the following children of Thaddeus Smith and his wife, Anne, are shown:

Nancy Smith        born July 20, 1783
Benjamin Smith     "     January 1, 1787
Zeph Smith            "     October 12, 1789
Samuel Smith        "    May 16, 1792
Ely Smith                "    October 20, 1794
Elisa Smith             "     December 10, 18--
Oca or Ora Smith  "   October 21, 1804

In 1843, in Franklin County, Indiana, Ocy Abels
(formerly Ocy Smith) and Anthony Abels made joint affidavit in support of the claim for pension of Anne Smith, soldier's widow. It is not shown that this Ocy was identical with soldier's daughter. One Josiah Abel was in said Franklin County, in 1844, no relationship to the family shown.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[left side]
1934 May 10. Hist. to B.L. Walden.   ADY
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1937 Dec 8. Hist to Estella U. Service.      ADY
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1938 - Mch 3 - Estella U. Service 
maiden name not adv. [illegible] 
obtain date of last pay    AWY

[right side]
Revolution
New Jersey

WIDOW, &c.
---------------
File No. __ 9658 _____
____ Anne Smith ______
___ Wid. of _______
_____ Thadeus Smith ______
___ Pvt. Rev. War _________
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Act: ____ Mch. 3 / 43 ___
Index: -- Vol. __ M __ Page __ 220 __

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.    None of N. J.-- all -a/u
I am asking if Isaac Updike on pension roll, who served; first- as a private,- Capt. James Morris Co., Col. Abraham Quick's 2nd. Regiment, Somerset Co., New Jersey Militia 1777.- 2nd, as a private in Capt. James Moore's Co., Col. Henry Vandikes 2nd Regiment, Somerset Co. New Jersey Militia 1777 & 1778 and 3rd in service at Springfield under command of Lieut. Col. Peter D. Vroom- June 8 to 15-1780 during the Revolutionary war.

If Isaac was on pension roll, would like very much to know his birth and death dates and the maiden name of his wife Nancy - her parentage and where and when married. Isaac was born near Hopewell N.J. and after his marriage lived near Reading, Penna, and after 1800 some time he moved to Franklin Co. Ind. where he lived until his death.

2nd.
Also asking for information of the wife of Thaddeus Smith.
Thaddeus Smith served in Revolution as a private in Capt. John Phillips Co.- Col Chambers, New Jersey Reg., enlisted at Amwell N.J. and his pension number was N. 9658.

His wife Anne - was allowed pension on her application executed Sept. 28, 1843.  Would like very much to know her maiden name, her parentage and date and place of her birth, if given on her pension application. Would also like to know her death date and where. I think she died in Franklin Co. Ind.

3rd
I once wrote to Adjutant Gen. Washington D.C. asking if a Matthias or a Jacob Crispin served in Revolution and the reply was that "in no place did the name of Matthias or Jacob Crispin (in any form of spelling) appear on the records.

I obtained this following record from Penna.
"Jacob Crispin was a private in Capt Henry Myers Co., Col. William Bradford's Battalion. He enlisted Nov. 3 1778 and his name appears on muster-roll as recorded in Penna, Archives - 6th series Vol. 1- p. 63".  

I am now asking if Jacob Crispin was on pension roll and if so, would like to know his parentage if possible and to know the name of
his wife and her parentage, dates of both his and her death and where.  I think Jacob was from Burlington Co. N. Jersey.

Hoping a reply will bring me the desired information of the three above mentioned people

I am Respectfully yours
Mrs. Estella U. Service
Ceres, California
Feb. 9, 1938
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[stamp:]. RECEIVED FEB 15 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM READER#10
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March 3, 1938

Mrs. Estelle U. Service
Ceres
California

Thaddeus Smith
W. 9658
BA-J/AWF

Dear Madam:


Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to the following 
soldiers of the Revolutionary War- Isaac Updike
of New Jersey, Matthias Crispin of either New Jersey of [sic] Pennsylvania, Jacob Crispin of either New Jersey or Pennsylvania, and Thaddeus Smith who served from New Jersey, pension claim, W. 9658, and wish to be furnished the maiden name of his widow, Anne, date and place of her birth, and date of her death.

The Revolutionary War records of this office.
have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon the service of an Isaac Updike of New Jersey, or to any Matthias Crispin or Jacob Crispin. The surnames were searched under similar spellings.

You were furnished, December 8, 1937, the
Revolutionary War record of Thaddeus Smith, pension Claim, W. 9658, and then advised that the maiden name of his widow, Anne, was not given in the claim. The date and place of her birth were not shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of her pension, name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of her death, you should apply
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to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-

Anne Smith, widow of Thaddeus Smith
Certificate #5233
Issued April 3, 1844
Rate $23.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1843
Act of March 3, 1843
Indiana (Madison) Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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December 6, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mrs. Estella ['E' crossed out] U. [note:  'OK on orig] Service
Ceres
California

THADDEUS SMITH
W. 9658
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thaddeus Smith who served in the New Jersey
troops and resided later in Indiana, also, the Civil War records of Enoch P. Updike and James Oscar Hall.

The record of Thaddeus Smith is furnished you herewith.

Your letter has been referred to the proper official for reply in regard to the Civil War soldiers.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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May 10, 1934.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mr. B. L. Walden
Box 234
Athens, Ohio

BA-J/ady
Thaddeus Smith
W.9658

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Owen Dewees or of Robert Rainey, all spellings of the names searched.

The record of the only Thaddeus Smith, all spellings of the names searched, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herein, as found in the claim for pension, based upon service in said war.

Thaddeus or Thadeus Smith was born May 6, 1747 (old style) in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, names of his parents are not stated.

While a resident of Amwell, New Jersey, he enlisted in the summer of 1776 and served one month as private in Captain John Phillips' Company, Colonel Chambers' New Jersey Regiment.  He enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served six months or more as private in Captain Phillips' Company, Colonel Chambers' New Jersey Regiment.

About 1804 he moved from Amwell, New Jersey, to Shamokin, Pennsylvania, about 1812 moved to Cheat River, "Virginia", about 1821 moved to Mill Creek, Virginia, and in the spring
of 1829 moved to Rutland, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832 while a resident of Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio.
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He died April 12, 1839, place not stated.

Soldier married in 1781 or 1782 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Anne, her maiden name not stated.

She was allowed pension on her application executed September 28, 1843, at which time she was aged ninety-one years and a resident of Franklin County, Indiana.
[hand-written in margin:  Date of widow's death not on AB]

The names of the following children of Thaddeus Smith and his wife, Anne, are shown:

Nancy Smith        born July 20, 1783.
Benjamin Smith       "  January 1, 1787.
Zeph Smith              "  October 12, 1789.
Samuel Smith           "  May 16, 1792.
Ely Smith                   "  October 20, 1794.
Elisa Smith                "  December 20, 180-.
['Oca or' hand written in margin] Ora Smith
                                   "   December 10, 18--.
Jonathan Waters Smith
                                    "  October 21, 1804.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[following is hand-written at bottom of page:]
add:
In 1843, in Franklin Co. Indiana, Ocy Abels
(formerly Ocy Smith) and Anthony Abels made joint affidavit in support of the claim for pen.  of Anne Smith, soldiers widow.  It is not shown that this Ocy was identical with soldiers daughter. One Josiah Abels was in said Franklin Co. in 1844, no relationship to the family shown.
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Athens, Ohio.
April 29, 1934.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C

Dear Sir,

I would like to secure a copy of the pension records of the following Revolutionary soldiers.

1. Owen Dewees (born in Pa.)
probably served with
Berks Co. troops
Died about 1839 in Morgan Co. O.

2. Thaddeus Smith (born in Md.)
lived in Meigs Co. O. and
may have died there

3. Robert Rainey (Reaney or Raney)
Lived in Md. - Died
about 1844 in Morgan Co. O.

Truly yours
B. L. Walden,
Box 234
Athens
Ohio

[stamp at left:] RECEIVED MAY 1 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #2
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5624 - March 29, 1841
Ind
Ann Smith
3 March 1843

$23.33 per annum

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions

Hon O B Ficklin
House of Reps
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House of Reps March 27th 1844

J.L. Edwards Esq

Sir

Enclosed you will find the Declaration of Mrs Smith to obtain a pension

Have the goodness to pass upon it as soon as you can.

Yours respectfully
Orlando B Ficklin
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10.308 Oct 30 1843
[stamp:] CHARLESTON Ill. OCT 2 1

FREE 
Mda.
July 7 1838
Anne Smith
Thaddeus


J.L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
by
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Charleston Oct 20th 1843

Dr Sor

Enclosed please find the papers of Ann Smith applicant for a pension

I shall probably be at Washington by the time the case is examined

Your obt servt
Orlando B Ficklin
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 21st 1839,

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Thaddeus Smith, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and thirty three cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838 to the 12th April 1839 the day of his death-

Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 13th 1839.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Thaddeus Smith, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio - Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and thirty three cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837.
to the 4th March, 1838.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,.
Pension Office,
29th June 1833

SIR:

I return herewith the papers in support of the claim of the person whose name is hereto annexed.

These papers are in several respects defective. This case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.

Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.

The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.

The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L Edwards

Marcus Bosworth Esq
Chester
Meigs Co
Ohio

Thaddeus Smith.
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El.         July 6.
Thad. Smith
[stamp:] CINCINNATI O JUN [illegible]

FREE

J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Franklin Bank of Cincinnati
29th June 1837

Sir,

The enclosed pension voucher of Thaddeus Smith a pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of $23.33 per annum, is for your examination which if found correct you will please return to this Agency with an order for payment

I am Sir Your's
Very respectfully
John H. Grossbeck P. Agt
By R. W. Lawrence

J.L. Edwards Esqr. 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Depositions in the case of the application of Thaddeus Smith
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State of Ohio
Meigs County SS. } Personally appeared before me the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Kesiah Boice and being duly sworn deposeth and says she was intimately acquainted with Thaddeus Smith during the revolutionary War that he said Smith
resided in the State of New Jersey Huntington [Hunterdon] County AmwellTownship that the said Smith resided within one mile of her fathers
(George Boman) that she well recollects that at different times her Father and the said Smith being absent from home that she heard it said the said Smith was in the army and has heard
the said Smith and her father frequently converse on the subject of the war at that time and frequently since of the frequent perils and engagements they were in during the war. that the said Smith in company with her father left home at one Certain time she well recollects and thinks they were absent six months heard him the said Smith say at that time he was under the command of Capt John Phillips who then resided in the same Neighbourhood of
of her father and the said Zacheus Smith that at that time and ever since the said Smith has universally had the connection of a moral man and of strict truth and veracity &c and further this deponant saith not---
             her
Kesiah   X   Boice
            mark

This may Certify that I am personally acquainted with Kesiah Boice the above named Deponant [deponent] and consider her to be a person of remarkable sound mind and memory considering her advanced age &c

Taken and subscribed before me at Rutland this
15th of September 1832
Benjamin Stout Justice Peace

The State of Ohio Meigs County ss. I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Kesiah Boice the above named deponent & consider her to be a person of truth & veracity & that her statements are entitled to credit
April 30th 1833
Benjamin Sout Justice Peace
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The State of Ohio
Meigs County ss  }
I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Benjamin Stout Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions were taken & who has subscribed his name thereto was at that time & now is an acting justice of the
Peace in & for said County duly commissioned
& qualified & that full faith & credit are & ought
to be given to his official acts as such also that the several foregoing signatures purport. ng to be his are genuine   In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court this 12th day of October AD 1832 & of our State the 30th
M Bosworth, Clerk
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State of Ohio
Meig.  County ss.  Personally appeared before me the Subscriber acting Justice of the peace John Boice who being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he was personally acquainted with Thadeus Smith at the time and during the revolutionary war that he well recollects the said Smith being in the service that at one time in Particular he recollects being in Company with several persons from their place of residence which was Huntington [Hunterdon] County Amwell Township State of New Jersey to their place of rendavous [rendezvous] that
well knows the said Smith was then in the service under the command of Capt John Phillips of the militia who resided in the same neighbourhood of the Deponant [deponent] 
and Thadus Smith that since that time has been well acquainted with the said Smith and has frequently heard the said Smith and others that said they were in the service in Company with him tell of the frequent dangers and difficulties the[y] met with while in the service
and has frequently heard it said by Smith and others, that he was in the service upwards of three years that the said Smith ever since that time has supported a good moral Caracter [character] of strict truth and veracity and further this Deponant [deponent] saith not- 
          his
John   X  Boice
         mark

Taken & subscribed before me this 15th of September 1832
Benjamin Stout Just. Peace

The State of Ohio
Meigs County.  SS  }
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the ['above named' crossed out] John Boice the above named deponent
& consider him to be a person of truth & veracity & that his statements are entitled to credit
April 30th 1833
Benjamin Stout Justice Peace
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The State of Ohio
Meigs County SS }
I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Benjamin Stout Esq who has signed the certificates attached to the depositions of
John Boice & Keziah Boice is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that full faith & credit are & ought to be given to his official acts as such also that the said signatures purporting to be his are genuine    In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court, at Chester this third day of May AD 1833 & of our State the 31st
M Bosworth Clerk
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State of Indiana }
Franklin County } ss
On this 7th day of March
one thousand Eight hundred and forty four personly [personally]
appeared before the Subscriber Anne Smith a resident
of said County and State. aged Ninety two years
who being by me first duly sworn according to
Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions
made by the Act of Congress passed March 3rd 1843
Granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow
of Thaddeus Smith who was a private in the Army
of the Revolution and served as set forth in his
original papers now on file at the war office of the
United States. She further declares that she drew
a pension at the Rate of Twenty three dollars and
thirty three cents per annum under the Act
of July 7th 1838
She further declares that she is still a widow
Ann her X mark Smith
Sworn to and subscribed }
on the day and year above }
written before }
Daniel St John J.P.
in presence of
Daniel St John
Josiah Alles
I Daniel St. John A Magistrate before whom the foregoing
Declaration was this day subscribed and sworn
to by Anne Smith, do certify that she is
personly [personally] known to me and I am fully satisfied
with the truth of her statements
Given under my hand this 7th day of March
A D 1844
Daniel St. John J. P. 
in presince [presence] of
Daniel St John 
Josiah Alles
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State of Indiana }
Franklin County } ss
I Robert John Clerk
of circuit Court in and for said County and
State do certify that Daniel St John whose
official signatures appear to the foregoing Declaration and certificate of credibility is a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County duly 
commissioned and qualified as such and that the
foregoing signatures purporting to be his are
genuine
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the
official seal of said Court
this eighth day of March
one thousand Eight hundred
and forty four
Robert John Clerk

5h24
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8050
Madison, Indiana
Anne Smith
widow of Thadeus Smith
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832-
and who died on the 12. April 1839
of Franklin in the State of Indiana
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Philips
of the
Regt commanded by Col. Chambers in
the N. Jersey line for Seven months

Inscribed on the Roll of Madison
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of
January 1844 and sent to Hon
O. B. Ficklin Ho. of Representatives

Total Amount,
$116.65
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded F.L. Swann Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1 Page 431

Ref 30 Jan
'44