Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 3309, for Conrod Smith, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Smith, Conrod
or 
Conrad
Annie

NUMBER
W 3309
B.L.Wt. 2408-100

CONTENTS
Enl. at Baltimore, Md
In 1818 aged 76 yrs and res of Dickinson Two Cumberland Co. Pa.
He died Jan. 6, 1826 she died Sept. 5, 1843
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State of Pennsylvania 
Cumberland County Ss

On this sixth day of May 1818 before 
me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of 
the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said 
County of Cumberland,  personally appears
Conrad Smith, aged seventy six years, resident 
in Dickinson township in said County, who 
being by me first sworn as the law directs 
doth on his oath make the following declara
tion, in order to obtain the provision made 
by the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide 
for certain persons engaged in the land and 
naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary 
War.  That he the said Conrad Smith 
enlisted in Baltimore, State of Maryland, in the 
month of April 1778 under Col. Smith, joined 
his company commanded by Captain Selmon at 
Wilmington State of Delaware in the month of May 
following that he enlisted to serve during the 
war, that he continued in the service of the United 
States untill [until] some time in the summer of 1784 
when he arrived in [illegible]  (from James Island, South 
Carolina) at Annapolis State of Maryland, that he 
then received a furlough obligating him at any time 
if required to join his regiment again, that about 
two years after he delivered up said furlough [work struck out]
to paymaster Hamilton & received two eighty dollar 
State Certificates, that he never had or received
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2

any other discharge than the furlough 
mentioned & the receiving of the Certificates 
in lieu thereof.

Deponent further saith that he was 
at the Battle of Monmouth [word struck out] commanded by 
Genl. Lee then at the taking of Stoney Point, then at the 
Battle of Camden after which they relocated to Hillsborough North 
Carolina, at the Battle of Gillford [Guilford], at the Battle of
Eutaw Springs where he was wounded & had his right 
thigh bone broke was removed to the hospital at Charlotte 
in North Carolina, untill [until] some time in 1782. Joined his 
company marched with the advance guard commanded 
by Genl. Williams to Camden when he received a 
violent injury from a cannon ball [illegible] man & 
knocking a piece of timber against him which 
dislocated his left hip and injured his thigh bone 
much, after which he was at the taking of a fort 
on Congaree River, from whence they were marched 
to a small town called Ninety six, which was for some time 
besieged by the Americans, after which they were 
marched to James's Island; where they remained 
untill [until] they took ship & sailed for Annapolis 
as above stated.  Deponent saith that he is 
in reduced circumstances, and stands in need 
of the assistance of his country for support; 
and that he has no other evidence now in his 
power of his said services and that he never 
received the title of the land, if any coming to him from the United States.
Sworn to and declared before me the day 
and year aforesaid.
Jacob Hendel  Conrod Smith
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Cumberland County Ss

I Jacob Handel Judge of the Court 
of Common Pleas as aforesaid, do certify, that it 
appears to my sattisfaction [satisfaction], that the said 
Conrad Smith did serve in the revolutionary 
war, as stated in the preceding declaration, 
against the common enemy; and I now 
transmit the proceedings, and testimony 
taken and had before me, to the Secretary 
for the Department of War, pursuant to 
the directions of the aforementioned act of 
Congress, Witness my hand & seal the sixth 
day of May 1818
Jacob Hendel [word Seal encircled]

Cumberland County, }
State of Pennsylvania } SS.

[Blurred seal of Court] I, Robert McCoy Prothonotary of the Courts 
of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland, in the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that 
Jacob Hendel Esquire, before whom the 
foregoing Affidavit was taken, and who hath 
thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, 
was, at the time of taking such Affidavit and 
now is, [struck out: an Acting Justice of the Peace] a Judge of the Court 
of Common Pleas, in and for the said county,
duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit is and of right ought to 
be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the 
seal of the said Court, at Carlisle, in the said County, this Sixth 
day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and Eighteen and of the sovereignty and independence of the United 
States of America, the forty second
ATTEST,
Rob McCoy Proth
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State of Pennsylvania }
Cumberland County Ss }

On this fourteenth day of April 
1819, before me the subscriber one of 
the Associate Judges of the Court of 
Common Pleas in and for said County of 
Cumberland, personally came Conrad 
Smith, and being duly sworn saith that 
he served in the fourth regiment Maryland 
line, commanded by Col. Smith,
Sworn & subscribed 
before  Conrod Smith 
James Armstrong

Cumberland County [illegible]

I James Armstrong judge of the common 
pleas in and for the said County of Cumberland, do certify,  
that Conrod Smith a revolutionary soldier, has proved 
to my satisfaction that he is in indigent & reduced 
circumstances & stands in need of the assistance 
of his country for support, witness my hand 
& seal this fourteenth day of April 1819
James Armstrong
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Wm. B. & J. Underwood, printers.
_____________________________

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, }
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, } Ss

[Blurred seal of Court] I, Robert McCoy, Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas
in and for the County of Cumberland, in the Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania, Do, by these Presents Certify that James 
Armstrong Esquire, before whom the foregoing 
Deposition 
was taken, and who hath thereto, in his own proper hand writ
ing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such 
Deposition & a Judge of the 
Court of Common Pleas 
[struck out: and now is an acting Justice of the Peace], in and for the said County, duly commissioned and 
sworn, to all whose acts as such, due faith and credit is, and of right ought to be, given through
out the United States and elsewhere.  In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand,   
and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Carlisle, in the said county, this fifteenth day of 
April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen 
and of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America, the forty third
ATTEST,
Rob McCoy PROTHONOTARY.
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[Three columns]
[Left column-Written vertically in left margin]
War Dep. Pension Office

The Audj. Gen. of Maryland will be 
pleased to furnish this office with what 
evidence, if any, may be found in his, of 
the service of Conrad Smith, the within 
Applicant for a pension

[Center column]
Conrad Smith 
Private 
78 to 84
Smith Maryland
Regt.

Deposition by
Andrew Boden
Carlisle
Pennsylvania

Admd.

[following struck out]
The line which the 
claimant served, 
must be mentioned 
also the Judges certificate 
as to indigent circumstances

[Right column]
Andrew Boden, Esqr.
Carlisle,
Penna.
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[Duplicate of prior page]

[Three columns]
[Left column-Written vertically in left margin]
War Dep. Pension Office

The Audj. Gen. of Maryland will be 
pleased to furnish this office with what 
evidence, if any, may be found in his, of 
the service of Conrad Smith, the within 
Applicant for a pension

[Center column]
Conrad Smith 
Private 
78 to 84
Smith Maryland
Regt.

Deposition by
Andrew Boden
Carlisle
Pennsylvania

Admd.

[following struck out]
The line which the 
claimant served, 
must be mentioned 
also the Judges certificate 
as to indigent circumstances

[Right column]
Andrew Boden, Esqr.
Carlisle,
Penna.
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[Two columns]
[Left column-Written vertically in left margin]
No Certification sent October 30, 1820 tp 
Ramsey's Carlice Pennsylvania

[Right column]
S4,438
Pennsylvania 

Conrad Smith 
of Cumberland Co. in the state of Pennsylvania 
who was a private in the regiment commanded 
Colonel Smith of the Maryland 
line, for the term of five years. War

Inscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania 
at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence 
the 6th of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of Septr. 1819 
and sent to Andrew Boden Esqr.
Carlisle
Penna.

Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819  126.70
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 48.
15 mo 26/31 4/30 $174.70

file March 1820. { Revolutionary claim, }
{ Act 18th March, 1818. }

4 March 1820
Continued
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9344
Pennsylvania. Phil

Annie Smith decd.
widow of Conrad Smith 
who was a private 
in the Revolution 
Md Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 80 Dollars [blank]
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Ending 4. Sept. 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
[illegible] day of March 1853 and 
sent to 
Hon James Cooper 
U S Senate

[ Ac[illegible] March 3, 1843 [struck out: , & June
17, 1844. ]

[illegible] Book A
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Conrad Smith 

Con

No. 14,438
pd 6 Sept. 1819

Mar 1820
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State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County Ss

Came into open Court this second day 
of August 1820 personally in open Court in the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Cumberland County aforesaid it being a 
court of record which proceeds according to the course of com 
mon law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount 
keeping a record of their proceedings.) Conrod Smith 
aged seventy eight years resident in the said County and 
State who being first sworn according to law doth depose on 
his solemn oath and declare that he served in the Revo
lutionary war as follows declarant enlisted 1778 in the compa
ny commanded by Captain Selmon in the 4th Maryland 
regiment commanded by Colo Samuel Smith the said declarant served 
untill [until] the end of the war and peace was declared.  Declarant 
was the Battle of Monmouth Stony Point at Camden 
Guilford Court house eutaw Springs where declarant was woun
ded in the right thigh & many more engagements & battles
The date of his original declaration and the number is in 14,438
date 6th September 1819

And I do solemnly swear that I 
was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day 
of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by 
gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any 
part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to 
bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled 
an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & 
naval service of the United States of the Revolutionary War 
passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have 
not nor has any person in trust for me any property or 
securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income 
other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed 
and by me subscribed
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A Schedule of the real and personal estate of Conrod Smith 
the aforesaid declarant 

1 Cow }  Conrod Smith
1 Ten plate stove }
1 Table } 
4 Plates ] Valuation
2 Bowls } $28.00
Chest }
A few carpenters tools }

Conrod Smith the declarant is a carpenter by trade and 
that he is now so infirm that he cannot follow it for a living 
and is not of bodily ability to pursue his trade or do any 
work he has a wife aged about sixty years and a son about 
sixteen years of age this constitutes declarants family
Sworn and subscribed by } Conrod Smith
Declarant this 2nd day of }
August 1820 before the }
subscriber one of the Judges }
of said Court }
Isa Graham }

Cumberland County Ss

I Robert McCoy Prothonotary of the 
Court of Common Pleas in and for 
said County of Cumberland do hereby 
certify that the foregoing oath & Schedule 
thereto annexed are truly copied from 
the records of said Court and I 
do further certify that it is the opinion of the said 
Court that the total amount in value of the property 
exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is twenty eight 
dollars
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court 
at Carlisle this sixteenth day of August AD 1820
Robt McCoy Prothy
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[Two columns]
[Left column]
Certificate of 
Ownership Conrad
Smiths heirs

[Right column]
Conrad Smith 
W.2,408
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State of Pennsylvania }
Cumberland County } SS.  At a Court of
Common Pleas, in and 
for said County, held on 
the 18th day of January AD 1847, personally 
appeared in Open Court James Oliver, and 
Capt George Ege, persons well know to the 
said Court, to be persons of credibility, who being 
duly sworn according to law, say that they 
were personally acquainted with Conrad Smith 
a Revolutionary soldier, and pensioner, late 
a resident of said County, and who has been 
dead many years, and that Catharine wife 
of Michael Ship, Mary wife Thomas Ship 
and Henry Smith all believed to be now 
living, were his children, and only heirs at 
law,-and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed }
in open Court, this 18th day } Jas. Oliver 
of January 1847 [struck out: be } Geo Age
W. M. Beetem, Prot }

State of Pennsylvania }
Cumberland County } SS.

At a court of Common 
Pleas, Orphans Court &
held in and for said County, on the 18th day of 
January AD 1847, on motion of Wm H Miller 
Esq, it was satisfactorily proved in open Court 
by the depositions of George Ege and James 
Oliver, that Catharine, wife of Michael Ship, 
Mary wife of Thomas Ship, and Henry Smith 
all believed to be now living, are the children 
and only heirs at law of Conrad Smith deceased, 
a revolutionary soldier and pensioner, late of 
Cumberland County, and State of Pennsylvania 
The whole of which is ordered to be certified
By the Court
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State of Pennsylvania }
Cumberland County } SS

I William M. Beetem 
Prothonotary of the Court of Common 
Pleas of Cumberland County, do hereby 
certify the foregoing to be a true 
copy from the minutes of said 
Court.
In Testimony whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand 
and affixed the seal of said 
Court this 18th day of January 
1847.  W M Beethem, Prothy
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Annie Smith decd.
widow of Conrad Pa
admd July 7 1838 
2 yrs pri $80
per annum from 
4 March 1836 to 
4 September 1843
When she died
____________
except-2 years
Pay to Mary Schip
Catharine Schip &
Henry Smith 
Surviving children
_____________

Cert to 
Hon James Cooper
U. S. Senate
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State of Pennsylvania }
County of Adams } Sct

Be it known that on this 
first day of July AD 1832 before the subscriber a Justice of the 
peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally 
appeared Catharine Elliot, a resident of said County,
aged about seventy six years, and a respectable and 
creditable person, who being duly sworn according to 
law, doth depose and say, that she was well acquain
ted with Conrad Smith and Anne Smith his wife,
late of said County and now deceased, that said 
Conrad was a lame man and had been a soldier 
in the Revolutionary war-that she was acquainted 
with said parties before their marriage and afterwards 
that said Anne Smith was a widow and has been 
the wife of a man named Schwartz, and had by 
him a son named George who is now called 
George Black (Schwartz in German), that this 
deponent is a half sister of said Anne, and was 
about fifteen years younger than she-that said 
Conrad and Anne were married previously to the 
year 1794-that she was not present at their 
marriage and does not know the precise date but 
thinks it was in the year 1792-that this depon
ent was present at the baptism of Catharine, the 
oldest daughter of said Conrad and Anne Smith 
and stood godmother for the said Catharine-
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that the child was baptized by a Mr Wiant a 
clergyman who preached at what was called the 
"Barrens Church" in York (now Adams) County-
that this deponent was born on the 16th day of March 
1776 and has been confirmed and taken sacrament in 
the church before she stood for the said Catharine-
that this deponent was sixteen at the time of 
said baptism but that she was not seventeen years 
of age at that time-that she does not know of any 
public or private record in existence by which the 
date of either the marriage or baptism spoken off 
could be proven
And further saith not
Sworn and subscribed } Catherine her O mark Elliott
before me this day and }
year first aforesaid }
JBDanver }
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State of Pennsylvania }
County of Adams } Sct

I William W Paxton 
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of 
Adams County aforesaid do hereby certify that 
J. B. Danver Esq before whom the foregoing 
deposition was taken is and was at the date 
thereof a Justice of the peace duly commissioned 
and qualified and that his signature before 
subscribed is genuine.  Witness my hand 
and the seal of the said Court 
at Gettysburg this second day 
of July A. D 1852
W. W. Paxton Pro.
for A. Cobean Deput.
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Know all men by these presents that I Henry H. Smith 
of York County Pennsylvania have made constitute 
and appointed and by these presents do make constitute 
and appoint Hamilton Longwell of Gettysburg Adams 
County and State aforesaid, my true and lawful attorney 
in fact for me and in my name and stead to attend 
to and prosecute before the Commissioner of Pensions and any 
other Chief of Bureau or Department at Washington 
City any and every claim which I may have or 
represent as one of the children and heirs at law of 
Conrad Smith late a revolutionary soldier and 
Anne Smith his wife who survived said Conrad, 
and to procure and receive any certificate or certificates 
that may be granted in favor of myself alone or with 
the children and heirs at law of said Conrad and 
Anne Smith and to do and receive all matters and 
things in the [illegible] as fully and to the same 
effect as I can or could do if personally present
Witness my hand and seal this [blank] day 
of January AD 1852
Henry H. Smith [word Seal encircled]
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State of Pennsylvania 
Adams County Ss

Be it known that on the 
thirty first day of January A.D.
1852 before the subscriber a Justice 
of the peace in and for Adams County 
aforesaid, and duly qualified by law 
to administer oaths, came personally 
George Black of said County, aged about sixty 
three years, and known personally by me to be a 
person of respectability and entitled to credit, 
who being duly sworn according to law doth 
depose and say, that he is the son of Jacob Schwartz 
(being the same name which this deponent now 
writes in the English language-"Black") that his 
said father died in the infancy of this deponents (at 
the time this deponent was but six weeks old as 
he has always understood from his mother), that 
his said father left a widow named Anna, 
the mother of this deponent, and that his said 
mother afterwards married a second time to 
Conrad Smith, who had been a soldier in the 
Revolutionary war, and had received wounds from 
the effects of which he suffered greatly until the 
time of his death, which took place in Cumber
land County Pennsylvania in the year 1826-
that the marriage of his (this deponents) mother 
with the said Conrad Smith, took place, as he 
has always understood from his said mother and 
step father, in October 1792 or 1791-that he often 
heard the matter spoken of by his said parents from 
the time of this deponents boyhood until his said 
step fathers death-that they frequently spoke 
of their marriage as having taken place at 
the date above mentioned and that they had been
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married at Peter Spangler's tavern, on the 
old road from Carlisle to Baltimore, in York 
(now Adams) County, and spoke of the festivities 
attending their said marriage-this deponent 
further states that he has seen a written entry in 
the handwriting of said Conrad Smith, in a  
book which was the property of his said step 
father, by which the date of the said marriage 
was mentioned and that it corresponded with the 
statements of his said parents as above related to 
this deponent-that he cannot speak positively 
as to the year but is certain it was either 1792 
or 1793.  This deponent further states that he 
has sisters and a brother of the half blood, the 
children of the said Conrad Smith and Anna 
Smith this deponents mother, viz: Catharine 
aged 57 or 58 married to Michael Schip, and 
Mary aged about 52 or 53 married to Thomas 
Schip, and Henry Smith, aged about 47 
years; He further states that said Conrad 
Smith was in receipt of a pension for services 
rendered in the Revolutionary war, up till 
the time of his death which took place as 
before stated in the year 1826-that his mother 
the said Anna Smith, survived the said Conrad, 
and lived until September 1843, when she died 
in Cumberland County Pennsylvania at the 
age of eighty eight years or upwards.  He further 
states that after the death of the said Conrad Smith, 
his son-in-law, Thomas Schip, administered upon 
his estate, and drew from the United States Gov
ernment the balance of pension money due to 
said Conrad up till his decease.
Sworn & subscribed the } And further Deponent saith not 
day and year first } George Black 
above written before me}
D A Buehler
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State of Pennsylvania 
Adams County Sct

I William W. Paxton Protho
notary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County 
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that David 
A. Buehler is a Justice of the peace in and for 
said County duly commissioned and qualified,  
that his commission was dated on the ninth 
day of April 1850 and will expire on the 
ninth day of April 1855 and that his 
signature to the foregoing deposition is genuine.
Given under my hand and 
the seal of said Court this 
sixteenth day of February 
A.D 1852
W. W. Paxton Prothy
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IN REPLY REFER TO 
Rev. War Section.  3-1864

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
WASHINGTON  January 6, 1920.

Grace Olson,
414 West Myrtle Street 
St. Peter, Minnesota

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the seventeenth ultimo, 
you are advised that the papers in the claim of Conrod Smith 
W. File No. 3,309, Rev. War, show that he was allowed pension 
on his application executed May 6, 1818, while seventy-six 
years of age and a resident of Dickinson Township, Cumberland 
County, Pennsylvania.

He stated that he enlisted at Baltimore, Maryland, in 
April 1778, for during the War, under Captain Sellman in Col
onel Samuel Smith's 4th Maryland regiment, and served until 
some time in the summer of 1784, when he arrived at Annapolis, 
Maryland, in a vessel from James Island, South Carolina.

He joined his company at Wilmington, Delaware, and was 
in the following battles; Monmouth; taking of Stony Point; bat 
tle of Camden after which they retreated to Hillsborough, North 
Carolina; Guilford; Eutaw Springs where he was wounded in his 
right thigh and removed to the hospital at Charlotte, North Car
olina; in 1782, he joined his company and marched with the advance 
guard under General Williams, to Camden, where he was 
wounded by a cannon ball passing near and dashing a piece of 
timber against him which dislocated his left hip and injured 
the thigh bone; he was at the taking of a Fort on the Congaree 
River; at the siege of Ninety-Six, after which he was marched to 
James Island and remained there until he sailed for Annapolis 
as stated above.

The soldier married October 17, 1792 or 1793, at Peter 
Spangler's Tavern in York County on the old road from Carlisle 
to Baltimore, Anne Schwartz (or "Black") widow of Jacob Schwartz, 
name being "Black" in English.

Conrod Smith died January 6, 1826 in Cumberland County, 
Pennsylvania, where his widow Anne died September 5, 1843, aged 
about eighty-eight years, leaving the following children in 1851; 
Catharine aged about fifty-six or fifty-eight years wife of 
Micheal Ship; Mary about fifty-two years of age wife of Thomas 
Ship; and Henry H. Smith about forty-seven years of age.
Very respectfully,

E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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State of Pennsylvania 
Adams County Sct

Be it remembered that on the 
25th day of April 1851 before the 
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas 
of Adams County aforesaid came 
personally Henry H. Smith aged 
about forty seven years, who being 
duly affirmed according to law in 
open Court doth make the following declaration in order 
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7th July 1838 
and the second act, supplementary to the same.  That he 
is the son of Conrad Smith deceased formerly of Adams County 
who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and (as this 
deponent believes) served through the whole war having 
first enlisted from the State of Maryland and served 
two years and afterwards enlisted from the State of 
Pennsylvania for five years or during the war and 
served the entire period as he has always understood 
from his said father-that he remembers to have seen a 
written discharge in his fathers possession but it 
has been lost-that he has heard his father speak 
of being in the battle of Brandywine and other 
battles and that he was wounded at Brandywine 
being shot through one leg-that his father at 
another time was wounded in his hips by the 
explosion of a bomb shell from which latter
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injury he continued to suffer great inconvenience 
until the time of his death-that his said father was 
in receipt of a pension [illegible] time of his death and  
that he died in Cumberland County Pennsylvania on 
or about the 6th day of January 1826 leaving a 
widow Anne Smith the mother of this deponent 
to survive him-he further declares that his said 
parents were married according to his best information 
and belief on or about the 17th October 1792 or 
1793.  that he has seen a certificate of said marriage 
in the possession of his parents, but it is long since 
and he does not know what has become of it, and 
he does not know of any record of said marriage 
in existence at this time-that his said mother 
lived until the 5th day of September AD 1843 
when she died, also in Cumberland County aforesaid 
at the age of about eighty eight years and that 
his said father was about eighty seven years of 
age at the time of his death-that his said parents 
left children besides this deponent, to wit:
Catharine aged about 56 or 58 years married to 
Michael Schip of Dauphin County Pennsylvania 
and Mary aged about 52 years married to Thomas 
Schip of Cumberland County and that this 
declaration is made as well on behalf of his said 
sisters as of himself for the purpose of obtaining any 
money that may have been due their said 
mother at the time of her death under
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the pension laws of the United States

Affirmed & subscribed Henry H. Smith
in Open Court before me 
April 25th 1851
John Picking Pro
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11,459
Pennsylvania Ph

Annie Smith decd.
widow of Conrad 
who died on the [blank]
of [blank] in the State of [blank]
who was a private in the [blank] commanded 
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded 
by [blank] in the [blank] 
line for Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll of Phila. 
at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents 
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of 
March 53 and sent to 
Hon Jas. Cooper
U. S. Senate

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]
=======

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act, July 7, 1838. }

Recorded by R. McRae Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 231
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[Two columns]
[Left column]
WIDOW, &c.
Revy
File No. 3309
Annie Smith 
Widow 
Conrad Smith
Pri Rev. War.

Act: March 3d, 43
Index:--Vol. M, Page 218.

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

[Right column]
1920 Jany. 6. Hist. to Grace
Olson. c.
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St Peter Minnesota
Dec 17. 1919
Rev Sec ED

Sir-

Will you please send me 
copies of the pension papers of 
Sylvester Worden [note above name: S. 45,463] who served 
in the Rev War from Conn also 
Conrad Smith [note above name: W.3309]-a private-who 
recd a pension in 1820 for 
services in Pa.  His name is 
found on page 706, Vol 15 Pa 
archives second series.

Thanking you I am 
Grace Olson
414 West Mryrtte St
St Peter Minnesota

[note written vertically in right margin]
Sylvester Worden
died in New York
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[Circular mail receipt stamp]
PENSION 
D 
DEC
U 22 S.
1919
OFFICE.
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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, August 11th, 1819

I hereby certify, that it appears from the pay rolls remaining 
in the Auditor's Office, that Conrad Smith pt. received from 
John Hamilton, agent of the Maryland line, the sum of $69.00
for arrears of pay from the 1st Augt. 1780 -- to the 
1st Jany 1782 --Also, the sum of $80.00 for pay 
from the 1st Jany 1782 - to the 1st Jany 1783 -
and also the sum of $43.30 -- from the - 
1st Jany 1783 - to the 15th Nov. 1783 - when 
his time expired.
The applicant } Thos. Karny A. S. Md.
was mustered }
in Capt. Selmans }
company in }
the 4th Md. Rgt. }
Page 34

Gettysburg August [illegible] 1852

Dear Sir  If the Conrod Smith 
case is not settled yet I wish you 
would have it closed when Mr John 
Hosli is there and send it to me and 
it will very much oblige your 
humble friend
H Longwell

Hon James Cooper
Page 35

Washington Aug 9, 1852

Dr Sir:

I have received a letter from 
Col. Hamilton Longwell, requesting 
me to call your attention to the 
application of Conrad Smith 
for a pension, and to beg that you 
will have it examined speedily.
Will you be good enough to have 
it attended to without delay?
Yours respectfully 
& truly

James Cooper

J. J. C. Triplett, Esqr
Acting Comr of Pensions
Page 36

Pension Office
March 1 1853

Pa. Rolls. Philadelphia }
Acts 1818 & 1820 } Conrad Smith 
$90 per annum } To what time paid? 
} J. Triplett

J. S. Gallagher Esq  Died 6th January 1826,
3 Auditor Paid to his death.
BLB.
Page 37

Feb: 25, 1853
____________

Addl evi: case 
Annie Smith 
widow of Conrad

RG McCreary
Gettsburg
Penna.
_____

RG McCreary
Gettysburg
Penna.
Page 38

State of Pennsylvania }
County of Adams } Sct

I William W Paxton, Pro
thonotary of the Court of Common Pleas holden at Gettysburg 
in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify 
that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that 
Conrad Smith was a pensioner of the United States at 
the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, was a resident 
of Cumberland County Pennsylvania and died in the 
same County and State on the sixth day of January 
eighteen hundred and twenty six (Jany. 6, 1826) that 
he left a widow whose name was Anne Smith, and 
three children, whose names are Mary Schip, Catharine 
Schip, and Henry Smith; and that said Anne Smith, 
widow of said Conrad, died in Cumberland County State 
of Pennsylvania, aforesaid, on the fourth day of September 
AD eighteen hundred and forty three (September 4th 1843)
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the 
seal of said Court at Gettysburg 
this twenty second day of Feb
rurary AD eighteen hundred 
and fifty three 
W. W. Paxton Prothy
Page 39

State of Pennsylvania 
Adams County Sct 

Be it known that on the 
fourteenth day of February A.D 1852 
before the subscriber a Justice of the peace 
in and for the aforesaid County and duly 
qualified by law to administer oaths 
came personally Henry Brame of said County who 
is known personally to the subscriber to be a person 
of respectability and entitled to credit who being 
[struck out: sworn] affirmed according to law doth depose and say 
that he is now seventy two years of age and 
that in his boyhood he lived with his father near 
to Peter Spanglers tavern in (what was then 
York County) Adams County and that this 
deponent at that time knew and now remembers 
Conrad Smith who was reputed a revolutionary 
soldier and who lived in the same neighbourhood [neighborhood]-
that he also well remembers the wife of said 
Conrad and knew both said Conrad and his wife 
both before and after they were married-that 
the name of the said wife before she was married to 
said Conrad was Ann Schwartz (the same 
name that is now commonly written in English 
"Black") that the said parties were married
Page 40

at the time this deponent was ten or twelve 
years of age-that he cannot remember the 
date so as to fix the year particularly but is satis
fied that he was not more than ten or twelve 
years old at the time said marriage took place
And further this deponent saith not
[word struck out] Affirmed & subscribed the day }
and year first above }  Henry Brame
written before me }
Thos Blocher J.P. }
Page 41

State of Pennsylvania 
Adams County Sct

Be it known that on the fourteenth 
day of February AD 1852 before the subscriber a Justice 
of the Peace in & for said County and duly qualified by 
law to administer oaths, came personally George Grouss 
of said County, who is know personally to the subscriber 
to be a person of respectability and entitled to credit 
who being duly affirmed according to law doth depose 
and say that he is now seventy eight years of age & 
that he was well acquainted with Conrod Smith & 
Ann his wife before they were married & afterward 
the said Ann was a widow Schwarts the same name 
that now written Black in English that he the deponent 
remembers of said Ann having worked at his fathers 
before she was married & that Conrod Smith called 
to see her at his fathers house & they on a short court 
ship gott [got] married the deponent did not see them 
married, but was well acquainted with them afterward 
the deponent did live then with his father near Peter 
Spanglers tavern on the ould [old] road heading from Car
lisle to Baltimore in York County now Adams County 
& that he believes that they were married at Peter Span
glers tavern  that some time afterward, deponent whent [went] 
to Peter Spanglers to learn the black smith trade that 
the deponent was then about eighteen years of age that
Page 42

the deponent further states that he was 
frequently at Conrod Smith house after he 
removed to Cumberland County Smith was lame
and further this deponent saith 
not
Affirmed & subscribed } George Grouss
the day & year firs above }
written before me }
Thos Blocher J.P.
Page 43

State of Pennsylvania 
Adams County Sct

I William W Paxton, Protho
notary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County 
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that 
Thomas Blocher is a Justice of the peace in and 
for said County duly commissioned and qualified 
that his commission was dated on the ninth 
day of April 1850 and will expire on 
the ninth day of April 1855 and that 
his signature to the foregoing documents 
is genuine
[Blurred seal of Count] Given under my hand and 
the seal of said Court this 
sixteenth day of February AD 1852
W. W. Paxton Prothy
Page 44

Pension Office
January 28th 1853

Sir:

Before the claim of Annie 
Smith, widow of Conrad of Pa. act
July 7th 1828, can be admitted, a certificate 
of Court must be furnished showing 
the date of her husband's death, the  
date of her death, and the number and 
names of the children surviving her.
I am respectfully 
your obt. svt.
JEHeath 
Commr.

H. Longwell {
Gettesburg [Gettysburg] {
Pa {
Page 45

Claim of Heirs 
of Conrad Smith 
of Penna  
Rev. Soldier

Statement of Counsel
Page 46

Jany 27, 1852

Sir

The enclosed statement in relation to the case 
of the heirs of Conrad Smith I expected 
to submit to your consideration today, but 
failing in this I have to request that 
you will do me the favor to examine 
the case in connection with my statements 
and report upon it as early as possible.
As I am obliged to leave the City in the 
morning, please address me or Mr  
H. Longwell at Gettysburg Penna.
I have also request that you will do me 
the favor to inform me of the grounds upon
which the case of Manuel Ziegler of Penna.
(Rev. soldier) has been suspended-the letter 
from this department to Mr Longwell in 
relation to it not having been received
With respect 
RGMcCreary

Triplett Esq {
Page 47

Dr Sir:

The enclosed papers 
relate to a claim filed 
by Col. Hamilton Longwell 
of Gettysburg.

Mrs Christiana 
Palmer's husband was 
named Joseph.  This is all 
I can tell you about this 
matter.
Yours Respectfully

James Cooper 
July 25, 1852

J. J. Tripplett Esqr
Acting Comr. of Pensions
Page 48

State of Pennsylvania }
County of Adams } Ss

Be it known that 
on this twentieth day of July 1852 before the 
subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the 
County and State aforesaid came personally 
John Brame a resident of said County 
and a respectable and creditable person aged 
about sixty five years of age, who being duly 
sworn according to law doth say that he 
is a member of the "Barrens Church" in 
Adams (formerly York) County, and that 
he was formerly, for a long time a deacon in 
said Church, and is well acquainted with the 
history and affairs of such Church, and has 
had access to the records and books of the same.
He further states that there has never been 
any record of marriages and births kept in 
said Church, but that there is a record of the 
baptisms and confirmations in said Church; 
but that the book containing the same previous 
to the year 1800, was some years ago eaten 
and destroyed by mice, or other vermin, and 
is not now in existence.  And further saith 
not  John Brame
Sworn and subscribed before me }
the day and year first above written}
Daniel Cline
Page 49

State of Pennsylvania }
County of Adams } SS.

I William W
Paxton Prothonotary of the Court of Common 
Pleas of Adams County do hereby certify that 
Daniel Cline before whom the foregoing 
deposition was taken is and was at the date 
thereof a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned 
and qualified, and that his signature to the 
foregoing instrument is genuine.
Given at Gettysburg under 
my hand and the seal 
of this said Court this 
twentieth day of July 
AD 1852
W. W. Paxton Pro.
per A. Cobean Dept
Page 50

State of Pennsylvania }
Adams County } Ss

I William W. 
Paxton Prothonotary of the Court of Common 
Pleas of Adams County aforesaid do hereby 
certify that there is not and has never been 
any County record of marriages kept in 
said County.
[Blurred seal of Court] In testimony whereof witness 
my hand and the seal of 
said Court at Gettysburg 
this 21st day of July 
A.D 1852
W. W. Paxton Pro.
per A. Cobean Dept.
Page 51

Claim of the Heirs 
of Conrad Smith 
Penna

Statement of Counsel
Page 52

In the matter of the claim of Henry Smith }
son of Conrad Smith a revolutionary soldier }
in right of his mother Anne Smith widow }
of said Conrad for pension under Act of }
July 1838 and supplements }

The point to be established in this case is the marriage 
of Conrad and Anne Smith prior to Jany. 1, 1794, 
in support of which is the following testimony

I The declaration of Henry Smith dated April 25, 1851 in which 
he states the marriage to have taken place Oct 17, 1792 or 93 
and that he had seen a certificate in the possession of his 
parents (which has been lost) fixing that date

II  The testimony of George Black (a son of Anne Smith by her first 
husband) as to statements often made by Conrad & Anne Smith as 
to the date when detailing the circumstances of their marriage, and 
also to the fact of having seen a written entry in the handwriting 
of Conrad Smith fixing the date at a time which he swears 
agreed with what he had always understood from his parents in 
their conversations to have been the time of their marriage--this 
he says was in October 1792 or 93-is not positive which, 
but is certain that it was either 1792 or 1793

III The testimony of Catharine Elliot (half sister to Anne Smith) 
who states positively that the marriage was prior to 1794, thinks 
it was in 1792-was present, and stood godmother to the first 
child of the marriage at its baptism (pro. [illegible] the testimony)
that she was in her seventeenth year at this time 
(was 16 but was not 17 years of age) and that she was born 
on the 16 March 1776--

Here is the testimony of two respectable witnesses who swear positively 
that the date was prior to 1794 and that it was either in 1792 or 
1793, and although the witnesses from a conscientious desire to
Page 53

state nothing but what is strictly true will not swear posit
lively in which year of the two it occurred, yet I submit 
that if the department is satisfied that the marriage took 
place in either 1792 or 1793 it is sufficient.

I am well aware that general statements by witnesses 
in matters of this kind are objectionable and must be carefully 
[illegible], but they are nevertheless evidence of the facts 
testified to, and in the absence of circumstances tending to dis
credit them are entitled to belief and may produce as full 
and complete conversation of the truth of the matter stated as 
any other kind of testimony--there are no such dis
crediting circumstances in the case in hand--

But the testimony of Catharine Elliot, 
if true, establishes beyond doubt that the marriage took 
place in 1792.  She swears that she was born in March 
16, 1776, consequently she became seventeen years of 
age March 16, 1793-and she testifies directly and positively 
to the fact that she was in her seventeenth year at the 
time she stood godmother to the oldest child of Conrad and 
Anne Smith.  This testimony is not liable to the objections of 
being too general, it distinctly proves circumstances which 
establish the date of the marriage to have been 1792 
it is probable that this part of the testimony was not particularly 
noticed on the first examination of the case and its force not 
observed-as it seem to be entirely conclusive upon the point, 
and to make out the case of the claimant as fully and 
satisfactorily as it can be done by [illegible] testimony--

There is no reason to doubt the honesty of these 
witnesses-they are certified to be credible and respectable persons 
it they had designed to perpetuate a fraud it would have been 
very easy for them to have relieved the case of all difficulty 
by [illegible] directly to the point sought to be proven--As
the matter stands this very guarded manner of testifying offered 
the strongest guarantee of their correctness 
all which is respectfully submitted. R G McCreary
Counsel of Claimant
Page 54

I hereby constitute and appoint Robert 
G. McCreary, my attorney at law and in 
fact, to attend to, and prosecute any claims 
for pensions from the United States Govern
ment in which I am in any way con
cerned, or in which papers have been filed 
my me; and authorize him to receive, 
and receipts, or other acquittances to give, 
for any papers or certificates connected 
with or resulting from the same 
Witness my hand and seal this 21st 
day of January A D 1853
H. Longwell [word Seal encircled]
Page 55

[Note at top of page]
From declaration of Conrod Smith W. 3309 (Md.) it does not 
appear that he served in the Penna Line.

First Regiment Gratuity

We and each of us whose names are hereunto sub
scribed, do acknowledge to have received from Major 
Thomas B. Bowen, and Captain Ercurius Beatty, agents 
for the late Pennsylvania Line, the several sums oppo
site to our names, respectively, in certificates dated 
July 1, 1784, bearing interest at six per cent from No
vember the fourth 1783 signed by John Pierce, Commis
sioner, and described as below being for the balance of 
a settlement between the United States and us for gra
tuity allowed the non commissioned officers and pri
vates who served to the end of the war.
_______________________________________________
Date of Issues |
_____________ |
Septr. 22d. 1784 |

No. of |
Certificate |
__________ |
75,150 |
__________ |

Letter |
______ |
R x |
_______ |

Names |
_______ |
Conrad Smith |
_____________ |

 [blank |
_______ |

_______ |

Sums |
Dollars | 90th|
____________
80 | " |
____________

Signers
____________
Conrad x Smith

Auditor General's Office }
Harrisburg May 2, 1851 }

I certify that the above is a true copy and 
extract from Payroll Book A, page 103, 
pertaining to the Revolutionary War, and 
now in this office.
Witness my hand and seal of office 
the day and year aforesaid
Jno. W. Hammond for 
John N. Purviance
Aud. Genl
Page 56

Auditor General's Office 
Harrisburg May 2, 1851

Dear Sir

The annexed certificate is all that 
you require in the case of Conrad Smith as it proves 
of itself that he served to the end of the war.  The 
other certificate that you refer to could not strengthen 
the case in the least.

Yours respy

Jno. W. Hammond

Col. H. Longwell
Page 57

No 14,598

Anne Smith decd.
wid of Conrad
Penna.
Act 7 July 1838.

Let 8 June 1832 
Conrad Smith 
died January 6 1826
_________________
Annie Smith 
died September 4 1843
____________________
Mary Schip
Catharine Schip & 
Henry Smith 
children surviving her 
___________________

H Longwell
Present
Page 58

Gettysburg Penna Feb. 16. 1852

Sir

I transmit herewith some papers in 
support of the claim of Henry H. Smith and 
his sisters, the children of Conrad Smith, a 
Revolutionary soldier; in the right of their 
mother, Ann Smith, the widow of Conrad, 
who they suppose was entitled to a pension 
under the act of Congress of July 1838.

I forward these papers for Mr Longwell 
the attorney in fact for Henry Smith, and 
who I understand introduced this case to your 
notice some months since.  There is 
testimony upon the files of the Department in 
the case of Conrad Smith which, in connection 
with what is here furnished, will (we suppose) 
be considered sufficient to make out the 
case of these claimants; if not, I presume 
any deficiency can be supplied.

Most respectfully
Col. J. E. Heath } Yours
Commissioner of } RG. McGreary
Pensions }
Washington }
Page 59

Gettysburg Nov 12. 1852

To the Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

I have been requested 
to write to your office for information respecting 
the claim of the children of Conrad Smith a 
revolutionary soldier to a pension in right of 
their mother Anne Smith.  the case has been 
on file a long time.  the proof was completed in 
July last and it was then understood there 
would be no delay in taking it up.  the 
parties are very poor and anxious to [illlegible]
from the case.  Mr. Longwell who filed 
the papers, or for whom they were filed, informs 
me that he has written an can obtain no 
reply.  the parties cannot afford the expence [expense]
of a journey to Washington and I was 
urged to write for information as to what has 
become of the case.

Any information in this behalf 
may be addressed to 

Very respectfully 
Yours
RGMcCreary
Page 60

Brief in the case of Annie Smith widow of Conrad
[blank] County and State of Pa
act July 7 1838
=====================================
Claim, ("original," [struck out: or "for increase,"] )

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner Acts 1818 & 1920

[illegible] proof of marriage

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
[blank]

Name and residence of Agent  Thornton Triplett
Hon James Cooper  Examining Clerk.
U.S. Senate
Page 61

Know all men by these presents that we Thomas Shipp and 
Mary his wife of Cumberland County and State of Pennsylvania do here
by substitute and appoint Henry Northrup of Washington Coty our true 
and lawful attorney with power of substitution for us and in our 
names to prepare [illegible] and collect proofs and [illegible] necessary to 
enable us [struck out: to obtain] and our co heirs to obtain a [word struck out] warrant from 
the United States for one hundred acres of bounty land in right of 
the services of their late father Conrad Smith as a soldier of the 
Maryland line of the army of the revolution and ask demand 
and receive the same from the Secretary of War of the United 
States and deposit the same when so received with the com
missioner of the general land office for land [illegible] and to ask 
demand and receive the certificates as land [remainder of sentence illegible] 
[illegible] of said warrant and to endorse assign transfer and 
make sale of the same.  In witness of which we have set our 
hands and seals this seventh day of September 1846
Witness
John Auld  Thomas Ship [word Seal encircled]
Wm. G Auld Mary her X mark Ship [word Seal encircled]

State of Pennsylvania } Personally appeared before me the 
Cumberland County } subscriber a Justice of the peace in 
and for said county Thomas Shipp 
and Mary his wife [[illegible] and signers to the foregoing pow
er of attorney and acknowledged the same to be their voluntary 
act and used for the purposes therein named.  Signed sealed 
and acknowledged before me this seventh day of Sep
member 1846
John Auld
Page 62

Cumberland County Ss

I William M Beetem Prothonotary of the 
Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify 
that John Auld Esq is an acting Justice of 
the Peace in and for said county, duly elected, 
commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as 
such due faith and credit are and of right 
ought to be given throughout the United States 
and elsewhere, and that the foregoing signature 
purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal 
of said Court at Carlisle the 21 day of September A D 1846.
W. M. Beetem Prothy

[Note written vertically in left margin]
Power of Attorney 
Thomas Shipp & wife
Page 63

James L Edwards 
Esqre Commissioner of Pensions
Page 64

Washington City 21st Decr. 1846

Sir

The claim of the heirs of Conrad Smith a sol
dier of the Maryland line of the Army of the Revolution 
was filed with you in September last applying for the 
pittance of bounty land to which they were entitled from the 
United States in right of their late father.  This claim 
has been rejected as acquisition for an additional one-
extra certificate of heirship from the one then filed with the 
papers, and precisely such a Certificate of Consent as those 
on which you have since August 1845 granted land and 
issued the warrant to the heirs of Capt. Edwin Hutt 
Phil. FL. F. Lee Winthrop sergeant [illegible] M'Clian, [illegible]
mate Wm Watts and Lt. Batsath Harrison and John 
Edie.  And for aught that I know many others, I only 
speak of those which I heard of and have had an [illegible]
in.

That said after having them passed on and 
allowing the several claims above named all of which 
the certificate of heirship were obtained from affidavits 
taken when the same could be found duly on their [illegible]
and laid before the Orphans Court at this place when the 
necessary order of Court has been obtained and certificate of 
heirship [word struck out] issued and the warrants on the above 
claims received.  But after then passing on and 
allowing these seven claims amounting to 1900 acres 
when a private soldiers claim (a pittance) for 100 acres is 
presented sustained by record and issue of right of party
Page 65

(where in all the others the evidence was collected from elsewhere than 
the [illegible] of bounty lands) and accompanied by precisely the 
same certificate of court as to heirship as the other cases 
and which were then deemed good & sufficient and the warrants 
issued is now when the pittance due a soldier is applied for 
is now deemed unsatisfactory and insufficient and a fur
ther and new Certificate of Court is insisted on.  And what 
is still more strange and unprecedented and I will 
further add contrary to all law practice or common 
sense.  I was told by the officer having charge of this 
branch of your Bureau-that heirship must be proved 
in the county in which the party lived.  Such sir is an 
insult to common understanding.  There is perhaps 
not one instance in twenty where the heirship of a Revo
lutionary officer or soldier could be proven in the county in which he 
may have happened to have lived at any period subse
quent to the Revolution.  Yet sir such was the [word struck out]
direction of the Clerk in this case.

When has the Clerk in this case apeared [appeared]t [illegible] as 
dictate the several Courts the [illegible] to be [illegible] by then 
a case perhaps without a parrallel [parallel].

Sir it is some 28 months since the claim of the admin. 
of the estate of Dudley Diggs  who died in Howard County 
Missouri of which you had record evidence of, Administration 
was granted on his estate in [illegible] County in a 
County in which he neither at any time lived or died
Page 66

and administration lands for one or two hundred dollars only 
when the sum to be received was about $2200. or 2300 you 
then declined saying this claim on the ground of the insufficien
cy of the amount of [illegible] in the land.  The atty of the admin 
took this case by appeal to the Secretary of War who at once 
decided that it was for the Court to decide this question and 
not you in fact that the act of the Court was paramount 
to your acts, but in this case where the pittance of 100 acres 
of land is applied for and [illegible] rule and precedent is disre
garded and we are told that we must get a certifi
cate of heirship in the County in which he lived although 
there might not have been a person in the State who [word struck out]
knew the party.  Further be [illegible] is given by 
you as the Clerk has a [illegible] certificate of heirship 
a person [illegible] in practice as law in the states of 
Delaware Maryland or Pennsylvania.  The only 
[illegible] made in those states is by affidavit taken be 
fore Justices of the peace their credibility certified and 
property authenticated.  Enclosed is two letters from 
Wm. H. Miller a [illegible] of Carlisle.  The one relative to 
the heirs of Mrs. Margaret Henderson and the other rel
ative to this claim of Conrad Smith from which you 
will see that they know noting about the [illegible] of 
certifying heirship as required by you.

In conclusion I have to ask that this claim be again 
taken up and examined and either allowed or re
jected and if rejected that you will do me the kind
Page 67

ness to mail me a certified copy of the papers now 
on file pertaining to this claim with those now sent 
or the originals and your letter of advice stating the
grounds of refusal to [illegible] the said claim.
I [remainder of sentence illegible]
Henry Nothrop.
Page 68

Memorandum 
In Conrad Smiths case
Page 69

Memorandum

[struck out: Godfrey] Conrad Smiths heirs applies for warrant for the 100 
acres of bounty land due them.
[struck out: Godfry] Conrad Smith will be found as a [illegible] of the Maryland line 
on the Pension Agency for Cumberland County Pa under 
the Act of 18th of March 1818 to have been placed on the list 
of Pensioners on the 4th Sept 1819, commencing on the 6th day 1818 and 
died on the [illegible]th Jany 1826.  Accompanying will be found 
the certificate of court showing who the heirs are also the 
power of attorney of Thos Ship & wife one of the heirs.
Will Mr. Gordon be kind enough to take up this case as early 
as practicable and obligate.  Yours [illegible]
Henry Northrop
Page 70

[Envelope with notes]
[Written vertically in left margin]
Jan 23 47
Mr Gordon

[Address]
James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions 
Present

[Written vertically in right margin]
H. Northrop
[illegible]
Page 71

Washington City 23rd Jany. 1847

Sir

Yours of the 22nd is receiving announcing the issue of a land 
warrant for 100 acres of land in right of Conrad Smith as 
a soldier of the Maryland line of the army of the 
Revolution.

By reason of the [illegible] I am unable to attend to 
the receipt for the warrant.  You will please deliver the 
same with a certified copy of attorney accompanying the 
application to my son who I hereby authorize to 
the receipt for the same oblige.  Sir
Yours Respectfully

Henry Northrop
Page 72

Certificate of Heirship
Conrad Smith Heirs
Page 73

District of Columbia 
Washington County, to wit:

Orphan's Court Septr. 25, 1846.  At an 
Orphan's Court, held in and for said County, 
on motion of Henry Northrop. It was proven 
in open Court to the satisfaction of said Court 
by the deposition of Peter Age and James Oliver 
that Catharine wife of Michael Ship Mary wife of 
Thomas Ship and Henry Smith all believed to be 
now living, are the children and only heirs at 
law of Conrad Smith deceased, a Revolutionary 
souldier [soldier] and pensions late of Cumberland County 
and State of Pennsylvania.  All of which is 
ordered to be certified to by the said Court.
Witness my hand and seal
of office, this 26th day of 
September in the year 1846.
Ed. N. Roach [illegible]