Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 4339, for Michael Smith, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental (Md.)

Smith, Michael 
Rebecca

NUMBER
W4339
B.L.Wt. 352-60-55

CONTENTS
enl. at Fredericktown Md.
died in Baltimore, Md in 1821 aged 63 yrs.
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4330
Maryland 
4

Michael Smith 
Drummer 
Maryland line 
in the army of the United States during Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 13 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of Nov 1818
and sent John Moriarty Esqr
Baltimore Maryland

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 - 4 - 22/30  37.86
Semi-anl. alll'ce ending 4 Mar 1819  48.00
$85.86
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Dead
{ Revolutionary claim, }
{ Act 18th March, 1818. }
'77 Six years
Continued 
Baltimore
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Notification sent Octr. 5 1820 to Philip 
Wood Balto. Md.
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299.902 Oct Mar 3 | 55
May 3 | 59
____________________
Rebecca Smith 
wid of 
Michael Smith Dcd.
Drummer
[struck out: musician]
____________________
Cap. Myers
Col Weltner
Md. mili
[Following note written vertically across page]
Wid No 352 issd May 12/59

Rev. war
Ad: 60 acs May 12 1859
Boynton
[struck out: War of 1812]
_______________________
Special 
B
_______________________
Geo. L. Sites Esq
M Present
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[Two columns]
[Left column]

6456
Ohio Cinc:

Rebecca Smith 
widow of Michael Smith 
Md
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a drummer.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
96. Dollars 00.
Cents per annum, to commence on
the [struck out: 4th day of March, 1848] 1st
July 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
11th day of May 1859 
and sent to
Geo. L. Sites
Present

Increased from $88.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 1119 Vol. H

[Right column]

B. Ld: allowed May 11th/59. for 60 acs.
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Act. March 3. 1855
299.902
Rebecca Smith widow
of Michael Smith,
Application for 
Bounty Land.

April 30/59

Brief his
Boynton
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State of Ohio }
Fairfield County } SS.

On this sixth day of [struck out: November] April 
A.D. 1859 personally appeared before me the undersigned 
Judge of the Probate Court 
in and for the County and State aforesaid Rebecca 
Smith aged ninety seven years a resident of said County 
of Fairfield and State of Ohio, who being duly 
sworn according to law deposes and says, that 
she is the widow of Michael Smith deceased, 
who was a musician in the company com
manded by Captain Myers in the 
Regiment commanded by Colonel Weltner 
in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain; 
that her said husband joined the army in the 
County of Frederick and State of Maryland on 
or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. seventeen 
hundred and seventy six and continued in actual 
service in said war until the close thereof.

She further states that she was married to 
the said Michael Smith on the [blank] day of 
[blank] A.D. seventeen hundred and eighty four 
in the town of Middletown County of Frederick and 
State of Maryland by one Rev. Hale (George Hale she thinks)
; that she knows of no public record of marria
ges kept at that place, and that no private 
record of her said marriage was kept to her knowledge.
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that her name before her said marriage was 
Rebecca Ludwig; that her said husband 
died on the [blank] day of [blank]
A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty one in the County 
of Baltimore and State of Maryland; that she  
has never married since the decease of her 
said husband; and that she is now his widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of 
obtaining the bounty land to which she may 
be entitled under the act approved March 3rd
A.D. 1855; She further states that her said husband 
never made application for, nor received any 
bounty land under any act of Congress to her knowledge; nor has 
she ever received any bounty land warrant, nor 
made any other application therefor.
Rebecca her X mark Smith

We Alfred McVeigh and Henry Harris residents 
of the County of Fairfield and State of Ohio upon 
our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration 
was signed and acknowledged by Rebecca Smith 
in our presence, and that from our knowledge of 
her, and her general repute in the County and 
from her appearance and statements, we believe 
that she is the identical person she represents 
herself to be; and that she is now a widow.
Alfred McVeigh
Henry Harris
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were 
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and 
year above written: and I certify that I know 
the affiants to be credible persons: that the 
claimant is the person she represents herself 
to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Witness may hand and and official 
seal this 6th day of April 1859.
Jesse Leohner
Probate Judge
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State of Maryland }
Baltimore County }

On the 13th day of April 
in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred 
and eighteen before the subscriber Chief Judge of Baltimore 
County Court, personally appears Michael Smith 
who makes oath on the Holy Evangelists, that about 
the month of May 1777, he entered the service of 
the United States by enlisting at Frederick Town 
Maryland as drummer in the company commanded 
by Captain Myers in the first Regiment of Infantry 
Maryland Line.  that he was afterwards marched 
to Valley Forge, fought the enemy at the Battle 
of Monmouth was subsequently stationed at
West Point, belonged to the army which captured 
Cornwallis at Yorktown; that Colonel Weltner 
commanded said Regiment; that he was transferred 
to the 5th Regiment Maryland Line, then marched 
to South Carolina, was wounded in an engagement 
at the Quarter House between Bacon's Bridge 
and Charlestown and after the end of the war  
was discharged at Annapolis; and the said 
Michael Smith on solemn oath declares that, from 
his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance 
of his country for support.
Sworn in Open Court
before Walter Dorsey
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I Walter Dorsey Chief Judge of Baltimore County 
Courts before whom the annexed declaration of Michael 
Smith was sworn to, do hereby certify, that its appears 
to my satisfaction, that the said Michael Smith did 
serve in the revolutionary war against the common 
enemy, as stated in said annexed declaration, for the 
term of nine months and longer, on the Continental 
Establishment, and also that he is in reduced circum
stances and stands in need of the assistance of his 
Country for support; 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 late Act of Congress in that case
made and provided.
Walter Dorsey
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State of Maryland 
Baltimore County Ss

I hereby certify that Walter Dorsey gentleman 
before whom the within deposition was made and 
who hath thereto subscribed his name was 
at the time of so doing Chief Judge of the Sixth 
Judicial District of the State of Maryland and 
of Baltimore County Court duly commissioned 
and sworn.  In Testimony whereof I have hereto 
set my hand and affixed the seal 
of my office this fourteenth 
day of April in the year of 
our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and eighteen
Wm. Gibeon Clk Balto Coty Cot 

[Note written vertically in right margin]
Michael Smith 
Md Line
Admitted
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Michael Smith 
4330
March 1819

Con
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SCHEDULE.

United States of America 
(A.) District of Maryland SS.

ON this fourteenth day of September 1820, personally 
appeared in open court (*) [struck out: being a court of record,] †(B.) in the District Court 
of the United States in and for the [struck out: said] (C.) Maryland 
District
Michael Smith aged about 62 years, 
resident in Baltimore in said (D.) District 
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served 
in the Revolutionary War, as follows: (E.)  That he enlisted at the 
beginning of the Revolutionary War at Frederick Town 
in the fifth Maryland regiment Col. Weldner in the company 
commanded by Capt Myers and served throughout the whole 
war as a drummer, and was discharged at Annapolis according 
to his original declaration dated in March or April 1818.  That 
he was placed on pension list Maryland Roll under the law 
of the 18th March 1818 according to a certificate in his 
possession dated November 11th 1818 No 4330

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 
March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, dis 
posed of 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 and naval service of the United Sates, in the Revo
lutionary 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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(F.) He possesses no property whatever and has no 
other dependence besides his pension than 
charity, being too old and infirm to work 
at his trade, which is that of a baker.
He has no family
Michael his X mark Smith

SWORN to and declared on the 14th day of September 1820 
BEFORE, the District Court aforesaid 
I, Philip Moore Clerk of the said District Court 
do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly 
copied from the record 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 Sche
dule is [blank] Dollars and [blank] Cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed 
the Seal of the said court, on this 21 day of Sept 1820
Philip Moore
Clerk of the Distr court for the Distr of Maryland
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*The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the 
oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
†All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the Act of Congress:

1st, Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the State which create them;
2d, Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several States, to be courts of record;
3rd, Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of 
amount;
4th, Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are 
not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and posses a seal.
The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of re
cord, and state why it is such.--(Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States.)

_________

DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING UP THE BLANKS.

A. District--circuit,--county, or corporation, as the case may be.
B. State why a court of record.
C. After repeating the district circuit, county, or corporation, insert the declarant's name.
D. District, circuit, county, or corporation.
E. Here set forth the regiment, company and line; or ship, corps or vessel, and the date of the original de
claration; and if he has received a pension, the number of his pension-certificate should be inserted.
F. Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary bedding and clothing excepted, and 
subscribe the same.  The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the num
ber and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their sup
port, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent 
circumstances as to be entitled to the pension.  It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words 
of the third section of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to 
support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only, who are incapable of 
supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.

Extract of a CIRCULAR LETTER from the War Department, to the several Agents for 
paying pensions, enclosing the foregoing Form.

"For the guidance of persons already on the pension list, or who may hereafter make application for that 
purpose, it may be proper to state, explicitly, that, as experience has proved the necessity of rigid adherence
to particular forms in such cases, no instrument of writing drawn up contrary to this form can be admitted as 
a proper voucher."
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Declaration of 
Rebecca Smith widow
of
Michael Smith decd
for Pension.
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State of Ohio }
Fairfield County } SS.

On this sixth day of [struck out: March] April 
A.D. 1859, personally appeared before me Jesse 
Leohner, Judge of the Probate Court in and for the 
County and State aforesaid Rebecca Smith a resident 
of said County of Fairfield and State of Ohio, aged ninety 
seven years, who being first 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 4th 1836, and the several acts 
amendatory thereto, and other acts of Congress for the benefit 
of widows of deceased officers and soldiers who served 
in the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of 
Michael Smith, who was a drummer in the company 
commanded by Captain Myers, in the Regiment 
commanded by Colonel Weltner in the Maryland line 
in the Revolutionary War; that her said husband joined 
the army in the County of Frederick and State of Maryland 
at or about the commencement of the war, and continued 
in actual service in said war until the close thereof;
and that she has no documentary evidence of the service 
of her said husband; She further declares that she was 
married to said Michael Smith sometime in the 
year A.D. (1784) seventeen hundred and eighty four, in a 
Lutheran Church in the town of Middletown, County of 
Frederick and State of Maryland by one Rev. Hale (George 
Hale she thinks) a Lutheran minister, at that time in charge
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of said Church; that no public or private record of her 
said marriage was kept to her knowledge; that her name 
before said marriage was Rebecca Ludwig; that her 
said husband died sometime in the year A.D. eighteen 
hundred and twenty one (1821) and that she was not living 
with her said husband at the time of his death, as hereinafter 
stated; that her said husband as she was informed died 
in the City of Baltimore and State of Maryland; and that 
she has remained a widow ever since that period;
She further states that a short time subsequent to her said 
marriage with Michael Smith, her said husband and 
herself removed to the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland,
where they lived together until about the year A.D. seventeen 
hundred and ninety four (1794); that in the year A.D. seventeen
hundred and ninety one or ninety two she had a child by her 
said husband whom they named Katharine; that about 
two years after the birth of her said child, which was in the 
year A.D. seventeen hundred and ninety four, she left 
her said husband and returned to her mother who lived in 
Frederick County and State of Maryland; her reason for leaving 
her said husband was on account of his neglecting to 
provide for herself and their daughter Katharine, and also 
on account of his drinking; that during the time she lived 
with her said husband in Baltimore City, he followed the 
baking business he being a baker by trade; that he worked 
at this business with a man by the name of Crouse of 
whom he spoke often; She further states she was never 
divorced from the said Michael Smith; that she never
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made any application for a divorce herself, and has 
no knowledge [stuck out: herself] that her said husband ever 
applied for a divorce and she always regarded herself 
as the wife of said Smith in his life time, and his widow 
since his death; that their said daughter Katharine 
Smith, subsequently married George or John George 
Kuhns and lived some years in Waynesburg or Waynes
boro in the State of Pennsylvania; that they afterwards 
emigrated to the County of Fairfield and State of Ohio, 
where they continued to reside until the death of said 
George Kuhns; and that her said daughter Katharine 
Kuhns, formerly Katharine Smith, is still alive [struck out: and]
and a widow, and continues to reside in the town of 
Pleasantville, in the said County of Fairfield and State of 
Ohio; She further declares, that about forty years 
ago she removed from Frederick County Maryland, 
to Fairfield County, State of Ohio, where she has contin
ued to reside ever since; living a portion of the 
time with her said daughter Katharine; that she had
a brother George Ludwig, who married her husband's
sister; that the wife of her said brother died many years 
ago, and that she has been informed that her said brother 
George died a short time since near the City of Lafayette 
in the State of Indiana; that she had several half sisters 
by the name of Arnold; children by the second marriage 
of her mother after the death of her first husband, Ludwig;
one of her said half sisters was married to Thomas Mc
Namee, who also emigrated many years since from
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Maryland to said Fairfield County, Ohio, where they 
continued to reside until their death which took 
place some years ago; and several of the children of 
said Thomas McNamee are still living in the said 
County of Fairfield and State Ohio; She further states 
that she never knew until within a short time that 
she would be entitled to anything from the Government 
for the service of her said husband in the Revolutionary 
war and she therefore never made any application 
for a pension; She further states that several persons 
were present at the Church when she was married 
to said Michael Smith and that she thinks that 
her brother George Ludwig and her half sister that  
married Thomas McNamee were among the number.
Attest
[signatures illegible] Rebecca her X mark Smith

Sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned 
Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Fairfield 
and State of Ohio, on the day and year first above written, 
and I hereby certify that the said Rebecca Smith the above 
applicant cannot from age and bodily infirmity appear in 
Open Court; I further certify that I believe the affiant to be 
a credible person; and that from my knowledge of her, and from 
her general repute in the country, and from her appearance and 
statements I believe her to be the identical person she represents 
herself to be, and that she is now a widow.
Witness my hand and official 
seal at Lancaster Ohio, this 
6th day of April A.D. 1859
Jesse Leohner
Probate Judge
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Testimony in the matter 
of the application of 
Rebecca Smith wid. of 
Michael Smith for a 
Pension.
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State of Ohio 
Fairfield County Ss.

Personally appeared before me 
the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace 
in and for the County and State aforesaid, Katharine 
Kuhns aged sixty seven years, a resident of the 
town of Pleasantsville, County of Fairfield and State 
of Ohio, who being first duly sworn according to law 
deposes and says: that, her maiden name was 
Katharine Smith, and that her mother's name is Rebecca 
Smith, who is now living in the said County of Fairfield 
and State of Ohio, and is the identical Rebecca Smith 
who has made application for a Pension and a 
Bounty Land Warrant on account of the services 
of her husband and my father Michael Smith in 
the Revolutionary war: that, ever since she was old 
enough to recollect anything she has regarded herself 
as the daughter of Michael and Rebecca Smith, 
and was known only as Katharine Smith up to the 
time of her marriage with George Kuhns which 
took place in the spring of A.D. 1816: that she has no 
recollection of ever having seen her father, but as far 
back as her recollection extends, more than sixty years 
since, in her mothers family and relations she was known 
and regarded as the child of Michael and Rebecca 
Smith; that, she has a distinct recollection of having 
her grandmother Arnold, Thomas McNamee and having Nancy McNamee and others 
in her early youth speak about her father Michael Smith and his mar
riage with her mother Rebecca Smith: that he was a 
very proud man: that he was a baker by trade, and 
that he was a solider or musician in the Revolutionary
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war: that, her mother after her marriage with 
Michael Smith, removed with her husband to the 
City of Baltimore in the State of Maryland, where he 
followed the baking business, and that she (Katharine 
Kuhns) was born in Baltimore:  She has also, many years 
since heard the same persons say that her mother had 
left her father, Michael Smith, when she (Katherine) 
was a child: on account of his drinking and the failure 
on his part to properly provide for his family: Deponent has 
also heard her uncle George Ludwig and her aunt Peggy 
Ludwig frequently speak of these same matters especially 
of the marriage between said Michael Smith and Rebecca 
Smith her (deponents) father and mother: the said George 
Ludwig was a brother of Rebecca Smith (Deponents mother)
and the said Peggy Ludwig (whose name before her marriage 
was Peggy Kline) was the half sister of deponents father 
Michael Smith: That, her aunt Peggy Ludwig died 
many years ago, and that she has been informed that 
her uncle George Ludwig died about the year 1855 
in the State of Indiana: that, said Thomas McNamee 
was her uncle by marriage with her aunt Nancy 
formerly Nancy Ludwig, and sister to deponents mother 
and that her said uncle and aunt McNamee died many 
years ago: That in her early youth her said relations,  
and also her mother, told her she was the daughter of Michael 
Smith, and never heard it doubted or disputed or questioned,
but, that her mother was married to said Michael 
Smith, or that she was his child: Deponent further 
states that from her earliest recollection her mother 
Rebecca Smith lived near Middletown, in the State 
of Maryland, afterwards in the County of Washington
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and State of Maryland, from whence, she removed to the 
County of Fairfield and State of Ohio, sometime about the 
spring of A.D. 1822, where she has continued to reside ever 
since, and has never returned to, or visited Maryland since 
the date of her emigration.  Deponent further states, that,  
subsequent to her marriage, which took place in A.D. 1816, 
she removed with her husband to the town of Waynesburg 
in the County of [blank] and State of Pennsylvania: from 
thence to the County of Washington in the State of Maryland, 
were she lived about five years; and in the fall of 
A.D. 1824, she, along with her husband, emigrated to 
the County of Fairfield and State of Ohio, and has continued 
to reside there ever since; and never visited the State of 
Maryland since A.D. 1824: Deponent further states, 
that her mother Rebecca Smith was always regarded 
as the wife of Michael Smith up to the date of his death, 
which she has been informed took place in the City of 
Baltimore sometime in the year A.D. 1821, and that [struck out: her]
her mother has always been regarded and known as the 
widow of Michael Smith since his death: and from 
what she has heard from others, as well as from all the 
facts personally known to herself, she has never nor does 
she now entertain a doubt, but that her said father 
(Michael Smith) and her said mother (Rebecca Smith) 
were legally married, and that she is their child: and 
from what she heard many years ago from friends and 
relations, as well as the tradition in her mothers family 
and that of her (mothers) brothers and sisters families she fully believes 
that her father Michael Smith performed military 
service in the Revolutionary War: Deponent 
further states that in her early youth she
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often heard her aunt Peggy Ludwig (formerly Peggy 
Kline, and a half sister of deponents father, Michael Smith)
speak of the service of her said father in the 
war of the Revolution and that he afterwards lived 
in the City of Baltimore and was a baker by trade:
Deponent further states, that she has been informed, 
and believes the same to be true, that deponent is the 
only child that her said mother had by her said 
father Michael Smith.
Attest:  Katharine her X mark Kuhns
G. W. Buchanan
Alfred McVeigh

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day 
of April A.D. 1859, with the following interlineations 
on first page the words "name", "and his wife Nancy McNamee" and 
"Michael Smith", page 3 the words "mothers", and I do hereby certify 
that the said Katharine Kuhns is a credible person.
Alfred McVeigh
Justice of the Peace
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State of Ohio
Fairfield County Ss.  On this 8th day of April A.D. 
1859 personally appeared before me the undersigned 
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and 
State aforesaid, George McNamee, aged sixty six years, 
a resident of said County of Fairfield and State of Ohio, who 
being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and 
says: that, his name is George McNamee, and the oldest 
son of Thomas McNamee and Nancy McNamee deceased:
That he is well acquainted with Rebecca Smith, widow of 
Michael Smith, deceased; that said Rebecca is his aunt,
and that he has known her ever since he was a little boy 
six or seven year old: that his aunt Rebecca's name 
before her marriage with Michael Smith was Rebecca 
Ludwig and a sister of deponents mother: That 
deponent recollects his aunt Rebecca Smith when she 
was living near Middletown in Frederick County, 
State of Maryland: and deponent was living in the 
adjoining County of Washington with his father, this 
was nearly sixty years since: and that he has known 
her intimately ever since that period: That from his 
earliest recollection, extending over a period of sixty 
years he has always understood that Michael Smith 
and said Rebecca Smith were married directly 
after the war, in or near the town of Middletown,
Frederick County and State of Maryland, and that 
during the time they lived together as man and wife they 
had but one child, a daughter, whom they called Katharine 
Smith, now Katharine Kuhns widow of George Kuhns 
deceased, said Katharine Kuhns is his (deponents) cousin 
and is now living in the town of Pleasantville, County of
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Fairfield and State of Ohio: That, said Rebecca Smith 
widow of Michael Smith, after he first knew her at 
Middletown, removed to the County of Washington, 
& State of Maryland, and lived with one John Huffman 
late deceased, a part of the time, and in his fathers
(Thomas McNamee's) family the remainder of the time, during 
[word struck out] his fathers residence in said Washington County: That sometime 
in the year A.D. 1810 deponents father and his family removed 
from the County of Washington State of Maryland, to the 
County of Fairfield & State of Ohio, leaving said Rebecca 
Smith residing in the said County of Washington: That 
said Rebecca Smith sometime about the year A.D. 1822 
came along with said John Huffman to the county of 
Fairfield and State of Ohio, and lived within about one mile 
of the residence of deponents father: That from that date 
that is from the year A.D. 1822 up to the year A.D. 1845, 
the said Rebecca Smith frequently was an inmate 
of the house of deponents father and made her home there 
at various times between those periods: That deponents 
father died about the year A.D. 1843, and deponents mother 
died about A.D. 1844, and that said Rebecca Smith 
continued to live at the family residence for about one 
year subsequent to the death of his mother, during which 
time said Rebecca Smith kept house for deponent 
who was a single man and lived at home.  That prior 
to the removal of deponents father from Maryland, his 
(deponents) grandmother Arnold (formerly Ludwig) lived 
at his fathers house: That deponent has often heard during 
his early infancy, his grandmother Arnold, his uncle George 
Ludwig, his aunt Peggy Ludwig, his father and mother, 
and his aunt Rebecca Smith talk about the marriage
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of Michael Smith and Rebecca Smith (formerly 
Rebecca Ludwig) from which he has always understood 
that they were married at the town of Middletown 
State of Maryland in the church at that place: That 
deponent has heard them, or some of them say, that 
they were present in the church at the marriage 
ceremony: especially has deponent heard his mother 
say that she saw Michael Smith and her sister 
Rebecca, married: and from his earliest recollection 
he has heard the same parties often say, that Michael 
Smith the husband of his aunt Rebecca had performed 
service in the Revolutionary war: that he was a baker 
by trade, lived in Baltimore City, and that his aunt 
Rebecca left her husband Michael Smith on ac 
count of his drinking and for failing to properly 
provide for his wife and child: Deponent has heard 
these conversations at different periods from the time 
he was 8 or 10 years of age up to the death of his father 
and mother which took place in 1843 & 1844: That during 
these conversations, he never heard it doubted or questioned 
but, that Michael Smith and Rebecca Smith were married, 
that Katharine Smith was their daughter, or that 
his uncle Michael served in the War: and such is the 
impression that for years has been fixed upon his mind:
that he has regarded all these matters and things as facts 
and truths, and he has never up to this period, heard 
these facts disputed or questioned: but, on the other hand 
all the relations as well as himself has always regarded 
the said Rebecca Smith as the wife of said Michael 
Smith during his life time, and as his widow since 
his death, and said Katharine Kuhns (formerly Katharine
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Smith) was the child of Michael Smith and Rebecca 
Smith: That he has known said Katharine Kuhns 
ever since she was a little girl: that she was known 
as, and called, Katharine Smith up to her marriage 
with George Kuhns: Deponent further states that 
Peggy Ludwigs (wife of George Ludwig) name before her
marriage was Peggy Kline, and that she was a half 
sister of his uncle Michael Smith, and that she died many 
years ago: Deponent further states that Katharine 
Kuhns has always been regarded as a person of truth 
and veracity, and of good reputation and of good
moral character: that he has a sister living in 
said County of Fairfield & State of Ohio, by the name of 
Polly Baker (formerly Polly McNamee) who was present 
at some of the conversations above alluded to prior to 
her marriage with Daniel Baker.
George McNamee

Sworn to and subscribed before me 
and I do hereby certify that the said 
George McNamee is a credible person 
on the day and year first above written.
Alfred McVeigh,
Justice of the Peace
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State of Ohio 
Fairfield County Ss.  On this 8th day of April A.D. 1859
personally appeared before me, the undersigned, an 
acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County 
and State aforesaid, Polly Baker, a resident 
of the town of Rushville in the County and State 
aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according 
to law deposes and says: That her name is Polly 
Baker and that she is about sixty four years of 
age: that her name before she was married, was 
Polly McNamee, a daughter of Thomas and Nancy 
McNamee, and a brother of George McNamee: That she 
has long been acquainted with Rebecca Smith, widow 
of Michael Smith, who is her aunt, and sister to 
her (deponents) mother: That she knew her aunt 
Rebecca Smith in the State of Maryland, and that 
she (her aunt) made her home at her (deponents) fathers house,
for sometime before her father emigrated to the State of Ohio,
which was about the year A.D. 1810: That, sometime 
subsequent to the removal of her father to the State of Ohio,  
deponent thinks about the year A.D. 1822, her aunt 
Rebecca Smith also emigrated to the County of Fairfield 
& State of Ohio, and for a portion of the time, up to the 
death of her father and mother, which took place in A.D. 
1843 and 1844 respectively, her said aunt Rebecca Smith 
made her home at her (deponents) fathers house, and con
tinued to live at the old homestead about one year after 
the death of her mother, during which time her aunt kept 
house for her (deponents) brother George McNamee, who was 
a single man: That prior to the removal of her father
from the State of Maryland, her (deponents) grandmother
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Arnold (formerly Ludwig) made her home at her 
(deponents) fathers house: That deponent in her early youth 
and before here fathers removal from Maryland, has 
often heard her uncle George and aunt Peggy Ludwig, her 
grandmother Arnold, her aunt Rebecca Smith, and her 
father and mother talk about the marriage between 
Michael Smith and Rebecca Smith (formerly Rebecca 
Ludwig) and that Katharine Smith now Katharine 
Kuhns, was the child of said Michael Smith: That 
said Michael Smith and Rebecca Smith after their 
marriage lived in the City of Baltimore, where he 
followed the baking business, he being a baker by 
trade, and that her aunt Rebecca Smith left her 
husband Michael Smith in the City of Baltimore on
account of his drinking and failing to provide for 
his wife and child, and returned to her (deponents) 
grandmother Arnold while she was yet living 
in Frederick County State of Maryland: That 
deponent has heard her grandmother Arnold often 
complain to, and upbraid her aunt Rebecca for 
marrying said Michael Smith and from all she 
has heard and knows of herself, deponent has no doubt 
that Michael Smith and Rebecca Smith were 
married and that Katharine Kuhns is their daughter:
and she further states that her aunt Rebecca Smith 
was regarded as the wife of Michael Smith, during 
his life time, by all the friends and relations, and 
she deponent never heard the fact of their marriage 
disputed or questioned & that her aunt Rebecca Smith 
has never been married since the death of her 
husband Michael Smith, and is now a widow:
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Deponent further states that from these con
versations and from concurrent facts, as well as 
from the tradition in her fathers family, she is well 
convinced that said Michael Smith and Rebecca 
Smith were married, that they removed to Baltimore, 
that they had one child, that he was a baker by trade, 
and that her aunt Rebecca left her said husband 
in Baltimore on account of his drinking and failing 
to provide as before stated: Deponent further states 
that she was married in the year A.D. 1815 to 
Daniel Baker and left her fathers house directly there
after and has ever since resided in said County of Fairfield &
State of Ohio, and has known her aunt Rebecca Smith 
during this whole period, and knows that Rebecca 
Smith, now in Fairfield County, Ohio, is the same 
Rebecca Smith who was married to Michael 
Smith, the mother of Katharine Kuhns (formerly 
Katharine Smith) and is the identical person [struck out: is] now 
applying for a pension and bounty land.
Attest 
Abram Turner  Polly her X mark Baker
Alfred McVeigh

Sworn to and subscribed before me, and 
I do certify that the said Polly Baker is 
a credible person, on the day and year 
first above written.
Alfred McVeigh
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio, Fairfield County, SS:

I, [name struck out] John C. Rainey, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Ohio, within and 
for the County of Fairfield aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Alfred McVeigh
before whom the foregoing affidavits 
was taken, was, at the time, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and 
sworn according to law; And, Further, that the signature attached to said instrument, and pur
porting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and attached my official seal, at Lancas
ter, this 11th day of April Anno Domini 1859
Jno C. Rainey CLERK,
per C. F. Rainey Depy
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Testimony in the matter 
of the application of Rebecca 
Smith wid. of Michael Smith 
for a pension.
Page 36

State of Maryland, Frederick County, to wit:-

On this twenty sixth day of April, 
eighteen hundred and fifty nine, before me the sub
scriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in 
and for said County, personally appeared Jacob 
Ludwick, aged sixty-three years, who being 
duly sworn on the Holy Evangely of Almighty 
God, deposeth and saith: That he is acquainted 
with Rebecca Smith, widow of Michael 
Smith, and with Katharine Kuhns formerly 
Katharine Smith, the daughter of Michael 
and Rebecca Smith, both of whom live in the 
County of Fairfield and State of Ohio: that said 
Rebecca Smith formerly Rebecca Ludwick 
is the sister of deponents father, now deceased, 
and is his aunt, and that Katherine Kuhns 
formerly Katharine Smith is his cousin:
that he has known Rebecca Smith from his 
earliest recollection, from the time he was five 
or six years of age: that, he had often heard 
his father and mother say, when he was a small 
boy, which must have been fifty five or fifty six 
years ago, that his aunt Rebecca Smith was 
married to his uncle Michael Smith in the 
town of Middletown, County of Frederick and 
State of Maryland, sometime directly after 
war of the Revolution: that his aunt 
Rebecca had left his uncle Michael in 
Baltimore: that the recollection of deponent 
extends back to the period when his father lived 
in Middletown, and his aunt Rebecca was an 
inmate of his fathers house, which was about 
fifty-five years ago and deponent is of opinion 
from the impression made upon his mind about 
that time and subsequent, that his aunt Rebecca
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had left her husband in Baltimore: That 
by his father and mother, and their children, as 
well as others intimate with his aunt 
Rebecca, she was regarded, and known as 
the wife of Michael Smith: and whilst depo
nent has often heard the marriage of his uncle 
Michael and his aunt Rebecca spoken of 
as having taken place at Middletown, he 
never heard it doubted, disputed or questioned 
but that they were married, and that said 
Katharine was their daughter: and from 
all deponent heard at that early day, he 
is as well satisfied in his own mind that his 
uncle Michael and his aunt Rebecca were 
married, as deponent could be of any cir
cumstance which had taken place without 
his personal knowledge: that his aunt 
Rebecca had at different periods before she 
removed to Washington County and State of 
Maryland, made her home at deponents fathers 
house during all of which time she was regarded 
as the wife of said Michael Smith: that his 
aunt Rebecca subsequently removed from 
the said County of Washington, along with one 
John Huffman to the County of Fairfield 
and State of Ohio: Deponent further states 
that his fathers name was George Ludwick 
and his mothers name was Peggy Ludwick 
formerly Peggy Kline: that he personally 
knew his uncle Michael Smith, in his 
life time: that he became acquainted with 
him about the year eighteen hundred and 
three, at which time his uncle Michael 
was at deponents fathers house in said County 
of Frederick, and that he also staid [stayed] a part
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of the time, during his visit at Mr. Klines
who was his uncle Michael Smiths step-father,
and grandfather of deponents by his mothers 
side-and that deponent always called 
said Michael Smith uncle: that said 
Michael was also a half brother of deponents 
mother: Deponent has heard his father 
and mother say often, that his uncle Michael 
was a baker, that he lived in Baltimore, 
and that he baked sea biscuit or sea bread.
that during the time that his uncle Michael 
was on a visit here in this County, his aunt 
Rebecca was absent, deponent thinks over 
in Washington County State of Maryland.
Attest
Peter Young of P  Jacob Ludwick

Sworn to and subscribed before me 
the day and year first above written and 
I hereby certify that the affiant is a credi
ble person.
Peter of P
Justice of the Peace
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State of Maryland, Frederick County to wit:-

On this twenty-sixth day of April, 
eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, before me 
the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace 
in and for said County, personally appeared 
Henry Young, aged eighty [struck out: three] years, who 
being duly sworn on the Holy Evangely of Almighty 
God, deposeth and saith: that he was acquainted 
with Rebekca Smith formalerly [formerly] Rebecka 
Ludwick and sister to George Ludwick: that 
he knew her when she lived with her brother 
George Ludwick in Middeltown [Middletown] State of 
Maryland, this was about sixty-five years ago:
that said Rebecca Smith was then known and regarded 
as the wife of Michael Smith who had been a soldier 
or musician in the Revolutionary war, and was a 
baker by trade: that deponent and every person 
he ever heard speak about the matter, regarded 
said Rebecca Smith as the wife of Michael Smith 
and deponent never heard it doubted or questioned 
but that she was his wife-this was spoken of in 
the neighborhood, and she was regarded by the neighborhood 
as the wife of said Smith-that although deponent 
was not present when the said Michael Smith 
and Rebecca Smith were married, yet he has 
always been of the opinion that they were married 
and is fully satisfied in his own mind that such is 
the fact: Deponent further states, that about the 
year eighteen hundred and three he became acquainted 
with said Michael Smith the husband of said 
Rebecca Smith: that said Smith was, at the time 
deponent knew him, staying with his (Smiths) step-father 
Kline close by deponents house: that he saw said 
Michael Smith frequently during his stay at Klines 
and among other things talked to him about his
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wife Rebecca: and said Michael Smith 
acknowledged that said Rebecca was his wife:
and said Smith never denied that said Rebecca 
was his wife, but always admitted it: and it was 
understood and believed when Smith was at Klines 
by the neighborhood that he was the husband of 
said Rebecca Smith and that they were married:
but that said Michael and Rebecca did not live 
together at the time he was acquainted with said 
Michael Smith: Deponent understood and 
believes that said Michael Smith had come 
from Baltimore, and that he lived there: that he 
was a baker by trade, and was nicknamed Sea 
baker, during his stay at said Klines: and that when 
said Smith left this County, deponent is under the 
impression and believes that he went to Baltimore 
Maryland to follow his business of baking:

Deponent further states, that from about the year 
seventeen hundred and eighty two, to about the year 
seventeen hundred and ninety he was acquainted with one George Hale 
who was a Lutheran minister, and resided at 
a place known as the old Stone Church about 
five miles from the town of Middletown, and 
that deponent has heard said George Hale preach 
at Middletown: that said Hale used to visit 
Middletown to preach funerals, baptize children, 
and solemnize marriages: Deponent further states 
that was born and raised near said town of Middletown
State of Maryland, and has lived in the neighborhood 
ever since that period.
Attest:
Henry Young JP   Henry Young
Peter Young of P

Sworn to and subscribed by the deponent
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before me this day and year first above 
written with the following interlineations,
page 1. the words "she was" and "hundred"
page 2 the words "was acquainted with"
and I hereby certify that I know the said 
affiant to be a credible person
Peter Young of P
Justice of the Peace
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State of Maryland, Frederick County, to wit:-

On this twenty-sixth day of April 
eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, before me 
the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace 
in and for said County, personally appeared, 
Charles M. Klink, who being duly sworn 
on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, doth 
depose and say: That he is the Pastor of the 
Lutheran Church "Zion", at Middletown 
Maryland and has charge of all the records 
of said Church at this place; that he has any 
knowledge of, and that among said books and 
records he finds no records in reference to said 
Church prior to the year eighteen hundred 
and twenty seven.
C. M. Klink
Pastor of the Lutheran 
Church "Zion" Middle
town Md.

Sworn to and subscribed by the said deponent before 
me, the day and first above written.
Peter Young of P.
Justice of the Peace

State of Maryland, Frederick County, Sct.

I hereby certify that Peter Young of PE[illegible] before 
whom the three foregoing affidavits were made, 
was at the time thereof, a Justice of the Peace 
of the State of Maryland, in, and for Frederick 
County aforesaid, and duly authorized to 
take acknowledgements, and to administer oaths 
for general purposes, and that his signature there 
to [Blurred seal of Court].  In testimony whereof I hereunto sub
scribe my name, and affix the seal of the 
Circuit Court for Frederick County, this 
27th day of April A.D.1859.  B. G. Fitzhugh
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Fredk County.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19[blank]

W.F. 4339

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Michael Smith 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen
sion file in this Bureau.

DATES OF |
ENLISTMENT OR |
APPOINTMENT. |
_______________ |
May 1777 |

LENGTH OF |
SERVICE. |
___________ |
to close of war

RANK. |
_______ |
Drummer |

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. |
_______________________________________________ |
CAPTAIN. |
_________ |
Myers |
COLONEL. |
__________ |
Weltner |

STATE.
{ German
{ Regt.

Battles engaged in, Monmouth was wounded at Quarter House bet. Bacon 
Bridge and Charlestown

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Fredericktown Md.

Date of application for pension, Apr. 13, 1818.  His cl. was allowed

Residence at date of application, Baltimore Co. Md.

Age at date of application, 60 years old.  Died in 1821 in Balt Md.

Remarks:  He mar. in 1784 at Middletown Frederick Co. Md. Rebecca 
Ludwig.  She was al. pension on an app. ef. Apr. 6, 1859 when 
a resident of Fairfield Co. Ohio aged 97 years.  Their daugh
ter Katharine, their only child was born in 1791 or 1792 in Baltimore.  She mar. in spring 1816 George
or John George Kuhns.  They moved to Waynesburg Penn. after their 
marriage 

Respectfully,

6-2856  Commissioner.
We could not say that he served in the 1st & 5 Md. because he states 
that his officers noted above were in those regts. which is not true.
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[Two columns]
[Left column]

1913 Nov. 3 Hist. to Mrs.
Nellie J. Rupert.

[Right column]

Revy WIDOW, & c.

File No. 4339
Rebecca Smith 
wid.
Michael Smith
Muscn. Rev. War

Act: Feby. 2d/48
Index:--Vol. M, Page 219

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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352

60 acres
Page 46

No. 15,507

Rebecca Smith 
wid.
Michael 
Ohio

Given per & oral instructions 

Act 7th July, 1838
Page 47

6,456
Ohio Cinc:

Rebecca Smith, 
widow of Michael
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Drummer

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
88. Dollares 00.
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848. and 
end 30th June 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
11th day of May 1859 
and sent to
Geo. L. Sites,
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 2, 1848, Page 149, Vol. H.
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11,881
Ohio

Rebecca Smith 
widow of Michael Smith, 
who died on the [blank]
of [blank] in the State of [blank]
who was a drummer in the [blank] commanded 
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded 
by [blank] in the Revolution 
line for [blank]

Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati 
at the rate of 88 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of 
May 1859 and sent to 
Arrears to the 4th of Geo. L. Sites,
Semi-annual allowance ending Present

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

Recorded by G. T. Getty Clerk
Book H Vol. [illegible] Page 118
Page 49

9,716
Ohio

Rebecca Smith,
widow of Michael 
who was a Drummer 
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 88 Dollars 00.
Cents per annum, to commence 
on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued 
the 11th day of May 1859. 
and sent to 
Geo. L. Sites,
Present

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and 
June 17, 1844. ]

Recorded in Book H
Vol. 1 Page 133
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[Envelope with note in left margin]

[Note}
Col Anderson
Michael Smith
Md. [illegible] 18th May 1818
wid application
for pension 

[Address]
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.
Page 51

3d. Auditors Office
May 11, 1839

Sir:
Michael Smith, 
Md. roll, act 1818,
appears to have been 
paid to March 4, 1821.

Very Resply
[signature illegible]
Auditor

Geo. C. Whiting Esq
Commr. of Pensions
Page 52

Pension Office
May. 9th 1859.

Sir.

Be pleased to certify 
the time to which the within 
named pensioner was paid 
or the date of his death.

Yours Respectfully
John Robb
for the Commissioner

Ro. J. Atkinson Esqr.
[illegible] Auditor.
Treasury
Page 53

Hon: Jas. Harlan,
U. S. S.

Sir:

As answer to the enclosed letter of Henry Fleagle, 
Esqr. which accompanied your letter of the 21st Instant,
I have the honor to enclosed herewith a copy 
of my letter [words struck out] addressed you on the 12th May. 1858.  [remainder of the letter has been crossed out}
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Washington D.C. May 9th 1859

Hon Geo. C. Whiting, 
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

Enclosed, herewith, please 
find three certificates of the Commissioner 
of the Land Office for the State of Maryland, 
also the affidavits of John Fuss, and Peter Harr, 
additional testimony in the matter of Rebecca 
Smith, widow of Michael Smith, for a Pension 
for the services of her husband in the 
Revolutionary War.

I have the honor to be 
Very Respectfully 

Geo. L. Sites
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[Two columns]
[Left column]

Math calculations

88
5
___
4.40 
31
4
__
27

1848 7 [illegible]
1848 3 4
______________
3 27 [illegible]

12 [divided into] 264.00
22.0

22.00
6.50
____
28.50

[Right column]

Rebecca Smith 
wid of
Michael
Ohio

Admit for 88 per An: from 4th 
Mch: 1836 to 1st July, 1848.
deducting 2 years [illegible]; from 4th 
Mch: 1841 to 4th Mch. 1843.
under act 7th July 1838 & subsequent 
acts & then allowed at rate 
of 96# per An: from 1st 
July, 1848 under joint 
resolution of the date of 1st 
July, 1848.
Claimant is alive
Husband was drummer.

Cert. to Geo L. Sites, Esqr.
Present.
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Pension Office.
January 25th 1859.

Sir:

In reply to your letter of the 10th
Instant, addressed to the "War Department,"
& by its referral to this Office.  You are 
informed that [struck out: Lieutenant Colonel WM.
S] the records of this officer show that 

[This image contains no further language]
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Michael Smith

Soldier entered in May, 77, 1st Regt. Md. Contl. line under Capt.
Myers & Col. Weltner.  Enlisted in Fredericktown, Md. & served 
to close of war.  Was a Baker by trade.  Served as a Drummer 
died in 1821.  Pen: Act 18 & Cont. Act 20 at 96# per An.
in Baltimore
_____________________________________________________
Rebecca Smith, aged 97 [illegible]: Michael Smith 
who was a drummer under Capt. Myers and Col. Weltner in 
Md. line.  Her hus. enlis. in Frederick Co. Md. & served 
to close of war.  Was ma. in 84 by Rev. Geo Hale, a 
Lutheran clergyman and in Middletown, Md.  Maiden name 
Rebecca Ludwig.  hus. died in 1821 in Baltimore.  In 
1792 her daughter Catherine was born & in '94 she left 
her hus. & returned to Frederick Co. Md.  Hus. was a Baker 
& worked for Crouse, a baker.  Her bro. Geo. mar. her hus.
sister.
____________________________________________________
Katharine Kuhns, dau. of apple. 67 yrs. old.  Her father was 
Michael Smith.  frequently heard her gd.mo. Ths McNamee 
Nancy McNamee & others speak of her fa. & his mar. to her
mo. that he was a baker & musician in Rev. War.
that her parents moved to Bal. heard Geo. Ludwig & Aunt Peggy 
Ludwig speak of her father & her parents ma. her mo.
lived in Middletown Md.  Her mo. was always known 
as wife & wid. of M. Smith who died in Bal. in
21.  Often heard her fa. services [illegible] of that he
Page 58

subsequently lived in Baltimore & was a baker.  This is only
child of parties.
_____________________________________________________
Geo. McNamee, 66 yrs old, appl. is his aunt.  Known
her from youth.  Knew her in Middletown, Md. always 
understood parties were ma. at close of war & near Middletown 
& lived together as man & wife. had but one child Catherine
often heard his rel. fa. mo & aunts & uncles speak of the ma.
in Middletown at close of war & that they were at church 
& saw the ma. that he was a Rev. Sol. was a baker & lived 
in Baltimore. has known the daughter from his youth.
_____________________________________________________
Polly Baker, 64--Known appl. from youth.  Often heard 
her fa. ma. & uncle & aunt speak of ma. & that Catherine 
was their child. that they lived in Bal. & he was a baker
Often heard her gd.mother complain of ma.
_____________________________________________________
Jacob Ludwig, 63, Knew appl. from youth.  Often heard his 
fa. & mo. say they were ma. in Middletown at close of 
war.  She left him in Bal. Cath. was daughter.  M. Smith 
he knew, was his uncle. was a baker lived in Bal.
baked sea biscuit.
____________________________________________________
Henry Young, 80 yrs. Knew appl. 65 yrs ago in Middletown 
Md. always there regarded as wife of M. Smith who was a 
musician in Rev. War & a baker. in 1803 became acquainted 
with Michael & talked with him about his wife, who he 
admitted was so.  he then lived in Bal. was a baker. nicknamed 
"sea baker," from 1782 to 90.  he knew Rev. Geo. Hale, a Lutheran 
clergyman lived at old Stone Church 5 ms. from Middletown 
Often heard him preach at Middleton, baptize children & solemnize ma.
was born & raised & always lived near Middletown.  there is 
no doubt of ma. [illegible] of appl.
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C.M. Kink, Pas. of Lutheran Ch. Middletown, Md.
he confirmed that no records of the ch. prior to 1827.
________________________________________________
Peter Harr, 68, born & always lived in Bal.
then was a Baker in Bal. in 1800, by name of 
Crouse, on Litle & water at Grant sts.
________________________________________________
Jni, Fuss, 79, has lived in Bal. since 1800.  Knew 
Crouse who kept a Bakery on corner of Litle & [illegible] sts.
there. knows he died about 1812.
________________________________________________
Cert. of Comr. of Ld. Off. shows Michael Smith a 
German, enlisted in 78 as a drummer in the 
German Regt. 1st. Regt. Md. line. served 
to close of war. Recd. land from Md. 
& United States.
_______________________________________________
First Reg. Md. line was a German Regt. 
Com. by Col. Weltner a German & Capt. 
Myers was com. of a comp. he was a German 
they drew land from U.S. & lived in Frederick 
Co. Md.
_______________________________________________
Rebecca Smith wid. Michael Smith. Fairfield Co.
Ohio.  Geo. L. Sites, Present.
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Pension Office
Jany. 31st 1859.

Sir:

In reply to your letter of the 10th 
Inst. you are informed that the copy 
of the [illegible] which accompanied your letter 
does not

[No further language to transcribe]
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Washington April 29, 1859

Hon Geo. L. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir,

Enclosed herewith please 
find applications of Rebecca Smith, widow 
of Michael Smith, for a pension and bounty 
land on account of the service of her said 
husband, deceased, in the Revolutionary war.

Michael Smith made application under the 
act of 1819 and was allowed a Pension, which 
was renewed under the act of 1821, in which 
latter year, he died.

The widow is old and infirm, and I beg leave 
to ask early action upon this case.

I have the honor to be 
Very Respectfully 
Your Obedt Servt.
Geo. L. Sites
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STATE OF MARYLAND, SCT:
Land Office of Maryland.

I, [struck out: JAMES MURRAY] Wm L W Seabrook, Commissioner of the Land Office, do hereby certify, that there is deposited in 
and belonging to the office aforesaid, a certain Record Book, entitled, "Record of the Officers and Sol
diers entitled to land westward of Fort Cumberland, in Washington county, with the numbers of the 
lots drawn for them, agreeably to an Act of the General Assembly, passed November Session 1788."

Received into the Land Office the 14th November 1789,
By--JOHN CALLAHAN, Reg. L. O. W. S.

And that the said Record Book, in a certain part thereof, under the caption of "Soldiers entitled to 
land westward of Fort Cumberland," contains, among others, the following entry, viz:
NAMES.  RANK AND REG'T.  NUMBER.
Michael Smith 1st  P  German 927

And I do further certify, that the two other Record Books deposited in and belonging to the office afore
said, entitled, Ledgers A and B., received into the said Land Office, according to the following receipt 
upon the first pages of each thereof, viz:

Received into the Land Office as a Record, agreeably to the directions of an Act of Assembly, to 
dispose of the reserved lands westward of Fort Cumberland, in Washington county, &c., passed Novem
ber session, 1788.  Test--JOHN CALLAHAN, Reg. L. O. W. S.

And in a certain part thereof, (of Ledger A.) contains as follows, viz:

December 10th, 1787.  In compliance with a Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of 
Maryland, of the 20th May 1787, and a commission from the Governor and Council to me directed bear
ing date the 11th June 1787, for the purpose of surveying and laying out the reserve land to the west 
ward of Fort Cumberland, into convenient lots of 50 acres each, &c.

I hereby certify, that I have carefully surveyed, for the State aforesaid, 4165 lots of 50 acres each, 
lying and being in Washington county, and State aforesaid, and on the manors, reserves and confiscated 
lands to the westward of Fort Cumberland, as will appear by a general plat thereof, and certificates 
numbered in rotation from 1 to 4165, in this Book, and another entitled Ledger B.
Pr. FRANCIS DEAKINS.

And also the following entry, viz: /927/ Beginning at the [illegible] of the 
first line of Lot 921 and running South twenty 
three degrees West one hundred perches North 
sixty seven degrees West eighty perches North 
twenty three degrees East one hundred 
perches then by a straight line to the beginning 
containing fifty acres

And I do further certify, that the aforegoing entries have been severally 
compared and collated with the said original Record Book from 
which they have been respectively taken, and that they agree and 
correspond therewith.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name 
and affixed the seal of the Land Office of Maryland, this 
4th day of May 1859.

Wm L W Seabrook
Commss'r of the Land Office.
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State of Maryland, Sct.

I, William L. W. Seabrook Comr.
of the Land Office of Maryland, do hereby 
certify that it appears from the Muster Rolls 
of the Maryland Continental line, now in 
this office, that Michael Smith was enlis
ted in the German Regiment as a drummer 
on the 28th April 1778 and discharged on the 
1st August' 80, at which time it appears from 
said Rolls, the whole German Regiment 
was discharged. And I also certify that the 
name of no other Michael Smith appears upon 
the Muster Rolls in my charge, which appear 
to give the service of the Maryland Line no later than 
the close of 1780, while upon the first pay Roll 
of the Maryland line the said Michael Smith 
appears to have received on the 20th of April 
1781 the sum of £60.8.6 and on the second 
pay Roll, covering arrears from 1st August 
'80 to 1st January 82 and the pay from 1st January 
'82 to 15th November 83, there appear the 
names of Michael Smith 1st and Michael 
Smith 2nd. The former of whom received 
a total of $275.30 and the latter $248.
The gratuity received by Michael Smith 1st being 
$80. and that of Michael Smith 2nd $50.60

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed the seal of the 
Land Office of Maryland this 
fourth day of May eighteen hundred 
and fifty-nine
Wm L W Seabrook
Comr of the Land
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Brief in the case of Rebecca Smith, widow of Michael,
Fairfield County and State of Ohio, 
act 7th July, 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 of claimant was pensioned under the Act of 18th March, 1818 & continued 
under Act of 1st May, 1820, as a Drummer in First Md. Regt. Continental line 
at the rate of #96. per annum for services from 1778 to close of the war. 
The pensioner alleged in his declaration that he enlisted in Frederick Co. Md. 
under Capt. Myers & Col. Weltner, in the 1st Md. Regiment & that he was a baker 
by trade & resided in Baltimore at the time he made his applicant for a pension. 

The claimant alleges she is 97 years old, was resident in Frederick Co. 
Md. that she & Michael Smith were married at Middletown, in Frederick Co. 
Md. in 1784, by the Rev. Geo. Hale, a Lutheran clergyman.  Has no record of her marriage.

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

That shortly after her marriage she & her husband moved to Baltimore, where he worked 
at his trade as a Baker for a Mr. Crouse. That her husband was a drummer in the 
Company of Capt. Myers in Regiment commanded by Col. Weltner in Md. line.  She 
knew Col. Weltner, he was a resident of Frederick Co. Md.  She also alleges that her 
daughter Katharine was born in 1792 & her husbanded died in 1821 in Baltimore. 
The present Pastor of the Lutheran Church in said Middletown, testified he is unable to find the 
records of the church prior to 1827.  Henry Young, age 83, testified he has resided in 
Middletown, Md. from his birth.  Knew the parties well, they were universally recognized as 
husband and wife.  There is no doubt of their marriage. He also testified that Michael Smith 
was known as a musician in Rev. War.  That he was a baker by trade & the latter part 
of his life [struck out: in] resided in Baltimore where he worked at his trade.  This witness also testified 
he knew Rev. Geo. Hale from 1782 to 90.  He lives about five miles from Middletown & has often 
heard him preach at Middletown.  Seen him marry persons & baptise children.  He was a Lutheran 

Name and residence of Agent  

clergyman.  Katharine Kuhns, age 67, testifies that she is the daughter of Rebecca & Michael [struck out: Examining Clerk}
Smith. Was born in 1792 in Baltimore.  Her father was a musician in Rev. War.  As she 
always understood was a baker by trade.  Is the only child of the parties & her father died 
in Baltimore in 1821.

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Four aged and credible witnesses testify they have known the claimant from their youth.  That she and 
Michael Smith were always regarded husband & wife.  Never heard their marriage questioned.  Has often 
heard their parents & other old residents of Frederick Co. Md. speak of the marriage.  That it was at 
the close of the war & have several say they were present at the marriage.  They also testify 
Katharine Smith to be the daughter of the parties.  They have known her from her & their 
youth.  She is of the age stated & only child of claimant & Michael Smith.  They further testiify 
that Smith was a musician in the Rev. War as they always understood and was a baker by trade.
Two aged witnesses testify there was a man by the name of Crouse who carried on the 
baking business on the corner of Little & Grant Streets in Baltimore as early as 1800.

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

I find by an examination of the rolls in this Office & by a Certificate from the same Office at 
Annapolis, that the 1st Md. Continental Regt. was a German Regt.  That Col. Weltner of Frederick Co.
was its commander & that Capt. Myers commanded one of its companies.  The regt. was 
in service from 1778 to close of war & that Smith belonged thereto as he alleged in
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Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Four aged and credible witnesses testify they have known the claimant from their youth.  That she and 
Michael Smith were always regarded husband & wife.  Never heard their marriage questioned.  Has often 
heard their parents & other old residents of Frederick Co. Md. speak of the marriage.  That it was at 
the close of the war & have several say they were present at the marriage.  They also testify 
Katharine Smith to be the daughter of the parties.  They have known her from her & their 
youth.  She is of the age stated & only child of claimant & Michael Smith.  They further testiify 
that Smith was a musician in the Rev. War as they always understood and was a baker by trade.
Two aged witnesses testify there was a man by the name of Crouse who carried on the 
baking business on the corner of Little & Grant Streets in Baltimore as early as 1800.

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

I find by an examination of the rolls in this Office & by a Certificate from the same Office at 
Annapolis, that the 1st Md. Continental Regt. was a German Regt.  That Col. Weltner of Frederick Co.
was its commander & that Capt. Myers commanded one of its companies.  The regt. was 
in service from 1778 to close of war & that Smith belonged thereto as he alleged in ]

his declaration.

The pensioner died in 1821 as appears from parol proof & the Report 
of the Third Auditor.

Five very aged and credible witnesses testify they have known 
claimant from their youths & they clearly establish her identity & widowhood.  The 
Judge of the Court before whom claimant made her declaration certifies she is personally 
known to him.  She is a credible old lady & from what he knows of her & her reputation 
believes her to be the person she represents herself to be & that she is a widow.  I am 
satisfied from a careful examination of the case, that the witnesses are of the 
first respectability & the claim is meritorious & fully established.

Name and residence of Agent

Geo. L. Sites, Esqr.  Examining Clerk.
Present.   S. C. Boynton
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State of Maryland, Baltimore City-to wit:

On this seventh day of May eighteen hundred 
and fifty nine personally appeared before me 
the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace 
in and for said City Peter Harr, a resident 
of said City, aged 68 years, who being 
first duly sworn on the Holy Evangely of 
Almighty God, deposeth and saith: That he 
was born and raised in said City, and has lived 
here all his life with the exception of about two 
years; that his father was a baker by trade;
the he recollects very well that there was a baker 
by the name of Krauss or Crouse who carried 
on the baking business before or about the 
year eighteen hundred on the corner of Little 
Water Street and Grant Street; That he has never 
known any other man by that name who carried 
on the baking business since the time said Krauss 
or Crouse quit business, which was many years 
ago, but deponent cannot state the year; He further 
states that he has examined Woods Directory for 
the City of Baltimore for the year 1858-9 and 
that he does not find any person by the name of 
Krauss or Crouse who are now carrying on the 
baking business, nor does there appear by the 
said directory to be any person by the name of 
Krauss or Crouse that is a baker by trade.
Peter Harr

Sworn to and subscribed before me this day  & year first 
above written, And I do hereby certify that said 
affiant is a credible person.
Danl E Myers Justice of Peace

State of Maryland, Baltimore City, Sct.

I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Daniel E. Myers 
Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit 
was made, and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the 
time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in 
and for the City of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn. & that the signature 
thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereby set my hand and affix the seal of 
the Superior Court of Baltimore City, this 7th day 
of May A. D. 1859.
Geo. E. Sangston
Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City
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State of Maryland, Baltimore City-to wit:

On this seventh day of May eighteen 
hundred and fifty nine, personally appeared,  
before me, the undersigned one of the Justices 
of the Peace in and for said City, John 
Fuss, a resident of said City, aged seventy 
nine years, who being first duly sworn 
on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God 
deposeth and saith: That he emigrated to the 
City of Baltimore in the year eighteen hundred; 
that he is baker by trade, and that he has lived 
in said City ever since the year eighteen hundred; 
that in said year eighteen hundred, he became 
acquainted with a man by the name of 
Krauss or Crouse, who was also a baker, and 
carried on the business of baking at that 
time; that he was well acquainted with said 
Krauss, when he kept a bakery on the corner 
of Little Water Street and Grant Street; that he 
cant state the time said Krauss quit the baking 
business, but he recollects that he died before 
the war of 1812.  John Fuss

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and 
year first above written, And I do hereby 
certify that said affiant is a credible person.
Danl E Myers, Js. of Peace

State of Maryland, Baltimore City, Sct.

I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Daniel E. Myers 
Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit 
was made, and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the 
time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in 
and for the City of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn. & that the signature
thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of 
the Superior Court of Baltimore City, this 7th day 
of May A. D. 1859 
Geo E Sangston
Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City
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STATE OF MARYLAND, SCT:
Land Office of Maryland.

I, [struck out: JAMES MURRAY] Wm L W Seabrook, Commissioner of the Land Office, do hereby certify, that there is deposited in 
and belonging to the office aforesaid, a certain Record Book, entitled, "Record of the Officers and Sol
diers entitled to land westward of Fort Cumberland, in Washington county, with the numbers of the 
lots drawn for them, agreeably to an Act of the General Assembly, passed November Session 1788."

Received into the Land Office the 14th November 1789,
By--JOHN CALLAHAN, Reg. L. O. W. S.

And that the said Record Book, in a certain part thereof, under the caption of "Soldiers entitled to 
land westward of Fort Cumberland," contains, among others, the following entry, viz:
NAMES.  RANK AND REG'T.  NUMBER.
Michael Smith 2nd  P  German 954

And I do further certify, that the two other Record Books deposited in and belonging to the office afore
said, entitled, Ledgers A and B., received into the said Land Office, according to the following receipt 
upon the first pages of each thereof, viz:

Received into the Land Office as a Record, agreeably to the directions of an Act of Assembly, to 
dispose of the reserved lands westward of Fort Cumberland, in Washington county, &c., passed Novem
ber session, 1788.  Test--JOHN CALLAHAN, Reg. L. O. W. S.

And in a certain part thereof, (of Ledger A) contains as follows, viz:

December 10th, 1787.  In compliance with a Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of 
Maryland, of the 20th May 1787, and a commission from the Governor and Council to me directed bear
ing date the 11th June 1787, for the purpose of surveying and laying out the reserve land to the west 
ward of Fort Cumberland, into convenient lots of 50 acres each, &c.

I hereby certify, that I have carefully surveyed, for the State aforesaid, 4165 lots of 50 acres each, 
lying and being in Washington county, and State aforesaid, and on the manors, reserves and confiscated 
lands to the westward of Fort Cumberland, as will appear by a general plat thereof, and certificates 
numbered in rotation from 1 to 4165, in this Book, and another entitled Ledger B.
Pr. FRANCIS DEAKINS.

And also the following entry, viz: 954/ Beginning at a bounded white oak
standing at the seed of the first line of Lot 953 and 
running South sixty seven degrees East eighty 
perches to a bounded white oak marked 955 then South 
twenty three degrees West one hundred perches 
North sixty-seven degrees West eighty perches then 
by a straight line to the beginning containing 
fifty acres

And I do further certify, that the aforegoing entries have been severally 
compared and collated with the said original Record Book from 
which they have been respectively taken, and that they agree and 
correspond therewith.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name 
and affixed the seal of the Land Office of Maryland, this 
4th day of May 1859.

Wm L W Seabrook
Commss'r of the Land Office.
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642 Main St.  Rev. War, [initials illegible]

Mount Pleasant Pa
Oct 27-1915

To the Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington DC

Dr Sir:  The War Dept' has referred me to your
dept' for the information I desire.

My Great-Great-Grandfather Michael Smith Sr
served in the Revolutionary War he in enlisted 
from Frederick Co Md. in what my Father 
has told me was the German Regiment, and 
I would appreciate it very highly if you 
would give me the date of his enlistment 
and discharge. The son of [struck out: the] Michael 
Smith Sr, Michael Smith Jr. came to this 
town in 1794 and his daughter Mary (Smith)
Rupert was my grandmother and I am 
living in the house, as did by Father, G.Grand
father-did before me that was built in 1794.

I do not know of any other way but your 
office of getting the above information 
and you will greatly oblige me if you can 
furnish me with it

Yours very truly

Nellie J. Rupert
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[Circular mail receipt stamp]
PENSION
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U. OCT S.
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1915
OFFICE.