Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 27305, for Henry Smith, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE S. C.


Smith, Henry
Sally

NUMBER W27305

CONTENTS
b. Sept 1757 in S.C.
res. at enl, Fairfield District, S.C.
d. June 17, 181 in Jasper Co, Ga.
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Elisha King
Jany 3 1836
Thomas Lumpkin
July 26 /56.

5331
Georgia
Sally Smith decd
widow of Henry Smith 
who died on the 17th
of June in the state of Georgia
who was a private in the _ commanded by Captain _ of the _  commanded by  _   in the South Carolina line for [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah
at the rate of 23 Dollars 08 cents per annum to commence 
March 1831 [illegible]

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of March 1831 and sent to [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semiannual allowance ending [illegible]

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836
Section the

Recorded by [illegible] Clerk,
Book    Vol.  Page 38[illegible]
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FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS
Henry Smith was born November [illegible] 1789
Elizabeth Smith was born April 24 1796
Caroline M. Smith was born 17th of January 1814
Joseph R Smith was born [illegible] 30th 1817
[illegible]
Aaron J. T. Smith was born [illegible] March 1822
[illegible] 1815

DEATHS.
Wm [illegible] Smith departed this life 7 January 1817
Martin R. Smith departed this life 7th of December 1825
Sarah Ann Smith departed this life October 11 1826
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FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
[illegible]

Smith, Henry
SC W27305
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Henry Smith Sen. was born in the year of our lord 1757 in September
Sally Smith wife of Henry Smith Sen. was born January 1757 Bd 1786
John Smith Son Henry Smith and Sally his wife was born in the year of our Lord October 25 1779
Moses Smith was born April 3rd 1782
Elizabeth Smith was born 8 of March 1784
Mary Smith was born December 27th 1786
Sarah Smith was born 15th January 
1788  
Aaron Smith was born November 21st 1889
Henry Smith was born April 18th 1792
Joseph Smith was August
12th 1794

Rebecca Smith was born April 6th 1796
Nancy Smith was born February 2 1798
Martha Smith was born May 12th 1800
Rachel Smith June 180_
James M. Smith was born Dec 14th 1820
Henry G W Smith was Born Oct 16  1832
Jabes M. Smith was born July the
16th 1844
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FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
Henry Smith Sen. departed this life on 17th June 1818
John Smith Son of Henry Smith departed this life on 20th February 1819
Joseph Smith Son of Henry Smith Departed this life on 3rd September
1812
John Urquhart son of Alexander, Deceased 3rd Sept 1822
DEATHS.
Polly Smith wife of Moses Smith
departed this life on October the 28 1824
Moses Smith Husband of Polly Smith died October the 27th, 1828
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Sally Smith
wid. of Henry
Ga.  Act 1836 ders

Addl Witness

J.L. Coombs
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State of Georgia Spalding County
Be it known that before me in open court personally appeared Aaron Smith aged sixty three years, a resident of Pike County in said state and after being duly sworn according to law states that he is the son of Henry Smith and Sally Smith deceased; that his father, he always understood from his earliest recollection was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, a part of the time as a Sergeant, in the State of South Carolina, under what Captain and Colonel he is not now able to state but that he has been informed that a part of said service was under the command of General Francis Marion; that he has frequently heard his father speak of being in several skirmishes against the British and Tories during said war; that his father died in the year eighteen hundred and seventeen in Jasper County in the State of Georgia leaving his mother the said Sally Smith a widow who in her lifetime made a declaration for a pension as his widow, but from the stringent rules and requirements of the pension office failed to be allowed a pension, as he has been informed and believes. He further states that his mother died in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight having the following children who are the only surviving children of the said Henry and Sally Smith, Aaron Smith, (this declarant)
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Sally Head, Henry Smith, Rebecca Reece Katsey Smith, Rachael J. Smith Nancy White. He therefore makes the foregoing declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension due himself and the surviving children of the said Henry and Sally Smith deceased under the several acts of Congress  s/ Aaron Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court this 4th day of March 1858. s/ Wm L Gordon Ordinary

State of Georgia Spalding County
I William L Gordon ordinary for said county do hereby certify that I believe the foregoing statements made by Aaron Smith as true and that he appears to be as old as he represents himself to be
Given under my hand and seal of office this 4th day day of March 1853
s/ Wm L Gordon Ordinary
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State of Georgia Spalding County
Before me in open court personally came Aaron Smith who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that the annexed is his family Bible record of his birth with others of his family which said leaf contains and that the Bible which he now produces before me and out of which said Record was taken in open court is his family Bible & that the entries upon said record are true and genuine, and that the entry of his deponents Birth was made on said 
Record by one Cornelius Urquhart who was then his brother in law and is in his handwriting
s/ Aaron Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court & I do hereby certify that said annexed Record was taken from said bible mentioned in the above affidavit in open Court. This March twelfth 1853
Given under my hand and seal of Office the day and year above written
Wm L Gordon 
Ordinary
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 7 July 1836.
State of Georgia Pike County
February 18th 1845
Special Inferior Court
On this 18th day of February 1845 personally appeared before the Honorable the Inferior Court held in
and for the County aforesaid the same being a Court of Record Mrs Salley Smith a resident of said County and State aged Seventy nine years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 1836
That she is the widow of Henry Smith who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and served in the South Carolina Militia as private and Sergeant and in the Continental line and State troops of Southern line as she has always understood and believes under the following named officers viz. Capt Ross. Col. Middleton [Charles Starke Myddleton] and Genls Sumpter [Thomas Sumter] and [Francis] Marion That she made the above representation to the Comptroller of South Carolina and procured the Documentary
evidence hereunto annexed which she refers to for proof of her husbands services as aforesaid with other certificates of identity hereunto annexed.
That she is unable to give a narrative of her husbands services as aforesaid but is of opinion that his services were rendered in the State of South Carolina and that prior to her husband removing from said state
he lost his discharges consequently she has no other documentary
evidence than that hereunto annexed. That she knows of no person
now living who knew her husband while a soldier as aforesaid
And this informant further declares that she was legally married
to the said Henry Smith on the __ day of __ Seventeen hundred and
Seventy eight (1778) in Fairfield District State of South Carolina by the
Rev Jacob Gibson a Clergyman of the Baptist order in accordance with the custom of said state and that they resided in said state until the year 1785 or 6 when they removed from thence to the County of Lincoln State of Georgia and that her husband on
removing from his native State procured the certificates hereunto
annexed, and from the County of Lincoln they removed to the County
of Jasper all of the said State of
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Of Georgia where her husband the said Henry Smith died on the
Seventeenth day of June Eighteen hundred and eighteen (1818) leaving 
her as his widow and that she is still his widow that she has
no Documentary evidence of their marriage that she knows of no
person living who could testify to the fact that her only family record is now here in Court which is not her
husbands Original family record but that her husband in his lifetime procured the aforesaid Bible and that a gentleman by the name of Neil Urquhart made the entries therein
from the original family register by request of herself and husband in their presence and by their approbation down to the age of Rachel Smith their youngest Child which is of her own knowledge a true family register and is referred to as such that the Original family register has long since been worn out and destroyed and the above named taken in the Lieu thereof that she has remained a widow ever since the 
period of her husbands death all of which will more fully appear by reference to proof hereunto annexed
Sally Smith her X Mark
sworn to and subscribed in open   
court on this 18th day of February 1845
attest Wiley E. Mangham clk IC
Pike Co. Ga.
Personally appeared in open court Henry Smith a resident  of said County of Pike and State of Georgia aged fifty two years  past by reference to Family register who being duly sworn saith on  oath that he was personally present when the entries was made by Mr. Neil Urquhart in his fathers and mothers Family Bible now here in Court and that the entries therein was correctly copied and compared at the time from his fathers Original Family 
Register which bore the impress of time and was soon thereafter  worn out and destroyed and the aforesaid Bible adopted by his father the aforesaid Henry Smith Sr. in his lifetime as his family register and referred to as such to the time of his
death and that he died in Jasper County State of Georgia
on the
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on the 17th day of June 1818 leaving his mother Sally Smith the
foregoing declarant his widow and that she is still his widow
and that the before mentioned family Bible has remained in the
possession of himself and mother ever since his fathers death
and that the entrys made of the date prior to his death has 
gone through no alteration whatever
s/ Henry Smith
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 18th day of February 1845
attest Wiley E. Mangham clk IC
Pike Co. Ga

I Benjamin Elliot a resident of Pike County State of Georgia aged seventy years past certify on oath that I have been intimately acquainted with Sally Smith the declarant and her husband Henry Smith from the year seventeen hundred and ninety six.  I first became acquainted with them in Lincoln Co State of Georgia and resided near them for several years and that they lived together as husband and wife from my first acquaintance with them and before as they had children the oldest of which I suppose to have been at that time 17 or eighteen years of age I further certify that the said Henry Smith was reputed and believed
by his acquaintances to have been a faithful solder in the War  of the Revolution in the American cause and that he died in  Jasper County State of Georgia leaving Sally Smith the Declarant his widow and that she is still his widow
Benjamin his X mark Elliot
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this the 18th day of February 1845
attest Wiley E. Mangham clk IC
Pike Co. Ga

I Michael Robinson a resident of Pike County State of Georgia aged seventy two years past certify on oath that I
formerly resided in Lincoln County State of Georgia and became 
acquainted with Mrs Sally Smith the declarant and her husband
Henry Smith in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty five or six at which time their eldest child I suppose to have been 7 or eight years of age named John Smith and that from my
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acquaintance with the family on examination of the family Bible believe it to contain a true record of their ages in the order of their Births
&c. I further certify that the said Henry Smith was always reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the War of the Revolution and faithfully
served in the America Cause as a private and Sergeant in the South Carolina Militia as I have always understood and believe and died in the County of Jasper State of Georgia leaving Sally as his widow and that she is still his widow    
Michael his M mark Robinson
Sworn to and subscribed in open
Court this 18th of February 1845
attest Wiley E Mangham clk IC
Pike Co. Ga

I Wiley E. Mangham certify that the leaf hereunto annexed with wafers purporting to be a family register was cut out of a Bible brought in Court by Mrs. Sally Smith  and hereto annexed by me in open Court which is claimed 
by her to be her family register this the  _ day of July 1845
Wiley E. Mangham clk IC
J.C. Pike C. Ga

And the said court do hereby declare in their opinion after the investigation of the matter that Mrs Sally Smith the applicant is  the widow of Henry Smith who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and the said court further certify that Messrs 
Benjamin Elliot Michael Robinson and Henry Smith are residents of Pike County Ga and are respectable persons and creditable witnesses given under our hands in open court this the 18th day of February 1845  Jas Epinger JIC PC
attest Wiley E. Mangham clkHartford Hartford Green JIC
Benson Robert JIC PC

State of Georgia Pike County 53 Benson Robert [illegible]
I Wiley E. Mangham Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the 
county aforesaid certify that the forgoing are the original proceedings had in said court on the 18th day of February 1845 in the matter of Mrs Sally Smith the applicant for a pension
given under my hand and seal of office at Zebulon in this the 18th day of February 1845.  
Wiley E. Mangham, Clerk IC
Pike County Ga
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State of Georgia Pike County
On this the second day of 
February eighteen hundred and 
forty six personally appeared before me Blumer H White - a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Jesse M Matthews a resident of Randolph 
County and State aforesaid, aged sixty-five years past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on oath make the following statements
That he is a Brother of Sally Smith, whose name previous to her marriage to the said Henry Smith, was Sally
Matthews.  That he was too young to know anything of the services of the said Henry Smith, in the War
of the Revolution, of his own knowledge, but always understood from the family and the acquaintances of the family, that the said Henry Smith was a 
Revolutionary Soldier from Fairfield District State of South Carolina.  That at the age of Eighteen years 
deponant was sent, by his Parents, to board with the said Henry Smith in Lincoln County State of Georgia, 
for the purpose of going to school, and whilst boarding with the said Henry Smith, he the said Smith, requested deponant to assist him in
looking over his old papers for the purpose of finding some, for which he, the said Smith, had an immediate use at that time; and whilst looking
over the papers they found a discharge of the said Henry Smith for three years service in the
Troup; they found two papers which Deponant thinks were certificates for Militia Services, but does not now recollect the length of time,
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which papers Deponant saw and read, and heard the said Henry Smith say that he would take care of them as they might be of some service to him at some future time.
Deponant further declares that he has not seen his sister, the said Sally Smith, for sixteen or seventeen years before; and did not know that she was living till a few months; neither did the said Sally Smith know that deponant was living till very recently.  When by chance they learned that each other were living. 
s/ Jesse M. Matthews
Sworn to and subscribed before   
me on the day and year first 
mentioned.  I do further certify
that the affiant Mr. Jesse M. Matthews is an intelligent and creditable witness
Blumer H White J.P.

State of Georgia Pike County
I Henry A. Caldwell Clerk of
the Superior Court in and for the
County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Blumer H. White is an acting Magistrate in and for said County duly commissioned and legally qualified as such, and that the foregoing signature purporting to
be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 3rd day of February 1846
Henry A. Caldwell Clk
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South Carolina Ninty six Rigment [Ninety Six Regiment]
whereas Henry Smith has been
in my company this year past
and has behaved as a Honest man and as fair as I know a friend to the American Cause
given under my hand this 28th day of Janry
Drury Pace, Capt
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[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]


THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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State of Georgia Pike County     
Know all men by these presents that I Aaron Smith son of the Revolutionary soldier Henry Smith deceased
and his widow Sarah Smith deceased claimant for a a Revolutionary Pension for the service of her said
husband in the Revolutionary War do hereby nominate, institute and appoint James G Berret Esq of
Washington City DC my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead to prosecute
the claim of my said Mother for a Revolutionary Pension against the government of the United States
and to enable him better to understand the claim and the nature of the evidence already filed in the case, do hereby authorise him fully to examine in my name and read all papers filed in the Pension Office of the U. S. and to do all other acts and deeds necessary to the proving of said Pension, or that may be deemed necessary by my said attorney to affect the same. s/ Aaron Smith 
Signed Sealed and delivered this 9th Dec 18 1851 in presence of                                 
D.S. Martin
Acknowledged in presence of
Jason Burr JP
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The State of Georgia County of Pike
I, Wiley E. Mangham Clerk of 
the Inferior Court in and for the 
County and State aforementioned do hereby certify that Jason Burr whose genuine signature appears as a subscribing witness to the witness power of attorney is and was at the time of signing his name thereto are
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said Court duly commissioned and qualified and that all of the  official acts as such are entitled to full fair
and credit.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affidavit the Seal of said Court at Office this 24th day of January AD 1851
Wesley E. Mangham C.I.C.P.C.
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State of Georgia Jasper County
This indenture made this third day of
April one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen between Henry Smith Sr. of the one part and Aaron Smith of the County aforesaid of the other part
Witnesseth that the said Henry Smith, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred Dollars to him in hand paid the receipt is hereby acknowledged have bargain sold release convey and confirm unto the said Aaron Smith fifty acres of land it
being a part of the lot of land hereon the said Henry Smith now lives on the back line where the said Aaron Smith
now lives running across said lot on the line adjoining William Walkers land together with all and singular the rights members and upper tenances thereof whosoever to the said tract of land being belonging or in any wise
appertaining; and the said Henry Smith for himself his heirs executors administrators and assigns the said fifty acres of land unto the said Aron
Smith and his heirs executors, administrators and assigns shall and will warrant and forever defend against the Claim of himself his heirs Executors administrators and assigns and against the claim or claims of any and every  person Claiming or to claim the same. 
s/ Henry Smith
In witness whereof I have hereunto set on my hand and affixed my seal the day and year first above written
Signed in the presence of us 
Will Uhquhart
John Smith
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Revy WIDOW, &c

No. 27.305
Sally Smith
Widow of
Henry Smith
Serg: Rev War

Act: July 4th 1836
Index Vol. M, Page 236
Arrangement of 1870
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Sept 9, 1853
Addl ev. in
case of Sally
widow of Henry
Ga
Cole
Act 1836
1 case cannot 
be found in files of
Ga 36
J.J. Coombs
Present


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissioner
Hon. L. P.  Waldo
Com of Pensions
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Sally Smith Geo.
Act 4 July 36
Alld
Henderson Geo. Oct 1832
allowed
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To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

Sally Smith _ Henry
Ga a 1836

DEC 24
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Ctfs. of character
See widow's declin
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V
No 6432
Sally Smith
Ga
Evans Shamen April 18th 1845
Let. to Jm. H. Kilgore May 16:45
to same Sept. 8 46
Let to Hon JW. Jones
Apl 14 48
to same Apl 6 49
J.J Combs Oct 5 53
over
Act 4 May 1836
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J. G. Berrit
Jun 13/51
J.J. Coombs Mch 1 1854
E. King 5th Dec. 1854
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Know all men by these presents that
I Henry Smith of Randolph County and state of Georgia am held and firmly bound unto George Whitton of Lincoln County and State aforesaid in the Past and full some [sum] of six hundred dollars to which payment well and truly to be made [illegible] myself my heirs &c
firmly by these presents sealed with 
my seal February the fourth 1812

The conditions of the above obligation is such that if the above bound Henry Smith or his Heirs &c do make or cause to be made
a good and lawful with in fee simple
to a certain tract of land lying in Lincoln County and state of Georgia Whereon George Whitton now lives containing ninety one acres
more or less agreeable to a plot made by Joel Lockhart it being part of a tract the said Smith sold to Wm Drever beginning at a sweet gum corner running up the creek to a poast oak thence crossing the creek
above the ford to a stake thence down the creek to Stephen ashleys corner on the east side of the creek on a black gum thence on Stephen Ashleys line to a dead pine
corner on pawls line that was so called thence along the sd line to a poast oak corner near drevers fence thence westwardly to the beginning corner on a sweat gum the wrights to be made when the money paid that then the above obligation to be void and of none afect.
other ways to remain in full force and virtue as witness my hand and seal as date above Henry Smith [Seal]
Test
Stephen his X mark Ashley
William his X mark Drever
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No 6432
Sally Smith 
widow of Henry
Ga
act 4 May 1836
married 1779

Edwards Esq
Commissioner Pensions
Washington City --
Dist. Columbia
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6432
Feb 24/45
Sally Smith
July 4 1836

To J. L. Edwards
Com
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Griffin Georgia 18 Feb 1848
Dear sir pleas to acknowledge 
the receipt of these papers --
Yours most respectfully
Evans Shannon

P.S and direct your letter to --
Griffin
Pike County
Georgia
Evans Shannon
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Feb 3 1846
Addl for case
Sally Smith

20 
JL Edwards Esq
Commission Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Monroe Walton County GA
February 16th 1846
Sir
I enclose you the statements of Jesse Matthews the only surviving relative of sufficient age to know anything that would aid in the
investigation of the Claim of Sally Smith widow of Henry Smith under act of 4 July 1836.
It appears after all the enquiry she can hear of no acquaintances living who could throw more light on her claim In fact she is not at this time of opinion she knows of any person else living who knew her in Fairfield
District.  I see your requisitions are not complied with in full neither can they be so I am informed.  I submit such proof as can be procured and am requested to ask an adjustment of the claim and such allowances as the Department may deem
just and reasonable.
I am Sir very Respectfully
your humble Servant
John H. Kilgore
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Aug 12 1846
Add to case 
Sally Smith

20
JL Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pen
Washington City
DC
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Monroe Walton County Ga
August 5th 1846
Sir
Monroe Walton County Ga
August 5th 1846
Sir
On receiving yours of 16th May last in the case of Sally, widow of Henry Smith I supposed the objections to the admission of her claim would be remedied by producing the accounts of Henry Smith of Fairfield District So Ca
I now enclose you such evidence of identity as the records of South carolina do show and the remarks the Deputy Comptroller makes respecting these records, Original County 96th
Very Respectfully
your Obediant servt
John H. Kilgore

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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House of Reps
Feb 21st/49
Hon J L Edwards
Sir --
Will you through me answer
the contents of the 
inclosed and thereby oblige
Respectfully H
John W Jones
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Adairsville Ga 30th Nov 1854
Col L. P. Waldo
Dear sir,
Enclosed please find Mr. Aaron Smiths application for the amt of Pension which accrued to his
Mother Sarah Smith Decst late of Pike County Ga under Act of 4th July 1836.  In which case I presume you
will find the proof satisfactory and will grant the claim
and a certificate of pension.
I am very Respectfully
Your obt Servt
Elisha King

Col L. P. Waldo Com of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Washington 20 March 1857
Hon J.E. Heath
Comm. of Pensions
Sir,
I have the honor
to enclose herewith additional witness in support of the claim of Sally Smith, widow of Henry for Pension under the acts 1836 or 38 --
Very Respectfully
Yr Ob. Svt,
James G. Berret
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Sally Smith
Wid of Henry
GA act 1838
sus

Letter of Enquiry

Cole


J. J. Coombs
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Pension Office
October 5, 1853
Sir
The application of the Heirs of
Sally Smith has been received filed
with the original papers
Before the claim of the heirs
can be considered it will be necessary to furnish this office with the certificate of a Court of record, showing the deaths of the parents and the heirship of the present claimants. This certificate
must be accompanied by the testimony upon which it is based
Very Respectfully
LP Waldo
Commissioner

J. J. Coombs Esq
Present
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Washington, Feb. 22d 1854
Sir:
Before putting the parties to the trouble and expense of proving heirship, death, &c, as
required by the annexed letter, I would
like to be informed whether the claim will be admitted on filing such evidence. The letter, it is true, states no other objections, but I fear other objections may be made, when the required proof is presented,
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obt svt
J J Coombs

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
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Sally Smith
Henry
Ga - Jan 1836

Filed by triplicate
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Washington, March 31 1855
Sir,
Please report to me in the enclosed
case by msgr
Very Resp
FF Triplett
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Sarah Pearce
Wid of John
Georgia
Act

Mr. Coombs will
Please act as the
agent for Col Varnum
in the within named
pension claim
Geo H. Jones

JL Edwards
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Washington March 19th 1853
Mr. George H. Jones
Dear Sir
As I expect to leave for Georgia tomorrow and will not have the chance to see you I want 
you to examine the following Rev
Pension claims and report to me what  is wanting in the way of proof to have them allowed.
Sally Smith (widow of Henry) from Pike Co Ga
Sarah Pearce (widow of John) of Lumpkin County Ga
Capt Milwee of Franklin County Ga
These cases with a little additional proof will I presume make them admissible.
Please report to me at Dahlonega
Georgia the as soon as you can
examine the papers
Also write to me if Mrs. Gordans certificate will be issued with the proof that is now on file in said case.
Respectfully Yours
W. M. Varnum
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Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia S Ca January 17th 1853
I the undersigned P. S. Jacobs Deputy Comptroller General in behalf of the Comptroller General having charge of the records of payments made by said State to sundry persons for military services in the Revolutionary
war, do hereby certify that I have 
carefully examined said Records for the Accounts for services done by Henry Smith for which the following Indents were issued
viz L2 Sterling as per Indent No 266 Book H.
L94.0.0. Sterling as per Indent No 432 Book M.
L3.5.2. Sterling as per Indent No 2030 Book A
and that I have not been able to find
any of these Accounts.
For Comptroller General
P. S. Jacobs Deputy
(no seal of office)
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Comptroller Genl's office
Columbia S.C. July 31st 1846

John H. Kilgore Esq
Dear Sir
When I left this office for a 
short trip see my mother which was
on the 22nd June last, Mr. D. A. Hart 
Deputy Treasurer took charge of the passing  business of my office.  I returned on the 28th inst, and in looking over the letters received
by Mr. H I find one from you dated 19th June making further enquiries in relation to Henry Smith's Indents.  Mr. H says he does not recollect whether he answered yours or not and fearing that he did not I have determined to do so 
There is no possible way either by law or Continental Record of Ascertaining how long any of the brigades served.  [General Thomas] Sumters did a long period of service but the exact or probable time can not be ascertained in any of the offices of State at Columbia 
No further information can be had here (as I collected it all in copies sent you) in Smith's case.  If it be available $2 out of the $5 enclosed by your last remain to your credit.  If not, the whole $5 of this you
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will please inform me in your next and
be assured that your demands from this office will always meet with immediate promptness and
attention from your obt sevt in haste.
J. Ang. Black
Dep Comp Genl S.C.

P.S. All the service continental or militia of the S.C. line are in a general collection in this office.
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John H. Kilgore Esq
Monroe
Walton county
GA.
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Comptroller Genl's office
Columbia SC June 15 1846
In old Book A, called a "Statement of demands against The State of South Carolina presented to the Commissioners appointed to adjust the Public Accounts" Henry Smith, as "Claimant is allowed L18:10:2D for Duty as a private from the 22nd Sept 1782 to 20th Jany 1783, his certificate being drawn by Wm. Sabb granted a certificate as per Wm. Sabb's Rect" which is all that is there said of him
For Comptroller Genl
J. Ang. Black
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Comptroller Genl. Office
Columbia, So. Ca. Jany 6th/45
D Sir
Your communication of the 3rd inst to have contents noticed
Subjoined is a certificate in the case of Mr Henry Smith
Very Respectfully
Change $3  For Comptroller Genl
HA Val

Comptroller Genl Office
Columbia So. Ca Jany 6th/45
Book H. Indent 2bb Issued 13th August 1784 to Mr. Henry Smith for two pound sterling for thirty days Militia duty Genl. [Francis] Marion's
Brigade pr acct audited Prvt L 2 Int L_2:9
BooK M. Indent 432 Issued 1 October 1784 to Mr Henry Smith late private in [Captain Isaac] Ross's Troop, Middletons [Col. Myddleton] regt [Gen. Thomas] Sumters Brigade State Troops for ninety four pounds sterling, being amt. pay and bounty due him for services in that troop
together with interest thereon from first April 1782 to date thereon, agreeable to resolution of Genl. Assembly of Eleventh March last
Book V Prime L 94  Int L6:11:6
Indent 291 Issued 27th July 1785 to Henry Smith for eleven pounds three shillings and six pence three farthings start for One hundred and sixteen days Militia duty as private and Sergeant in 1781 & 1782 pr acct audited No 58 P L 11:3:6 3/4 Int L_ 15:7
I certify the above amount to be a true copy from the records in this office
For Comptroller Genl
HA Val
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Comptroller Genls Office
Columbia S.C. June 15th 1846
Book Q Account 373
The Indent 373 of Book Q calls for Sundries &c Henry Smith Junr His account of 50 days duty @ 22 sg per day, under Lieut. Smith, 31 days duty under Capt Thomson @20 pr day. 10
days duty under Lieut Dervin @ 20 pr day also supplies &c in apc with Danl Smith decd whose name is
credited with supplie s and 50 days services as Lieut @ L2.15s pr day the whole Henry Smith's service &
Danl Smith's service also supplies, amounts, after 50 days duty on the back of the apc at 10 s per day
is deducted to Sterling L52:17.10 1/4 D Sworn to before Wm Tate J P Camden Dist. So Carolina

Book H. Account 266 Henry Smith his account of 30 days duty in the militia in 1782 amounting to St.L2.0.0D
All the accounts, upon which Indents in Book M were issued, are lost

Book V Account 291 Henry Smith for 16 days in militia (50 days as private of which 24 were performed as horseman in Col Taylor's Regt on an expedition at Congaree's Fort @ 20 pr day 26 days as footman in said Regt at Bigan Church @10s. pr day in 1781 & 1782, also 66 days as Sergt of foot in said Regt at Orangeburg @12s6 D per day in all 116 days certified by Capt. Wm Robertson & Col Thos Taylor
Sworn to before Henry Hampton Esq Camden
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Dist So. Carolina, amounting to sterling L11.3.6 3/4D

I certify the above to be a true copy from the Records in this office
For Comptroller Genl
J. Ang. Black

In the Statutes at large of So. Ca. 4 Vol page 662 10 Vol page 46 it may be seen that Camden County embraced the Counties of Clarendon, Richland, Fairfield Claremont
Lancaster York (New Alquisitions) and Chester
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J. H. Kilgore Esqr
Dr Sir
As you have the copy of Indents I
have merely sent you all that the accounts State in relation to Henry Smith. The County of Camden
embraced in 1785 those districts mentioned on the opposite page
I also enclose a statement taken from old Book A which I found in making a careful examination
If the claim is established I charge you $3, if not I make no charge against the widow
Very Respectfully
your obt Servt.
J. Ang. Black
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John H. Kilgore Esq
Monroe
Walton County
Georgia
5
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Adainsville Ga 37th Feb. 1835
Col F.F.C. Triplett
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you two old Instruments bearing the signature of Henry Smith also the affidavit of Aaron Smith proving the said Signatures to be the signatures of his father Henry Smith the Husband of
Sally Smith who was an applicant for a Pension under Act of 4th July 1836, and who died as will appear from the
proof on file in the case on the 22 day of August 1848.
I also send a Fac simile of Henry Smiths Handwriting as
furnished me by the Compt Genl of S. Carolina & You will at once perceive that those signatures are Intended to identify the Claimants Father with the soldier to whom those Indents Issued. In comparing those signatures you will at once perceive that Henry Smith, the soldier whose signature is in question, was an exceeding bad scribe and like all other Bad Scribes did not sign his name Uniformly or even twice alike, for instance the signatures to his account for L49.18.5. Sterling No 365. as you will perceive from the certificate & Fac similies furnished by the Compt Genl of Sol Car & which accompanies this letter is in the form of the Capital letters H very different from his signature to his order in favour of Abraham Smith to receive
the said account, but still the facts in the record show that those two signatures are identical & and made by one and the same person, and the similitude can only be perceived
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by a close comparison of the smaller Letters, by this comparison
it will be perceived that there is a similitude, and that the fac simile; here furnished bear the same similitude to the signatures
on the old Deed & agreement herewith accompanying; that they
do to Each other, the small letters are made very much like the letter v in spelling Henry is made thus v in every instance and the letters ith in spelling Smith are Identical also in every instance, you will perceive that the signatures on the Deed & agreement do not bear such similitude to each other as at once to convince a superficial Observer that they were
the signatures of the same person, but to a considerate mind and to one who has been accustomed to noticing all kinds of signature and who is able to make a proper allowance for the difference in pens, InK  &C. I think will at once 
come to the conclusion that the signatures are Identical, and
that they are to the very facts appearing in the face of the old
Instruments themselves, & then being in the possession of Aaron Smith the son of the soldier, aside from Aarons Affidavit prove they are the signatures of the same man, and the fact that
they do not bear any stronger similitude to each other than does either of them, to either of the Fac simile furnished, nor does of the facsimile bear any longer similitude
to each other, than either of them does to either of the signatures on the Deed of Agreement, but that they all bear the general likeness to each other, in the form of the small 
letters is sufficient I think to Identify Claimants Father with the payment of L49.18.5. Sterling, as to the other payments made to Henry Smith you will perceive from the certificate of the compt that the accounts are not on file in his Office
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therefore we can furnish no Fac simile of the signature of the
Soldier to whom those Indents Issued
The last and only Report I have had in this case was dated Decr last In which the Commissioner says, neither Henrys services as a Revolutionary Soldier, nor the date of his Marriage with Sally have been proved, the date of the deaths of Henry & Sally, and the number & names of their surviving children
must be established by disinterested witnesses.
The document herewith sent is intended to meet and remove the first objection, and I am informed by Aaron Smith that there is a family Record on file which will
establish the marriage, and I filed with Aaron Smiths Declaration a Certificate of the Court before which Aaron filed his declaration, which certificate is based upon the
Testimony of Aaron, and Col Leonard Warth the latter of whom is wholly disinterested, setting out the number and names of the surviving children & the dates of the death of Henry & Sally- I flatter myself that upon the reception of these proofs, you will be able to remove the last objection, and to obtain a certificate of Pension, which you will have issued to Aaron Smith as the Administrator of Sally Smith, a copy of the record of his appointment as such is herewith sent appended to the old Deed
From the confidence I have in you as a Gentleman and thorough business man I have thought proper to send
you the Record & the facts in this case, and will be willing to allow you five percent commissions on the amount you may be able to obtain, which will allow you a handsome
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amount in this case
I have for a length of time been expecting a reply to my letter to you of 24th ult on the subject of the claim
of John Presley.  I also wrote you on the subject of the Claim of Abner Hammond, for an Increase of the Pension of Joshua Hammond, on the 29th Ult and has heard Nothing from you on the subject
Be so good as to let me hear from you on both of these cases by the Mail if convenient
I hope also to hear from you acknowledging the reception of the proof herewith sent and then again as
soon as you can obtain a report. Respectfully
Your Obt Scot
Elisha King
P.S. The claim of Presley is from Georgia Suspended under act 7 June 1832 And the claim of Abner Hammond was filed for an increase of his Fathers Pension, which was allowed under an application from So Ca, number of years ago under act of 7th June 1832, Abner applied from this State
Col F.F.C. Triplett
Washington City
D C
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Sally Smith Widow Henry
Pike County
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Pension Office,
April 18th 1845
Sir,
The papers in the case of Sally Smith, widow of Henry Smith, under the act of 4th of July 1836, have been examined and filed
This claim is made for service in the militia of South Carolina, and the certificate of the Comptroller General of that State shewing that a large amount of service credited to Henry Smith on the records in his office,
has been produced to establish the same. It would appear from the Comptroller's certificate that the
service therein named was not all performed by the same person, and before Mrs Smith can receive
the benefit of any portion of it, she will be required to shew that her husband was the identical person
who performed that service. The certificate of Captain Pane [Drury Pace] shews satisfactorily that claimant's husband was in service in his company; but at what time or the length of that service we have no
means of ascertaining.
the date of the marriage in 1779 is satisfactory.
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I am very Respectfully
Your Obd svt
J L Edwards


Evans Shannon Esq
Griffin
Georgia
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I send this to you I want you 
to return it for I want to see 
you
Shannon

Sally Smith widow Henry
Pike County
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Sally Smith
Henry
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Washington, DC
July 21 1856
Sir
I have the honor to ask a reexamination of the papers of Mrs Sally Smith of Geo. widow of Henry Smith, act 1836. who has been allowed $33.05 cts per Ann
It would appear from the
Comptroller's Certificate of SC and
the several payments made to said
Smith as therein shown, that this
pension ought to have been for a much larger amount
Mr King's letter of Decd 22nd 1855
filed in said papers I ask your
particular attention to
I enclose herewith my authoity for calling up this claim
May by
Th Lumpkin

Hon J Minot
Commr of Pension
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Brief in the case of Sally Smith, deceased, widow of Henry
Pike County and State of Georgia
act July 4, 1836
Claim, (original
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service- 1 month 26 days priv Infantry - 3 mos 24 days priv cavalry
& 2 mos 6 days Sergt Infy - Proved by certified records in comptroller's Office of S.C. Service in 1781 and 1782
Marriage in 1778 or 9. Proved by family record & parol -
Death of Henry Smith, in 1818 (June 17th Proved by family record & parol
widowhood. Death of widow, Aug 22d 1848, & names of surviving children proved by parol-
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Administration duly certified - Aaron Smith admr
consulted with Commissioner
Name and residence of Agent
F.F.C. Triplett Present
S. G. Dodge Examining Clerk.
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Adairsville Ga 11th July 1856
Dear Sir
I have the reply of Messr J.C. Sneed [illegible] of Augusta. Informing me that Mr Perryman cannot make any proof in favour of the Heirs of Capt John Hudgins, I hope you have succeeded in making some proof from some of the other sources when
you have applied. It has been my firm Opinion for some time that the proof already on file ought to Pass this claim and I am quite certain that very
slight Additional proof will enable you to procure its allowance. It has been long on hand and the Heirs, think the proof altogether sufficient and
that the Department is not dealing justly with them
But I hope we shall be able to remove their suspicions soon by obtaining the allowance -
I have another claim which I wish to submit to your charge. It is the claim of the Heirs of Sally Smith, for an Increase of Pension under act of 4th
July 1836, she is the widow of Henry Smith. She applied from Pike County Ga. some ten years ago & died without obtaining any thing some two years ago I applied for the heirs and obtained an allowance of $33.05 per Annum as a Private of Infantry
& Cavalry & a Sergeant, there appears to be large payments made to her Husband, and how it is that the
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sum allowed should be so small & yet service admitted in all three of those capacities, is to me rather unaccountable, I therefore applied for an Increase of Pension & submitted the charge of the application to Capt. F.F.C. Triplett of Washington City, who
had charge of it when the allowance of $33.05 was made the application for the increase has been on
hands some time, and I cannot get one word from Captain Triplett on the subject. though I have written
to him several times asking a reply, I think this sufficient cause for taking it out of his hands the only Additional proof I am able to produce in this case is that Henry Smith served as a Dragoon in Capt Isaac Ross's Company for which he Recd the payment of 94L, as appears of Record, I have no parroll proof to identify claimants husband with this Record unless it was placed on file before I took charge of the case.
I was to pay Capt F.F.C. Triplett five percent on the amt Recovered, be so good as to examine the case and
if you think there can be an Increase obtained & will undertake it. I will give you twenty percent on the Amount of Increase Obtained.
Please let me hear from you on the subject of Both of those claims at your earliest convenience
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
Elisha King

Thos Lumpkin Esqr
Washington City DC
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Adairwille Ga 22nd Decr 1855.
Comr of Pensions
Dear Sir
Inclosed please find the application of Aaron Smith Administrator of Sally Smith for an increase of the Pension of his Intestate,
Also two old Instruments bearing the signature of the soldier for whose services the Pension is claimed
which is designed as evidence in support of the claim by a comparison with the Fac simile of his signature
as furnished from the Comptrollers Office of So. Carolina and which has heretofore been forwarded in the prosecution of the case. One of those old instruments was executed on the 12th of Jany 1802 & the other on the 14th of Feby 1812. and there has heretofore been two old
Instruments forwarded (bearing his signature ) dated on the 3rd day of April 1818 & on the 4th day of Feby 1812. one of the former contains his signature twice, making in all five Signatures all of which bear about as
strong a similitude to each other as could be expected from the length of time expiring between them & considering they were made by an indifferent scribe and they all bear a like similitude to the facsimile of his Signature furnished by the Compt
Genl of So Carolina, and indeed they all bear a Much Stronger similitude to the Fac-Simile furnished of his signature to his order made to Abraham
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Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia So Ca January 17th 1855.
It is hereby certified that the following
are exact fac similes as near as I can take them of the signatures of Henry Smith from his account against the State of So Ca. amounting to L49.18.5. Sterling, and to his order in favor of Abraham Smith in said account No 365 Book Q, and of
the signature of Henry Smith to his order in favor of Jno Smith to the amount of L11. 3. 6¾ in Account No 291 Book V on file in this Office, viz
Fac simile of said signature on account No 365 Book Q 
Henry Smith
and fac simile of said signature to said order in said Book Q 365.
Henry Smith
and fac simile of said signature to his order in favor of Jno Smith in Account No 291 Book V
Henry Smith 
(No Seal of Office)
For Comptroller General
P.S. Jacobs
Deputy.
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6.432
Sally Smith, deceased widow of Henry Smith Georgia Pike Co
Act July 4, 1836
Admitted
1 mo 26 das Priv Infy $622
3 mo 24 " do Cavalry15.83
2. mo 6 " Sergeant 11.00= at $33.05
per annum from March 4. 1831. to Aug 22. 1848. when she died
Certificate to Aaron Smith her Admr for benefit of himself and
Sarah E. Head
Henry Smith
Rebecca Reese
Nancy White
John Smith &
Rachel T. Smith
her only surviving children.
Attey
F.F.C. Triplett
Present
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia So Ca November 15 1846
The following is an exact copy of the amount of Sundries duty and affidavits, mentioned in the Accounts upon which the Indents granted
to Henry Smith were issued (viz)
Book H Account 266
Mr Henry Smith his account of 30 days duty in the militia in 1782 amounting to - Two pounds sterling (affidavit before the Justice of the Peace lost)

Book Q Account 365
Mr Henry Smith His account of Sundrysfor militia use-- amounting to L49:18.5 Sterling--The United States to Henry Smith Dr
To Ten bushels of com @ 2/11 per bushel L1.9.4
To Sixteen dirts @ 2/0 per dirt
1.12.0
To forage 0.16.0 = 3.17.4
To forage for three horses Eight days
1.4 .0
To rations for three men eight days
2.8.0 Total =L 7.9.4

The State of South Carolina to Henry Smith Dr 
To forage & rations for Genl Sumters army L19.0.0
To one sheep recd by John Wallace
1:1.9
To one saddle & bridle impressed by Capt Stevenson 1.17.4
To forage Dirts & Spiritous liquor to Col [Thos] Neel Sundrys 20.0.0 = L41.19.1
To three Bushels Wheat impressed by [Col] Saml Watson 0.10.0
Total L42.9.1

South Carolina C. District
Personally appeared Henry Smith & Jonathan Smith and being sworn saith that they saw the above or gave
the use of Washingtons army also the above forage
keeping Sworn to before me this 19th day of May 1783
(Signed) Wm Tate J.P.
Henry Smith
Jonathan Smith

South Carolina C. District,
Personally appeared before me Adam Meek & James Thompson who being duly sworn made oath that Genl
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Sumter & his army lay at the house of Henry Smith and also that they are
of opinion that provision & forage was given them to the amnt of L19 sterling (Signed ) Wm Tate JP
(Signed) Adam Meek James Thomas

The within acct, sworn to 7th May 1783, Signed)Wm Tate JP
Henry Smith
Recd 13th May 1785 full satisfaction of the within rect in indent No 365
Lib. Q for L 5:17. 1 Sterling by an order Abraham Smith
January 14th 1781 Recd of Mr Henry Smith sixteen dirts also three Pecks of corn & ten sheaves of oats for use of the horses of the third Regiment of light Dragoons Thomas May
August 9th 1781 Received from Henry Smith three bushels of wheat it being for the use of Genl [Thomas] Sumter's army
pr me[Col] Samuel Watson Contractor
Novr the 24th 1780 Received of Mr Henry Smith one Sheep
valid at four hundred Dollars for a detachment of men belonging to Col [William] Hills Regt per me Jno Wallace Capt

South Carolina Camden District Before me personally appeared Samuel Denton and made oath that he saw one saddle & bridle the property of Henry Smith impressed by Capt [James] Stevenson for the use of the service  Samuel Denton
sworn to before me this 9th day of May 1783
Wm Tate J.P 

New Acquisition South Carolina 
to Edward Blake & Peter Boquett Esqr
Commissioners of the Treasury of Public Accounts in Charleston
I do hereby appoint Abraham Smith my true & lawful attorney for me in my name to ask & receive the whole of my Indent with the interest & his receipt shall be your discharge for the Same Henry Smith
Subscribed before me this 30th Nov 1785 James Thomson J.P. see page 46 10th Vol Statutes of South Carolina Also 662nd page of 4 vol of do
Book Q Account 373.Mr Henry Smith Junr & Daniel Smith their accounts of Sundries for militia use Sterling 52.17s.10 1/4 D: State of South Carolina Debtor to Henry Smith for service under Lieut Smith 50 days 22/86D per day L56.5.0 under Capt. [John] Thomson 31 days 20 per day L31.10s under
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Lieut Dervin 10 days at 20 s pr day L10.0.0 
to one horse lost at Ashe's
Defeat L60:0.0: 
to 50 days service done by Danl Smith Lieut. deceased at L215s pr day L137.10:0. 
to 1 horse lost in the service at Bacons bridge L100:0.0 
Sworn to May 9th 1783Total L395.5.0
Wm Late J P.

This is to certify that Henry Smith being in the militia service with me
as horseman lost his horse at Briar [Brier]Creek Defeat on the third
day of March 1779 the appraisment of which is in the Auditors office
Certified this 1st July 1788 pr me Samuel Watson Col.

South Carolina Camden District 
Before me personally appeared John Smith & William Smith and being sworn saith that they have appraised a horse the property of Daniel Smith deceased lost at Bacons Bridge to one hundred pounds and further saith that they have reason to believe that
he was not lost by neglect of the owner .John Smith William Smith
Sworn to before me this 9th day
May 1783 Wm Tate JP

25th March 1787.
Gentlemen please to deliver my Indents or Indents to James Martin Esq. in Col [William] Brattons Regt which will oblige your humble Servt Henry Smith Jn
To the Treasurer of South Carolina Charles Sims J.P "Deduct overcharged 50 days @ 10s leaves L52.17.10 1/4D
Received on Indent no 373 Q for thirty pounds nine pence the amount of the
within acct passed James Martin

Book V. Account 291 July 27th 1785
Henry Smith for 116 day's in militia (50 days as private & 60 as Sergeant in 1781 & 1782 Amount L11:3. 6 3/4 State of South Carolina To Henry Smith Dr 1780- 24 days as horseman
in Col [Thomas] Taylor's Regt on an Expedition at Congaree Fort @ 20/L24
1782 24 days as footman in said Regt on an Expedition at Bigan [Biggin] Church
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@ 10/L13 - 66 days as Sergt of foot in said Regt on an Expedition at Orangeburgh a 12/6 L615- 116 days in all L78.5
We do certify the above account to be just & true Wm Robertson Captain
Thos Taylor Colonel

South Carolina Camden District
Before me Henry Hampton Esqr personally appeared Henry Smith who being duly sworn maketh oath the account as it stands stated is just & true & that he the deponent has
never received any part or parcel thereof - Sworn the 29th Decr AD 1783. H Hampton JQ

State of South Carolina I do hereby certify that I have received full satisfaction for my Indent now lying in your office which I request you gentlemen, of the Treasury, to deliver unto Jno Smith and this my order shall be your discharge for the same
February the 14th 1791 Henry Smith
Present Wm Kirkland
Recd Columbia 16th Feby 1791 from Common Treasury an Indent No 291 Book V for Eleven Pounds 3/6 3/4 in full for the within of order Jno Smith"
L 11:3.6 3/4"

I certify for Mrs Sally Smith that the foregoing contains all the affidavits, places of reference, duty & sundries &c &c written in the accounts of Henry Smith those lines under marked with red ink are my own remarks
For Comptroller Genl
J. Ang Black

There is no Camden District in S.C. at present-- There is a town, however, of that name Camden County once
included Fairfield and others see Statutes at Large 10 Vol page 46 - 
6 Vol page 662 &c
J Ang Black
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Sally Smith widow of Henry SC
Henry Smith served under Lieutenant Smith at 22/6d a day X 50 days
Henry Smith served under Captain Thomas [John Thompson] at 20 " X 31 days
Henry Smith served under Lieutenant Dervin at 20 " X 10 days
Lost a horse at Ashe's Defeat. March 3. 1779 at Brier Creek, [illegible](279)

Service in Militia as Sergeant in 1781 & 1782 60 days
Service in Militia as Private " 50 days
Service in Militia as Horseman in [Col Thomas] Taylors Expedition in 1781 Congaree Fort  x 24 days
Footman in same Regt in 1782 24 dys as footman Expedition Orangeburgh 66 days same Regt. as Sergeant
Total 315 days

Service 74 days Private of Infantry 2mo. 10 days $16.23
115 days Private of Cavalry 3m 24d $31.67
126 days Sergeant of Infantry 4m 4d $41.33 = $89.23
annual pension  $44.61

Sally Smith wid August 22. 1848
Sarah Head, Rebecca Reese, Marthy Smith Aaron Smith Henry Smith Nancy White, Rachel T. Smith
children surviving Nov. 27, 1854.
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Sally Smith decd Ga

Dodge
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Sally Smith declared, that Henry her husband, served under Capt [Isaac] Ross, Col [CS Myddleton] Middleton & Genls [Thomas]  Sumter & [Francis]
Marion.
Served as private & Sergt in S. C. Militia, State Troops, and Contl. line, and that she made the same
statement to the Comptroller before she got the certificate of a date anterior to that of her declaration.
If she made such a statement I presume, from the manner in which her declaration clings to the certificate that she had been advised of what the rolls would show.
It would seem that Smith lived in Fairfield County, Camden Dist S. C. where he was married to Claimant in 1778.
That a man from Camden Dist served a tour of
50.10.50 days as private of foot. one tour of 30 days under Genl Marion in 1782. Horseman - also 24 das private horseman. 26 das priv of foot, & 66 days Sergt. in 1781-2- &c-
In his possession was a certificate of Capt [Drury] Pace dated in 83. that he had served under him
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the past year, but not stating how long-
There is a certificate that Henry Smith served 10 months in [General Thomas] Sumter's Brigade under Capt [Isaac] Ross but I think it improbable that this was the same
man, tho he may have been-
Jesse M. Mathews, a brother of the widow stated that he once aided Henry to look over his old papers, and that among them he remembers
a certificate of 3 yes service. 
Also two other papers showing
militia service. These 2 were probably those filed in the case, which prove no duration of service.
I think the proof warrants an admission of the claim for the service from Camden District.
viz- 1m. 23 days horseman
4m 4d Pr of foot
2m 5d Sergt of foot
at $33. per annum.
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I exclude the 3 yrs Service for the reason that if any such service had been rendered the Comptroller
would have certified it
Marriage in 1778 or 9 proved by family record
Henry died about 1818- Sally his widow ever after- died Aug 20, 1848, leaving Sarah E. Head, Aaron
Smith, Henry Smith, Rebecca Reese, Nancy White, John Smith and Rachel T. Smith - her only surviving children
Administration
my conclusion is greatly strengthened as to the propriety of the above allowance by the
additional proofs filed by Capt Triplett to show the genuineness of the signature to indent No 291
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Henry Smith's
Bond for title
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Know all men by there presents that we Henry Smith and Benjamin Stone, Junr of Lincoln County and State of Georgia held and firmly Bound our heirs assigns & unto
George Runnels & Richard Peteet of Wilkes County and State aforesaid their heirs and assigns in the final
sum of seven Hundred Dollars to be paid on or before the twenty fifth day of December one thousand Eight Hundred and two as witness our hands this 12th Jany 1802
s/ Henry Smith Benjamin Stone
test W Sansom Wm Prince

the condition of the above obligation is such that if the above Bound Henry Smith and Benjamin Stone Do make good and Lawful Right and titles unto the said George Runnels and
Richard Peteet their heirs or assigns to a certain Tract of Land containing two & twenty acres more or less where on John Dicken now Lives Joining Equilla Burroughs & Joseph Henderson they the said Runnals & Peteet first paying to the sd Henry Smith the full amount of two notes of hand given by him to sd Smith one for fifty Dollars payable in March next & the other for two hundred and seventy five Dollars payable 25th Decr next, then the above obligation
to be void otherwise remain in full
force and virtue, as witness our hand this Day and Date above written
Test W Sansom Wm Prince
s/ Henry Smith Benjamin Stone
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Aaron Smith's Declaration
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Georgia
Spalding County ⎬ On this 27th day of November one thousand Eight Hundred and fifty four personally appeared Aaron Smith, before the Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the State & County aforesaid and after being duly sworn according
to Law declares upon his Oath that he is one of the Sons and heirs at Law of Sarah Smith (or Sally Smith) formally of Pike County in this State and who was an Applicant for a Pension on account of the services of her
Husband Henry Smith Decd in the war of the Revolution
And he further declares that the said Sally Smith departed this life in the said County of Pike on the Twenty second day of August One thousand Eight Hundred and forty Eight
Leaving Surviving her Sarah who intermarried with E. Head, the Preaant applicant Henry Smith, Rebecca who Intermarried with James Reese, Nancy who intermarried
with C. B. White, Marthy who intermarried with John Smith, and Rachel J. Smith the only surviving Children and Heirs at Law of her the said Sally Smith all of whom
continue to survive
He further declares that he makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the amount of Pension which accrued and fell due to her the said Sally Smith, in her lifetime
and for the services of his father the said Henry Smith and for the date of the Marriage of his mother to the said Henry he refers to the Declaration of his Mother the said Sally Smith, and the accompanying Records forwarded to
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the Pension Department in her lifetime upon which
her claim was suspended -- Aaron Smith
Sworn to and Subscribed in
Open Court this day and date
above Written
James S Wood CLK IC
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Georgia Spalding County ⎬ I James S Wood Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the State & County aforesaid do hereby certify that it has been made to appear by the Oaths of the applicant and Leonard Worthy both of whom I certify to be Respectable
Witnesses and who are entitled to full faith and credit as such that Sally Smith late of Pike County Georgia who was on applicant for a Pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her Deceased Husband Henry Smith, Departed this life in the said County of Pike on the twenty second day of August one thousand
Eight Hundred and forty Eight leaving surviving her Sarah who intermarried with E. Head, Aaron Smith the present applicant Henry Smith, Rebecca who Intermarried with James Reed, Nancy
who intermarried with W.B. White, John Smith, and Rachel J. Smith, the only surviving children and Heirs at Law of her the said Sally Smith all of which is ordered by the Court to be certified to the Pension Department and all of which is hereby certified. I further certify that the foregoing contains the Proceedings had in the case of the application of Aaron Smith for the amount of Pension which accrued to Sally Smith his
Mother in her lifetime.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office In the Town of Griffin this
November 27 1854
James L Wood C.I.C.
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Georgia Spalding County ⎬ I Aaron Smith of the State & County
aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Elisha King of Adairsville Ga my true and lawful Attorney for me &
in my name to prosecute the within claim for the amount of Pension which accrued & fell due to my Mother Sally Smith in her lifetime & to receive from the Commissioner of Pensions a Pension Certificate for the same hereby revoking all former
Power of attorney given in this case
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 27th Day of November 1854
s/ Aaron Smith 
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Open Court this 27th Day of November 1854,
James J. S. Wood CIC
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State of Georgia Pike County  Personally appeared before me S. K. Reaves an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for said County Aaron Smith a resident of said County who being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that the signatures to the attached deed dated third day of April 1818
and the name of Henry Smith to the attached instrument dated the 4th day of February 1812 are both the genuine signatures of his Father
Henry Smith now deceased who was the Husband of Sally Smith deceased formerly of Pike County Georgia who applied for a Pension from that County on account of the services
of her Husband the said Henry Smith in the war of the Revolution under act of 4th July 1836 and that said signatures are both in the said Henry Smith's own proper handwriting
s/ Aaron Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this the 26th day of December 1854
S. K. Reaves JP

Georgia Pike, I Joseph C Beckham Clerk of the Inferior Court in aforesaid County & State do hereby certify that
Sidney K Reeves whose genuine signature appears to the above affidavit and before whom the same was made is and was an acting
Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified and
that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit
Given under my hand and seal of the
this 5th day of February 1838 at Zebulon Pike Co Geo.
Joseph C Beckham Clk.IC
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Georgia Pike County Court of Ordinary met pursuant to adjournment this 5th day of February 1833 
Present Joseph C Beckham Ordinary
It appearing to the court that citation has been published in the Federal Union a public gazelle in said State, that Aaron Smith would apply to this Court for Letters of administration on the Estate of Sally Smith of said
County deceased, and if further appearing to the Court that no objection had been filed in office
It is therefore ordered by the Court that the said Aaron Smith be and he is hereby appointed administrator
on the Estate of the said Sally Smith on his giving bond and security in the sum of Two thousand Dollars. when he came forward and gave Isaac
McLeroy as his security and was qualified in terms of the law.

Georgia Pike County I Joseph C Beckham Ordinary in and for said County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above & foregoing is a correct and true Extract from the Records in my office of the order appointing Aaron Smith Adminstrator on the estate of Sally Smith deceased
Given under my hand and seal of Office this 5th day of February 1833
Joseph C Beckham
Ordinary
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An article of an agreement between George Whitton and Henry Smith. Witnesseth, that if William Driver gives up the land he got from said
Smith and bond that then the sd Smith is to let sd Whitton have sd land if the sd. Whitton does
lift the notes which sd Smith has on sd Driver Given for sd land and sd Whitton do agree to lift sd notes of the sd Smith do let sd Whitton have sd land.
February 4th 1812
Test
Robert Whitton
George Whitten
Henry Smith
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Sally Smith - widow of Henry Ga. Act of 1836
Declared, Pike Co. Ga. Feby 18, 1845, aged 79
Henry served as private & Sergt in S.C. Militia and State troops & Contl Line under Capt [Isaac] Ross, Col [CS Myddleton] Middleton & Genls [Thomas Sumter] Sumpter & [Francis]
Marion. That she made the above representation to the Comptroller of S.C. & procured the documentary
evidence hereto annexed, &c. Thinks he lost his discharges before leaving S.C.
Married in 1778 in Fairfield Dist S.C. by Rev Jacob Gibson, Baptist, resided in S.C. until 1785 or 6, thence to
Lincoln Co. Ga. Before removing from S.C. Henry procured the annexed certificates. Removed from Lincoln to Jasper Co. where he died June 17, 1818 - widow ever since
Benj Elliott Pike Co. age 70. Feby 18, 1845 Lived neighbor to Henry & Sally
for several years from 1776. they had
several children, the eldest son 17 or 18 yrs old. Since Henry's death Sally remained his widow
Michael Robinson Pike Co. Same date age 72
In 1785 or 6 the eldest child was about 7 or 8 yrs old - John
Believes the Record correct
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Family Record - John Smith, eldest child born Oct 25/79
Henry died June 17, 1818
Certif of Comptr of S.C. Jany 6. 1845
1m Horseman 30 da's in [Genl Francis] Marian's Brigade priv
3m 4d do In [Capt Isaac] Ross' Troop [Col CS Myddleton] Middleton's Regt. [Genl Thomas] Sumter's L94
with int from Apl 1. 1782
116das Priv & Sergt
3m 24 das
Certif that he was in service in '83 from his Capt Drury Paul [Pace]
Also of good character in 1785 by a Militia Capt, in SC
afft of Jesse M. Mathews, Pike Co, age 65, Feb 2. 1846
Is brother of Sally- found a discharge for 3 years service in the troop. They found 2 papers which dept thinks were for service in militia- dont remember the length of time
Certif H.S. from Sept 22d '82 to Jany 20 '83 - 3m 29 das
Certif 50 das horseman. 26 day priv foot-- 66 das Sergt of foot
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1mo. 23 days as horseman $7.35
4m  4d   Private foot  14.81
2 m  5 d  Sergeant  10.83
= 8 mo  2 days total service $32.99
$33 per annum

Query shall he have service in [Genl Thomas] Sumter's Brigade of horseman
10 mo

the above service of 8 mos & 2 das consists of that certified by Comptr as having been rendered by a
Henry Smith of Camden Dist, in which claimants husband lived. See paper No 5
The rolls show no Henry Smith enlisted for 3 yrs
One enlisted in '77 for the war but it does not appear he served to its close-
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There were several others of the name in the
line but theirs terms of service were less than 3 yrs
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Georgia Pike County ⎬ On this Twelfth day of December one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before the Justices of the Inferior Court in and for said County Aaron Smith Administrator of Sally
Smith Deceased wife of Henry Smith Decd and after being duly sworn as the Law directs declares upon his oath that he is one of the sons and heirs at Law of the said Henry & Sally Smith Decd. That the said Sally Smith
was an applicant for a Pension from the United States on account of the services of her said Husband in the
War of the Revolution and died without having obtained the same, he the present declarant made an application therefore on the 27th day of November 1854, and obtained
a Pension Certificate for the sum of thirty three Dollars and five cents per annum, which sum he is satisfied is far less than the amount due, as his Father the said Henry Smith Rendered two or three years service in the war of the Revolution as he has frequently heard his mother say, and as he believes the Records in the Comptrollers Office at Columbia
South Carolina shows, and which has been furnished at the Pension Office, for the proof of all which he Refers to the papers on file upon which the certificate above alluded to issued. He makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining an increase in
the amount of said pension, so as to Recover the full amount due, he further states that the two
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Bonds hereunto attached one dated 12th January 1802, and the other dated February the fourth 1812. both bear the signature of the said Henry Smith his Father, in his own proper hand writing, s/ Aaron Smith
Sworn to and Subscribed this day & date above, 
Jno N Mangham JIC
W D Reading JIC.

Georgia Pike Co. I, Joseph C. Beckham Clerk of the Inferior Court
in & for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Aaron Smith who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration this day before the Court is a Respectable citizen of said County and one whose statements are entitled to full faith & credit. I further certify that the foregoing contain
the entire proceedings had in this Court, in his application for an Increase of Pension in the case therein stated, all of which is hereby certified In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my Office in
Zebulon this 12 day of December
A.D. 1855 Joseph C Bockham
Clk I C