Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R-, for Benjamin Smith, Georgia
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Service             Smith, Benjamin              Number
[?]                                                             R -
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Georgia
Walton
County
Personally came 
David Smith before me- Ledford Mobley an acting Jus
tice of the Peace for said County
+ being duly sworn in terms of 
the law deposeth & saith an oath 
that Benjamin Smith was 
a Revolutionary Soldier & was 
attached to the American
Army against Great Britt
ain and the Indians; -
ANd was in three skirmis
hes  to wit against the Tories
one skirmish at the Seige 
of ninety six; one skirm
ish in Laurens Distruct
South Carolina in Horse
Creek. Also one skirmish 
in Abbeville District South
Carolina on Saluda at
the Cedar Island. And
this deposent futher saith 
that the said Benjamin
Smith was a soldier un
der General Williamson
when he said Williamson
went against the Cherokee
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Indians
Sworn to and subscribed 
before me this 20 Oct 1827
Ledford Mobley
J.P. David Smith

Office Clerk of the Senate
South Carolina
August 11 - 1833 Thereby
certify the forgoing to be
a true copy of an affidavit
of David Smith found
among the (?) of
Benjamin Smith as his
(?) for a pension
Given under my
hand there being
 of seal of office
W. T. Arthur
L Librarian
+ State House Keeper
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Georgia
Walton County

Personally came David
Smith before me Ledford Mobley
an acting Justice of the Peace for
Said county & being duly sworn in
terms of the law Deposeth & saith
on oath that Benjamin Smith
was a Revolutionary Soldie & was
attached to the American Army
against Great Brittain & the In-
dians: and was in three skirmis-
hes to wit against the Tories, one Skir
mish at the Seige of 96: one Skirmish
in Laurens District South Caro=
lina in Saluda at the Cedar Island
and the Deponent further saith
that the said Benjamin Smith wass
a Soldier under Genl Williamson
when he said the Cherokee Indians-

Sworn to & Subscribed
before me this 20th Oct 1827
Ledford Mobley             David Smith
J.P.
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Office Clerk of the Senate of the State 
of South Carolina

I hereby certify the foregoing
to be a true copy of the affidavit of
David Smith accompainying
the petition Benjamin Smith
praying for a pension presented
to the Legislature of So. Carolina in the
year 1827 & now on file in this office
I also certify that I have made
the signature to the affidavit as
near a facsimile as I can

Given under my hand
there being no seal of 
office 
W.F. Arthur
L. Librarian &
State House Keeper
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Comptroller General's Office
Columbia January 30th 1836

I hereby certify that I have compared the signature of David Smith as witness to the order of Benjamin Smith on file in this Office in Boore S. No. 47 for the services of the said Benjm. Smith with original signature of David Smith to the affidavit signed by him in October 1827 in the Case of Benjm Smith's application to this State for a Pension, of [illegible] which affidavid the foregoing is a copy; and that the characteristics of style in the hand writing of said signature, considering the disparity of the dates thereof are sufficiently simi-lar to warrant me in the belief that they were [above insert symbol] written by one and the same persons.

[Circled] No Seal of Office

[Illegible] Wm M R Hunt
Deputy GA