Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6082, for David Smith, South Carolina
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SERVICE S.C.  
Smith, David   
Rebecca
NUMBER W. 6082
CONTENTS [illegible]
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6424
Georgia
Rebecca Smith
widow of David Smith S.C.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private of horse
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 
19th day of May 1857
and sent to W. M. Varnum, Dahlonega Geo
Special act March 2nd 1857
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, 
Page 231  Vol. H
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Job Smith was born February
the 15th day in the year of our
Lord 1793
Nancy Smith was born
March the 7th 1795


Truman K. Smith & Elizabeth Smith
Married January 26 1843
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[illegible]
This Record was taken by me from
an old Bible sent by Mr Varnum
the agent in the case of Rebecca Smith April 10 1855
T. Triplett
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Job Smith & his wife Nancy was married August the 10th 1817
Joseph Smith was born April the
7th 1819
Green W. Smith was born the 27th
day of May 1820
Mary Caroline Smith was born
January 7th 1822
Drewcillah Smith was born
March 31st 1823
Susanah Smith was born
March 13th day, 1826
Truman Kellogg Smith was
born May 17th 1824
Sanford M_ Smith died
January 19th 1828
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Sandford Smith
was born January
19th 1828

Nancy Smith
Sandford Smith
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Henry S. Smith was
born 5th May 1839

Truman K Smith
was born in May 17th 1824

Truman K. Smith &
his wife Elizabeth
was Married January
26th 1843

Elizabeth D.E. Smith
was born Nov 19th 1843
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Job Smith
was born February
the 15th day in the year
of our Lord 1793

Truman K. Smith
& Elizabeth DE Smith
was married January 26th 1843

[illegible]
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1855
Job Smith
Job Smith was born February the 15th year of our Lord 1793

Truman Smith
Job Smith was born [illegible]
Job
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Jane Cinthy Smith was born
16th February 1830
---
Nancy Adaline Smith
was born May the 9th
1832
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Starling Clack was born
the 22 September 1811
-
Polley Clack was born
august the 28 1813

John J. Clack was born June the 26th 1815

Patsy Clack was born July 2 1817

Rebeckah Clack was born March 8 1819

Thomas Clark was born May 9 1821

Joseph G Clack was born January the 16 1823

James Clack was born January 16 1826
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Elizabeth Clack was borne the March 28 1828
THE NEW TESTAMENT
Seaborn G Clack was born April the 22 1830 
LORD AND SAVIOUR
G W Clack was borne 13 of nov 1832
JESUS CHRIST
William D Clack was born 8 January 1835
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK
Elizabeth Carolina Clack was born May 12, 1841
AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
William Clack was born January 8, 1835
HARTFORD
PRINTED BY HUDSON AND CO. 1817
[illegible]
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J. Lindley
Mostly hearsay
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State of Georgia County of Cobb   
I Jonathan Lindly of the County
& State aforesaid aged Eighty one years Make Oath & say that according to the information record from my parents & to the best of my knowledge & belief I was born in Abbeville District, in the State of South Carolina, in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & seventy one. that I am the Brother of Rebeca Smith Widow of David Smith, who I am informed is making an application to the Government of the United States for a pension on account of the service of her husband David Smith in the Revolutionary War. that I knew David Smith during some part of the Revolutionary War, it was said at that time, & has always been said since by those who are old enough to be engaged in the service of the Revolution & I verily believe & from what I knew at that time of my
own knowledge & from information derived from others, both at that time & since & not a doubt resting upon my mind that David Smith the husband of Rebeca did serve in the Revolutionary war-- that according to the best of my recollection & belief, David Smith the soldier aforesaid was married to my sister Rebeca Seventeen hundred & Eighty two or three by Esqr. Downs- that my Father was killed in the Revolutionary war & soon after Smith married my sister. I went to live with the couple & continued to live with them untill I was grown up. that during the time of the Revolutionary was I did not know not did I ever hear of but one David Smith or who had been a Soldier in the war
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nor have I since the war & the David
Smith whom I knew in the Revolution
& the David Smith who married my sister Rebeca is one & the same man I cannot say how long David Smith served, but from what I know & herd talked at that early day by the neighbors & friends & from all I
have heard since the war from Smith
& others & verily believe he must have
been in the service a long time. I wish it to be distinctly understood that the David Smith who was a soldier in the war & who afterwards married my sister Rebeca is one & the same
man & to those soldiers who were
Contemporary & served with Smith I know but little about, but I am informed that Most or all of them are dead, that I am entirely disinterested in the matter of this application that I have been informed & believe
that David Smith the husband of Rebeca Died in the year1833. that my Sister Rebecca the last time I heard from her lived in the County of Walton in this State.
Jonathan Lindly his mark X

Sworn to & acknowlege & subscribed
before me this the ninth day
of September 1852 and I certify that
I am well acquainted with the Witness
above named & know him to be a credible & unimpeachable Man & that his statement are are entitled to full credit. s/ JM Barnwell JP
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Georgia Cobb County
I Thomas H Moore Clerk of the Superior Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that J M Barnwell whose Genuine Signature appears to the foregoing affidavit
and was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal of Office as Clerk of the Sup Court
TH Moore C.S.C.
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No. 3

No. 14,308

Rebecca Smith widow of David Ga
Act 7 July 1850

Mary Abercromby
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State South Carolina, Laurens District
On this the 20th day of Nov. one
thousand Eight Hundred and fifty
before me the Subscribing magistrate in and for the District and State aforesaid duly authorized by law to
administer oaths, personally appeared Mrs Mary Abercrombie
aged 86 years, in Oct past and after being duly sworn according to law, makes the following statement that her sister Rebecca Smith of Walton County Georgia, who she understands is applying for a pension as the widow of David Smith a Revolutionary soldier the said Rebecca Smith is aged 88 years some time in August last past
according to the statements of her parents that her sister Rebecca
was married to David Smith 68 years ago last March to past by Esqr. Downs, this I well recollect as I was
present and saw them married, that Mrs. Sally Roseman who died as I understood a few years since in Georgia was one of the waiters that I was acquainted with David Smith in time of the Revolutionary war and
heard and always understood from him and other persons that he served his country in said War and was a true whig. one of the officers names was Capt Robert Maxfield [Maxwell] & was in this State & District part of the time of the war and five years of the time I was in North Carolina & I have lived in Laurens district SC ever since the war. the said David Smith was also out one tower [tour] after the indians
when I was a small girl at the time that Silvadoore [Francis Salvador] got Killed. Mary Abercrombie X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year before mentioned
Thomas J. Sullivan M.L.D.
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I Thomas I Sullivan Magistrate in and for said District do certify that Mary Abercrombie who has sworn to
the foregoing statement are entitled to full credit, that she appears to be as old as she represents herself to be, and that she has a good and retentive memory Given under my hand this 20 Nov. 1850 s/ Thomas J. Sullivan MLD

The State of South Carolina 
Laurens District
I John Garlington, Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas J Sullivan whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same a magistrate in and for the District and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and
that the aforesaid Court is a Court of record having general jurisdiction Given under my hand and seal of office at Laurens Court House this 21st day of November A.D. 1850
John Garlington
Clk of Ct of Sessions
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State of South Carolina
Lawrence [Laurens] District
On this 26 day of May 1855, before me a magistrate of said State and
district personally appeared William Lindley aged seventy years past a resident of said District who after being sworn in due form of the law makes upon his oath the following
Statements that at the time of his earliest recollection he was living in said State and District and that when he was a little boy he became well acquainted with David Smith and his reputed wife Rebecca Smith, that
said Rebecca Smith was sister to this deponants Father Thomas Lindley hence the intimacy of the two families had at the time of deponents
first acquaintance with said David & Rebecca they were living together as husband and wife and under good repute and had two children
older than this deponent that during deponants acquaintance with said David Smith he always understood he was a soldier of South Carolina
in the war of the Revolution that he often heard him talk about his services in said war, and boast of his adventures, and his ambition in the
struggle for liberty and that he always bore
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the character of a Revolutionary soldier in the community where he lived, that he was a poor man and not extensively known, but among all his near neighbors, and relatives, he was
regarded as having been a faithful soldier and a true whig for a considerable length of time during the severity of the struggle for freedom, that about the year 1820 as
near as he can recollect said David Smith and his family moved from Laurens District S.C. to Walton County Geo. where the said
David Smith died a few years after as he understood, that he this deponant was out in Walton Co. Ga. a short time after his death, and has been there frequently since, a d visited
the said Rebecca Smith that she has never married since the death of her said husband and that she still lives there and remains his widow. And he further states that he has no
knowledge of any person now living who was in a position to know the particular facts in relation to the Revolutionary services of the said
David Smith. He further swears that he is a disinterested witness.
William Lindley his X mark
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We William L. Wood and Lavina C. Wood upon our oaths declare that the foregoing affidavit was sworn
to and subscribed by William Lindley in our presence and that it was plainly read to him before signing
that we know the said William Lindley to be a highly respectable and credible person, and that we believe
him to be seventy years of age and that we are residents of Laurens District South Carolina, and
that we are disinterested witnesses
s/ William L. Wood  Lavina C Wood

the foregoing affidavit of William Lindley and the declaration of William L. Wood and Lavinda C Wood were sworn to a d subscribed before on the day and year above written and I certify that they are all well known to me, and that I believe the statements made by them are all strictly true
and that I am in no way interested in the claim
to which the above testimony relates
Thomas J. Sullivan M.L.D.
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State of South Carolina
Laurens District  I do hereby certify that Thomas Sullivan Esqr. before whom the within affadavits were made, is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Magistrate in and for the District and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his official acts as such and that his Signature
within is genuine
Given under my hand & seal of office
at Laurens Court hence this 29th May A.D. 1855.
John Garlington Clk
S. D. D.
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No. 1
Rebecca Smith
original Death [illegible]
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State of Georgia Walton County 
On this the 27th day of
May one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Rebecca Smith a resident of said County aged 86 years 9th day of August 1849 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 7th 1838 entitled An act Granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of David Smith who was a private in the militia under Capt. Robert Maxfield [Maxwell] Col. or Maj. [John] Reid and Col. [Gen. Andrew] Pickens and under Capt. Burnes [Peter Burns] and Capt. Lawrence [Col. John Laurens] in one or two scouts against the hostile Indians that from her recollection her husband stated that he served a part of his time as a volunteer and a part of his time
as a drafted soldier that he was in two or three engagements but does not recollect the length of time he stated that he served his country nor the battles he was in but recollect
of hearing him speak of being in one or more battles in South Carolina with the Indians is that her husband served in Abbeville Dist. and the adjoining Districts in South Carolina line under the above-named officers that she does not now recollect of hearing her husband say how long he served in the Revolutionary war but has heard him speak of having to be out from home in the army nearly all the
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time for two or three years as he could not stay at home in safety for the Tories and Indians that she knows of no way of finding out how long her husband served unless the records in the War Office will show or the records in South Carolina will show his term of service. She further declares that she was married to the said David Smith in the month of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three that her husband the the aforesaid David Smith died on the 27th day of March 1833 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 namely at the above stated time she further states that she had by her said husband nine children born in lawful wedlock of whom are living Joseph Smith, Mary Smith, Catharine Clack, Hannah Johnson, John Smith, Elizabeth Williams. she further states that the has no record proof of her marriage as the bible that contained said record was burned up in a school house a number of years ago in South Carolina but her marriage she states can be proven by her sister if living and Mrs Lindley in Lawrence District South Carolina
Rebecca Smith X  her mark
Test. W. M. Varnum
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
  s/  Joshua T Smith J. of Peace
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I, Joshua T. Smith do certify that from
old age infirmity and the distance from where Mrs. Rebecca Smith lives to the Court House that it would be not at all practicable for her
to appear in open Court to make her declaration I also certify that said foregoing declaration was carefully read to her before she swore to the same and that she appears as to be as old as she represents herself to be
Given under my hand this the
27th day of May 1850
            John Smith Justice of Peace

State of Georgia Walton County
We the undersigned of the aforesaid Court of said County do certify that Joshua Smith whose name appears to the foregoing declaration of Mrs Rebecca Smith is an acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and qualified and that his name as such we believe to be and that satisfactory proof is before said Court that Rebecca Smith, from old age and infirmity and the distance we are informed she lives from the Court House could not attend in open Court to make her declaration for a Pension without inconvenience thus we approve of John Smith proceeding in said cause as an acting Justice of the Peace
Given under our private seals
this 4th day June 1850
Waters Briscoe JIC
Thos. J. Trammell JIC
Warren J Hill  JIC
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State of Georgia Walton County
I William W Nowell Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do certify that Waters Briscoe ,Thomas J. Trammell and Warren Hilt 
are Justices of the Inferior Court of said County duly commissioned and qualified and that their signatures before within named are genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office this 4 day of June 1836
Wm Nowell Clk
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State of Georgia Walter County 
On this the 14th day of February 1855 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared Catharine Clack, aged Sixty (60) years, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, who after being sworn in due form of the law, declares that she is the daughter
of David Smith deceased, and Rebecca Smith who still lives in the County and state above named, and has applied for a pension as the widow of deponents father the said David Smith, that her parents the said David & Rebecca Smith, had five (5) children older than she (this deponent) viz; James Smith, Mary
Ruth Joseph and Job Smith, that said James died in February 1850 that Ruth died when about (15) fifteen years old and that Job Smith died in June 1840. That she has no record of her own age, but she recollects that she was sixty years of age on the ninth of this month February. this she remembers clearly from the time of her marriage and the births of her own children she remembers that her brother the said Job Smith was two years lacking a few days older than herself That this deponent was married in Jackson County Georgia about the first of December in the year 1810 to George W. Clack by Thomas Camp Esqr. That she has no record of her said marriage, but in
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proof thereof she would refer to her Bible Record. the births of her children-- commencing with Starling born September 2, 1811 and ending with William D. born January 8. 1835 who was her youngest child, that said Record is herewith presented That she makes the above statements, in order to throw some light upon the time or date of the marriage of her parents the said Rebecca & David Smith that she always understood they were married soon after the close of the Revolutionary war That she has no interest in the claim of her mother only what she feels in her behalf, as she is now very old infirm and needy living with deponent's sister Elizabeth Williams, who is also a poor widow. she therefore desires that the Commissioner of Pensions
will act upon her mother's claim promptly. Catherine Clack x her mark
Test. Joshua T Smith  A. Rudolph

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I certify that the deponent is well known to me that she is worthy of full credit, that old Mrs. Rebecca Smith is still living, and in the condition above stated. I further certify that the accompanying family Record was on this day, too from an old Bible in possession of said Catherine Clack. 
I  by my own hand, I further certify that I am not interested in the claim to which the above testimony relates, nor consumed in its prosecution.
Joshua T Smith JP
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State of South Carolina  Laurens District  On this 2nd day of June in the year 1855 before me a magistrate within and for Laurens District and State aforesaid personally appeared Mrs Nancy Bolt aged sixty seven years a resident of the District and State aforesaid to after being sworn in due form of the laws gives the following statements, that from the time her first remembrance she has lived in said District and that among her first acquaintances were David Smith and his reputed wife Rebecca
Smith, that she this deponent is a distant relative of said Rebecca Smith who before her marriage to said David Smith was Rebecca Lindley. That from the time of her earliest recollection she always heard it said that David Smith had been a
Revolutionary soldier. That said David had a brother Benjamin Smith older than himself with whom this deponent was also well  acquainted that she always understood that they were both in the Revolutionary war together, and she believes and understood their services were performed in this region of South Carolina where she has always lived-- That about the year 1808 or 1810 said David Smith and his family moved off to Georgia to what is now Walton County, where he died in a few years after leaving South Carolina that said Benjamin Smith remained in South Carolina and lived in Anderson District, that he afterwards became a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States as she understood, and as he the said Benjamin Smith told this 
deponent that he came to her house and talked
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about how he had succeeded in drawing a pension, and said a man by name of Maxwell had assisted him, in making proof of his services that he then talked of his brother the said David Smith, and said if he were alive he could draw a pension too, that he then talked a good deal about his and his brother David's services in the war, and spoke of their being in a battle and being defeated. that he and his brother got separated and how he suffered with anxiety about the welfare of his brother until two or
three days after they got together again and that she used to hear said David Smith before he moved to Georgia Speak of his services in the Revolutionary war, but that he was a quiet man and Seldom talked but little
upon any subject, and that he was an obscure man and but little known out of his immediate neighborhood, but that among his near neighbors and relatives he was always regarded
as and bore the character and reputation of a Revolutionary soldier and was always respected as having been a true whig and faithful friend to the American cause during the whole of the war, that she knows of no one now living who was in a position to know the particulars of his services in said war, that said Benjamin Smith is dead, that she has often heard of the said Rebecca Smith since the death of her said husband and she
understands and believes that she still lives in Walton County Georgia and remains the widow of said David Smith, and that she
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has no pecuniary interest in the claim
of the said Rebecca Smith.
Nancy Bolt  X her mark

We E.W. South and William L. Wood, residents of Laurens District So. Ca. upon our oaths do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was Sworn to and subscribed by Mrs Nancy Bolt
in our presents and that we know her to be a person whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit and that we are disinterested witnesses
s/ E.W. South  William L. Ford

the foregoing affidavit of Mrs Nancy Bolt and the certificate of E.W. South and William L. Wood, ever sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written and I certify that said persons are all known
to me to be respectable citizens of this District and State and that their statements are worthy of full credit. I further certify that I am not interested in the claim to which the foregoing testimony relates given under my hand. s/ Thomas J. Sullivan
magistrate L.D.
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State of South Carolina Laurens District  I hereby certify that
Thomas J Sullivan Esq before whom the within affidavits were made is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Magistrate in and for the District and State aforesaid that all the faith and credit are and ought to be given to his official acts as such that his signature is genuine Given under my hand seal at Same Court House this 4 day of June AD 1855
John Garlington Clk

I am intimately acquainted with Thos J Sullivan Esq the Mag before whom Mrs Bolts & Mrs Abercrombies
affidavits were taken. Sullivan is a very intelligent magistrate and a first rate citizen. He is a man of the strictest integrity and [illegible] honor
James L Orr
M.C. from S.C
Hearsay
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December 22, 1939
BA-J/AWF
David Smith
W. 6082
Mrs. J. S. Plaxco
937 Hickman Road
Augusta, Georgia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Rebecca Smith who was allowed pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, while a
resident of Georgia.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 6082, based upon service of David Smith, in the War of
the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of David Smith, and names of his parents are not given.
While residing in South Carolina, David Smith enlisted and served as a private at various times with the South Carolina troops, under Captains Robert Maxfield [sic]  or Maxwell, [John] Laurens, Peter
Burns, Colonels [Andrew] Pickens, and Wade Hampton; he was
out in many expeditions against the Indians, was in two or three engagements, one tour was at the
time "Salvadoor" [Francis Salvador] was killed, length of entire service about two years. There are no dates of service given.
David Smith married in the month of March, 1782 or 1783, in Abbeville District, South Carolina, Rebecca Lindley (Lindly). She was born August 9, 1762 or 1763, the names of her parents were not stated; her father was killed during the Revolutionary War.
David Smith and his wife, Rebecca, moved after
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their marriage to Laurens District, South Carolina, where they lived until about 1807, then moved to Georgia.
The soldier, David Smith, died March 27, 1833, at his home in Walton County, Georgia.
The widow, Rebecca Smith, was allowed pension on her application executed May 27, 1850, at which
time she was living in Walton County, Georgia. She was living in said Walton County, in 1855, with her youngest child, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, a widow. One David Williams testified in 1854, in Walton County, Georgia; it was not stated that he was a
relative of the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams.
Mrs. Catharine Clack, daughter of David and Rebecca Smith, was born February 9, 1795, stated that she married in the month of December, 1810, in Jackson County, Georgia, George W. Clack; she was living in 1855 in Walton County, Georgia, and
referred to five children older than herself, namely- James who died in February, 1850, Mary Ruth who
died when about fifteen years of age, Joseph, and Job.
Job Smith was born February 15, 1793, son of David and Rebecca Smith; he married August 10, 1817
Nancy who was born March 7, 1795, they were married in Jackson County, Georgia. Job Smith died in the
month of June, 1840, and the widow, Nancy Smith was living in 1855, in Walton County, Georgia. The
names of the parents of said Nancy are not given.
The following data in regard to the children of Job Smith, and his wife, Nancy, are shown in the claim:
Joseph born April 9, 1819
Green W born May 27, 1820
Mary Caroline born January 7, 1822
Drewcillah born March 31, 1823
Truman Kellogg born May 17, 1824
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Data in regard to the children of Job Smith, and his wife, Nancy, continued:
Susannah born March 13, 1826
Sanford M born January 19 1828
Jane born February 16, 1830
Nancy Adeline born May 9, 1832
Henry S born May 5, 1839
It is shown that one Elizabeth D. I. or J. Smith was born November 19, 1843; also that Truman Kellogg Smith married Elizabeth J. E. -- January
26, 1843.
The following data relative to the children of Catharine Clack, and her husband, George W. Clack, are shown in the claim:
Starling born September 22, 1811
Polly born August 28, 1813
John I. or J. born June 26, 1815
Patsey born July 4, 1817
Rebeckah born March 8, 1819
Thomas born May 9, 1821
Joseph I or J born January 16, 1823
James born January 16, 1826
Elizabeth born March 28, 1828
Seaborn I or J born April 22, 1830
G. W. born ? 13, 1832
William D born January 8, 1835
It is shown, also, that Elizabeth Caroline Clack was born May 12, 1841; Katharine Clack was born July 22, 1845; William Clack was born January 8, 1855. Their relationship to the family was not stated.
Mary Abercrombie, sister of the widow, Rebecca Smith, was eighty-six years old in 1855, then living in
Laurens District, South Carolina.
In 1852, 1853, and 1855, Joshua T. Smith was Justice of the Peace for Walton County, Georgia, and
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G. W. Smith was Justice of the Peace in 1855 for Walton County, Georgia.
Jonathan Lindley (Lindly), brother of the widow, Rebecca Smith, was born in 1771, in Abbeville District,
South Carolina, and in 1852, was living in Cobb County, Georgia. Jonathan Lindley, Junior, was forty-three years old in 1851, living in Cobb County, Georgia, and referred to the widow, as his aunt.
In 1855, William Lindley (Lindly) seventy years old, and a resident of Laurens District, South Carolina, stated that the widow, Rebecca Smith, was the sister of his father, Thomas Lindley.
Reference was made to Benjamin Smith, brother of the soldier, David Smith, as having served in the
Revolutionary War.
Mrs. Nancy Bolt or Bott, a distant relative of the widow, Rebecca Smith, was sixty-seven years old in 1855, and living in Laurens District, South Carolina
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Rebecca Smith, it is suggested that you address the
Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following
data:
Rebecca Smith, widow of David Smith
Certificate # 11859, issued May 19, 1857
Rate $100.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1836
Act of July 7, 1838, Georgia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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14308
Rebecca Smith
Widow of David
Georgia
J. G. Berritt April 22 1851-
Same Oct 20 1851. A.L. Gage
May 6 1852 Secy of Interior
June 15 1853-- Decision affirmed - T Lumpkin June 21 1853- Evans & Fant September 1 1853- M Thompson
Nov 2 1853-Will Varnum March 13 1853- same April 10 1855- Same June 28 1855- T Lumpkin Aug 21 1855- Same Aug 30 1855- Secy of
Interior Jany 23 1856 Decision affirmed  see report inside
Hon H Cobb Feby 11 1856-
July 7 1838 (over)
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Papers sent to Hon Jacob Brown Chairman of Rev Committee H of Reps April 21 1856, with copy of a letter to Secy Int of the 23 Jany 1856
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The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
July 18, 1939
DAVID SMITH
W. 6082
BA-J/AHEMLB
Reference is made to your SPECIAL FOLLOWUP request, dated
July 13, 1930, for the Revolutionary War record of David Smith.
The records of this office show that the record of David
Smith was furnished your office, July 12, 1939, as shown in the
papers in pension claim, W. 6062, based upon his service in the
Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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July 12, 1939
BA-J/AWF
David Smith
W. 6082
The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to David Smith, private in the South Carolina militia, War of the Revolution, and died March 27, 1833, in Georgia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W.6082, based upon service of David Smith in the War of
the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of David Smith, and names of his parents are not given.
While residing in South Carolina, David Smith enlisted and served as private at various time in the South Carolina troops, under Captains
Robert Maxfield [sic] or Maxwell, [John] Laurens, Peter Burns,
Colonels [Andrew] Pickens, and Wade Hampton; he was out in many scouts against the Indians, and was in
two or three engagements, one tour was at the time "Salvadoore" [Francis Salvador] was killed, length of entire
service about two years. There are no dates of service given.
David Smith married in the month of March, 1782 or 1883, in Abbeville District, South Carolina, Rebecca Lindley (Lindly). She was born August
9, 1762 or 1763, the names of her parents were not

work very heavy- Mrs Finch said 
Tombstone Data only
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stated; her father was killed in the Revolutionary War
David Smith and his wife, Rebecca, moved after their marriage to Laurens District, South Carolina, where they lived until about 1807, then moved to
Georgia. He died March 27, 1833 in Walton County, Georgia.
the widow, Rebecca Smith, was allowed pension on her application executed May 27, 1850, at which
time she was living in Walton County, Georgia, where she continued to live in 1855.
The application for headstone for David Smith, and a letter addressed to your office, from G. W. Bagwell, Winder, Georgia are returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[STAMP] AUGUSTA GA DEC 5 1939
Pension Dept.
Washington DC
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Augusta, Ga.
Dec 5-1939
Pension Dept.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me
the information contained
in the pension papers
as to service and family
data of Rebecca Smith
roll of Revolutionary pensions State of Ga Act. July 7. 1838 $100 a year.
approved Mch. 2 - 1857
wanted for historical purpose.
Mrs. J. S. Plaxco
Augusta Chapter D.A.R. Historian.
937 Hickman Rd
Augusta, Ga
Look on Agency Book
act as above to get sol's name
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[stamp] RECEIVED JUL 1 1939
WAR DEPARTMENT
OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON 7-13-1939
Memorandum for Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department, General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W. Director, Dependents Claims Service, Veterans  Administration
1.The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to
be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would
verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete
the designation of the organizations.
2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.
PLEASE ADVISE WHETHER OR NOT DECEASED WAS GRANTED A PENSION
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SPECIAL FOLLOW UP
WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 7 - 13 - 39
WASHINGTON
W- 6082
Name Smith, David
Rank  Pvt
Company Organization
Captain [Robert] Maxfield
Captain [Peter] Burns
Captain [John] Laurens
Date of Death 5-27-1833
The records of this office show that the original APPLICATION FOR A HEADSTONE for above decedent was forwarded your office on f6-27-39 for verification of service. This application has not as yet been returned to this office.
An early verification of the service, with the return of original application
if in your possession, would be appreciated by this office in order that action may be taken toward the supply of the headstone.
For The Quartermaster General,
JOHN T. HARRIS
Colonel, Q. M. Corps,
Assistant,
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[stamp] RECEIVED JULY 1_ 1939
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6082

1939 July 12 Tombstone Data Memorial Br 
1939 Dec 22 hist to Mrs JS Paxco

Rebecca Smith widow of David Smith
Pvt Rev War
Act: Feby 2 1848
Index Vol. M Page 219
Arrangement of 1870
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9.694
Georgia
Rebecca Smith
widow of David
who was a pri of Horse
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th
day of Mar 1857 and sent to
WM Varnum Dahlonega Ga
Special act March 2d 1857.
Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.
Recorded in Book H
Vol. 1
Page 224.
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11859
Georgia
Rebecca Smith, widow of David,
who died on the _ of _ in the State of_
who was a Private of the Horse, commanded by Captain _ of the _
commanded by_ in the Revolution,
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the roll of Savannah
at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of May 1857 and sent to WM Varnum Dahlonega Geo.
special act March 2d 1857
Recorded by GT Getty Clerk.
Book H Vol.1.Page 217.
Revolutionary Claim
Act July 7, 1838.
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South Carolina Laurens District S.S.
On this the 6th day of November
A.D. 1851. Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the magistrates in and for the District and State aforesaid, Mary Abercrombie
aged Eighty eight years, to me known, who being duly Sworn according to law makes Oath & say that I was
acquainted with David Smith & Rebecca Smith his wife, as early as the year Seventeen hundred &
Seventy four, that her maiden name was Rebecca Lindley, that the said David Smith & Rebecca Lindley were married in the month of March in the
year Seventeen hundred & Eighty two at the house of the widow Box in Abbeville District South Carolina
& that they was married by Jonathan Downs Esqr and I was one of the waiters. I was present at the
marriage, and saw the marriage ceremony performed and I am confident that they were married in the year Seventeen Hundred & Eighty two. I further State that I know that David Smith was a soldier in the revolutionary war. that he was out a number of times as she understood at that time, both before and after his marriage, but how long he served she
does not know & can not state with any certainly. 
Mary Abercrombie her X mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written
Thomas J. Sullivan MLD
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The State of South Carolina
Laurens District  I John Garlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for the District
of Laurens & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Thomas J Sullivan Esqr. whose genuine signature appears to the within affidavit is
and was at the time of signing the same a magistrate in & for the District & State aforesaid duly commissioned qualified, that all his
official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit & that the aforesaid Court is a Court of record having general jurisdiction
Given under my hand & Seal of office at Laurens Court House this 20th day of December A.D. 1851.
John Garlington Clk

4804 Jan 23rd 1852
Decn of Rebecca Smith widow of David
Supplemental
AL Gage
filed by N Rathburn present
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State of Georgia Walton County
On this 14 day of February 1855 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County
personally appeared George Holloway aged fifty two years and Nancy Holloway aged forty one years, both residents of said County and known to me as respectable & credible witnesses who after being sworn in due form of the law do upon their oaths make the following statements,
that they were both well acquainted with David Smith deceased in his life he and Rebecca Smith his widow
who still lives, and has applied for a revolutionary pension as widow of said David Smith that they have been for many years well acquainted with the most of their children that they well knew James Smith in his life time - that he died in the month of February 1850, that they well know
Mary Smith and Joseph Smith and that they well knew Job Smith until his death in the year 1840, and
that they well know Catherine Clack who has made the foregoing declaration that they are all the reputed children of the said David & Rebecca Smith, and that their
ages range in the order of their names as above written that the said Rebecca Smith is now very old and suffering great bodily infirmity and is poor and needy, and dependant upon her youngest child Elizabeth Williams
who is also a poor widow. They further swear that they never heard the lawful marriage of said David & Rebecca Smith questioned or suspicioned by any person. And they further swear that they are disinterested witnesses.
s/ George Holloway Nancy Holloway
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid
before me Joshua T Smith JP
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State of Georgia Walton County
I Wm W Nowell Clerk of the Infenor Court of said County & State do certify that Joshua T. Smith whose genuine Signature appears to the within and foregoing is and was at
the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified. Given under my hand and
Seal of office this 10th day of February 1855
Wm W. Nowell Clk

Cath Clack Statement
W. M. Varnum
Dahlonega Georgia
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11,308
Rebecca Smith Widow of David
Georgia
Suspended for satisfactory proof of David Smith's her husband service in the Revolutionary War,-- Marriage
before 23 Jany 94 Admitted
Act July 7 1838 &c
1856 May 23. bill 366
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Amended Declaration of Rebecca Smith State of Georgia County of Walton on this 23rd day of December
1851 personally appeared before me W Briscoe one of Judges of the Inferior Court in & for said County & State Rebecca Smith a resident of said County & State aged Eighty nine last August who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed July 7th 1838 Entitled an act granting pay & pensions to certain widows & that this is the widow of David Smith who was a private in the Militia in Capt Robert Maxfields [Maxwell] Company Major Read [John Reid] Col. [Andrew]  Pickens Regt, since making her former declaration on reflection  she
believes also served under Capt [Peter] Burns & Capt Lawrence [sic] or [John] Laurens in two or more tours aganst the Indians that she thinks her husband served under Capt Burns in the Reg commanded by Col Wade Hampton under General Sumpter [Thomas Sumter] that she has heard her husband say that a portion
of the time he was a drafted solder & some of the time as a Volunteer she has heard him say he had been in several engagements in South Carolina with the Indians does not remember how long her husband said he served in the Revolutionary war
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12th day of January 1852
I certify that I am acquainted with R A Johnston and H H Camp
Witnesses above named and that they are persons of truth & veracity and Respectable in the neighborhood
Given under my hand this 19th January 1852
W Briscoe JIC

State of Georgia Walton County  
I W W Nowell Clerk of the
Infenor of said County & State do certify this Waters Briscoe is and was at the time of Signing the Same an acting Justice of the Inferior Court for
said County & State duly commissioned and creditable.
Given under my hand & Seal of said county this 12th Jany 1852
W W Nowell Clk
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Georgia Walton County
we the undersigned do certify that we was well acquainted with David Smith the husband of Rebecca Smith
who is now applying for a pension for
many years prior to his death and always understood from him & others that he was a Revolutionary solder
Eli Whaley his X mark
Wm Lewalling
Carter Hill
Abner Camp
Sterling Clack

Georgia Walton County 
I do hereby certify that the above named subscribers is intitled to full credit for their statement & further testify that they are old Citizens & of good standing January 10th 1852
Joshua T Smith Justice Peace
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Comptroller Genls Office
Columbia So Ca
6th Sept 1851
No. 48 Lib. S Issued the 3rd June 1785 to Mr David Smith for
Forty four pounds 2S 10p stlg for Militia Duty before since the reduction of Charleston
pr acct audited

Principal L 44.2.10 1/4  No 42: Annual Interest L3.1.9
48 S No 42 Mr David Smith his acct of Duty in the Militia done as private before and since the reduction of Charlestown Amotg to L309
Stg L 44.2.10 1/4
State So Carolina Dr. to David Smith
for Duty pr Col. [Robert] Anderson's return L30 stg L44.2.10 1/4
Received 3rd June 1785 full satisfaction for the within in an Indent H 48 Book S by virtue of an order
(Signed) John Hunter

I certify the above to be a true copy
from the Records in this Office and
I further Certify that it appears from the Pay Roll of Captain Peter Burns in the Regiment of Light Dragoons Commanded by Lt Col Wade Hampton Genl Sumters Brigade" that David Smith as private in said Company performed ten months duty,
Commencing Apl '81.
For Comptroller Genl
James A Black Dep
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C Allen says Smith
Served under Cpt Maxwell
in South Carolina
[illegible]
10 months under Burns
C. Allen
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Allen say Smith
Servant
and in the Galler
person by
Went in
in the
months and
C. Allen
of
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entire Revolutionary struggle, that his this deponents services, and that alluded to of the said David Smith
were mainly performed in the Western & N. Western part of So. Ca. under Gen. [Andrew] Pickens, Col. [Robert] Anderson and other officers that from his great age and impaired memory he is unable to describe minutely the services above alluded to. He further declares that he well knew Rebecca Lindley in time of said war, and before the war and that they were school children together
that after the war he was credibly informed and always understood that the said Rebecca Lindley was married to the identical David Smith who he had seen and always understood
served in Capt. Maxwells company in the Revolutionary war. that he is unable to state the length of his service or give the dates, further
than that it was rather in the latter part of the war. that he had no knowledge of any other David Smith in the Revolutionary army except
the one above described that he had but little knowledge of them after the war as he did not live near them, but he understand they moved off to Georgia. And he further swears that
he is a disinterested witness.
Charles Allen X his mark
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We Daniel C. Dendy and Sally M. Crisp residents of Laurens District State of South Carolina, upon
our oaths declare that the foregoing affidavit was Sworn to and acknowledged by Charles Allen in 
our presence after being plainly read to him, that we have long been intimately acquainted with said Charles Allen that we believe him
to be ninety one yours of age that he has always been a man of extensive information & sound mind. that although he is now blind from age and his memory some what impaired his reason is still perfect, and he able to converse freely and rationally upon all matters relative to his past life
that the foregoing statements were made voluntarily by him and with due caution and that they are worthy of full credit. s/ DC Dendy SM Crisp

the foregoing affidavit of Charles Allen was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written. And I certify that I have long known the affiant and that I know his statements are worthy of full
credit, and that he is of the age above stated further certify that the affidavit of D.C. Dendy and S. M. Crisp was sworn to and subscribed before
me as aforesaid that they are residents of said District and
highly respectable citizens and entitled to full credit
other certify that I am not interested in the claim to which the
above testimony relates
Lem G Williams M.L.D.
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Ga.
Rebecca Smith
wid of David
private of horse
Rev. War
Special Act
approved March 1857.
direct to be inserted
at $100 per ann
Act 7 July 1838 to adm
Commencing 4 March 1836 & continuing for life, Except for 2 years
Savannah
WM Varnum
Dahlonega
Ga.
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Rebecca Smith
David
GA sus 1838
Judge Hiltzer
Certificate as to Thompson good standing

WM Varnum
Dahlonega Georgia
Page 68

I certify that I am acquainted with the family  of Thompson in Walton County (which is the County of my residence.) And although I distinguish
them by their given names & cannot speak with certainty & definitively about David Thompson but the family are respectable & I do not know of
one of the names who is not reliable as a man of truth
Mrs Cary I do not know-- I am well
acquainted with our clerk Wm Nowell & he is a gentleman of high character for frankness truth & candor-- & his vouching for the credibility
of the witnesses to this application is entitled to the utmost confidence
Jarrius Hiltzer
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Brief in the case of Rebecca Smith, wid of David
County and State of Georgia
merited under act of July 1838 &c
by direction of Special Act. approved 25 March 1857.
Claim, original" or for incease.)
Proof exhibited, (if original
Is it documentary traditionary or supported by rolls
A claim suspended by this Office was
admitted by the last Congress as above Stated

Name and residence of Agent
WM Varnum Dahlonega Ga
R. McRae Examining Clerk
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Hon. Howell Cobb, HR
February 1. 1856
Enclosing Fac simile of
the handwriting of
David Smith, to be
compared with the facsimile
amongst the papers in the
case of Rebecca Smith
Ga-Mrs-- 1838
act of Feb 2 1856
Cobb
Respectfully referred to
the Commr of  Pensions
Dept Int Feb 2/56
Chas. S Frailey Actg Ch Clk
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Washington City
House of Reps
Feby 1 1856
Dear Sir.
Enclosed I send you a Fac simile of
the hand writing of David Smith
of Walton County GA to be
compared with the Fac simile now among the papers in the case of Mrs
Rebecca Smith-- I have not compared them-- but if the comparison proves the identify of the said David Smith I
cannot doubt that the pension
will be allowed & justice thereby done to a most worthy old woman
PArdon the unusual
interest I have manifested in this
matter-- I know it is right &
cannot yield the point
yours &c
Nowell Cobb
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I was intimately acquainted with Charles Allen Esq affiant in the foregoing affidavit. I saw him last
about three years since. He died about two weeks since.
He preserved his faculties in an extraordinary degree up to the period of his death. This I know from personal observation & repeated inquiry since last I saw him.
There was not a more reputable
man in Laurens District. He was universally esteemed and respected.
He reared a large family of children
most of whom are now dead but his grand children & G. G. Children are in that district highly respectable.
I knew Charles Allen of Laurens Dist
more intimately from the fact of his having been my constituent for four years- He was a true Soldier in the Revolution and at all celebrations was placed at the head of the Revolutionary soldiers. any statement which he has ever made in writing or orally I will believe most implicitly even not under oath. He was too prudent thoughtful & just to wrong any one by a misrepresentation for he was a man of as high & pure character as any I have ever known
James L. Orr
M. C. from S. C
I know the witnesses D. C Dendy, and the Magistrate Lem. G. William Esq both of whom are very
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worthy respectable citizens 
James L Orr 
Washington 25th Jany 1856
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Copy
Department of the Interior
Washington, Jany 29 1856
Sir
Your decision upon the claim of Rebecca Smith, widow of David Smith, for a Revolutionary
Pension, has been affirmed upon the grounds set forth in your report thereon, of the 23d Instant, and the Hon Mr Cobb so informed by letter, a copy of which is enclosed. The papers
in the case are herewith returned to your office
I am very respectfully
Your obedient Servt
Signed )R McClelland
Secretary

Hon J Minot
Commissioner of Pension,
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Pension Office,
April 21st 1856.
Sir I have the honor herewith to transmit the papers in the case of Rebecca Smith, widow of David of Georgia, for pension under the Act of July 7th 1838, &c.
In 1850, the widow filed her application, claiming that her husband served under Captains [Peter] Burns and Lawrence [John Laurens] during the Revolutionary War, but of the  duration of his service, she could tell nothing.
To support the averment she produced the testimony of Mary Abercrombie and two Lindleys, who all swore to the service of her husband from personal knowledge
and from reputation, without however, affixing any specific length to it, and she also exhibited a certificate from the Comptroller of South Carolina, showing a payment to one David Smith, of L44.2s.10 1/4d and also showing that a man of the same name served under Captain Burns
William Lindley Nancy Bolt, and Easter Casey all declare the general reputation of the deceased,
but none of them can pretend to define the length of
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service. Charles Allen, 91 years old, says that he served near to David Smith in a different company
and had but little acquaintance with him; and yet at this late period, he undertakes to establish the  service of a man of whom, according to his own account, he knew but little; who soon afterwards removed from his State, and who had been in no position to fix hims lf upon his memory. What he says indeed, is too vague to allow any pension to be founded upon it, but it is evident, in that little, he, with the facility
of his extreme age, mistakes what he has recently heard for what he had long remembered
A fac simile of the handwriting of one David Smith attesting an order of Benjamin Smith for his pay is exhibited, but, as there is nothing with which to compare it, the object of its production is not perceived.
It is also shown that one David Smith who was alleged to be positively the claimant's husband, (though no attempt is made to establish this, swore that Benjamin Smith served against the Tories and Indians, and under General Williamson, but for how long he does not say nor
does he pretend that he was in service at the same time. Mrs Bolt, indeed swears that Benjamin Smith
was the brother of David Smith, that Benjamin Smith
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became a pensioner, and informed her that if his brother David were living, he would also be entitled to a pension from the fact that he rendered the same service; but
Benjamin was not a pensioner of the United States. if he received one at all, it was from the State of South Carolina, and the David Smith who supported his application, was dead when this circumstance occurred;
but claimant's husband lived till 1833, and if, indeed, he had been in service, might have applied for himself-
This fact shows that Mrs. Bolts recollection cannot be relied upon to supply the absence of positive proof
If it were conceded that her husband served at all there is nothing to fix the length of his service, which
is as important an element of the Pension Laws as the fact of service
It may be proper to say that the most material portion of the evidence in this case has been twice before
the Secretary of the Interior since 1855, and that no sufficient ground for its allowance has been perceived
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully,
your Obt. Svt,
J Minot
Commissioner

Hon Jacob Broom
Chairman &c
House of Reps.
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Th. Lumpkin
Atty 
for Ch. Varnum
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State of Georgia Walton County
Know all men by these presents that I Rebecca Smith of said County & State do hereby constitute & appoint William M. Varnum of Dahlonega Georgia my Attorney for me & in my name to examine any papers on file in the Pension Office that was filed by my deceased husband David Smith who died in 1833 the better to enable him to prosecute my claim for a Pension under act 7th July 1838 made & provided for surviving widows of Revolutionary Solders. Thereby ratifying & conforming
all that my said Atty may do by
virtue of these presents
Rebecca Smith X her mark
Given under my hand seal this the 21st day of August 1852
s/ Joshua T Smith Justice Peace
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Rebecca Smith
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Mrs Rebecca Smith, of Georgia, claims that she is the widow of David Smith, a Revolutionary Soldier of the South Carolina Militia. That her
husband served under various officers, but she is not able to specify the service rendered, though she
is satisfied he served under Capt [Peter] Burns & Lawrence[John Laurens]. Several witnesses testify that he did serve in South Carolina, and that they know he served under Capt Burns. The Comptroller of S.C.
shows that one David Smith did render some service under Captain Burns, but the duration of
the service has not been established
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Pension Office
June 28th 1855
I have examined the testimony which accompanied your letter of the 11th instant, in support of the claim of Rebecca Smith, widow of David, under the Act of July 7th 1838, and you are informed that it in no degree removes the objection to the admission of the claim, so fully stated in my report to the Secretary of the Interior of the 15th of June, 1855, and in the view of which he promptly concurred. We want direct evidence to identify claimant's husband with the service embraced by
the certificate of the Comptroller of South Carolina, and none other will be satisfactory
I am, respectfully
Your Obt. Svt
LP Waldo
Commissioner

W. M. Varnum, Esqr.
Atlanta
Georgia
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Dahlonega March 17th 1855
Court of Pensions
will find a Bible and a family record of Job Smith son of Rebecca Smith who is applying for a Pension under
act 7th July 1838 the affidavits that I
sent to the Pension Office from Atlanta some time in February will explain the object in sending this
The Bible did  not reach
me when the affidavits did which was
the cause of my not sending it with
them and making same calculations to visit Washington about the first of April prevented may forwarding it before this time
Respectfully
Yours
W. M. Varnum
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Rebecca Smith
David
GA  Jun 1838
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Dahlonega June 11th 1855
Mr. S. Cole
Acting Com of Pension
will please hand the
accompanying proof of Charles Allen and Wm Lindley in support of the claim of Rebecca Smith to Mr. Rhett the Clerk who examined the last proof that I sent on and request him to report to me to Dahlonega Georgia as soon as practicable
Mrs Smith is very old and needy and
wants her Pension which she is clearly entitled to I have no doubt
Very Respectfully
Your obedient Sert
W. M. Varnum
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Atlanta Feb. 19th 1855
Mr Rhett
Dear Sir
Please find additional
proof in support of Mrs Rebecca
Smiths claim for a Pension which
I hope will remove all doubts
in the matter
Respectfully
your obt svt
W. M. Varnum
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State of Georgia Walton County
On this the 30th day of October 1854
before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared Mrs. Easter Casey
aged (76) seventy six years a resident of the County and State aforesaid and well known to me as entitled to credit who being sworn in due form of the law upon her oath make the following statements. That from the time of her earliest recollection she has been intimately acquainted with Rebecca Smith the identical person who still
lives in the County and State above mentioned and who has made application for a Revolutionary pension as the widow of David Smith that she this deponant was told by her parents was born in time of the Revolutionary war and that at the time of her first recollection was
living in Laurens District South Carolina. that said Rebecca Smith and her husband the said David
Smith were at that time near neighbors to this deponants parents in said District of St. that they were then living together as husband and wife and under good repute and had several children two or three of which
were about the age of this deponant that said David Smith was at that time a reputed Soldier of the Revolution
That she heard him talk a great deal about his services and adventures in said war and that many and many a time
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when she this deponant was a little girl did she hear other old men who said they were soldiers in said
war, speak of said Smith as a brave soldier, and she often heard them talk to him about their fights with the British & Tories. That he had a most bitter hatred of the Tories and would not suffer them to come about him. that he was always called a true whig and was always respected & honored as a true friend to liberty
that about the year 1807, said David Smith and his family moved to Georgia and that about nine years
thereafter this deponent & her family moved to Georgia also and settled in Walton County close by the said
David Smith & his wife Rebecca lived. That the said David Smith still bore the same reputation as to his
Revolutionary character. That he here had a warm friend by name of Israel Eastwood who finally drew a Revolutionary pension as she understood that she often saw these
old men together and heard them talk much about their adventures, and the hardships and sufferings that they
endured in the cause of Freedom And she further states that the said David & Rebecca Smith continued
to live together as husband and wife until his death and that no doubt of their having been lawfully married
was entertained by any one. that he died in Walton County Georgia about the year 1831 tor 32 that the said
Rebecca Smith has never married and that
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she is still the widow of said David Smith. she further swears that she is a disinterested witness
Test. Ange Rudolph
Easter Casey her X Mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year above written And I do certify that the said Easter Casey
is well known to me that I believe her to be of the age above stated that she is an old person of good mind and excellent recollection, and that I believe her statements in the foregoing affidavit are strictly true
that said affidavit was distinctly & carefully read to her as it now stands written. I further certify that
I have no interest in the claim to which the above evidence relates & am not related to said Rebecca Smith
Joshua T Smith JP
Also personally appeared before me David Thompson aged (68) sixty eight years a resident of Walton County
Georgia a highly respectable able and credible witness who being sworn in due form of the law declares
upon his oath that from the year 1808 he was personally well acquainted with David Smith the identical person who was the reputed husband
of the identical Rebecca Smith who now lives in this Walton County and who has applied for
a Revolutionary pension that said David Smith was reputed and believed to have been a faithful
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soldier of the Revolution in South Carolina, that he often heard him speak of his services and
adventures in said war and that he often heard others speak of him as a true whig and a brave soldier in the strife for liberty that he was well acquainted with him from the time
above stated until his death and that he always was respected and honored as a true soldier in the American cause in the war of
the Revolution by every body who know him that his character as such was never doubted by any
that a doubt of his having been lawfully married to the said Rebecca was never expressed by any or as this deponent fully believes, that they lived peaceably together as husband and
wife until his death that he died in Walton County Georgia about the year 1831 or 1832 to the best of his
recollection that said Rebecca is still his widow. He further swears that he is a disinterested witness
s/ David Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 30th day of October 1852 
s/ Joshua T Smith JP

State of Georgia Walton County
I William W Nowell clerk of the district court of said county and state do hereby certify Joshua T Smith
[illegible] s/ WW Nowell Clk
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Mr Clark
will file and hand these papers to Mr S Cole

WM Varnum
Atlanta Geo
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Atlanta Feb 19th 1855
Mr S Cole
Dear Sir
Will you do me the favor
to hand the accompanying proof in Mrs. Smith case to Mr Rhett as he examined the original papers in said
case
Respectfully your
obedient sevant
W. M. Varnum
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The within letter &
papers should have
been transmitted at
the date but was
unfortunately mislaid
We hope that the
claim will receive
early attention.
Evans & Faut
June 25 1852.

Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pension
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Washington Oct 20th 1852.
Sir We herewith enclose additional
evidence in the case of Rebecca Smith Widow of David, Georgia, 
Suspd Act 7th July 1838.
Mr A.L. Gage, who has the case in charge has committed his business to our case, during his temporary
absence from the City, you will therefore be pleased to report the result of your examination to the undersigned
The evidence enclosed
1. Certificate of Hon D. Wallace
2 Certificate of the Clerk of the Court of Abbeville District
3 Affadavit of Jonathan Lindley
4. Cert. Compr  S. Carolina 
Very respectfully
Evans & Faut.

JE Heath Esq
Commr of Pensions
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Washington DC
Jany 27th 1853
Hon. A. H. H. Stuart
Secy of Dept of Intr
Sir By request of Col. Varnum of Ga now present, the Atty for the
claim of Rebecca Smith, Ga Act 7th July, 1838, widow of David Smith, whose claim has been refused
on the ground of insufficiency of proof in relation to her marriage and
identity, I have very carefully
examined the proof in relation to
each, and respectfully beg leave
to join issue with the commr and
have the honor to appeal to you
for a confirmation or reversal of said objections. It is deemed unnecessary
to enter more fully into this case at present.
I have the honor &c
Th. Lumpkin
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Additional evidence case Rebecca Smith widow of David 
Georgia Act 7 July 1838 Suspd

Evans & Faut
Washington City
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there is no public Law in
South Carolina which requires that
Mariages shall be entered of Record
any where,
& I am not aware that
there ever was such a law in that
State
I make this statement
at the request of Mr N Rathbun
D Wallace
May 7th 1852
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Compt letter
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Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia So. Ca Dec. 10th 1851.
Maj. W.M. Varnum,
Sir
At your instance I have again
examined the Records in the case of
David Smith and find that no place of
residence is shown by the Book I No 48 of which you have already had a
Copy. Payment was made to John Hunter but the order by virtue of which he received it I cannot find enclosed in the account the usual mode by which payments for military services in the war of the Revolution
were made, unless when received by the Officer or soldier in person. Only the one name of David Smith appears on the Pay Roll of Captain Peter Burns Troop Col Wade Hampton's Regt. and of the fact of service thereby shown you have already had a certificate. No place of residence being shown thereby-- The two
instances herein enumerated are the only ones in which service of David Smith appears I find
For Comptroller Genl
James A Black
Dep. C.G.
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Pension Office June 7th 1853
Sir
I herewith return the letter of Thomas Lumpkin Esq. appealing from the decision of this Office in the
case of Rebecca Smith, of Georgia, widow of David, whose claim for the benefit of the Act of July 7th 1838, has been suspended, and respectfully request that he may be required, in pursuance of the Regulations of the Department of the Interior of the 6th of February, 1852, to cite the portion of evidence relied on to establish the marriage of the claimant prior to 1794.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
Commissioner
Hon. Robert McClelland,
Secretary of the Interior.
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Rebecca Smith
David Ga Jul 1838
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Washington DC
August 15th 55
Hon J Minot
sir
I have the honor to transmit 
addl evidence in the case of Mrs Rebecca Smith, widow of David Smith, act 7th July 1838, a suspended case. In addition to the above I respectfully ask that the evidence shall be again exd in
connection with the above especially the affiance of Chas Allan  for the removal of the objections in the case when the Secty of the Int. Dept refused it on my appeal. I beg respectfully that this case may be carefully examined, and a report made to me upon the result. I cannot doubt but a fair and liberal view of all the evidence will admit it.
I have the honor to be
Very Truly Th. Lumpkin
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Washington City
17. April 1856
Sir The enclosed resolution
having passed the house of
Reps I request that you
will forward to me as
Chairman of the Committee
of Revolutionary Pensions
the papers of file in your
office in the case of
Mrs Rebecca Smith
very respectfully
Jacob Broom
Chairm Com. on Rev. Pension

Hon J. Minot
Commr of Pensions-
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Papers sent to Jacob Brown
Chairman of the Committee Pensions
H of Reps April 21 1856
Extracts from letter to Secy of Intr of the 23rd Jan 1856 Inst
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Washington City
12. May 1857
Sir
You will please forward 
to Col Wm M Varnum Dahlonega Ga
the pension certificates of Mrs
Rebecca Smith above prepared -
Respectfully
Yours
Nowell Cobb
Mr White
Com of Pen
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I wish to examine the pension papers of Rebecca Smith of Georgia an applicant for a Revolutionary pension on file in the Dept.
Jany 23. 1852
very Respectfully
Yr Obt Svt
A.L. Gage

Hon Comr of pensions
A Gage can re the papers above mentioned if he has filed proper authority jn
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Pension Office
March 29. 1831
Sir I herewith return to you the additional evidencedesigned to be used in the case of Rebecca Smith, widow of David. I do not find such on the South Carolina files. If the application was made from any other
State you will please inform me of
fact.
I am sir respectfully
Your obt svt
FL Evans
for Com of Pension

J. G. Berrit Esq
Present
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Resolution
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Resolved that the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions inquire into the claim of Rebecca Smith, widow of David Smith, a revolutionary soldier, and that the said Committee have
leave to report by bill or otherwise.
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Washington 4 Aug. 1851

sir I enclose additonal evidence in
the case of Rebecca Smith
for Revolutionary Pension
Yours Respectfully
James G Berret
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Know all men by these presants that
I Rebecca Smith of Walton County Georgia have appointed and by these presents do appoint A L. Gage of Washington D.C. my true and lawful
Attorney inviolably for me and in my name to receive from the United States all my pension of money
due to me on account of arrears of pay or any money which may be due to me by the United States on any account whatever & generally to do
all acts & things whatever touching the premises and an attorney under stood to make and at pleasure to revoke hereby confirm whatever
my said Attorney, shall lawfully do
in the premises hereby revoking all other power of Attorney made by me to any other person. In Testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal this 12th day of September 1851.
Rebecca Smith X her mark
acknowledged & Subscribed 
before me a Justice of the Peace in 
and for the County & State aforesaid
Joshua T Smith Justice of Peace

Rebecca Smith being sworn, make oath & says that she is directly intented as a claiment in this Case
Rebecca Smith X her mark 
sworn to an subscribed before me this 12th day of September 1851
Joshua T Smith Justice of Peace
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State of Georgia Walton County
I, W.W. Nowell Clerk of the County Court of said County and State do certify that Joshua T. Smith whose name appears to the foregoing Power of attorney as Justice of the Peace is an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit ought to be had and given to his attestation as such
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this 13th September 1851
W. W. Worrell Clk
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Rebecca Smith
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The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District I, Matthew McDonald Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas and General Sessions and Ex Officio
Register of Meshe Conveyances and keeper of the Records for the said District in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that, upon proper search being made, the record of the marriage of David Smith and Rebecca Lindley does not appear and is not to be found in the Records of my office-
I do further certify that there never was nor is now any Statute Law in South Carolina requiring marriage to be recorded.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of Office at Abbeville Court House the twenty first day of May Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and fifty two and seventy sixth year of American Independence-
Matthew McDonald
C. J. G.S. & Regr M.C.
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34th CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1st Session.
REPORT No. 145. H.R. 366
REBECCA SMITH.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 366.]
MAY 23, 1856.
Mr. S. MILLER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made
the following REPORT.
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions having been instructed by a
resolution of the House to inquire into the claim of Rebecca Smith, widow of David Smith, a revolutionary soldier, with leave to report by bill or otherwise, beg leave to report:
The committee have obtained from the office of the Commissioner
of Pensions all the papers filed in that office relating to this claim, and have carefully examined them. They find that one David Smith, of South Carolina, rendered military service during the war of the Revolution for more than two years at a private of horse, as appears by the record of military service in the office of the comptroller general, in said State. They also find that the petitioner was lawfully married to a David Smith, of South Carolina, and that there is evidence in the case tending to prove that the husband of the petitioner
was the identical David Smith who performed said military service.
But the Commissioner of Pensions does not regard this evidence as
satisfactory to establish the fact of identity. This committee, however, are of opinion that the petitioner is the widow of the David Smith who performed the aforesaid service, and that she is entitled to the benefit of the act of July 7, 1838, and the acts subsequent thereto continuing to beneficiaries the benefit of said act.
They therefore have prepared a bill for a public act, which they herewith report to the House and recommend its passage.
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I Waters Briscoe one of the Judges of the within & above named & before whom the declaration of Rebecca Smith the applicant for a pension with
in named & before whom the proceedings were held do hereby certify & declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the Interrogation prescribed by the war Department that his
said husband David Smith was a Revolutionary Soldier & I do further certify that in my opinion his declaration is true according to his best recollection and that she is totally unable from bodily infirmity & old age to attend Court for the purpose of making his declaration
Given under my hand the 25 Decr 1851 s/ Waters Briscoe J C

State of Georgia County of Walton
personally appeared before me
R A Johnston and HH Camp
of lawful age of the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law and says that they ever acquainted with David Smith
that he died at home in the County of Walton  State of Georgia on 27th day of March 1833 as stated in the above declaration and we know the said Rebecca Smith has ever since the
death of said David Smith remained his widow sworn to & subscribed this 12th January 1852
Briscoe JIC

RA Johnston
H H. Camp
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but has heard him tell of being out part of three or four years & he often spoke of being out in the army she further says that she was married
to David Smith in March in the year 1782 that her husband died on the 27th day of March 1833 that she was not married to said David Smith
prior to his being in the service but prior to January 1-1794 she further says that the Bible containing a Record of her said Marriage was burnt up in a house seven years ago but from the best of her recollection she was married in March 1782
that she can prove her marriage by Miss Mary Abercrombide & Elizabeth Lindley if they are living both of whom were present at mararige & they now reside in Lawrence Dist South Carolina that she was married to David Smith in Abbeville Dist South Carolina in year 1782 instead of 1783 as stated in my former declaration
Rebecca Smith X her mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above Written
s/ Waters Briscoe a Judge of the Inferior Court for said County
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Nancy Smith did not send the Record mentioned

WM Varnum Dahlonega Georgia
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State of Georgia Walton County
On this 15 day of February 1855, before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County personally
appeared Nancy Smith aged about sixty years, a resident of said County & State, and known to me as entitled to credit who after being sworn in due form of the law does upon her
oath make the following statements. That she is the widow of Job Smith deceased, who was the reputed son of David Smith decd, and Rebecca Smith who still lives and has
applied for a revolutionary pension as his widow. That this deponent and said Job Smith were married in
Jackson County Georgia on the tenth day of August 1817 that she herewith presents a record, or the remains of the old Family Bible kept by herself & husband the said Job Smith containing the record of their marriage as above stated, & also the record of the births of their children, commencing with Joseph born April 7, 1819. and ending on the fourth page of said record with Nancy Adeline born May 9, 1832. That upon the first page of the last leaf of said record, may be found the ages of herself and her said husband viz: Job Smith was born February the 15th day in the year of our Lord 1793. Nancy
Smith was born March the 7, 1795. That all the Records above described are in the hand writing of her said husband, and are she believes perfectly correct. She further states that the said David & Rebecca
Smith had three children with whom she was well
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acquainted who were all older than her husband the said Job Smith viz: James, Mary and Joseph. That she makes the above statements, for the benefit of the said Rebecca Smith in her claim to pension. And she further swears that she never heard an
intimation or suspicion that said David & Rebecca Smith were not lawfully & honorably married
That she has no pecuniary interest in the claim of said Rebecca Smith 
s/ Nancy Smith
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year above written. And I certify that I believe the above statements to be strictly true, that the
erasure of your words on the first page tenth line from the bottom was made before signing. I further certify that I have no interest in the claim of Rebecca Smith, nor am I concerned in
its prosecution
s/ G. W. Smith JP

State of Georgia Walton County 
On this 15 day of February 1855
before me a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County personally appeared Harris Boman aged forty eight years and William Stuard aged
tfory eight years both residents of said County & State known to me as entitled to credit, who being sworn in due form of the law, do upon their oaths make the following statements, That Nancy Smith
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who has made the foregoing affidavit is the widow of Job Smith decd, that said Job Smith was the
reputed son of said Smith deceased and Rebecca Smith who still lives in said County & state and
who has applied for a revolutionary pension as the widow of said David Smith that they were well
acquainted with said David Smith in his lifetime and his reputed wife the said Rebecca Smith
that they have been for many years well acquainted with the most of their children. That they well know
James Smith Mary Smith and Joseph Smith that they were all the reputed children of said David & Rebecca Smith, and were all older
than their brother, the said Job Smith and that they are disinterested witnesses s/ Harris Boman
William J Archer
William Stuart his X mark

Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid
before me s/ G W Smith J P

State of Georgia Walton County
I Wm W Novell Clerk of the 
Inferior Court of said County & State
do certify that G W Smith whose genuine signature
to the forgoing affidavits is and was at the time of signing and
the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified
Given under my hand and seal of office this 15th day of February 1855 
Wm W Novell Clerk
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Comptroller General's Office
Columbia S.C 31st Decr 1855.
No 42 47 S. Mr Benjamin Smith his accot of Duty in the Militia
before & since the reduction of Charlestown amg  to Cmry L 688
State So Carolina Dr to Benjamin Smith for duty p. Col Anderson's return L 688 Stg L98.5.8 ½
Recd 3d June 1785 full satisfaction for the above in an Indent N 47 sp
Order (Signed) Job Smith"
South Carolina Abbeville County
February the 16 1786 Gentelmen of the Tremary please to deliver to Mr Job Smith what endents is in your offer due to me and gentlemen you will oblige your humble servant (signed) David Smith (signed) Benjamin Smith February 16 1786
St South Carolina Abbeville County Personally appeared David Smith Before me and made oath that the said Benjamin Smith assign his name
to the above order Sworn to this 10th of February 1786. Before me (signed) Adm Cr. Jones J.P.
I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of Account No 47 Book S on file in this Office and that the following is an exact fac simile as near as I can take it of David Smith's Signature to the original order of which the above is a copy, viz hereto attached on tracing paper with my Signature below. (David Smith)
For Comptroller Genl
Thos P Walker
Dep Com Gen
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No 5 Jonathan Lindley
[illegible]
James G Berret Present
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State of Georgia Cobb County
On this the 28th day of July 1851 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Jonathan
Lindley Sen. and after being duly sworn according to law states that he is according to the statement of his parents 79 years old that his sister Rebecca Smith widow of David Smith is about 8 or 10 years older than he is that his sister Rebecca was legally
married to David Smith at his Father  in South Carolina about or soon after the close of the Revolutionary war. that he was present & saw them married but does not now recollect the year that they were married in but is certain that said marriage took place some years before the first day of January 1794 He further states that David Smith his sisters husband was reputed and believed to have served his country faithfully in the War of the Revolution that he
recollects one of his officers names that he served under Capt Robert Maxfield [Maxwell].
Jonathan Lindley his X mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day above written before me
s/  T.H. Highsmith
John Anderson J.P.
I John Anderson do hereby
certify that Johnathan Lindley Sen. who has sworn to the above statements appears to be fully as old as he represents himself to be and
that his statements are entitled to full credit
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Given under my hand in my official
capacity this the 28th day of July 1851 John Anderson J. Peace

State of Georgia Cobb County
On this the 28th day of July 1851 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in  and for said County personally appeared Jonathan Lindley Jun. aged 43 years a person whose statements are entitled
to full credit & after being duly sworn according to law states that
his Aunt Rebecca Smiths husband David Smith was reputed & believed to have served his country faithfully in the war of the Revolution and he states that he has frequently heard his parents speak of his Aunt
Rebecca marrying David Smith
in Laurens District South Carolina
not long after the close
of the Rev. War & that he has
Never heard the legality of their
Marriage questioned by any one
s/ Jonathan Lindly
Sworn to and subscribed the day
above written before me
John Anderson J. Peace
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State of Georgia Cobb County
I hereby certify that John Anderson Esqr. before whom the foregoing deposition was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name is
an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes, and that his signature is
Genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office as Clerk
of the Superior Court of said
County this 28th July 1831.
TH Moore C.C.
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Rebecca Smith
Power of Atty
1854
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State of Georgia Walton County
Know all men by these presents
that I, Rebecca Smith (widow of David Smith Revolutionary Soldier of oSouth Carolina do hereby constitute and appoint invocably William M. Varnum of Dahlonega Geo. my true and lawful Attorney with power of substitution
for me and in my name to examine and prosecute my claim to a pension as a Revolutionary widow to file any additional evidence or argument that
he may deem necessary to secure the recovery of said claim. And I hereby do revoke and do all former power of Atty. and I give who may have been intrusted with my claim
Hereby ratifying and confirming all that the said W. M. Varnum may lawfully do by virtue of the presents
Rebecca Smith her X mark
Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of September 1851
Signed Sealed and delivered in my presence s/ Joshua T Smith
David Williams
I hereby certify that the above power
of Attorney was duly executed & acknowledged before me on the day and year above written. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office
A. Rudolph N Public
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Georgia Walton County March 10th 1853
Dear Sir I drop you a few lines to make some enquiry of you
for an old Revolutionary Soldier concerning a pension. she was the widow of David Smith who died in Walton County Georgia  some time between 1830 & 35 her name was Rebecker [Rebecca] Lindley before her Marriage to Smith. Mr Wm Varnum of Deloniga [Dahlonega] Georgia made out a declaration
to get her a pension some time in the
spring of 1849 & had the power of attorney made to some man of your city I forget his name & in the spring of 1851 H H Camp of Walton County took the business and & had a new declaration made out & had another power of attorney made Revoking all
other power of attorney to A L Gage of your City I saw several letters that
Gage wrote to Camp stating that it
was a good claim & the last one stated that he thought there was enough proof made. Smith done his
Service in South Carolina in the Revolution. Varnum was at my house on his way from Washington in December in 1852 & said said that he would have got the pension granted if it hadn't a fine that the power of attorney hadnt been Revoked and made to Gage. If there ever has been a pension granted to only person under said claim I want you to write to me
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as soon as convenient for Mrs Smith
is in very destitute circumstances. there in suspicion that there has been a pension granted & has bin with held from her & whether has been a pension granted or not write & when it was granted & wheter there is any thing for a pension or not she has been all the proof be made that can be made & is before you so the old lady will be satisfied yours truly
Joshua T Smith
Direct your letter to Monroe
Walton County Georgia
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Comproller Generals Office
Columbia SC Dec. 9th 1850
No.48 Lib.S Issued the 3rd June 1785 to Mr David Smith for forty four pounds 2S10 1/4 stlg
for militia duty before &since the
reduction of Charleston P. Acct
Principal L44.2.10 1/4 Annual interest L3:1.9 = 48S
Mr David Smith his accot of duty
done in the militia as private before
and since the reduction of Charleston
accotg to Stg L44. 2:10 1/4
State of South Carolina Dr to David Smith For duty p. Col Anderson's return Stg 44.2.10 1/4
Payment made 3d June 1785 to John Hunter by virtue of an order which cannot now be found-- So other
evidence of David Smith's locality
from the Record -
I do hereby certify the foregoing
to be true copies taken from the
Original Records in this Office
the remarks in red ink being mine and correct as from an inspection of the
Record. And I further certify
that it appears from the Pay Roll
of Captain Bebrn's (Peter Burns) Troop
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in the Regt of Light Dragoons Commanded by Col Wade Hampton General [Thomas] Sumters
Brigade, that David Smith a private
served ten months commencing in Apl 1781 in said Company for For Comptroller Genl
James A Black
Deputy
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all men by these Presents, That I Rebecca Smith of State of Georgia and County of Walton
hereby constitute and appoint M. Thompson of Washington D C
my true and lawful agent and Attorney to prosecute the claim of Rebecca Smith widow of David
any amount of Revolutionary Pension or case of Pension, that may be due; and hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at
Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which
may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to me
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that 1
might or could do were I personally present Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 30 day September A D. 1853
I hereby Revoke all other power of Attorney heretofore made by me
Rebecca Smith her X mark
Signed and in the presence of
HH Camp 
Joshua T Smith J.Peace

State of Georgia County of Walton
On this 30 day of September
A. D. 1853.
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared
Rebecca Smith and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be
act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, The and
the day and year aforesaid.
Joshua T Smith  J. Peace
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Claim of  Act of
STATE OF Georgia
COUNTY Walton
Be it known, That on this 30th
day of September A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty three before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Rebecca Smith a resident of Georgia
in said County, and made oath according to Law that she is the widow of David Smith who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of
_Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased. That she is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in procuring said claim.
Rebecca Smith her X mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid before me
s/ Joshua T Smith J. Peace.

I, JT. Smith Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Rebecca Smith who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident of this county and is, I believe directly  interested in said claim as herein set forth
s/ Joshua T Smith J. Peace
I, WW Nowell Clerk of the Inferior Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify Joshua T. Smith before whom the
foregoing papers were executed was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County,
date and the name in
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
of my official Seal the day this 13th day of  October A. D. 1853.
s/ W W Nowell Clerk