Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File Bl Reg 205331-1855, for James Smith, Georgia
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(3--1776) SERVICE NUMBEFR Ga Smith,James BL Reg 205331
Elizabeth  Rev War
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205331
Act second [?]
Augt 25/83

Elizabeth Smith Widow
of James Smith
private
 Capt Sarrance
liat  Lewis Gardner
Geo Mil [Georgia Militia]
[Illegible]
[Illegible}
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Rev'oly War
GW   No Papers (in pencil?)

Top right side 
Sct JS. & R. H. Gallaher Aug 29/56
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GEORGIA} By their honors the Judges of the Court of Ordinary, for said County.
Greene county 
To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: KNOW ye, that upon the 7 day of July in the year of our Lord 1817 before their honors the Judges of the court of Ordinary for said county, duty thereto constituted, appointed and organized by an act of Assembly, of the state aforesaid; the last will and testament of James Smith late of said country or Greene, deceased, was in common law proved, approved and exhibitted [sic]; a copy of which is to these presents annexed, and administration, of all and singular the goods,  chattles and credits of said deceased, and any way concerning his will, was granted unto Ebenezer Smith, executor & Elizbeth Smith  the executer in and by said Will named and appointed they having first taken an oath, well and truly to administer the said goods, chattles and credits, according to the tenor and effect of the said testament, and according to law, and to make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattles and credits, which were if the said deceased, at the time of his death. together with a list of the debts which have, may, or shall come to your hands, possession, or knowledge, appraised in Dollars and cents, as also to render a just and true account of and upon your administration therein, touching which inventory you are presently assigned to perform, or at furthest, within three months from the date hereof, and return the same to the Ordinary's office for said county, and an account on the first term of the court of Ordinary in every year, until you have completed your administration therein. Witness the honorable Oliver Porter - one of the Judges of the court of Ordinary this 12th day or August 1817
Ebenezer Torrence  [Indistinquishable swirls]
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Georgia
Greene County
In the Name of God Amen
I James Smith of the State of Georgia Having
County of Greene being Sick & Expecting to die but of sound mind & Memory do make & ordain this to be my last will & Testament
1 First I will that all my Just debts be paid as early as Circumstances will admit it to be done
2 Secondly To my Son Ebenezer Smith I will & bequeath as Tracts of Land in Jackson County Containing [unintelligible] hundred Eighty [unintelligible] Acres lying on the fork of Curity Creek to posess all & Every benefit Ariseeing from said land without delay.  Also negro boy & whenever he Shall marry, by the name of Ezekiel provided he pay to my Son Jedediah whatever Sum may be judged just & Laws Equal the Sum to be Estimated by three  arbitrators Chosen one by Ebenezer & One by Jedidiah The two Chooseing [sic] the Third
3 Thirdly I will & bequeath to my son Jedidiah the Tract of Lands on Which I Now live.  Also negro boy named Caleb to have at the death of my beloved wife Elizabeth Smith.  And provided he Shall marry before the death of my beloved Wife Elizabeth he Shall have rights to Settle on the land to Cultivate a part of the farm & Shall receive the negro boy Caleb. I will also that he have a horse worth Eighty Dollars & a good bridle & Saddle as Soon as it Can be gotten
4 Fourthly I will & bequeath to my daughter Abigal now Abigal Osling a negro Girl Named Lucy now in her employ provided however that if the said lucy ever have Children the Two first Children Shall be the property of my two daughters Lucinda & Caroline  that is to say one to Each to be theirs at the age of five Years
5 Fifthly I will & bequeath to my daughter Jane a negro Girl named Tenah provided however that if She ever bears Children the Two first Shall go to my Two daughters Polly & Cyntha that is to Say One Negro to Each of Them to become theirs at the age of five years
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6 Sixthly, I will to my beloved Wife Elizabeth Smith all the Stock Consisting of Horses Cattle hogs & Sheep  All the household & Kitchen furniture / not now belonging to Some of the Children & the use of the house & plantation Also my negro man henry to work for her & the Children Yet to be bond untill [sic] he Shall be of the age of forty five years & then to be freed provided he is faithful honest & true / if however he Cannot be free by reason of immoral manners or Statutes prohibition he Shall be the property of either of my sons (provided he Shall pay the other half the amount of valuation) The property given to my wife Elizabeth she is to have the sole right of during her life & the sole disposal at her death with the Exception of the negro man Henry already disposed of & the property also disposed of
7 Seventhly I will that provided any of the legatees die without issue that So much of the Estate as would by the distribution of the will fall to said legatees be Equally divided among the Surviving Legatees This to be the Case in Every  Such Event
8 Eighthly, I will that in case the negro Girls lucy & Tenah Given by the will to my daughters Abigal & Jane die without or never have Children or have only One two or three So that my daughters Lucinda Caroline Polly Hyntha or any of them Still living Cannot receive [crossed out rece] according to the will that the said negroes lucy & Tenah or any Child or Children if there be not Enough toed meet the object of the will Specified in the fourth & fifth articles be estimated & all my daughters then being living or their lawfull Issue receive an Equal ammount [sic] of the whole value
9 Ninthly I will & appoint my Son Ebinezer Smith Executor & my beloved wife Elizabeth Smith Executrix of this my last will & Testament
10 Ninthly, I Commit my Soul to the mercy of my Redeemer made & Ordained this Twenty Seventh of March 1817
In Witness Thereof I hereunto Cause my name to be affixed in presence of Attests Daniel Connell John Smith Lovid Pierce 
                                        James Smith
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Evidence of Marriage & case of Mrs Elizabeth Smith widow of James Smith

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2115331
Filed Aug 20th
R.H. Gallaher
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Georgia
Greene County  Court of Ordinary,
I James W Godkin ordinary in and for said
County do certify that the attached and foregoing two pages contain a true copy of the will
of James Smith Dec'd. as the same
Stands Recorded in this office.
Given under my hand and official
Signature this 10th day of July 1855
James W Godkin ordin'y
Georgia
Greene County 
Personally came before me Daniel Connel and being Sworn Saith that he is and in as one of the subscribing witnesses to the
will of James Smith sees a and that the foregoing contains copy a of the same and that he lived for many years a
neighbour to said James Smith and his wife
Elizabeth Smith. that they lived as man and
wife and were so reputed by all their neighbours.
that they raised a family of children, and that
said James Smith and Elizabeth Smith were
separated by death, in this County in the
year 1847, and that he was well acquainted with
said parties, and that said Elizabeth
Smith is now ninety or more years old
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th
day of July 1855
James W Godkin
Daniel Connel
Ordinary
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2115, 331

E PLURIBUS UNUM
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM OF
Mrs Elizabeth Smith
widow of James Smith 
Private
Barnance
War Revolution
Also in 
Samuel Blais
Georgia
No. 17823
Rupt
Filed Aug 24th 1855
BY
JOHN S. & RO. H. GALLAHER,
Attorneys,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR BOUNTY LAND,
To be made by the Widow who has never had a Land Warrant.

STATE OF Georgia
COUNTY OF Cobb
88.
On this eighth day of June A.D., 1855, personally appeared before me, a
Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth Cowin
Smith
aged 92 years, a resident of the County of Cobb
in the State of Georgia who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the
widow of James
Smith
deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Tarrance
in the Regiment of NC Malitia commanded
by Col. Not reccollected also served in the
company of Capt Samuel Blair under Col Lewis Gardner in the State of Georgia
in the War with England known as the Revolutionary war 
that she was married to the said James Smith in the state of Georgia
on the
day of
in the year 1782 or 1783, that her
maiden name was Elizabeth Cowen that her said husband died in the year 1817. March 29
and that she is now a widow. She further states that there is no public or
private record of her said marriage that she can find
or knows of
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled
under Act of March 3d, 1855, never having received nor applied for bounty land under this or any other act
of Congress.
She hereby appoints JOHN S. & R. H. GALLAHER, her Attorneys to prosecute and receive her warrant.
Claimant's signature ┃
Elizabeth Smith
Test John G. Felton
J. M. Collins
mark
We, Henry Collins
and Jessee Oslin
residents of the County of Cobb in the State of Georgia
upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth
Smith
in our presence, and that we know she is now a widow, and we
believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, together with our acquaintance with her, that
she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Henry Collins
Witnesses must sign their names.
Jesse Olin
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written;
and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be,
and that I have no interest in this claim.
John T. Paden J.P.
STATE of Georgia
COUNTY OF Cobb
set.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that John T. Paden
Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration and affidavit were made, is and
was at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for
the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his
signature above is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office, this 18th day of June 1855.
Birdsong Tollison Clerk.
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* This declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the marriage, of the husband's death, and the present widowhood of the claimant. If there be a public record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of it should be forwarded, if possible. If
there be none but a private or family record, such family record, or a certified copy of the same, should be forwarded, with the
affidavit of some disinterested persons proving the genuineness of the original and the correctness of the copy. If no public or private
record of the marriage exist, or can be procured, that fact should be set forth in the declaration; and in such case, the other evidences such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife,
and to be so reputed -- will be admissible.
In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow of the deceased be taken as
evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state the facts and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge or opinion
that she is the widow of the deceased.