Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,106, for Enoch Smith, Connecticut

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Conn. Continental
Smith, Enoch
S. 17106
carded

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State of Connecticut}
County of Middlesex}
On this 3rd day of October AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of probate for the district of Chatham, now sitting Enoch Smith a resident of the Town of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, aged twenty nine years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following dec- certain in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress. refund June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States  under the following named officers and served as having stated
1. That in December 1775 or January 1776 he entitled into the Continen-tal army, under Captain Herkirk Holdridge whose company belong-ed to the regiment commended by Col Samuel Wyley, for the term of one year and continued in the service for said term of one year when he was discharged. For which service he has therefor been on the pension roll, and has been struck therefrom an account of property Proof of said service is in the war department.
2. That in the year 1777 or 1778 he cannot state precisely which he enlisted into a company of State troops commanded by Capt Elijah Robinson in the regiment commanded by Col John Ely for the term of eight months. That the said company was first stationed at Groton Fort, from said forth company marched to Providence Rhode Island and remained there a time from Providence the company marched to Seconnet, after being stationed at Seconnet a time the company marched to near Horn neck New York when the company was dismissed, that he performed duty at said time for the term of eight months.
3 That afterwards he enlisted into the state service, in the company com-manded by Captain Elijah Smith for the term of three months. That said company was stationed at Stamford Connecticut, that he was in said company and performed duty therein for the term of three months.
4. That in the year 1781 he enlisted into the team service, under Captain John Johnson, and continued therein about three months, that he went with his team to Providence, and then took a band of baggage and carried it to White Plains in the State of New York, where he remained, making short tours to different places until the expiration of said three months when he was dismissed and welcomed home.
That he has no documentary evidence of his service except what is in

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the War Department and what is hereto annexed, and knows no other persons living who can certify to the same.
That he was born in the town of Chatham, Middlesex County and State of Connecticut in 1753, where he has since and still resides.
That he has no record of his age. That he was called into the service in the manner therefore stated in this declaration
That he served with Gen. Washington, Gen. Spencer and Gen. Putman.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[Signature of Enoch Smith]
And the said count do hereby declare their opinion in that the above name applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

I William G. Comstock Clerk of the court of probate for the district of Chatham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Enoch Smith for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office 6th day of November 1832.
[Signature of Wm. G. Comstack Clk]

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State and District of Connecticut, ss.
ON this 24th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court holden at Middletown within and for the Middlesex of Sunday in said State, on the 21 day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding ac-cording to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, Enoch Smith aged 67- years, resident of the town of Chatham in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolu-tionary war, as follows: That he the said Smith enlisted for the term of One Year the 15th day of June in the year 1775 in Hebron in the State of Connecticutin the company commanded by Captain HenR Hoodridge in the regiment com-manded by Colonel Samuel Wyleys in the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment : That he continued to serve in the said corps until about the 15th July 1776/ served 12 mo/ when he was discharged from the said service in Peekokine in the State of New York, That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the 30th day of Sept 1818~; and had transmitted to him a Certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 10, 590~
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part therof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War ;" and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

I do further solemnly swear, that I was [in the battle of crossed out] not in any firsthand Battles but was actively engaged in several skirmishes

That I am by occupation a Farmer but by Reason of age and other Information am unable to perform more than half as much Labor as an ordinary healthy man ~

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That the number of my family residing with me is Three, and their names and ages are as follows :
my wife Lydia Smith aged- 65 yrs who for 7 years part has Been afflicted with universal debility of Body & Wholly unable to perform any labor explicit of the lightest and easiest kind by Reason whereof I have heretofore and- still am as Great experience in attempting to effect her Recovery my Daughter Sarah Smith aged 22 yrs who is not a healthy person and delivery annoid a Boy of about 13 yrs of age- my son Joseph C Smith who has a wife and 4 children and who is very poor and afflicted with the family sicknys I am frequently called upon to assist in supporting and have assisted, said Jospeh C and family and am Bound by the Laws of the Land, still to support them so far as I may be able not more than one of my family is capable of supporting herself-
[Signature of Enoch Smith]
Sworn to and declared on the 24th day of June 1820 before the Court of Common [?]
[Sinature of [M. Buick?], Clk of Ct.]

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SCHEDULE annexed to the Declaration and Oath above made and taken before the County Court aforesaid.
I Lot of land 28 acres with Dwelling house and Barn thereon standing at $13 pacp-364.00
1 Piece of Land 15 acres at $3 per acre-45.00
1 piece of land, 3 1/2 acres at $3 per acre- 10.50
1 Yoke of oxen- 40.00
1 Cowland calf- 18.00
1 Heifer 2 Years old- 9.00
2 steers 1 year and- 12.00
2 swine at $3 each- 6.00 
15 Sheep at $1 each- 15.00
Farming utilities- 13.00
Household Furniture- 18.25
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$550.75
amount of Debt are from me + fist 
To Roadiah Tayean....120.00
To baniaiy stern Individuay} -330.00
at Leart                                 } $450         $450.00
The Debts are me are all against Insolvent persons except to the amt of $5 or 6 Dous- which is to be paid in Labour- Provisions 1/4 the Pork, 1/2 abefour zoed Bary and 1 hogshead} $10.00
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                  560.75
aid by Ct. -39.25 
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                 $600
[Signature of Enoch Smith]

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I John Pick Clerk of the Court of Common [Bleeu?] aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule annex-ed, are truly copied from the record of said Court. And I do further certify, that it is the option of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the afore said Schedule, is Six Hundred- dollars [and is crossed out]
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 21 day of June 1820
[Signature of Jn. Bick Clerk of [?] Court]

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At a Court of Probate held at Chatham in for the District of Chatham on the 3rd day of April AD. 1834
Present Ira See, Esq Judge of said Court.
This Court finds from satisfactory evidence, that Enoch Smith ^late of Chatham in th eCounty of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, where claim as a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, has been admitted by the commission's of Pensions, died at ^said Chatham on the 19th day of March A.D. 1833. And that he left no widow.
And this court further finds that Joseph C. Smith, Erortus Smith, Lydia Higgins, Lydia G. Arthur, Alex-ander Arthur, Roxona N. Arthur & Sarah Arthur ^all of said Chatham are the children and grand children and heirs of law of the said Enoch Smith deceased, and as such are entitled by the Act of Comped of June 7th 1832. to the amount of pension due said deceased from the 4th of March 1831 to the day of his death.
In testimony where I have save the Clerk of said Court to sign them pennant and affix the seal od said Court hereto the day and date above written.
[Signature of Horace Foole Clerk]

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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
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August 6, 1924

Mrs. W. R. Blackstone,
Shullsburg,
WIS.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17106, it appears that Enoch Smith was born in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut in 1753.

While a resident of the place he enlisted and served in the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From December 1775 or January 1776 for one year as a private in Captain Hezekiah Holdridge's Company, Colonel Samuel Wyllys' Regiment and was in several skirmishes.

From 1777 or 1778 for 8 months in Captain Elijah Robinson's Company, Colonel John ely's Regiment.

For 3 months in  Captain Elijah Smith's Company, date not stated.

From 1781 for 3 months as a teamster under Captain John Johnson

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 30, 1818, while a resident of Chatham, Connect-

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cut,

In 1820 he referred to his wife, Lydia, a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Joseph C., who had a wife and four children, names not stated.  Soldier died in Chatham, Connecticut, March 19, 1833, leaving no widow but the following who are referred to as his children and grand children:
Jospeh C. and Erastus C. Smith, Lydia Higgins, Lydia G. Arthur, Alexander Arthur, Roxana N. Arthur and Sarah Arthur all of said Chatham.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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16, 590  
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Connecticut
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Enoch Smith
of Chatham in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Willis of the Connecticut line, for the term of One Year
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 30th of September 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of May 18
and [Stephen Titus Hasmere]
Middletown Connecticut
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Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819            41.00
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sep. 1819 48.00
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5 mo [symbol]                                $89.00
*+Continental
Widow July 20 1909
{Revolutionary claim, }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

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Suspended until a Certificate of the day of death is sent. See letter to Hon. H. G. Comstock Hartford
25 July 1833

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FEB 25 1898 [Symbol]
FILES
The Commisioner of Pensions-
Sir- Will you please find me the record of Enoch Smith (underlined), a soldier of the Revolutionary War, resident of Rutland, Ma[?]
He was a pensioner and at the time of his death in 1852, a resident of Ca[?]Co N.Y. I desire the information in order to become a Daughter

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of the American Revolution and have been informed that you would supply me with the facts on record in your  department.
Respectfully
(Mrs.) Minne J. Lozey [Signature]
[?]kins Co.
N.y>
February twenty first
1898
[Stamp says PENSION OFFICE FEB 23 1898]

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[handwritten top right]
Record
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FRANCIS R. COOLEY & COMPANY
49 Pearl Street
Hartford, Conn.  
June 23, 1921

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C. 

Dear Sir.
Can you please give me some information relative to Enoch Smith of Middlesex County, Conn. who was pensioned under the Act of 1832.
When was he born & where.  What was his wife's name    when & where were they married. How many children did they have, what were their names and when were they born?  Thanking you for the information I am
Yours very truly
Roy ? Crary

[round stamp]
PENSION 
D
JUN
U   24   S.1921
OFFICE

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[Stamp in top left corner: PENSION W JUL 5 1924 OFFICE S.]
Shullsburg Wis.
July 1- 1924
Dear Sir:
I would like a copy of the Pension Application for Revolutionary Service of Enoch Smith of one of thi Had dams, Conn. I think it was Middle Haddam, or East Haddam. I think his wife was Lydia and he

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had a son David and a son Chester who lived in Brerlin, Vermont and I think Enoch Smith lived in Berlininto his old age.
I would also like a copy of Revolutionar Pension Claims of Aaron Heddon of N. Jersey b. 1752 died May 7- 1825 East Lansing New York. His wife was Martha Lamson. They had a son Daniel

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Thanking you for this favor
I am very truly yours
(Mrs.) W. R. Blackstone

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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
June 11th 1833

SIR:
I return herewith the papers in support of the claim of the person whose name is hereto annexed.

These papers are in several aspects defective.  The case is accompanied by a brief.  The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.

Particular attention should be paid to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.

The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you.  The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.

The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters.  Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed.  No other alteration or addition will be required.

I am , respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L Edwards

Mr Enoch Smith
Chatham, Cont.

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[Handwritten on top left side of paper: R.P.O. 531467-Nov. 5/98]
[Stamped bottom left side of paper: WAR & NAVY NOV 11 1898, bottom part is cut off]
[Right side of paper:]
Record and Pension Office.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, November 5, 1898.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. T. H. Norton.
Cincinnati,
Ohio.
For information from the pension records relative to the within named soldier application should be address-ed to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C., who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars, and whose office is separate and dis-tinct from the Record and Pension Of-fice of the War Department.
[Stamp reads: OLD WAR & NAVY NOVE 11 1898]
BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
[Signature of H. Ainsworth]
Colonel, U.S. Army, Chief of Office.
Per
(300a)

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[Header reads: SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS,
IN THE STATE OF OHIO,
OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR,
CLIFTON]
[CINCINNATI O. Nov. 2 1898]
To the Commissioner of Pensions in stead of Colonel F. C. Ainsworth, U.S.A.
Chief of Record and Pension Office
Washington
Dear Sir,
You very kindly communicated to me under date of Oct 31 No. 531,467 the record of the Revolutionary service of Corporal Enoch Smith (underlined), Capt Lus Co 4th Com. in service Jan. 15, 1777- Jan. 15, 1780.
Family records say that he was pensioned 1832, and hailed then from Middlesex (underlined) Co. Was
Could you kindly inform me if your pension records give information on this fact, out of this for further referrel to service or residence at time Revolution,
Thanking you in Advance
I remain
Your very obedient servant
T H. Norton
[Stamp at the bottom of page reads:
PENSION
H
NOV
9
1898
OFFICE
U.S. is stamped on sides]

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I Elijah Abell of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say. That in the year 1777-8 I enlisted into the State service in the company commanded by Col. John Ely for the term of eight months. And further the deponent saith that Enoch Smith then and now living in said Chatham enlisted at the same time and performed eight months duty in said company Sworn to and subscribed
this 14th day of August AD. 1832
[Signature of Elijah X(his mark) Abell]
Before me
[Signature of H G. Comstock] [?] of Her [P?]

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[printed document with fill ins]

I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut , and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,

THAT {Franklin G Comstock} Esquire, before who the foregoing Affidavit of {Elijah Abell}
was taken, is, and at the time of such caption was, a Justice of the Peace with and for the Count off {Middlesex} in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature to purporting to be his, is genuine: and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the {thirteenth} day of {October}. in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-{two}.

Thomas Day

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Enoch Smith
Private. Col. Wyllis
Reg. P Connecticut
line 1776-1 year
dec. 30th- Sept. 1898
Admitted

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State of Connecticut Ss. Middletown
A. On this 30th day of September 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, per-sonally appears Enoch Smith aged 64 years resident in Chatham in the [serid] State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to Law, doth, on his Oath, make the following declaration, in order to attain the pension made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons "engaged in the land and naval Service "of the United States in the revolutionary "war" That he, the said Enoch Smith, in the month of January or after May 1776, enlisted in Colchester in the State of Connecticut for One year, in the Company commanded by Capt. Hezhiah Hiddridge, in the Regi-ment commanded by Samuel WilliyEdg, in the Brigade commanded by Col Samuel H. Paromy in the Connecticut Line; That he continued to serve in the said corpy until the expiration of the year after which, he enlisted, and in the last ^of December 1776 was discharged from the Service, by verbal permission, at Peck Hills in the State of New York; that he is in [?]

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need of the ajsistance of his country for support....
Sworn to & declared before me, the day & pear aforesaid [Signature]
B.
I Stephen [?] Hosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do