Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11467, for Jonathan Smart, New Hampshire

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N.H.     Smart Jonathan   W. 11467
                          Patty

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Jonathan Smart
of Sanbornton in the state of N.H. 
who was a private in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel Reed- of the NH army, 
ine, for the term of one year
-
Inscribed on the Roll of New H. army
at rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 4th of April 1818
- 
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of Sep 1819
and sent to William Badger 
Sanbornton N.H. 
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Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 134.93
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 48.
16 mo 26/30 $182.93

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}

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certification sent to A Pierce Esq
[illegible] Sept 1820
New Hampr

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303.
Massachusettes
-
Patty Smart
widow of Jonathan Smart
who was a Private  
N.H.
in the N.H. Line
Husb. died 18th Dec. 1845.
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars. 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 18th. December 1845.
- 
Certificate of Pension issued the 3. day of Dec. 1846. 
and sent to 
Joel Adam 
Lowell
'Mas.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2. Page. 38. 

Regd
Let to J. Adam, on 19,46
Or to N.M. Tayler
sep 19.48 

Date of death not on aB

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State of New Hampshire
County of Strafford} 
On this 9th day of April A.D. 1818 before 
me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas
for said County personally appears Jonathan Smart aged fifty
nine years resident in the Town of Sanbornton County and 
State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according 
to law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the provision 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 Jonathan Smart on the 21st 
day of September, 1780 was enlisted by Lieutenant Robert 
Wilkins, a recruiting Officer for three years in the Town of 
Newmarket in said state and passed muster the same day
he enlisted and sometime in the Month of February fol
lowing he was placed in the company commanded by 
Captain Jeremiah Fogg and Regiment commanded by Col
George Reed in the Newhampshire line where he continued
and sowed until the during the wars men were discharged
then in consequence of his Captain being appointed a
Major and the during the war men being discharged the 
company he belonged to were transferred into other companies 
and he was placed into Captain Ebenezer Frys company where
he continued until the 29th day of June 1789 when he left the service at Snake Hill so called in the State 
of New York that he was in no general battles and that

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that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need
of the assistance of his Country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid- William Badger

I William Badger Judge as aforesaid do certify
that it appears to my satisfaction that the said 
Jonathan Smart did serve in the revolutionary war
as stated in the preceding declaration against the common 
enemy and that he is in reduced circumstances and 
stands in need of the assistance of his Country for 
support and I now commit the precedings and testimony
taken and had before me is the Secretary for 
the Department of War pursuant to the directions of 
the aforementioned Act of Congress-
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my
hand and have caused the seal of said Court to 
be affixed to the same this 6th day of January
A.D. 1819- William Badger

Attest. A Peirce, Clerk of 
the Court of Common Pleas
for said County of Strafford.

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Jonathan Smart
Reed reg 6- NH line-
21st Sep 82 to 29 June. 83
Required the evidence
of two credible and interested 
witnesses (or of
an officer of the regiment 
duly taken and authenticated.
12 June 1819

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176
Jonathan Smart
14,321
Con
March 1824
Hopps Co. 2 Reg
on Role
June 1783

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To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford
and State of New-Hampshire, on the third Tuesday of July, 1820.
Jonathan Smart aged Sixty one, resident in Sanbornton in said County, comes
into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper
person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income-his necessary clothing
and bedding excepted-as follows:-
One Small House one heifer three swine two axes one scythe
and apparatus one hoe iron ware one brass kettle crockery &
glass ware Pewples & brown ware one looking glass Chest drawers
old chairs & tables crane hooks fire shovel & tongs tubs & buckets
& chum shears and candlesticks knives forks and spoons flat
iron
his 
Jonathan + Smart
mark
Witness M Perkins 

And the said Smart in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:- viz.
I Jonathan Smart 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 thereof, with intent thereby 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 int he revolutionary
war," passee on the 18th day of March, 1818; 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 int he schedule hereto annexed
and by me subscribed.
his
Jonathan + Smart
mark
Witness M Perkins
And the said Smart doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary
war as follows, viz. 
That he enlisted into the service of the United States on
the twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord
1782 in the Company commanded by Capt Jeremiah
Fogg in the Regiment commanded by Col George Reed
to serve three years and did serve in said Reeds Regiment till
the twenty ninth day of June in the year of our Lord 1783 making
nine months and eight days and was then honorably
discharged -

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That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is April 9. 1818 and the number of
his pension certificate is 14321:- That his occupation is that of a Farmer
:- That the number and names of 
his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
seven in number said Smart aged sixty one infirm and
little able to contribute to his support his wife ages forty nine
in good heath Adeline Smart aged sixteen in good health
Josiah Smart aged fourteen in good health John Smart
aged eleven years in good health James Smart aged eight
years in good health Lucretia Smart aged two years said
Adeline, Josiah, John, James, and Lucretia, all children of the
said Jonathan and Martha his wife
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and
that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn an declared before the said court the
18th day of July 1820. } his
Jonathan + Smart
mark
Attest A. Peirce, CLERK.
Witness M Perkins
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE..........Strafford ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of
New-Hampshire, on the 18th day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice and
Valentine Smith, and } 
Samuel Quarles, } Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Jonathan
Smart having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and
considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is forty five
dollars & eighty five cents. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings
thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce, CLERK.  
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE..........Strafford ss.
I, Andrew Peirce, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the
County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule
and oath, and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the
court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
said Court, the 18th day of July 1820.
A. Peirce, CLERK.

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12649
Patty Smart
     Map
Act 7 { illegible} 
Married 1790
[illegible]  husband
died 18 December 1845

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State of Massachusetts
county of Middlesex] ss.
On this twenty seventh day of
March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six, personally appeared before the Justice of the Police Court in Lowell,
the same being a Court of Middlesex, Patty Smart , a resident of the city of Lowell in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts  aged twenty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law,doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of [illegible] [illegible] July 7 1838, entitled " An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and by a subsequent act of [illegible]I[illegible] on the 14th of June 1844 entitled "An act to continue the pensions of certain widows ", that the widow of Jonathan Smart, late of Sandbarten in the State of New Hampshire, and more lately of said City of Lowell was a private in the Army of the Revolution at different times and places, which the Deponant is not able by reason of old age to state, and she verily believes the various periods of said Service are particularly set forth and Stated by the said Jonathan Smart in his Declaration now on file in the Pension Office in the City of Washington.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Smart on the twenty second day of December in the year of our Lord , one thousand seven hundred and ninety: that her husband, the aforesaid Jonathan Smart, died on the seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and forty five : that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but

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the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four[illegible] at the time within  stated.
Signed in the presence of Joel Adam
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first within written before
Patty + her mark Smart
Joseph [illegible]
Justice. [illegible][illegible]

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State of Massachusetts
Middlesex County
I John A. Knowles Clerk of the Police
Court of the City of Lowell, which is 
a court of record, hereby certify
that Joseph Locke whose name
appears attached to the foregoing
declaration, is Justice of said
Court, and that his name as there
written is his genuine Signature-
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court this thirtieth day of March in the 
year eighteen hundred & forty six
John A Knowles } Clerk 
of 
said Court

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I Nicholas Folsom of Meredith in the County of Belknap
and State of New Hampshire of Lawful age-depose and say
that I am a Son of the late Nicholas Folsom-deceased, who was
an ordained minister of the Gospel in Meredith and is now deceased
that the Book containing the record of Marriages solemnized by
him has been in my custody and Keeping ever since the decease of
my Father, and the Following is a copy of record of a marriage
recorded therein-to wit. Jonathan Smart and Patty Pearson were
married December twenty second on thousand seven hundred and ninety
And I further more certify that the above is a  true extract from the
record of Marriages in Said Meredith Solemnized by said Nicholas
Folsom with the exception of the date which is ex[?] on the
record in Fair Legible Figures as Follows "December 11, 1790"
And I the said Nicholas Folsom first above named depose and
say that I now hold and have the care and custody of the
records of Marriages solemnized by my Father the late
Nicholas Folsom deceased and the above is a true extract from
the records of Nicholas Folsom deceased with the exception
above named as certified by me-
Nicholas Folsom

State of New Hampshire. Belknap [illegible] Meredith March 16th 1846

Personally appeared the above named
Nicholas Folsom and made solemn oath that the above affadavitt
made and subscribed by him is true. 

Sworn to Before me. Charles Smith Justice of the Peace

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State of New Hampshire
Belknap  [illegible] I Ebenezer S. Lawrence Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that Charles Smith is an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Belknap
and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine in
my belief. 

In testimony whereof I have herewith affixed by seal of office and subscribed my name this sixteenth day of March A.D. 1846.
E. S. Lawrence

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November 14, 1936
RA-J/EEL
Jonathan Smart-W.11467

Mrs. J. E. Lowe
Mullen
Nebraska

Dear Madam:

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 11467, based upon the military service in that war of Jonathan Smart.  

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jonathan Smart are not shown.  

Jonathan Smart enlisted at Newmarket, New Hampshire, and served as a private with the New Hampshire Troops, as follows: 
in 1775, one month in Captain Gilmore's Company: in 1776, three
or four months in Captain Baker's Company: again in 1776, in Captain John Drew's Company; length of this service not shown: in 1777, in Captain Robert Pike's Company, Colonel Joseph Senter's REgiment, marched to Rhode Island:  length of service, five months and seventeen days:  from September 21, 1782 to June 29, 1783, in Captains Jeremiah Fogg's and Ebenezer Frye's Companies, Colonel George Reid's Regiment. 

Sal gave last service only.  I took the rest from affidavit of his brother Dudley verified of serv. in [illegible][handwritten]

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-nine years and resided in Sanbornton, New Hampshire.  

In March 1845, he moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he died December 18, 1845. 

Dec 17 was given once but an official upost showed 18" this pen began on that date I did not use 17 [handwritten]

The soldier married December 22, 1790, in Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire, Martha or Patty Pearson.  They were both of Sanbornton, New Hampshire.  The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Martha are not shown.  

Soldier's widow, Martha or Patty, was all owed pension on her application executed March 27, 1846, at which time she was aged

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seventy-four years and resided in Lowell, Massachusetts.  She was pensioned Patty Smart. 

The names of the following children are shown: 

Adeline Smart.......in 1821, aged 16 years.
Josiah Smart.......in 1821 aged 14 years.
John Smart....... in 1821 aged 11 years.
James Smart........in 1821 aged 8 years.
Lucretia Smart....... in 1821 aged 2 years.
Nancy J. Smart........ in 1846 aged 49 years.  Married Mathes, and lived in Lowell Massachusetts [illegible]

In 1846, Jess Swain, of Dracut, Massachusetts, made affidavit that he was born in Meredith, New Hampshire, was aged forty-nine years and married a daughter of Jonathan and Patty Smart but did not give the name of his wife. 

In 1848, Dudley Smart, a brother of the solider, was aged ninety years and lived in Chichester, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.  

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Patty Smart, widow of Jonathan Smart (W. 11467), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: 

Patty Smart, widow of Jonathan smart, Certificate No. 305, issued December 3, 1846, rate $30.77 per annum, commenced December 18, 1845 Act of June 17, 1844, Massachusetts Agency. 

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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PENSION [illegible]

Intention of marriage

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Sanbornton Decr 4th 1790 this is to certify that Jonathan Smart & Patty Pearson of this Town have been Lawfully Published here in order for Marriage by me Danl Sanborn [illegible]

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Smart
December the 22 1790

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V 12.649.

Patty Smart, Mass.
Let to Joel Adams, June 18, '46.
to same Aug 29 '46
same Oct. 7. 1846.

Act 7  July '38.

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Jona Smart

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This certifies to whom it may concern that Jonathan Smart of Sandbornton in the county of Strafford and state of New hampshire, as we are acquainted with him give it as our opinion that from his reduced circumstances in life needs relief from his country. 

This certificate is mad [made] by his request for the purpose of his making application for the provision lately made by Congress for the relief of the indigent officers & soldiers of the revolutionary army

[illegible] July 9, 1818 Noah Eastman
Chs S. Sanborn
Stephen Gale

Selectmen of Sandbornton

This may certify that the above named Noah Eastman Chs S. Sanborn & Stephen Gale were legally chosen & sworn into the office Selectmen for the Town of Sanbornton in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire for the year 1818

[illegible] Joshua Lane Town Clerk
State of New hampshire
Strafford ss. July 16th 1818  personally appeared the above named Noah Eastman Chs S. Sanborn and Stephen Gale made [illegible] solemn oath to the truth of the above instrument[?] by them furnished before me
Nathan Taylor Justice of the Peace

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I Robert B. Wilkins of Concord in the County of Rockingham in the state of New Hampshire on oath declare, that I was a Lieut. in the 2d New Hampshire Regiment in the Continental Revolutionary Army. Said Regiment was Commanded by Col. George Reid. And I further declare that I Enlisted and Mustered Jonathan Smart as a soldier for three years, and afterward, sent him and others, under the Command of a Sargeant from Exeter in N. H. to join said Regt which was then near the north River in the State of New York. And a short time afterwards, I joined sd 2d NH Regt. and found that said Jonathan Smart had joined & was doing duty in Capt Jeremiah Foggs Company in said Second Regt where he continued faithfully to serve until the 25th. day of June 1783 at which time I retired from the service, and left said Smart there. And how much longer he served I do not know. And I further declare that Mr. Jonathan Smart of Sandborton in the County of Strafford in said State is the identical man which did the services above stated.
[sigature] Robert B. Wilkins

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State of New Hampshire 
Rockingham ss. 
Concord July 10th 1819

Be it known that on this tenth day of July A. D. 1819 before me Joseph Law, Notary Public in & for said State personally appeared Robert B Wilkins and made solem [solemn] oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at Concord in the County & State aforesaid on the day aforesaid. 

[signature] Joseph L. Law, Notary Public

I certify that Robert B. Wilkins, subscriber to the above certificate is a credible witness.
[signature] Jospeh Law Not Pub

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12649
Apl 3 1846

bl
Polly Smart
July 7m 1838
20
J. L. Edwards, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
for the Secretary of War
Washington City
D. C.

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Lowell Mass. March 30, 1846-
Dr. Sir. 
I enclose the Declaration of Patty Smart, wido of Jonathan Smart, deceased. I have only known Mrs. Smart within the last year, but I have no doubt she has stated the facts in truth, as I am well acquainted with several very respectable persons, who have known the late Jona Smart and his widow.  The applicant in this case. I hope the papers will be satisfactory, and you will be able to forward to my care The Pension Certificate to the old lady.
Respectfully your obt. Servt.
[signature] Joel Adams

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions

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Jesse Swain's
Afft.

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I Jesse Swain, now a resident of the town of Dracut in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged forty nine years, on oath depose and say that I was born in the town of Meredith in the County of
Belknap in the State of New Hampshire, where I resided until I was over thirty years of age, and that I have often been in that town since I lived there. I was well acquainted with the late Revd Nicholas Folsom, now deceased, who was the settled minister of the Gospel in that town until after I left there. I was also well acquainted with his son, Nicholas Folsom, who lived in the same house with his father, and now lives in the same house. The present Nicholas Folsom is a man of truth & veracity. and sustains a fair character for truth as any other man in that town. I was in Meredith in February last, was at Mr. Folsom's house, and there he then Shew me this Book, containing the Record of Marriages recorded by his father, and I then saw the record of the Marriage of Jonathan Smart and Patty Pearsons. I married the daughter of said Jonathan Smart, I have known the said Jonathan Smart and his widow, Patty Smart, now living in Lowell, as long as I can remember. and I know that said

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Patty Smart is the same identical person who
formerly resided in Sandbornton N. H. near the town line, between Meredith and Sandbornton. The said  Jonathan Smart and his widow who now lives in Lowell, lived in Sandbornton ever since I can remember, until March 1845 when they came to Lowell. Jonathan Smart died in Lowell in December last. The Revd Mr. Folsom has been dead some years, perhaps twelve or fifteen years.
[signature] Jesse Swain

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
On the eighth day of July in the year 1846 the above named Jesse Swaincsame before me, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true. And I certify that said Swain is personally known by me to be a man of truth and veracity
[signature] Joel Adams Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex

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Nancy J. Mathes
Afft.

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I Nancy J. Mathes of Lowell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, widow aged forty nine years, on oath depose and say, that I am the daughter of Jonathan Smart, late of Sandbornton in the State of New Hampshire, who died in the City of Lowell aforesaid in December last: and I am the daughter of Patty Smart, who was the wife and is now the widow, of said Jonathan Smart. The said Jonathan and Patty Smart, my father and mother, always lived together as husband and wife in the town of Sandbornton near Meredith in the State of New Hampshire, ever since I can remember, until March 1845, when they came to Lowell to live. I always understood they were married by the Rev'd Nicholas Folsom of Meredith, who has been dead some years. I am well acquainted with Mr. Nicholas Folsom, son of the Rev'd Mr.  Folsom. The present Nicholas Folsom is a man of truth and veracity and highly esteemed by his acquaintances.  He now lives in Meredith N, H. in the same house where his father lived till his death.

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my mother, the within named Patty Smart now resides with me in Lowell. My father, the within named Jonathan Smart died at my house in Lowell on the eighteenth day of December last.

Nancy J. Mathes

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
On the ninth day of July 1846 the above named Nancy J. Mathes personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed was true. And I certify that said Deponent is personally known to me as a person of truth and veracity.

[signature] Joel Adams, Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex

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July 14, 1846.
Adal tes case
Patty Smart

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

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Lowell Mass July 10, 1846
Dr. Sr
I enclose two affidavits taken by me to be used in the case of Patty Smart ,widow of Jonathan Smart, decease. I do not know what more I can do. Jonathan Smart and Patty Smart have lived in Lowell but a short period, and I have but recently known them. I have been acquainted with Mr. Swain and Mrs. Mathes, the Deponents, and I have not any doubt but Mr. Smart and Patty, his present widow, were married as we have attempted to prove, or have proved. Mrs. Smart is entitled to a pen. by the laws of the U. S. and I hope the enclosed evidence will be satisfactory to the Government and that she will receive it without further trouble.
I am very respectfully your obt servt.
[signature] Joel Adams

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Hon. J. L. Edwards 
20
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C. 

Sept 21, 1846
Adal tes case
Polly Smart

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Lowell Mass. Sept. 16 1846
Dr. Sir. 
I enclose the Deposition of Samuel Harper, and I do not see how I can do any more, than I have done to satisfy the Department of the truth of such facts as will entitle Mrs. Smart to her Pension. That she is justly and legally entitled to it. I have not the least doubt. If this Deposition does not satisfy the Government, I hope you will be so kind as to point out distinctly what further testimony is required. If we were at Sandbornton  we could procure other witnesses who have known Mr. Pratt and his wife, ever since they were married, as they always resided there, until they came to Lowell, quite recently. It would subject her to considerable expense to do this. I hope we shall not be required to do it.
I am very respectfully your obt sert.
[signature] Joel Adams for Patty Smart

Secretary of War

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State of New Hampshire
Belknap ss: At a Court of Probate holden at Gilford in said County, on the 17th day of  November, A.D. 1846.
I hereby certify that an original and ancient book manuscript of entries, purporting to be an original book of entry of marriages by the Rev. Nicholas Folsom, late of Meredith in said County, deceased, and in the hand writing of the said Rev. Nicholas Folsom, was exhibited to me, Judge of said Court, during the session of said Court and that satisfactory evidence was produced to said Court. That said book or manuscript of entries is the original and genuine book or manuscript of entries of marriages solemnized by the said Rev. Nicholas Folsom. That said book is in his hand writing, and contains an original entry of the marriage of Jonathan Smart to Patty Parson on the 22d day of December, A. D. 1790.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court of Probate this said 17th day of November, A.D. 1846.
[signature] Warren Lovell, Judge of Probate

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State of New Hampshire  Belknap ss.
I Stephen I Pitman of Meredith State and County aforesaid depose and say that I am Town Clerk of said Town and have the Records of said Town in my possession, and there is not any record of Marriages to be found in siad [said] Town Records prior to 1805.
[signature] Stephen J Pitman Town Clerk

Personally appeared the above named Stephen I Pitman and made Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true. before me
Meredith Novr 18th 18446
[signature] John G Robinson Justice the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Belknap ss. I Ebenezer S Lawrence Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Belknap hereby certify that John G. Robinson a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, that his commission is dated the first day July A. D. 1845 and will expire the first day of July A.D. 1850 and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine in my belief In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this eighteenth day of November A.D. 1846.
[signature] E. L. Lawrence, Clerk-

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Nov 24 1846
Adal tes case
Patty Smart
20
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

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Lowell Mass. Nov. 20 1846
Dr. Sir.
We have sent up to Meredith N.H. and have obtained a certificate of the Town Clerk of Meredith, showing there were no Record of Marriages in that town, prior to 1805. We have also found among the old papers of the Revd Mr. Folsom, the original Certificate of the publication of the Intentions of Marriage of Jonathan Smart and Patty Pearson given by the Town Clerk of Sanbornton in Decr 1790, where I suppose one of the parties then lived and on the Back of this certificate there is a certificate or memorandum made by Mr Folsom of their Marriage. I have no doubt the paper is honestly what it purports to be, although it may not be received as legal evidence, I enclose it, that you see it, and give it what credit you think proper. We have also exhibited the original Manuscript kept by the Revd Mr. Folsom, where he made an entry of all Marriages solemnized by him, to a Court of Record, and have the certificate of the Judge of sd Court which is also enclosed. We have endeavored to all we can, to satisfy the Department of the Right and Justice of our claim, and hope we have succeeded in doing so.
I am very respectfully your obedient Servant
[signature] Joel Adams
for Patty Smart

to Hon. J. L. Edward
Comr of Pension

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Decr 14 1846
Patty Smart
Mass.
gct no.

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

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Lowell Mass Decr. 16 1846
Dr. Sir.
The widow Patty Smart has received a Pension 
Certificate for "Thirty dollars and Seventy seven cents per annum." Whereas her husband, the late Jonathan Smart, received "ninety six Dollars or "Eight Dollars per month." She supposes there is a mistake as to the amount of her pension. I would therefore in her behalf respectfully ask your attention to her request, and that you would cause the error (if any there be) to be property corrected. I will return the Certificate, if necessary. I hope you will give me an answer to this soon, and oblige your obt Servt.
{signature] Joel Loram Atty. to Patty Smart

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions

Mrs. Smart Certificate bears Decr 3 1846

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Jonathan Smart N. H. Act 18 March 1818
To what time was he last paid?  G. C. A.
Pension Office
October 3d 1844
G C A
Dead-died 18th Decr 1845, Paid to his death.
B. L. B.

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No 12649 }389
Patty Smart
wido of Jonathan
Mass
Act 7 July 1838
Rejected, husband
died 18th Decr 1845
Act 17 June 1844
Adm 9 mo 7 days pri
$30.77 known
from 18 Decr 1845
Joel Adams
Lowell
Mass

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I Samuel Harper, late of Sandbornton in the State of New Hampshire, now residing in Dracut in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, aged fifty eight years, on oath depose and say, that I was born in the town of Sandbornton aforesaid and always resided in said Sandbornton until about three years since, during which period I have lived in said Dracut. I was born in April 1788, and as long ago as I can member, Jonathan Smart, late a Revolutionary Pensioner, and Patty Smart, then his wife, both lived with my father, the late William Harper, in said Sandbornton. I can remember Mr. Smart and his wife, as long as I can my own parents. Mr Smart and his wife continued to live with my father in said Sandbornton until my father's decease in 1810. I have always been well acquainted with Mr. Jonathan Smart and his wife Patty Smart - Mr. Smart died in Lowell last Winter, and the said Patty Smart, his wife, and now his widow, is now living in Lowell with her daughter, Nancy Mathes. And I do positively know that the said Jonathan and Patty Smart always lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Jonathan in December last. And I know also, that the widow Patty Smart, who has applied for a Pension, as the widow of said Jonathan Smart, deceased, is the same identical person, who was living with the said Jonathan Smart as his wife, as long ago in the year 1793. I can distinctly remember many events as long ago as 1793. I  can remembers some events which occurred in 1792. I am a brother of the late John A. Harper, who was a member of Congress from the State of New Hampshire in 1811 and 1812.
[signature] Samuel Harper

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
On the fifteenth day of September in the year 1846, Samuel Harper within named came before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex, and made oath that the within written affidavit by him subscribed was true.
[signature] Joel Adams Justice of the Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 16 1846
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joel Adams was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in the said  Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[signature] John G Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth

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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11467
Patty Smart
Widow of
Jonathan Smart
Priv. N.H. Line
Act June 17th /44
Index:-Vol. M, Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1936 Nov 14 Hist to Mrs J.E. Lowe

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Mullen Nebr,
Oct 24, 1936
Veteran's Adm.
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir.

In your department do you have the Revolutionary War records of the following men
Daniel Brewer he had a daughter Azubah Brewer
also one one Jonathan Smart who

[stamp] [illegible] A RECVD A OCT 30 1936

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Married Martha Pearson. They had a son John. I believe he served from New Hampshire.
I will appreciate any information regarding these men or their families.
I am Resp
Mrs. J. E. Lowe
Mullen
Neb.

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November 14, 1936
BA-J/EEL
Jonathan Smart-V.11467
Mrs. J. E. Lowe
Mullen
Nebraska
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Smart, who served from New Hampshire and whose wife was Martha Pearson, also, that of Daniel Brewer.
As a means of identifying the particular record of the Daniel Brewer in which you are interested, should it be on file, in addition to the full name of the soldier, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him; approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. Upon receipt of this information, a further search of the records will be made and a report furnished. It will expedite the matter if you will return this letter with your reply.
The record of Jonathan Smart has been found and is furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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Mch 22nd /48
Nicholas M Taylor
for Patty Smart Wid of Jonathan

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State of New-Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State.
I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nicholas M. Taylor is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the State of New Hampshire duly commissioned and qualified. His Commission was dated on the seventh day of Decr. 1847 and will expire on seventh day of Decr. 1852 and his signature, to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this fifteenth day of March 1848.
[signature] Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of State.

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Sir
After examining please to return to Nicholas M Taylor, New Hampton, New Hampshire
[signature] Nicholas M Taylor

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington D.C.

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New Market
Leonard Weeks 1782 June 26th
Jonathan Smart Septr21
1786 Feby. Recd an order for forty pounds
[signature] W. Cheswell Selectmen of New Market

State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office
I do hereby certify, That the foregoing is a true and correct transcript of the original now in this Office. The original is in Vol 4, page 164, of the Books relating to Military services in the War of the Revolution, which were returned to this office from the War Office Jany 1841, and purports to be a "Return of Soldiers mustered in the years 1781 & 1782 to fill up the Continental army, with the Towns and places they engaged for, and the time when mustered for each of which a Bounty of Twenty Pounds was promised by the acts & resolves of the General Court"
Given under my hand & the Seal of the State, this 15th day of March 1848.
[signature] Thomas P. Treadwell, Secy of State

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of Jonathan Smart is borne upon the muster and Pay Roll of Capt. John Drew's Company, as a private in said Company, with an allowance of £9. 18.0 for one months pay and bounty: Said Muster and Pay Roll is dated August 29th, 1776; and the Men raised for Canada out of Col Evans's and Badgers Regiments, and under command of Col. Isaac Wyman "in the service of the United Colonies". And I further certify, that the name of Jonathan Smart is borne upon the Pay Roll of Capt. Robert Pikes Compy in Lt. Col. Joseph Senters Regt. as a private in said compy with an allowance for five months seventeen days service, commencing June 21st, 1777, and ending Jany. 6th 1778. Said company was "rais'd by the State of New Hampshire and marched to the State of Rhode Island 1777."
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, this fourth day of November 1847.
[signature] Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of State.

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I Dudly Smart a resident of Chichester in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire aged ninety years depose and say that I am a brother of the late Jonathan Smart. [illegible] that he was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution. That he enlisted in the year 1775 under Cap Gilmore and went to great Poland near Portsmouth and served about one month. I served in the same Company with him. He enlisted in 1776 under Capt Baker and went to Winter Hill and served as near as I can recollect  three or four months. He enlisted again 1776 under Capt Drew, do not know how long he served. He enlisted again in 1777 under Capt Robert Pike and Marched for Rhode Island. He enlisted again in New Market for three years or during the war am not positive what year, thinks in 1778, was enlisted by the Town of New Market and received his Bounty from the Town, do not know how long he served.
[signature] Dudly Smart

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County February 8th 1848
I went to and subscribed
Before me
Nicholas M Taylor Just Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Dudly Smart is personally known to me, that he is a man of truth and his testimony may be relied on. Nicholas M Taylor Justice Peace

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Declaration
In order to obtain an increase and arrears of pension under the Acts of Congress of 3d of March, 1843, and 17th of June, 1844, entitled an act to continue the pension of certain widows.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
On the seventeenth day of January in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before me, Joel Adams, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex, (duly authorised by the laws of said Commonwealth to administer oaths.) Patty Smart, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed on the seventeenth day of June. A. D. 1844. granting pensions to certain widows.
That she is the widow of Jonathan Smart, who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and according to her best knowledge and belief, he served more than two years. 
That she was pensioned under the act of seventeenth day of June A. D. 1844 at the rate of thirty dollars and seventy seven cents per annum;
That she, the above named Patty Smart, has not
been allowed for the full time of service rendered by her late husband in the war of the Revolution;
She asks for an increase of pension, and the

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arrears due her from the eighteenth day of December, A. D. 1845, which was the day of the death of her late husband, for additional service rendered by her said husband, which she has not been allowed for, as will appear by the accompanying proof, all which is claimed in right of said Act.
[signature] X her mark Patty Smart
Singed in my presence
[signature] Joel Adams
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written, Before me, 
[signature] Joel Adams Justice of the
Peace
I hereby certify, that the above named affiant is personally known to me, that she is the same identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
[signature] Joel Adams, Justice of the peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January 18 1848 
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joel Adams was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[signature] H. B. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth.