Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14527, for Abner Smith, New York

SERVICE
New York
Smith, Abner
NUMBER
S. 14527
CONTENTS
carded
res at end Westchester Co. N.Y. res of N.Y. City aged 74 yrs in 1832

3077 NEW YORK
Abner Smith
of New York in the State of New York who was a Pri. Kerk. in the Compy. commanded by Captain Gilbert of the Brig. commanded by Geo. G. Clinton in the NEW YORK line for 8 1/2 Months a Private and 15 " " Sergt.
Inscribed on the Roll of NEW YORK at the rate of 103 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Dec. 1832 - and delivered to H. 666 cent. etc.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $154.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr. 33 51.67
$206.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Steele Clerk Book D. Vol. 5. Page 204

admitted
8 1/2 mo. private 15 mo. day
71.333 1.66
238 2. 26.644
26.66 2.1.64
28.33 27.2 / 103.33
155.2 75

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 - State of New York } City & County of New York } ss:
Twenty On this 17 th day of October in the year 1832 personally appear- ed before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York Abner Smith a resident of the City and County of New York aged Seventy four years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That Deponent enlisted as a Soldier in a Company of Pro- vincial or State Troops of New York Command- ed by Captain Abijah Gilbert, in the spring of the year 1776 in the County of West Chester where he then resided, that the Company was a part of the Brigade commanded by General George Clinton. That Deponent served in said Company on Long Island and retreated thence with the American Army to New York and thence to New York White Plains and was with the Army at the time of the battle at White Plains - That after the Battle of he was marched to Peekskill and Quartered at that place until the expiration of his term of Service on the first of January

in the year 1777 when he was discharged, Deponent further saith that he again enlisted as a private in the New York State Militia in the said month of January in the year 1777 in a Company commanded Captain Jesse Treadwell in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Thomas and marched in said Company and Regiment in the expedition against Fort Independence during the same month of January; that deponent at this time served one month and a half and was at that  time the expiration of his term of enlistment honorably discharged. That Deponent again in the summer of the year 1777 or the year 1778 but which of the years or at what particular time of the year he is unable with certainty to state except that it was in warm weather enlisted as an orderly sergeant in a Company of Dragoons commanded by Captain Samuel Delavan. That said Company was a volunteer Company raised to guard the American lines in the County of Westchester. That Deponent served in said Company of Dragoons as orderly sergeant from the said time of his enlistment until the fall of the year 1783 in the said County of Westchester, when he was honorably discharged. Deponent further saith that he never received any written discharge but was at the expiration of each of his Terms of service dismissed in the usual way in which Soldiers in the Militia or State

Troops were ordinarily discharged That he has consequently no written discharge nor any other documentary evidence of his service during the revolutionary war. Deponent further saith that he knows of no officer with whom he served as aforesaid, being now alive, nor does he believe that any of the men, with whom he served are now surviving unless it may be some of the Privates who afterwards removed into the western country and of whom he has heard nothing for many years. Deponent further saith that he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever he may have to a Pension or an Annuity except the Present and he here declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State Deponent further saith that when he entered the Company of Dragoons as before stated his horse was purchased for his use by his father who was then a man of some Property. And Deponent after the war was a Farmer residing in the county of West Chester and always in comfortable circumstances until a few years ago, when through misfortune he lost the whole of his Property and that he is now entirely destitute and afflicted with asthma which at times entirely disables him for weeks together.
Given and sealed this day and year aforesaid
Almon Smith
Almon Smith Clerk for Plaintiff

City & County of New York ss. We Samuel Storm and Porcius F Sweet both residing in the City of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alner Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy four years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolu- tion and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed in open court by S Storm & affirmed & Subscribed in open court by P F Sweet the 19th day of October 1832
S Storm
P F Sweet
Alner Alstern Clerk Com Pleas N.Y.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as as he states.
W O W
W Judson Clerk Pleas for the 6th & 6th of W 40
I Abraham Alstern Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing together with the Supplementary Affidavits hereto annexed contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Alner Smith for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

Henry Walter Clerk found of Common Pleas for the City of County of New York
who knew the fact of deposition having been

State of New York
County of Westchester
ss Daniel Delavan of said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is now seventy five years of age and was a soldier in the revolutionary war: that he is personally acquainted with Abner Smith in the declaration for a pension, to which this affidavit is annexed, examined, and was so acquainted with him during the revolutionary war: that he knows that said Smith en- listed as a soldier in the company of pro- vincial troops commanded by Captain Abijah Gilbert some time in the spring of the year 1776, in the County of Westchester aforesaid and was attached to General George Clinton's Brigade; but the Deponent does not know what Regiment he belonged to at that time; that said Smith was during said term in the American Army on Long Island and in its retreat from thence to New York and from New York to White Plains, and was with the army at at the time of the battle at that place; and after the battle at that place, was marched to Beekskill and quartered at that place until the expiration of his said term some time in the fall of said year and was then and there honorably discharged from said service - And the Deponent further saith, that said Smith again entered the service of the United States as a private same time in the month of January 1777 in the militia of the state of New York
Who knows not that the said Deponent is now living

in the company commanded by Captain Jesse Truesdell in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Thomas and that the said Smith marched in said company and regiment in the expedition against Fort Independence in the year 1777 in the month of January, and that the said Smith was in the said service at that time to the knowledge of this Deponent one month and a half and was honorably discharged. And the Deponent further saith that in the latter part of the year 1777 the said Smith again enlisted as a sergeant in the company of Dragoons commanded by Captain Samuel Delavan, brother of this Deponent; that said company was raised a volunteer company raised to guard the American lines in the county of Westchester aforesaid; that said Smith continued in the service of the United States in said company of dragoons from the said time of his enlistment therein until some time in the fall of the year 1783 and was then honorably discharged in said County of Westchester from said service; that said Smith served during said last mentioned term, in the said County of Westchester on the American lines. And further Deponent saith not.
Given under my hand this 23rd 3rd day of September 1832 before me
Daniel Delavan
Daniel Delavan
Sworn to me  before me this 3 day of December 1832 before me
Charles Yee Justice of the Peace

J. Charles Yoe Justice of the Peace Attest the above statement  affidavit do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above Deponent; and that he is a credible person and entitled in my opinion to full belief. Dated December  1832 13 th 1832 Charles Yoe Justice of the Peace Attest
State of New York — } City and County of New York } ss: Abner Smith the Pe- titioner named in the Preceding Declaration being duly sworn doth depose and say that he enlisted as stated in said Declaration in the month of May or June in the year 1776 the precise month he cannot state but he served about seven months that year - And as he was discharged about the first of January 1777 he thinks the time of his said enlistment must have been about the first of June in the year 1776 Immediately subsequent to the first of January 1777 he again served one month and a half as stated in his said declaration - Deponent further saith that the Company of Cavalry in which he served to the end of the war was what was called a Minute Company when

State of New York ————— } City and County of New York } ss: Abner Smith the Pe- titioner named in the Preceding Declaration being duly sworn doth depose and say that he enlisted as stated in said Declaration in the Month of May or June in the year 1776 the precise Month he cannot state but he served about seven months that year. And as he was discharged about the first of January 1777 he thinks the time of his said enlistment must have been about the first of June in the year 1776 Immediately subsequent to the first of January 1777 he again served one month and a half as stated in his said declaration. Deponent further saith that the Company of Cavalry in which he served to the end of the war was what was called a Minute Company who were bound to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment's notice warning — That from the time of his enlistment in said company until his discharge the Deponent was called out very frequently and was some- times out but a few days some times out for two or three weeks at a time. That at this late day it is almost impossible for him to say how much of the time from the enlist- ment to the discharge of the said company he was in actual service but he thinks it was about fifteen months. He was however obliged to hold himself in constant readiness. Deponent further saith that on the forming of the Company it was stated by the Captain that they would be paid by the Committee of Safety and that he would keep an exact account

account as possible of their time of service but Deponent never received any pay whatever - And Captain Delavan died only a few weeks after the Company was discharged - General Delavan whose deposition is hereto annexed is the only person whom Deponent has been able to see who knows the fact of Deponent's having served during the Revolutionary war - And deponent further saith that he cannot state with certainty at what time he enlisted in Cap- tain Delavan's Company but that it was sometime in the year 1777 or 1778
Sworn to in open Court & Subscribed } This 20th day of October 1832 }
Anna Smith
Henry Addson Clerk for New York
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester, State of New York do hereby certify that Charles Voe Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavit of Daniel De Lavan was taken his authori- ty of the Peace in and for said County and due- ly authorized to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and believe the signature subscribed to be his
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 3 rd day of December 1832
N Bayles Clerk West Com pleat

Personally appeared before me the undersigned First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York Abner Smith who being duly sworn deposits and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: For Seven Months in the year 1876 I served as a private in the New York State Troops; For One Month and a half in the year 1877 I served as a private in the New York State Troops; and for Fifteen Months subsequent to the year 1876 and prior to the close of the war I served as Orderly Sergeant in a company of Cavalry in the New York State Troops. The whole of the time period for which I served amounting together to a period of Twenty three and a half Months.
Abner Smith
Given in open court
this 24th day of November 1882
Abner Alden Clerk
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto Affixed. - Nov. 24 th 1882
JNO J IRVING
A Judge of the Court of Com- Pleas for the City & County of New York

Rev War
14.527 INVALID.
File No. 14.527
Abner Smith
Priv Srgt: Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 349
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Paris
Alma Smith.
11/16. 52 3/4
75
J. L. Edwards Esq
Wm O'Keat.
Washington
D. C. Oct. 4. 1892

Newark
2 Octo. 1932
Sir,
I enclose you Alvin Smith's papers - If they are satisfactory you can send his certificate to me -
I am
with great respect -
Yours sincerely
C. C. Danforth
J. L. Edwards Esq