Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9783, for Abijah Smith, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Smith, Abijah Judith
R. 9783
CONTENTS
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2752 Judith Smith widow of Elijah etc.
Act 1838
97.83

State of Vermont District of Randolph p. Orange County
On this 2d. day of October A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Hon. the Probate Court now in session at Randolph in the District and County aforesaid Judith Smith a resident of Randolph in Orange County aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Abijah Smith who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & belonged to the Connecticut troops as she has often heard him state and at that time belonged in the town of Ashford Conn. & as she believes in Col. Wyllys Regt.
She further declares that she was married to the said Abijah Smith in Ashford Conn. on the twentyfifth day of August nineteen hundred eighty-three that her husband the aforesaid Abijah Smith died on the ninth day of December eighteen hundred & thirty-one. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four viz: at the time above stated.
Judith Smith
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before
William Hildreth Register
State of Vermont District of Randolph p.
I hereby certify that the widow Judith Smith appeared in Probate Court the day & year above written made & subscribed the foregoing declaration & was sworn to the truth of the same & is a credible person. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court.
William Hildreth Register

The subscribers of Randolph in Orange County & State of Vermont of lawful age testify & say that we were acquainted with Mr Abijah Smith late of Randolph aforesaid deceased in his life time and that he died in the year 1831 and as we think on the 9th day of December, we also testify that we have been many years acquainted with Mrs Judeth Smith both before & since the decease of her husband Abijah Smith that she is now a widow & has remained such since the death of her late husband Abijah Smith, not having married since that period
William H. Smith J. K. Parish
State of Vermont District of Randolph ss In Probate Court at Randolph this 2d day of October A 1838 the foregoing affidavit was subscribed & sworn to before me & I certify that the garden William H. Smith & J. K. Parish are credible witnesses
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court on day & year above written
William A. Chard Register

Abijah Smith Junr. and Judith Whiten joined in Marriage
State of Connecticut
Windham County 3 rd P. Ashford October 10 th Eighteen hundred thirty eight -
I Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of the Town of Ashford in the County and State aforesaid do certify that the above is a true copy of the Record of said Town, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures, as follows:
August 28 th 1783 -
Attest Benjamin C. Simmons Town Clerk.
I Benjamin C. Simmons above named, depose and say: that I had the Office of Clerk in the town of Ashford in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Ashford with the exception above named, as certified by me -
Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of the Town of Ashford in the County & State aforesaid
Sworn before me on the day & year above just above written - & I further certify that the deponent is a credible Person -
Daniel Knowlton } Judge of Probate for the district of Ashford County & State aforesaid
I Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, do certify that Daniel Knowlton Esq. is the Judge of said Court and that the signature above written purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty eight -
Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk

Comptroller Office Hartford Conn. Sept 7 1838
I certify that on application for service of the survey of Abijah Smith I have examined the records of settlement made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army And found his name in a settlement with the 3rd Connecticut Regiment Samuel Hillyer Esq. Col. before Jan 1 1780 when he is entered as a private and Commenced Service Jan 27 1777 - Time of Settlement Jan 1 1780 Making 2. 11. 4.
Mary Wilburn Compt

June 25, 1925
Percy Gates Smith 33 Hubbard Street Montpelier, Vermont
Sir:
I have to advise you, that in the pension claim Rejected File No.9783, it is alleged that Abijah Smith who resided at Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut, served, in the Connecticut Troops during the War of the Revolution.
He married August 28, 1783, at Ashford, Connecticut, Judith Whiten and they lived at Randolph, Orange County, Vermont. He died December 9, 1831 and she died about 1847.
They had children, the only name stated being that of their oldest son Abijah.
She applied for pension October 2, 1838, at which time she was 78 years old and resided in Randolph, Vermont, but her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of his services.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

J. N. Parish
2 May 1839
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Depat. of War Pension Office May 2 1889
Sir
The papers in the case of MW Judith Smith, widow of Elijah Smith de d . are placed upon our files. The identity of her late husband, with the one whose name is borne upon the Comm. Continental rolls should be established. The claim will remain suspended until such proof shall be furnished
I am
etc
July 7 1889
2752
J. K. Parish Esq Randolph Va

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford Sept. 15 th 1857
I certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Abijah Smith , in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this Office, and find the name of Abijah Smith, on a Pay Roll, under the following heading viz, "A Pay Roll of the 5 th Co. 3 d Reg t . raised by order of General Assembly of Connecticut 1775," where the said Abijah Smith is credited with service as a private from May 6 th to December 10 th 1775 = 7 months & 4 days.
Thomas Knowlton of Ashford, was captain of said 5 th Company, and Israel Putnam was Colonel of said 3 d Regiment.
Joseph G Lamb, Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk

Randolph Vt. June 1st 1839.
Sir
In the case of Mrs. Judith Smith under the requirement in your letter of 10th May I forward the enclosed affidavit of Jedediah Smith establishing the facts of the service of Abijah Smith and the marriage to the applicant.
In the case of Mrs. Philomela Lyman widow of Richard Lyman I also send the affidavit of Mrs. Eunice Lyman which I also believe will be satisfactory to the Dept. in her application.
Your Obedt Servt J. L. Parish
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

Randolph H. Ock. 21. 1857-
Comt. of Pensions, Sir.
Permit me to call your attention to a claim made by Mrs. Judith Smith widow of the late Abijah Smith formerly of Ashford Ct. for pension on account of Revolutionary services performed by her late husband. Mrs. Smith is now dead having deceased some ten years ago but some time not far from 1840 she made her application and for some reason the case was suspended I don't now remember why. Recently her eldest son Abijah Smith called upon me to learn the facts of the case, having understood his mother made application & through the agency of a younger brother (he not being her then) & feeling sure there was quite a service performed in the Com. line by his father as he had always heard, wishes the Department to again review the case whereupon I sent to the Comptroller of Com. & obtained the certificate, here enclosed which agrees with the family information that he served the first year of the War & once afterwards at B. Soudan & again at Westport as yet he fails to find that proof. but sends through me what is m c ? An early attention is respectfully desired -
Your Obed Servt
J. H. Parish.

J. K. Paish,
Aug. 10 '39
A. B.

War Dep Pen: Off Aug 10: 39
249
(ii)
The deposition of Deborah Smith in the case of Mrs Judith Smith widow of Abijah Smith dec'd is herewith returned for authentication - It is not sufficient to identify the Abijah Smith credited with service in the Con te Line with the late husband of the claimant. The period, length & grade of the service with the names of the officers, must be furnished upon oath - Without the requisite specification of proof of service for which the claim is asserted she may not anticipate a favorable decision.
The deposition of Mrs Eunice Lyman (herewith returned for authentication) is also insufficient to prove the identity of Claimant's late husband with the soldier of the same name in the Con te Line.
J. R. Harrick Randolph Va

394 War Dept Q.M. Dept May 23 d 85
Sir
In reply to your en- quiry I am to inform you that the re- quirements of my letters of 2. & 11 inst in the cases of M rs Judith Smith & M rs Philomela Lyman contemplated some parol proof that the individuals found on the records were their husbands respectively - There are those who proba- bly who knew them in service as comrades , or living in the neighborhood acquired a knowledge of their respective ser- vices
J. B. Parish Esq. Randolph Va

Isabella Smith N
proof of identity req.
Oct 25 th 1838
7 July 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq.

J. K. Parrish
Nov. 4

Pension Office, Nov: 4 th 1857,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 21 st Ultimo, You are informed that by a decision recently made by the Secretary of the Interior, no unadjusted pension claim can be allowed the children of deceased revolutionary soldiers or their widows. The claim of Judith Smith, decd. cannot be adjusted allowed to her children.
Yours &c,
J. K. Parish Esq r , Randolph, W.

Judith Smith widow of Abijah.
at July 1838 — Let to J. H. Parish 2 May 1839 —
do do — May 23 '39
do do Aug 10 '39 J. H. Parish. Nov 4/57
all in the above at 7 th July 1838

aw Rev. War Section.
Mar. 6, 1919.
Mrs. Emogene Buck, Randolph, Vt.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 24 th ultimo, you advised that in the pension claim Rejected File No. 9783, it is alleged that Abijah Smith who resided at Ashford, Windham Co. Conn., served in the Conn. Troops during the War of the Revolution. He married August 22, 1783, at Ashford, Conn., Judith Whiten and they lived at Randolph, Orange Co. Vt., he died Dec. 9, 1831 and she died about 1847. They had children, the only name stated being that of their oldest son Abijah.
She applied for pension on Oct. 2, 1838, at which time she was 78 years old and resided in Randolph, Vt. but her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of his services.
Very respectfully,
[Signature] Commissioner.

Rev. War Section Record Division
V.R.H.
January 16, 1933.
Mrs. Alyce B. Clarke, Randolph, Vermont.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 1 st instant, you are advised that the record of the Revolutionary War pensioner Abijah Smith R. File No. 9,783 was forwarded to you July 7, 1931, and it is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish the same statement more than once to any person, owing to the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

Rev Sec
Randolph Vermont,
February 24, 1919.
To the,
Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Please investigate and report to me, the military record in the Revolutionary War, of one Abijah Smith, who married in Ashford Conn. Judith Whiton, in 1788.
I have not the complete history, neither date of his birth.
Kindly report to the following address, at your earliest convenience.
Mrs. Emogene, Buck.
A.F.C.
Randolph, Vermont.

Rev. Sec cur
p ct. Stamp not
Pension Dept. Washington, D.C.
Gentl -
Kindly send me the genealogy and Revolution- ary service of Abijah Smith Sr. of Ashford, Conn. In 1788 he married Judith- Whilon service record can- not obtain. Please send

necessary records for D. A. P. application blanks.
Very truly (address)
Mrs. Hyce Buck Clarke Randolph, Vermont

U.S. Pension Office Washington, D.C.
Gent -
Kindly send
copy of the application for pension of Abijah Smith, Sr., for the War of the Revolution. He enlisted from Ashford Conn served in the Connecticut troops. Married in the same place to Judith Whiton, Aug. 28, 1783.
(address) Hattiesburg
Mrs. Myra Buck Clarke
Pandolph, Vermont.
1/1/22

9483
P. O.
Judith Smith
Service: widow of Abijah
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as;
Re-enlisted: "Suspended for proof of identity with a nameake of the Conn. lines."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for

Aug. 1883 M.L.
1919 March 16. History to Mrs. Remogene Buckel, a.d.
1921 July 7 Hist. to Alice B. Clarke
1922 Jan 16 Alice B. Clarke that only one record is sent etc.
1925 June 23 Dieter & Percy Gater Sue (see claim #521764 (Nathan Galis for letter inquiry) mdy