Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 9724, for Francis Smith, Other

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Smith, Francis Elizabeth
R 9724
Hb. residence of son in 1856
CONTENTS
Died Dec. 5, 1827 aged 71 yrs. 4 mos.

REJECTED
9424
P. O.
Elizabeth Smith
Service:
Francis
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Claim filed too late to be on printed list of 1852.
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

No Elizabeth Smith Widow of Francis D.C. Foster Henshaw June 7/1836.
9724
Rejected, she d? before '36
July 4 1836-

May 186
John Henshaw
Pale
BC 1

Pension Office June 7 1836
Sir
There is no claim for a pension for the services of Francis Smith in the war of the Revolution.
35/ He and his widow Elizabeth both died before the passage of any Act of Congress under which their children can assert a claim,
Foster Henshaw Esq
Present

I know all men by these presents that I James Smith of the City of Washington D. C. son and only heir of Francis Smith who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution do hereby constitute and appoint Foster Henshaw of the City of Washington D. C. my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name to receive from the proper Officer of the United States for issuing certificates, a certificate for the pension, which was due to my mother for the services of my father in said War. The Captain's name under whom my father served, was Capt. Pancake. He was at the Battle of Brimton, Germantown, Trenton, and Brandy-Wine.
James Smith
Be it known that on the 15 th day of May 1856, before the subscriber a justice of the Peace, in and for said District duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared James Smith above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony I have hereunto set my hand and Seal.
Sam l J. Briggs. J.P.
We the subscribers hereby certify that for many years we have been personally acquainted with the within named Francis Smith and his wife Elizabeth Smith, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and there is no doubt but they were legally married, and were so reputed. And we also know the within named James Smith, and know him to be the only child and heir to the pension which was due to his mother, the said Elizabeth Smith at the time of her death. We also certify that the following is a true copy of the family record of the death of Francis and Elizabeth Smith above named. Francis Smith died Dec r 5 th 1827 eighteen hundred and twenty seven aged 71 years and 4 months. Elizabeth Smith died Aug t 5 th 1832 of spasmodic Cholera aged 79 years.
Mary Bass James F. Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 15 th day of May 1856 Sam l J. Briggs. J.P.