Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15988, for Abraham Smith, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Smith, Abraham
S. 15988
carded
CONTENTS
born Apr. 1762 at Lynn, Essex Co. Mass. threat m. res in 1832 Farmington Penna Co. Pa. d. Apr. 3, 1853

18,093 Maine - N o 27,217
Abraham Smith of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company by Captain Hase of the Regt. by Col. Gerrish in the Mass. M il time for 18 months and 3 days
Special
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine — at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per a to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Mar 1834 and R. C. Vose
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834- 180. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Ly. " 30. 00 $ 210. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. B. Bunker Clerk, Book 8, Vol. 1, Page 55

Abraham Smith 75794
• Private, Mass'ts troops Huse's Co: Gerrish's reg't 3 months
"
" 6 months
Guards & prisoners
Putnam's Co: Tyler's reg't 6 months
No officers " "
20 months as a private. Proof of 15 months by credible witnesses - applicant can furnish no evidence of other services.
Abund 15 months  J. D. H.
W. C. Vose Augusta. Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this thirty first day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Abraham Smith a resident of Farmington in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy years, 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, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1778 with Captain Samuel Huse and served in Col. Isaac Gernish's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz, Huse Capt. Batchelder
2nd. Lieutenant Gernish Col. That he enlisted at Lynn, Mass. as a private in April 1778 for three months, that he served out this period at Winter Hill near Boston & then re-enlisted the first of July 1778 as a private for six months in the same company & regiment under the same officers, that after serving out the latter period he was discharged the last of December of the same year at Malden Mount near Cambridge, Mass.
That in April 1779 he again enlisted as a private for three months at Lynn, Mass. & served at Roxbury in guarding Continental Stores, that he now does not recollect the officers of the company or Regiment, but he recollects serving under Brown Sergeant & Boardman corporal with twelve privates & that he was discharged at Roxbury in July of the same year.
That in July 1779 he enlisted as a private for six months in Capt. Putnam's company Col. Tyler's regiment of the same troops, That this period he fully served out at Rhode Island & was discharged at Newport the last of December of the same year.
That previous to the above mentioned services he enlisted in October 1777 for two months as a private at Lynn & served at Boston & was there discharged the last of November 1777 at Fort Hill , but he can't now state the names of his officers or the regiment.
Wit:
artment, he also-
That he was born in April 1762 in Lynn Massachusetts , where he presumes his age is recorded & where his home was during his revolutionary services. That he removed from there to Farmington forty three years ago & now resides in said Farmington . That he never received a written discharge from the service. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services. He named the Rev. Isaac Rogers & Supply Belcher . Og.

That he was born in April 1762 in Lynn Massachusetts, where he presumes his age is recorded & where his home was during his revolutionary services. That he removed from there to Farmington forty three years ago & now resides in said Farmington. That he never received a written discharge from the service. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services. He named the Rev Isaac Rogers & Supply Belcher. Agp.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
31 st July. A. Grahams Smith
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, B of m
Nathan Weston Jr not I.P.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jr

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Abraham Smith for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this ninth day of August
A. D. 183 2 ,
J. A. Chandler

Abraham Smith 18.033. Payments to be made $50. at Portland by Mrs. M. I. Br. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 1 Page 54 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Abraham Smith
of the State of Maine who was a Private in the war of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Fifty dollars and _____ cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twentieth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
John B. B. Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

18033
Maine
Abraham Smith
of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Huse of the Regt. commanded by Col. Gerrish in the Mass. militia line for 15 days.
18 m o 3 deep
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 60 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July 1833 and sent to C. Vose Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. — 25.00
$125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by
Clerk,
Book
Vol.
Page
54
18 m o 3 deep 60 years

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15988
INVALID.
File No. 15988
Abraham Smith
Rev. Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 342
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I John Sweetser of South Reading in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts of seventy three years of age do depose and say that in the winter of 1779 I enlisted in the service of the United States into the Company commanded by Col Sargent, in Gen. Gates (if I remember rightly) Regiment, for the term of three months, and went to Dorchester in the County of Norfolk, and there did military duty in fort guard  of public stores eight or ten days, and then marched to Roxbury and there did military duty in guarding public stores during the whole term of three months and then was regularly discharged, about the first of April following.
During which time I was well acquainted with Abraham Smith who then lived in Lynn in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, but who now resides in Farmington in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, and who enlisted into the same company under said Sargent and went with me to Dorchester & Roxbury and there did military duty in the same company with me during said term of three months and was then regularly discharged with me and also with me come home.
October 28 th A. D. 1833.
John Sweetser
State of Massachusetts } County of Middlesex ss. } On this Twenty eighth day of October A. D. 1833 personally appeared John Sweetser above named and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed were true according to his best knowledge, belief and further certify that the said John Sweetser is a credible witness & that his testimony is worthy of full credit. Before me Joshua Prescott Justice of the Peace

I, Daniel Needham Esquire of Lynnfield in Essex County in Massachusetts aged 71 years of age on oath testify - That in 1779 Abraham Smith, resident at Farmington in the State of Maine, served six months from July 15th to the last of Dec r . of 1779 as a Soldier in Capt. Jeremiah Put- nam's Company in Col Nathan Tyler's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: I was a Sergeant in the same Company and served with him at that time in Rhode Island. We were dis- charged at Tiverton. Daniel Needham
State of Massachusetts Essex County /s: Sept. 8. 1832 Then the above named Daniel Needham Esquire, a credible, disinterested, and respectable magistrate subscribed and swate oath to the above Affidavit before me Benj. Merrill Just. Peace & Quorum

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss.
I John Prince jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record in said County do hereby certify that Benj. Merrill is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County & that I believe his signature within is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Salem Sept. 8. 1832.
John Prince Jr. Clk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 1 st 1833.
I 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 Department, it appears that the name of Abraham Smith as a private is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt Nathan Sargeant's Company, under the command of Major Gen l Gates, where he is allowed from Feb y 3 rd to May 7 th 1779. three months and three days.
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End.
Edward D. Bangs: Secy.

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the
27 th day of March A. D. 1833.
PERSONALLY appears in open Court Abraham Smith by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jr. on the 31 st day of July A. D. 1832, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Just S. J. C.
I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Abraham Smith for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 27 th . day of March A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler

State of Maine.
We Isaac Rogers a Clergyman, residing in the town of Farmington in the County of Wenatchee and Supply Belcher residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Abraham Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Isaac Rogers S. Belcher
State of Maine.
Wenatchee ss.—Sworn and subscribed this seventh day of August A. D. 183 2
Before me,
William Belcher Justice of the Peace.
William Belcher Esq. is a Justice of the Peace. And the Rev. Isaac Rogers is a Clergyman residing in Farmington. And Supply Belcher Esq. residing in the same town is a credible person, & their statement is entitled to credit. Nathan Weston Jr.

Theophilus Bacheller of Lynn, gentleman in the County of Essex State of Massachusetts of right one year of age do hereby testify That in the year 1778 Abraham Smith of Farmington in the State of Maine served as a soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Saml. Huse in Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regiment, at Winter Hill — of which said Regiment, I was at the time, Chaplain Major and afterward Lieutenant of said Company . I further testify That the name of said Abraham Smith is borne upon a copy of the original muster roll of said Company, which I now have in my possession — said roll dated 2 November 1778 — How long said Smith served I do not know —
State of Massachusetts, Essex County. S. Sept. 8. 1832 Then the above named
Theophilus Bacheller
State of Massachusetts, Essex County. . . SS.
Sept 8: 1832 Then the above named Theophilus Bacheller, a respectable, credible and disinter- ested person subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me
J. C. Atkinson Deputy Clerk of the Grand Jury for Essex

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. I John Prince Junior, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Essex. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the same being a Court of Record, hereby certify that J. C. Stickney Esq. before whom the within affidavit was subscribed & sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within the said County of Essex, duly commissioned, and empowered to administer oaths - and that I believe the signature attached to the within certificate is genuine.
In
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of September A. D. 1832.
John Prince Clerk
Alvan Smith

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Smith, Abraham GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8720 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 16, 1791 To Adam Nutt, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.