Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26479, for Asher Smith, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Smith, Asker Anna
W. 26479
CONTENTS
In 1818 res of Amherst, Hampshire Co. Mass aged 38 yrs. died Jan. 25, 1827.

Massachusetts Roll 4,947 Asher Smith Mass Line } Private In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th of May 1818. Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Dec r 1818 - and sent to Son: Leavitt P. Dudge Greenfield - Mass. Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 3 mo: \frac{27}{31} + \frac{4}{30} = 32:2 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48: $ 70:2 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } Nine Months. Continental Asher Smith
4,947 Massachusetts Roll
Asher Smith.
Mass s } Line
Private /
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Dec r 1818 - and sent to Son: Leavitt P. Dudge Greenfield - Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 3 mo: \frac{27}{31} + \frac{4}{30} = 32:2 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:
$ 70:2
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Nine Months.
Continental
Asher Smith

2537
Massachusetts
Anna Smith
widow of Asahel Smith who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of October 1843 and sent to E. Dickinson Amherst, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 1, Page 54.
Act? Instructions under the act of 1844, sent to E. Dickinson, Aug. 16. 1844 at Amherst, Mass.

290 Alice Smith's Percussion Declamation
from 1843.
$30 per ann.
E. Dickinson Amherst Mass

State of Massachusetts } County of Hampshire } ss.
On this affidavit seventh day of June eighteen hundred & forty three, personally before the Subscribed justice of the Peace, sit for the County of Hampshire Anna Smith, a resident of Athol in the County of Hampshire, aged seventy three years, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Abner Smith who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War - the name of the officer under whom he served, I do not recollect; and she received an annual pension for five years, of thirty dollars, under the Act of July 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written                      Anna Smith Before Edward S. Merrill Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex p. June 7. 1843.
Then personally appeared Alvan Smith, Subscribed to the foregoing declaration, & well known to me personally, & who is a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the same.
Before me
Edward D. Sleeper
Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Edward Dickinson Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Edward Dickinson and believe his signature to said certificate
genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial for said Commonwealth, this twelfth eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Samuel Wells Clerk.

I, Lyman Smith of Ancestal in the County of Hampshire, & State of Massachusetts, aged twenty six years, testify & say that I am the grandson of Mrs. Sarah Smith named in the foregoing Pension Declaration; that I have lived with her for the last eight years, and have known of her receiving a pension, under the act of July 1838. - that the applicant is the same person who  same person who drew the pension, & that she is still a widow. Lyman Smith is Com te of Afflyty County of Hampshire.
July 15. 1843. Then personally appeared Lyman Smith subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, & said known to me to be a credible person, & made oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Edward Dickinson Justice of the Peace

Agnes Smith M.W.
Marshall M rs Reg 1778. Served 9 mo
See Rolls-
Correct L

State of Massachusetts
I Asher Smith in view of the
United States, now resident in Amherst in the County of Hampshire and State of said do on oath testify and declare that in the war of the Revolution in the fore part of the month of June A.D. seventeen hundred and seventy eight I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the Continental establishment and served accordingly as a private soldier from that time to the twelfth day of March next following without interruption in service in Col. Warner's Company, Marshall's Reg. Patterson's Brig. in the Massachusetts line when I was honorably discharged, and that said discharge was a few years after accidentally burnt - that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty I stand in need of assistance from my Country being of the age of fifty eight years and having served as of aforesaid nine full months -
That I hereby relinquish any and whatever pension may have been at any time heretofore granted to me by the said States, if any has been so granted - Witness! John Fellows Asher X Smith Mark

State of Massachusetts Franklin Co. May 12 th D r 1881. The within named Asahel Smith declared under oath that the within Declaration by him signed is true.
Asahel Smith Judge of the Barnstable Court of Sessions
To the Secretary of the Department of War
I the undersigned one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Sessions in the State of Massachusetts respecting which Circuit includes the County of Hampshire and Franklin do hereby certify that, on due ex- amination being had, it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Asahel Smith sworn in the inquisition against the common enemy may as he has set forth in the Declaration within that by reason of his reduced circum- stances in life he is in need of assistance from his Coun- try for support D r 1881
Asahel Smith Judge

I Calvin Sawyer of Haverburg in the County of Worcester and State of Vermont do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Asher Smith before named and have known him ever since the commencement of the said War and know that he was not in the land service of the said States during that period — and have no doubt, that the facts set forth by him are true —
Calvin Sawyer
Worcester Vt April 10. 1810
this day personally appeared Calvin Sawyer and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me Andrew H Ward Justice Peace

No 53
Asher Smith
4947 Dec 1875
Amherst W
Mar 1879

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, begun and holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire, on Wednesday, the fifth day of July, and de die in diem to the sixth day of said month A. D. 1820 :
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County, created such by the Laws of the Commonwealth, Asahel Smith aged sixty two years, resident in Amherst in said County, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows : I enlisted a soldier in the Revolutionary Army
the year 1777 about the month of June in Capt. William's Company in Col. Thomas Marshall's Regiment and served two years six months and was regularly discharged at West Point. I have a Pension Certificate for that service No 4947.
And I 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 so 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, in the Revolutionary war," passed 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 in the following schedule by me subscribed.
One dwelling house & $31.00 One old Chest 1.00 One table 1.00 One loom 4.00 Three Chairs 55. One settle 50. One axe 80. One hoe 75. One handcart 1.00 One shovel 25. Shovel & long 1.50 frying pan 1.00 New Kettle 75. One foot Whirl 1.00 a Great wheel 1.50. Sythe & Snath 1.00 = $46.63 - I have Wife & one Child. work at farming when able. limy lame in one of my legs. Asahel Smith. Attest Moses Porter
Sworn to, and declared, on the sixth day of July 1820, before the said Court. Attest, Isaac Dwight Clerk.
I, JOSIAH DWIGHT, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule which follows it, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Forty six dollars, and sixty three cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of July 1820.
Josiah Dwight

✓ 3905 Anna Smith 1709
act 7 July 38
m 91. D. 27.
adm d 9 mo pri 30 pp
no deduction 
Hair Rev. Grinnell Jr.

State of Massachusetts } Hampshire County ss. } On this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Probate held at Northampton within and for said County Anna Smith a resident of Amherst in the County of Hampshire aged Seventy 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 1838 passed July 7, 1838. entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows: That she is the widow of Asahel Smith who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and served therein as stated in his declaration and proof now on file in the War department. That he was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818 and regularly drew his pension until he died. and that after his decease the certificate was returned as near as she can recollect.
She further states and declares that she was married to the said Asahel Smith on the nineteenth day of October in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety one, that her husband the aforesaid Asahel Smith died on the twentieth day of January in the year eighteen hundred and twenty seven; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January nineteen hundred and ninety-four viz at the time above stated.
Anna Smith
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before Nathaniel Conkey Judge of Probate
I hereby certify that the word not was interlined before signing Nathaniel Conkey Judge of Probate

W. Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Anna Smith for a partition -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this fourth day of December A.D. 1832
Danl F. Lyman Reg. Prob.

I Ebenezer Mattson Jr of Amherst in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Asahel Smith and Anna his wife for more than twenty years, they removed into the Town of Amherst and lived in my immediate neighbourhood many years before the death of said Asahel, that he died in the winter of 1827, and that the said Anna Smith his widow now lives in said Amherst and has never since been married but still remains the widow of said Asahel, I further state that the said Asahel Smith was a pensioner and received a pension several years before he died -
Ebenezer Mattson Jr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss.
December 1. A.D. 1838
Then personally appeared Ebenezer Mattson Jr who is well known to me as a person of truth and a credible witness, and subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit -
Before me Nathan Conkey Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Stearns Conkey Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourth day of December A.D. 1838
Sam. F. Lyman
Register of Probate.

I, Daniel Smith of Shrewsbury, County of Worcester, & State of Massachusetts, of lawful age depose & say, that I am a surviving brother of Asker Smith a deceased pensioner of the Revolutionary Army, that Anna Smith widow of said Asker is now living, & has ever remained the widow of said Asker since his death. Daniel Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, p., Nov. 26 th 1838.
Then personally ap- peared the above named Daniel Smith & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, before me, A. R. Phelps, Justice of the Peace.
And I further certify, that Daniel Smith aforesaid is a man of veracity. A. R. Phelps, Jus. Pacis.

Town Clerk's Office, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Nov. 26 th 1838.
Transcript of the Record of marriages: - Asker Smith and Anna Tucker, both of Shrewsbury, October, nine- teenth, Seventeen hundred Ninety one, By Joseph Henshaw, Justice Peace; - that it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures, as follows: "Oct. 19. 1791."
Attest,
A. R. Phelps, Inblk.
I, A. R. Phelps above named, depose & say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the County, Town & State aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the records of said marriages, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
A. R. Phelps, Clerk of the Town of Shrewsbury.
Sworn before me,
Nymphas Paine
Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. I, Jos. G. Kenan, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas (within and for said County) do hereby certify that the names of R. Phelps, and Nymphas Pratt in the within certificate, are just as they appear therein and for said County, duly qualified, and that the sig- nature of these names on said certificate appears to be in their own hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County at Worcester this twenty sixth day of November A.D. 1838.
Jos. G. Kenan, Clerk.

I, Daniel Smith of Shrewsbury, County of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, of lawful age depose & say, that I am a surviving brother of Asker Smith a deceased pensioner of the Revolutionary Army, that Anna Smith widow of said Asker is now living, & has ever remained the widow of said Asker since his death. Daniel Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, p., Nov. 26 th 1838.
Then personally ap- peared the above named Daniel Smith & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, before me, A. R. Phelps, Justice of the Peace.
And I further certify, that Daniel Smith aforsaid is a man of veracity. A. R. Phelps, Jus. Pacis.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: I, the undersigned Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas (containing and for said County) do hereby certify that the within R. Phelps, whose name is subscribed to the within said certificate, is a Justice of the peace within and for said County, duly qualified, and that the sig- nature of said names on said certificate appears to be in their own hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester this twenty sixth day of November A.D. 1838.
Geo. G. Kendall. Clerk.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26.279
Mrs Smith
wid of Asher Smith Pr. Rev War
Act: March 3d 48
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 236
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Alma Smith Present Affection July 15. 1844.

United States of America State of Massachusetts Worcester County ss.
Be it known that before me Edward Dickinson a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Anna Smith, and made oath on the above firm law, that she is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of the 3 d of March 1843, on account of the Revolutionary service of her husband, the late Asahel Smith, at the rate of thirty dollars per annum; that she now makes this affidavit, for the purpose of drawing a pension under the Act of Congress passed on the 17 th of June 1844, entitled "An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows;" that she has not intermarried, but continues to be a widow; that she now resides in Alabaster, and has resided there for the space of forty years past; and that previous thereto she resided in Leverett.
Sworn to & subscribed, this first day of August 1844. In the presence of Lime Giddings
Anna Smith
Before me Edward Dickinson Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named Official is personally known to me, & that she is the same individual who gave a deposition as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
Edward Dickinson Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Edward Dickinson Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Edward Dickinson and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four .
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

Recd 15 May
3905 7 July 1838
Anna Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
RECEIVED

Brookent (Mass) December 11 th 1838
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send the papers in support of Anna Smith's claim for a Pension under the Law of July 7, 1838.
Also additional evidence in the cases of Mrs. Martha Houston and Mrs. Abenethy Groot which were filed with suspended cases —
In the case of Mrs. Houston there is no record of the Marriage to be found, and I have sent an additional declaration of heirs to that point, and an affidavit of the lower blank, which is all the negative evidence, that is deemed necessary, should any thing further be required please inform me.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Yours Respectfully,
Thaman Conkey

Massachusetts-1709
Anna Smith widow of Asahel Smith , deceased
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar 1818 and who died on the 20 January 1827 of Nampshick in the State of Mass who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Warner of the Regt commanded by Col. Marshall in the Mass line for 9 months private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Jan- uary 1839 and sent to Hon. George Grennell, Jr. A.R.
arrear to the 4th of Sept. 1838 $75:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 M. 39-15:00
$90.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. S. Elliot Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 4 Page 130-