Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11410, for Frederick Smith, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born Privateer
Smith, Frederick
S. 11410
carded
CONTENTS
Mar. 1760 in Waddam's barn there at end. In 1832 res. of Jefferson Schoharie Co. N.Y.

29. 125 20125 New York
Frederick Smith
of Oldham in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Higgins of the Reg. commanded by Col. Douglas in the N. York line for 6 Yrs. Service 12 m. Pri. } Conn. Prisoner Apr. 24/05.
Inscribed on the Roll of NYork at the rate of 6 Dollars 18 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Aug. 1832 and due the 16  Oct.  1833 Jefferson
Arrears to the 4th of May  $134.36 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep' 33  33.59 $167.95
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. L. Stiles Clerk, Book 6 , Vol. 3 , Page 79
Died July 17, 1852 (a 79)

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Frederick Smith
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Marvin Pudd
Jefferson
Scholarly City
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BRIEF in the case of  Frederick Smith of Jefferson  County of Schenectady  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteered 11 June In 1776 — 6 15 Musicians Gen. Wm. Howe } Genl Capt Conradus Hoggins } Halberds   Left 25 Dec. 1776 — 7 — ditto Col. John Ely   Enlisted 12 June 1777 — 5 — Musician Capt. James Smith   Volunteered June 1778 — 2 — ditto for line of "New Brown"   Drafted May 1779 — 1 — private Capt Isaac Bishop   October 1780 — 3 — Substitute Capt. John Ventres ; Capt Dart   Volunteered 1 Oct. 1780 — — — per Instanc. Capt Chapman   private Capt John Buckley  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses as to his first term of 6 months & 6, traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not properly attached 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Wilcox Examining Clerk. 19 March 1833

In that four five months then in May 1779 he was drafted for two months in company commanded Capt John Ventres one month and one month by Capt Dart Lieut William Wilcox he then received at Haddam went to Saybrook kept garrison was dismissed in August 1779 then in the month of October 1781 he went a Substitute one month for Joseph Inola in Capt Chapman company received in Haddam aforesaid when entered the service went to Saybrook kept guard there was no Continental troops there only one company to keep guard that he volunteered about the first of October 1780 he volunteered in a company commanded Capt John Buckley for four months received then at Haddam aforesaid went to Colchester went to Building Barracks & stables for Col Shelburne light horse served but three months were discharged was discharged and went home he likewise went on two Alarms one to New Haven and one to Danbury in both three or four weeks that the whole of his service as a soldier and pioneer was two years and most two months there were no Regular Troops stationed where he was stationed that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no better proof that he can produce than what he has got but would refer to persons living in my neighborhood who can testify as to my character for integrity and their belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution Col Benjamin Fishback that he has no record of his age except the one his father kept in his Bible according to that he was born the 1 st of March 1760 in the Town of Haddam State of Connecticut and moved from there to Harpersfield N.Y. Cyrus Arvine

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and moved from Harpersfield to Jefferson County of Schoharie & State of New York where I now reside that he never had any discharge from the Army He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State - (Subscribed) and sworn in Frederick Smith open court this day and year aforesaid John B. Cleveland J. Clerk
We Stephen Fenn a Clergyman residing in the Town of Jefferson and Reuben Merchant residing in the same place hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Frederick Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 60 sixty years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion the 27 th of Sept 1852 sworn & subscribed. Stephen Fenn Before me in open court a judge of Reuben Merchant Schoharie County
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrog- atories prescribed by the War Department the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Stephen Fenn who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the Town of Jefferson and that Reuben Merchant who has also signed the same is a resident in the same ... a credible person

Town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
William Beckman
Wm Mann
Jhs. O'Danforth
Henry Shaper
I John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Schoharie do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Frederic Smith for a pension - a testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of October 1832.
John Gebhard Jr. Clk. of Schoharie Com. pleas

State of New York } Monroe County ss. } " "
Charles Norton of the town of Greece in the said county of Monroe being duly sworn deposes and says that in the year 1775 this deponent knew and was acquainted with Frederick Smith then of the town of Haddam in the State of Connecticut. That in the forepart of the summer of the said year 1775 this deponent went with the militia to the city of New York as an ensign in Col. William Douglass' regiment. That while at New York he knew the said Frederick Smith who was a piper in Captain Higgins company in the said Col. Douglass' regiment. That the said Frederick Smith served in the said regiment for six months at the city of New York, and that on Christmas day in the month of December in the said year 1775 the soldiers of said regiment were discharged at a place then called Northcastle near New York. This deponent further says that the said Col. Douglass' regiment was, during the whole of the said six months, engaged against the common enemy at New York and in its vicinity.
Subscribed and sworn to before me } the 14 th day of September 1832. }
Charles Norton
William S. Bishop
Justice of the peace
State of New York } I certify that William S. Bishop Esquire before whom the Monroe County ss. } above affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and am fully satisfied that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and official seal this fourteenth day of September 1832.
Leonard Adams Clerk

State of New York County of Delaware
Personally came before me
Joel Hubbard of the town of Haverfield in the County of Delaware and State of New York who being first by me duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is acquainted with Frederick Smith who is now making application for a Pension that he the deponent was with the said Frederick Smith in the Army of the Revolution that they both belonged to the same Company and Regiment that they served together for the term of Seven Months in the year 1776 That they were in a Regiment of Connecticut State Troops that said Regiment was commanded by Colonel William Douglass and Lieutenant Colonel James Arnold under Major Porter and the Company was commanded by Captain Gideon Higgans That we were both in New York on Long Island at Harlem Heights and White Plains and that we were both in the Battle at White Plains and at that time I saw Genl Washington there he had the Command We went from there to North Castle and we were encamped on the 25 th day of December and further this deponent saith not
Joel Hubbard
Sworn & subscribed this 27 th day of August 1832 before me and I certify that the said Joel Hubbard is a credible
Witness
Martin Riker one of the Judges of the County aforesaid

13.740 Frederick Smith
Declaration
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State of New-York } Delaware County } I Anthony M. Paine Deputy Clerk of the said county do certify that Martin Kuebler before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his hand-writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand-writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 28 th day of August 1882
Auth: M. Paine Dept. Clerk
Process served this date
Adm cl 6 1/2 Musciana 10 mo. per
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Commanded by Capt James Smith Joshua Bohorn 1 st Lieut Samuel Smith 2 nd Lieut Joshua Gates Ensign. Proceeded at Haddam aforesaid and went to New London and there joined the Reg t Commanded by Colonel John Ely Major John Collins and duty there until August then went to Compton in Rhode Island in General Sherman Expedition then back to New London and from there we marched to Norwalk then General Percy had the Command ordered from there to go to Long Island and got becalmed in the morning the British Ships come upon us near Hurlgate and took some vessels chase some one way & some another he got away went to Guilford then to Haddam from there back to Norwalk and did duty until my seven months was out which was June 1778 1778 the two campaigns he served as a musician then in the Month of June 1778 he volunteered aboard of the Brig of 16 guns called New Brown Crew 96 men Israel Bishop Capt Hezekiah Smith 1 st Lieut and sailed from New London to the West Indies took one Brig bound from Jamaica for Halifax then put hands aboard and she was retaken a few miles from Newport they sailed to Newfoundland then Steered for New London and on the South side of Nantucket Shoals was taken by two British Ships the night being very dark we were taken into New York in about twenty days was confined about one month in New York then they gave him a pass and made the best of his way back to Haddam having been

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832
State of New York Schoback County
On this 3 rd day of October personally appeared in open court before the judge of the court of Schoback County now sitting Frederick Smith a resident of the town of Jefferson County of Schoback and State of New York aged twenty two 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 act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and as here in stated that he volunteered in company of Connecticut State Troops under General Wadsworth Col William Douglass Lieut Col James Arnold & Major Porter Company officers Cornelius Higgins Capt James Arnold Lieut Samuel Scott Ensign That he entered the service the 18 th of June 1776 and left the service my enlistment being out the 25 th of December following he resided when he entered the service in Haddam State of Connecticut and went to New York and then to Long Island was at Harlem in an engagement a few days before Fort Washington was taken and was at the battle at White Plains saw Genl Washington there and went from there to Northvale and stayed there until my time expired it was called a seven months tour That he enlisted the next year the 12 th of June 1777 in company

June 3, 1938
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Mr. Eugene Bouton 55 Warren Street Bloomfield, New Jersey
FREDERICK SMITH S. 11410 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
The data which follow in regard to Frederick Smith were obtained from pension claim, S. 11410, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Frederick Smith was born March 1, 1760, in Haddam, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Haddam, Connecticut, Frederick Smith enlisted June 11, 1776, served as fifer in Captain Cornelius Higgins' company, Colonel William Douglas' Connecticut regiment, was in the battles of Harlem and White Plains and was discharged December 25, 1776, at North Castle near New York. He enlisted June 13, 1777, served seven months as fifer in Captain James Smith's company, Colonel John Ely's Connecticut regiment, and went on General Spencer's Expedition to Rhode Island. One Samuel Smith served with the soldier as 1 st Lieutenant on that tour; his relationship and that of Captain James Smith to Frederick was not shown. In June, 1778, he entered on board the brig, "New Broom", Captain Israel Bishop, and served five months as mariner, was then captured off Nantucket Shoals, imprisoned in New York about one month then permitted to return home. One Hezekiah Smith served with him as 1 st Lieutenant in that service, no relationship stated. Frederick Smith enlisted in May, 1779, served two months as private in Captains John Venture's and Dart's Connecticut companies. He volunteered about October 1, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain John Buckley's Connecticut company. He enlisted in October, 1781, and served one month as private in Captain Chapman's Connecticut company. In addition to the service described above, he served on the alarms at Danbury and New Haven, both amounting to three or four weeks, dates of that service or names of officers not given.
The soldier moved from Haddam, Connecticut, to Harpersfield, New York, and from there to Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York.

Frederick Smith was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1888, while a resident of Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York. He died July 17, 1888.
It is not shown whether the soldier was ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Frederick Smith, certificate #20125, issued August 3, 1888, rate $67.18 per annum, commenced March 4, 1881, Act June 7, 1888, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Frederick Smith BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? One yes - & B. H. & other officers
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 5, 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

June 5, 1938
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Mr. Eugene Bouton 88 Warren Street Bloomfield, New Jersey
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of a large number of Revolutionary War soldiers.
As stated in letter to you February 18, 1937, it is impossible to comply with requests which require the amount of time and research which would be involved in yours. The clerical force engaged in this research has not been increased since that letter was written.
As means of aiding you in some degree in your efforts, the Revolutionary War records have been searched and no claims for pension found based upon service in that war of an Abraham Jones of New York State, nor of a Henry or John Efner, Epner or similar spelling, nor a claim for pension made by a Rachel Efner or Epner, etc., who applied for pension as the widow of a Revolutionary War soldier with that surname. The pension referred to in 1940 may have been paid by the state from which the service was rendered.
The records of Isaac Patchin (widow Sally), David Garnsey and Frederick Smith are furnished you herewith. No other David Garnsey of New York State was found in the search.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
This is repetition I did not mean to express it that way

M.H.Y.
September 22, 1925.
Sanford F. Johnson 320 Pioneer Drive, Glendale, California.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S-11410, it appears that Frederick Smith was born March 1, 1760 in Haddam, Connecticut.
While residing there he enlisted June 11, 1776 and served to December 25, 1776 as a musician in Captain Cornelius Higgin's Company, Colonel William Douglas' Connecticut Regiment. He was at the battles of Harlem and White Plains.
He enlisted June 12, 1777 and served seven months as a musician in Captain James Smith's Company, Colonel John Ely's Connecticut Regiment.
He entered in June 1778 and served five months on the brig "New Broom", Captain Israel Bishop, was captured off Nantucket Shoals, imprisoned in New York about one month then permitted to return home.
He enlisted in May 1779 and served two months in Captain John Venture and Dart's Connecticut Companies.

He enlisted in October 1780 and served three months in Captain John Buckley's Connecticut Company, and enlisted in October 1781 and served one month in Captain Chapman's Connecticut Company. He also served for four weeks on alarms at New Haven and Danbury.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832 while residing in Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York.
There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Frederick Smith a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 11. 1776 Dec 25. 1776 Musc Cornelius Higgins Wm. Douglas Conn.   June 12. 1777 7 " James Smith John Ely   June 1778 5  Isaac Bishop on Brig "New Broom"  captured off Nantucket Shoals, imprisoned  in N.Y. about 1 mo. then permitted to return home    May 1779 2 John Ventres Sturt   Oct. 1780 3 John Buckley ✓   Oct. 1781 1 Chapman   4 weeks on station at New Haven & Danbury  
Battles engaged in, Barlow, White Plains.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Haddam Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 3. 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Jefferson Schenck Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Mar. 1. 1760 in Haddam Conn.
Remarks: no family data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
EW
July 6, 1921.
Mrs. Marcia I. Mitchell, 128 Laurel Street, Ashland, Oregon.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated June 15, 1921, you are advised that you were furnished the history of the Revolutionary war  war  prisoner  prisoner Frederick Smith, S. File No. 11410, on January 30, 1930, and it is not the prac- tice of this Bureau to send the same record twice to any person owing to lack of clerical force available for such a purpose.
Very respectfully,
acting Commissioner.

Rev War
128 Laurel St Ashland, Oregon
June 15, 1921
Commissioner of Pensions Sir -
Kindly send me at your earliest convenience the military service of Frederic Smith - a veteran of the American Revolution who was born March 1 st 1768 in Haddam Conn. died July 17, 1852 in Jefferson Schoharie Co N.Y.
We need a pension for his service. Sometimes his name was spelled Frederick - Consult No. "11410" Rev War -
Address
Mrs Marcia J Mitchell
128. Laurel St
Ashland - Oregon -

RECORD JUN 22 1927 DIVISION

Rev Ser Commissioner of Pensions. Dear Sir:
Kindly send me a statement of the military service of Frederick Smith a soldier of the American Revolutionary War -
He was born in Haddam Conn and he applied for a pension in 1832 at Jefferson Schenck Co N.Y. and his pension was allowed -
His father was Capt James Smith, under whom he served part of the time -
Address Mrs Maria J Mitchell 128 Laurel St Ashland, Oregon Jan 12, 1920.

July 11, 1925.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am desirous of joining the Sons of the American Revolution.
Please send me the Military service of William Johnson, a soldier in the War of the Revolution. He received a pension in Delaware C. N. Y. His wife Haddassah (Smith) Johnson also received a pension after his death.
Also
Frederick Smith, born in Haddam, Conn. Received a pension in Jefferson, Schoharie Co. N. Y.
Jonathan Pierce died at the battle of Minissink, Orange C. N.Y. Did his wife receive a pension? She lived in Montgomery Co. and Ulster Co. N. Y.
Address
Sanford F. Johnson, 320 Pioneer Drive, Glendale, Calif.

May 31-1900 Hists. to Mrs. Edw. Mitchell, Chicago Ills. 1920 Jan 30. Test. to Mrs. M.S. Mitchell 1921, July 6 Letter to Mrs. M.S. Mitchell. No record since 6-8 am person - En Sept. 22-1925. Test to Sanford Johnson. m.d. 1938 June 3 - Test to Eugene Boaton Seattle in Mabel G. [W.H.R.]
Reuben
 11,410  INVALID. 
File No. 11,410 Frederick Smith Briv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 347
[Arrangement of 1870.]