Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32528, for Asa Smith, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born.
Smith, Asa.
832528
Continental
CONTENTS
Feb 8, 1761 at Haverbury I know where at all. In 1834 res of Lloyd Co. Ind.

Date of death not on p 13
23531 Indiana
Asa Smith
It is hereby certified that he was a private in the company commanded by Captain Wells of the reg t commanded by Colonel ... in the ... for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Jan y 1834 and to John ... No 96
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 75 — Semest. allowance ending March 15 — $90 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page

Ara Smith

State of Indiana St. Loyal County ss 3 on the 6 th day January 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Board of Commissioners of the County of St. Loyal State of Indiana, now sitting, And Smith a resident of said County of St. Loyal State of Indiana, and in addition to his declaration herunto annexed says that he was born in Glensburgh Connecticut, That he has no record of his age, That when he was called into the revolutionary service he was living in Glensburgh State of Connecticut That since the revolutionary war, he resided in Connecticut until the year 1800 - at which time he moved in to Washington County State of New York, and resided in the State of New York until the year 1811 - at which time he removed to Ohio & lived there until 1825 & then then removed to Indiana. St. Loyal County where he has resided ever since & where he now resides - That In April 1777 he entered in the regular service by enlisting and was discharged from the regular service by his Father being a substitute, and September 1777 he re-enlisted, In June 1778 he was drafted - That he served under Col J. Webb & Col. Stark

does not think he even had any written charges That he is well acquainted with Seth Woodruff & Daniel Keller I was to a Subpoena The 6 th Day of June 1834 in Open Court also with Harvey Scribner (H.S.)
And the Court said I can't do here by declaring their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the investigation prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears that Seth Woodruff who has signed the preceding certifi- cate is a clergyman resident in the County of Floyd State of Indiana & that Daniel Keller who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Floyd State of Indiana and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit —
I Harvey Scribner Clerk of the Court of the Board of Commissioners

do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ezra Smith for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court, this 6 th day of January 1854 Harvey Sculmer W

Asa Smith Declaration for a Pension
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State of Indiana Floyd County - 3 rd ss.
On the 16 th day of November 1833 personally appeared in Open Court, before the board of Commissioners of the County of Floyd State of Indiana now sitting. Isaac Smith a resident of said County of Floyd and State of Indiana aged Seventy two years on the 8 th day of February last being duly sworn according to law on his Oath makes the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, that in the Month of April 1777. he enlisted in the regular service under Ensign George Smith of Goshenburg in Connecticut his then place of residence and joined a Company commanded by Capt. Elijah Wright in Col. Samuel Webb's regiment and was ordered to Hartford and from Hartford, was marched to White, and in August was taken sick and sent home to Goshenburg and in September Isaac Smith his father hired Daniel Manly as a substitute who took his place in the regular service previous to the substitute taking his place. In September same year 1777. he volunteered in the militia and was enrolled in Company commanded by Jonathan Wells of Goshenburg Connecticut and marched to Bennington Vermont and was there attached to a regiment commanded by Col. Stark where we had an engagement with the British and they retreated to Skenesborough and we were marched to this place overtook the British and had an engagement with them & took a number of prisoners, and then marched to Stillwater and from thence to Hartford in Connecticut in charge of the prisoners and baggage taken from the enemy and was discharged in December was in this service three months.
In June 1778. was drafted and joined a Company under command of Capt. West, Lt. Scott and Ensign Alcott and was marched to Q. thence to White Plains and was returned and continued in this service three months and was then regularly discharged, he has no documentary

evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. and he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any other state. — Asa Smith.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
We Seth Woodruff a Clergyman residing in the Town of New Albany County of Floyd and State of Indiana and Daniel Keller residing in the County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two 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. Sworn & subscribed to the } Seth Woodruff } day and year aforesaid } Daniel Keller }
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations presented by the war department that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. that they know that Seth Woodruff who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of New Albany and State aforesaid.

I Harvey Scribner Clerk of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Floyd within the State of Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Hugh Smith for a pension and further that said Board of Commissioners have adopted as their seal the impression hereto shown which was used by the board of Justices for said County—
In Testimony Whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said board at New Albany this 8 day of November 1833
Harvey Scribner Clerk

12974 Asa Smith Indiana.
Keokuk for 1717 pr. grants $30
Wm J. Carr N.R.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Asa Smith
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777 3 P. Col. J. Webb 72 Connect. Traditionary.   3 "   3 " Witness not certified to be credible.   five months cannot be allowed for the first service  
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached to it 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ara Smith a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( estate widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 32,528.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1777 Aug. 1777 Elijah Wright Samuel B. Webb Conn.   Sept. 1777 3 mos. Jonathan Wells Stark   June 1778 3 mos. West ✓      
Battles engaged in, Bennington
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Glastonbury, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 8, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Floyd Co., Indiana.
Age at date of application, { born Feb. 8, 1761 at Glastonbury, Conn. son of Isaac Smith.
Remarks:
There is no further family data. Soldier moved from Conn. to Washington Co., N.Y. in 1800; to Ohio in 1811 & to Floyd Co., Ind. in 1815.
Unless Smith joined troops found on Rev War records of the Bureau.
Respectfully,
1833
Commissioner.
("Roomecreek" = Walloms Creek river)

By John Smith
No. 1234
John Smith
Si Re me
Act June 1 st 1880
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 852
[Arrangement of 1870.]
John Smith

✓ One 3c. stamped env. recd. - EBK . Rev. Sec. CSW
Crawford, Nebr. March 24th 1919.
To The Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Can you fill the following blanks for me.
Asa Smith, born-----, died_____, and his legal and lawful wife_____, born_____, died_____. Married_____ " Asa Smith, a private in Capt. Samuel Mc Clelland's Co., from the town of Woodstock. Number of days in the service six(6). In the list of men who marched from the Connecticut towns for the relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm, April 1775. ( Pg. 27 Conn Me in the Revolution.)
(Pg. 55 same book). " Asa Smith, a private in Capt. Obadiah Johnson's Co. (officially hailed from Plainfield, Canterbury and Windham) enlisted May 11, 1775. Discharged Dec. 15th same year.
The Fourth Co. Third Regt. Col. Israel Putnam. Regiment recruited in Windham County, Stationed during the siege of Boston at Cambridge.

Pg. 583 same book. " Asa Smith of Canterbury, in Col. Samuel Canfield's Militia Regt. at West Point, Sept. 17 1781.
I would also like to have the names and dates of birth of his children if these are available.
Thanking you in advance,
Yours truly,
Mrs. Norman Brown

To the Commissioners of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
I am writing you in hopes you can give me some information in regard to my G.G. Grand- father Isaac Smith of Glastonbury Conn. or Wethersfield Rev. War period - I understand that he and his father Benjamin Smith and also his son Asa (at that time about the age of 14) were all in the Revolutionary War - Isaac Smith (the son of Benj.) was born Dec. 16 - 1735.

He married Ruth Hollister (the dau. of Zephaniah Hollister) Nov. 14 th 1758.
His son Asa (my 4. Grandfather) was born in 1763, married Sarah Wick Wick.
They all lived in Glastonbury Conn.
The older ones probably lived in Wethersfield Conn.
These are all ancestors of
Richard Smith, one of the founders of Wethersfield Conn. his first dau. Mary married
Mathias Dreat - and son Richard Jr. name is on the list of freemen in 1669.
I thought if I wrote this you could tell just what Richard Smith it was - I would like to have Rev War Richard's record (his father Benjamin), and his son Asa's war record. I think Asa Smith died in Floyd Co. Ind. (from Glastonbury he went to Hebron, Washington Co. N.Y. and then to Floyd Co. Ind.) his father must have remained in Glastonbury & died there - and I suppose Benjamin died in Wethersfield.

Trusting you can give me some information, and thanking you for same. I am -
Respect.
Mr. Catherine R. Gilchrist 753 - North Michigan Ave. 5th apt.
Chicago Ills.
Oct. 13 th 1922.

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Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
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Certified jacket
Title and description of job photostatic copy of one page from Revolutionary War pension claim of Asa Smith, Connecticut Troops, S. 32528.
No. of copies 1 Shall form be kept standing? _____ days
For further information see Mrs. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
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May 20, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copy of 1 page from Revolutionary War pension claim of Asa Smith, Connecticut Troops, S.32528, uncertified .
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Stephen I. Gilchrist 130 - South Piper Boul. Detroit, Michigan
Received payment 15¢ May 20, 1930.
Antonia N. Ford
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

Rev 1/18/12
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March 27, 1930. 192
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For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
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March 27, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copies of six pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Asa Smith, Connecticut Troops, S. 32528, certified.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Stephen I. Gilchrist 130 - South Piper Boul. Detroit, Michigan
All copies of letter but 6th jacket & the old office form
Received payment, $1.15, March 27, 1930.
Ada DeYoung.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.