Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,972, for Ephraim Smith, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Smith, Ephraim
NUMBER
S. 31.972.
CONTENTS
Jan 8, 1752 at Wallcut Mass - then at age. In 1832 near Yorktown Cumberland Co Me.

who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt commanded by Col. Cobb in the Mass. 3. Inf line for Byram .
Inscribed on the Roll of Elaine at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of August 1833 and sent to
Charles Harding Portland
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833, $ 160.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept — 40.00
$ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 54

6297
Ephraim Smith
April 8 th 1833
Cf 14.
6297.
P. 323
Lycas
P 80. -
Charles Harding Esq.
Portland
Maine

6297
BRIEF in the case of Ephraim Smith  of Gorham in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80 years  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.     1 May In 1775 1 As a Col. B. Cobb  interred Capt. J. Smith's Co.  State do do do   not stated 1 or more  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wellfleet Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by Witnesses - Certified to be credible persons  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Ephraim Smith of Gorham under the pension act of June 7. 1832.
N o 6297.
Also genuine his dist...

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the tenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this tenth day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Ephraim Smith a resident of Yarmouth in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged Eighty 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 was born at Wellfleet in the State of Massachusetts on the Eighth day of January A.D. 1752. That he was enlisted into the State Troops at said Wellfleet under Capt Joseph Smith of said Wellfleet on the first of May 1775. for one year and served until the middle of the month of June of the next year and was then discharged. The reason of my remembering the time of enlistment is because Elkanah Harding and myself were in Boston at the time of Lexington Fight and they immediately returned to Wellfleet and he enlisted shortly after. The company was stationed, during that time, in Truro on Cape Cod . Seth Smith of Eastham was first Lieutenant and Elkanah Harding of Truro was Ensign. The company was raised from the Three Towns above mentioned and had one officer from each town. Samuel Harding of Truro was commissary and supplied the company with provisions. The company was quartered in Barracks in Truro . After being discharged from that company, he was stationed for a second term of time, by order of Capt Smith on the sea coast and served one year or more in the town of Wellfleet . Capt Smith received his orders from Col Elisha Cobb of Wellfleet . During the second year two or three American Vessels were driven on shore by the Storm , and the cargo taken out by the company to which he belonged and sent to Boston. During the first year, a Transport from Boston, bound to Halifax was discovered in the Bay at Truro , and the company took boats and went out and captured the vessel, took the men on shore and marched them to Boston as prisoners of War, and sent the Transport also to Boston. And he further declares that during the whole of said service, he was Orderly Sergeant of said company and served in that capacity. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Ephraim Smith
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before.
Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

Also during his first year's service, The British ship, called the Somerset, a Seventy four Gun ship, was cast away on the back side of Cape Cod in the town of Provincetown, in the month of November, and was entirely lost: - The men, who reached the shore, were taken by the Company as prisoners of war, and marched to Boston and delivered to the officers of the Government.
The reason, why Capt Smith's Company was first ordered to be raised and stationed in Truro, was because the enemy had attempted to land there a little time previous.
Elmer Smith
Signed sworn to before
John Ware
Aug. 10 - 1832
Subj of the written statement for the Dist. of Maine
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nussay Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elmer Smith for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Nussay
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

31972 Rev INVALID.
July 21-1900. Miss. Henrietta G. Mansfield New Haven Conn.
File No. 31,972
Ephraim Smith Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12 Academy St.
Bureau of Pensions Dear Sirs,
Will you kindly send me a certified report of the Revolutionary service of Lieut. Ephraim Smith of East Sudbury Mass. he was in Capt Joseph Smith's company from Sudbury and oblige
(Miss) Henriette G. Mansfield 12 Academy St. New Haven Conn.
Feb. 7. 1900.

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PENSION K FEB 10 1900 J S OFFICE

J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Charles Harding Esqr Portland Maine

May 30
To the Secretary of War
City of Washington
D.C.
Alma Q.P.
Pension business

I, Elkanah Harding, of Gorham formerly of Wellfleet on Cape Cod 73 years of age, do testify and say, that I have been acquaint- ed with Ephraim Smith of said Gorham, from childhood — That he is about eighty years of age, was born in Wellfleet, and was always a near neighbor to me. I further certify that said Smith enlisted into a company commanded by Joseph Smith of Wellfleet — in May A.D. 1775, immediately at the Lexington fight which company was raised by order of the Governor of Massachusetts, and that said Smith was in the army and served in said company for sometime, the precise time I cannot state, but believe it was about a year I further testify that said Smith was stationed in Truro on Cape Cod at said time. — And after that time said Smith enlisted a second time and was stationed on the sea shore in Wellfleet and Truro for a year or more. I further testify that Elisha Cobb was Colonel of the Regi- ment to which the company commanded by Joseph Smith belonged. and that said Smith is a man of good character. Elkanah Harding
(Interlined before taking the oath.)
Cumberland 3 Portland August 6 th 1832 —
Personally appeared Elkanah Harding above named and made oath to the above af- fidavit by him subscribed —
Before me
Charles Harding J. Pease
This may certify that I have long been ac- quainted with Elkanah Harding above na- med and that he is a man of good moral character and of truth and veracity
Charles Harding

State of Maine Cumberland County ss.
I, William D. Vaughan, clerk of the County of Cumberland and County do certify that Charles Robertson is a Magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office this sixteenth of August A.D. 1832.
Wm D Vaughan

1) Lois Grant of Limington in the County of York and state of Maine of lawful age do testify and say that I am now over seventy years of age; in the year of seventyfive in the month of May I knew of Ephraim Smith of Gorham in the County of Cumberland and state of Maine, serving as a soldier one year or more in the Company of Capt. Joseph Smith of Wellsfleet, stationed at Barns on Cape Cod, and I further testify that said Smith served as a militiaman for the defence of the sea-coast but as to the length of time I cannot certainly state a good reason I have for remembering the above statements, is at that time I was a near neighbour to said Smith, and used often to visit his wife in his absence
her mark Lois Grant
State of Maine
York ss. August 3 rd 1832 - then personally appeared Lois Grant and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed before me
Simon Street Jr, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine. Cumberland County ss.
I William T. Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County do certify that Simeon Strout Jr. is a magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his I believe to be genuine. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal of Office this tenth day of August A.D. 1832. —
Wm T Vaughan
York vs. May 25 th A.D. 1833.
I further certify that the within Lois Grant is a person of good character for truth and veracity
Simeon Strout Jr. Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I have been intimately acquainted with Ephraim Smith Esq r of Gorham in the county of Cumberland (who is now about making his application to the Gen l . Government for a pension for revolutionary services) for the space of about thirty three years last past; that during the whole of that period he has, to the best of my knowledge & belief, sustained an unblemished character for truth and veracity.
Gorham August 9 th 1832. Josphan Robie Just. Peace
I hereby certify that I have been, for ten years, acquainted with the above named Mr. Smith and I have never known his character for truth and veracity called in question
Rev. Theobaldus Pomeroy
Gorham Aug. 9. 1832.
Name Deleted
District Clerk's Office August 10. 1832
In testimony that Josphan Robie Esq r and the Rev. Theobaldus Pomeroy a Clergyman, who gave the above certificates, are both residents of the town of Gorham & men of undoubted veracity, personally known to me, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day & year above written
John Mussey Clerk U. S. Courts