Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,323, for Asaph Smith, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
(continental Conn.) Smith Asaph
S. 36.323.
CONTENTS
pub. at Wethersfield, Conn.
In 1818, res. at Berlin Conn. aged 68 years.

36 323
Rev INVALID.
File No. 36 323
Asaph Smith
Rev Rev
Act: 16 March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 388
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Smith 77 to 83 Sheldahl connect. Puff Admitted

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
A. ON this 9 th day of October 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Asaph Smith aged 68 years, resident in Berlin in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Asaph Smith on the 7 th day of May 1777, enlisted in Methersfield in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Salmadge, of and in the regiment commanded by Col. Elipha Sheldon, and in the brigade commanded by it being the Second Regiment of Light Dragoons, in the Continental Army,
that he continued to serve in the said corps, and in the service of the United States until the 12 th day of June 1783, when he was discharged from service in Danbury state of Connecticut; that he was in the battle of Germantown,
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. That his whole estate is worth not exceeding Fourteen Hundred Dollars; that he has a wife and three children to support, & has delivered his discharge for transmission.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
J. Titus Williams
B. I, Stephen Fitch Warner a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Asaph Smith did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Connecticut, ss. Middletown, October 9 th 1818. J. Titus Warner.

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown,
ON this 9 th day of October 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Seth Savage of Berlin in the said State, a person known to me, to be of good character and worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with Asaph Smith of Berlin aforesaid the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that the said Asaph
Smith served a number of years in the revolutionary War as a private in a company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Elisha Sheldon, That the said Asaph Smith has property to the amount, in his last judgment, of fourteen Hundred Dollars, & not exceeding.
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
J. H. Hamer

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
ON this 9 th day of October 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Jesse Peck of Middletown in the said State, a person known to me, to be of good character and worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with Asaph Smith of Berlin in S. State the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that to the knowledge of said Jesse Peck who has a dispute in the Revolutionary army, the said Asaph Smith several in Dragoon in the Regiment commanded by Col. Elisha Sheldon , a number of years; The said Jesse Peck further says, that he is well ac- -quainted with the circumstances of the said Asaph Smith , and that his estimate of his property at Fourteen Hun- -dred Dollars , the said Jesse Peck be- lieves to be correct, and as much as it is worth. . . . .
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
J. Fish Hosmer

I  John Fisk
Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, That the Honorable
Stephen Fitz William . . . of Middletown in said State, is
one of the Judges of the said Court, and that his name subscribed to the preceding Declarations and Certificates, marked A. B. C. D.
. . . is his proper hand writing and signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at Middletown aforesaid on this ninth day of October 1848. - - -
J. Fisk

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Connecticut
Asaph Smith
of Middletown in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon of the Connecticut line, for the term of Six Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of May 1819 and sent to Stephen F. Hosmer Middletown Connecticut
  Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819.  38.70    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819.  48.00    4 Mo. \frac{26}{37}  $86.70  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 12 th 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Asaph Smith. Troop.
S. File 36323 Asaph Smith Continental (Cavry) Dragoons.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Joseph Smith Private in the 2 nd Reg t H. Drag o . Regiment , having faith- fully served the United States Six Years and being enlisted for the War only, is thereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
Joseph Smith - Private 6 th Sheldon Post-Lt. Col. 1777-6 years - dis d 9 Feb y 1783
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 12 th Day of June 1783
G. Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S Command, J. M c Donough M c Intosh
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment, Thos. J. Whiting Adjutant.
THE above Joseph Smith has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for six Years faithful Service.
Oliver Sheldon Col.