Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 9729, for Enos Smith, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Smith, Enos
P 9729
CONTENTS
July 8 1791 in Newfield Parish Fairfield Conn. then at mil. July 1833 res of 53 Stephen St. Duchess Co N.Y. July 1838 res of New Canaan Conn. N.Y.

Enos Smith
Tomlinson

State of New York - Columbia County } Enos Smith now a Resident
of Germantown in said County of Columbia. after after being duly sworn says that the accompanying Declaration made by him, and the affidavits attached to the same bearing date September 23. 1833. were left by him with a gentleman in Dutchess County to be forwarded to the War Department - and that he has never until very recently seen them (within a month) when he got them back he has examined them over, and finds there is something not as it should be, wherein it is stated Bateman town and County of Poughkeepsie, it ought to have been Beekman town, and Dutchess County. He says that upon further examination, he cannot say that there is anything but what according to the best of his recollection is correct - he is now an old man and very poor and from the great lapse of time and consequent loss of memory he cannot state with that precision that he could have done some years ago. Sworn and subscribed this 20 th day of September 1838. before me James Rowley, Commissioner of DEEDS.
Enos Smith

State of Connecticut, ss County of Fairfield, on this 23 d day of September 1883 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Probate for the district of Fairfield in said County and State. Enos Smith a resident of the Town of Bateman, in the County of Poughkeepsie and State of New York, formerly a resident of the Town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut aged eighty three 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 7 th 1832. that he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. The declarant says that in the year 1812 according to the best of his recollection and belief, he was drafted for four months by Capt Ebenezer Dill of Fairfield, who was then Capt of the militia Company to which the applicant at that time belonged. To serve on guard on the coast of Long Island Sound. He was stationed at Newfield then so called, a small seaport at that time in the Town of Stratford, now called Bridgeport. Here he served during the months of March, April, May & June of that year. To guard the place against the enemy. The applicant says that his memory is extremely poor and that he cannot well recollect names; but he thinks a Mr. Howland commanded the guard. He served as a private soldier and the duty of the soldier was his only business during the time of the draft. And when he had served out the time for which he was drafted, six months, he was regularly discharged, but he had no written discharge. The troops he thinks were State Troops. And he says that he at present recollects no one now living, who can testify

4- for him in this case. The declarant also says that he was again drafted in 1779 by Capt Ebenezer Hill of Fairfield for three months, to serve on guard at Black Point, a small sea fort so called, in the town of Fairfield, where a small fortification, was erected, and garrisoned, during the war of the Revolution, for the protection of the harbor and the adjacent country. Here he was stationed under the command of Capt Isaac Jarvis of Fairfield, the commander of the fort, and did military duty as a private soldier for the term of three months viz during the months of March, April, May & June of that year, when he was regularly discharged but had no written discharge. The troops he thinks were state troops, and his military duty was the only employment for the time. and he says that having removed from the part of the country where this form of military service was performed, many years ago, he knows of no one of his associates in its new living (though there may be such) who can testify for him in this case - The applicant also says that in July 1779, he volunteered under Capt Ebenezer Hill of Fairfield, who commanded the militia company to which he at that time belonged, to assist in driving off the British, who then came and with savage fury burnt Fairfield and New Britain in Connecticut. There was some close and hard fighting on the occasion, and he spent one week in occasional combats with the

enemy and in pursuing after them until they finally quit the coast of Fairfield and returned to their rendezvous in New York - Immediately after the loss of duty last above mentioned in 1779 the Applicant says that he enlisted for four months, to serve on guard on the coast of Fairfield. He thinks it was a Sergeants guard, and according to the best of his recollection one Abel Faxon was Sergeant of the guard. He was stationed on the margin of Long Island Sound in the first ecclesiastical Society of Fairfield which place had recently been burnt by the enemy. Here he did military duty as a private soldier for four months, viz during the months of August September, October and November of that year. At the expiration of which time, he was regularly discharged discharged but had no written discharge. The guard he thinks were state troops - And the declarat further says that in 1780 he was again drafted for four months to serve on guard at Mill River, a small seaport, then situated in the Town of Fairfield, now called South Park. Here he was stationed and did military duty as a private soldier for four months, during the months of September, October, November & December of that year under Capt. Eliphalet Thorp of Fairfield. And at the expiration of the time for which he was drafted, he was generally discharged, but he had no written discharge. The guard he believes were state troops - He also says that he was drafted in 1781 for four months, and sent to Fish Kill.

34788 in the State of New York under the pension and as he believes of a Capt Dodge. And he says he did military duty as a private Soldier, part of the time at Fish Kill, part of the time at New Point, and part of the time on the lines, below New Point during the months of August, September, and until some time in the latter part of the month of October when he was taken sick with the Dysentery or Camp Chitison as it was then called. and obtained a furlough to return home. but did not sufficiently recover to be able to rejoin his Company until after the time for which he had been drafted had expired - Two months and a half at least he claims to have done his duty as a Soldier, and there was not more than a month and a half or more that he was sick either in Camp or on furlough and unable to do it - The Company to which he belonged none as he believes State Troops - And the declarant also says that the evidence he has produced in support of his claim is so far as he knows the best evidence in his power - Having been many years away from the place of his nativity and the scene of most of his revolutionary services. a new generation has arisen with whom he is unacquainted. and among whom he finds it almost impossible to work his way in pursuit of testimony - To add to his difficulties he is extremely poor. consequently in a great measure frugal. and unable to meet the requisite expenses in procuring testimony from In this dilemma. he finds himself under the necessity of relying principally upon his own attested declarations

declaration conscientiously made without equivocation or mental reserve - He has been fully informed of the testing of the law  and that he is required to fully and fairly answer all questions and to give the true facts of his life and to give the true facts of his life - The Applicant also says that he was born in the Parish of Greenfield in the Town of Fairfield in Connecticut in the year 1751 on the 8 th day of July in the year 1751 - and that he resided there until some time after the close of the revolutionary War and that he resided there when he was called into the service of his Country - since his removal he has resided in the State of New York - He has no need of his age - He has is acquainted with Ebenezer Sherwood, Benjamin Banks, James Goodsell & a very few Persons in the former place of his residence who can testify respecting his character - and he hereby relinquishes any 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 - And the declarant also says whether he has before mentioned not that the duty of the Soldier was his only business during the different terms of his engagements as a Soldier - Grotonville been & and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before Daniel Shive Judge of Probate for the district aforesaid -

State of Connecticut ss District of Fairfield Nov. 2 nd 1883 I Nathaniel Freeman a Clergyman residing at present in Greenfield Parish in the County Fairfield and district aforesaid. that do hereby certify that Elias Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in said Fairfield where he formerly resided to have been a Believer of the revolution and I concur in the same opinion. and from the information I have received of the character of the said Elias Smith of those who are best acquainted with him. I also believe him to be a man of truth.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year aforesaid before David Niles Judge of Probate for the district aforesaid -
Nath l Freeman

State of Connecticut ss District of Fairfield Number 2. #1833 I James Goodsell a resident of the district and state aforesaid. do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Enos Smith formerly of said Fairfield now a resident of the Town of Batavia in County of Rensselaer & State of New York. The person who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration. I believe him to be eighty two years of age. and he is respected and believed in the neighborhood in which he resided in the time of the revolutionary war. (in which neighborhood I have always resided) to have been a soldier of the Revolution. and I am also fully of the same Opinion. And I also know him to be a man of the strictest truth and believe the statements he has made in the preceding declaration. are entitled to entire credit. James Goodsell sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid. before David Will Judge of the Court of probate for the district aforesaid.

And the said Court hereby declares its 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 Nathaniel Freeman who has signed one of the foregoing Depositions is a Clergyman residing in the District of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut. and that James Goodfellow who has signed the other of the foregoing Depositions is also a resident of the said District & State and that both of them are credible Persons and that their statements are entitled to full credit.
David Hill Judge of Probate.
I David Hill Junr Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield in Connecticut. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Smith for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office at Fairfield as aforesaid this 2 d day of December A D 1833 -
David Hill Jr Clerk

State of Connecticut p District of Fairfield September 6. 1893 I Reuben Sherwood a resident of the District and State aforesaid aged Seventy nine years. do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Elias Smith. formerly of Fairfield now a resident of Batavia Town. County of Pennsylvania in the state of New York - He was born and brought up in the same town with me. and I believe him to be eighty two years of age. I was christened & served on guard on the sea coast in the first society of Fairfield according to the best of my recollection after Fairfield was burnt in the year 1779. I think it was in the latter part of the summer and the fall of that year. The guard I think was a Sergeant's guard. and according to the best of my recollection Abel Fenton was Sergeant of the guard. And I remember well that the aforesaid Elias Smith was one of the guard and served with me as a private on this occasion. How long he served I do not now recollect -
Reuben Sherwood
When I was christened in the day & year aforesaid. before Daniel Dyer Judge of Probate for the district aforesaid -

State of Connecticut ss District of Fairfield September the 19 th 1823 I Benjamin Banks a resident of the district. and State aforesaid. aged eighty six years. being duly sworn according to Law. do testify and say. that I am well acquainted with Moses Smith formerly of said Fairfield. now a resident of the Town of Watertown. State of New York. having been born and brought up in the immediate vicinity of each other. and I believe him to be eighty two years of age. he always sustained the character of an honest man while living in Fairfield. and I believe him to be a man of truth and that his testimony is entitled to full credit. and he is respected and believed in the neighborhood in Fairfield. where he formerly resided to have been a soldier of the revolution. and I concur in the same opinions. Benjamin Banks
Sworn to and subscribed in day & year aforesaid before Daniel Newcomb Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid -

State of Connecticut ss District of Fairfield November 2 d 1833
I Daniel Hill Judge of the Court, Probate for the district aforesaid. do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ruben Sherman and Benjamin Banks who have subscribed and sworn to the two immediately preceding dispositions. That they are men of truth and that their dispositions in this case are entitled to credit -
Daniel Hill Judge of Probate
Daniel Hill Jr. Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield aforesaid do hereby certify that Daniel Hill who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is Judge of Probate for the district of Fairfield in Connecticut. and that the foregoing signature of his name is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of Office at Fairfield aforesaid this 2 d day of November 1833 -
Daniel Hill Jr. Clerk

June 7, 1934
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Mr. J. Howard Hayes 27 Ashland Street Arlington, Massachusetts
Mr. J. MCHF/eel Enos Smith-R.9729
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Enos(Enneas) Smith, Isaac Cody and his son, Samuel Cody, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of claims for pension or bounty land having been made on account of the services of a Samuel Cody, as described by you, or of an Isaac Cody. The record of Enos Smith, the only soldier of that name who served from Connecticut, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, has been found and his history is furnished you herein as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R.9729, based upon his military service in that war.
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It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of soldiers of the Revolutionary War, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.
Enos Smith was born July 8, 1751, in Greenfield Parish, Fairfield, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While a resident of Beekman, Dutchess County, New York, he applied for pension September 23, 1833 and stated that while living in Greenfield Parish, Fairfield, Connecticut in 1778 he belonged to Captain Ebenezer Hill's Company of Connecticut Militia and served on the following tours: four months from April 1778 on a coast guard at Stratford, Connecticut; from March, 1779 four months on a coast guard under Captain Isaac Jarvis; in July 1779 volunteered and was at the burning of Fairfield

and Norwalk, Connecticut in Captain Ebenezer Hill's Company; from August 1779 four months on a guard on Long Island Sound under Sergeant Abel Fanton; from September 1780 four months on a guard at Fairfield under Captain Eliphalet Sharp, and from August 1781 four months in the state of New York under Captain Dodge.
The claim of Enos Smith was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension laws.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

NY Dec 26
Benj. Miller
act 7 June 1832
FREE Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pension Washington

all and to person
Parley
FREE
Oct 20
NY
Enos Smith Oct 1832
J. P. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions War Department City of Washington

State of New York, City of Hudson October 16 th 1838.
Dear Sir. enclosed I send you the Papers as you will perceive of Enos Smith. who I was lately called to see in relation to his application for a pension. I have lately become acquainted with him. and from what I can learn about him and his appearance to me I think him to be a Respectable Old Gentleman and very Poor - therefore if you can find him entitled to anything, after examining his papers be good enough to let me know for him - Also the Papers in relation to Gertrude Salpugh with her I am well acquainted and if her Papers are all Satisfactory be good enough to forward to me for her a Certificate for a Pension - Respectfully yours,
Barney Rowley -
Mrs Salpugh's papers taken out by W.

N. York 3788
Enos Smith
let to Jan Rowley 15. June 1839
9729
Act June 1832

94 99 RESELECTED
P. O.
Enns Smith
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as follows:
Re-enlisted: "suspended for proof by the Connecticut comptroller and by witness living at Fairfield Conn."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

1926-Sept-29-Visit to Mabel P. H. Hiers - Her letter in Clarence Truman's book MMH.

James Rowley 15 June 1839
OC

War Department Pension Office
301
15. June 1839
Sir The papers of Enos Smith an applicant for a pension under the act of June June 5 th 1832 have been examined and filed - The claimant statement states that he was drafted in your vicinity, for 4 months, such as the Connecticut Militia - Then it does not appear that  there was any draft - But there is no record in the Department of such drafts as he describes - Some Evidence of the service of the Captain mentioned in the claim may be found in the office of the Comptroller of that State where Enlistments should be produced - The claim should be sustained by the testimony of a witness; There are also belonged some of the private belonging to Capt Jones company now living in Fairfield
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James Bowley Esq. Hudson N.Y.

J. HOWARD HAYES 27 ASHLAND STREET ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
May 25, 1934.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please give the Revolutionary data which you may have of Enos (Eneas) Smith of Derby, Ct. If you have any information in regard to this family or parents, I shall be glad to have that also.
Is there any other Bureau except your own to which I might apply for Revolutionary records. I am interested in Isaac Cody whom I believe enlisted from Connecticut, with his son Samuel. The family tradition is that he was wealthy and did not have a pension, and that he and his brother Phillip gave extensive service during this war. I am anxious to locate this record., and their parents, if possible.
Yours very truly

mmh
September 29, 1926
Mabel P. Stivers 85 High St., Ansonia, Conn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 9729 it appears that Enos Smith was born July 8, 1751 in Greenfield Parish Fairfield, Connecticut.
While a resident of Beekman, Dutchess County, New York he applied for pension September 23, 1833 and stated that while living in Greenfield Parish, Fairfield, Connecticut in 1778 he belonged to Captain Ebenezer Hill's Company of Connecticut Militia and served on the following tours: Four months from April 1778 on a coast guard at Stratford, Connecticut; from March 1779 four months on a coast guard under Captain Isaac Jarvis; in July 1779 volunteered and was at the burning of Fairfield and Norwalk, Connecticut in Captain Ebenezer Hill's Company; from August 1779 four months on a guard on Long Island Sound under Sergeant Abel Fanten; from September 1780 four months on a guard at Fairfield under Captain Eliphalet Sharp, and from August

1781 four months in the state of New York under Captain Dodge.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish 6 mos satisfactory proof of his services as required by the pension laws.
There is no data on file as to his family.
The War of 1812 records of this Bureau fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of his services in that war, or for the services of Truman Gilbert.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
This was the only one of Conn. See note of hist. of Truman Gilbert
James Wilson was his word in this case, as he received no proof that his claim was not

Revolution
23 600 INVALID.
File No. 23,000
Emory Smith
Res Rev 1871
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 885
[Arrangement of 1870.]