Person:Peter Smith (73)

Will Abstract

SMITH, Peter. Will proved November 1837.

Names children, Margaret, Elizabeth, Jacob, Alexander, Peter, William and James.

The heirs of a deceased son, John.

Source: New River Notes

1.   Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.

   Pension Application of Peter Smith S38378
   Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris
   
   State of Virginia
   At a Court Continued and held for Montgomery County the 9 day of June 1820, Personally
   appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the County of Montgomery, Peter Smith aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress the 18 of March 1818 and of the first of May 1820, that he the said Peter Smith, enlisted for the Term of eighteen months in the year (as well as he remembers) of 1779 or 1780 in what month he does not recollect, but he thinks it was in the fall season of one of those years in the state of Virginia in the Company commanded by Capt. Wallace in the Regiment commanded by Col. [Samuel] Hawes in the line of the state of Virginia on continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corp until the year 1782, when he was Discharged from the said service in Salisbury in the state of North Carolina, that he was in the battles of Campden [sic: Battle of Hobkirk Hill near Camden SC, 25 Apr 1781], Eutaw springs [8 Sep 1781] and Guilford [Guilford Courthouse NC, 15 Mar 1781] and that he has no other evidence now in his power, except he might procure the affidavit of one Samuel Cadall, who is yet living, and was in the service with the declarent [see endnote] Schedule
   
   Virginia Montgomery County to wit
   On this third day of October 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said State & County Peter Smith aged about 73 years resident in the said County & State who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. That he enlisted in the company of Capt. Wallace in the regiment commanded by Colo. Hawes in the line of the state of Virginia about the year 1779 or 80 on continental establishment to serve for the term of eighteen months; That he continued in the service of the United States in the said corps until (he thinks) the year
   1782 when he was discharged from the said service in Salisbury in the state of North Carolina; That he was in the battles of Campden Eutaw Springs & Guilford & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services; That he is in such reduced circumstances as to need the assistance of his Country for support and that he made his first declaration on the 9 day of June 1820. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “an act to provide for certain person engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War” passed on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
   I have beside very scanty wearing apparel & an old bed nothing at all I have no family living with me. I am a common laborer by occupation but age has made me unfit for any thing
   [Signed] Peter [his X mark] Smith
   
   NOTE: I could find no pension application for Samuel Cadall, but a pension application for Samuel Caddall was abstracted from court records transcribed by J. T. McAllister and published as “Virginia Soldiers in the Revolution,” which is included in Virginia Military Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983):
   SAMUEL CADDALL, (Montgomery, Aug. 7, 1832). Born 1759. Volunteed in 1780 in Rockbridge in Second Virginia, Continental Line, Col. Howe commanding. His captains were Paxton, Wallace, Lapsley, Cowherd and Evans. Discharged at Salisbury, N. C., in 1782. Howe leaving the service from ill health, was followed by [Col. Richard] Campbell, who was killed at Eutaw. He was in battles of Guilford, Hobkirk’s Hill, Ninety Six [Siege of Ninety-Six SC, 22 May - 19 Jun 1781] and Eutaw.
   
   http://www.revwarapps.org/s38378.pdf

2.   The Pension Roll of 1835: Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. (Washington, District of Columbia: Duff Green, 1835).

   Name: Peter Smith
   Rank: Private
   Age: 76
   Birth Year: abt 1744
   Pension Enrollment Date: 9 Jun 1820
   Residence Place: Montgomery, Virginia, USA
   Service Description: Virginia line
   Annual Allowance: 96.00
   Sums received: 262.89
   When placed on Pension Roll: Nov. 8, 1821
   Commencement of Pension: June 9, 1820.

3.   United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).

   Name: Peter Smith
   Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
   Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
   Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1765 or before]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 [b. 1765 or before]
   Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
   Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
   Number of Household Members: 11

4.   United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

   Name: Peter Smith
   Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia
   Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
   Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
   Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1775 or before]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 [b. 1775 or before]
   Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3
   Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
   Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 9
   Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9