Wayne County NcArchives Military Records.....Smith, Benjamin 
Revwar 
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Series: M805  Roll: 745  Image: 745  File: S7541  Page: 8 of 8
 
                                             July 10, 1931
 
Mr. George Byrd                     Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
C/o Chemical Products Company          MLE
North Chicago, Illinois
 
Dear Sir:
 
        You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, S. 7541, that Benjamin Smith, while residing in Dobbs 
(which was later Wayne) County, North Carolina, enlisted September 17, 1777, 
in Kinston, North Carolina, as a substitute for his brother Josiah (who was to 
be married, to whom not shown), served as a private in Captain A. Shepard's 
Company, Colonel Abraham Shepard's 10” North Carolina Regiment, marched to 
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, was in winter quarters there, and was there placed 
in Captain John Inglals' company, Colonel John Patten's 2" North Carolina 
Regiment.  He was in the battle of Monmouth, was stationed the following 
winter at Paramus to guard the lines, the next spring helped to build 
fortifications at Stony Point on the Hudson, then marched to Charleston, South 
Carolina, was in the siege there, where taken prisoner and held about fourteen 
months, when exchanged July 2, 1781, and soon after was discharged.
 
        He was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1832, at 
which time he was a resident of Wayne County, North Carolina, and was aged 
seventy-three years.
 
       The soldier died February 23, 1840, survived by children whose names 
are not stated, and there is no reference to his wife.
   
                                Very truly yours   
                                                        
 
                                 A. D. Hiller
                                 Assistant to Administrator

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