Wayne County, NC - Benjamin Smith Revolutionary War Pension, 1832 ~~~~~~~~~~ Benjamin Smith - applied for pension in Wayne County Superior Court 1 Oct 1832 - aged 73 years Enlisted 17 Sep 1777 as a substitute for his brother Josiah Smith who enlisted and afterwards being about to contract matrimony and procured discharge; joined at Dobbs County now Wayne; served as Private in Capt. A. Shepard's Company, Col. Abraham Shepard's 10th NC Regiment; marched to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, was in winter quarters there and placed in Capt. John Ingel's Company, Col. John Patten's 2nd NC Regiment; in the battle of Manmouth; stationed the following winter at Paramus to guard the lines; next spring helped to build the fortifications at Stony Point on the Hudson; then marched to Charleston, SC; was in the siege there where taken prisoner and held about fourteen months; exchanged 2 Jul 1780 and soon after discharged; allowed pension 1 Oct 1832; died 23 Feb 1840. Source: HeritageQuest Online Abstract from Revolutionary War Pension ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Old Dobbs Genealogical Society ______________________________________________________________________