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4th great grandfather John Smith (1760-1812) claimed to have been in the American Revolution and to have been captured by the British and held in a prison ship in Charleston harbor. He claims he escaped and swam away, ended up going home. Did not have papers. A sister and his widow testified he'd served. His widow was trying to get a pension. But either she or the sister said he'd been in the calvary instead of the infantry and that was enough for the pension to be denied. #VeteransDay