thanks george, i sent the info to his kin to obtain the pension from this site. they will do so soon, Them Smiths are hard to trace, looks like the whole family worked at the Arsenal at Mt Vernon, i was able to get them in through a great uncle Dennis Payne Brashear
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2098763&GRid=39135998& im looking for his war record, i assume he was KIA
Denis P. Brashear Birth: Dennis Payne Brashear, born October 18, 1829.
Death: 1863
Co.D 4 AL
Burial:
Confederate Cemetery
Scottsville
Albemarle County
Virginia, USA