Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14636, for James Swartwood, New Jersey
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SERVICE    New Jersey  Penn.
Smartwood, James
NUMBER    S. 14636
Carded
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New York
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James Smartwood
Erin   in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bush of the Regt commanded by Col. Strood in the [illeg]  for 2 years   Pa. and N.J. Records completed 
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 80 Dollars    Cents{crossed out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of April 1833 and sent to Th. Maxwell  
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Arrears to the 4th of  Mar '33       $160
Semi-anl allowance ending Sep       40
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                                                  $200
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo C Stiles, Clark
Book E,  Vol 4.  Page 31.
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James Smartwood
22031

Th Maxwell Agent Elmira N.Y.

comd.   2 years pri
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80 $
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State of New York  Tioga County Ss}
Personally appeared before Elijah Shoemaker Esq. one of the Judge of the Court of Common pleas of the said County on the 18th day of January 1833 James Smartwood of the Town of Erin in the said County aged eighty one years + upward who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
   That he entered the service of the United States and served under the following officers
    That in the month of September 1776 at Northampton County Pennsylvania (where he then lived) he was drafted for two months in a company commanded by Capt. John Van Etten in the Regiment of Northampton militia commanded by Col Jacob Stroud; that the said company was marched to Amboy in New Jersey where they remained stationed until their term of service expired where he was discharged.
   That in the summer of 1777 in the month of August as near as he can recollect he was again drafted for two months in a company in Northampton aforesaid, then commanded by Capt. John Bush in Stroud's Regiment, and served his term at Easton, Penn. where he was discharged.
   In the month of April 1779 he enlisted for the term of seven months in a company of rangers under command of Capt. Emanuel Hoover of which John Smartwood was the Lieutenant in Col. Rosenbaum's Regiment of Susex (N J) militia -- This was a part of a battalion detached from Rosenkrans Regiment under command of Maj. Saml. Westbrook for the defence of the Delaware frontier -- a line of scouts or Rangers being kept in service from Carpenter's point to the neighborhood where the Deponent lived.  The declarant served his seventh tour in that
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kind of duty + was discharged at the expiration of it in November 1779.
   In March or April 1780 he again enlisted in the said company of Rangers under command of Capt. Hoover + Lieut John Smartwood in the said corps under Majr. Westbrook, for the term of eight months + served his time on the frontier before mentioned. In the spring of 1781 he enlisted for seven months in the same company + served the term along the frontier aforesaid. 
   In the spring of 1782 he enlisted for six months in the same company under the same officers + performed his tour of duty in similar service as a ranger on the Delaware frontier --
In the spring of 1783 he entered the same company still commanded by the same officers for the term of three months + was discharged at its expiration - 
   That the whole amount of service performed by him as above detailed is two years + eleven months as a private for which he claims a Pension - 
In answer to the interrogations propounded by the War Department he states: 
   That the record of his birth was kept in the Dutch church at Walpeck, Sussex County N.J. to which his parents belonged, and was also kept in a bible now in possession of Peter Smartwood in the said Town of Cayuta, but it is now so defaced + torn as to be illegible, tho' the names of his three elder brothers + sisters remain from which he can tell his own --
That when called into service he resided in Northampton Co. Penna. + continued to reside there until about the year 1800 when he removed to Wyoming where he
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lived one year + then removed to Tioga County NY where he has resided to the present day --
4. The manner of his entering the service is stated in the details of is service above related --
5. The names of the regular officers whom he knew while in service were Genl. Pulaski + Genl Hand and the militia officers who were in command where he was in service were Col. Martin, Symmes Rosenkranz + Maj. Westbrook of New Jersey + Col. Stroud of Penna.
6.  That he does not recollect that he ever received a written discharge, if he did it is now lost --
7.  That the persons to whom he refers for their belief of his revolutionary services + character for truth are Emanuel Coryell Esq. of Nichols + Joshua Ferris Esq. of Spencer in the said County of Tioga. That he has no documentary evidence of his services, but produces Lieut. John Swartwood who was one of the officers in Capt. Hoover's company to prove his service in that company in 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782 + 1783 + also his other service, whose affidavit accompanies this declaration --
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present + declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State -- James Swartwood
Sworn + Subscribed the 18th Jany 1833 before me
E Shoemaker Judge Tioga County
We Hiram B Crane a clergyman of the Town of Cayuta + Thomas Maxwell a resident of the Town of Elmira in the said County of Tioga
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do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Swartwood who has sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty one years of age, that he is reputed + believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution + that we concur in that opinion -- Hiram B. Crane   Th Maxwell
Sworn + subscribed the 18th Jany 1833}
Elijah Shoemaker Judge Tioga County
    On the same day + year aforesaid before the judge aforesaid personally appeared John Swartwood of the said Town of Cayuta aged seventy eight years + upwards who being duly sworn deposeth + saith that before + during the Revolutionary war + for some years after he resided in Sussex County N.J. that James Swartwood who has sworn to the foregoing declaration then resided in the County of Sussex; that he was well acquainted with him + has known him ever since, having always lived near him either in New Jersey or in this state; that he recollects the services detailed by the said James Swartwood of two months under Capt. Van Ellen in 1776 in Col. Stroud's regiment--He also remembers his two months service in 1777 in Capt Bush's company in the same Regt.
  That the deponent was a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt. Hoover + has a personal knowledge of the service performed by the said James Swartwood in that company to wit seven moths in 1779; eight months in 1780; seven months
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statement of the said James Swartwood as above detailed; the greater part of which were performed under the command of this deponent   John Swartwood
Sworn + subscribed the 18th Jan 1833 before me
Elijah Shoemaker Judge Tioga County
   I Elijah Shoemaker, one of the judges of the court of common pleas of Tioga County NY do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with  the above named James Swartwood who has sworn to the foregoing declaration: that I am satisfied from his general debility, produced by advanced age + a rheumatic affection that he is unable to attend the court of which I am a Judge, the next term of which will be held in May next at Elmira a distance of about 35 miles by the usual route from the residence of the declarant.  In consequence of which I have attended at his place of resident + administered the foregoing oaths.  I also certify that it is my opinion after an investigation of the matter + after propounding the questions prescribed by the War Department + to which answers are given in the above declaration that he said James Swartwood was a soldier of the Revolution +d served as he states--
   It also appears that Hiram B. Crane who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman in the town of Cayuta + Thomas Maxwell who has also signed the same a resident of Elmira in said county is a credible person + that their statements are entitled to credit.  I also certify that Lieut John Swartwood who has testified to the services of the declarant is in my opinion a credible witness whose statements may be relied on, as entitled
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to belief      Dated Jan 18, 1833 Elijah Shoemaker Judge Tioga County
State of New York Tioga County Clerk's office}
   I Green M Tuthill Clerk of the said county do hereby certify that Elijah Shoemaker Esq. before who the foregoing proceedings in relation to the declaration of James Swartwood for a Pension is a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in + for said County duly qualified--and that the several signatures of the said judge attached to the said papers are genuine--witness my hand + seal of office the 18 Jany 1933   Green M Tuthill
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December 21, 1933.
Mr. Charles Cafferty
Apalachin, New York.

BA-J/ILL
James Swartwood
S. 14636
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of James Swartwood, a pensioner of New York.
The record of James Swartwood is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 14636, based upon his service in that war.
James Swartwood was born March 5, 1751, in Delaware Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; his parents were then members of the Dutch Church of Wallpack, Sussex County, New Jersey, a county
adjoining said Northampton County.
While a resident of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in September 1776, and served two months as private in Captain John Van Etten's Company, Colonel Jacob Stroud's Pennsylvania regiment; he enlisted in August 1777, and served two months as private in Captain John Bush's company, Colonel Stroud's regiment. He enlisted in April
1779 and served seven months as private in Captain Emanuel Hoover's (or Manuel Hover's) company, Colonel Rosekrans' New Jersey regiment; he served as private in said Captain Hoover's Company under Major West
brook on the following enlistments from the spring of 1780, eight months, from the spring of 1781, seven months, from the spring of 1782, six months, and in the spring of 1783, three months.
The soldier resided in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, until the year 1800, moved to Wyoming, (state not shown) for a year, thence to Tioga County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 18, 1833, at which time he resided in Erin, Tioga County, New York.
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In 1833, John Swartwood, aged about seventy-eight years, a resident
of Cayuta, New York, stated that he lived in Sussex County, New Jersey, during the Revolutionary War, and was Lieutenant of Captain Hoover's company during the service of James Swartwood, but he did
not state any relationship between them. One Peter Swartwood was living at that time, 1833, in Cayuta, his relationship not stated.
James Swartwood referred to "three older brothers and sisters but did not state their names.
The names of the wife and children of James Swartwood cited by you are not shown in this claim. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of the pensioner, James Swartwood, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following:
 James Swartwood
Certificate #8311
Issued April 1, 1823
Rate of $80 per annum.
Commenced March 4, 1831.
Act of June 7, 1832.
New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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Mar 5, 1919
U. D. Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: I am desirous of obtaining the pension records of the following:
James (or Jacob)  Swartwood who served during the Revolutionary War; he was residing in Erie, Tioga Co. N.Y. at the time he drew a pension; I believe James Swartwood, the father of James above, also lived in Erie, Tioga Co. N.Y. He is often called Jacob.
Oliver Brown   [illeg] Conn
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who drew pension fro Lake Co. Ohio; he probably served from Connecticut or Vermont.  Nathan Brown who probably drew pension fro Ohio . now on Ohio pension roll, so call for more data see msg slip Nathan Brown of Ohio
Thanking you in advance, and hoping to receive these records at your earliest convenience,  I remain, ours very truly, Florence V. Monson, 401 Palisade Ave, West Hoboken, N.J.
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Rev War 14,636 INVALID.

File No. 14,363 
James Swartwood Priv Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 366  [Arrangement of 1870]

1919 Jan 27 Hist to Dudley C. Cabe
Letter in S.F. 2,814 Israel Mead
1919 Mch. 14 Hist. to Florence V. Monson
1933-Dec 21 Hist. to Charles Cafferty [Ill]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.     3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS Washington, D.C. ........., 19...
S.F. 14636
In reply to your request of ......, received......for a statement of the military history of James Swartwood a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[note: 6 columns, column 4 & 5 under the heading "OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED."
columns:  !st: |"DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT"|
2nd: |LENGTH OF SERVICE.|
3rd: |RANK|
4th: |CAPTAIN.|
5th: |COLONEL.|
6TH:|STATE.|
Line 1: |Sept. 1776|2|mos.|Pvt.| John Van Etten|Jacob Stroud|Pa.
Line 2: August 1777|2 mos.|......|John Bush|Stroud|......
Line 3: Ukn. 1779|7 mos.|.....|Manuel Hover|Rosenkranz|N.J.
Line 4:Mch. or Apr. 1780|8 mos.|.....|Hover|Mason Westbrook|.....
Line 5; Spring 1781|7 mo|.....|Hover|......
Line 6:Spring 1782|6 mos.|.....|Hover|.....
Line 7:Spring 1783| 13 mos.|.....|Hover|.....|.....
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northampton Co. Penn.
Date of application for pension, Jany 18, 1823 [illeg]
Residence at date of application, Erie Tioga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Mch 5, 1751 in Delaware Twp Northampton Co. Penn
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
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Apalachin, Tioga Co. N.Y. Dec. 2, 1933
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.4Mr. Hiller, Dear Sir,
Would you kindly favor me with copy of pension application of Revolutionary soldier James Swartwood who probably resided Barton, Tioga Co., N.Y. when he applied for pension.  I believe he enlisted in N.J. and lived in that state along the Delaware river when he removed in 1795 to N.Y. State.
Name of wife is unknown. His children were probably
Ebenezer
Katy
Martha
Jacob
Mary
James
John
Sarah
Benjamin
Date of soldiers death unknown Very Respectfully Charles Cafferty 
Tioga County Historian
In first par. of your let. don't refer to request for copy but for record of etc