Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,547, for Henry Swatga, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE    Penn.
Swatga, Henry
NUMBER  S. 40,547
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Notification sent Jan 30th 1820 to Henry Betz Reading Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Henry Swartga, 
Capt Welbert private, 
Penn Army M.S. German Regt 
At. $8 per mo.  Cono 8# April 1818
Certificate issued 13th April 1818 & delivered to the Pensioner in person 
Arr to 4th Sept 1818. 4  25/31 mo.   $39.22 – 
{Revy Claim Act 18th April, 1818.}
German Regt 1777 years 
Cumberland Co 
Continued
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It is not stated by the Judge that this solder belonged to the Continental Establishment, as required by the law.  
War Dept Pension Office  
Apl 13th / 18. 
209 / 31
186
140
126
160
15
5
9.4
4.7
4 28/31
32
278/31
28
8
70
62
80
62
8
32
7.22
39.22
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State of Pennsylvania 
Cumberland County ss 
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Henry Swatga - and being duly Sworn as is directed by law deposeth and saith that he inlisted in the Army of the United States the 27th of April 1777 in Captain David Wilbert Company of infantry commanded by Col Hoesecker first and then commanded by Col Ludwick Weldner Commonly Known by the name of the Dutch Regiment that this Deponent served in the Army untill same time in the year 1780 when he was discharged in the state of Pennsylvania which discharge he has lost at the time of his Discharge the company was commanded by Capt Philip Shrauder   that deponent now Lives in Cumberland County & State of Pennsylvania This Deponant further States that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for Support 
Henry Swatga  his mark
Sworn & subscribeth 8th day of April 1818
Attest Jacob Hendel
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State of Pennsylvania 
Cumberland County 
Personally appeard before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas &c  Ludwick Miller duly sworn Doeth & saith that he saw Henry Swatga During the time he was an inlisted Soldier in the Revolutionary war and that the person who has made the foregoing Deposition the same person when this Deponant then saw in the Army  and the Deponant further states that he knows that said Swatga inlisted in Captain Willerts Company & that he verily  believes that the said Swatga now needs the appurtenance of his country for Support 
Ludwick Miller
Sworn & subscribed the 8th day of April 1818 before 
Jacob Hendel
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State of Pennsylvania 
Cumberland County SS 
I Jacob Hendel Esqr one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County, do Certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that Henry Swatga, now residing in the County of Cumberland Served in the Revolutionary War , as set forth in his deposition within - against the Common enemy - Witness my hand & Seal the eight day of April 1818 
Jacob Hendel [seal]
Pennsylvania Cumberland County SS
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Cumberland County, 
State of Pennsylvania SS  
I, Robert McCoy Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that Jacob Hendel Esquire, before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken, and who hath thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such deposition one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Carlisle, in the said County, this Eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America , the 
Attest Robt McCoy Prothy
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DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, ss. 
On the 12th day of August A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas, holden in the borough of Reading, County of Berks, being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a Jurisdiction, unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings Henry Swatga aged seventy two years, resident in 
the County of Berks, in said District, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress, of the 18th of March, 1818, and the first day of May, 1820, that he served in the revolutionary War, in the company, commanded by Capt. Wolbert in the regiment, commanded by Col. Weldner in the line of the state of Pennsylvania, and has obtained a pension, under the Act of the 18th day of March, 1818, his Certificate being numbered 140  And I do solemly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any other manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with an intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person intrust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. 
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year of within Court
Henry Swatga his mark
Jno Addams
I have no property in the world except my wearing apparel
I am a labourer but by reason of age and infirmities are not able to pursue. I have no family. I am not able to support myself except by public or private Charity without the assistance of my Country 
Sworn & Subscribed the day  & year aforesaid in open Court 
Henry Swatga his mark
John Addams Prothy
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No. 140
Henry Swatga
On Roll Swartaga
April 18
Sept 18
C
I John Addams Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas County of Berks do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and schedule thereby annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this Eleventh day of November AD 1820 
Jno Addams Prothy
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this day of A.D. 1820
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40547
INVALID
Revy
File No. 40,547 
Henry Swatga 
Pri  Rev War 
Act: 18” March 18”
Index:--Vol. 5, Page 499 
[Arrangement of 1870.]