Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,547, for Dudley Swain, New Hampshire
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SERVICE
N.H
CONTENTS
Swain, Dudley,

NUMBER
S. 16547

carded
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1456
New Hampshire
Dudley Swain
of Sandburgtin in the State of NH
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain of the regt commanded by Col Bartlett in the NH line for 6 Mo 22 Days

Inscribed on the Roll of [illegible]
at the rate of 22 dollars 44 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Nov 1832 and Sent Joseph West Concord NH

Arrears to 4th Sept 1832  $33.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  11.22
$44.88

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by H Blain Clerk  Book D. Vol 1 Page 184
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Dudly Swain
Private
M9309
on book Col Bartlett
Regt 3 mo 22 days
6 month 22 days

$JA Best
Concord NH
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BRIEF in the case of Dudley Swain
of Sandbornton in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 68 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Chart]

Period.
In 1780
81
Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
3
Days.
22
Rank,
As a
Private
Names of General and field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Col Bartlett
Col. Fletcher
In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Merrimac. N.H.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Levy Witness & by evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
L. B. Addison

Examining Clerk.
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
State of New-Hampshire) At Court of Probate holden before me
County of Strafford
Daniel Alkinson Judge of Probate for said County at Sanbornton
On this sixteenth day of August-
1832, personally appeared in open Court
before the Judge of the said Court of Probate now
sitting, Dudley Swain
a resident of Sandbornton in the County of Strafford -- and State of N. H. aged 68 years, who
being first 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 under the following named officers, and served as herein
stated that he enlisted in Loudon now County of Merrimack in the State of New Hampshire
A.D. 1780, for three months under Capt Butler, Lut Kimball in Col. Bartlett Regt Quinton Martin
name was Chandler in New Hampshire line marched to Amherst in now County of
Hibarg and State aforesaid and there passed Marten do not recollect who was
Martin, from thence to Worcester Mess, from thence to Springfield Mass from thence to
place called Clarenick in State of New York from there to West Point served three month, and honorably
dismissed but did not take a written discharge
That he enlisted at London in the County of Mennimock and State aforesaid the last of August 1782
for three months under Capt Joshua Woodman, Suit, not recollected, in Col Pletchers Regt in New
Hampshire line. Marched directly to Chubeton number seven in State of New Hampshire, from
thence to Gov Chittenden in Sunderland Vermont, from thence to Castleton, from thence to
Otter Creek, to Fort Ann from thence back to Castleton and there stationed was engaged in scouting the
Indians, served three months then honorably dismissed but did not take a come dislage
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure who can testify to his service except the officers for three month service hereunto annexed
That he was born at Hampton falls in the County of Rockingham and State afore
about fourteen years, moved to Kingston line there about thee years then lived in London
untill he entered the service of the United States and since lived in Sand Counton in County & state
aforesaid more than forty years last past and now resides in same place
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that
his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State Dudley Swain
Sworn to and subscribed, the
day and year above mentioned - in Count D. C. Atkinson Judge of Probate
We, Abraham Bodwell residing in Landon
and Jonathan Cally
residing in Sanbornton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
Swain, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
68 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year above mentioned in Court
Abraham Bodwell
Jonathan Calley
And the said Court do hereby declare that opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier,
and served as he states. And the Court certifies, that it appears to him that in Boswell
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman
resident in the Town of Sanbornton and that
Jonathan Calley, who has also signed the same is a resident in said Sanbornton
---
and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Probate
I James Ballett Regr
of the Court of
Probate
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Dudley
wain
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court, this 23
day of August AD 1832
James Bartlett Regt
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16.547
INVALID.
16.547
Dudley Swain
Act: June 7 32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 366
Arrangement of 1870.
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than Johnathan [illegible] in the County of Stafford and State New Hampshire
aged sixty eight years testify that I entered the service of the United States in the month 
of May or June AD 1780 under Capt Sinclaire, in Col. Bartlett Regt New Hampshire
line for three months marched to Springfield is Mass there to a place called
Cloverick in the State of New York, thence to West Point served three months
and further that I know very well Dudley Swain if Samburton in the
County and State aforesaid, and have known him for more than fifty years last,
part, and knows that the said Dudly Swain enlisted at the same time I did and
served in the same Regt but not in the same Company, that I saw him day
and know he served three months and were discharged both of the same time
 
Jonathan Taylor

State of New Hampshire
Shepherd ss
July 31 1832. Personally appeared the whole named Jonathan Dayton in made
oath in due form of Law that the above affidavit by him subscribed is
just and true before me
Saml Dunsten Justice of the peace

I Certify that the above named Jonathan Taylor is a man of good character whose statement are entitled to full crredit
Saml Dunsten Justice of the Peace
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Dudley Swain
No 9309

adm
J.C. Wests
Concord
N.H.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Dudley Swain
which require further
proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served.yes
V.
Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled?yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes in his favor
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? yes with an inscription
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the conse
sequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Foryear
months and --- days, I served as a-
For such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly an
thenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenting paper
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.