Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10334, for Joseph Swann, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.

Swann, Joseph
             Agnes


NUMBER
R.10334

CONTENTS
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State of N. Carolina}
Caswell County}
Agness Swann on
This the 4th
day of January AD One Thousand
eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared
before me the undersigned, an acting
justice of the peace within and for the County
and State aforesaid Agress Swann aged 98
years a resident of Caswell County N. Carolina
who being duly sworn according to law
declares that she is the widow of Joseph
Swann who was a private soldier in the N. Car
Regiment commanded by General Green in the
Revolutionary war; that
her said husband
enlisted on or about     day of     AD
for the term of        and continued in
said war for the term of twelve months and was
honorably discharged at Pine tree on the
day of       AD
as will appear by the munster roll.
She further states that
she was married to Joseph Swann in Caswell
County N. Carolina on the third day of [illegible]
Seventeen hundred and eighty nine by on
Adaam Sanders a Justice of the peace and that her name before
said marriage was Agness Willson; that her
said husband died at home on the 21st day of
September AD 1823 and that she is still a
widow
She makes this declaration for the
purpose of obtaining the pension due her
husband under the act passed May 15th 1828
and due her under the act passed July [unknown] 7th
AD 1838 and the supplemental acts thereunto
passed Feb 2nd 1848   No discharge to be found
Wm Long
Wm J. Moore

Agness (her x mark) Swann
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Sworn to and subscribed before me on the
day and year within written and I hereby
certify that the said Agness Swann who signed
and excuted the within declaration to be the 
identical Agress Swann aforesaid; and that she
is the age within stated
Wm J Moore J P

State of North Carolina}
Caswell County}
I Thomas W Graves Clerk of the County
Court of the County & State aforesaid do
hereby certify that William J Moore Esquire
whose name is & appears to the above 
certificate is now and was at the time of signing
the same a Justice of the peace in said
County & that due faith and credit is
due to all of his official acts as such
Given under my hand seal of
said Court at office this the 16th
day of January 1855.
Tho W Graves  Clk

Anwer James Robertson at Yanceyville
N. Carolina for me.
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Know
all men by these presents that we
Joseph Swann & James Willson of the county
of
Caswell are held and firmly bound unto his
Excelly
Richard Caswell Esq Govern & in the
full sum of
Five Hundred pounds lawfull
money to be paid unto the said Richard Caswell
Esqr [illegible] and his successors and assigns to the
which payment is well and truly to be made
we bind ourselves our Heirs & Jointly &
severally firmly
by these presents sealed
with our seals and dated the 3d day of
Jany  A Dom 1789

The Condition of this obligation is such
that whereas the above bounden Joseph Swann
hath the day of the date hereof obtained a
license to be joined in Holy Matrimoney
with Agness
Willson If therefore there
should be no lawful Impediment  by
the said Joseph Swann &
Agness Willson should not be joined together in
Holy Matrimony there the above obligation
to be void otherwise to remain in full
force & effect
Signed sealed & Dellivered in presence of 
[illegible] Horalson Dle
Jos  his  Swann
      mark
J Willson

State of N. Carolina}
Caswell County}
I W Graves Clerk
of the Court Pleas and
Quarter sessions in and for the County
and state as above mentioned
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Do certify that the
foregoing is a true
copy of the momage Bond of Joseph Swann
& Agness
Willson as filed in my office.

Witness my
hand and seal
of office this the 26th December
A D 1854
T W Graves  Clk
By
Jos T Gravy D  Dle
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No 15258
Agnes Swann, Widow
of Joseph
N.C.

James Robertson  Jny 27 1855

10334

July 7 1838
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10,334
P.O.
Agnes Swann
Service:
Enlisted: (stamped) REJECTED , 18  .
Discharged:        ,18  .
Application filed:     ,18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:

Attorney:
P. O.

Recognized.      Contract.
Cert. of Dis.       Searched for    , 18  .
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State N. Carolina}
Caswell County}
Mary Stephens on this
4th day of January One thousand eight hundred
and fifty five
personally appeared before me
the undersigned, a justice of the peace within and
for the State and County aforesaid Mary Stephens
a resident of the State of N. Carolina and
County of Caswell who being duly sworn
according to law declares that Agness Swann
is the widow of Joseph Swann deceased who
was a Revolutionary soldier in the N. Carolina
Regiment that the said Agress Swann was
married to the said Joseph Swann deceased in
Caswell County
by Adam Sanders that the name of
the said Agness Swann before her marriage
was Agness Willson; that her husband the
said Joseph Swann died at home on the 4th day
of September 1823 and that she is still a widow. And
she swares that she is a disinterested witness
Wm J Moore                  Mary  her  Stephens
William Long                           mark

subscribed and sworn to before me on the day
and year above mentioned
and I here
by certify that Mary Stephens is a credit
witness
Wm J Moore J.P.
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State of N. Carolina}
County of Caswell}
Elizabeth Peterson
on this the 15th day of January one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five
personally appeared
before me an acting justice of the peace
within and for the State and County aforesaid.
Elizabeth Peterson a resident of the State of
N. Carolina and County of Caswell who being
duly sworn according to law declares the
Agress Swann is the widow of Joseph Swann
deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier in
the N. Carolina Regiment and who served to her
certain knowledge at least twelve months,
and she believes longer, in said war; and
that she is still a widow. She
further states that she often heard her
husband speak of having served with said Joseph
Swann in said war and that she is the widow
of James Peterson who was a pensioner, and
that she has been a resident of
said State
and County for some eighty odd years and
never heard of any other Joseph Swann in
said County
and she swares that she is a
disinterested witness

Just  Tho L Lea  J.P.

Elizabeth   her    Peterson
                 mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day
and year above written and I hereby
certify that Elizabeth Peterson is a credible
witness
Tho L Lea J.P.
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North Carolina}
Caswell County}
I Thomas W Graves
Clerk of the County Court of the County 
of Caswell & State aforesaid do hereby 
certify that Thomas L. Lea Esquire whose 
signature appears to the within is now & was at
the time of signing the same an acting
Justice of the peace in said County and
that due faith is given to all of his official
acts as such
Given under my hand & seal of
said Court at Office this the 16th day
of January 1855.
Tho W  Graves Clk