Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,499, for Moses Swortwout, New York
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New York
Swortwout, Moses
S.11.499

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14,579
New York
Moses Swortwout
Otsego in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Wisner of the Regt commanded Col. Hawthorn in the New York [line] for 12 Months - -

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York the rate of 40 Dollars - [cents crossed out] per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of [May - crossed out] June 1833 - and sent to Hon W ngel  Burlington

Arrears to the 4th of Ma'3[?]  $80
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Set 3[?]  20
 [total] $100
{Revolutionary Act June 7 [date cut off]
Recorded by G.C. Stiles  Cl[erk]
Book E. vol. 4. Page 4[cut off]
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Moses Swortwout

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16.266
BRIEF in the case of Moses Swartwout
County of Otsego in the State of New York
 [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?  72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period| Duration of Service| Rank| Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served

Enlisted In 1779 March  4 Mo  Private Sergeant Carpenter, Corporal Reed no other officers this tour -
1780  8 Mo   private  Capt. Wisner, Col Hawthorn

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Orange Cty. N.Y.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  They are not attached to the Seal.
 I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
  F. Waugh  Examining Clerk
 Feb 22. 1833.
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Moses Swortwout
 W. Brown
 Atty
Cooperstown N.Y.

Admd
under this [ca?]
12 mo. pri
 14.550
40$
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Otsego Com. Pleas   of October Term 1832
[paper torn] Due  in order to obtain the ben[efits] of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of New York
Otsego County} Ss.
October 1832. On this 16th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Otsego being a court of record & now sitting Moses Swortwout a resident of the Town of Hartwick in the County & state aforesaid aged 72 years on the 29th day of March 1833. Who being first duly sworn according to & on 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 & served as hereinafter stated to wit
 In the year 1779 this deponent lived in the Town of Goshen in the County of Orange & state aforesaid And in the month of March of that year he enlisted into the United States service for four months into the New York state troops & was stationed at Orange County Court house for the purpose of guarding said town & watching the CowBoys who were daily committing deprivations upon the lives & properties of our people - He was under the Command of Sergeant Carmon Carpenter & Corporal Elisha Reed - He never joined any fight nor had any other commanding
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officer during the period aforesaid the whole term of which he faithfully served & was discharged in the Month of June & returned home - During the time he was stotoned [stationed] here four Tories or Cow Boys were captured tried by a Court Martial & hung at which this deponent was present & assisted Their names were James Smith James FluEllen? James McCormick & Daniel Keith  And further this deponent states that in the Spring of the year 1780 he was again drafted into the militia of the state of New York under the command of Captain Henry Wesener (or Wisner) in Col Hawthorns Regt. & was stationed for a part of the time 16 miles north of New York & during a part of the time he was also under the command of Captain John Minthorn in Col Weseners or Wisners Regt  Capt Wesner succeeded Col Hawthorn in Command at the promotion of that officer to a General  This deponent was also stationed at a place called Minisink for a space of time & also at a place called Sterling Iron works. when he was employed with others in building a furnace to cast chains to obstruct the Navigation of the Hudson river by throwing them across
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This deponent remained in the service under this draft for the term of [double underline] Eight Months when he was discharged & returned home some time in the fall of the year  He has no documentary Evidence & knows of no person upon testimony to his services he can procure except what is herewith transmitted
 He hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll or agency of any state - [words crossed out]  He was born in the town of Goshen Orange Co. NY, on the 29 day of March 1761. Has no record of his age & only know his age from what his parents [Moses written above the line] have told him Lived in Goshen till he was 37 years of age when he removed to Canajoharie Montgomery for about 12 or 14 years from there to Cherry Valley Otsego Co. about two years from there to German Chenango Co. about 2 years from there to Canajoharie again about one year then to Hartwick Otsego Co. about 20 years since where he has ever since resided  Never had a written discharge from the service
  Moses Swartwout [scribbled signature]
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the 16th day of October 1832
 Thomas Lathrop  Clerk
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Otsego County
 Mr Samuel Mallery and Mr George H. Derbyshire Residing in the town of Hartwick & County aforesaid hereby Certify that we are are well acquainted with Moses Sworthaut [sic] who has subscribed & Sworn to the above affidavit that we believe him to be 72 years of age as therein [stated?] that he is respected and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
  Samuel Mallory   G.H. Derbyshire
Sworn and Subscribed this 13 day of October 1832 before me}  William Linkcar?  Justice
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Another   Court hereby declare their opinion after an inspection of the matter & [optn?] putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the said Moses Sworthout [sic] was a Soldier of the revolution & served therein as he states. And the said court further certifies that Samuel Mallorry &  G.H. Derbyshire who have Signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Town of Hartwick Otsego County that they are credible persons & their statement    is entitled to credit
 J.O. Mn
 Seth Chase
 J.C. W  th }  Justices
[on side]
Swortwout   Swortwout
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I Horace Lathrop Clerk of Otsego Common Pleas hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original [pron]dings in the said in the matter of the application of Moses Sworthout [sic] for a pension [lines crossed out]
 And I further certify that William Tinkcan before whom the preceeding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 19th day of October 1832
  Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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Moses Swarthaut [sic]
[illegible] Brown
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss}
 Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the Town & County of Otsego Moses Swortwout who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he served in the Militia of New York in the year 1779 commencing in the month of March of that year four months at orange county    under the command of Sergeant [Camon?] Carpenter His Corporals name was Elisha Reed they had no other officer attached to the Company in Commission or otherwise neither was his Company attached to any regiment. In the Spring of 1780 he was drafter into the Militia of the State of New York under the command of Capt Henry Wisner in Col. Hathorns Regt & served eight months a part of this time he was in Capt Minthorns company    Regt. was stationed at Sterling Iron   Workss at Minisink & at a place then called Clooster 16 miles north of new York  He sends a Clergymans Certificate as required & says that he never served as a substitute for any other person & refers to Jerome Clark Isaac [Kind?] Lemuel [Too?] Clark Davidson Esqrs of Hartwick County aforesaid for his character  [Stutlef?] Ellsworth & Henry Baker Esqr of the same town, the whole of his service was in the Militia as a private & claim a pension for twelve months service
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Sworn and Subscribed before me this 11th day of April 1833
 [signed] Moses Swartwout

Seth Doubleday Jr  Justice
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State of New York
Otsego County } Ss
 Mr Job Patten a Clergyman & resident of the Village of Cooperstown town & County of Otsego & Moses Luther of the Town of Hartwick County aforesaid Do Certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Swortwout who has subscribe & sworn to the above declaration dated on the 16 day of October 1832 that we believe him to be 72 years of age as therein represented that he is reputed & believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 1st day of April 1833
 Job Patten
 Moses Luther

Seth Doubleday Jr  Justice
 I certify that Job Patten who has subscribed & sworn to the above Certificate is well known to me that he is Clergyman residing in the Town & County of Otsego that Moses Luther who has also subscribed the same is known  to me to be a man of good character for truth & veracity & his statement is entitled to credit
 April 1. 1833.      Seth Doubleday Jr
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State of New York
Otsego County} Ss
 I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Otsego aforesaid Do hereby Certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of Seth Doubleday Jr before whom the preceding affidavit purpors [purports] to have been taken & who has also signed the preceding certificate that he was at the time of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid & authorized by law to take the same & I verily believe the hand writing & signature of attached to the said affidavits & the said certificate to be his own proper handwriting & signature & I further certify that I have attached the said affidavits to wit  the affidavits of Moses Swartwout [doth?] the 1st day of April 1833 & of the Revd Job Potter & Hon Luther Esqr & also the certificate both of the same  date to the [oninal?] proceedings in the Court of Common pleas holden in & for the said County on the 16th day of October 1832 of the said Moses Swortwout for a pension & authenticated the same as the law  directs
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & shel [seal] of office this third  day of April one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
  Horace Lathrop  Clerk
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11499
INVALID
Rev War
File No. 11499
Moses Swortwout
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - vol. A, Page 366
[Arrangement of 1870]