Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,002, for James Swords, Georgia
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SERVICE Ga Swords, James NUMBER S 32002
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27 67
Georgia 27.869
James Swords
of Walton in the State of Georgia
who was a pr in the commanded by Captain Walker of the R commanded by Cpt. Steward in the Geo line for 2 years
Inscribed in the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of July 34 Davis Monrad Geo:
Arrears to the 4th of March: 34 240
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 40
$280
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Math. Ricin Clerk,
Book & Vol 6 Page 107.
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James Swords.
Geo: _30.777.
Hon. G.H. Foster
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State of Georgia
County of Walton
Declaration of James Swords in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 

On this nineteenth day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty four personally appeared before the honorable the Inferior Court of said county of Walton being a Court of Record James Swords a resident of the county aforesaid & State of Georgia aged seventy nine years on the tenth day of June last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 

That he enlisted in the Army of the United States as a Georgia Militia man on
the first of March seventeen hundred & seventy seven for the period
of three months with Captain Henry Walker & served in the
first Regiment of Georgia Militia under the following named
Officers John Stewart Colonel Elijah Clark Lieutenant Colonel
Henry Walker Captain Henry Care first Lieutenant & Charles
Stewart second lieutenant Jos Harper first Sergeant &
David Fennell corporal - that this deponent lived at the time
of said enlistment in the Village of Wrightsboro Columbia
County & State of Georgia - that during this three months
tour he was not engaged in any battle-- that during the
same he marched first from Wrightsboro aforesaid to a
place called Rogers fort upon the Ogeechee river where
he rendezvoused & was stationed during said three months
in said fort guarding the frontier of Georgia against the
incursions of toris & Indians And deponent immediately upon the expiration of said three months without ever leaving
the army was enlisted upon the first of June Seventeen hundred & seventy seven for another three months tour under
same Colonel Same lieutenant Colonel Same Captain same lieutenant Same Seargeant & Same Corporal
that at the date of said last named enlistment the place of deponents residence was still at Wrightsboro 
Columbia County Georgia & deponent declares that he was not engaged in any battle during his said last named term of enlistment - that having remained
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stationed only a few days after said last named term of enlistment at Rogers fort on Ogeechee aforesaid he marched during said last term of enlistment from said fort
through a part of Hancock County across a part of Warren County to a place called Dennis Mills on little river in the County of Wilkes where this deponent was stationed
about four weeks - thence this deponent marched to a place called Awls old place on the Waters of long Creek - thence up long Creek to its fork where this deponent was stationed for the balance of said last
named three months tour & was engaged in building a fort & guarding the frontiers of Georgia against the Indians (an absence of one fortnight being excepted from said last three months this deponent having been away for that length of upon parol
to visit his wife in the County of Columbia

And this deponent further declares that immediately upon the expiration of said last named three months without leaving the station at long creek aforesaid
he was on the first of September
seventeen hundred & seventy seven enlisted for another three months tour
John Stewart still being first Colonel Elijah Clark Lieutenant Colonel Henry Carr Captain -  (Walker having died) Charles Stewart first lieutenant & Thomas Adams Seargent (Harper having died), the
Corporal's name this deponent can't remember (Fennell having also died) This deponents residence at the date of his said last named enlistment was still at Wrightsboro Columbia County State of Georgia and this deponent says he was not engaged in any battle during his said last named tour of enlistment but he was stationed during the same in the fork of long Creek aforesaid and this deponent immediately upon the expiration of said last named tour of three months was without having left the Station in the fork
upon the first of December seventeen hundred & seventy seven
along west aforesaid and enlisted for another three
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months tour under the same Colonel & Lieutenant Colonel & Captain and same lieutenant and the same Sergeant as when deponent enlisted for the last aforesaid three months tour & this deponents place of residence was still at Wrightsboro County of Columbia and state of Georgia at the date fo his said last named term of enlistment &the deponent was not engaged in any battle during by said last named thee month enlistment & this  despondent was stationed at the fork of long creek aforesaid guarding the frontiers of Georgia near a quite eight weeks after the date of his last term of enlistment when he marched from the fork of long creek aforesaid thro a part of the Country of Wilkes aforesaid to a place near the Village of Washington called Gourdvine Station in Wilkes County aforesaid And this deponent further declares that without ever having left the service he on the first of March Seventeen hundred and seventy eight at the Gourdvine Station aforesaid enlisted for another three months tour the same Colonel same Lieutenant Colonel same captain and same lieutenant as herein last above are named & Andrew Lethcoe Sergeant & this deponent says that his place of residence was still at Wrightsboro aforesaid Colombia County State of Georgia that he was not engaged in any battle during this his said last named tour of duty-third-during this same he marched as follows first from Gourdvine Stationin the County of Wilkes thro Warren County to Measel's Ferry upon the Ogeehee thence this despondent marched to Midway meeting house in the county of Screven And this deponent further declares that immediately upon the expiration of said last named three months he was enlisted again upon the the first day of June seventeen hundred and seventy eight for another three months tour under the Command of same Officers as last
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are herein before named & specified

That this deponents place of residence was still the Village of Wrightsboro County of Columbia & State of Georgia that he was not engaged in any battles during his last named tour - that during said last named tour he mached from Midway meeting [inserted: house] in Service County, to fort Toney upon the St Mary's River where this deponent was stationed until some time late in August in the year last aforesaid & thence this deponent marched back again to Midway Meeting house upon the same road where this deponent was honorably discharged in writing under the hand of Captain Henry Carr aforesaid but which discharge this deponent declare by been long since lost or destroyed [inserted: & consequently cannot be by deponent attached]  and this deponent further declares that on the tenth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty he volunteered for another three months tour into the service of the United States as a  Georgia Militia man with George Dooly Captain in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Josiah Dunn George Dooley Captain the other field & Company Officer this deponent can't remember. this deponents residence at the time was Wrightsboro in Columbia County Georgia And deponent declares that during this tour he was engaged in the battle at the second siege of Augusta And this deponent further declares that during said last named tour he marched from the place of his residence Wrightsboro this Columbia County into the County of Richmond to Augusta at its second siege where this deponent was stationed & remained until Augusta was captured being a period of two months at least from the time this deponent volunteered when Augusta being taken there being no farther need of the services of deponent for the remaining month he was honorably & verbally discharged by Captain George Dooly
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And this deponent further declares that he again on the first day of March in the year seventeen hundred & Eighty one again volunteered into the service of the United States as a Georgia Militiaman for a tour of other three months with Jonathan Jones Captain under General Anthony Ward as Commander & this deponent cant remember any other of his Officers during this tour but remembers that Jones was permitted to return home when this deponent was under Wm Camp as his Captain during this three months tour & this deponent further declares that he did not leave the [crossed out: expiration] service until the expiration of this said last three months but that he served the same fully out & was honorably & verbally discharged by Captain Camp at the expiration of said three months a relief having arrived & this deponent was not engaged in any battle during this three months tour. And this deponents residence was still at Wrightsboro Columbia County, State of Georgia And this deponent marched [inserted: during this tour] from Wrightsboro thro' the County of Columbia & this Richmond County upon the south west side of Savannah River this Wanesboro in Burke County & this Burke County down to Ebenezer upon the Savannah river at which place & at a place about one mile below this deponent was stationed during said three months last named at which latter place this deponent having fully served last three months tour he was honorably & verbally discharged by Capt. William Camp 

And this deponent hereby relinquishes ever claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any 

State Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaud
James his X mark Swords
John P. Lucas Clk
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We Henry Hardwick a clergyman residing in the county of Walton State of Georgia and Robert M Echols residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted  with James Swords who has [illegible] and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age 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 and subscribed the day and years aforesaid in open court. J.P  Lucas CLR
[document is signed on right with two names one above and one below the other] Henry Hardwick [heavy black line under first and last name] Robt M. Echols

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after [illegible] the interrogations [illegible] by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Henry Hardwick who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Walton State of Georgia  and that Robert M Echols has also signed the same is resident in the County of Walton aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John P Lucas Clerk of the  [Illegible] Court of Walton County do Hereby certify that the foregoing contains the ongoing proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Swords for a pension in  [illegible from ink blot] whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal of Office this 19th [large ink blot and loaded paper with seal partially visible but illegible] of May AD 1834 J. P. Lucas [illegible letters and two illegible signatures].
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Georgia [crossed out: Walton] DeKalb County

Personally appeared before a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Samuel Jordan who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is and was personally acquainted with James Swords during the War of the Revolution that said James Swords enlisted upon the first of March seventeen hundred & seventy seven with Henry Walker Captain into the service of the United States as a Georgia Militia man & that he the said James served for the space of Eighteen months & that during six months out of the Eighteen the said James was gone in what was called the Florida Expedition & this deponent further swears that said James was during said Eighteen months commanded by John Stewart Colonel & Elijah Clark Lieutenant Colonel And this deponent further swears that he knows of said Swords having served as a volunteer [inserted: at the second siege of Augusta] under George Daley & Colonel Josiah Dunn for two months at least for this deponent was at the second siege of Augusta & in the same Company with said James making the aggregate amount of time which this deponent knows of said Swords having served in the War of the Revolution a period of twenty months 
Samuel his X mark Jordan

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 28th day of April 1834 
Samuel L. Wilson JP

Georgia DeKalb County I Charles Murphy Clerk of the Superior Court in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel L. Wilson whose name appears as a subscribing witness to the above and foregoing affidavit is a Justice of the peace in & for
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the County aforesaid that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine & that full faith & credit ought to be had & given to his official signature & acts as such Justice In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this 29th day of April 1834 
Charles Murphy Clk 

Georgia DeKalb County 

I Samuel L. Wilson a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Jordan to whom I administered & who took before me upon the twenty Eighth day of April Eighteen hundred & thirty four the above & foregoing affidavit upon the other side hereof is a credible witness In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my seal & subscribed my name this 20th day of June 

Samuel L. Wilson 1834
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Georgia Jackson County 

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in for said County Henry Anglin who being duly sworn saith that he was personal acquainted with James Swords during the Revolutionary War that said James enlisted to the best of this deponent recollection on the first of March seventeen hundred & seventy seven, with Henry Walker Captain into the United States service as a Georgia Militia Man that he said reserved for the period of Eighteen months that afterwards said James went [inserted: afterwards] in what was commonly called the Florida expedition & said James was at the second siege of Augusta something like two months making the aggregate amount of said James service a period of twenty months according to the best of deponents knowledge recollection & belief & this deponent further saith he was with said James in the service a greater part of the time 

Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 12 day of May 1834  
Henry Anglin 
Sterling Mayes J P 

Georgia Jackson County 
Sylvanus Ripley Clerk of the Court in & for said County do hereby certify that Sterling Mayes whose name appears as a subscribing witness to the above and foregoing affidavit is a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine that full faith & credit ought to be had & given to his official acts & signature as such Justice In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 13th day of May 1831 
Sylvan Ripley Clk
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Georgia Jackson County
I Sterling Mayes a Justice of the peace in & for said County do hereby certify that Henry Anglin to whom I administered & who took before me on the twelfth day of May Eighteen hundred & thirty four the above and foregoing affidavit upon the other side hereof is a credible witness In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand affixed my seal & subscribed my name this 23 day of June 1834 
Starling Mayes
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To the Interrogatories directed by the War Department to be propounded to applicants for pensions the said James Swords makes answer as follows 
To the first Int, he answers. In York County State of Pennsylvania in the year 1754 

to the 2nd He answers. I have no record of my age. I once had but some years ago it was burned up when my house was destroyed by fire 

To the 3rd He answers. At Wrightsboro Columbia County State of Georgia I have lived ever since the Revolutionary in the State of Georgia first in the County of Columbia then in Wilkes County next in Lincoln County & then next in Walton County where I now reside 

To the 4th He answers I enlisted during eighteen months service I then served as a volunteer will I was never a Substitute 

To the 5th He answers Gen Howe when I was at [inserted: St] Marys in what was called the Florida Expedition. Gen Wayne Col Lee Major Eaton 

To the 6th He answers. I did receive a written discharge which was given to me by Capt Henry Carr which has been long since lost or destroyed 

To the 7th He answers Gen Robert M Echols Milner Ecols Esqr Charles Ferguson George Park Esqr Col Timothy Pittman & Benjamin Harris
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Payments to be made at Savannah 
by the Case Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Georgia

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol C 
Page 107 by Clerk
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War Department. 
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832 James Swords of the State of Georgia. was a Private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive - Eight- dollars [ the word "and" is crossed out followed by a dash the cents' is crossed out] per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year. 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this [illegible] day of July  one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Lew Cass
Secretary of War 
[on the lower left corner there is a faint impression of a round seal possibly embossed]
Examined and Countersigned. [illegible signature]for his behalf of Commissioner of Pensions
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[Upper left corner a series of initials]C.N. and R. 
L C. N.
Department of the Interior Pension Office Washington D.C. January 24, 1882.
Sir:
In reply to your letters to Hon. N.J. Hammond and by him personally referred to this office, relative to the pension of James Swords. Revolutionary War, File No. 32.003, you are informed that this office has no information as to the date of last payment to this soldier, the records of such payment being in the office of the Hon. Third Auditor.
It may be proper to add that if Mrs. Cason formerly widow of James Swords in now a widow, an application by her in accordance with the enclosed blank will be considered under the provisons of section 4743 Revised Statutes. The marriage of claimant to James Swords, her remarriage and the death of her last husband should be shown by proper proof. 
The date of soldier's death and the place where he lived when he died should be stated. Very Respectfully, 
Acting Commissioner
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James Swords
AW

[postmark]U.S. PENSION OFFICE FEB-7 1882
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Form 911
Treasury Department, THIRD AUDITOR ' S OFFICE, Feby 6, 1882. 

Sir: In reply to your letter of the 23" in case of James Swords of [inserted: Revolution] Certificate not rept'd Savannah Agency, Roll, the records of this Office show payment to have been made at 80 per [crossed out: month] [inserted: annum] to Sept. 4. 1848. 

Very respectfully, A.Mlyandwer
Acting Auditor

War Commissioner of Pensions "aw, No Ed. ""
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32002 
Revy INVALID. --- 
 File No. 32 ,002 
James Swords 
Pri Rev War - Act: June 2 7th 32
 Index: -- Vol. 2 , Page 410 
{Arrangement of 1870.
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Jan. 24/82 Letter to Hon J. N. H. for new certificate , Marriage and death of soldier and 2
Her and present widow Gerard White
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War Department
Pension Office
June 2 1834
Sir
The claim of James Swords have been Examined, and is herewith returned, that the credibility of the witnesses may be certified to by magistrates of before whom their affidavits were taken. 
I have the honor to be 
Your Ob. Servant
J.L. Edwards

Hon. Thos. F. Foster
Ho. of Rep's
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Ja Swords Georgia Admitted 2 years $80 -
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[circular stamp - Monore June 25 Ga] Hon Thos F Foster of in his absence Hon Secretary of War
City Washington District Columbia
Mail
[written vertically left side of document] Admitted 2 years $80- Ja Swords Georgia
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Hon Thad Monroe Walton Co Ga June [illegible date]
Dear sir
I send back the pension papers of James Swords with the certificate of the magistrates as regards the credibility of the writings by [illegible name] 
I enclose the letter of the comr of [illegible]
to you I thank yo for your fairnes ]illegible] attention I beg leave to request you to attend to the same so soon as you [illegible] thy [illegible] again and much [illegible] both the applied [illegible]
your obedient servant
Hon Thoa F Fonter Esqr