Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,548, for Timothy Swan, Pennsylvania
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(S-1776)

SERVICE NUMBER

Penn. Swan, Timothy S. 40,548

CONTENTS
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Dropped from roll 13 Sept, 1828
under act 15 May 1828

18,112
Ohio
R
Timothy Swan
of Trumbull Co in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Broadhead of the Pennsylvania
line, for the term of six & half years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on
the 8th of Decemr 1820.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of April 1821
and sent to J.R. Giddings Esqr
Wayne township, Ohio-
Arrears to 4th of March 1821. 2 mos 28./31 $23.22
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1821. 48
$71.22
{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
&
first of may
1820
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Commonweath Pa
Mercer County ss
Personally appeared before me Alexander Brown
one of the Judges of the Court in and for Mercer County
Henry Lings who being duly sworn deposeth and saith
That he was personally acquainted with Timothy Swan the
within applicant and know that he enlisted in Mathew
Jacks Company but not certain as to the time he enlisted
that this deponant and said T. Swan were in the same 9th Regt. Pa Line Commanded by Col. Daniel Broadhead, and that he continued in the service untill the
and of the war when they were both discharged on the
29th day of September 1783. That the said R. Swan
served in the capacity of a Corporal when he was
discharged

Sworn and mark made
before me this 12th day of
Nov 1818-
Ar. Brown

his Henry X Lings mark

Pennsylvania
Mercer County ss.

James Miller Prottonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for said County
do hereby certify, that Alexander Brown
Esquire, before whom the foregoing oaths was
taken, and whose hand is thereto subscribed
was at the time said oaths were administered
and now is, an Associate Judge in and for said County, 
duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose official acts
as such, full faith and credit are, and of right ought
be given, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere - 
Given under my hand and seal of said Court at
Mercer, the twelfth day of November one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen

James Miller Proth
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Commonwealth of Pa.
Mercer County} ss.

   On the twelfth day of Novem. in the year AD eighteen hundred and eighteen before me Alexander Brown one of the Judges in and for said county, personally appeared Tomothy Swan aged sixty-six years, who being duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War."  That he said Timothy Swan enlisted at Lancaster Penna. in the spring of 1777 in the company of Capt. Matthew Jack, and served afterward in Capt. Samuel Brady's Company and continued in the service of the United States until the 29th of September 1783 at which time he was honorably discharged at Pittsburgh by Captain Brady.  That he sent his discharged to the land office when he drew his United States land and has never got it again - That he first belonged to the 8th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line - (as evidence of his service, he now provides the patient of the land he drew for said services from the State of Pa. being Lot No. 485 in the 3rd district donation land) and the deposition of Henry Lingo, to prove his services.  His land he sold on barter to enable him to feed his family in a way to subsist,  That he is aged; one of his hands disabled and useless - that he is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support that he can further corroborate his statement if required, but he thinks this sufficient and further saith not.
                                       //s//
                              Timothy Swan
Sworn and subscribed
before me the day above written.
                                  //s//
                              A. Brown
P.S.:
   If the pension is granted let it be on the  Mary land agency in Baltimore.   



   If this man is a resident of Ohio he must there make his declaration agreeably to law. and on the roll of that state only where he resides can his name be placed as a pensioner.
              
...and the he served as a Corporal.
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Mercer County, Penna, ss.

    Personally appeared before me Alexander Brown a Judge of the Court in and for the County of Mercer, Willaim Swan, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with within petitioner Timothy Swan and his circumstances and knows that he has been unable to work for twelve years, has lost the use of one hand and is infirmed by reason of old age.  That he has no property of any account, but an old mare which he rides and his clothes. That he has lived with this deponent for about five years past. (he, this deponent being his son) that he has no other prospect than live with this deponent state and further saith not.

                                          //s//
                              William Swan
Sworn and subscribed
before me this 5th day
of June AD 1819.
                     //s//
               Brown

    I Alexander Brown, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Mercer County as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that timothy Swan did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of several years at one time, on the Continental Establishment; and I now transmit the proceeding had and testimony taken before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
    I am also satisfied that he need the assistance of his country for support and also to satisfy me, that he has performed the said services, he produced a (Paltant) for two hundred acres of land which he drew for his services, but which he had long since transferred to a person who purchased from him.
    Given under my hand and seal this 20th day of Augt. AD 1819.
                                            //s//
                                      A. Brown
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Timothy Swan
    I personally sworn the within applicant for a pension do state that the residence within is in Trumbul County in the State of Ohio, with my son William. (illegible) under my hand this 19th day of November AD 1819.
                                           //s//
                                       Timothy Swan
    As the declaration was not made in the state where the claimant resides it is not made according to law, therefore h is not entitled to a pension commencing with this date but should commence on the 8 Dec. 1824 when the error was corrected.     April 19, 1821
                                   F.W.

Thomas Smith on Wolford's (illegible) County can provide for Swan.

10 Rgt. 
Spring 1777
Sept, 1783
Col. Broadhead.

On final settlement
(illegible)

To the Secy for Dep...
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Affixed on (illegible)
of the deposition 
of Henry Lingo.

The law obliges the applicant to make his declaration in the state where he resides.  This declaration was made in Pennsylvania, and the applicant lives in Ohio.  I enclose a form & the law.

                                  Pen. Office Mar 16.

Returned for the applicant to state his place of residence. 

Card of Tim(othy Swan)
A. Brown
Judge
Mercer, Ohio
Rec'd. Sept. 8th, 1819.

Penn. Line
                                              Free

Department of War
City of Washington
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I, William Swan of lawful age to give testimony
do upon my oath depose and say that on or
about the first day of April A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen, and some time
previous to the passage of the act of Congress
allowing pensions to the surviving soldiers
of the Revolution, I purchased of my father
Timothy Swan a certain tract of land situate
in the Town of Coitsville, County of Trumbull and
State of Ohio containing two hundred and fifty
acres for the consideration of Fifteen hundred
dollars the whole amount of which I have paid
in money and labor to the satisfaction of
the said Timothy. And I do furthermore say that
at the time when I purchased said land the said
Timothy was greatly in debt and a part of the
consideration money was paid to his creditors -
Furthermore I depose and say that according to the
best of my knowledge and belief, the property of
said Timothy exclusive of the land above mentioned,
did not exceed one hundred dollars at the time
of his conveying the land to me and at this time
the said Timothy is incapable of supporting himself
William Swan
Sworn to and subscribed before me at Warren, in
the County of Trumbull & State of Ohio this Eleventh
day of September A.D. 1823-
Rufus P. Spalding Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Trumbull County

I George Parsons Clerk of the
Court of Common pleas for said
County do hereby certify that
Rufus P Spaulding Esquire whose
Signature appears to be affixed
to the within Certificate is a Justice
of the peace within and for said County duly
Commissioned and Sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office at Warren the
Eleventh day of September 1823
George Persons Clk
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State of Ohio
Trumbull County} ss.

    Court f Common Pleas December term at 1820 on the eight day of December AD 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for said county, Timothy Swan aged sixty-eight years, resident in Cortsville in said county who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain 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 during the Revolutionary War.  That he enlisted at Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania in the spring of 1777 in the company commanded by Captain Matthew Lack in the regt. commanded by Col.  Broadhead in the Pennsylvania Line in the Continental establishment & that on or about the first day of July AD 1781.  He was transferred to the company commanded by Capt. Brady in the Regt. and line aforesaid where he continued to serve until the 29th day of Sept. 1783 when he was honorably discharged at Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania.  That he has no further evidence of his service except the deposition of Henry Lingo hereto annexed and herewith encloses.  And in conformity to the act of the 1st of May AD 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a residence citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March AD 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with the 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 if the United States during the Revolutionary War passed in the 18th day of March AD 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property & writes contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is continued in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed (next page)
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Schedule

One mare eighteen years old, & one colt.  That he is indebted to John Mitchel for forty dollars.

                                        //s//
                             Timothy Swan

   And the said Timothy on his oath aforesaid further saith that by occupation he is a farmer, that he is crippled in his left hand that he is wholly unable to labor.  That he has no family but himself.

    Sworn to and subscribed on this eight day of December AD 1820 in open court.  
                                            //s//
                                        Geo. Parsons  Clerk 

    I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Trumbull do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule the (illegible) are truly copied from the original application now on file in my office and that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule is thirty dollars.
      In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed the seal of said court at Heirren the day and year cast above written. 

                                             //s//
                                   George Parsons Clerk


Application of Tomothy Swan.
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[A file jacket, on the left cover]

40548
Rev War INVALID.

File No.	40,548 

Timothy Swan 
Pri Rev War 

Act: 	18th March 18

Index: Vol     J        , Page  499          

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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673
T. Swan.
recd 29 July 1828
ack 15 Augt .

Act 1828
settled at Treasury 

Canfield o
July
23o

Revolutionary Claims

Free

Hon Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
District of Columbia

Consd [Considered] with
Invalid file
40,548
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for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of
"An act for the relief of certain surviving officers
and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved the 15th day of May 1828 - I Timothy Swan of Caitsville in the County of Trumbull in the State of Ohio do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Bradys Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Broadhead of the Pennsylvania Line. And I also declare that I
afterwards received a certificate for the reward of
eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th May 1778.
And I further declare that I was not on the
15th day of March 1828 on the Pension List of the United States
Timothy Swan

Before me George Monteith Justice of the Peace
in the County of Trumbell in the State of Ohio
personally appeared, this day Barna Harris and
James Davidson
of the County and State afforesaid
who did severally make oath that Timothy Swan
by whom the foregoing declaration was signed is
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generally reputed and believed to have been a
soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner
as therein stated - Witness my hand this 9th
day of July in the year 1828
George Monteith J P.

I George Parsons Clerk of
Court of the County of Trumbull
in the State of Ohio do certify
that George Monteith Esq. before
whom the foregoing affidavit was
sworn was at the time a Justice of
the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said Court this 22d
day of July in the year 1828
George Parsons Clerk

Canfield July 23rd 1828-
The Gentleman who brot on the application of Timothy Swan says, that Mr Swan stated he was appointed corporal and afterwards a Sergeant before the close of
the war, but he does not know whether Mr Swan was a
non commissioned officer or not at the close of the War.
Mr Swan is very feeble, and it is attended with much
difficulty, distinctly to understand him. He was once on the
pension list, and it is thought his discharge is at Washington
among his papers-
Most Respectfully Yours
E Whitney

Hon Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury.
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Canfield Trumbull County Ohio
July 23rd 1828

Sirs

I shall inclose an application made by Timothy Swan for the benefits of the Law passed 13th of May 1828.  Mr Swan would prefer a draft on the United States Branch Bank at Pittsburgh, to having bills remitted by the mail in the event that his application shall be favorably considered.

Most Respectfully yours
E Whittlesy

Hon. Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
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696
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

No. of Original payment 646

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Aug't. 15, 1828
Timothy Swan, of Caitsville in the County of Trumbull, 
in the State of Ohio. --
has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain 
Brady's company, in Col. Broadhead's regiment of the Pennsylvania line;
and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of
the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing,
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, 
A. Dinkins.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
22nd August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to Timothy Swan in the Pennsylvania line
It further appears that Timothy Swan is now on the pension
list of the Ohio agency, and has been so since the 3d March 1826 
at the rate of Eight dollars
per month.
but he has received nothing since the 3d March
1823. his pension having been suspended by the
Secretary of War
Peter Hayner A[illegible]
Letter of the War Department September 12th 1828.
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J. C. Calhous, Secretary of War
Washington City

Contents
Sept 22
 M.. Edwards
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Sir I send in closed to you the testimony of
my son William Swan Which will prove that the
information received at the war office was incorrect 
the truth is this when I removed from Fayette County [illegible] 
to this place I exchanged my Donation land for the
aforesaid 250 acres and agreed to pay $500
boot and the man failing which I expected to get
the money from I was under the nesesity of
borrowing it in hopes of making it of the land
the year following I lost my health and the use
of one of my hands (which was 1807) having at the
time no help and losing my health it may easily  be
ammagined whether I was in a situation to pay
debt on a place mostly in the woods the money I
had of a friend who did not want it for severl
years but when it was called for I had no other
resort then to sell the land to my son who he
paid that and number of other debts for me I could
enumerate a number of sircumstances wherein I
was unfortunate but think these suffice
satisfy the department of war
Sept the 15th 1823
Timothy Swan
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Old Case,
Timothy Swan
Trumbull Co Ohio
J.R. Giddings
Agt.
Wayne Township, Ohio
Recd 2 Jan. 1821.
On Roll
Admitted

[Written across front of envelope, reading:]

Wayne Ohio
15th Dec. 1820
FREE
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
Washington City
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N. B. Please direct Returns T. R. Giddings Wayne [illegible?] Township Ashtabula County
Ohio
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Suspended - See Caveat
within and letters to agent & Pensioner, 7 Augt [August] 1823.
See evidence within
27 Sept 1823-
See letter to S. Swan 16th October 1823 - and letter to Sec. of War Sept. 12, 1828
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Revolutionary Claims.

Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
12 Sept 1828

SIR:

I have the honor to inform you, that Timothy Swan, formerly a Private in Col Broadheads Regiment of the Pennsylvania line of the Continental Army; and who has heretofore received a pension at the Ohio, agency, has been admitted to the benefits of the abovementioned act.

I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Richard Rush

The Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR.
No 103
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New [illegible] 
July 23
25
Hon John C Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.

Recd 6 Aug. 1823. 
Mr. [illegible]
Caveat
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Trumbull County State of Ohio July 10th 1823
Sir
I have been induced from a request of a 
number of my fellow citizens & a
consideration of my duty to the public
as one of the Justices of the peace in &
for the County afforesaid to direct a
communication to you highly approving
of merit being rewarded in
our revolutionary soldiers & at the same time
disapproving of impositions
made the public requiring reward
where it was not intended --

I George Montieth do certify that I
have been acquainted with Timothy Swan
seventeen years or more
who I understand is in the
list of Revolutionary pensioners whose
residence is in the State & County affsd [aforesaid] he has possesed 250 acres of the best land
the Township in which he lives, and
also other valuable property perhaps worth
$3000-
this property he has been in possession
of untill about three years ago; since the
time he has been using means to
obtain said pension he has transfered
it to his son, which son is the only
legal heir he has his wife being Dead
some years, he is still living with
his son on the form above mentioned
said pensioner never was in any engagement
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consequently he has never receive an wound
I submit this statement to you if it is
not sufficient you will be pleased to
give notice as abundence of testimony
can be had on the subject --
Your obedient servant
George Monteith

Hon John C Calhoun
Secretary of War-
N. B. 
If you direct any communication
to me or to said T Swan you will
be pleased to direct it to New Bedford
Mercer County Pa. as the post office
is nearer to us than any that is
in the State of Ohio which we live
Monteith