Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,358, for Jesse Swern, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
Service
New Jersey
Swern, Jesse
Catharine

Number R.10,358

Contents
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14,486
Ohio
Jesse Swern
of Clermont Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Patterson of the regiment commanded by Colonel Dayton, in the New Jersey line, for the term of nine months from Jun 3rd 1778 to 3rd March 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 8th day of June, 1818 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th of September 1819 and sent to Alexander Blair, Williamsburg, Ohio
Restored to the Roll on 8th day of November 1830 and notification sent to Pensioner at Batavia, Clermont Co. Ohio Pension commencing on the 5th of November 1830
Amount due on the 4th of March 1830 } $31.93
{Revolutionary Claim, 
Acts March 18, 1818,
May 1, 1820}
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see letter to J Reynolds P. At May 27 1831
[illegible] Jan 11 1836 &
sent to Jno Jolliffe Batavia O.
Letter to Hon T. D. Morris March 28 1850
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Jesse Swern
private 8 June 1818
Col. Dayton New Jersey Line
78 - Nine months

Wanted the Judges certificate of the reduced circumstances of the claimant

On Roll
Admitted
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The time of entering and of leaving the service is required.  
Returned for the place of residence of the applicant to be stated in declaration.
30 June 1819
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WmsBurgh June 16th

FREE

Honorable J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of the Department of War
Washington City
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State of Ohio
Clermont County
Be it remembered that on the eighth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen personally came before me, Alex Blair one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, Jesse Swern aged [illegible] two years or so being duly sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God deposeth and saith that he enlisted as a private soldier in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight for nine months in Captain Thomas Patterson's Company, Third Regiment, New Jersey commanded by Col. Elias Dayton on Continental establishment that he [illegible]
was in the battle of Monmouth and several others; that he served his full time against the common enemy and received his discharge which has long since lost or discarded and that he has never received any pension from the United States and hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension allowed him by law of the United States and that from his reduced circumstances in life has [illegible] in need of the assistance of his country for support and further said deponent saith not.
Jesse Swern
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I Alex Blair a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Clermont in the State of Ohio do certify that the foregoing deposition of Jesse Swern was taken before me on the eighth day of June Eighteen hundred & eighteen accompanied by the deposition of Abraham Stout taken before James Wood Esquire a Justice of the Peace in this and it appears to my satisfaction that said Swern served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy.
Alex Blair
And I do further certify that it has been proven before me, to my satisfaction that the above named Jesse Swern is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support. 
Given under my hand this nineteenth day of April Eighteen hundred and eighteen, 
Alex Blair
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State of Ohio
Clermont County
Be it remembered that on the eight day of June eighteen hundred and eighteen personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Abraham Stout of full age who being duly sworn on the Hold Evangels of Almighty God deposeth and saith Jesse Swern enlisted as a private soldier in the State of New Jersey in Captain Thomas Patterson's Company Third Regiment New Jersey line commanded by Col. Elias Dayton on Continental Establishment. That said Swern enlisted for nine months in the year 1778, that this deponent was Lieutenant of Captain Redings company, second Jersey Regiment, that the said Swern served his full time faithfully against the common enemy and obtained an Honorable Discharge from said company and other this deponent saith not.
Abm Stout

Sworn to and subscribed before me this date above written.
James Wood J.P.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
I David C. Bryan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do certify that James Wood whose name is signed to the within certificate of the deposition of the therein named Abraham Stout and before whom the same appears to have been now is and was at the time of signing his name thereto an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid the 10th day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 
David C. Bryan

State of Ohio
Clermont County

And the said Jesse Swern doth further depose and say that he enlisted on the 3rd day of June one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight and was discharged on the 3rd day of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine and that he is now a resident of the County of Clermont and State of Ohio.
Jesse Swern

Sworn to and subscribed before me this [illegible] day of August 1819.
Alex Blair Judge CC2
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
I David C. Bryan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said Couty do certify that Alexander Blair Esquire whose name is signed to the within certificate of the deposition of therein named Jesse Swern and before whom the same appears to have been made now is and was at the time of signing his name thereto a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid the 9th day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
David C. Bryan
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An extract from the Marriage Record of the County of Bourbon and State of Kentucky
Date of Marriage 1789 December 25th
Names of Parties  Jesse Swern and Catharine Vail
By Whom Married  Rev. James Scott Minister of the Gospel

State of Kentucky, Bourbon County, Sct.
I Richard J. Pronn Clerk of the County Court of Bourbon County, Kentucky do hereby certify that Jesse Swern and Catharine Vail were united in marriage on the twenty fifth day of December A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine, by Rev. James Scott, a minister of the Gospel, as appears from the Records of Marriage now in my office, of which the above extract is a true copy.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this twentieth day of January 1854.
R. J. Pronn, Clerk
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Catharine Swern
widow of Jesse
Ohio
Clermont Co.
Act July 7 1838
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State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
It is hereby certified that at a Court of Common Pleas held at Batavia, Ohio, in and for the County aforesaid, on this 17th day of January 1854, it was proved to the satisfaction of said Court, that Jesse Swern, who was a resident of said County, and a Revolutionary Soldier, and Pensioner, died on the 20th day of October A.D. 1837, leaving Catharine Swern, whose declaration for a pension is hereto annexed, his widow.  And the said Court hereby further certifies that the said Jesse Swern also left 4 children with his widow surviving; 5 of whom have since died; and that the names and residences of the remaining four are as follows, viz. Andrew Swern, Williamsburg, Clermont County Ohio, John Swern, New Richmond, Clermont County , Ohio, Jane Anderson and Thomas Swern, Ohio Township, Clermont County, Ohio and that they are all above the age of twenty one years.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 17th day of January 1854.
John. S. Griffith Clerk
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State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
On this 17th day of January 1854, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of Clermont County, Ohio, held at Batavia, Ohio in and for the County aforesaid - said court being a court of record - Catherine Swern, a resident of said County and State aged 88 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July 7 1838, March 3rd 1843, June 17, 1844 and February 2nd 1848.
That she is the widow of Jesse Swern deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and belonged to Captain Thomas Patterson's Company of the 3rd Regiment, Jersey Line, commanded by Col. Elias Dayton.  That her knowledge of his having served in said company and regiment is derived from the statements made to her by her husband during his life - he having frequently told her that he served in the company and regiment aforesaid.  That her said husband was a native of the State of New Jersey and entered the service in that state, and that he received for his services as a soldier in the War of the Revolution a Pension at the rate of 96$ per annum, the certificate for which is herewith surrendered.
That she was married to her said husband in Bourbon County, Kentucky by Rev. James Scott a Minister of the Gospel, on or about the 25th day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine, that her name previous to her said marriage was
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Catherine Vail.  That after their said marriage they removed to Middlesex County, New Jersey, where they lived until the year 1800 when they removed to Clermont County.  This, her present place of residence.  That she has had 9 children, four of whom are yet living, viz.  Andrew Swern, John Swern, Thomas Swern and Jane Anderson, all of whom are residents of Clermont County, Ohio.
That she has never before made any application for a pension, nor received any; that she was married to her said husband after the expiration of his last term of service, and that she has never intermarried since his death, but still continues his widow.  
That she claims a pension under the several acts before mentioned, as the widow of her said husband, for his services in the Revolutionary War and relies for the establishment of her claim, upon the evidence hereto annexed.
X her mark
Catherine Swern

Attest
John T. Norris
Eli Robinson
Subscribed and sworn in open court this 17th day of January 1854 and I hereby certify that the reason the above mentioned Catherine Swern did not write her name to the above declaration is because she says she never learned to write. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 17th day of January 1854.
John S. Griffith
Clerk
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State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of Clermont County, Ohio, Thomas Manning aged 90 years who after having been duly sworn, says on his oath that he was a soldier of the Revolution and is now a pensioner.  That he has been a resident of Clermont County for more than 40 years, that he was well and intimately acquainted with Jesse Swern who was also a Revolutionary Pensioner, and who died in October 1837; that he knew him from the time he settled in Clermont County, Ohio, which was before the War of 1812.  That he was also acquainted with Mrs. Catherine Swern, wife of said Jesse Swern and now his widow; that he has no doubt of their having been lawfully married, husband and wife, as they lived together as such in his neighborhood for near 30 years and reared a large family, the oldest of whom now living Thomas Swern is near 60 years of age.  That he is acquainted with all their children , viz; Andrew, John, Thomas Swern and Jane Anderson, and that John Swern was born after the came to Clermont County.  That he is well acquainted with Catherine Swern the said widow and knows that she is still the widow of the said Jesse Swern, and that she has not been married since his death.  That he never heard the fact in the marriage of Jesse Swsern and Catherine Swern doubted or disputed by an y one.  That the said Jesse Swern died on the 20th day of October A.D. 1837 and that he has no interest whatever in the result of the
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application of Mrs. Swern for a pension.

X his mark
Thomas Manning
Attest
John T. Norris
Eli Robinson

Sworn and subscribed in open court this 17th day of January 1854 and I hereby certify that the said Thomas Manning is a respectable person and one whose statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 17th day of January 1854.
John S. Griffith Clerk
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State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths, Alexander Blair, a respectable person and credible witness, who being by me duly sworn, states on his oath, that he has been a resident of Clermont County for 44 years and that he formerly resided in the State of New Jersey, where he became acquainted with Jesse Swern, who was a soldier of the Revolution and subsequently a pensioner of the Revolution.  That he knew them, the said Jesse Swern and Catherine his wife, as long ago as the year 1796 in New Jersey, and that when they settled in Clermont County, they were immediate neighbors of his and remained so until the death of Jesse Swern.  That he was well acquainted with the whole family of the said Jesse Swern, and has known his widow, Catherine Swern very intimately ever since his death.  That she was married to the said Jesse Swern in Bourbon County, Kentucky as he believes and has been informed; that Thomas Vail, father of Catherine Swern moved from New Jersey at a very early day and settled in Kentucky and that Jesse Swern came to Kentucky and married the said Catherine Vail and returned to New Jersey where they lived together until the year 1809 or 10 when they removed to the West and settled in Clermont County as before stated, where he continued to reside until the day of his death, which took place on the 20th day of October, 1837 as near as he can recollect.  That Catherin Swern, who now makes application for a pension is the widow of the said
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Jesse Swern, and has never intermarried since the death of the said Jesse, and that he has no personal interest whatever in the result of Mrs. Swern's application for a pension.

Alex Blair

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of January 1854, and I certify that the said Alexander Blair is a person whose statement is entitled to credit. 
Stacy Williams 
Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
I, John S. Griffith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify that Stacy Williams Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 17th day of January 1854.
John S. Griffith 
Clerk
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State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
On this 17th day of January 1854 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, James Anderson and John Hulick, who being duly sworn according to law state on their oath, that they were immediate neighbors of Jesse Swern, deceased, who was a pensioner of the Revolution and knew him intimately for many years before his death, and that he, the said Jesse Swern, died on the 20th day of October A.D. 1837.  The former witness, James Andeson states that he derives his knowledge of the time at which his death took place from a record which he kept of the event in his own family - he having married a daughter of said deceased - and from his having been present at the funeral of said deceased.  
The latter witness, John Hulick derives his knowledge of the event from his own recollection, having been appointed administrator of the estate of said deceased.  They further state that they know well and intimately Catherine Swern, widow of said Jesse Swern, that she is still his widow, and never was married since his death.  
They further state that they are not personally interested in the result of Mrs. Catherine Swern's application for a pension. 
Jas Anderson
John Hulick

Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year above written, and I certify
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that the said James Anderson and John Hulick are persons whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of January 1854.
John S. Griffith
Clerk
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Jesse Swern
14486
8 Sept 1819
(March 1820)

Not entitled

David C. Bryan Esq.
Clk
Clermont Co
Ohio
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
On this 8th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court, being the Court of Common Pleas within & for said county, and also being a Court of Record who have the power of fine & imprisonment, Jesse Swern aged sixty five years, resident in the said county, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows to wit, in the Third Regt commanded by Col. Elias Dayton, in the 8th Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Patterson, in the Jersey line; and that he was notified of his being inscribed on the pension list roll, of the Ohio agency at eight dollars per month, commencing on the 8th day of June, 1818 by a pension certificate No 14486 bearing date the 8th day of September 1819 & I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with 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 of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts or debts due to me, nor
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have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed to wit forty six acres of land, the title of which has been in dispute at law about eight years, and is not determined, one horse, two cows, one plow, one hoe, one axe, one set of horse gears, five bee hives, 5 hogs, 8 sheep and that he is a daily labourer, but owing to age & bodily infirmity unable to work a great part of the time, he has seven in family besides himself, to wit, Polly his wife aged 49 years very weakly, Catharine, his daughter aged 17 years crippled with the rheumatism about seven years last past, Elizabeth his daughter aged 15 years unable to support herself without his assistance, Polly his daughter aged 13 years, Jesse his son aged 11 years, David his son aged 9 years, Ephraim his son aged 7 years, all of which require his assistance for support.  
Jesse Swern

Sworn to and declared on the 8th day of June 1820 before the said court
I, David C. Bryan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court & I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the
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total amount, in value of the property exhibited in the above schedule is four hundred & sixty dollars.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 12th day of June 1820
David C. Bryan, Clerk
Court of Common Pleas
Clermont County Ohio
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4087
Pension Office
February 1 / 54
Sir:  Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner. 

Your Obt. Servt
F. Burt Esq.
& Aud.
Present
[illegible]
for Comm.

Jesse Swern act 1818
Paid to 4 Sept 1837 no. death
F. Burt
Auditor
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10,358
P.O.
Cath. Swern
REJECTED
Service:
Enlisted: _________,18  .
Discharged: _________,18  .
Application Filed: _________,18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.
Contract.
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for  _________,18  .
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Payments to be made on the 4th of March and 4th of September in each year by the Agent for paying pensions at Cincinnati Ohio

This certificate issued in lieu of one dated Sept 8, 1819 which has been lost or destroyed, and which if it should be presented at the Pension Agency, the agent will transmit to the War Dept.

Recorded in the Pension office by John D. Ulahn
Clerk,
in Book __ Vol__ page __
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim
(Duplicate)
I certify, that in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 18th March 1818, and May 1st, 1820, Jesse Swern late a Private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 
Given at the War Office of the United States this eleventh day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
Levi Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Pension Office
Feby 7th 1854

Madam,
Your application as the widow of Jesse Swern of Ohio has been examined and filed under the act of July 7th, 1838.  I find that in 1820, when he was asking to be continued on the pension roll, he declared that he had a wife then whose name was Polly and in 1830, still pressing his claim, he did not intimate that he had a wife at all, but that he had a crippled daughter, who relied upon him for support.  Please give some satisfactory explanation of the assertions, which tend to throw suspicion upon your application.  
Very Respectfully
S Waldo
Commissioner

Mrs. Catharine Swern
Goshen, Ohio
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State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.

Before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county came personally William Neff of full age who being sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he said deponant lived in the same house with Jesse Swern in the city of Cincinnati in the year 1828 and that in the fall of said year, he Swern sold a horse to Thomas Empson and that he said Swern expended the money he received for said horse for the support of himself and daughter who is cripple and further said deponent saith not.  
Wm. Neff

Sworn and subscribed before me this 15th of October 1830
Alex Blair C.C. P.

State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.

Before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said personally appeared John Swern of full age who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that sometime in the spring of 1829 he bought a waggon from Jesse Swern for fifty dollars, that he has paid him the greater part for the same in Pork, corn and wheat as he wanted it for his support and sometimes a little money to purchase necessarys and that he expects to pay him the small balance yet unpaid in the same way and further said deponent saith not.
John Swern
Sworn and subscribed before me this 16th of October 1830

Alex Blair Judge C.C.P.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
I Melanethon A. Bryan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county do certify that Alexander Blair, Esq whose name is signed to the written certificates of affidavits of the therein named William Neff and John Swern and before whom the same appears to have been made now is and at the time of signing his name thereto, an acting associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Batavia this 28th day of October one thousand thousand eight hundred and thirty.
M.A. Bryan, Clerk
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No. 15,106
Catharine Swern
widow of Jesse
Claimant Feby 7 1854
Andew Coombs Mch 1 18
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Ohio 14,486

Jesse Swern
of Clermont Co in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Dayton of the New Jersey line for the term of nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence the 8 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of Sep and sent to Alexander Blair Williamsburg Ohio

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819  119.2
Ami-anl all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820   48.
4 mo 27 / 30
$167.2

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}
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See letter Gaines Oct 24, 1829
See Hon J. Findlay
H.R. Jan 18  to Hon J. Findlay H.R.
March 5 1830 M.A. Bryan. Aug 4, 1830
Certificate sent the 28th June 1820 to David C.. Bryan Clk  Clermont Co. Ohio
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Goshen Oh. Feb 7th 1854
Sir
In answer to your letter which is herein returned, the only explanation I am able to give of the seeming inconsistencies is the fact that my late husband Jesse Swern had living with him a sister whose name was Polly which may account fot eh mistake.  I cannot tell who did the writing for my husband when he tried to get a pension, but I think it was a George [illegible] by the name of Jolliff who is now dead.  At all events I cannot account for the mistake unless it was accidentally made by putting my husbands sisters name instead of mine as she was living with us at that time and  was nearly 10 years older than my husband.  She lived with us 2years after my husband died before she died also.  I hope you will not refuse to grant me a pension in consequence of this mistake or omission.  
Your truly
Catharine Swern
by Lewis P. Johnson
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Amelia Clermont Co. Ohio
March 15th 1854
Sir
I was slightly acquainted with Jesse Swern a few years before he died.  His daughter Catharine kept house for him, and I had no knowledge of his having a living wife.  I have enquired of some who were better acquainted with him who say that he left no widow., 
Alexander Blair, a well know individual died 6 or 7 years ago and Thomas Manning an aged pensioner died within the past year.  I know of no others in this county of the same name.  
My opinion is that the claim is entirely fraudulent. 
Respectfully yours
Andrew Coombs

J. P. Waldo Esq
Washington
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Goshen, Clermont County, Ohio
January 24th 1854
Sir
Enclosed you will find papers in support of my application for a pension as the widow of Jesse Swern decd.
If they are not made out according to your rules please inform me immediately, but I hope you will find there all correct.  Please let me know how soon they case can be attended to.  
Yours very respectfully
X her mark
Catharine Swern

PS. Please address your letter to me at the Goshen Post Office, Clermont County
X her mark
Catharine Swern
By Thomas Swern
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Batavia Ohio
October 5th 1835
Sir,
I herewith enclose the application of Jesse Swern for a new certificate.
I am sir very respectfully
your Obt Servt
John Jolliffe
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House of Reps.
March 25, 1850
Sir
Enclosed you will please find a letter from P.J. Dunhum Esq to me which explains itself.  Will you be so good as to give the asked for information at your earliest leisure.  
Your Respectfully
J.D. Morris

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
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Application for a New Certificate
State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
On the twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty five before me, the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Jesse Swern who on his oath declares that he is the same Jesse who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Patterson in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio, that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate he lost in the fall of he believes the year 1826 in Cincinnati.  This deponent thought he had put said certificate together with the pocket book in which it was in a side pocket of his coat but he supposes he missed the pocket & the book and certificate dropped in the lower market in consideration he has not seen nor heard of said certificate since.  After he dropped said certificate he was stuck off the pension roll ten years and drew nothing.  After that he received notice from the Secretary of War allowing him to draw his pension but when application to the agent for paying pensions in Cincinnati Oho on the fourth day of September 1835 by his agent David C. Bryan he was refused his half years pay. Wherefore
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he prays a new certificate and as in duty bound will &c.
X his mark
Jesse Swern

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year last aforesaid.
David C Bryan J.P.

The State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
Before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the above named county personally appeared John Swern who being duly sworn on his oath states that he has seen the certificate notice from the Secretary of War above referred to in the affidavit of Jesse Swern. That the same is now at the dwelling house of the deponent, that Jesse Swern who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is the identical person for whom said notice was intended and further deponent saith not. 
John Swern 
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 26th day of September A.D. 1835
David C. Bryan J. P.
The State of Ohio Clermont County }ss.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Jesse Swern and John Swern who have subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit as above stated, and that they are each of
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true persons of veracity and their subscribed statements are entitled to credit.  I further certify that I have seen the notice from the Secretary of War above referred to in the affidavit of Jesse Swern and John Swern & that I have drawn said Jesse Swerns pension on said notice for about three year last past.  That said Jesse is the identical person for whom said notice was intended.  
David C. Bryan J. P. 

The State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
I Jonathan D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that David C. Bryan, Esq is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 16th day of April 1834 and will expire on the 16th day of April 1837 and that his signatures above written are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia this 2nd day of October A.D. 1835
J. D. Morris Clerk
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Batavia. O
Dec 7th

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
Dec 14

Papers in the case of Jesse Swern from Clermont Co. Ohio
application for a Revolutionary Pension case
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
Before me Chapman Archer one of the Justices of the peace in and for the above named county personally appeared Jesse Swern of lawful age who being first duly sworn on his said oath states that he reasons he signed a certain affidavit made by him before David C. Bryan Esquire with his mark for the purpose of obtaining a renewal of his pension certificate which he herein states he had lost, was that he could not then and cannot now see to write his name by reasons of age & partial loss of sight. Deponent is about eighty [illegible] years of age and for about three years past has not been able to see so as to write his name and further deponent saith not.  
X his mark
Jesse Swern

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 day of December 1835
Chapman Archer J.P.
I certify that from actual observation this day & from personal knowledge the afore named Jesse Swern, I do
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verily believe that he cannot see so as to write his name.  I further certify that his statement is entitled to credit and that he is generally reputed and believed to be a person of truth. 
Given under my hand in Clermont County State of Ohio this 4 day of December 1835.

Chapman Archer J.P.

The State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
I Jonathan D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Chapman Archer Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Jesse Swern appears to have sworn to and subscribed and whose name is attached to the above certificate was at the time of taking and subscribing said affidavit and certificate one of the acting Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Clermont duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such and that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia this 4th day of December A.D. 1835
J. D. Morris Clerk
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Batavia Ohio
December 7th 1835
Sir
I herewith enclose the explanation of Jesse Swern to his former application for a renewed pension certificate.  I hope it will be found satisfactory to the department.  Mr Swern have been  [illegible] impatient for his certificate as until he receives it his resources for maintenance are mainly suspended.  
I am sir,
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
Jno Jolliffe

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Clermont County, Ohio
Court of Common Pleas }ss.
On the 26th day of July 1830 personally appeared in open Court (being a court of Record, both of civil and criminal jurisdiction, and one which keeps a record of its proceedings for the said County of Clermont) Jesse Swern, resident in said County of Clermont, in said state of Ohio, aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the Acts of Congress of the 18th day of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820, that he the said Jesse Swern enlisted for the term of nine months on the 3rd day of June in the year 1778 in the state of New Jersey in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Patterson, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton, in the line of the state of New Jersey in the Continental establishment.  That he continued to serve in the said corps until the 3rd day of March 1779 when he was discharged from the service in Elizabethtown in the said state of New Jersey.  That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present; that his name is not on the pension roll of any state except the said state of Ohio, in which it was entered in the year 1818 but stricken off by the then Secretary of War in two or three years thereafter upon account as he has been informed of the said services schedule
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required under the act of May 1st 1820 containing a greater amount of property that the amount recognized in that act, that to his circumstances, and no other within his knowledge or believe it attributable his failure to make an earlier application.  
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on that 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed, viz.  116 acres of land (3rd  rates) in said county of Clermont, totally unimproved from which I derive no rent or profit whatever and to which my title is doubtful, the same is however assessed for taxation & stands charged on the auditors books of said County at $1.25 per acre although it is not under the circumstances of doubtful to be worth half that amount.  Say the estimated value by the assessor 116 acres at $1.25 per acre --- $145.00
Personal property (except clothing and bedding of which are accepted by the said act of 1st May 1820) 1 bureau val. $5, 1 pot val. 50 cts, 1 oven val. 50 cts, a few plates knives & forks & worth in the aggregate about 50 cts.  $9.50
Debts contract or securities, none whatever  $0.00
Amount total = $154.50
I am by occupation a farmer but for age and infirmity of body, I have been incapable of labor for about 8 years past.  My wife is dead & my children long since have left me with the exception of an unmarried daughter named Catharine aged about thirty years who has been afflicted with Rheumatism.
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for the last 18 years, and during that period a cripple unable to support herself.  This daughter is the only person residing with me.  Signed... Jesse Swern

And I do hereby declare that since the 18th day of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property

Property
A small waggon & 2 horses | sold to Jno Swern the waggon & 1 horse |  March 1818 | Amt of Sale $70 in money
2 Cows 6 Hogs & 8 Sheep | sold at auction to various persons | March 1828 | Amt of sale $26 in money
Farming Utensils 1 plough & 2 hoes | sold at auctions same time | March 1828 | 2.50 in money

The other horse attached to the waggon was sold in March 1829 to Wm Simpson, Cincinatti for $33 | 33.00 

46 acres of land mentioned in former schedules exchanged for the 116 acres above mentioned and the difference of $60 received by me.  
Amt of property sold since March 18th 1818, exclusive of said 46 acres of which I cannot estimate the value at the time of the exchange as above mentioned.  | 131.50

Necessity compelled me to make the above sales, being unable to labour & having no other means of support for myself and a crippled daughter.  I was compelled to sell said property to obtain money to live on and the same was accordingly expended in that way.
Jesse Swern

Signed 26th July 1830
Sworn to & subscribed before me in open court July 26th 1830
M. A. Bryan Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County }sct

I Melanethow A. Bryan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Jesse Swern did serve in the Revolutionary as stated in the preceding declarations against the common enemy for the term of nine months, under one engagement on the Continental establishment.  I also certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said court; and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and fifty four dollars & fifty cents and no more.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at the County aforesaid, the 26th day of July 1830.
M. A. Bryan, Clerk

State of Ohio
Comm / Pleas Clermont County }sct
I George P. Torrence President Judge of said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the above names Melanethow A. Bryan is Clerk of said Court, and that his certificate and the seal of said court hereto attached are in due form of law.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal this 26 day of July 1830
Geo. P. Torrence

Declaration & Schedule