Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23445, for Jacob Swartwood, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

Service - New Jersey

Swartwood, Jacob [stamp - five sided star]
Number - S.23445
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23445

Invalid.
 
Revolution

File No.   23, 445

Jacob Swartwood

Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32nd

Index:  - Vol. 2, Page 409

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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New York - 34.337

Jacob Swarwood,
of Chemung Co. in the State of N. York
who was a private in the company command 
by Captain Hoover of the regt. command
by Col Rosenkrans in (the crossed out) N. Jersey
line for 8 months private.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York/Alby
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd  (or 30th) day of February 1838 and sent to Ths Maxwell, Elmira, N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th Sept. 1837 = $173:29
Semi-amt. allowance ending 4th M. '38 = 13:33
                                                                 $186:62
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk
Book 82 Vol 4. page 67
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State of New York       )
Chemung County ss )

	John Swarwood of Cayuta in the 
said County being duly sworn says that
in the war of the Revoluation he was a resident of the
County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey; that he
held a commission as a Lieutenant signed by the 
Governor of the New Jersey, (Wm Livington) which is on
file in the War Department with the papers accom-
panying his application for a pension – That he was 
placed on the Pension Roll of the New York agency 
under the act of June 7, 1831; That he was a Lieu – 
tenant in the company of Rangers commanded by 
Capt Emanuel   Hoover in Majr Westbrooks
battalion of Col Rosendrans’ Regiment; which
battalion , [crossout] (said Hoover’s company comprising
a part of it) was kept in service from spring 
to fall of the years 1778. 1779, 1780 & 1781, on the
Minisink frontier as rangers up& down the 
Delaware River, to protect the Inhabitants
against the incursions of the Indians – That
Genl Jacob Swartwood now of the town of Cayuta
aforesaid was a private in the said Company
under command of Capt Hoover & this de – 
ponenent as his Lieutenant.  That the said
Jacob Swarwood performed service in
said Company as follows in 1778 – Eight moths
and in 1779 . Seven months – 

His Mark X  John Swartwood [signature]

Sworn before me the 5 day of  }
December 1837	                  }
                                                  }
Elijah Dimon J.P.                        

	I Elijah Dimon the magistrate above named do hereby certify that the above named
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John Swarwood is in my opinion credible
& disinterested witness – That he has heretofore
been in the habit of writing his name, but
from ill health & infirmity, his nerves are
now so affected as to render him unable to 
write – 

Elijah Dimon JP [signature]

State of New York            )
Chemung County      ss.)  

	David Wallis Clerk of said County do 
hereby certify that Elijah Dimon Esq whoses
name is above subscribed  was when the foregoing
certificate bears date a Justice of the peace of
said county duly qualified.  and that his
signature above subscribed is genuine.

Witness my hand & Seal of office
the 21st December 1837

D. Wallis Clk [signature]

[Seal – Chemung County Seal with a picture of a horn of plenty]
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Genl. Jacob Swartwood

Declaration for a
pension - Act June 7. 1832

payrolls show no
service of Capt Hoover 
in 79 [paragraph symbol] J L Swartwood
contradicts own state as to service in 78'

Aomd 

8 mo Private
26.66
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State of New York      )

Chemung County ss. )

	On this 21st day of December 1837 before
me Jacob Westlake one of the Judges of the County Courts
of the County of Chemung, Personally appeared General
Jacob Swartwood a resident of Cayuta in the
County aforesaid aged Seventy Six years & upwards
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on
his oath make the following declaration , in order to ob-
tain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th
1832:  That during the latter part of the war of the Revolution he was a
resident of the County of Sussex in the State of 
New Jersey.  That in consequence of the incursions of the Indians
on the Minisink frontier a battalion of Rangers was
selected from Co. Rosekrans Regiment and placed under
the command of Major Samuel Westbrook, whose duty
it was during several years from 1778 to 1781 inclusive
to guard the Delaware River or Minisink fron-
tier as it was then called: That Capt. Emanuel
Hoover commanded a company in the said
battalion, in which Hohn Swartwood was a 
Lieutenant; That in the spring of the year 1778
about the first day of April the deponent joined
the company under the command of the said 
Emanuel Hoover as a Ranger for the Season, &
continued in Service that year eight months 
being the term required;
That in the spring of the succeeding year (1779) he
again entered in the same corps and served for 
the term of seven months when he was discharged.
Making in the said two years, fifteen months 
Service for which he claims a pension – 
[note there is a “7th” in the margin]
In answer to the Interrogatories directed by the 
War Department to be propounded to pensions 
applicants he replies:
1st He was born in the Township of Delaware in the County 
of Northhampton & State of Pennsylvania
on the 28th day of Febr 1761 (1761) as he has been informed verily believes
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2. He has no record of his age.  It was kept in his mother’s Dutch
Testament & the leaf torn out many years since.  He cannot 
therefore say whether he was born in 1761 or 1762 but inclines
to the opinion that it was in the former year
3. When called into Service he resided in the County of 
Sussex State of New Jersey as he has stated in
the preceding declaration, having lately removed from Pennsylvania.
4. He volunteered for the season in each year as 
stated above.
5. The officers to whom he knew were those of the State
troops under whom he served towit Col. Rosenkrans
Majr Westbrook Capt Hoover & Lieut Swartwood.
6. He was discharged at the close of each term of
Service by his Captain, but not by written 
discharge as he recollects.
7.  The persons to whom he is know in his present
neighborhood, & who can testify to his truth character
for veracity & their belief of this Service as a soldier
of the Revolution, as Lieut. John Swartwood of
Cayuta aforesaid on of the officers who under
who he served; James Swartwood of Erin in the
said county of Chemung, who served with him
in Capt Hoover’s company – Hon. Judge Westlake
on of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of
said County, John Jackson Esq. the present
Sheriff of the said County. Hon. Stephen B. Leonard
the late representatife in Congress from the
district in which the deponent resides and the
Hon Hiram Gray the present representative 
from said district now in Washington City

	He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the present &
he declares that his name is not on the Pension Role of any
Agency in any State.

Sworn & Subscribe the 21 Dec. 1837
Before me Jacob Westlake
Judge of Chemung Common Please NY

Jacob Swartwood [signature]
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We Henry C Wells of Southport and Thomas Maxwell
of Elmire in said County of Chemung
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with General
Jacob Swartwood who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing
declaration, that we believe him to be of the age he represents
therein; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a solder of the revolution
and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn before me
the 21st Decemb 1837

Jacob Westlake 
Judge Chemung Com Pleas

			Henry C Wells [signature]

			Th Maxwell [signature]

State of New York      )
Chemung County ss.)

	On the 21st December 1837 before me Jacob 
Westlake one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of
the said County personally appeared James Swartwood 
of the town of Erin in said County aged eighty seven
years & upward who being first duly sworn according to 
law doth on his oath declare that he is personally acquainted with General Jacob Swarwood who has subscribed the foregoing declaration that during the
war of the Revolution the deponent resided in the
County of Northamption in the State of Pennsylvania
where the said Genl Jacob Swartwood resided until 
about the year 1777 when he removed across the Dela-
ware River to the County of Sussex New Jersey; That
this deponent was himself one of the Company of Rangers
mentioned in the foregoing declaration, under the com-
mand of Capt. Emanuel Hoover in Maj Samuel Westbook’s
Battalion which rendered service on the Delaware or 
Minisink Frontier and that he is now inscribed on 
the Pension Roll of the New York Agency for that and
other Service,  in the Revolutionary War.  That 
the said Jacob Swartwood was engaged in actual 
Service in that company as the Deponent verily
believes for the term of eight months in the year
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1778 and Seven months in 1779 – That he has always resided 
near the said Jacob Swartwood since he
left New jersey & knows him to be the same
individual who served in Hoover’s company as 
above state and that John Swartwood whose
affidavit is annexed was the Lieutenant under
Capt. Hoover and is still living has died within a weeks.

Sworn & Subscribed		James X Swartwood
				his mark
before me this 21st 
Dec 1837

Jacob Westlake [signature]
Judge Chemung Com Pleas


Chemung County ss.  The said Jacob Swartwood further
states his residence since the revolutionary war 
has been as follows:  That he left New Jersey about
the year 1784 and then removed to Northampton Co
from whence he removed to his present neighbor-
hood where he has resided upwards of
forty years – 

	Jacob Swartwood [signature]

Sworn before me the 21 Dec 1837
Jacob Westlake [signature]
Judge Chemung Com Pleas

State of New York           )
Chemung County ss.    )

	I, Jacob Westlake on of the Judges of the
Court of commo Pleas of the said County of Chemung
in the State of New York do certify that on the 
day mentioned in the foregoing affidavits & proceedings
the above named General Jacob Swartwood
appeared before me to make & did make oath to his said
declaration  - That General Swartwood is in
feeble and infirm hearth, though in prossession
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of his mental faculties to a degree unusual with
persons of his age.  That his residence is about twenty
miles distance from the place of holding the courts for
said county; that he has availed himself of a 
period of good sleighing to come to my residence, and
that his health is such that in my opinion it
would be very difficult & unsafe for him to attend
the next sittings of the said court should he so
long survive; and that the witnesses whose name is
subscribed to the affidavit accompanying the above
declaration, James Swartwood is aged & feeble tho’
in possession of his mind & memory; and from my
personal knowledge of the said James Swartwood I
am of the opinion that his is a credible person and entitled 
to credit & belief as to his statements.
	I further hereby declare my opinion after the
investigation of the matter and after putting the Inter-
rogatories proscribed by the War Department, that the
above named applicant General Jacob Swartwood
was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
General Swartwood is on of the early settlers of this 
County; has been a Brigadier General in the Militia
of the State, and has represented the County of
Tioga (now Chemung) in the Legislature of this
State, and has always maintained a highly res-
pectable character.  I further certify that it 
appears to me that Henry C. Wells & Thomas 
Maxwell who have signed the preceding certificates
are residents of Southport & Elmira in said
County and are credible person & 
their statements entitled to full faith & credit.
Dated Dec. 21 1837
Jacob Westlake [signature]
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State of New York            )
Chemung County ss.     )

	I David Wallis Clk of said County
do hereby certify that Jacob Westlake
Esq. whose name is subscribed to
the foregoing proceedings is one of 
the Judges of the County Courts of 
said County duly qualified and
that his several signatures to 
the foregoing proceedings are 
genuine.  Wintess my hand &
the Seal of the County Courts of
the said county of Chemung this
21st Day of December 1837

D Wallis Clk

[Seal – Chemung County with horn of plenty and a ribbon underneath]