Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31403, for Moses Sweeny, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Va.  Sweeny, Moses S. 31403
CONTENTS
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Date of death not on dB
895
Kentucky
Moses. Sweeny of Warren in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Compy: commanded by Captain Wren of the Regt commanded by Col: Thomas in the Virginia line for 8 months - from 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 26 _ Dollars 66 Cents per ann: to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of October 1802 and sent to W. L. Underwood Bowling Grren. Ky_
Arrears of 4th Sept 1832 
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833
39.99
13.33 
$53..32
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D. Vol. 9 Page 60
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1228
Moses Sweeny

correct,
from 1776,
private 8 months
$26.66 [illegible]

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M L Underwood
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1228 BRIEF  in the case of Moses Sweeny of Warren Cty in the State of Kentucky (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. Hold is he? 79 yrs.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. | Duration of Service. Years, Months Days. | Rank.  As a | Names of Generla and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.

In 1776 5 [illegible] July | 3  | Private | Capt- Jno Wren Lt Motley Ens. Payne _ Col. Thomas in Bregade of gen Mc Dowell

1777 Aug was [illegible] a sub for his Father | 3 |  | Cap Jno Gregory Lt Jas George & Col Morgan Gen Armstrong

1781 drf again in fall for 3 months but did not serve but the whole time | 2/8 |

5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmishes
6. Where did he reside when he entered the servcice? Pittsylvania Cty Va
7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the roll? Traditionary
8. Are teh papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so , in what respect? The seem to be correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned Wm Allison Examing Clerk. T Waugh
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Moses Sweeny No # 1228.
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Commonwealth of Kentucky, Warren County

On this 23rd day of July 1832 

Personally appeared in open court before the justice of the county court of Warren, now sitting Moses Sweeny, a resident of the county & state afore said aged seventy-nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the services of the United States under the following name of officers served as herein stated.  

1st that he was drafted into service from the county of Pittsylvania (Va.) about the 18th of July 1776 under the command of Capt. John Winn whose Lieutenant was named Motty & Ensign Payne in the Regiment of Col. Thomas & the Brigade of Gen. McDowell.  He rendezvoused at Halifax old courthouse and marched hence to Guilford (N.C.) & there down Broad River till we came to a creek called Thickitty or Tahatha which Gen. McDowell would not cross but hearing from the spies that there were Tories forted above on the creak, he
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marched to the fort and demanded a surrender. A short time was required by the inmates of the fort, it was given them, they asked for more it was refused. They then marched out surrendered, the wounded prisoners given paroled.  We then marched to Guilford where we stayed 8 or 10 days thence to Mecklenburg (N.C.) where we received about 90 prisoners which were placed under Capt. John Winn to guard them to Manchester VA.  He (the applicant) marched with them there and was then discharged about the last of September (his tour been for three months) and his discharge signed by his Capt. He knew a Capt. Jones om the tour and a Col Clark. There were about 25 or 30 Tories in the fort.

2nd He was drafted as a substitute for his father John Sweeny in August 1777 (he thinks) on a three-month tour under Capt. John Gregory, Lt. James George & Ensign James Taylor from the county of Pittsylvania VA. rendezvoused at Wards Ferry on Santee River & marched thence to the White Places Pennsylvania under Gen. George Armstrong, Col Morgan being our Col. was then
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was then on the Schuylkill & Gen. Smallwood at Wilmington. Our object was to guard the surrounding county Schuylkill provisions that were being carried to Philadelphia then in possession of the British.  He was in frequent battle skirmishes with the scouting parties of the enemy and aided in taking many prisoners.  Capt. Gregory’s company’s term of service being at length nearly out, the prisoners were placed under his guard & taken by him to Manchester VA.  He received his discharge & my discharge signed by his Capt. This Campaign he knew a Maj. Rosean & a Capt. Durnell a regular jr thinks, but it has been so long ago & he is so old & forgetful that he cannot now remember names that at times he knew many. 

3rd. He was again drafted from said county & state sometime in the fall of 1781 under Capt. Armstead Shelton & Lt. Gregory & Ensign Shelton, rendezvoused at White Thorn Bridge marched thence with our own company officers with the intention of joining our army at Yorktown but when we had reached about
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20 miles from York we were met with the joyous tidings of Cornwallis surrender. We were then marched back & his Capt. Gave him his discharge.  This was a three-month term.  

My name is set down in my bible at home. From when I was born, I moved to Tennessee, Jefferson County & thence to Kentucky where I live.  I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and I declare that my name is not on the application roll of the agency of any state.  I have no living evidence of my service that he can get.

Moses Sweeny

Mr. John A White & W. H. Skiles residing in the county & state afod certify hereby that we are well acquainted with Moses Sweeny who was subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age he stats, that he is reputed & believed, in this neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the opinion.

John A White 
W. H. Skiles

I Zachariah Morris of the county & state afore mentioned do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above-named Moses Sweeny and that his statement are entitled to the fullest credit. Zachariah Morris [illegible]
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the investigations presented by the war department state the above-named applicant   was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appreciates to them that John A White, W.H. Sikes and Zachariah Morris, who have signed the proceeding certificates are residents in the county of Warren aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Jonathan Hobson, clerk of the Court of Warren County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Mores Sweeny, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty third day of July 1832
Jonathan Hobson
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July 18,1938 

MOSES SWEENY
S. 31403  
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Mrs. R. L. Hobson 
825 North West Street 
Princeton, Indiana 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you designate Moses Sweeney as the soldier. whose Revolutionary War record you desire, and in which you state that he lived in but moved to Kentucky where he was pensioned while living in Warren County, and you think his wife was named Elizabeth. 

The record of Moses Sweeny follows as found in pension claim, S. 31403, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 

Moses Sweeny enlisted in Virginia and was the son of John Sweeny. The date of his birth and name of his mother were not stated. Moses Sweeny enlisted in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in August,1777, as a substitute for hie father, served three months as private in Captain John Gregory' company, Colonel Morgan's Virginia regiment, was in frequent skirmishes with scouting parties of the British, no further details of which were given, and assisted in taking many prisoners and marching them to Winchester, Virginia. He enlisted July 1, in the year of the battle of Thickety Fort, served as private in Captain John Winn's company, Colonel Thomas Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Thickety Fort and was discharged the last of September of the same year. He again enlisted in the fall 1781 under Captain Armstead Shelton in the Virginia troops to go to Yorktown, but on reaching within twenty miles of that place learned of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his company turned back and he was discharged after having served a tour of three months. 

The soldier moved from Virginia, date not given, first to Jefferson County, Tennessee, from there to Cincinnati, thence to Warren County Kentucky.
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Mosse sweeny was allowed pension on his application executed July as, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-nine years and resident of Warren County, Kentucky. 

It is not stated whether the soldier ever married. 

In order so obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Mosses Sweeny, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting office, Records Division, this city, and state the following data: 
Moses Sweeny, certificate fees,  issued October 22, 1832, rate $26.66 per annum commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency. 

Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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31403
Rev.
INVALID
File No. 31,403
Moses Sweeny
Pension Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:  -- Vol. 2, Page 409

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1917 Feb 24, History to Mrs. A. Lanterman
1918 Apr 8, History to Mrs. B W Duncan
1938 July 12, History to Mrs. R. L. Hobson – MLD
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Rev Sec. C H

5839 Berlin Ave
St. Louis Mo.
Feb 15- 1917

Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington, D.C.

Dir Sir_

As a descendant of one Moses Sweeney, who served in the Revolutionary War, I am anxious to obtain a copy of his pension an statement
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2/ of what data you have concerning time n place of his birth, duration of service and account of same, and time and place of death if possible.

This said Moses Sweeney was in Kentucky when pension was issued, either in Warren or Washington Co (I am not sure which) and had
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3/ been a private in the Virginia Continental Line, was a pensioner under the Act of June 7-1832. receiving same from Oct. 22nd 1832.

If there is a fee for such copy, I shall be glad to receipt as such.

Thanking you in advance for your early and full reply.

I am very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Alice Peter Lanterman
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Frostburg, Md.
Mar 26 - 18 Rev Sec [illegible]

Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
Am trying to get up my papers to join the Cumberland Chapter of D.A.R.

I am a descendant through the
1st wife of Mountford Peter.
My father Arminius Peter - 4th child of Montford & Sallie Peter

U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAR 28 1918
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from Jan 8, 1825, married June 5, 1859, died July 22nd 1899
Mountford Peter son of Jesse Peter & Millicent Sweeney B Oct 15, 1797 died April 14 1864
1st wife Sallie Peter born Feb 28 1796 died Oct. 5- 1826 married Dec 22- 1817

Jesse son of William & Fanny Peter born Ky April 29- 1770, died Jan 14- 1848
first wife Millicent Sweeney B- Dec 22. 1774 married Nov 5- 1796 D- May 10 1814

Moses Sweeney B- Va 1750 & first wife Elizabeth died 1832 other dates unknown
Children were Millicent, Sheppard, Job &
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others.
I am a first cousin to Mrs. A. P. Lanterman, 5839 Berlin Ave., St. Louis, Mo.   whose national number is 130861. She a descendant of the 2nd wife, & of the 1st wife of Mountford Peter. The papers you sent her show from S. 31403 the military history of Moses Sweeney as soldier of the Revolutionary War, the officers he served under Captains John Gregory, John Winn, Armstead Shelton, Colonels Morgan & Thomas State of Va.  His application for pension was July 23- 1832 granted
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age at date of application 79 years, born in Va. He was the son of John Sweeney.  

Please give me information I will need for papers as soon as possible.

Resp.

Mrs. B Walter Duncan
Frostburg, Maryland
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825 N. West Street
Princeton, Indiana
June 11, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

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Gentlemen:

In answer to your letter of June 3, I want as much information as you can give me about Moses Sweeney.

The information I have is that he lived in Virginia but went to Kentucky before he got his pension One theory is that he was living in Warren County, Kentucky when the pension was granted in 1832, others say he lived in Lincoln County, Kentucky. We think his wife was named Elizabeth, but we don’t know the names of his children (we are very anxious to get this
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this information if we can). 

We think he was about 79 when he was granted his pension in 1832, but we don’t know when he died. Was he given any land or just money as a pension?  Any help you can give we will be most appreciated.

Yours truly,
Maudine E. Hobson
(Mrs. R.L. Hobson)
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June 3, 1938 
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Mrs. R. L. Hobson 
415 South East First Street 
Evansville, Indiana 

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know whether or not this office has a record of soldiers of the Revolutionary War who received pensions and of those who did not, and how you can obtain the records. 

The Veteran’s Administration has record of Revolutionary War soldier for whose services claim for pension and bounty land have been made to the United States. The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, is custodian of military records and has records of many Revolutionary War soldiers this office does not have. 

If you are interested in the record of some particular soldier of the Revolutionary War and will give his full name and the name of the state from which he served, the pension and bounty land records will be searched in your behalf and a report furnished you. As much as possible of the following data will aid materially in the search of the records: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence after service and given name of wife or widow. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS Washington, D. C., , 19
S31HOB
In reply to your request of , received  for a  statement of the military history of Moses Sweeny a soldier ofthe REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desred information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.| CAPTAIN. | COLNEL. | STATE

2 July 1 1780 | 3 mos | Prt. | John Winn | Thomas | Va.
Thickety Foot SC. [illegible] to McDowell July 30, 1780
1 Aug 1777 | 3 " |  | John Gregory | Morgan | 
3 Fall 1781 | 3 " |  | Armistead Shelton | ✓ | 

Battles engaged in, at surrender of Thicketty Fort & in some skirmishes
Residence of soldeir at enlistment enl in Pittsylvania Co Va.
Date of application for pension, July 23 1832 his claim allowed
Residence at date of application Warren Col. Ky.
Age at date of application 79 born in Va
Remarks: Sol was the son of John Sweeny. There is no further data as to family
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12-5-41 BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* Division of Veterans' Administration
NAME Sweeny, Owen GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 13723 and 14103 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 24, 1795 to Francis Sherrard assignee of John Coberth, Adm.
* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.