Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2409, for William Mc Swain, North Carolina

SERVICE
N o 6
NUMBER
McSwain, William Elizabeth
W. 2409 B.L. Mt. 6449-160-55
CONTENTS

North Carolina. 32. 509.
William McSwain, dec d .
of C Greene Co. in the State of N. C.
who was a Pri in the Co. commanded
by Captain Brewe of the 10 th Reg. commanded
by _____ in the N. C.
line for 18 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville
at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831, and 9 th Dec. 1838, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sept r .
1846 and sent to James Roberts, Swangstown, N. C.
Arrears to the 4 th of _____
Pemi-anl. allowance ending _____
Payable to his Widow Elizabeth McSwain.
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 62 Page 66.

11 971
North Carolina J 1
Elizabeth M c Swain, widow of William M c Swain
who served in the Revolutionary
M c
war, as a private,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 20 th day of July 1853
and sent to
W. D. Roberts Swangstown, M c
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 136. Vol. A
Hon B Craige. Mar. 14 "
Note of death vol m A 13

Dec 3/03 85.209 Apr 9/03
Elizabeth McSwain of William McSwain Esq.
M c Cont d line Next of kin
Ad: 160 (449) Sept 20/55 the Borth Dunsimes Buxton
M.R. July 52 no 971
[Signature]
J.W. Roberts Swangstown N.C.
Vol M 1. page 87

State of North Carolina } Cleveland County }
On this 29 th Day of March 1853. personally appeared before me: a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth McSwain aged 76 years a resident of Cleveland County in the State of North Carolina who being truly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William McSwain; who was a private soldier, in the Revolutionary War, that he enlisted for the term of Eighteen months, and for which services she was was allowed a pension, at the rate of Sixty Dollars per annum, for which she now holds a pension certificate no. 971, and bearing date Twentieth Day of July 1853. and recorded in the pension office, on roll, under act Feb. 3 d . 1853. She further states that she was married to the said William McSwain sometime in the year 1831. all of which has heretofore been satisfactorily proven, and is on file in the pension office, that her said husband died on the day of which has also been proven, and is on file with her other papers in the pension office; and that she is now a widow, that she now claims the benefit of all the Evidence of her marriage & the death of her said husband heretofore made, and now on file in the pension office at Washington City — she makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d . 1853. —
Elizabeth McSwain made
We Albert Hancock and A. Heeks — residents of Cleveland County in the State of North Carolina

Upon our oaths. Declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth McSwain in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Albert Morrison
A. Hicks
the foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim - This 28 Day of March 1855 -
R. Roberts. (S S)
State of North Carolina
Cleveland County }
I Silas Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Cleveland, hereby certify that Rufus Roberts before whom the foregoing declaration and
Affidavit was made is and was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid at the time of signing the same duly Commissioned and qualified that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
my Official Seal this 30 th March 1855 - S. Williams Clerk
55-200

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims,
Know all Men by these Presents, That I,* James McSwain Son & Executor of William McSwain, Dec'd, a Soldier of the Revolutionary War. - Do
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. THOMPSON, esq., of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of William McSwain for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 7 th day December A. D., 1852.
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } James McSwain  Son & Executor of William McSwain Dec'd James McSwain James Roberts
STATE OF North Carolina } ss. COUNTY OF Cleveland On this 7 th day of December A. D., 1852. before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared James McSwain and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
James Roberts J. Peace.
*In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power. If he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name, (stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.
If there be neither father, mother, child, or children, then there is no person entitled under the existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.

STATE OF North Carolina COUNTY of Guilford
Be it Known, That on this 21 st
day of December  1852 A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty Two , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
James McSwain a resident of North Carolina in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the identical James McSwain  Son & Executor of William McSwain who executed the foregoing power of attorney, and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before
James Roberts J. Peace.
I, James Roberts a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that James McSwain — who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
James Roberts , J. Peace.
I, Silas Williams Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that James Roberts before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature. nam
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 22 nd day of
December A. D., 185 2
S. Williams Clerk.

Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D C

State of North Carolina } Cleveland County }
On this 6 th Day of April one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty three, 1853, personally appeared Elizabeth McSwain a Resident of Cleveland County, in the State of North Carolina Aged Seventy four (74) years: Who being Duly Sworn according to law. Doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made, by the act, of Congress passed February the 3 d 1853. That she is the widow of William McSwain, who was a private soldier in Capt, Brawards Company, in the Tenth Regiment, of the North Carolina Continental line, for the term of Eighteen months, in the Revolutionary war - for which services, he was entitled to a pension, under the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832. but never applied, in his life time. - but, that she, his widow Did, about the year 1846 - make application for the amount of pension due her late husband, the aforesaid William McSwain, at the time of his death, and received a pension certificate for the same, made payable at the North Carolina Agency, at Fayetteville in North Carolina, all of which papers, establishing said claim, on file in the pension office. She now asks the Department, to have reference as documentary evidence, in support of her claim. Now, under the above act of 3 d February 1853. - She also now further declares, that she was married, to the said William McSwain, sometime in the year 1831, the day not now recollected, and that her husband the aforesaid William McSwain died on the 9 th Day of December 1838: that she was married to him at the time above stated

She further swears, that she was a widow at the passage of the Act, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension, on her own account -
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written Before,
James Roberts J.P.
Elizabeth her McSwain mark
State of North Carolina } Cleveland County }
I, James Roberts the Magistrate, Before whom the above & foregoing Declaration of Elizabeth McSwain, Widow of William McSwain, to my own personal knowledge, Do hereby Certify that the Mrs. Elizabeth McSwain who has this day sworn to and subscribed the above Declaration is not able to attend the Court from age and bodily infirmity, that she is the identical and same person who did, make application and receive the amount of pension found due her late husband, the aforesaid William McSwain after his death, for I was her agent, at that time, given under my hand this 6 th day of April 1853 -
James Roberts J.P.
State of North Carolina } personally appeared Before Cleveland County } me, the undersigned and acting Justice of the peace in & for said County Albert Hamrick, and after being duly sworn according to law, saith on his oath: - that he has the Records of his own marriage in his

possession. and that it appears that he was mar- ried on the 11 th Day of December 1831. and that Elizabeth McSwain the widow of William McSwain - who is now applying for a pension was married before he was - and they lived to- gether as husband & wife, until the death of the said William McSwain. which was the 9 th Day of December 1838. Sworn to and subscribed this 11 th Day of April 1853 Before —
Albert Hanwick
James Roberts Esq - I further certify that Albert Hanwick. is a man of good Character whose veracity can't be doubted. — James Roberts Esq
State of North Carolina Cleveland County } I. Silas Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of as State aforesaid hereby certify that James Roberts Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit, was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified at the time of signing the same. That his signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office the 11 th day of April 1853.
S. Williams Clerk

Sir
June 2 nd 1854
I have been addressed some several times from the City of Washington, by Mr. Knight and others, that there was a petition due. the heirs of William McFaddin deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, in the Revolution war, and I James McFaddin one of the heirs at law of William McFaddin deceased, also administrator and Executor on the will of said Estate of William McFaddin deceased, do consider it my indispensable duty to inquire, into the legality of said claim, for any pension. claim, if any belonging to the heirs of William McFaddin deceased and these being humble requests a few lines addressed to me, on that occasion, to let me know whether there is any pension or extra pension under any act of congress, allowing the heirs of William McFaddin deceased, any Moore, or extra, pension, under any act, what ever address me, Mooresboro Cleveland county North Carolina my father went into service from North Carolina into South Carolina, under Colonel Purdie perhaps, in 82 and on into South Carolina, Charleston S.C.
I also inform your Honors, I made a small draw of pension, for the heirs of William McFaddin deceased, I was Executor on the Estate of my father in the year 1846, I James McFaddin Executor on the Estate of William McFaddin deceased, request your honors to have referred, to the records at Washington City, and William McFaddin Revolutionary pension claim on file at the City of Washington this from yours Respectfully &c Honorable Commissioner James M c Faddin

WASHINGTON
October 15, 1931
BA-J/AWF
Memorial Branch Office of the Q.M.General War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request of October 13, 1931 for the Revolutionary War record of William McSwain.
The data herein are obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim, W. 2409, based upon his military service in that war.
William McSwain enlisted in 1782, while living in Tryon County, North Carolina, and served as private in Captain Brevard's company of the Tenth Regiment, North Carolina Continental Line, length of service eighteen months.
He married in 1831, Elizabeth, who was his second wife; Her maiden name and the name of his first wife are not on record.
He died, December 9, 1838 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
In 1855, his widow, Elizabeth, was seventy-six years of age, and was living in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
She was allowed pension and bountyland on account of his service.
In 1854 one of the soldier's sons, James McSwain of Mooreboro, Cleveland County, North Carolina, was

executor for his father's estate.
The names of the other children are not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2409 Elizabeth McSwain, Widow, William McSwain, Priv. Rev. War.
Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 18
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1923 Nov. 28. Hist. to the Hon. John J. McSwain. aw
1977 Feb. 5. hist to A. G. Hamreall, Jr.
1931-Sept. 17-copied miss stores letter - for P. Cleveland Bardner awg.
1931-Oct. 15-Hist. to Meneu- Br. for Tombstone awg.

North Carolina Eloisa M c Swain widow of William who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July 1853 and sent to
A D Roberts Swangstown Cleveland Co NC
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act of 29, 1842, Page 136 Vol. C
Feb 1853
Let to Jas McSwain Feb 6/54
Hon B. Braine - 14 Mar 54
Rec Jud 38

No 17228
W. H. S. R. C. W. H. S. R. C.
James Robert June 26. 1846
Same July 25. 1846
Act June 1832

5 6449
160 acres

no 1, H 7 v
App. of Elizabeth McSwain widow of William
N. 32
32509
Act 3rd Feb: 1853 Cleveland Co.
Rev. J. Adm. $60 per annum Commencing 3rd Feb. 1853 in St. L. Roberts
Swangstown. Cleveland Co. N.C.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

No. 55209
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 9, 1855-
W m Mr Swain Rev. War:
Warrant-6449-160-5-5
J. W. Roberts Swangstown N. C.

Revolutionary Pension Claim of Mrs. W. Swain of N. C.
P. 20 H. Thompson File. Jan. 3. 53
Papers cal. for

Dear Sir
Swangstown N.C. August 13 th 1846
I Herewith enclose and forward you the papers in the case of William McSwain Decd. - his widow Elizabeth McSwain. makes the enclosed Declaration. (Claiming the pension which might have been due her late husband. under the act of Congress of 7. June 1832 - had he applied) -
I Am Sir Very Respectfully yours -
James Roberts
Mr J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Washington City Feb. 28 th 1852
Gen. L. P. Waldo, Sir,
I enclose you a communication from Lt. James M c Swain relative to the Pension of Mt. M c Swain. I wish you would have the examinations asked for made & sent me, in order that I may be able to an- swer him
I have the honor to be respectfully
Martin Cridge

Sir
Swangstown N.C.
July 18 th 1846
I received your letter of 26 th June. your answer in the case of W m McSwain. saying therein. that the papers in the case of W m McSwain. are herewith returned to you. - in order that the date of McSwains death &c. - May be established by satisfactory proof, before a Court of record - &c. &c. - Now Sir I presume there has been a mistake for I have received no papers. returned to me. accompanying your letter above mentioned. - if you intended returning the papers as stated in your letter. I would ask your early attention to that matter. for I would like to have them by the second Monday of August next. it being the week of our Court -
I am Very Respectfully
Yours
James Roberts
Mr J. L. Edwards
Comm ee of pension
Washington City
DC

Brief in the case of Elizabeth M c Swain widow of William M c Swain Cleveland County and State of act 3 d February 1853
Claim, ("original," & "Not rejected")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Claimant received arrear of pension - Certificate dated 28 th September 1846 - at the rate of $60 per annum from the 14 th of March 1831 to 9 th December 1838 - the Date of the death of her husband.
Marriage proved by parol testimony (If for increase.) — witnesses entitled to be credible.
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
M. H. D. Roberts Esq Swangstown, Cleveland Co'y.
Name and residence of Agent N.C.
R. Geddes Examining Clerk.

37228. Elizabeth McSwain deceased 1832. Wm McSwain dec? N.C. Act 7. June 32 admo 18mopri 1832 to 9 Dec. 1838 the day of his death To Elizabeth McSwain his widow —
James Roberts Esq Strangstown N.C.

Swangstown No. Carolina April 2 d 1846
Sir
I Herewith enclose the Declaration of James McSwine, one of the sons and Heirs at Law of William McSwine, Deceased, Claiming the pension which might have been due his late father William McSwine, had he applied. proof of service attached below
I am Respectfully yours
James Roberts

State of North Carolina, Court of Pleas, and Quarter Sessions, August Cleveland County 7 Session 1846, On this 14 day of August 1846 Personally appeared Elizabeth McSwain in Open Court Now sitting and after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832, that she is the widow of William McSwain deceased, who was a private Soldier in the North Carolina Continental line, and as such served the United States in the war of the Revolution for the term of eighteen months that he resided in the State of North Carolina, when he entered the service, and that this Claimant now asks of the Government for the pension, which her husband the aforesaid William McSwain might have been entitled to had he applied in accordance with the above recited act of Congress, and this deponent further declares that she was married to the said William McSwain sometime in the year 1831, and that her late husband the aforesaid William McSwain died on the 9 th day of December 1838, and that the paper purporting to be a transfer or sale of William McSwain's wages for eighteen months service in the Continental Service to John Barrett, was found by the executor James McSwain amongst the said William McSwain's valuable papers, and that the only reason why no application has not been made at an earlier day is that she did not know that she was entitled having been married to the said William McSwain at so late a period, and being his second wife sworn to, and subscribed the day and date above written
Elizabeth McSwain Mark
Sworn to in open Court and subscribed before me Aug 14-1846 R Champion C.S.C. or J.B. Dean S.C.

State of North Carolina Court of Pleas, and Quarter Sessions Clanland County } On this the 15 th day of August 1846 Personally appeared B. B. Bridges in open Court, and after being duly sworn according to Law deponeth, and saith on his oath that he was well acquainted with William McSwain, and also Elizabeth McSwain his widow, who has made the foregoing declaration that he knows her to be the widow of the said William McSwain deceased late of this County, and he further saith that the aforesaid William McSwain died on the 9 th day of December 1838, having been present at the time of his death, and also at his interment, and having had reference to a record of his death made by himself for the benefit of the family, and the deponent further saith he knows from his own knowledge that James McSwain, who has made the foregoing affidavit, was the executor of the said William McSwain deceased sworn to, and subscribed the day, and year above written Sworn to and subscribed B. B. Bridges before me August 14 th 1846
Rich d Chapman clk
Mr O'Beam do
State of North Carolina We William Roberts, and William H Clanland County } Green Members of the Select Court of Pleas, and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that B. B. Bridges, who has made the foregoing affidavit is one of the members of the Select Court of said County that he is a man of known respectability whose veracity can not be disputed W. H. Green W. Roberts

Payment to be made at Fayetteville by John Houske Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of No. Carolina.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Vol. Page by — S. H. Wood Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, William M c Brain, dec d , late of South Carolina, — who was a Private in the Line of S t ato
is entitled to receive Sixty — — dollars and — — cents per annum, during his natural life , commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year, ending 9 th December 1838, when he died, payable to his widow Elizabeth M c Brain.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 28 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty- Six.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. {
Commissioner of Pensions.
Duplicate.

State of North Carolina 14 th day of August 1846 Glasgow County ss. Personally appeared before me B.B. Bridges one of the acting Justices of the Peace for said County James M c Swain (Altho' being first duly sworn according to Law with on his oath make the following affidavit viz That he is the Executor of the last Will and Testament of William M c Swain late of this County deceased. That he while Examining the papers of the aforesaid William M c Swain deceased found a paper purporting to be a Transfer of his Wages as a Soldier of the Revolution to one John Carruth for Eighteen Months Service in the North Carolina Continental Line and that the original Certificate of Transfer is herunto appended. This deponent further declares that he is a Son & one of the heirs at Law of the aforesaid William M c Swain deceased. That the only reason why they did not make application at an earlier day for a Pension is that they did not know that they was entitled until recently. Sworn to & Subscribed this day and date first above written B.B. Bridges J.P. J.M c Swain.

State of North Carolina } B. B. Bridges the Magistrate before whom Cleveland County } the foregoing affidavit of James McSwain was made do hereby certify that James McSwain is a man of known, and much respectability, whose veracity cannot be disputed This the 14 th day of August 1846 B. B. Bridges
State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Cleveland County } August Sessions 1846 I R. Chambliss Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of Elizabeth McSwain was made in open Court and I further certify that B. B. Bridges whose name ap- pears to the foregoing affidavit made by James McSwain is and was an acting justice of the peace for said County and all his official acts as such is attested to full faith and credit and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 15 th day of August 1846 R. Chambliss Clerk at B. B. Bridges

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that William McSwine a private soldier in Capt. Brevards Company of the tenth Regiment, entered the service on the day of 1782 for the term of eighteen months , and that he was transferred in March 1783 . It appears on a book of settlements of the accounts of the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution that W. McSwine in the  company was allowed $26.66  wages of the 18 months . Given under my hand this 10 th day of March 1846
W. Hill Secretary of State
These May Certify that I have settled  William McSwine wages for Eighteen Months Service in Continental Service and takes all charges of the same, if never  drawn , I am willing to look to him for any part of the same settled by me this 17 th of January 1706
Thomas McSwine Witness present John Garrett

N6- 113.5 113.1  1131 3393 1131 1131  2791.60
2097 N7- 152.7 152.7  10689 3054 463.5 1527  23311.29
N8- 47.5 29.7  332.5 1275 950  1410.75
N9- 99.6 19.9  8964 8964 996  1982.04
1785
John copy Book William Hexam 1785

Swangstown N.Y. April 19 th
Official Business
Mr. P. D. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Swangstown South Carolina Cleveland County, April 19 th 1853
Sir
I Herewith enclose to forward you the Declaration of Mrs Elizabeth McSwain the Sole Widow of William McSwain - Claiming a Pension under the Act of Congress of the 3 rd February 1833 -
You will address me - Swangstown N.C. -
I am Very Respectfully Yours
M. H. D. Prober
Mr J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C. -

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
OCT 13 1931 1931
Memorandum for The Surgeon General, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department, The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building, General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.
1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.
2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.
Request for record of William McSarin. Navy & Air Res.

P. CLEVELAND GARDNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ROYSTER BUILDING
SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA
September 11th, 1931-
Veterans Administration, The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
IN RE: File No.BA-J/MMHf. History of Rev.War Soldiers.
Sir: Your letter of the 8th received, stating that you will furnish me record and history of Rev.War Soldiers who drew a pension, that is, of two such soldiers. Therefore, please give me as full and complete data as possible of military organization in which following two soldiers served, and copy of "Declaration" made for pension:
WILLIAM McSWAIN, Pt.N.C.Rev.War Pensioner; See The State Records of N.C.Vol.22, page 77.
Also: -----Vol.16, page 1122-Brevard's Co.10th Reg. " -----Vol.26, page 1062-Citizen of Rutherford Co.N.C.
JAMES IRVIN, N.C.Rev.War Pensioner; Vol.22, page 71. Also: James Irwin(Irvin), Musc.Hogg's Co.1st Reg.(3 Yrs.) Roster N.C.Continental Line.See:Vol.16, page 1086.
I want to make formal application to government for headstones or markers for these two soldiers, and ask that you please furnish me proper data, such as company and regiment, date of service, pension number, copy of "declaration" for pension.
I am very sorry to burden you for this information, and I assure you that whatever history, information, data, etc., you may furnish me will be appreciated.
Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours,
P.Cleveland Gardner, Lock Box 709, Shelby, North Carolina.

AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING CO.
120 BROADWAY
TAX DEPARTMENT F. G. HAMRICK ASST. COMPTROLLER
NEW YORK December 8, 1926.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
One of the officials of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution has suggested that you might be able and agreeable to furnishing me the service record of William McSwain who served in the Revolutionary War as a Soldier in a Company organized in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The Captain of the Company, according to my information, was one Brevard, and William McSwain, who is an ancestor of mine, was a resident, at the time of his enlistment, of what was then Rutherford County. Doubtless he or his wife received a pension.
I shall appreciate any information you can furnish me.
Yours very truly,
J. G. Hamrick

Rev. & 1812 War Section W.S.
February 5, 1927
F. C. Hamrick 120 Broadway New York
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2409, it appears that William McSwain, while residing in Tryon County, North Carolina, enlisted in 1782 as a private in Captain Brevard's Company of the Tenth Regiment, North Carolina Continental Line, and served eighteen months.
He married in 1831, Elizabeth, who was his second wife. Her maiden name and the name of his first wife are not on record. He died in Cleveland County, North Carolina, December 9, 1838.
In 1855 the widow, Elizabeth, was seventy-six years of age and was a resident of Cleveland County, North Carolina. She was allowed pension and bounty land on account of his services.
In 1854 one of the soldier's sons, James McSwain of Mooreboro, Cleveland County, North Carolina, was executor for his father. The names of the other children are not on record.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

WASHINGTON
September 18, 1931
Mr. P. Cleveland Gardner Shelby, Lock Box 709 North Carolina.
BA-J/AWF
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2409, that William McSwain, while residing in Tryon County, North Carolina, enlisted in 1782 as a private in Captain Brevard's company of the Tenth Regiment, North Carolina Continental Line, and served eighteen months.
He married in 1831, Elizabeth, who was his second wife. Her maiden name and the name of his first wife are not on record.
He died, December 9, 1838 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
In 1855, the widow Elizabeth, was seventy-six years of age and was a resident of Cleveland County, North Carolina.
She was allowed pension and bounty land on account of his services.
In 1854 one of the soldier's sons, James McSwain of Mooreboro, Cleveland County, North Carolina, was executor for his father. The names of the other children are not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev. 1812 War Section.
November 28, 1923.
Honorable John J. McSwain, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. McSwain:
In response to your personal inquiry of the twenty-seventh instant, I have the honor to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, Widow File No. 2408, it appears that William McSwain while residing in Tryon County, North Carolina, enlisted in 1782, as a private in Captain Bravard's Company, of the Tenth Regiment, North Carolina Continental Line and served for eighteen months.
He married in 1831, his second wife, Elizabeth, her maiden name and the name of his first wife are not on record. He died in Cleveland County, North Carolina, December 9, 1838.
In 1855, the widow Elizabeth was seventy-six years old and a resident of Cleveland County, North Carolina. She was allowed pension and bounty land on account of his services.
James McSwain of Mooresboro, Cleveland County, North Carolina, in 1854, was the executor of and one of the sons

of said William McSwain. The names of the other children are not on record.
Sincerely,
Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME McSwine, George GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9923 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 27, 1791 to not shown
*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.