Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30142, for James Swan, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Swan, James
S. 30142
CONTENTS

N o 18187 Maine
James Swan
of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Evans of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ Troops time for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of July 1833 and sent to R. B. Virgin Rumford Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th of Sept. 1833 15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1 Page 54

James Sween
13.595
2

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 17th day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting,
James Swan a resident of Bethel in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 71 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. Enlisted in North of August 1781 at Bethel aforesaid for three months into a company of volunteer militia of Massachusetts commanded by captain John Evans and was set to guard the frontier inhabitants from the depredations of Indians and while some of the company were engaged in building a fort at said Bethel, was employed with others as a spy and discovered the wilderness from Bethel to Lake Umbagog and helped bury the dead which the Indians had destroyed, and after the fort was completed, was marched to said lake and there a fort was built and he with three others of said company were sent over the lake in the night to see if they could discover Indian fires, and was discharged in January 1782
Also in June 1782 enlisted at Bethel aforesaid into a company commanded by Captain Stephen Harrington for six months and was kept as a guard at the fort in said Bethel to watch the Canada Indians, marched three times to the lake and towards Canada and was discharged in October 1782.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
James Swan
Stephen Emery, Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Said applicant having adduced the deposition of Benjamin Russell & John York, on oath duly administered, in corroboration of his service. Whether said service is to be deemed Revolutionary service or not, the Court do not decide.
Stephen Emery Judge
I Joseph C. Cole Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Swan for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17 th day of September A. D. 1832
CLERK.
Joseph C. Cole Register

13.595 James Swan
April 8 th 1833
6 th 8. 14. 16.
13.595
P. 322
Adm o
9 mo's $30
J. C. Virgin Esqr E. Rumford, Me,

BRIEF in the case of James Swan Severn Swan of Bethel in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? On oath  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     cont In 1781 3 Private Colt Brant   In 1782 6 " Colt Harrington  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bethel Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Courtis Examining Clerk.

30 142 INVALID. Rev.
File No. 30 142
James Swan Pr: Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 409
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Respond April 27, 1833
J L Edwards Esq. I return the enclosed Berlin nations - hoping they are now correctly and hon- treated. Should they be wanting please to return them to the subscribers.
Yours obed t Servt
Peter C. Virgin

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW , Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Peter G. Virgin Esq
whose genuine signatures are annexed to the foregoing Depositions of John York & Benjamin Russell is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 27th day of September in the year A. D. 1832
RK Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

I Benjamin Russell of Kennebec in the County of Oxford and State of Maine do testify that I was personally knowing to James Swan an enlist into the Company of Continental Militia of Massachusetts commanded by Captain John Swan in the Month of August 1781 at Bethel - and again I was personally knowing to said Swan enlisting in the Month of June 1782 into the Company of Continental Militia commanded by Captain Stephen Dorrington - and that he was then honorably discharged after serving the two terms as stated by him in his declaration B. J. A. Russell
County of Oxford
Subscribed and sworn to this third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Before me
Peter C. Dyer Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss. April 27, 1833 I certify that the above named Benjamin Russell is a person of good character and entitled to credit and that I am personally knowing him.
Peter C. Dyer Justice of the Peace

I John York of Kennebec in the County of Oxford and State of Maine do hereby certify and say that I was in the service of the Continental Army in the year 1781 Enlisting into the company of Volunteers Militia of the State of Massachusetts as an Indian spy in the company under the command of Captain John Evans and in the year 1782 in the company commanded by Captain Stephen Harrington and that said James Wear served three months under the first enlistment and six months under the last and was honorably discharged. I further say I was living at said Bethel at that time and have lived there until the present time except for a short time I have lived in Kennebec where I now reside.
John York
State of Maine Oxford County
Subscribed and sworn to this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two before me
Peter C. Dinsmore of the same
State of Maine Oxford County
To April 29 1833 I certify that the above named John York of whom I am personally acquainted is a person of fair character and entitled to credit.
Peter C. Dinsmore Justice of the Peace