Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,541, for Hugh Sweeny, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Sweeney, Hugh or Sweeney
S. 40 541
CONTENTS

3795.
Pennsylvania Roll.
Hugh Sweeney, 4 Capt Wilson Private - Pennsylvania Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of May 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of October 1810 and sent to Andrew Boden, Carlisle
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 29:97
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48:
3 m th 24:
19/31 - 4:90,3
4/30 - 1:6,6
$ 77:97
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
4 years
Continued
Tyrone township, Cumberland Co.
Pension sent to John Boden Esq 3 rd Oct 1820 Carlisle Penn a
due Dec. 13. 1823

Hugh Sweeney Sweeney -
CA
No 3495
1151 7th St NW
Mar 19

Pennsylvania Cumberland County Set.
On the seventh day of August A.D. 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of common pleas for the County of Cumberland aforesaid (the same being a court of record in and for the said County, and proceedings therein being according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of their proceedings) Hugh Sweeney aged Eighty three resident in Perry County, (said county not being organ- ized) who being first duly sworn according to law, saith on his solemn oath duly declared that he served in the Revo- lutionary war as follows, he enlisted in the year 1776 at Carlisle the sixth Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col. William Irvine in the Company commanded by Cap- tain James A. Wilson for one year, that he served one year and enlisted in 1777 with Captain Isaac Sweeney 11th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry commanded by Col. Hartley for three years or during the war, and served until the end of the war and was discharged the 13th August 1782 and that the date of his original declaration is 13 May 1818 and the number of his pension certificate B795.
And I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the Uni- ted States, on the 18th March 1818 and 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 securities, contra- cts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me sub- scribed.

Schedule
No property whatever
By occupation a labourer and by reason of old age and infirmities I have not been able to work at manual labor for a number of years past to maintain myself and have no family, but myself
Sworn and declared the twelfth day of August
A.D. 1820 Before
Isa. Graham
his Hugh Sweeney mark
I Robert McCoy, Prothonotary, of the Court of Common pleas, in and for said County of Cumberland do hereby certify that the the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court, and I do further certify that the deponent returns no property, in said Schedule.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this day of August A.D. 1820,
Robert McCoy Protho

State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County ss
On this 13 th day of May A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cum- berland, personally appears Hugh Sweeney aged seventy eight years and ten months, resident in Tyrone Township Cumberland County and State of Penn- sylvania who being by me first duly sworn ac- cording to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to ob- tain the provisions made by the late 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."
That he the said Hugh Sweeney enlisted with Captain James Wilson in Carlisle in the State of Pennsylvania, in the 6 th Pennsylvania regiment (in the continental service commanded by Col. Williams) in the winter of 1776. That the term of his enlistment was for three years or during

the war and that he continued in said corps or in the service of the United States until the 13 th day of August 1783 when he was discharged from service in the city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, that he was in the battles of the Three rivers, Springfield & at Chemung and Newton in company with the Indians, and at Brandywine, Deponent further says that his daughter took his discharge with some other papers with her to Conemaugh in Westmoreland County Penn ^ ten or twelve years ago and has not been able to procure it since, and that he is in wound circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Jacob Hendel
his Hugh H Sweeney Mark
Cumberland County.
I Jacob Hendel Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the aforesaid County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Hugh Sweeney did serve in the Continental army in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding

October 29, 1931
BA-J/MCS
Mrs. Guiles Flower 166 West Pomfret Street Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 8, 1931, requesting information in regard to Hugh Sweeny, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim, S. 40541, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Hugh Sweeney or Sweeny.
He enlisted at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the winter of 1776 and served one year as private in Captain James A. Wilson's Company in Colonel William Irvine's Pennsylvania Regiment and was in the battles of Three Rivers and Springfield. Immediately after this service he enlisted in Captain Isaac Sweeney's Company in Colonel Hartley's Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine and Chemung and was discharged August 13, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-eight years and ten months and was living in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
In 1818 he referred to a daughter but did not give her name. There are no further data relative to his family.
In 1820 he was living in Perry County, Pennsylvania.
He died December 13, 1823.
Very truly yours,
See Agency Book
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

High Sweeney
Compt

Declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and laid before me to the secretary of the war Department, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Witness my hand and seal at Carlisle the 13 th day of May A. D. 1818
Jacob Wendel Esq.
Cumberland County, } ss. State of Pennsylvania, }
I, Robert McCoy Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland, in the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that Jacob Wendel — Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit — was taken, and who had thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such Affidavit — and now is, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said county,
duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Carlisle, in the said County, this fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the forty Second
ATTEST,
Robert McCoy Prothonotary

40 541
Rev INVALID.
File No. 40 541
Hugh Sweeney Dis Mr S
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 499
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb - 3 - 1903
Mrs. Martha A. Washburn Rensselaer Inn
1923 July 18. Hist. to Mrs. J. B. Bateman and
1921 Oct. 29. Hist. to Mrs. Lewis Flower U.C.A.

166 West Pomfret Street, Carlisle, Penna, October 8th 1931
Department of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
Kindly let me know what the Pension application of Hugh Sweeny says regarding wife and children, so that I can straighten line of descent for D.A.R purposes. Hugh Sweeny served in the Revolutionary War from Penna in the First Pennsylvania, Third Pennsylvania and 11th Regiment of Penna all the Continental Line. Everything that will tell of his family, his age etc will be of interest especially his children. He died in Cumberland County, Pa Dec 13th 1823.
Thanking you for a reply, I am
very Sincerely yours
Leora E. Flower
(Mrs Guiles Flower)

524 EAST NINTH STREET LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
May 28 - '28
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D. C.
Dear Sir -
My ancestor Hugh Sweeney served in the Revolutionary war, in the 1 st - 3 rd and 11 th Penn - Regiments -
Can you give me any information concerning this man -
His name also appears

in a record under the heading: "Return of the Pennsylvania Line, entitled to Donation Lands - reported by the late Comptroller General"
Thanking you - Respectfully
Mrs. Joe B. Bateman.
5-24 E. 9 th St.
Little Rock
Arkansas -

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
40541
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of  Hugh Sweeney or Sweeney , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the P. claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Winter 1776 1 yr Pvt James A. Miller Wm Brown Pa   Winter 1777 Isaac Sweeney Hartley " "   X dis. to Aug 13, 1783  
Battles engaged in, 1 Three Rivers, 2 Springfield, 3 Channing, Brandywine Residence of soldier at enlistment, Carlisle Pa Date of application for pension, May 19, 1818 Has I was old Residence at date of application, Tyrone Sup. Cumberland Co Pa Age at date of application, 78 yrs 10 mos
Remarks: In 1878 he referred to a daughter, name not stated and there is no further data on file as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
(Channing & Newtown are same battle. old names for Churba.)

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Sweeney, James GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10335 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 22, 1791 to John McCleland, assignee
*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.