Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23962, for Joseph Swinington, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Swinington, Joseph
S. 23962
CONTENTS

Vermont 876
Joseph Swinington of Leicester in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Newell of the reg t commanded by Col. Hays in the Massachusetts line for 17 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 5-6 Dollars 66 Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of October 1832 and sent to E. W. Briggs Salisbury Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 84.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 1833 28.33 $113.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. M. D. Field Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 84

No 1068
Admitted
Prate 17 mos.
$ 56:66.
(876)

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Swinington of Addison County in the State of Vermont (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In the County Court
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.     In 1777 6 private Capt: Wewell. Col. H'eyes   1779 3 do Capt: Richardson. Col. Cutter   * July 1780 6 do Capt: Shayes Col. Putnam   1781 3 do Capt: Cutter Col. Dana   18   deduct 1 which he did not fulfil his engagement   17 mos served but 2 mos 2 d period.  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Not stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
New Braintree, Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By tradition, on Roll of Putnam, Regt for 6 mos
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Papers correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John M. Duffield Examining Clerk.
On Roll of Putnam Regt.

STATE OF VERMONT, Addison County ss.
I, EDWARD D. BARBER, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison, do hereby certify that the annexed documents contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application
Joseph Twininger for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 11 th day of July A. D.
1832
Edward D. Barber, Clerk

Joseph Swannington Declaration
Declaration of Joseph Swannington

State of Vermont Adams County ss On the 5 th day of July 1832. Personally appeared before the Judges of Adams County Court in the County of Adams in Open Court. Joseph Swinington, resident in Litchfield in said County of Adams, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he the said Joseph Swinington, entered in the year 1777 for the term of Six Months , at New Branton in Mass, and served the said six Months in Capt. Newells Company and in Col. Keyes Regiment not attached to any Brigades, and was in the Army in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and at the expiration of said term was dismissed without any written discharge.
That he again in the year 1779 enlisted for the term of Three Months , and was placed under the Command of Joseph Richardson Captain of a Company and the Regiment according to my best recollection commanded by Col. Butler and entered to march to Fort Stonebridge, now Rome in the state of New York and marched from New Branton, Mass. to Albany and was discharged in the vicinity of Albany after serving I think about two months, or more, a little before the time of my enlistment had expired and was dismissed without a written discharge.
That he again entered in the year 1780, in July for the term of Six Months and was mustered at Springfield, and served in Col. Shays. Company, in Col. Putnam Regiment.

and Genl. Stevens, Brigadier, and after serving out the said term of six months was honorably discharged at West Point in the State of New York. And at that time received a discharge which is lost.
That he the said Joseph Swinerton, again entrusted in the year 1781. for the term of three months and served in Capt. Cutler, Company in Col. Dana's Regiment, not attached to any Brigade & was principally stationed at West Point in the State of New York, at which place I was discharged or discharged without a regular discharge, after serving said term of three months.
That he does not know of any testimony by which he can prove his services.
That he now resides in Leicester, Mass. and has for forty four years last past & means thereto he resides in New Braintree in the State of Massachusetts.
That he relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present, nor is his name on any pension roll of any agency in this or any other state.
Sworn and subscribed this 10th 10th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and E. D. Barber Clerk
We Henry Olin (late Lieut. Governor of the State of New York) and Benjamin Whitman & Moses Robbins & Samuel Adams do hereby certify that we have for the last forty years been acquainted with Joseph Swinerton, who has sworn to & subscribed to the above declaration, & resides in the same town & we believe him to be seventy one years old, and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we fully concur in that opinion. — Sworn and subscribed this 10th 10th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Moses Robbins Henry Olin Samuel Adams Benjamin Whitman

And the said board do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the mat- ter and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolution- ary soldier and served as he states; and the board also certify that, from personal acquaintance with Henry Chin Bury, Whitman and Moses Robbins, whose certificates are herewith transmitted, they con- sider them persons of veracity and entitled to credit, and the board further certify that it has been made to appear to them by competent testimony that the said Joseph Swinngton as well as Samuel Adams whose certificate is her- ewith transmitted, are persons of veracity and entitled to credit.
Edward D. Barber, Clerk

N o 1068
Declaration of Joseph Swinington
Londons } July 29, 1832 Officer }

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S. H. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., January 30, 1896.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Joseph Swinington --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. 1777 6 mos. Pvt. Newell Keyes Mass. 1779 2 mos. Pvt. Joseph Richardson Cutler Mass. July 1780 6 mos. Pvt. Shay Rufus Putnam Mass. 1781 3 mos. Pvt. Cutler Dana Mass.
Battles engaged in, None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Braintree, Mass.
Date of application for pension. July 5, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Leicester, Vt.
Age at date of application, Seventy-one years.
Remarks: His application for pension was allowed. The names of Thomas Alden and Jonathan Lamb, whose military history was also desired by you, do not appear upon the Revolutionary pension records. Very respectfully,
Mr. Wm. F. Alden, 1405 - 5th St., N.W., City.
Commissioner.

A - not 9 or 12 S. or W " " 12 or R. Stephen Lamb - not 9 or 12 S. Thomas Alden - not 9 or 12 S. Joseph Swinerton - 23962-5
1405 - Fifth St. N.W. Washington, D.C. Dec. 26, 1895. L. not 9 " " W
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, 12 or W. or S. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to request your report showing whether the names, Thomas Alden, Jonathan Lamb, and Joseph Swinerton or Swining- ton, are borne on the pension roll of soldiers of the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812, and if so, the numbers of their claims, their service, and any additional facts touching their military history which the law will permit you to furnish me.

This information is desired by my relatives and myself, to assist us in establishing our genealogy and besides our eligibility to membership in one of the societies growing out of the Revolutionary War.
I will add that I am a clerk in the Pension Bureau, on duty in the Special Examination Division, and this request has been made formal believing that it was the best manner of presenting such a request.
I will add that all of the above-named soldiers, or supposed soldiers, resided in Addison Co., Vermont, said Alden, however, originally resided at Dublin, Cheshire Co., N.H.
Very respectfully, William F. Alden.

Revolution
23 962 INVALID.
File No. 23,962
Joseph Swinington Rev Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 72 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 409
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1896. Mily. Histy. Co. Jan 30. Wm F. Alden City.