Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,338, for Abraham Swanger, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
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NUMBER Swanger, Abraham  IP 10338
CONTENTS

Affidavit of William Forsyth Richland, Richland Co. Ohio

State of Ohio Richland County ss
Be it known that on this 12 th day of February A.D. 1859, before the undersigned an acting justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized by Law to administer oaths, personally appeared Jacob Swanger aged Eighty Five (85) years and a resident of Cass Township in the said County and State, who being first duly sworn according to Law, upon his oath makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions made by the several acts of Congress passed prior to the 1 st . day of February A.D. 1853.
That he is the son of the identical Abraham Swanger , who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution , and who as affiant believes entered the service from the County of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania, and was for some time thereafter stationed in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, and said Abraham Swanger, as affiant has often heard him say and believes, served in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Grubb in said

Revolutionary War and in the Company of Captain Visser as affiant now recollects from his Father's conversations on the subject.
That the said Abraham Swanger entered the service of the United States in the early part of the Revolutionary struggle in the year 1776 or 1777. The length of time he continued in said service is unknown to af- fiant, but he believes for a number of years.
That his Mother's name was Elizabeth Swanger Swanger, and that her former name was Elizabeth Wagner. That his said Parents were married in the County of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania, about the year A.D. 1774 - the precise date not remembered by affiant - That his Mother the said Elizabeth Swanger died in the County of Lancaster State of Pennsylvania, on or about the 10th day of August 18
That his father the said Abraham Swanger died in the County of Richland and State of Ohio, on or about the 10 th day of August 1838
affiant further says of the children of the said Abraham Swanger his father the following are living to wit; affiant Jacob Swanger - a resident of the Township of Cass, County of Richland

a residents of Allegheny County Penn a and State of Ohio, Philip Swanger, Peter Swanger, and Martha Branny (intermarried with Peter Branny), all residents of the County of Westmoreland and State of Penn- sylvania and Margaret Hitten (inter- married with William Hitten) resides in the County of Hancock and State of Ohio.
That the family Bible containing the registo of Marriages, Births, Deaths, &c. was left with said Martha Branny in the County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania. Whether it is yet in her keeping is unknown to affiant. Further affiant saith not.
his Jacob Swanger
Sworn to before me  before me and subscribed in my presence the day and year aforesaid. And I hereby certify that I am personally acquaint- ed with Jacob Swanger whose name is subscribed in his own proper signature to the above and foregoing declaration that he is a highly credible man and the son of the identical Abraham Swanger he represents himself to be, and that his statements above are entitled to full cred- it and belief.
And I further certify that I

has no interest in the claim for the allowance of a Pension as set forth by him in the foregoing decla- ration, but am entirely disinterested.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
H. T. Hodges Justice of The Peace
Affidavit of Great Smoky Rocks, Dickson Co. C.

State of Ohio Richland County ss
Be it known that on this 12 th day of February A.D. 1859 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared William Per- ryth aged sixty three (63) years and a resident of Cass Township in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law says that he is personally and inti- mately acquainted with Jacob Swanger who has this day made application for Pension in right of his father Abraham Swanger deceased, that said Jacob Swanger is an affiant believes of the age he represents himself to be to wit, 85 years, a man of good moral character whose statements are well worthy of credit, that he has been acquainted with said Jacob Swanger for twenty seven years or more and during all that time he has been regarded in the neigh- borhood as a man well worthy of full credit and belief.
Affiant further says that he

was personally and intimately acquainted with Abraham Swanger the father of said Jacob Swanger, and knows that he always recognized said Jacob Swanger as his son, that said Abraham Swanger resided with his son the said Jacob Swanger in the Township of Cass, Richland County, Ohio until his death on or about the 18 th day of August
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1856 Affiant was present at the funeral of said Abraham Swanger
Affiant further says that during his personal acquaintance with said Abraham Swanger, he has heard him frequently and repeatedly talk of his services in the war of the revolution and that he was always believed in the neighborhood to have been in said service, from his known truthful character and reputation in other things.
Affiant further says that he has no interest whatever in the claim set up by said Jacob Swanger, or any of the children of said Abraham Swanger for a pension.
Further affiant saith not.
William H. Hays

Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence the day and year aforesaid. And I further certify that William Forsyth whose name is sub- scribed above, is to me well known and that he is a man of good moral character and well worthy of full credit and belief. I further certify that I have no interest what- ever in Jacob Swanger's claim for a pension as by him set forth. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day & year aforesaid.
H. T. Haden Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio, RICHLAND COUNTY, ss.
I, Isaac Dumm Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas within and for the county of Richland and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that H. T. Haden Esquire, before whom the foregoing and annexed Affidavit was taken, and acknowledged, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine
as I have known that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged in conformance to the laws of the State of Ohio.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Mansfield, this 21 st day of October A. D., 1859.
Isaac Dumm Clerk. By Jas J Crall Deputy

State of Pennsylvania } ss. Allegheny County }
Be it known that on this seventh day of June A.D. 1859 before me Frank Patterson a justice of the peace in and for said County duly author- ized by law to administer oaths, per- sonally appeared Philip Swanger aged seventy six years and a resident of Elizabeth Township in said County and State, who being first duly sworn accor- ding to Law upon his oath makes the following declaration for the pur- pose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions made by the several acts of Congress passed prior to the 24th day of February A.D. 1853; that he is the son of the identical Abraham Swanger , who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution , and who as affiant believes entered the service from the County of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania, and was for some time thereafter stationed in Leb- anon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, and said Abraham Swanger as affiant has often heard him say and believes served in the regiments commanded

by Colonel Grubb , in said Revolutionary War, and in the Company of Captain Wiser , as affiant now recollects from his Father's conversations on the subject; that the said Abraham Swanger entered the service of the United States in the early part of the Revolutionary struggle in the year 1776 or 1777; the length of time he remained in said service is unknown to affiant, but he believes for a number of years; that his mother's name was Elisabeth Swanger , and that her former name was Elisabeth Wagner , that his said parents were married in the County of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania, about the year A.D. 1774. the precise date is not remembered by affiant; that his mother the said Elisabeth Swanger died in the County of Allegheny in the State of Pennsylvania on or about the day of                      A.D.                      ; that his father, the said Abraham Swanger died in the County of Richland in the State of Ohio on or about the 10. day of August, A.D. 1838.
Affiant further says of the chil-

deed of the said Abraham Swanger, his father, the following are living, to wit; affiant, Philip Swanger a resident of the Township of Elizabeth Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Jacob Swanger, a resident of Richland County Ohio, Peter Swanger and Martha Branny (intermarried with Peter Branny) both residents of the County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, and Margaret Kibben (intermarried with William Kibben) a resident of Hancock County Ohio,
Affiant further says that the family Bible containing the register of the births, deaths, &c, of the said Abraham Swanger's family was, as he believes left with the said Martha Branny in the County of Westmoreland in the State of Pennsylvania, and further affiant saith not.
Philip Swanger
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Philip Swanger, whose name is subscribed in his own proper signature

to the foregoing declaration, that he is a highly credible man and the son of the identical Abraham Swanger he represents himself to be and that his statements, above are entitled to full credit and belief. And I further certify that I have no interest in the claim for the allowance of a Pension as set forth by him, but am entirely disinterested.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid.
Frank Patterson Justice
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, ) ss. State of Pennsylvania,
1. Darl Armstrong Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the same being a Court of Law and Record, do by these presents certify, that Frank Patterson Esquire, before whom the foregoing Acknowledgment taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper handwriting, subscribed his name, was at that time, and now is,
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to take Acknowledgments, administer Oaths, &c. to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, 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 Pittsburgh, in the said County, this 8 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the eighty-third
Darl Armstrong PROTHONOTARY.

State of Ohio } ss. Hancock County }
Be it known that on the 2 nd day of May — a.D. 1859 before me Robert Huns a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by Law to administer oaths, personally appeared Margaret Hibben , wife of William Hibben, aged 63 — years and a resident of Madison Township in the said County and State, who being first duly sworn according to Law upon her oath makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions made by the several acts of Congress passed prior to the 28 th day of February a.D. 1853: that she is the daughter of the identical Abraham Swanger who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution , and who as affiant believes entered the service from the County of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania, and was for some time thereafter stationed at Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, and said Abraham Swanger as affiant has often heard him say and believes

served in the regiment, Commanded by Colonel Grubb in said Revolutionary War, and in the Company of Captain Boiser , as affiant now recollects from her father's conversations on the subject, that the said Abraham Swanger entered the service of the United States, in the early part of the revolutionary struggle in the years 1776 or 1777, the length of time he continued in said service is unknown to affiant, but she believes for a number of years; that affiant's Mother's name was Elizabeth Swanger , and her former name was Elizabeth Wagner , that her said parents were married in the County of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania, about the year A.D. 1774 the precise date is not remembered by affiant; that her mother the said Elizabeth Swanger died in the County of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, on or about the 31 st day of May A.D. 1832 that her father the said Abraham Swanger died in the County of Richland and State of Ohio on or about the 10 th day of August A.D. 1838.
Affiant further says of the Chil-

dress of the said Abraham Swanger, her father, the following are still living, to wit, affiant, Margaret Kibben, a resident of Madison Township, Hancock County, Ohio, Jacob Swanger a resident of Richland County Ohio, Phillip Swanger a resident of Allegheny County Pennsylvania, Peter Swanger a resident of Westmoreland County Pennsylvania, and Martha Brannan, (intermarried with Peter Brannan) who resides in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania.
Affiant further says that the family Bible containing the register of the births, deaths &c. of the said Abraham Swanger's family, was left with the said Martha Brannan in the said County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania; and further affiant saith not
Margaret her X Forbes mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written. And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Margaret Kibben whose name is subscribed in her own proper signature to the

foregoing declaration, that she is a highly credible person, and the daughter of the identical Abraham Swanger she represents herself to be, that her statements above are entitled to full credit and belief, and that I have no interest whatever in her claim for the allowance of a Pension as above set forth.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid.
Robert Heurd Justice of the Peace.
The State of Ohio
Hancock County ss
I William M. Siddall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify
that Robert Heurd Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly selected commissioned and qualified according to law, and to all of whose official acts as such full faith and credit are due and that the signature thereunto purporting to be his is genuine And that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at the Court House in Findlay on this 2nd day of May A.D. 1889
W. M. Siddall Clerk
Affidavit of Margaret Swanger Circleville, Hancock Co. O.

State of Pennsylvania ss Armstrong County } Be
Be it known that on the third day of August A.D. 1859. before me James Barr a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly author- ized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Martha Brancy wife of Peter Brancy, aged thirty seven years and a resident of the Town- ship of Northampton in said County and State, who being first duly sworn according to law, upon her oath makes the following decla- ration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions made by the several acts of Congress passed prior to the 4th. day of February A.D. 1853: That she is the daughter of the identical Abraham Swanger who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution , and who as affiant believes entered the service from the County of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania, and was for some time thereafter stationed at Lebanon, Leba- non County, Pennsylvania, and said Abraham Swanger as affiant has often heard him say and believes served in the

regiment, commanded by Colonel Grubb in said Revolutionary War, and in the Company of Captain Wiser as affiant now recollects from her father's conversations on the subject: that the said Abraham Swanger entered the service of the United States in the early part of the Revolu- tionary Struggle in the years 1776 or 1777, the length of time he continued in said service is unknown to af- fiant, but she believes for a number of years: that affiant's mother's name was Elisabet Swanger , that her for- mer name was Elisabet Wagner , that her said parents were married in the County of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania about the year A.D. 1774, the precise date is not re- membered by affiant, that her mother the said Elisabet Swanger died in the County of Allegheny in the State of Pennsylvania on or about the the 31st. day of May A.D. 1832: that her father the said Abraham Swanger died in the County of Richland and State of Ohio on or about the 10. day of August A.D. 1838

Affiant further says of the children of the said Abraham Swanger her father, the following are still living, to wit, Affiant Martha Braney a resident of the Township of Herkum Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Jacob Swanger a resident of Richland County, Ohio, Philip Swanger a resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and Margaret Kibben (intermarried with William Kibben) a resident of Hancock County, Ohio.
Affiant further says that the family bible containing the register of the births, deaths &c of the said Abraham Swanger's family, is lost and said family record cannot be hereunto attached; and further affiant saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid, and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Martha Braney whose name is subscribed in her own proper signature to the foregoing declaration, that she is a highly credible woman and

the daughter of the identical Abraham Swanger she represents herself to be that her statements above are en- titled to full credit and belief and that I have no interest what- ever in her claim for the allowance of a Pension as set forth.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Young Barn 38 N. Pres.
Martha X Swanger mark
State of Pennsylvania Armstrong County ss.
Simon Truby Jr. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Do hereby certify that James Barn Esq. Before whom the foregoing Acknowledgement was taken and whose signature is in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing Certificate subscribed, was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected Commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts and deeds such full faith and credit, are of right due, and in due form of Law. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court at Kittanning this 2 nd . day of September A. D. 1859.
Simon Truby Jr. Pro.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7-1832.
State of Ohio ss  for in this affidavit of Mark Wayne County ss  for in this affidavit of Mark AD 1837 personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas of said county now sitting Abraham Swanger a resident of East Union Township Wayne County State of Ohio age 82 one year, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following decla- -ration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7-1832 - Applicant states that in consequence of his advanced age and im- paired memory he is unable to make a minute statement of his services in the army, but he knows & remembers with certainty that he was, during the revolutionary war, twice drafted for two months each & that he volunteered for three months - He cannot state with positive certainty either the day month or year when he entered the service at either time - He knows that his first service was under draft, the second as a volunteer & the third again under draft - He resided at the time of his service in Lancaster County Pennsylvania at the time when he entered the service under draft - and within about four miles of Carlisle town -Lebanon County Pennsylvania when he entered the service as a volunteer - He was first drafted and entered the service as a common soldier in the service of the United States, to the best of his remembrance, in the fall of the year 1776. This particular time of the year, is better remembered than the circumstance that applicant knows he repeatedly in company with some of his fellow soldiers, went around the neighborhood for weeks, which were very a long distance - Also, being one of a regiment of guards like took a prisoner to Lancaster, in four & speeches

by the road side - Applicant at this time entered the service under Captain - Samuel - Shoff - made me the lieutenant - Ensign Peter Martin, & two Millers sergeants led into South car - marched - We passed the continental lines, in a a boat & a team of horses meeting General Schenck in Lancaster County about eight miles from applicant's residence - At this time applicant served out the time for which he was drafted being two months -
Applicant entered the service of the United States the second time as a volunteer for three months - When he entered the service this time he lived about four miles from Carlisle Pennsylvania - He entered under Capt Samuel Irvine, Samuel Greener lieutenants Ensign - Smith - There were three regiments in this volunteer service they were commanded by applicant's brother, Nicholas Snyder (a nephew of applicant) Samuel Snyder John Smith & Martin Albright - Applicant entered the service as such volunteer, as well as he can remember late in the fall of the year 1777 - we marched from Carlisle, opened through Lancaster towards Philadelphia, and to Washington's army Applicant served his full term of three months as such volunteer, at the time in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, except the time of marching from Carlisle to that neigh- -borhood - Applicant states that he entered the service
of the United States the third time as a drafted vol- -unteer, drafted for two months, as near as he can remem- -ber in the spring of the year 1778, he then resided at the few town of service, he entered the service of the United States this time under Capt Henry Shaeffer - Jasper Smith was lieutenant Ensign Francis Smith, we went first at Lebanon Pa, we remained there about two weeks then marched to Lancaster, by then applicant thinks more than two weeks, then marched towards

Philadelphia and while on the march orders were given to return; and were then marched back to to Baltimore & there dismissed, this time applic- -ant was on furlough one or two months, and to the best of his recollection at least a month and a half - Applicant was never in battle - he has no documents in hand, and he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service - In answer to the question, Where did what you call your army - Applicant answers - He was born to the best of his knowledge about four or five miles from the officer's town of service in Frederick County in the year 1756 - To the question, When you are now in your 78th year Applicant answers, He needs be days, never as far as he knows, was ever kept - - Where was you living when called into service, where have you lived since the militia times were, and where do you now live - Applicant answers, as before, the first time when drafted he lived at the officer's town of service, & when he returned, about four miles from Carlisle of service. Applicant moved before the close of the war to the neighborhood of Carlisle of service, within about four miles of that place - here he lived as a renter, first upon one farm & then upon another adjoining it, he lived there sixteen or seventeen years; thence he went to Carlisle where in Franklin Co. Pa. lived there about two years, thence to Westminster Co. Pa. he thinks, & in the town ship lived there seven or eight years; thence to Carl- isle, in the township where he has lived ever since & still lives there - In answer to the question: Where were you called into service? He answers - He was drafted for the first & third times of service, & volunteer -ted for the second - In reply to the order, to state the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops where he served, with particular military regiments as he can recollect from the war and circumstances of his service, Applicant says - that when as a volunteer as ordered near Philadelphia he remembers Generals Armstrong & Irvine & Capt. Holt of Carlisle were there - Applicant can not remember any other officers who were out at either of his

terms of service - In answer to the question, did you ever receive a discharge from the army, and if so by whom given, and what has become of it - Applicant says - He received a discharge from Capt Myle, at the end of the first draft. The Capt was not there then - Applicant took no care of it & states that it is lost - Applicant thinks he got a discharge from Capt Brine at the end of his three months service as a volunteer but he has none now, & if he received one it is lost - Applicant remembers that for the term of service of a month & a half he received no discharge. The officer officer gave him a discharge but I never got one - In confidence with the Christian & name persons to whom applicant is known - in his present neighborhood & who can testify as to his character for honesty & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - Applicant is willing that the testimony of any one all in his township should be taken - he knows with name Samuel Wilford Smith Orr & William Wilford He hereby renounces any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present. I declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state known to him & he has not the claim of any kind -
Reference of Applicant
We Samuel Wilford a clergyman from Green Township William Wilford of Haver Creek Township & Smith Orr of Haver Creek Township all of Seneca County Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the name Sawyer, who has submitted an answer to the above declaration; that we believe him to be right in every respect; that he is respected and beloved in the neigh- borhood where he resides, & have been a soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in the opinion herein submitted that the old age pension is due that Applicant is a man of good moral character
Samuel Wilford
William Wilford Smith Orr
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and the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after hearing the testimony presented by the new Department, that one Abraham Switzer the claim named above was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them, that the claimant William who has signed the proceedings with respect is a clergyman resident in Dear township in said Wayne County, that William who has also signed the same is a resident in Dear township in said County, and that Smith who also signed the same is a resident in Dear township in said Wayne County. The foregoing statement is entitled to credit.
I John Sheane Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Wayne County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Switzer for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 24th day of June A.D. 1837.
J. Sloan
34.123 Abraham Switzer his

February 14, 1934.
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Miss Kate Swanger 224 East Lincoln Street Findlay, Ohio
BA-J/ady Abraham Swanger R.10338
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War with surname Swanger.
The history of the only soldier with surname Swanger found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herewith.
Abraham Swanger was born in Lancaster County, about five miles from Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, in 1756, day and month not stated. No reference is made to his parents.
He applied for pension March 8, 1837 at which time he was a resident of East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio. It is stated that while a resident of Schaefferstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served two months as private in Captains Immel's and Wiser's Companies, Colonel Curtis Grubb's Pennsylvania Regiment; that while residing about four miles from Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the fall of 1777, served three months as private in Captain Samuel Irvine's Pennsylvania Company, and that his nephew, Nicholas Swanger, was a sergeant in this service. It is also stated that while a resident of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, Abraham Swanger enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served one and one half months in Captain Henry Shaeffer's Pennsylvania Company.
His claim was not allowed as he did not furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension law.
Before the close of the war he moved to about four miles of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and about seventeen years later moved to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, about two years later he moved to Middle Township, Westmoreland County, Pa., and seven or eight years later he moved to East Union Township, Ohio.

Soldier married about 1774 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Elisabeth Wagner. She died on or about May 31, 1832 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Soldier died on or about August 10, 1838 in Cass Township, Richland County, Ohio.
In 1859, the following children of Abraham Swanger and his wife, Elisabeth, were living: Jacob Swanger aged eighty-five years, resident of Cass Township, Richland County, Ohio, who in 1852 was living in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan; Philip Swanger, aged seventy-six years, resident of Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Margaret, aged sixty-three years who married William Kibben, was then a resident of Madison Township, Hancock County, Ohio; Martha, aged sixty-seven years, who married Peter Branny or Brinay, was then a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; and of Kiskiminitas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Peter Swanger, late of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, son of Abraham Swanger and his wife Elisabeth, was deceased in 1859 ; his widow was then living, her name not given; they had a son Absalom (soldier's grandson) whose post office address was then Irwin Station, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Elisabeth Wagner → died in 1859, prior to May 26.
It is presumed that when the affidavit of Philip Swanger was made on June 7, 1859 in Allegheny Co Pa, he had not heard of his bro. Peter's death.

34.123- Abraham Swanger
N. (Ohio) 34.123
Rejected for letter 18 July 1837 B. Austin
did not seem six months.
act. not known

Abraham Swanger Ohio Aug - 1832
Not Atm Scavenger Apm Swanger - Ohio Please see who with A. Lee of D. W. the 2 nd
Non DDW
Swanger Not in Ind. Eng. turn over

Mansfield, Ohio Nov. 7. 59
Dr. Theo Hon. Com: of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Yours of 2 d inst. received.
We see you have mistaken the name of our applicant for Pension. It is Abraham Sewanger , instead of "Abraham Sawyer ", as your letter has it. We think you will find that Abraham Sewanger was entitled to a Pension.
Please advise us Yours truly
Ford, Bowles & Dirlam

Honolulu Canada July 9

Pension Office.
July 9 th 1861.
Sir,
I heard , the letter of H. C. Marchand is here - with returned, and I have the honor to state in reply to the enquiries contained in it, that Abraham Swanger dec d of Ohio, presented, during his life time, a claim for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832, which was rejected on the ground that he did not serve as six months in the revolutionary war.
In the year 1859, the claim was again presented by his children, but was rejected for the same reason assigned to him, and for the additional reason, that under a decision of the Secretary of the Interior, the children of a deceased revolutionary soldier are not entitled to the pension which might have been due to him if living - Such claims die with the individual in whose right they existed.
Hon John Covode.
House of Reps.

Ford, Borles & Dulan
Dec 19

Pension Office, Dec. 19. 1839.
Gentlemen,
In reply to your letter of the 3 rd ultimo, I have to state that my letter of the 2 nd contained simply a clerical error. It was intended to state that "The claim of the heirs of Abraham Sevanger to a pension has been examined and rejected. Abraham Sevanger was not a pensioner - There is no law, under which the allowance sought can be made."
Children of revolutionary soldiers are not entitled to pension, nor can they establish and recover claims which might have become due and payable to payable to the widows, if prosecuted successfully while the  said  widows  they were living. Such claims die with soldiers.
Mrs. Ford, Bowles & Girtlan Mansfield, Ohio.

Wash D.C. Office, Nov. 2 d 1859,
Gentlemen,
The claim of the heirs of Abraham Sawyer, to a pension has been examined and rejected.
Abraham Sawyer Jr. was, not a pensioner. His Widow's Disbursed There is no law under which the allowance sought can be made.
Major Genl. Bowles, D. C. Mansfield, O.

(Mansfield, O. Oct 27. 1859
To the Hon The Com te of Pensions Washington D.C.
Enclosed please find papers in the case of the Heirs of Abraham Swanger etc.?
Since the preparation of the de- clarations, one of the heirs Peter Swang- er , has died, as you will see by enclosed letter from his son.
Yours very truly
For D. Bowles & Dirlam

Heirs of Abraham Swanger,
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Hon. D. Bowler & Dir. Lam Nov. 20/59,
Sam Dec. 19/59
Hon John Bowde Aug 11/59
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Absalom Swayer May 28-
St. Mary's B. B.

Shrewsbury Station
Wiltshireland Co Pa
May 26 th 1859
Dear Friend & Brother
Since I received your documents in due time and herewith return them and inform you that my father Peter Swanger is dead but my mother is still living in this vicinity If you have the papers made out and forward them to me so that she can claim the pension I will have them attended to in due time
Yours Respectfully Nosalom Swanger

Waverly, Ohio Dear Sir,
July 5 th
Ohio Oct 1832.
Yours truly
John H. ... Esq.

Wooten Ohio June 27 1831
Sir; Enclosed is the application of Abraham Switzer of Wayne County for a pension -
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
Edward Avery

War Dept. Pen. Office July 18 th 1887
Sir,
The declaration of Abraham Swanger has been examined. He alleges to have been drafted at two different times, and to have once volunteered to serve as a militiaman of Pennsylvania, the draft having been for two months each and the service as a volunteer three months. Also that at the while on his march to Philadelphia, in 1778 under his last draft the order was received for the company to return home, at which and that he was discharged after being in service about one and a half months. The militia of Pennsylvania were not called out to serve more than two months under one engagement, and under the circumstances relating to his last alleged term he could not have been in service so long as one and a half months. The act of 7 June 1832 provides for

none who did not perform six months actual service. The claim has therefore been rejected and the papers filed in this office.
E. H. Hovey July 18. 37 Ohio
Edward Avery Esq Wooster Ohio.

1934 Oct. 14. Hist. to Kate Swanger. Add. Y. 1994 Mar. 22. Kate Swanger Further adv. relative to family data M.M.H.D.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10338
P. O. Swanger Abraham Swanger
Service: _____
Enlisted: Act. Aug. 16, 1906 _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: Rejected book gives reasons for rejection _____
Re-enlisted: "Not six months' service" _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .
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The English spelling is the way all the children spell the name, so I believe I will let it go as Swanger
A.O.T.
Aug. 16, 1906

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190___
No. _____
Mr. _____
Co. _____, Regiment _____ (State.)
P. O., _____
Co., _____ (State.)
You are hereby directed to report in person to
Dr. _____
(St. and No.), _____
Town, _____
County, _____, State, _____
upon any Wednesday within three months from date hereof, for a medical examination.
Return this slip with the date of the examination noted below by the surgeon making the same.
Very respectfully, V. Warner H. H. Hays Commissioner.
Examination made by me this day of _____, 190___
_____ Examining Surgeon.
Attorney: _____
P. O.: _____

A. D. Hiller Asst. to Administrator.
Dear Sir:
Received answer (BA-2/ady to my inquiry about (Abraham Swanger) R. 10338 the Swangers applying for pensions for service in the Revolutionary War, for which I am very grateful
Your record gave Margaret, daughter of Abraham Swanger married to a William Kibben who were in 1859 residents of Madison Twp. Hancock Co. Ohio. Could there be an error in the name Kibben? My great grandfather's sister Margaret Swanger married a William Kibler (Kibler) and lived in Madison Twp. Hancock Co. Ohio at that time (1859).
My problem is to find the given name of my great grandfather Swanger.
The record you give of Jacob, Philip and Peter are not his. He died in Penn. and left the four children John, Jacob, Catharine and Polly.
Any suggestions you can offer will be gratefully received.
Yours truly
Kate Swanger 224 E. Lincoln St. Findlay, Ohio.

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: —
I am searching for data that will entitle me to membership in the D.A.R.
Are there any records of land grants or pensions granted to Revolutionary soldiers of the name of Swanger . If so what were their given names and of what counties in Pennsylvania were they residents.
Yours truly
Kate Swanger 224 E. Lincoln St. Findlay, Ohio.

March 22, 1934.
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Kate Swanger 224 East Lincoln Street Findlay, Ohio
BA-J/MMHF/ady Abraham Swanger R.10338
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request verification of the name of the husband of Margaret Swanger, given in report to you dated February 14, 1834, as William Kibben.
The papers on file in pension claim, R.10338, based upon service of Abraham Swanger, and from which the data furnished you were obtained, have been reexamined.
The name is plainly written in several places as Kibben. The only place in which it could be deciphered as Kibler, is in the signature by mark of Margaret his wife, which is not clearly written.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Abraham Dininger
Oct 1832 — ellie
AS Markum

State of Michigan } County of Berrien }
Be it Known, that on this Twenty-ninth day of December , A. D. 1852 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Jacob Swanger , resident of Buchanan in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the legal heir of the identical man who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 1831 that he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or argu- ments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Abraham Swanger for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; 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.
Jacob Swanger Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Jacob Swanger to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged. Hiram Hasey Justice of the Peace
State of Michigan } County of Berrien } S.S.
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County of Berrien that Jacob Swanger the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the identical child reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Hiram Hasey Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this third day of January 1853 Ebenezer M. Hovey Clerk
Office address. if she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. —11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Shown to — the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Swanley, Isaac GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8762 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 6, 1797 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.