Pension Records

Jacob M. Swartz

Jacob Markwood Swartz was born 4 Apr 1845 in Franklin, Pendleton County, VA. Jake enlisted as a member of the6 WV Infantry in Philippi in Barbour County 8 August 1862 and was discharged in Wheeling WV 25 Jun 1865. His Captain was Jos A. Farris, the Lieutenant was Hathaway and the First Sergeant was H.C. Milton. He was 5 feet tall, dark hair and gray eyes. He served as a private in Company K. The primary responsibility of his unit was to protect the rail lines in the Philippi area. He was a blacksmith most of his civilian life as was his father. Jake died in 1936 and is buried in the IOOF cemetary on South Chestnut St Clarksburg, along with his wife, two children who died, his son Markwood Samuel and his only surviving child Sara F. Rector and her husband William L. Rector

Harman Crim

On the 20th day of Nov 1832 personally appeared in open court before this justice of the county court of Harrison. Harman Crim a resident of Harrison county aged eighty two years. Who being first sworn according to law doth make the following declaration on his oath in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.
That he was born in Culpepper county, State of Virginia. That he first entered the service as a volunteer in the VA line under the command of Capt Chinn and Col Armistead Churchwell, but cannot now recollect the year. That he immediately after volunteering was attached t the main army on James River, was stationed at Williamsburg some considerable time. From there he was marched to the mouth of the York River. From there he was sent up the James River with some black prisoners who were marched into this country and sold.
Then he returned home to Fauquier county VA, where he resided when he first went into service.
He further states that shortly after he returned home as above stated that he again was drafted and marched under command of Capt Helmes to York Town were again he joined the main army and continued in service until the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.
He then was sent as a guard with black prisoners through Virginia to this barn near Winchester in VA where he was detained a short time. He then was released from service and sent home where he resided till the year 1808. He then moved to the western part of VA, Harrison county where he now resides.
He states he has no documentary evidence but that James Devers who no lives in Monongalia county VA whose testimony he here presents taken before John Nuzum a justice of the peace,, for said county of Monongalia, and also John Ford's testimony in the same affidavit is the only testimony that he can offer except the testimony of A. Corbin hereafter named.
That he knows of no other person living who knows he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and stated tht the above Devers and Ford he could not get them to this court in Harrison county to give their testimony in open court.
He further stated he cannot now tell the precise length of time he served in the Revolution War. But he knows he served more than six months.

Anderson Corbin of Harrison County and state of VA in open court of said county after being sworn according to law doth depose and say.
That he has been acquainted with Harman Crim the applicant hereunto named for about sixty years. That he knows of his own knowledge that the said Crim was a revolutionary soldier that served several campaigns. That he was at York Town and Williamsburg as a soldier.
That he believes the declaration (hereunto) annexed made by Crim contains the truth.
That said Crim was in service before he Corbin was old enough to enter service and that said Crim was also out one summer after he Corbin arrived at a sufficient age to enter service and that they served one (summer) together.

Isaac Bender Land Bounty

County of Lewis On this 31 Day of March 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Isaac Bender, aged Sixty one years, a resident of Braxton County in the State of Virginia, who being duly sworn according t law, declares he is the identical Isaac Bender who was a private in the company commanded by Captain William McGlashery (?) in the regiment commanded by Thomas Humphrey in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812 for the term of three months and continued in active service in said war for fourteen days; that he has therefore made application for bounty-land under the act of Sept 28th, 1850, and received a land warrant no ____ for 40 acres which he has since legally disposed of and can not now return.

He makes this declaration for the purposes of obtaining bounty land to which he may be entitle under the act effected the 4rd day of March 1855. He also declares that he has never applied for nor received, under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty land warrant except the one above mentioned.

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