| Daniel Seward - Elizabeth Seward
- Pennsylvania #W2179 At the time of this application he was at the age of 73. He was drafted in the year 1779 in Pennsylvania Militia from Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He served under Colonel Cook and Captain Sparks as a private. He rendezvoused at Elisha Pune and then marched to Colonel Cooks at the forks of the Youghany and the Monongahala which was located thirty miles above the City of Pittsburg. They then marched down to Pittsburg and the Ohio River to the beach bottom for a period of three months and there and then discharged. He substituted in the year 1780 for a man by the name of Lorner under Colonel Cook and Captain Sparks. They rendezvoused again at Colonel Cooks and they then marched by land down to Pittsburg and down the Ohio River for a tour of three months and there and then they were discharged. He was then drafted again in the fall of the year 1780 for a tour of three months under the same officers. On that tour they rendezvoused at Elisha Punce and marched to Redstone Old Fort for a tour of three months and then they were discharged. William Conrad, a clergyman, and Jacob New swear that at one time they were well acquainted with him. He was born in Morris County, New Jersey, November 5, 1760. He was called into the service from Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Kentucky, then to Columbia, Ohio, and returned to Kentucky to reside in Dry Ridge in Grant County, Kentucky. He first served as a drafted man and the second time as a volunteer and the las time as a drafted man. He was discharged by Colonel Cook after having served his country in the Revolutionary War for a period of nine months as a private soldier. Elizabeth Seward, at the age of 86 years, appeared in open court and stated that her husband, Daniel, died May 16, 1846, and that they had been married in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania on September of 1786. John Stewart, a brother of Elizabeth, stated in open court and stated that he witnessed their marriage. Seth Dond and Squire Lucas both swear that they were at one time well acquainted with them. William Arnold swears as to the character and varacity and Bennett Williams swears that he has been well acquainted with them for the past twenty years. Elizabeth Seward was on the Kentucky Roll of Pensions at the rate of $30 per annum. Her certificate of pension was issued April 10, 1850 and it was sent to the Honorable R. M. Straton, House of Representatives. Daniel Seward was on the Kentucky Roll of Pensions also and at the rate of $30 per annum. His certificate of pension was issued January 31, 1834 and it was sent to the Honorable R. M. Johnson, House of Representatives. |