Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,743, Peter De Ligney, Penn.
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(8-1776)  

SERVICE | NUMBER

Penn.   |   DeLigney, Peter   |   S. 34,743

CONTENTS
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[handwritten] Notification sent November 14th, 1820 to James Sewall [Oakland?] Maryland


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Pennsylvania line
3,940
Maryland. -
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[handwritten] 
Peter De'Ligney
Capt Douglass
Private, Penn Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary W
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Inscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] Maryland-
at the rate of 8[0] Dollars per month, to commence the [handwritten]16th of Sept. 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of Octo: 1818.  and [handwritten] delivered to Lieut. Greenleaf Dearborn, at Washington J.C.
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Arrears {strikethrough] [illegible]
semi-anl. all'ee ending [handwritten] 4 Mar. 1819.-
Mo.15/30 -  $45.03
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{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

[handwritten] 1780.
during war
[handwriting faded illegible]
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Peter Deligny




1st Penn. a

Adm.
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District of Maryland}
Cecil County [illegible]}

on the 16th day of september[sic] in the year Eighteen hundred and Eighteen before the Subscriber Judges of the 2nd Judicial district of the state of Maryland, [illegible] of the Counties of Talbot, Queen Anne's, Trent and Cecil Counties personally appeared Peter DeLigney aged sixtyfour years  in Cecil Countyyears residing in the district aforesaid who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangels[?] of Almighty God, doth on his Oath make this following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An [strikethrough] to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War" [illegible] thus he [illegible] said Peter DeLigney came into this Country in the French Army [illegible words]   
by Count [illegible] and Landed in Savannah. This shortly after his arrival (the year of which he does not recollect.) he joined the American Army and enlisted, under Captain Douglas in the first regiment of the Pennsylvania artillery.  Major Finney, [illegible words] has forgot.  Next he [illegible] until discharged at [illegible words].  That During the war he was engaged in two Battles at Savannah in the first [illegible] he was wounded in the hand, and in the second he was wounded in the hip.  That he was at the siege of York when Cornwallis was taken : That he is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of this Country for his support and
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that he has no other evidence of his service now in his house than the papers produced and intended to be [illegible] with this certificate sworn to and declared before us in open Court this day and year aforesaid
James Sewall


I the subscriber Judges of the second Judicial
District of Maryland. Do certify that it appears
to one satisfaction that the said Peter 
De Ligney is in indigent circumstances and stands is no of the that assistance of his country for support and that he did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the proceeding declaration against the [illegible] :
And that the above may be transmitted to the secretary for the Department of war pursuant to the Act of Congress I have hereto set my Hand this 14 day of September 1818
Leml Purnell
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Maryland Cecil County 
I hereby Certify that Lemuel Purnell [illegible] has given the within (certificate), at the time of doing the same and still [illegible] of the [illegible] of the Second Judicial [illegible] in the State of Maryland duly Commissioned and Qualified and to all whose Acts as such due faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in County of Justice as [illegible] Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this Sixth day of October Eighteen hundred & eighteen
James Sewall
of Cecil County Court
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Copy 240
Peter Deligney
Oath Schedule
Of a Pensioner under
the late Act of 
Congress
            DeLigney
  Con

3[illegible]
March [illegible]
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State of Maryland Cecil County  To Clerk.

On this 13th day of September 1820 Personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the second Judicial district of the State of Maryland proceeding according to the course of the common law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in amount and keeping a Record of its proceedings Peter Deligney aged sixty six years
resident in Cecil County in said district who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows that he enlisted nearly at the commencement of the War under Captn. Dulass in the Virginia Line that he was in three engagements in Savanna & received three severe wounds and has recd. and honorable Discharge dated 1785 in his possesion signed Paul Zantzington that he has received a pension under an Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 his Certificate being numbered 3.940 commencing on the 16th day of September 1818.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United 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
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Revolutionary War [illegible] on the 18th day March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust[?] for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto [illegible] and by me Subscribed -
Sworn to in Open Court
James Sewall 

No property of any kind except a few household furniture of an inferior kind worth about ten dollars - 
That he has a wife aged fifty five years ~ one son aged 33 years [illegible words] situation having [illegible] a severe burn by his haveing[sic] a fit and faling[sic] in the fire-
That he is a Shoemaker to Trade but from his advance age is deprived of following the same
Peter Deligney

Sworn to this 13 Sept. 1820 Before me the Subscriber Chief Judge of the Second Judicial District of Maryland composed of the Counties of Talbot, Queen Anne & Cecil, and Lacie County aforesaid-
Rd S. Earle
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I James Sewall Clerk of Cecil County Court. Do Hereby certify that the following[?] oath and the schedule thereto attached[?] are truly copied from the Record of said Court, and I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Ten dollars
    In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 18th day of Sept 1820.

    James Sewall Clerk of the 
    Court for the County of Cecil
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March 30, 1926

G.R. Jacobi
1245 Chalmers St
Detroit, Mich

Sir:  

I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to any Peter Davocell, Delecnion, or Devecnion.
   One Peter DeLigney (S.34743) came into this country in the French Army and served in the Pennsylvania troops in the War of the Revolution.
    He was pensioned on account of the above mentioned services, while a resident of Cecil County, Maryland in 1818.
If you desire the history of the above noted soldier, please so state, and the same will be furnished you.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

[handwritten noted at bottom]
Letter of inquiry returned
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34 743
[handwritten note illegible] INVALID.
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File No.   34,743
Peter De Ligney
Pri Rev War
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Act: 18 March 18th
Index: - Vol. 5, Page 106
[Arrangement of 1870] |


[handwritten note right fold center margin]
1926 - Mich. 30 - Letter to G. R. Jacobi [illegible]