Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22724, Daniel Deveney, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.

Deveney, Daniel
Star [stamped above Deveney]

NUMBER
S. 22724

Born in Ireland
CONTENTS
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Revolution [upper left corner, written sideways]

22724
INVALID.

[illegible] [written sideways on right side]
[probably initials]

File No. 22.724
Daniel Deveney
Pri  Rev  War

Act: June 7 "32"

Index:- Vol. 2,   Page 105

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[written sideways on left side]
Adm
8 mos
$26.66

J.L. Edwards Esqr_
War Department
Pension office 

[written sideways on right side] [illegible]

seal [illegible]
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J L. Edwards Esqr-

I send enclose the papers of Daniel Deveney an applicant for a pension

Yours 
R. Allison [signature]

Washington. Decb 19 - 1832
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State of Pennsylvania}
Juniata County} Ss

On the sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Calvin Blythe Esq President and his associates judges at the court of Common Pleas now sitting at Mifflintown in and for the county of Juniata and Daniel Deveney a resident of Lack township in the county of Juniata and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy eight years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the seventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
That he was born in the County of Londonderry in the Kingdom of Ireland in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty four that his place of residence was in York County Pennsylvania until Seventeen hundred and ninety one when he removed to Lack Township Juniata County formerly Mifflin County 
That he has no record of his age but that his mother told him that he was born in the year seventeen hundred and sixty four that he marched two different times from York County in the service of the United states 
the first time for the term of six months and the other time for two months which time of service he faithfully performed
as follows to wit

1st sometime towards the latter part of July 1776 he marched as a draughted militia man for the term of six months from York in Pennsylvania under Captain John McDonald to Long island New York at fort Washington under the Command of Col Magaw
he was part of the time in the garrison and at the time when the American Army under Col Magaw was captured by the British he was with his company
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out on a scout and was not taken Prisoner at that time    
he remained with the Army until his term of service expired     
he was in no battles during his tour   
he got a regular discharge from the service from his Captain John McDonald but that it is since lost 

2nd that he marched again from York Pennsylvania as draughted militia man for the term of two months 
Company officers Captain Thomas White where he was marched to the neighbourhood of Philadelphia the British at that time having possession of Philadelphia after the Battle of Brandywine where he was engaged in the service generally as a scout
he was ordered out on night during this tour with his Company and on the next morning the British fleet appeared in the river when his company fired at them and immediately retreated across the Country 
this next day after towards evening they fell in with a detachment from the British army out collecting wood when a British officer was shot by the American and our party then retreated a short distance until we met a reinforcement under the command of General Potter of the Pennsylvania militia 
when we returned to the scene of action the British in the mean time had withdrawn to their camp carrying with them the officer killed about day light 
the next morning the British advanced in great force upon us and caused us to fall back to the troops under General Potter when an engagement took place and after a short time we were forced to retreat to the White Plains 
when General Washington was the contending Armies lay in sight of each other that night 

When next morning the enemy withdrew

he was in no other engagements during his tour 
he was regularly discharged from the service by his Captain Thomas White but that it is since lost
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He also states that he has no documentary evidence of his service and that he knows no one now in his neighbourhood who is acquainted with his revolutionary services. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
He refers to James Pollock senr, James Miller,
Joseph Berry, James Gray, William Short, sons
William Short junior, Robert Pollock as persons
in his neighbourhood who can testify to his character for veracity.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid before
W.W. Kirk. Prothy [signature]
Daniel Deveney [signature]

Juniata County Ss
We Thomas McCay and William W Kirk
residing in Juniata County aforesaid
hereby certify that we were well acquainted with Daniel Diviney who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age and that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed} 
the day and year aforesaid} 
in open court}
Calvin Blyth [signature]
Prest Judge

W. W. Kirk [signature]
Thomas M Cay [signature]
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Daniel Devinney [Deveney] was a Revolutionary soldier and served as stated 

And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas McCoy and William W. Kirk who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Juniata County aforesaid, and
are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit and also that no clergyman resides convenient to the said Daniel
Devinney who is well enough acquainted with him to make the certificate required by the Department of War.

Calvin Blythe [signature]
Dan Christy [signature]
Benjamin Kepner [signature]

Juniata County Ss
I William W. Kirk Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas for the County of Juniata, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel Devinney for a pension.
And that the honorable Calvin Blythe is the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Juniata, and that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate of the court is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

W. W Kirk Prothy [signature]
seal [illegible]
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that in conformity with the law of the
United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Deveney of the State of Pennsylvania who was a private during the revolutionary war is entitled to receive Twenty Six Dollars
and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every
year.

Given at the War Office of the United States,
the 24th day of July one thousand Eight
hundred and thirty three -
(Signed) John Robb
Acting Secretary of War
[Seal

Examined and Countersigned}
(Signed) J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Original certificate is on file in the 3d 
Auditors office

Over
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Washington May 11 1857

Sir
The original pension certificate of which the
foregoing is a copy, is filed in the 3d Auditors Office, accompanied with a power of attorney from the only son & heir of the pensioner, to
draw the arrearages due to the 1st May 1835; the power calls also for the pension payable to Mary Deveney, the widow of the deceased
from 1 May 1835, to the 10 of April 1837, the day she died. Of the pension, presumed to have accrued to her however, there is no
record in the Auditors office. I have therefore to request, to be informed whether
the said Mary Deveney was ever in the Pension list.

respectfully your obt servt
Michl Nourse [signature]
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18.135
Pennsylvania
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Daniel Deveney
of Juniata Co in the State of Penna who was 
a private in the company commanded by Captain McDonald of the regiment commanded by Col. McGaw in the Pa militia
line for 8 months. 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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 Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of July 1833 and sent to , Hon. R Allison Huntington
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Arrears to the 4th day of Mch 1833      53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. "     13.33
[total of above lines]       $66.65
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{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Jms Duffield [signature]  Clerk
Book E   Vol. 5   Page 13. 

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