Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,323, Joseph Denny, N.C.
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N.C.
*Denny, Joseph
S.8323
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7096
North Carolina
Joseph Denny
of Guilford Co. in the State of No. Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Oneal of the regt. commanded by Genl. Green in the No. Carolina militia for 8 months: from '79

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of March 1833 and Sent to Hon. A.H. Shepperd H of Reps

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833           $53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 13.33
         $66.65

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 38.
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Rev War
8323
INVALID.
File No. 8323
Joseph Denny
Pri. Rev War

Act:  June 7th 1832

Index:- Vol 1st, Page 93

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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7096
Declaration of Joseph Denny for a pension
8 months 
from 1779 private
8 months
$26.66/100

53.32
13.33
66.65

Hon. A.H. Shepperd
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North Carolina
Guilford County: County Court February Term A.D. 1833 
On this 17 day of February personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions now sitting the same being a Court of record Joseph Denny a resident of the United States in the County of Guilford & State aforesaid aged seventy-five years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. 
     That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and 
served as hereinafter stated. 
     That about the middle of December 1779 or '80 he drafted in a company commanded by 
Capt. Frost and Lieut. Hancock and marched from Rockingham County in this State directly to Charleston South Carolina and took up winter quarters in Charleston and continued there until the 4th of April following when he then received a discharge from his Capt. which he has long since lost -- that he then returned home -- that the next fall he volunteered in the company of Capt. Andrew Willson and served some times in his company and sometimes in the Company of Capt. O'Neal and was used to counteract the scouting parties sent out by the British while on Dan River Virginia and in Rockingham, Orange and Guilford counties that he does not recollect how long he was thus engaged but thinks at the least two months -- in the latter part of June 1781 he 
volunteered and marched
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under Capt. Robert Bell with other Companies from the neighboring counties to Camden SC joined the regular Army under General Green 
and marched over the Wateree to the Eutaw Springs in which battle he was engaged and 
believes it was on the eighth of September 1781 -- that the battle commenced early in the 
morning and very quickly became general -- that after the battle with about 300 of the enemy taken prisoners he was marched to Rowan County North Carolina -- that during the battle he and his company were placed under the command of a French Col. called he believes Malbidy -- that he was discharged Rowan County and came home after being on service of three months -- that he always served as a private and although from old age and the loss of memory he is unable to state the precise length of his service yet he must have served not less than eight months, that he was born in Ireland and brought by his parents when a child to America that he settled in Chester County Pennsylvania where he lived until 1772 and then moved with his parents to North Carolina Guilford County where he has lived ever since. That he knows of no one now living whom he can procure to testify from personal knowledge to his service that he is known to Rev. William Paisley and Andrew Donnell who can and are willing to testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services -- that at last August Term of 
our County Court he filed a declaration containing in substance the above and had it forwarded to the War department -- that not long since he has been informed that his representative the Honorable
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department, is unable to find them, concluded that they are lost or mislaid and advises him to 
send this -- that he has now no documentary evidence of his services. 
     He hereby declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State and 
relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present. 
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court 
A. E. Hanner, CCC    
                                       Joseph Denny 

We Wm. Paisley a clergyman, residing in the county of Guilford and Andrew Donnell residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Denny who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age;  that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion.
     Subscribed and sworn to in open court
AE Hanner CGC                William Paisley Pastor 
                                         Andrew Donnell

And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Wm. Paisley who has signed the preceding certificate
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certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Guilford and that Andrew Donnell who has signed the same is a resident in the same and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
               J.A. Urban JP
               William Adam JP
               B. Adams JP

I Alfred E. Hanner clerk of the county court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Denny for a pension.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 22 day of February A.D. 1833.
             A E Hanner CGC
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans Administration
NAME Denny, Peter
GRADE Private
LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7031
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Dec. 15, 1790
to Thomas Scott, admr.