Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,438, John Delany, Md.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Md. Delany, John S. 46.438 B. L. Wt. 1343-100

CONTENTS
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502 1/3
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS 509
No. oflnyl payment 422
allowed}
act 1828}
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 2. 1828.
John Delany, of Fairfax County of
[blank] in the State of Virginia has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution." approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain
[blanks]'s company, in the 4th regiment of the Maryland line;
and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of
the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
[illegible] August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certifucate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to John Delany in the Maryland line

It further appears that John Delany is not now on the pension 
list of any agency, and has not bees so since the 3d March
1826
Peter Hagner Aud

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[3-230.] Cert
[vertically on left margin: Re-Issues.] No. 422 [vertically on right margin: 46.438]
[diagonally next to above text: Revy.]
Name: John Delany
Rank: Pri Comp'y: _____
Reg't: 4th Md Line

_____
_____ } Agency.

RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.

1st Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____

2d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____

3d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____

DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.

1st Issue. { _____ Sent to _____

2nd Issue. { _____ Sent to _____

3d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____

Bk. G., Vol _____ , Page _____
Registering Clerk: 

Disability. { _____
[vertically across the above lines of text: Allowed Act 1828]
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No. 1343
John Delany
pri
Maryd.
attd Joseph Watson
D.C.
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State of Virginia 
County of [illegible] } Ss.
I, John Delany aged Eighty Eight
years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six
I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the regiment No. [blank] under the
command of Colonel [blank] of the Maryland line; and
that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the fourth
regiment, commanded by Colonel [blank]

I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the
United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever; therefore,

Know all men by these presents, that I, John Delany aforesaid, do hereby
constitute and appoint Joseph Watson of Washington City to be my true and lawful
attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant
for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to
constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, John X ^his mark^ Delany

We, William P Richardson aged 50 years
and John Johnson aged sixty two years, do, upon
oath, declare that we have been long acquainted with John Delany who has subscribed
the above declaration in presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself
to be; and further, know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest, John Johnson 
Rob: Ratcliffe
Wm P Richardson

Before me, Robert Ratcliffe a Justice of the peace for the County of Fairfax
personally appeared the above named John Delany subscriber to the foregoing
declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed;
and, likewise, personally appeared John Johnson & Wm P. Richardson who hath subscribed the above
certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth
of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this twelfth day of July 1828
Rob. Ratcliffe ~ Justice of the Peace.

In testimony that the above written Robert Ratcliffe was a magistrate
authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Virginia at
the above date, and  that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the
county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Fairfax Court House on this 31st
day of July 1828.
Wm Moss C. Clerk, &c.

-> This law expires 3d March, 1830.
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Revolutionary Claims.

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Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and
Privates.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain
surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th
of May, 1828, I, John Delany of [blank]
in the county of Fairfax in the State of Virginia
do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution,
for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which
period, I was a * Private in Captain name not recollected but first entered under Captain Lee
Company, in the Fourth Regiment, of the Maryland
Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of
eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th
of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension
List of the United States. +

Witness my hand, this twelfth day of July , in the year 
1828
John X ^His mark^ Delany
For Robert Allison

Before me, ++ Robert Ratcliffe a Justice of the peace
in the county of Fairfax in the state of Virginia personally
appeared, this day, William P. Richardson and John Johnson
of the said county, who did severally make oath & affirm
that John Delany by whom the foregoing declaration was
subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the
Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 12th day of July in the year 1828
Robert Ratcliffe

I, William Moss Clerk of the Court of the County of
Fairfax in the State of Virginia
do hereby certify, that Robert Ratcliffe Esqr before whom the
foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the peace
and duly empowered to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this 12th day of July 1828.
Wm Moss 

* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
+ The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since
the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United
States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of [blank] dollars, paid to me by the
Agent for paying pensions in the State of [blank]
++ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
[illegible symbol] Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.