Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3520, George Deily, Penn.
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(8 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
CONTENTS
Deily, George or Dailey,
Maria Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 3520
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11.829
Pennsylvania
George Deily
of Lehigh in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Johnson of the --- commanded
by --- in the Pa. [illegible]
line for 7 m.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of June
1833 and sent to
J. Dillinger Allentown
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "
$46.66
11.66
$58.32
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by
W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E Vol. 5 Page 13.
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5328. Phil.a
Pennsylvania

Maria C. Dailey widow of George Dailey Penn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Febry 1850. and sent to  Hon. Thos. Ross, House of Reps

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 220 Vol. 2

2H

Reported
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Lehigh ss
On this Fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally  appeared in Open Court, Before the Honorable Garrick Mallery President John Fogel and Jacob Stein associates Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Lehigh, aforesaid, now sitting, George Deily a resident of South White Hall township, in the County of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, aforesaid, who being first 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 7. 1832

That he the said George Daly is now in the seventy second year of his age, was born in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey, in the Village of Philipsburg) That during the revolutionary War he resided in Salisbury township in the said County of Lehigh, That in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, (he being then in his seventeenth year) he served two tours in the Militia, towit, two months in the company commanded by Captain William Johnson, and two months in the company commanded by Captain George Vogt, under the command of Colonel Stephen Balliet, That they marched from the County of Lehigh, aforesaid, to White Marsh and "The Farmers Mill," about Fourteen miles north of the City of Philadelphia, where, and in the vicinity of which, they remained during the whole of the aforesaid term, and at the expiration thereof, he was dismissed and returned home, That
at the time they were at White Marsh, General Washington and his army were encamped there likewise, and that he frequently saw General Washington in Camp

That in the summer or fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight (or perhaps seventy nine) he was ordered out in the Militia to defend the Country against the Indians, in the Company
commanded by Captain George Stuber, under the command of Colonel Huebner, and Major Kunius, that he with his, together with a number of other Companies, marched to beyond the Blue Mountains
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in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. near the River Delaware, to place called Minnisink, between the said River Delaware, and the Susquehanna,
that he served a tour of two months and returned home, And, that in the summer of the year seventeen hundred and eighty one he again entered the army as a volunteer, and marched from the County of Lehigh, aforesaid, in the Company commanded by Captain Yehle to Easton, through New Jersey to Peeks-kill in the State of New York That he served one month was dismissed and returned home, that he was in no Battle, that he recollects none of the Continental regiments that were there, nor the names of the officers; that the Commissary General was a Frenchman, thinks there was a General there of the name of Demarshe, That he has no record of his age, That sometime after the revolutionary war he removed to the township of White Hall in Lehigh County, aforesaid, which has been his permanent place of residence ever since, That one Charles Deshler is living and can testify to his services against the Indians, and Abraham Spinner who volunteered with him to Peeks-kill; That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person living whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services at White Marsh &c.

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,
[signature] Georg Deily

Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid

The word "one" after the word "eighty" in the 4th line from the top of this page, first interlined,
[signature] Garrick Mallery
Prest Judge
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State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County ss
On this fourteenth day of June A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared
before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for
the County of Lehigh at her residence in South Whitehall
township (she being unable on account of old age and
infirmity to attend Court) Maria Elizabeth Deily aged
Eighty three years.
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on
her oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed July fourth AD one thousand eight
hundred and thirty six.
That she is the widow of George
Deily who was a private in the war of the Revolution
and served (as she verily believes and has been
informed) in Captain Johnsons company of Infantry
name of Field officers she does not know, or when
he entered the service, or left the same. That when he
entered the service he resided in Salisbury township
Lehigh County - was a volunteer, and was in the
battle of Germantown as she has been informed &
verily believes.
that the said George Deily was a pensioner
and received annally the sum of twenty three
dollars and thirty three cents, payable semi-Annally
on the fourth day of March and the fourth day of
September in every year as by refference to Book I Vol
5 page 13 in Pension office will fully appear -
she further declares that she was married to the said
George Deily on or about the twenty eight day of December
A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty sixth
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that her husband the aforesaid George
Deily died on the seventeenth day of April A D one
thousand eight hundred and forty seven - and that she
has remained a widow ever since that period as will
more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto
Annexed
Sworn and subscribed on the
day and year above written
before me (she being a person of
good character for truth & veracity)
Daniel J. Rhoads
her mark [hand drawn X] Maria Elizabeth Deily
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State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County ss
Daniel A Guth and John Stapp two citizen of Leberg County of good reputation for truth and veracity personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Lehigh who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that they knew George Deily deceased and Maria Elizabeth Deily for thirty
years, that they lived together as man and wife - had six children, five of whom are still alive - that said George Deily and wife were highly respectable and respected by all their neighbours and although deponent was not present at there marriage, they have no doubt but that they were legally married having never heard or seen aught to the contrary. That said George Deily above named was a pensioner during his life term - that he died same time in April 1847 leaving his widow above named very aged, infirm and poor, and still unmarried
[signature] Daniel [illegible]
[signature] [illegible]
Sworn and subscribed before
me this sixteenth day of June
AD1849.
Daniel P. Rhoads
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State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County ss.
I Nathan Miller Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Lehigh Certify that Daniel J. Rhoads Esq before whom the within acknowledgement was made is a Magistrate as within, duly authorized according to Law take such acknowledgments and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Allenton the eighteenth day of June Anno Domni One thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Nathan Miller Proth
[illegible] E. Samuel Depty

Phila Agency
W 712
Maria E Daily
wd of George
Pa
[illegible] 17 [illegible] 1844
Married before 1794
husband died 17 April '47
[illegible] 23.33 pa
[illegible] 17 [illegible] 1847 to 4 [illegible] 1848.
Allwd [illegible] 2 July 48
$23.22 p am
[illegible] 4 March 1848
Hon [illegible] Ross
House of Reps
C.648

[illegible] any thing else is working please -
Address [illegible] Allentown Pa.

[seal]
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State  of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County

Jacob Allen of the township of Upper [illegible} Lehigh county, personally appeared before the undersigned [illegible] of the associated judges of said County, as being first and duly sworn according to law doth depose and say--that he was eighty one years of age on this twenty fourth day of December last--and has resided in the County of Lehigh ever since he was e=seven years of age--that he was well acquainted with old George Deily dec.  he lived many years in Salisbury Township & then moved up into {illegible} South Whitehall Lehigh County where he died--I knew him before he went to the war, and after he returned--I knew his wife before she was married to him-- =her maiden or family name was Maria Diehl--I was present at the wedding--it took place at her fathers house & lived there then--Parson Goetz married them--he was an old man and used to preach in Allentown--They were married int he winter it was cold I know, but I can't remember in what month it was--it was in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six or eighty seven I am sure that it was not later than seventeen hundred and eighty seven--it was after he returned from the war--they moved together up to South Whitehall--I have not seen her since he is dead.

Jacob Allison

Sworn and Subscribed before me July 18th 1850
J.F, Ruhe  associate judge of Lehigh County
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I certify that Jacob Allen is well known to me, and that he is a man of good character of strong mind and memory and in whose Statement all confidence can be placed.

J.F.Ruhe Associate Judge
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RECORD DIVISION    3--595
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., _________________,19____

In reply to your request of ____, received ____ for a statement of the military history of George Deily Dailey a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DATES OF            |                     |            |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM HIS SERVICE WAS RENDERED     |  
ENLISTMENT OR | LENGTH OF |  RANK |  ______________________________________________________________ | STATE
APPOINTMENT   |     SERVICE   |            |          CAPTAIN             |         COLONEL                                  |
___________________________________________________________________|__________________________________________      
  1777                   |  2 MOS.        |    PVT |      William Johnson     |                                                          | Penn
                              | 2 MOS.        |           |     George Cogh           |    Stephen Balliet                              |
1778 & 1779J        | 2 MOS.        |           |     George Stuber         |                                                          |   
JANUARY, 1781     | 1 MOS.        |           |                Yehlem          |                                                          
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Battles engaged in 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Salisbuy Twp. Lehigh Co. Penn
Date of application for pension, Dec. 4, 1852 [illegible] it was at
Residence at dae of application, White Hall Twp. Lehigh Co. Penn
Age at date of application, b. Philipsburg, Sussex Co. N.J.   d. Mch. 17, 1847  So. Whitehall Twp. Penn
Remarks: He was Dec. 28, 1786 or Jany [illegible] 1787 Maria Elizabeth Deihl  she was [illegible] pension an application executed June 14, 1849 while a resident of So. Whitehall Twp. Penn aged 83 years  They had six children 5 now alive in 1849  Daniel the eldest is the only one whose name is stated.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner      not [illegible].

Soldier states in his declaration that he was in no battle.  So I have not put in Germantown battle [illegible] by his widow.
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George Deily 
Philadelphia Agency
Act 7 June 1832 $23 pr ann
To what truce was he last paid? G.C.A
Pension Office Febry 2 1850
Ans: March 4, 1847.
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Washington
Jan. 22 1850
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Sir,
I have received the enclosed papers from one of my constituents, relative to the pension of Maria E. Daily, widow of George Daily dec., with the request to forward them to you.  Will you do me the favor to inform same whether the proof is sufficient to sustain the application?

I am very
Respectfully
Tho Ross
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Allentown Pa.  May 20, 1833

Dr Sir

I enclose the papers of George Deily, which were returned to Mr. King for correction--The Hon. Garrick Mallery President of the Judicial district, and who resides at Reading, not being personally acquainted with the [illegible] examined in the case of Mr. Deily application, Mr. King advised me to procure the certificate of one of he associate Judges of this county, which has been done.

M. King received the papers last evening and left home this morning, otherwise he would have attended to the matter himself--

Yours 
Jacob Dillinger

JJ L. Edwaeds Esq.
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V.L.M.

Rev. War Section
December 1, 1913.

The Auditor for the
Interior Department,
U. S. Treasury Department.
Sir:
In response to the enclosed letter of Mr. James B. Laux, dated November 22, 1913, referred by you to this Bureau on the 28"" ultimo. for data as to the Revolutionary War pensioner George Deily and his widow Maria Elizabeth who was pensioned Dailey, you are advised that Certificate No. 11,829 issued June 29, 1833, to George Deily under Act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of $23.33 per annum, commencing March 4, 1831, and Certificate No. 5328 issued February 5, 1850, to Maria E. widow of George Dailey, under Act of February 2, 1848, Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of $23.33 per annum, commencing March 4, 1848.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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[this page is divided into two halves]

[on the left side]
1913 Dec.  1 and inf. furnished data for last payment of  pension & letter of Jos. B. Laux returned to auditor.

[on the right side]

[illegible] WIDOW, &c.

File No. 3520
Maria E. Dailey
Widow
George Dailey
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2, 1848
Index:--Vol. a , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870]
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648    Phila.
Pennsylvania
Maria E. Dailey
widow of George Dailey
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence of the 4th of March 1844. [scratched out and replaced with 17th April 1847.]

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Feby 1859 and sent to Hon Thos Ross
House of Reps
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. .  Page 101
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State of Pennsylvania, Lehigh County ss.

Charles Deshler of the Borough of Northampton in the County of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County of Lehigh, now sitting, and being duly sworn according to Law, Deposes & Says, that he is seventy eight years of age, that he was born in the City of Philadelphia, that in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy seven he removed to the place where he now resides, that in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight, or Seventy nine, he, amongst others, were called out to defend the frontier against the Indians, that he acted as quarter master of the Battalion, that they marched into the Country toward the New York State line to a place called (illegible) and another place called Schaholy, between the Rivers Delaware and Susquehanna.  That they were under the Command of Colonel Huebner and Major Kunius.  That he then knew and yet knows George Deily, the above named applicant, that the said George Deily was with the troops aforesaid and belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain George Stuten that they served together, thro mostly were dismissed and returned home.
                                  Charles Deshler

Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court the fourth day of December A D 1832.
                                Garrick Mallery
                                Pres't Judge
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We George Wartman a clergyman residing in South Whitehall township in the County of Lehigh and the State of Pennsylvania, and Peter Ruch residing in North Whitehall township, County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Deily who has sworn to and subscribed the forgoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one 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,
[signed] George Wartman
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court of Common Pleas the fourth day of December AD 1832
[signed] Peter Ruch
[signed] Garrick Mallery Court Judge

And the said 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 revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, And the Court certifies, that it appears to them that George Wartman who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the township of South Whitehall in the County of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, and that Peter Ruch who has also signed the same is a resident in North Whitehall township in the County of Lehigh and State aforesaid, is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit; And upon being interrogated, the said George Deily says, that his services were as a private soldier, 
[signed] Garrick Mallery
Court Judge
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of Lehigh  ss

On this sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before the undersigned (one of the Judges of the Court of said County) Mrs Maria E. Deily a resident of the township of South Whitehall in said County, aged Eighty five years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows".  That she is the widow of George Deily dec'd who was a private in the War of the revolution as by reference to the records of the pension office Book I, vol 5 page 13 will more fully and at large appear, but when he entered the service or left the same, or what engagements he was in - or the rank or name of the officers under whom he served - or whether he was drafted or was a volunteer or a substitute, or  what battles he was engaged in, deponent knows not, further that she has been informed and believes that he belonged to Captain Johnson Company of Infantry.

She further declares that she was married to the said George Deily by the Rev. Mr. Goetz about the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighty seven, or perhaps it was in February of that year that she is not aware of the existence of any documentary evidence of the time of the marriage but is able to fix the time of the marriage by her baptismal certificate which is still in existence, and by
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the family record of the birth of her eldest child deponent being certain that she was about twenty one year of age when she was married to said George Deily, and that her first child was born about a year afterward.
That her husband the aforesaid George Deily died about the seventeenth day of March     A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty seven - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, vis at the time above stated. 
She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension, except once about September 1849 when the application was the same as this but was decided by the  department to be deficient in form.
                    Maria E. Deily {X is her mark}
Sworn and subscribed to, on the day and year above written before me
J. F. Ruhe
Associate Judge of Lehigh County
and in presence also of R Wright

I certify that Maria E. Deily above named (who I know to be the widow of George Deily dec'd a revolutionary pensioner) is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the Court, and that consequently the above declaration was made by her, in my presence at the residence of her son Daniel Deily in South Whitehall township in Lehigh County
J. F. Ruhe associate Judge of Lehigh County
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State of Pennsylvania 
Lehigh County ss

Before me the undersigned one of the associate Judges of Lehigh County Pa. personally appeared Jacob Spinner a citizen of Allentown Pa, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that he was eighty three years of age last May - has lived in Lehigh County ever since he was five years of age in Salisbury township until recently - was well acquainted with George Deily and were raised together.  I knew his wife well before she was married to him - they used to call her Maria Elizabeth Diehl - I knew when they were married but was not at the wedding.  It must have been about the year seventeen hundred and eighty five or eighty seven.  I know they were married about eight or nine years before me, and I was married in seventeen hundred and ninety four.  They afterwards moved to (illegible) - then to Whitehall where I think he died.  I knew them both well but have not seen her for some time.                           Jacob Spinner

Sworn & Subscribed before me January 18th 1850
J. F. Ruhe associate Judge of Lehigh County

I certify that Jacob Spinner is well known to me, and that he is a man of good Character and in whose Statement all confidence can be placed
               J. F. Ruhe associate Judge
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State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County Ss}

I Nathan Miller Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County of Lehigh
Certify that the Hon. John F. Rule before whom the within and foregoing declaration and affidavits were made is and was at the time of taking the same. One of the associate Judges in and for said County of Lehigh, duly appointed and Commissioned as such, and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine__
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Allentown the nineteenth day of January Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and fifty,
Nathan Miller
Prothy
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Pennsylvania 
Lehigh County ss

I Jacob Stein an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lehigh aforesaid, Do Certify that Charles Deshler and Abraham Spinner, who have sworn to and subscribed the deposition annexed to the application of George Deily for a pension, and to which this is also annexed, are personally known to me, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
          Certified May 20th 1838  Jacob Stein

State of Pennsylvania 
Lehigh County ss

I Daniel Kramer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lehigh aforesaid, Do hereby Certify That Jacob Stein Esquire, whose genuine Signature is subscribed to the above certificate is One of the associate Judges of the said Court, duly Commissioned & Qualified
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at the Borough of Northampton this 20th day of May One thousand eight hundred and thirty three --
                              D Kramer Proth'y
                              by Sam'l A Bridges
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Pennsylvania 
County of Lehigh ss

In the matter of the application of George Deily for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 1832

Abraham Spinner of Salisbury township in the said County of Lehigh being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says that he is in the sixty seventh year of his age that he was born in either in Bucks County, or in the County of Northampton.  Both in the State of Pennsylvania that since he has any recollection he has resided in the said township of Salisbury in the County of Lehigh aforesaid (once forming a part of the County of Northampton) that during the Revolutionary War he resided in said Salisbury township.  That in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty one in the latter part of July of that year He together with four others volunteered their services and marched to New York where Washington was with his army.  When they arrived there General Washington was about leaving that place to march towards Virginia.  One Yehl was a Captain of a Company in the said army, with which Captain Yehl we were acquainted and he enrolled us among his Company, and marched with the said army toward Virginia, aforesaid.  George Deily the said applicant was one of the four volunteers above mentioned, and joined the Company of Captain Yehl aforesaid.  That the said George Deily remained in the army aforesaid until we got to the City of Philadelphia, the said George Deily put a substitute in his company was discharged and permitted to go home, that the said George Deily was with the army one month or upwards
                         Abraham Spinner

Sworn & subscribed in open Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County aforesaid, this fourth day of December A D 1832
                       Garrick Mallery
                       Pres't Judge
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John Fogelsone one of the Judges of the Court of Common of Lehigh County___
Jacob Stein a Judge of Lehigh County Pennsylvania

State of Pennsylvania}
County of Lehigh}
I Daniel Kramer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of George Deily for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at the Borough of Northampton in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. the fourth day of December 
D. Kramer Prothy
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George Deily
19977
certificate of credibility
of witnesses -
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No 712
Marie E. Daily
Pn
Letter R. E. Wright 22d Sept 1849
Hon Madden Stevens 14th Jany 1850

Act 17 June 1844