Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2736, for Deloney Malone, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Malone, Deloney

NUMBER
S. 2736
Born in N.C.
carded

CONTENTS
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1189
West Tennessee
Deloney Malone
of Sumner in the State of Tenneessee
who was a pvt. of Cav. in the Compny. commanded
by Captain Coffee of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Taylor - in the No. Carolina
line for 6 months from 1780

[illegible]
[illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 23 - Dollars 22 Cents per am:
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of 
October
1832 - - - and sent to M. M. 
Blackmore. Gallatin Ten:

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                 34.68
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 }           11.56
March 1833 }                                                                                                                                                                
                                                           $46.24

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by N. Rice -- Clerk,
Book D Vol. 9 Page 154
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2984
Delorey Malone
Tennessee
from 1780
six months as a
private, of Cavalry and
Infantry
$ 23.12
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2984
BRIEF in the case of Deloney Malone,
of Sumner County in the State of Tennessee,
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  73 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
in the summer
In 1780
in the spring 1781-

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
               3 [Months]
               3 {Months]

Rank.
As a
Private
Cavalry,
     "

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen. 
Colo. Phillip Taylors Regt. of Mounted Volunteer
Capt. Coffee
Colo. Davy & Genl. Davidson.
Colo. William Guill

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Granville Coty.  No. Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  by traditionary evidence and by living witness, but the credibility of the latter is not certified.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.

Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County SS
On the 14th
day of August A.D. 1832 personally
appeared before the Justice of the Court of
pleas & Quarter sessions now sitting Deloney
Malone a resident Citizen of Sumner County
State of Tennessee aged Seventy three years
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 the 7th 1832
That he entered the service as a volunteer
mounted man in the summer of the year
1780 AD immediately after the defeat of Genl Gates at Camden South Carolina under Captain
Joshua Coffer in the County of Granville
State of North Carolina for the term of
three months and furnished his own Horse - Capt
Coffey's company was attached to Col Phillip
Taylor's Regiment of mounted Volunteers
that he rendezvous at Hillsborough North Carolina
and marched from them to Salisbury and
was joined by Col. Davy's Regiment and
after was by General Davidson - then we marched to Charlotte North Carolina
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which place was in the  the possession of
British - That he continued to do duty mostly in North Carolina sometimes in the edge South Carolina until his term of Service expired when he returned to Hillsborough where he was discharged - he  believe his discharge was signed by Col. Taylor - he has long since lost or destroy
In the spring of the year 1781 he again
entered the service as a volunteer for the term three months under Captain Peter Bennett in Granville County State of North Carolina then he rendezvous to Mecklenburg County
State of Virginia on the Roanoke River 
and was attached to Col William Guill's
Regiment and was stationed on the
River to catch and Salt up fish for
the use of public during his whole
term of service where it expired he was
honorably discharged, which he has lost
That he was born in Granville County State of North Carolina in the year 1759 - he
had a record of his age - it is lost or
destroyed - that he resided in Granville
County North Carolina when he was called
into service that he remained there sometime
X
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the close of the Revolutionary War. he removed
from there to Virginia - from thence to
Kentucky and from thence to Sumner County
State of Tennessee where he now resides and
has lived for the last Twenty Eight or thirty
years that he has no wrighten [written] or documentary evidence of his service nor knows of none
But believe that the evidence of Capt. Gant
Allen and John Baynes both of whom served
with him in the Revolutionary war will be
sufficient to satisfy the war department of
his services-
He herby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a Pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on
the Pension Role [Roll] of the Agency of
any State -
Deloney his X mark Malone 
Sworn to in open Court
August 14th 1832
Test
H H Douglass Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 - 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
SF. 2736

Washington, D. C., ____ , 19 __

In reply to your request of                       ,
for a statement of the military history of Deloney Malone
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 ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Summer 1780
Spring 1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
3 mos.

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Joshua Coffee
Peter Bennett
COLONEL.
Philip Taylor
William Guill

STATE.
N. C.

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, in Granville Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 14, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Sumner County Tenn.
Summer County Jan
Age at date of application, born in 1759 in Granville County N.C.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner,

3-285C
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Bowling Green, Ky
July 12, 1923

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Two months
or more ago I wrote
to you asking for information 
about a Revolutionary ancestor 
of mine. I was at that
time, and still are very
anxious to the
Daughters of the American
Revolution and I must
have official record of

[circular stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JUL 16 1923
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great great grandfather, Hallory
Malone and his brother "Lone"
Malone. The former did not
draw a pension, always said
that he owed that much to
his country. The latter however
did draw a pension, so maybe
you have one of those names
on record.
Hallory Malone enlisted in
Petersburg, Virginia, or near
there, when he was eighteen
years old. He was with
Washington where he crossed
the Delaware and the army
could be tracked by the
blood in the snow. During that
time he was wounded. He was
of Petersburg Va.
born, near Petersburg Va.,
December 13, 1758 and
died June 17, 1854.
I have given you this information
as it might aid you in looking up
their records. You see I have
more information concerning Hallory
Malone than his brother, altho
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my ancestor's services.
I wrote to the War
Department at the same
time I sent you your
first letter and I am
enclosing their reply.
Possibly you did not
receive my other letter
and so I am writing
again, in hopes that
you may be able to
help me.
I have two ancestors
that served in the Revolutionary War - my

[circular stamp] 
[illegible]
16 1923
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the latter received a
pension.
I have two obituaries
written by prominent
men stating that Hallory
Malone was a Revolutionary
soldier, but if you have
no records I am afraid
that the other will not
be official enough to
get me in the society.
I am hoping that
you can find their
names, and I am

[circular stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JUL 16, 192[illegible] ]
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anxiously awaiting a
reply.
Thanking you in advance, 
I am
Very sincerely yours,
(Miss) Irene Malone Moss

[circular stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JUL 16 1923
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ESB
ORD
WAR DEPARTMENT.
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, J
June 1, 1923.

Respectfully returned to

Miss Irene Moss.
Bowling Green, Kentucky.

The name Hallory Malone has
not been found on the records, on
file in this office, of soldiers
from Virginia or any other State
in the War of the Revolution.
The collection of Revolutionary
War records in this office is
far from complete, and it is suggested
as a possibility that the
desired information may be obtained
from the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Robert C. Davis [signature]
The Adjutant General.
By MJS

[circular stamp[ U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JUL 16 1923

Form No. 7 - A. G. O.
[illegible] Oct. 3-211 - 50,000.
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Rev. Sec
CSW
34 [illegible]

Catalogue Department,
Trinity College Library
Durham, N.C.
Eva. E. Malone, Cataloguer

June 18, 1919.

Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Records Section
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I shall greatly appreciate the favor, if you will
give me what information you have on the following soldiers of the Revolutionary war, and their widows:
Mullins Malone of Hancock Co., Ga.
John Malone of Woodford Co., Ky.
Deloney Malone of Sumner Co., Tenn.

Thanking you for this courtesy, I am
Yours very truly,
Eva E. Malone [signature]

Stamped envelope inclosed [enclosed]
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1919 June 30 Hist. to Era E. Malone.
1923 - July 18 - Hist. to Irene M. Moss
MMHH

Rev War
2736
INVALID.

File No. 2736
Deloney Malone
Pvt. N.C. line
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Act: June 7. 1832.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 235

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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No 2983
&
2984

Tennessee
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Gallatin August the 18th 1832.

Dear Sir
I have herewith enclosed
you the Declarations of two
Revolutionary Soldiers. I would
be much pleased that you could
let me hear from the success of
them as soon as practicable
I am with great respect your
obt. humble servant.
Wm. M. Blackmore

To the Honorable
J. L. Edwards -
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yeas (sic)

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguish ed from any other seal?  yes
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X1. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes

XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  yes,

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  yes.


EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ____ year ____ months, and ____ days, I served as a ____  For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a ____ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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3 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration in highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. PROOF OF SERVICE. In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. MODE OF AUTHENTICATING PAPERS. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County.
I do hereby certify that
I was well acquainted with Deloney Malone
(who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing
declaration for a Pension) in Granville County State of North Carolina and do certify
that he did to my own personal knowledge
serve in the Revolutionary War as he has
stated under Captain Johua [Joshua] Coffee - and
that I belonged to the same company with him
I have been acquainted with him ever
since and believe him to be entitled
to creddit [credit] -
Grant Allin
Sworn to in open Court
August 14th 1832
Test
A H Douglass Clerk

[words cut off]
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I do hereby certify that I
was well acquainted Deloney Malone
in Granville County State of North Carolina
and do certify that he did to my own
personal knowledge serve in the
Revolutionary War as he has stated in his
declaration under Captain Peter Burt
in fishing servis -
Swon [sworn] to and subscribed
this 14th day of August 1832.
John his mark Baynes

Sworn to in open Court
August 14th 1832
Test
A. H. Douglass Clerk
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We Richard Johnston, a clergyman residing
in the county of Sumner and William Hall
residing in the same hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Deloney Malone who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be Seventy three years of age
that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to in open Court
August 14th 1832
Wm. Hall
A H Douglass clerk 
Richard Johnsson

And the said court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatores [interrogatories] prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a [word crossed out] Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further
certifies that it appears to them that Richard Johnston who has signed the proceding [proceeding] certificate is a clergyman resident in Sumner County and that William Hall who has also signed the same is a resident in said county and is a credible person and that their satement [statement] is entitled to credit -
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State of Tennessee
[illegible] County I Alfred H Douglass Clerk
of the Court of pleas and Quarter sessions
of said county do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceding [proceeding] of said court in the matter of the application of Deloney Malone for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
sett [set] my hand and seal
of office this 15th August
A.D. 1832 and 57th year of
American Independence.
A. H. Douglass
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I Alfred H. Douglass clerk of the court
Pleas and Quarter sessions do hereby certify that
the foregoing contains the original proceding [proceeding] of the said court in the matter of the application of Deloney Malone for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
this day of August AD 1832