Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19180, John Dellinger, N.C.
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( 3-1776) 
SERVICE
N.C.

Dellinger, John 
Dellinger, Barbara 

NUMBER
W 19180

CONTENTS
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5.135

North Carolina
Barbara Dillinger deed
widow of John Dellinger
who died on the 
of     in the State of
who was a Capt in the        commanded
by Captain      of the       commanded
by  N.C. in the 
line for Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll of Ashville
at the rate of 285 Dollars 33 cents
per annum, to commence of the 4 day of 
March, 1831. Ending 8 Feb 18
Recd from $200.00

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of 
Oct 1852 and sent to J Bryan prest

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semiannual allowance ending 

Revolutionary Claim 
Act July 4, 1836
Section the 

Recorded by R M Rae
Book D Vol. 2  page 380
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State of North Carolina
Catawba County

Court of pleas and
Quarter Seven October
Term 1849 on this 11th day of October
1849 personally appeared in open Court
Now in session at the Courthouse in Newton
Mrs Barbary Segmond a resident of said   
County who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath 
makes the following Declaration  in 
order to obtain the benefit of the 
provision made by an act of congress
passed July the 4th 1836 entitiled an 
act granting half pay on pensions
to certain widows
That shie is a daughter and one of the 
heirs at law of Barbary Dellinger decd
who was the widow of John Dellinger 
decs who was a captain in the Lincoln
Regiment of the North Carolina Militia
in the war of the Revolution and allso 
as a private souldier in part of the war 
This Claiment declares that she cannot
State the amount of survice performed
by her father the aforesaid John Dellinger
but that it was a considerable time 

This Claiment  further declares as she
under stands that her father and Mother
the afore said John Dellinger & Barbary
Dellinger were married some time previous
to his performing the service in the year 1775
This Claiment further declares as she understands
that her father was in the Ramsour battle
and that her Mother the aforesaid Barbary
Dellinger at that time had one child
This Claiment further declares that her
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State of North Carolina 
Catawba County
I George Satter
Clerk of the Court
of pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County
do hereby certify that the foregoing
Declaration was made and subscribed
in the Court and that it was proven
to the satisfaction of said Court that
John Dellinger died some time in the year
1827 or the year 1828 and that his 
wife the aforesaid Barbary Dellinger
died on the 8th day of February 1840
and that it was also shown by proof
to the satisfaction of said Court that
all the heirs at law who survived her
the afore said Barbary Dellinger Decd are
Henry Dellinger Barbary who inter married
with Henry Simon and Jacob Dellinger
and that they all are of full age
whereupon the court orders the Clerk
to
Certify the same to the War department
In testimony Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of
my office this 11 day
of Oct 1849
Geo Setzer  Crl
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Father the fore said John Dellinger Died
1825
sometime in the year 1827 or the year
1828 date not reccollected and that
her Mother the aforesaid Barbary
Dellinger died on the 8th day of 
February 1840 and that she remained
a widow from the day of his death to
the day of her death
This Claiment further declares that she knows
of no record of the afore said Marriage
of John Dellinger to his wife the afore said
Barbary Dellinger nor any reccord that
shows the date of the births of the Children
of the aforesaid John Dellinger & his wife
Barbary This Claiment further declares
that all the heirs at law who survived
her Mother the aforesaid Barbary Dellinger
are Henry Dellinger, Barbary who
Intermarried with Henry Sigmon and Jacob
Dellinger and that they are all of full
age This Claiment further declares as she
under stands that her father and Mother
were Married in Lincoln North Carolina
she further declares that there was no physician
attended her in her last illness nor
that there has been no funeral preached
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
the day and date first written
barbary her mark Sigmon
Witness
Geo. Setzer Clk
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7.631.
Barbare Dellinger dec
Widow of John 
Act July 4. 1836.

Leter to Loo: Carroll 20 Nov 1850
J L Clingman 2 May 1851
Joseph Carroll 2  Jan 1852
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Declaration of 
Barbary Sigmon
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State of North Carolina
Calawba County

on day 4th
April 1852 personally appeared before
the undersigned a Justice of the peace in
and for said County Jacob Segman
resident of said County, aged thirty two
years and with whom I am personally
acquainted with and who I certify to be
a man of truth and intitled to full and
it and makes oath in due form of
law that he is a grand son of Mrs
Barbry Dellinger as late of said County
that she was the widow of John
Dellinger dest who was as officer &
always understood from his grand father
& Mother was a captain in the North Caro
lina militia in the Revolutionary war
that his said Grand father the said
John Dellinger desd was in Lincoln
County where affiant was very young
that he cannot give the pertimer date
of his death but thinks it must have
been some upwards of twenty years
age then he left his widow
Barber who died in said Lincoln
County and at the House of affiants
mother on the 8th day of February
one thousand Eight hundred and forty
1840 that She left only four childr
on living to wit. Henry Dellinger Jacob
Dellinger Catherine Yoder and Barbery
Segman affiants mother that since her
death of the said Barbery Delinger Jacob
Dellinger and Henry Dellinger has died
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that Jacob Dellinger left him to wit
Barbery Catherine Jones I Emaline
Myra Sarah Mark & Pinkey that
Henry Dellinger left him to wit
Mathias Lavina John David
Logan Catherine Carey Reuben
Franklin Monroe and Carolina
that the above is the only
children of the said Barbery &
John Dellinger  who is now
ting and that the above grand
Children is the only heirs of the
before mentioned Jacoband Henry
Delinger who died after the
death of there mother affiant
further States that he has always
understood from his parence that
affiants mother BarberySegman
was the fifth child of his Grand
father & mother the said John
& Barbry Dellinger and that
there was four children that
was older then his mother and that
that  family and which
Countane the date of the birth of
affiants mother & father and of his
fathers children is the record
of the family that the date of his
mothers age as appears on said record
was taken as affiant understood from
the old family word kept by his Grand
father & Mother many years ago that the
the old original family record has been
last or destroyed so that he dose not
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Now know where it is affiant is
this States that same several years
ago the has attempted to set up a
claim to pension which affiant
is reford was presented by Joseph
Carroll but which claim has
now been allowed as affiant is
informed that after the death of
his grand father John Dellinger his
widow the said Barbery did not
again who many but she was
and the widow of him the said
John upto the time of his death
Sworn to & subscribed
before me the date
Jacob Sigmon
A.J. Whitener
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North carolina
I Robert Williamson Clerk of the Court of Please and Quarter
Pensions for the county of Lincolnton do hereby certify that I have 
made diligent search in the files of my office for the marriage 
of John Dellinger and Barbara Whitener and that said bond was
not be found, I further certify that such bonds previous to 18
were the only evidence of marriages to be found in any of the 
public offices of this state.
Given under my hand and the seal of said court
at office in Lincolnton this 16th day of April 1852. 
Robt. Williamson, Clk
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Sally Sigillon was born in the 
year of our lord 1813 in September the 
ninth month: the 8 day Anadomina

Margaret Sigmon was born in the year 
of our lord 1815 Novembet the eleventh
month the 9 day Ana domina

A Bel Sigmon was married on the 3 of March 
Able Sigmon was born in the year of lord
1817 October the 10 thenth month of 13 D

Jacob Jonanso was born in the [illegible]
Sigmon [illegible]  month
August the 10 day Anadomin
Jacob Sigmon married on the 16th day of December 1847

Henry Sigmond was born in the year 1787
May the 31st died the day of April 1834
Barbara Sigmond was born the 2 day of 
May 1790 

Geo Setzer Clk
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Henry Dellinger was Born the 19th
of May in the year 1779

Katherine dellinger was born in the
6th of month in the year 1782

John Dellinger was Born
the 24 of June in the year 1784
---
Barbery Dellinger was an
the 21 of May 1790

Jacob Dellinger was Born the 
August 1798
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October 28, 1935
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Mr. Joseph B. Luts
Box 118
Cheyenne, Wyoming

JOHN DELLINGER
W. 19180
BA-J/MLB 

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
record of John Dilinger, of North Carolina, who served in the
Revolutionary War and died in Lincoln County, that state, at the
age of eighty-six years.

You are furnished herein the record of John Dellinger, the
only soldier of that name under any spelling, found in the
Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were
obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 19180, based
upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth or age and the names of parents
of this soldier are not shown. John Dellinger's father lived in
Pennsylvania during the Revolution.

While residing in Lincoln County, originally called on Tryon
County, North Carolina, and in that part of the county which was
later Catawba County, John Dellinger enlisted and served the greater
part of the Revolutionary War as private ensign and captain of the
militia of Lincoln County, North Carolina, dates of enlistment and dis
charge not given, was engaged in the battles of Ramsour's Mill, Kings
Mountain and Cowpens, and continued in service to the close of the
Revolution.

John Dellinger married June 19, 1778, in Lincoln County, North 
Carolina, Barbara or Barbary Whitener. In 1785 or 1786 they were
living in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

The soldier died sometime in 1827 or 1828 in Lincoln County,
North Carolina, and his wife, Barbara, died February 8, 1840, at the
home of her daughter, Barbary Sigmon.
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The names of the follow children of John Dellinger and his
wife, Barbara or Barbary, are show in the claim:

Henry Dellinger  born May  19, 1779 who made affidavit
in 1861 in Burke County, North Carolina, and
died prior to April, 1852. 

Katharine Dellinger born March 6, 1783, who married one ___ Yoder, 
his given name and date of marriage not shown.

John Dellinger    born June 24, 1784, and died prior to 1840.

Barbary Dellinger  (5th child) born May 2, 1790, married, date not given
Henry Sigmon ( Sigman, Sigmond or Segmond) who 
was born May 31, 1781 and died in April 1834. 

Jacob Dellinger  born August 20 or 21 1798 
and died after his
mother died and prior to 1852. 

Joseph Dellinger ( dates of birth and death not given, but died prior to 1840. 

May 5, 1853, pension was allowed Barbary Sigmon, then of Catawaba
County, NorthCarolina, and Katherine Yoder, her place of residence
not given, who were the only surviving children of the soldier, 
John Dellinger, and his wife, Barbara.

It is not stated whether soldier's children, Katharine, John and
Joseph had children.
The following names of grandchildren of John Dellinger and his
wife, Barbara, are shown in the claim:

Soldier's son, Henry Dollinger, was survived by the following
children, all living in 1853, Mathias Lavina, John, David, Logan,
Catharine or Cathine, Carey, Reuben, Franklin, Monroe and Caroline.
The name of Henry's wife was not given.

Soldier's daughter, Barbary Simon, and her husband, Henry, had
children. The following names are shown:
Sally Sigmon, born September 2, 1818,
married Jan. 24, 183 (illegible)
name of wife not given.

Margaret  Sigmon born November 19, 1815,

Able or Abel Sigmon born October 3 1817 Married Mar. 3, 1843 ( illegible)
name of wife not shown.

Jacob Jonanso Sigmon born August 10, 1819 married Dec 16, 1847   name not goven and in 1852 living in Catawaba Co, NC
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Soldier's son, Jacob Dellinger, was survived by the following
children, whose ages were not given and who were living in 1852.
Barbary, Catharine or Cathine, Jacob Ior Jones I, Emoline, Myra,
Sarah, Mark or Marcus and Pinkney. The name of Jacob's wife, also,
was not shown.

In 1806, one John Yoder witnessed the signatures of Henry and
John Dellinger in a bond made jointly by them in Lincoln County,
North Carolina, his relationship to Yoder who married soldier's
daughter, Katharine, not stated.

In 1822, one George Sigmon acted as witness for John Dollinger
but did not state any relationship to Henry Sigmon who married
soldier's daughter, Barbary.

In 1832, one Daniel Whitener who was born December 17, 1781,
was living in Catawaba County, North Carolina, and made affidavit
before one A. J. Whitener, Justice of the Peace for that county,
that he was a distant relative of soldier's wife, Barbara, but did
not state the exact relationship to her, nor any to the Justice of
the Peace.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

September 3, 1928.

Albert H. Yoder,
Extension Division
University of N. D.
Grand Forks, N. D.

Sir:

I have to advise you, that in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 19180, John Dellinger, the rest
idence and date of death of his daughter Katharine
Yoder are not on record, nor did she sign any papers,
either by mark, or otherwise, she is only referred to
by other persons. Her sister Barbary Sigmon made ap-
plication for the pension in behalf of the heirs.

Her name is spelled Katharine in the family record.
.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.

August 8, 1821.


Mr. A. H. Yoder.
Director of Estension Division,
University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, N. D.

Sir:

In response to your letter of the 27"" ultimo, you are
advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. File
No. 19, 130, of the children of John Dellinger, North Carolina
Troops, the date of his birth and his age are not on record.

Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.

July 15, 1821.

Mr. A. H. Yoder,
Office of Director,
Extension Division,
University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, N. D.

Sir: 
In response to your letter of the fifth instant, you are
advised that from the papers in the pension claim, W. File No. 
19,180, it appears that John Dellinger served during the Re
volution as a private, Ensign and Captain of the Militia of
Lincoln County, North Carolina. Dates of enlistment and
discharge not stated. He was engaged in the battles of  Ran
sour Mill, Kings Mountain, and Cowpens, and continued in the
service until the close of the Revolution.

His father, whose name is not on record, lived in Penn
sylvania, during the Revolution. Soldier was a resident of
Lincoln County, North Carolina, which had formerly been Tryon
County. He married in Lincoln County, North Carolina, June
19, 1778, Barbary Whitener, and he died in said county, in
1827, or 1828. She died there February 8, 1840.
Their children were:
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Henry born May 19, 1779.
Katharine born March 6, 1782, she married Yoder, his first
name is not stated, nor is the
(date of her marriage on record.
John born June 24, 1784 date of death not stated.
Barbary born May 2, 1790
she married Henry Signon, date not
stated, name also spelled Sigman,
(Sigmond and Segmond.
Jacob born August 20, or 21, 1798.
Joseph, the dates of his birth and death are not stated.

The following children survived their mother, Henry, Jacob,
Barbary Sigmon and Katharine Yoder. Jacob and Henry had died,
dates not stated, when pension was allowed to the surviving child
ren, Barbary Simon and Katharine Yoder, on May 5, 1852; the
residence of Barbary Simon was in Catawba County, North Carolina,
that of Katharine Yoder is not stated, nor is stated whether said
Katharine, John and Joseph had children.

Henry had the following children: Mathias Lavina, John, David, Logan, Catharine, Reuben, Franklin, Monroe, Carolina and
Carey, Name of wife not stated.

Barbary and Henry Sigmon had children: Sally, Margaret, Abel, Jacob and Henry.

Jacob had the following children; Catharine Barbary, Emeline, Jacob J. Myra, Sarah, Marcus and Pinkney. Name of wife not stated.

Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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Wyoming Society

PRESIDENT
EDWIN E. FITCH, LARAMIE
VICE-PRESIDENT
MAJ. GEO. W. BROWER, FT. WARNEN
SECRETARY
JOSEPH B. LUTE, CHEYENNE
TREASURER
EDWARD H. RAWSON, LARAMIE


REGISTRAR AND HISTORIAN
JOHN C. BLACKMAN, CHEYENNE

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
CLYDEL. TITUS, CHEYENNE
CLARENCE B. RICHARDSON.
CHEYENNE
JAMES H. WALTON, CHEYENNE

Sons of the American Revolution
Organized May 18, 1938

Box 118,
Cheyenne, Wyoming,
October 14, 1935.

Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
I understand the D. A. R. Magazine for 1933
makes record of John Dillinger, patriot of the Revolution,
aged 86, who died at Lincoln, N.C. I am writing to ask
if you have a record of this John Dilinger from North Carolina

Sincerely yours, 
Joseph B. Lutz

JBK:E
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
EXTENSION DIVISION
ALBERT H. YODER, DIRECTOR
GRAND FORKS NORTH DAKOTA
July 15, 1926.

Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Commissioner:

I wish information concerning one of the
children of John Dellinger. His pension claim is W file
number 19180. He served as a private, ensign, and captain in
the militia of Lincoln County, North Carolina. His living
children were granted a pension, I suppose on May 15, 1852.
The children were Mrs. Barbara Sigmon and Mrs. Katherine Yoder.
I wish to know about Katherine Yoder. Her place of residence
in 1852 was Monroe County, Indiana. During 1854 she changed
to Harrison County, Missouri. I want to know: 1. How did
she sign her name? Did she make a mark? 2. How did she spell
Katherine 3. Does not your record show the date of her death?
She died in Harrison County, Missouri, but I do not have the
exact date. In fact, I have two dates; one of them must be
wrong.
Trusting that you can give me this information from the records,
I am,
Yours respectfully,
A.H. Yoder

Pension office
H
Jul
19
1926
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
EXTENSION DIVISION
"USE THE "U"
Office of Director
A. H. YODER

July 27, 1921.

Commissioner of Washington Gardner,
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Commissioner:

I wish to thank you for your very valuable letter of
July 15 concerning the Revolutionary soldier, John
Dellinger of North Carolina, Pension Claim W file
#19180. Perhaps you gave me all the information your
record contains, but I am writing again to inquire
whether in his application for pension he did not state
his date of birth or give his age at the time of making
the claim. I have written to North Carolina to see
whether I can get the date of his birth. If you have
this information, will you be kind enough to give it in
your reply?

Also, may I inquire about one Michael Gabbert. In his
older age he lived in Monroe County, Indiana. I should
guess that he lived in Virginia during the time of the
Revolution. Do you have any information concerning his
service in this war?

Thanking you for this information, I am

Yours respectfully,
A. Yoder
DIRECTOR OF EXTENSION DIVISION
AHY/C
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
EXTENSION DIVISION
"USE THE "U"
July 5, 1921.

Office of Director
A. H. YODER

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War Section,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
I wish to express my appreciation for your letter of June
29 giving me information concerning Isaac Van Buskirk. I
wish to ask another question. Is it possible to get a
list of the North Carolina militia and regulars who saw
service during the Revolutionary War? I am particularly
interested in getting the record of John Dellinger, who
fought in the battles of Ramsours Mill and Kings Mountain
under Major Joseph McDowell. I have written to North 
Carolina Historical Society, and they say there is no
complete record. I do not know whether or not he was on
the pension roll at any time. He lived in what was then
Tryon County. Perhaps you can tell me where I can get
this information.
Thanking you for this favor, I am

Yours respectfully,
A.H. Yoder
DIRECTOR OF EXTENSION DIVISION

AHY/C
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(Sideways) 
1921 July 15 Hist to A.H. Yoder 
1921 Aug 8 A.H. Yoder ref date of birth
age of soldier in record
1926 Sept 2  A.H Yoder about daughter
1935 Oct 28 Hist to Jos B Lutz
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
No. 19180
Barbara Dillinger 
Widow of
John Dillenger
Capt Rev War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index: -- Vol. A. Page 184
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of North Carolina 
Lincoln County

on this 12th day of
December 1857
personally appeared Mr Peter Stamey
aged eighty four years before me
Marville Warlick one of the acting Justice
of the peace in and for said County and
after being Qualified according to law
deposeth on oath and sayeth that he became
personally acquainted with Capt John Dellinger
Died in the time of the Revolutionary war whose heirs
has made application for the pension due their
Decd Mother Barbary Billings this deponent further
sayeth that he does not recollect that he ever
seen the said Dellinger in the service himself
but he told himself that he did serve in the
war and that he was always looked upon
as a libertymon and that he never heard
any person denying his service, this
deponent
further sayeth that he was understood
that he was in the Battle at Ramsours
Mills in Lincoln County this deponent further
sayeth that he knows of his own personal knowledge
that the said John Dellinger ware married some time
before the Battle t Ramsour's Mill from 
this fact that he deponant was at
the house of the said John Dellinger
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some short time befor the said battle
and son his wife and that they
lived together as man and wife and
were recognised as such sworn to and 
subscribed before me this day first
written this deponent further sayeth
that he never heard of any other John
Dellinger in Lincoln County the time of
the war, but the one spoken of in this
affidavid sworn to and subscribed
the day and date first written
Maxle Warlick (JP)
P Stamey

State of North Carolina 
Lincoln County 
I Maxville Warlick
the magistrate before
whom the above afidavit was made
do hereby certify that I am personally
acquanted with Mr Peter Stamey and
do certify that I believe him to be the age
above stated and I also certify that
he is an old gentleman of good character
and veracity given under my
hand and seal this 12th day of
December 1857
Maxle Warlick (JP.)
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North Carolina
I Robert Williamson, Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Lincoln in
said State, hereby certify that Maxwell Warlick
Esquire, is a magistrate as above and that
the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are
genuine.
Certified under my hand and seal
of office, at office, the 23rd day of
Decr 1857.
of
Robt Williamson, Clk.
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County
I Robert Williamson
Clerk of the
Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions
of said County, do hereby certify that
there has been diligent serch made in
my office for the Marriage Bond of
John Dellinger to Barbary, Whitener
and that there cannot be found any
Record of such Marriage
Intestimony whereof
I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed
the seal of my office
this 14th day of Jan 1857
-
Robt. Williamson Clk
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Shelby Jan the 9th 1857
Mr J E Heath Com of Pensions
Dear Sir Enclosed I send some
additional Evidence in the case of
Barbary Dellinger Decd in examin
these affidavids you will see that the
said John Delling was the only
John Dellinger in Lincoln County
the Controlers certificate goes to show
that the said Dellinger awhile
as a capt in the Lincoln Regiment and
while as a sargen and allso a while
as a private it is impossible for
the heirs to set fourth the precise
brought of each tour the heirs will 
be satisfied with any amount that 
the commisioner of pensions believe
them to be entitled to after examining
the evidence and the compt certificate
direct your letter to me at Shelby
Cleaveland County N Carolina
Yours Respectfully
Joseph Carroll
the
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Jan 19 1852
Addl evi an case
of Barbary Dellin
ger decd wid of John 

Joseph Carroll
Shelby

J E Heath 
Comm of Pensions
Washigton City D C
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Raleigh NC
Compt Office
I William F Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts
in and for the State of North Carolina do
hereby certify that the name of Capt John
Dellinger appears of record in this office
is having been paid the following sums
for Military service viz) One payment
of Seven pounds Thirteen shillings (27.13) see
Book F No 2 page 44 also another payment
of Seventy Three pounds five shillings & 73.
him and company see same Book
and same page, also another for thirty-
Pounds ($30) see same book page 71. also
another for Five pounds fourteen shillings
($5.14) see same book page 72. also another
for six pounds Nineteen shillings & ten
pence (6.19.10) see Book S No 26. I also
certify that the received Fourteen
Seventeen shillings ($14, 171 for service
done by him and company of foot in
Lincoln Regement No 76, also from
Original Indent issued for Fourteen pounds
Fourteen Shilling ($14.14) for services due
by him, Ensign and Nineteen privates of
Lincoln Regement No 175. See file of officers
in Book Case Numbered 3 que under
my hand and seal this day Dec 1850
Wm Collins Compt
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Joseph Carroll

20 Nov 1850
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260
Pension Office
Nov 20th 1840
Sir
The declaration in the case of
Barbara Dellinger decd, has her
name
No one prim in the case is established.
the marriage must be proved by the record
of the County in which it secured, or the
Clerk must certify that he has made due
examination. The Commission of the
husband of the deceased must be produced
in some documentary evidence of his
rank. The certificate of the Comptroller
of the State must also be produced, to
to trying the annum of service credited
to John Dellinger
The town performed
by him men be specifically stated, and
witnesses who and under him must
be examined-
Joseph Carroll 
Shelby
N.C
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7.631.
April 18/50
Declaration  Dellinger 
Barbary Sigmon
Widow John Dellinger ded
July 4, 1836

Original case 
No papers

J L Edwards 

[illegible]
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Shelby April the 7th 1840
Dear sir enclosed I send
you the Declaration of one of the
heirs at law of Barbary Dellinger
Dec'd which I want you to Examine
and if the evidence is not satisfactory
you will please write to me what
is lacken direct your letter to me
at Shelby Cleaveland County NC
Yours Respectfully
Joseph Carroll
Page 38

State of North Carolina 
Mc Dowell County
on this 4 day
of April 1850
personally appeared Mr William Gillespie
befor me James M Young one of the
acting Justices of the peace in and for said
County and after being first Qualified
according to law deposeth on oath
and sayeth that he well recollects
that there was a total eclipse of the
sworn on the twentieth day of June in the
one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight
sworn to and subscribed this day and date
above written
W. Gillespie

State of North Carolina
McDowell County
I James M Young J P

the magistrate before whom the above
affiant was proven do hereby certify
that I am personally acquainted with
said William Gillespie and do certify that
an old gentleman of the highest
tability whose veracity cannot be
ed  given under my hand and
this 4th day of April 1850
James M Young JP Seal
Page 39

State of North Carolina
McDowell County
I said J Seal
Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter section
for the County of McDowell State of North Carolina do hereby certify that James M
Young before whom the within affidavit
was sworn to and subscribed is an acting
Justice of the peace in and for the County
of McDowell State of North Carolina duly
Commissioned and quallified and that the
signature purporting to be his I give
time
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed the
Seal of my office at Marion
the 4th day of April AD
1850
Samel J Neal Clk
Page 40

State of North Carolina
Lincoln County
on this 12th day of December
1851 personally appeared
Mr Peter Reep agedged eighty two years
before me Maxville Warlick one of the acting
Justices of the peace in and for said County and after being Qualified according to law deposeth and
sayeth that he was personally acquanted with
Capt John Dellinger Decd whose heirs
has made application for the pension in their
deceased mother and that he knows that he
served considerable time in the war of
the Revolution from this fact that he said
Dellinger told him that he was in the Battle
at the Cowpens at Tarlton defeat and that
he was also in the Battle at Ramsours Mills
and various other battles and that it was allson
believed by very person that I heard speak
about the said Dellinger believed that he
was a true man for his country liberty
This deponent further states that he knows
that the said Capt Dellinger was married
the day before the total eclipse was on
the some from this fact that he deponant
heard the weading going to the inface
the time the eclips was on the son which
he deponant under stands was on the
19 day of June 1778 and that they
Page 41

said John Delliner and his wife Barbary,
had one child born before the Battle
at Ramsours Mills which was about the
20th day of June 1780 This deponant
further states that he knows
there was not any other John Dellinger
living in Lincoln County at that
time but this one spoken of in the
above affidavid sworn to and subscribed
before me this day and date first written 
test
Peter his mark Reep 

Maxle  Warlick (JP)

State of North Carolina 
Lincoln County

I Maxville Warlick
the Magistrate before
whom the above affidavit was made do
hereby certify that I am personally
acquainted with Mr Peter Reep and
do hereby certify that I believe him to
be the age above stated and that he is an
old gentlemen of good character whose veracity
cannot be respected given under my
hand and seal this 12 day of December 
1851
 Maxle Warlick (JP)
Page 42

North Carolina
I Robert Williamson Clerk of the Court of Please
and quarter sessions for the county of Lincoln in said 
State, herby certify that Manwell Warlick Esquire
is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing
signatures purpporting to be his are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed my seal of office
at offic the 23rd day of Dec 1857
Robt. Williamson Clk
Page 43

State of North Carolina
Lincoln County
on this 12th day 
of December 1851
personally appeared Mr John Wise
before me Maxville Warlick one of the
acting Justices of the peace in and for said County
and after being first Qualified according to
law deposeth on oath and sayeth that
he had been personally acquainted with
Capt
John Dellinger decd whose heirs has made application
for the pension that was due their deceased
Mother Barbary Dellinger This desponant sayeth
that he of his own personal knowledge does not 
know of any service rendered by said Delling
that
he never seen him in the service but
upwards of Thirty years age he deponent
had a conversation about the Revolutionary
war and he said John Dellinger told him
that he was in
the Battle at Ramsours
Mill with Gen McDowel against
the Torys This deponant further sayeth 
that he never heard of any other John Dellinger
in Lincoln County the time of the war but he
said Dellinger spoke of as above sworn to
and subscribed the day above written
Test
Maxle  Warlick (JP)

John his mark Wise
Page 44

State of North Carolina
Lincoln County
1
I Maxville Warlick
the Magistrate before whom the within
affidavid was made do hereby certify
that I am personally acquainted with
Mr John Wise who made the within
affidaved and do here by certify
that he is an old gentleman about
eighty three years of age and that he
is a man of good character and
veracity given under my hand and
seal this 12 day of December 1851
Maxle Warlick (JP)

North Carolina
I Robert Williamson Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of
Lincoln in said State, hereby certify that
Maxwell Warlick, Esquire is a magistrate
as above, and that the foregoing signatures
purporting to be his are genuine.
Certified under my hand and seal
of office, at office, this 23rd day
of Dec 1881
Robt Williamson Clk.
Page 45

know all men by these presence
that I
Barber Sigman do hereby
constitute and appoint W E Jones
my true and lawful attory
for me and in my name as are
of the heirs of my Mother Barbary Dellinger
and widow of Capt John Delinger and
to prominate and record from the united
States the amount of pension that is come
to Said his and I do hereby revoke
all form power of attory heretofore made
by me to any and all persons whatso ever
by hereby ratify and confering we
and my said attorney may do in the
premises by virtue hereof witness my hand
this 6 day of April 1852

Barbary her mark Sigmond

Signed Sealed and delivered
in presence of us
Jacob Sigmond
M. Hull
Page 46

2. Do you know if any civil magistrate had taken cognizance
of Johnston at that time? Answer. No. But Capt Dilinger,
told me, he had taken Johnston into Custody & on seeing
Col McDowell protection to let him go.

State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State.
I William Hill, Secretary of State, in and for the State of
North Carolina do hereby certify that the above is a
true abstract from the Journal of the proceedings of
a Court Martial, which sat at Morganton in Burke
County in this State on the 4th of March 1782
Given under my hand this 20th
day of April 1852
W. Hill Secretary
of State
This certificate will show that Capt 
Dellinger was in service as tale of
1782 the served allowed for
I think was in 1776-77

 Wm E Jones
Page 47

Capt 
John Dellinger
Additional 
Evidence

W E Jones
agent
Nashville
Tennessee
Page 48

State of North Carolina
Comptrollers Office

I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of Public Accounts
in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it
appears of record in my office, among the payments made
by said State to sundry persons for Military services
in the Revolutionary War, as follows
John Dillinger
Old series No. page 20 Captain John Dillinger and Company
of Light horse 6 days 13 Specie February 1776
Ditto for services of self & Company of foot $7385 specie
in February or March 1776-
Vol. A.7762 John Dillinger $2014 specie
Militia List G page 12241 14 Do specie
The above evidence is additional to that heretofore
certified having been derived from books not indexed
and apart from books belonging to this office which
have been received since the issuing of my former certify
icate April 19th. 1852-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed my
seal of office this 8th day of September
A.D. 1852-
Wm J. Clarke Comptr
Page 49

J Carroll
Apr 2
Page 50

175
Pension Office
April 22 1852

Sir
The additional evidence filed by you in 
the case of Barbara Dellinger dec'd does not
meet the requirement of my letter to you of 
the 20 Nov 1850 or of that to Hon T. L Clingman
of the 2 May 1857

Joseph Carroll Esq
Shelby
NC
Page 51

April 22. 52

J Dellinger
Papers in case
of Barbare Del
linger dec'd wid: 
of John

W.E. Jones
by
Joseph Bryan 
ofr
Page 52

State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Office

I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of public accounts
in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
it appears of record in my office, among the
payments made by said State to sundry persons
for Military services in the Revolutionary War.
as follows, to wit
Indent or army certificate No. 175, issued by Auditors of
Salisbury District September 22. 1781 to Captain
John Dellinger L14 S14 specie for services done by
himself, Ensign and nineteen privates of Lincoln Regiment

Ditto No. 176 ditto "to Captain John Dellinger
L14 S17 specie, for services done by him & company of
foot of Lincoln Regiment"
Ditto No. 177 ditto same date "John Dellinger L5596
currency" for services-
Ditto No. 4100 issued by Auditors of Morgan District 
L236 Specil. John Dellinger-
Ditto No. 66 issued by Auditors of Hillsboro District
L 20S 5 specie - John Dillinger
Book F. No. 2 page 41 John Dellinger's Company L 80 S 16 D5 specie ┃
" " " " 71 John Delinger L 30-specie
" " " " 72 John Delliner L 5 S 4  "
 Book S No 26 No 26 page 41 " 27 J. Dillinger L 6  S 19 D 10 specie
I furthermore certify that other payments may
have been made to said Dellinger, for services, but
the above is all that I have been able to find on
record, and that many of the records have been lost, ┃
and that the returns from the Western part of
this state, where said Dellinger lived, are very
defective
In testimony whereof  J
Page 53

have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
my seal of office this 19th day of April
A.D. 1852

Wm J Clarke Comptrol
Page 54

Brief in the case of Barbara Dillinger des wid, John
County and State of N.C
act 4 July 1836.

Claim ("original" or for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?
If either, state the substance.
Evidence of service, Record
of Marriage Documentary & paid

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
Wm E. Jones
Present

Kirby
Examining Clerk.
Page 55

Barbara Dellinger des
wid of John
N.C.
Act 4 July 1850
Adm
10 mo Capt $200
per an: to 8th Feb 1840
when she died

Payable to 
M. Hull Adm
for the benefit of
Henry Delliner,
barbara Sigmon &
Jacob Dellinger only 
surviving children

Cert
Wm E Jones of Tenn
now Present
Page 56

Washington City
Sept 10th 1852

Jas. E. Heath Esqr
Com of Pensions

Sir
I have the honour
to endow herewith
a certificate of the Completed
be of North Carolina Showing additional pay
ments to John Dillinger for services in the Rev
olutionary war, I respectfully ask that the claim
of Mrs Barbara Dillinger his widow may be
examined & the additional allowance
made to her
Very respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Joseph Bryan
Page 57

Washing City
July 7th 1852

J. E. Heath Esq
Court of Pensions

Sir
find the partial allowance
of the claim of Mrs Barbara Dellinger
for the Services of her husband Capt John Del
linger in the war of the Revolution, I have of
obtained a certificate issued by the Secretary of
State of North Carolina Showing that Capt
Dellinger was in service in 1782. I respectfully
ask that the claim may be examined &
a full pension allowed to her
With great respect
Your Obt Servt
Jos. Bryan
Page 58

Observatory. May 3. 1852

By referring to the Berlin Astronomical Ephemeris
for 1778. (P.31.32) I find that there was an eclipse
of the sun visible in this country on the 24th of June
of that year, and that there was no other Solar
Eclipse visible here during the year
J. S. Hubbard
Page 59

Brief in the case of Barbara Dellinger and John
County and State of N.C.
act 4 July 1836.
Claim, (original, or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence of service - additional
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Jos Bryan
Present

Kirby
Examining Clerk.
Page 60

Supplemental 
Declaration in 
the case of 
Barbary Dellinger
Page 61

State of North Carolina
Burke County 

 I Wm S Suddeth
clerk of the Court of Com Pleas & Quarter
sessions for sd County do hereby certify that
J L Collins, whose name appears to the annexed
Sheet, is one of the acting Justices of the peace
for said County, & the signature purporting to be
his is genuine-

given under my hand & seal
at Office this 18th January 1854.
W. S Sudderth Clk
Page 62

State of North Carolina,
Catawba COUNTY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That M. Hull & Jacob Sigman
are held and firmly bound unto the State of North Carolina, in the sum of Five Hundred
dollars current money,
to be paid to the said State; to the which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs,
executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and
6 day of April
Anno Domini 1852

The Condition of the above obligation is such, That if the above bounden M Hull
administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credit of Barbara Dellinger deceased, do make or cause to be made, a true
and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of the deceased, which
have or shall come to the hands, knowledge, or possession of the said M. Hull
or into the hands or possession of any person or persons for him; and the same so made, do exhibit,
or cause to be exhibited into Catawba County
Court,
within the time prescribed by law, after the date of these presents: And the same goods, chattels and credits,
and all other the goods, chattels and credits of the deceased, at the time of his death, or which at any time
hereafter shall come into the hands or possession of the said M. Hull
or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him, do well and true administer
according to law; and further do make, or cause to be made, a true and just account of said administration
agreeable to law, after the date of these presents: and all the rest and residue of the said goods, chattels
and credits, which shall be found remaining upon the said administration account, ( the same being first
allowed by the Governor and Council, Superior or County Court) shall deliver and pay unto such person or
persons, respectively, as the same shall become due, pursuant to the true intent and meaning of the act in
that case made and provided. And if it shall appear that any will or testament was made by the deceased
and the executor or executors therein named do exhibit the same in court, making request to have it allowed,
and approved of accordingly, if the said M. Hull
above bounden being thereunto required, do render
and deliver the said letters of administration, (approbation of such testament being first had and made in the
said court)then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED  IN THE PRESENCE OF  Geo. Setzer  At

M Hull Seal
Jacob Sigman Seal
Page 63

State of No Carolina 
Catabala County
I Geo. Setzer Clerk
of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
in and for said County do hereby certify
that the motion is a true copy of an
orignal Barred  filed in my office
and that the said M Hull is spe
the legal Administrator of the said
Barbara Dellinger an
in
whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
seal of office at affix
7 day of April AD 1832
Geo Stezer At
Page 64

State of North Carolina
Catawaba County

on this 7th
April 1852 personally appeared
before the ensign Justice of the
peace in and for said County Daniel
Whitener a resident of said County aged
Seventy years on 17th December last with whom
I am personally acquainted and who I certify
by to be a man of truth and intent  to
full credit and then and in due
favor of law that he was will acquianted
with Captain John Dellinger late of said
County and his wife Barbara Dellinger and
has been will acquainted with them from
1785 or 1786 that at this date the said John
Dellinger and his wife the said Barbary
was living together as man and wife in
Lincoln County in said State and had two
or three children and perhaps from the oldest
of which was by the name of Henry Dellinger
who affiant went to school with and with
whom he was raised up with that the
the said Henry Dellinger was always regard
by affiant and claimed by said
Henry as for five years older
than affiant and of which affiant has
no doubt that previous to the said Barby
Dellinger Marrige with the said John she
was Barbary Whitner a relation to affiant
(but distant) that from affiant distinctly
attests that from his [illegible] recollection
Page 65

he always understood from the said Capt
John Delinger himself and from other that the
said John Dellinger was a captain in
the militia service of the United States
in the revolutionary war that he lived
at that date in Lincoln County and from
what affiant always understood from the
said John Dellinger that he was in service
the later part of the whole revolutionary
was but affiant cannot give that part of
ans of his said service but understood that he
served until the closing of the war that 
the old man always said his was at the
battle of the Cowpens and at Ramsours
Mill and at the battles he thinks he claimd
is having leave at Kings Mountain affiant
man heard it doubted by any one but that
he was a captain in the said Revolution
ary war affiant further state that he has
often heard his wife the said Barbry Delling
er from said revolution spoke of 
the various hardship, he encounteed while
her husband was in the service at on one
occasion she was very much alone by one
said Brown who was a noted tory [illegible]
that her husband followed the said Brown
same distance afterward to get to kill him to
that from affiant the revolution the
said Capt John Dellinger lived and in the same
neighborhood with affiants father and so
continued until the day of his death which
took place upwards of twenty years ago in
Page 66

said Lincoln County that when he died he
left his widow the said Barbery Dellinger
who remain his widow until on or about
or some time in the year 18 when
she died in said Lincoln County that at the
time of her death she left the following children
to wit Henry Dellinger Jacob Dellinger and Barby
Sigman and Catherine Yoder that since the
death of the said Barbery her Sons Jacob and
Henry Dellinger have died and left heirs
but the names or number of said heirs affiant
will not undertake to give but that the above
is all the children of the said Capt John
Dillenger and his wife Barby Dellinger and
who are now living
Sworn to and duly
certified before me this date above
A .J Whitener JP
DAH Whitener
Page 67

State of North Carolina
Catawba County 
on this 7 day
of April 1852 personally appeared
[illegible] a Justice of the
peace for said County Ms. Mary
Robertson a resident of said County
aged Seventy Six years with whom I
am well acquanted & who I certify
to be a woman of mind and veracity and 
make oath did from of law that 
she was well acquainted with Capt
John Dellinger and his wife Barbery
Dellinger and was well acquainted with
them since her earliest recolection
say from about the year Seventeen hundred
Eighty or that if this
date the said John &Barbery Dellinger
was living in Lincoln County NC and
was living together as man & wife
and had one child that is name
was Henry that they continued to live
together as such unto the day of the
death of the said John Dellinger which
took place many years ago that
he left his widow the said Barbery
who survived him and remained his
widow until on the 8th Ferbruay
1840 at which time she died that
previous to her marriage her name was
Barbery Whitner affiant further States
that she has heard the said John
Dellinger frequently say that he was
Page 68

was out in the services of the United
States in the revolutionary war but
there perticular relative to his service
she cannot State she further states
that she can first recollect when
the said John Dellinger and [illegible]
his wife to his fathers in the north
that they then had [illegible]
us will as affiant residence she stays 
 [illegible]nor cause she gives any
of the perticular of the service of
the said John Dellinger nor those marriage  on the
May the there as above states
that the date

AJ Whitener (JP) 

Mary her mark Robinson
Page 69

State of No Carolina
Catawba County
I Geo. Setzer Clerk
of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
in and for Said County & State, do here
Certify that A.J. Whitner whose name
appears to the foregoing affidavits and
Certificates is and was at the time of
signing the same an acting Justice of
the peace in and for said County of
Catawa and that his offical acts
as such are genuine and entitled
to full faith and credit at all
times
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of affix
at affix in Newton this 
7 day of April AD 1852
Geo Setzer let

Mrs. Dellinger
Page 70

State of North Carolina
Lincoln County

on this 2nd day
of March 1850
personally appeared Mr Michael Reep
before me Major Hull one of the acting
Justices of the peace in and for said
County and after being first qualified
according to the law deposeth and sayeth
on oath that he was personally acquainted 
with Capt John Dellinger who was a capt
in part of the Revolutionary war and
his wife Barbary Dellinger whose 
heirs has now made application for
the pension that was due their Decd
Mother Barbary Dellinger, This deponant
further sayeth that he deponent served
one short tower under the said John
Dellinger who was Capt of the Lincoln
Regiment after the Indians, is all that
he deponent served under said Capt Dellinger
but that he knows that he the said Dellinger 
served a considerable time as Capt
in said War and also that he deponant
under stood that he also served some
time as a private soldier
This deponant further deposeth and
sayeth on oath that he knows of his
own personal knowledge that the said
John Dellinger and his wife Barbary
Dellinger were Married previous to his
services in the army all though he deponent
did not see them married himself but
from this fact that he deponant
well Recollects that the day after they
Ware Married the sun was total eclipsed
that he deponent was reaping wheat
Page 71

in his fathers field when he heared 
weddingers going to the infase which 
was about the middle of June 1778
he deponent well recollects that the
said John Dellinger and Barbary Dellinger
his wife had one child born which
was named Henry before the Battle was
fought at Ramsours in Lincoln County
and that he the said John Dellinger
was one of the Capt in said Battle
given under my hand and seal this
day and date first above written 

Swornt to and subscribed before
me interlined lived before signed
M. Hull

Michael his mark Reep
Page 72

State of North Carolina 
Lincoln County
I Major Hull
the Magistrate
before whom the with in affidavid
was made hereby certify that I am
personally acquainted with Mr Michael
Reep and do hereby Certify that he is
an old gentleman of Respectability whose
veracity cannot be disputed given 
under my hand and seal this  2nd day
of March 1850
M.Hull (JP)

State of North Carolina
Lincoln County

I Robert Williamson
Clerk of the Court
of pleas and Quarter Session for
said County do here by certify that
Major Hull whose name appears to
the within affidavid and certificate
is one of the acting Justices of the
peace in and for said County and
the signatures purporting to be his is
genuine and all his attestations as such
is entitled to full faith and credit
In testimony where of
I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the
Seal of my office this
2 day of March 1850
Robt. Williamson Clerk
of Lincoln County, NC
Page 73

North Carolina

I, Robert Williamson, Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify
that diligent search has been made in my office for the mar
riage bond of John Dellinger, and that said bond could
not be found. I further certify, that such bonds an tho
only evidences of marriages to be found in any of the
public offices in this State
Given under my hand and seal of office,
at office in Lincolnton, this 6th day of
March AD 1850.

Robt. Williamson, Clerk.
of Lincoln County, N.C.
Page 74

North Carolina 
Lincoln County

Know all men
by these Presents
That we the hereafter
Named Subcribers are held & firmly
Bound to John Dellinger seamer
in the sum of forty Dollars Each
yearly as long was the the noteafter mentioned amount 

To be paid to us:
John Dellinger  and for
for the true performance of which
We bind our selves and our Heirs Exe
I am for Ever to him & his afor
this 27 day of February 1806
The conditions of the above obliga
tion are such that if the
under subcribers do well & truly deliver
to the sd John Dellinger in the prest
Quantity of Thirty Bushels of good
Corn Eight of Wheet & Six Dozen of oats
Each of the subcribers respectively
for Each year the time of these and
to comence from the year one
[illegible] eight Hundred & Seven & to
oath of Either of these Parants
[illegible] John Dellinger & wife & after
the death of the first the one half
of Sd Quantity of grain shall be
taken of & the other half to continue
to be Delivered to the [marked out] other
[illegible] the death of the other
for the security of which payment we
do respetifly agree that none of us
shall Convey of his land now laid of to
Page 75

us out of the tract of San [illegible]
P:  John Dellinger now lives without
first giving some sufficient security
for the sd annuities these conditions
being complyed with then the above
Bond to be void otherwise to remain
in full force & Virtue in Law
Where other we as well severally Set
hands & seals the Day [illegible]
first above written
Henry dellinger
John Dellinger 
Seal 

Witness
John Yoder
Philip Shirford

At the bottom
Bond to John Dellinger for grain
[illegible]
Page 76

State of North Carolina
Catawba County on this 7 day of April
1852 personally appeard before the under
a Justice of the peace in and for said County
Adam Gross a resident of said County aged
Twenty five years with whom I am personally 
acquianted and who I certify to be a man
of truth and veracity and made oath in due
form of law that he was well acquainted with
Captain John Dellinger of said County and
his wife Barbara that affiant was about 
twenty years of age when he became acquainted 
with them that the [illegible] them living 
to gether as man and wife and had a family of
children that the first child was by the name
of being Dilinger who was much older than affiant they continued to live to gether as man & wife
up to the death of the said John Dellinger which
took place many years ago that his widow
the said Barbara Dellinger  served him and
remained his widow untill the year 1840
when she died she was the widow of the
identical John Dellinger who affiant
always understood was a captain in the
Militia service from Lincoln County N.C during
the revolution war that affiant has often
heard there old man say that he commanded
company in County for the Greater
part of the revolutionary that at some period
of the way in conveyance of the depredations
by the Torys and Rogers the said John Dellinger
carried his wife and one child to his fathers who
Page 77

lived as affiant under stood in Pennsylvania where
he left his wife and return to his home and again
entered the service again in command of his
Company as Captain that he continued in service
as affiant has understood not only from the
said Capt Dellinger but from this and he
districtly notes of having heard John Wolfary
who was a soldier also in the same service repor
tidly say that he never knew a better soldier
or a braver office then John Dellinger was
that was a captain entered the service from
the same County since the affiant now
resides the said Wolfary and not serve but
about 9 months as he understood him
affiant has also repeatedly heard the said Barb
ra Dellinger till about the pension hardShips
She underwent while her husband was in the
service appeard was will
act with then
first child Henry Dellinger who is and was
buring affiant words suppose would be upwards
of Eighty years of age that previous to the man
age of the said Barbara Deleger his name
was Whitener but the persecutors of the same
of the said Capt John Delinger on the presise
date of his marriage of Court affiant cannot
give further there he has above stated which fact
he has given as he had learned it from the said
John Delinger his wife may years ago and
others
Sworn to & Subscribed the date above
Adam Gross
Henry Cline
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State of North Carolina 
Calawba County
I George Sitzer Clerk
of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions
do hereby certify that Henry Cline whose
name is signed officially to the forego
ing affidavit is now and was at the time
of Lyny the same an acting Justice of
the peace in and for said County duly com
missioned and qualified that the signature
than to purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto
set my hand and affixed my
Seal of office at office in
Newton this 8th day of April
1852
Geo. Setzer Clk
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State of North Carolina
Burk County
on this 8th day of January
1851 personally appeared
Mr. Henry Dellinger before me J. L. Collins
one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said
County and after being Qualified according to law
doth on his oath make the following supplimental
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by an act of Congress passed July the 4th 1836
entitled an act granting half pay on pensions to certain
widows That he is as one and one of the heirs at law
of Barbary Dellinger Decd who was the widow of
John Dellinger Decd who served some six or seven tours
tours in the Revolution was that he said Dellinger
served one or two touers as a private soldier and
that he served one tourer as Ensign and that he served
two or three tourers as Captain in the Lincoln Regiment
of North Carolina Militia as he was informed by his
father the said John Dellinger Decd
This Claiment further declares that he cannot tell
the length of each tourer, he has heared his father say
that he was a captain in the Kings Mountain
Battle and that he was a captain in the Ramsour
Battle near Lincolnton This Claiment further states as
he understood from his father and mother that the
were married in Lincoln County on the 19th day
of June 1778 on the day before the total eclipse
was on the sun This Claiman further declares that
his father the afore said John Dellinger died some time
in the year 1827 of the year 1828 date not Recoled
and that his mother the afore said Barbary Dellinger
died on the 8th day of February 1840
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This Claiment further declares that he knows of
no Record that shows the date of the Marriage of
his father and mother but the original family Record
which is attached above which shows the dates of
the births of his father and Mothers Children and
that it is in his own hand writing. This claiment
further declares that all the heirs who survived
his Mother are as follows he deponant Henry
Dellinger
Barbary intermarried with Henry 
Segmond and Jacob Dellinger who is now dead
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day
of January 1851
J L Collins J. P.
Henry Dellinger

State of North Carolina
Bark County
I, J. L. Collins the
Magistrate before whom
the above supplimental declaration was
made do certify that I am personally
acquainted with our Henry Dellinger and
hereby Certify that he is an old Gentleman
of good Character whose veracity cannot be
disputed given under my hand and seal this
8th day of January 1851
J. L. Collins J.P
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State of North Carolina
Calawba County  
On this 7th day
of April 1852 personally appeard
in open Court now in Session
in and for the State of North Carolina
and County of Calawba Major
Hull a resident of Lincoln County
North Carolina aged sixty years
and makes oath in due for
of law that he is the all signa
tor of the estate of Mrs Barbary
Dellinger estate who was the
widow of the late Captain
John Delinger of said Lincoln
County now Cawlaba County who
was captain of Militia in
the service of the United States
from said Lincoln County County
which was originally called Tryon
County and the Revolutionary
was in order to recover from
the United States the amount
of pension that was demand
coming to the said Barbry Dellinger
in rite of her husband the said
John Dellinger and under Act
of Congress of 4th July 1836 and
which serve time death died
to the children declarant that
for will he proceed to give
full a detail of the survivors
of the said Captain John Dellinger
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and of his marriage to the said Barbery
as he can from what he has always been
informed and believes either the said
John Dellinger and from others affiant
was well acquainted with the said Captain
John Dellinger from his wasted recollection
that affiants father and he was both living
for many years in the same neigherhood
and affiant has often from his earliest
recollection heard the said Capt Jno Delling
er say that he was captain in the
revolutionary war that he served for
considerable time as Captain and
that he command a company as Captain
of Antel for seven years or was before
the battle at Ramsour's Mill that he
Continued to comand Said Company until
the final close of the war that the
particular towns or length of his tours
of Service declarant cannot say list the
old man that in conveyance of the Lory
being so bad it was sufris to be in service
there at home and consequently was the Grea
ter part of his time his service that in 
consequences of the torys being so bad that
the old man carried his wife the said 
Barbry to his fathers in Pennsylvania
to stay until times into dangerous
or till the war was over that he recollected
to his house and again went in to the
Service the affiants father having been 
Soldier in the Revolutionary war he
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has often heard the John Delinger and
his father telling each other of the various
hardships they suffered day the time they
was in service that the said Delinger said
he was at the battle of Ramsours Mill
and probably at Kings Mountain that at that
time he lived in the County which was
afterwards Lincoln County affiant also under
stood that the said John Dellinger married
Barbra Whitner that they was married long
before the close of the said war and that the
greater part of his service was performed
after they was married and which affiant
has no doubt must have been so from
the appearance of the children of the said
Capt John & Barbry Dellinger ages with
whom affiant was well acquainted than
oldest child was by the name of Henry
Dellinger who is now living would be at least
seventy five years of age or upward affiant
also understood that when he came his wife
to his fathers as above stated they had had
than first child affiant also understood
that during the time that the Lincoln Reg
ment was in service that he belong to it
and commanded a compay but the per
ticulars of his said service he of course
cound give but has only stated it as he
recolects being the old man Capt Dellinger
related it to his father for may years and
from affiants enlist revolution office
further states that he will recollect the
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times where the said Captain John Dellinger
died that he died in said Lincoln County
but the presise date he does not now
member but that it was may years
ago say twenty five or thirty years that from
his earliest recollection his wife the said
Barbry and the said John Dellinger lived
together as man and wife and was 
so reported and understood and continued
to live together unto the death of the said
John Dilinger that after his death his wid
ow the said Barbary continued the widow
of the said Capt John Dellinger and did not
again intermarry and so remained his
widow untill her death which took
place in said Lincoln County on or about
(?) day of February 1840- 
That at the time of her
death she left the following children to
wit Barbery Sigmon and Catherine Yoders
and left Jacob Dellinger who after
words and left the following named
children or Cathine  Barbey Emaline Jacob
J Sigmon Sarah Marcus and Pinking Dellinger
and she is left Henry Dellinger who had
since his mother left Mathias Lavina
David Logan Catherine Reuben Franklin Man
now and Caroline and are all of whom
is now living and who are the only surviving
children and his of him the said Barbary
Dellinger had widow as aforsaid Captain
John Dellinger affiant
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fore was this declaration in administrator
of the said Barbry Dellinger in order
to recover for said is the amount of
pension that is due and convey to them
from the United States in rite of their
Mother and that a certifcate of pension
he request to be issued for the benefit and
be made payable to him as administrator
as aforsaid affiant further states that her
has no documentary or record proof in sure
part of the claim as he is informed that the
old Lady Mrs Dellinger previous to her
death had lost or parted with her family
bible which affiant is informed contain
there family word but dose not no where
it now is sworn to in open Court the
date above
M Hull
Administrator
Just
Geo Setzer Clerk

Sign
Know all men by the present should 
I Major Hull administrator of the estate
of Barbary Dellinger do herby countitu
and appoint Wm E Jones my true and
lawful attorney in fact for me in my
name to presented and sworn from the
United States the amount of Pension that is due
and coming to the estate of Barby Dellinger
and in the of her husband Capt John Dellinger
and I hereby request the Commissioner of pen
sions to deliver to him the said pension certify
all and to no one else who I hereby with
use to
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The same testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
Seal this 7th day of April 1852
Major Hull
Witness
H. B Wetherspoon
G. J Wiliker

State of North Carolina
Catawaba County 
I Geo Setzer Clerk of
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in
and for the County and State aforesaid
do hereby Certify that M. Hull Administrator
of the estate of Barbara Dellinger
was this day duly qualified in open court to the foregoing
declaration and he also appeared before
me as Clerk and acknowledge the forgoing
Power of attoney to be his act and deed

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
Seal of office at office in
Newton this 7 day of April
A.D. 1852
Geo Setzer
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5. 135
North Carolina
Barbara Dillenger deed
widow of John Dellinger
who died on the
of     in the State of
who was a Captain in the       commanded
by Captain     of the      commanded
by   in the    Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville
at the rate of 200 Dollars --- cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1831 & ending 8 Feb. 1840

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of
May sue and sent to 
1852 W E Jones 
Paerant

Arrears to the 4th of
Semiannual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the

Recorded by R Mc Rae Clerk,
Book  D Vol 2 Page 380

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