Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7145, for Daniel Malsinger, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Malsinger, Daniel
R 7145
CONTENTS

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1838
Davidson County State of North Carolina
On this the 6 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid David Malsinger a Resident in Davidson County N.C. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state that he is eighty two years old & that in order to obtain the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States and served under the following named officers as herein stated
He states that in the month of October one thousand eight hundred and eighty he was drafted and put under the command of Captain James Willensky William Davis Lieutenant, Seaborn Tucker Ensign William Bradenham & Jacob Witte Sergeants. The Company to which he belonged originally raised in Rutherford County North Carolina (now Davidson County) when the claimant resided when he entered the service & where he has resided ever since the war of the rebellion.
The Company to which he was attached was engaged in defending the lives and property of the citizens of Rutherford & the adjacent counties against the depredations of the Tories who at that time were laying waste the country & murdering its inhabitants. In January 1781 the claimant was wounded by the Tories and retired from the service. He has a discharge from Capt. Willensky which he has lost.
Shortly after the battle of Guilford Court House in the latter part of March 1781 in the heat of his recollection, the claimant misunderstood and again entered the service of the United States

State of North Carolina Davidson County } I Charles Mock Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do certify that John W Lindsay is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at office the 13 th day of June 1843
Ch s Mock Clerk
95.557
David Hallinger N.C. Act of June '32

under the command of Genl. Rutherford, Col
Smith. and Capt. Laps. They marched from
Rutherford Co. down the Deep River through Guilford
& Randolph counties to the junction of Deep River with the Haw
River where they take the name of Cape Fear. They continued
down the Cape Fear through New & Cumberland counties to
Fayetteville. From there down said river to Wilmington
near the mouth of the Cape Fear. Lord Cornwallis had left
Wilmington for the state of Virginia a short time before
their arrival. There was a detachment of Cornwallis
army at Wilmington with which they had a skirmish. From Wilmington they marched to Georgetown South
Carolina making with the army in that direction they
returned back through nearly the same tract of country
to Rutherford. He states in the best of his recollection they
retired in October or November 1781 when he was discharged
He then a discharge which he has lost.
He claims and states that he was born in Pennsylvania
in the year Seventeen hundred and fifty one. That he has
no record of his age. He is acquainted in his neigh-
borhood with Peter Glaspell, Christian Hains, Albert
Sizelough, George Lang & John Lang who can testify
to his character for veracity and true belief of his services
as a soldier of the Revolution. He also states that he
has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no
person whom testimony he can procure who can testify
to his services.
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.
Sworn & subscribed
The day and year aforesaid
before John W. Lindsay
Daniel F. Elsinger
Ment

We Eli G. Burton & Adam Wier residing in David son County State of North Carolina hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Malsberger who subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two years of age; that is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides we have been a hold dear of the translation and that we concur in that opinion. Eli G. Burton Sworn & subscribed the day of Adam Wier and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and before John W. Lindsay
I John W. Lindsay a justice of the peace in David son County State of North Carolina do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Men- deponent must that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I further certify that it appears to me that Eli G. Burton & Adam Wier who have signed the pre- ceding certificate are residents in the county of Davidson & State of North Carolina and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I further certify that Daniel Malsberger the above named applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend court  John W. Lindsay

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Daniel Wolsinger N.B.
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Dan Mal Moxenger 7145 1882

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
7145
P. O. _____
Daniel Malsinger Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

10,188 June 19 1843 Brunnells No. 5 June 14 July 7. 1838 Nancy Piggan
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June 32
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J. L. Edwards comr of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Davidson County N.C. Jan 14 '43
Sir
I herewith send you the declarations of Daniel Malsinger, and Nancy Riggon the widow of Paul Riggon who was a pensioner under the act of Congress of 1832. Please to investigate them as soon as you conveniently can, and inform me of the result. They are both old & decripit and in very needy circumstances. I want you to send me a form of a power of Attorney by which Mrs Riggon can draw her pension & inform me when she must draw it. The pension is this state under the act of 1832. drawn this previous at Fayettesville N.C. I presume the widows draw this at the same place.
Your obed Servt. C.W. Brumall

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Sept. 7. 1843.
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July 4. 1836
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Brownsville. No. 40
Daniel Mal d Messenger
1836
J. A. Edwards Commission
of Prisons
Washington City
D.C.
1836

Davidson County N.C. Aug 30 th 1843
Sir:
Enclosed is the declaration of Eun Bogg, the widow of John Bogg who was a Revolutionary soldier. Please let me know the result, as soon as practicable of her application.
Your communication of the 23 rd inst. in relation to Daniel Malsinger's declaration has been read. In the enclosed sheet he has assigned the reason why he did not apply at an earlier period for a pension, & has sworn positively that he served at least two months at one time & six at another under the officers mentioned in his declaration which you say has been examined & filed. His declaration was drawn in conformity to the regulations adopted by the Supt. of War for carrying into effect the act of the 7 th Jan 1832.
I have drawn the declarations for a good many Revolutionary soldiers who served in the Militia, whose claims were supported by evidence precisely similar to his & they all obtained pensions. It seems to me that his delay should not be a bar to his claim.
He has furnished you with all the evidence in his power. Please let me know as soon as it may suit your convenience whether the old man will get a pension. He is old, disabled & unfortunate, & would be glad to reap the small benefit to which he is justly entitled on account of his wounds and sufferings in the defence of his country.
I would be glad you would inform me of the result of Michael Smith's application, also of Mrs Nancy Riggs which I sent you some two or three months since.
Your Obt. Servt Chas Brownell
J. L. Edwards Com te of Pensions

State of North Carolina Harrison County. —————
On this 29 th day of August 1843 personally ap- peared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace in & for the County & State of Mississippi  Daniel  Matzinger who being first duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith the reason why he did not apply earlier for a pension is that he was until recently in independent circum- stances & did not need the small pension due him; by a turn of fortune he has lately been reduced to poverty & want. & now needs the small amount which he is justly entitled to. He states that there is no person known to him who can prove his services in the war of the Revolution, that all his comrades are dead. He declares that by reason of old age & loss of memory he cannot say positively as to the precise length of time he served, but seems uniformly that he served in the North Carolina Militia at least two months in the first term & at least six in the second term of service as set forth in his declaration & under the officers therein named.
Swann L. Dulles entered the day and your above written before John W. Lindsay (P) Daniel his Hollingsworth