Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5495, for John Irely, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Person
Truly, John
P. 5495
CONTENTS

No. 1120
John Grely Pennsylvania
Reports
Surplus
Proof of service required as per let. H. Feb. '33, and applicant unable to prove it
Horace L. Servant H.R.
let. 25. Feb. '33
5495
No. 1120

BRIEF in the case of John Irely of Columbia Co. in the State of Pennsylvania (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 97 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 3 As a Private Gen. Mayne Capt. Ball, Major Greene, P. line   1779 enlisted on board the Providence 32 guns 6 " Williams  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Flat Bush, Trenton, Brandywine,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dauphin County, Pa.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Brown
Examining Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania } Columbia County } on the nineteenth day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three before Leonard Rupert one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County, personally appeared John Irely an resident of Clifford Township, Columbia County & state after said age ninety seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the be- nefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. - That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775. (the month he does not remember) at Middletown Dauphin Coun- ty State of Pennsylvania in a company commanded by Capt Bull of the regiment in which he served Greene was Major and W m Shaw adjutant. that the Regiment was attached to the Division of the army commanded by Gen l Wayne. in the Pennsylvania Line that he marched from Middletown to Lancaster, thence to Philadelphia thence to Valley Forge, where with this Company with the Army took up Winter Quarters. That he was at the Battle of Flat bush August 27 th 1776 also at the Battle of Trenton on the night of the 25 of Dec- ember of the same year he was also in the Battle of Brandywine sometime in the Fall of 1777 that he was wounded in this engagement - with a bayonet, of which wound he can still shew the scar - that he was also present at the battle of Monmouth in June of 1778 and re- collects well the extreme suffering of the Army on account of the extreme heat of the weather - that he marched to Niagara and to different parts of the frontiers with detachments sent for the pur- pose of repelling the innovations of the Indians. - that he enlisted for three Years under Capt Bull, and that he continued until his term ex- pired when he was discharged he received a written discharge which he has lost. He was discharged at West Point State of New York. That after his discharge he went to Boston and entered (he thinks in the year 1779 the month he does not recollect) on board a Public armed vessel called the Protector carrying 32 guns commanded by Capt Williams - that a frigate called "Deane's fri- gate" commanded by Capt Hinman sailed in company - they were at sea about six months, at the end of which time he was

discharged but received no written discharge - that he was born on Long Island and has a record of his age at his dwelling in Mifflin township Columbia County. That he has resided in Northampton and Columbia Counties since the War. That he has no documentary evidence, nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service - that he is known to Dr E. Brothwell - Rev. Jerk. Shindel - Peter Yoh Esg - Saml Harman Esq - John Hutchins Esq & who can certify to his veracity
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 and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. Leonard Rupert
his John X Irely mark
I Leonard Rupert one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of Columbia County do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and that the said John Irely from great age and bodily infirmity is unable to appear in court, and I further certify that Elazar Brothwell who has signed an accompanying certificate is a Physician residing in Mifflinville in Pa County - and that John W. Hight who has signed the same is also a resident of said Mifflinville and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Samuel Harman Justice of the peace in & for the County of Columbia do hereby certify a resident of Mifflin Township do hereby certify that there is then is no Clergyman at present in said Township who is acquainted with John Irely the signer of the above declaration
Samuel Harman. J.P.

We Eleazar Brothwell a Physician and John W. Stiles merchant inhabitants of the Town of Mifflin Colum- bia County State of Pennsylvania do hereby Certify that we are acquainted with John Irely, the subscriber of the accompanying Declaration - That we believe him to be of the age he therein states - and that he is believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed this } Eleazar Brothwell day and year aforesaid } John W. Stiles
Samuel Horner J.P.
And the said John Irely on his oath further states. That he knows of no person living who can prove or bear testimony to his services That it is now about Fifty years since he entered the service of the United States. That his officers and fellow Soldiers all are either deceased or removed to parts unknown to this deponent - and he further states that he is unable to prove that the Ship. Protector was a public Armed vessel or in the service of the States at the time he entered, and that he can produce no other testimony than the deposition of his fellow Citizens above mentioned as above, and he refers to the Department to these Citizens whose names are mentioned in the annexed declarations as to his character for honesty & veracity.
Sworn & Subscribed } his the day & year aforesaid } John Irely Per - } Mar. 16 Samuel Horner

State of Pennsylvania Columbia County ss
I Jacob Eyerly Prothonotary of the Court of Commonpleas for the said County DO certify that Leonard Rupert Esquire before whom the within affidavit of John Irely was taken was at that time and still is an acting Judge of said Court of Commonpleas for the County, a said duly commissioned and qualified as such and further I Jacob Eyerly Prothonotary as aforesaid do certify that Samuel Harman before whom the affidavit of Eleazer Brothwell and John W Stiles was taken and whose name is thereunto subscribed was then and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified as such to all of the official acts of said Judge & Justice of the peace full faith & credit is and of right ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court the nineteenth day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirtythree For Jacob Eyerly Protho g
Dana D. Schick H D H

5490. P. O. _____ John Frey Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

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Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, John Irely of Mifflin Township in the county of Columbia in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Private in Captain Williams Company, in the X Regiment, of the Pennsylvania Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.†
Witness my hand, this Seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. Samuel Harman.
Before me, ‡ Samuel Harman , one of the justices of the peace in the county of Columbia in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared, this day, John Irely and Peter Schlicker of the said county, who did severally make oath that John Irely by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this Seventh day of July in the year 1828 Samuel Harman
I, John Ruple Clerk of the Court of the County of Columbia in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify, that Samuel Harman before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a § Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 9th day of July , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. [L. S.] John Ruple Clerk
* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be. † The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off; if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of _____ dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of _____
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths. § Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be
* not recited

John Ingle to a Ogden & Co. R. Towns
Presented 21 July 1828

Revolutionary Claims.
[C.]
Form of a Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that I, John Frey of Mifflin County in the county of Columbia in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Horman & N. B. Howell, jointly or severally my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a Recruit in the Pennsylvania regiment of the Pennsylvania line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal, this Seventh day of July in the year 1828.
Sealed and delivered } in the presence of }
John F. Frey
[L. S.]
Samuel Horman Charles B. Howell
Before me, Samuel Horman a Justice of the Peace in the county of Columbia in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared, this day, John Frey whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this Seventh day of July in the year
1828
Samuel Horman
I, John Ruple Clerk of the Court of the county of Columbia in the State of Penna do hereby certify that Samuel Horman before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this ninth day of July in the year 1828
[L. S.]
For John Ruple Clerk C. H. Ruple
[D.]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, Michael Spunk Polyzub a Justice of the Peace in the county of Washington in the District of Columbia the attorney personally appeared this day, Dr. R. Spunk of the the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this twentyfirst day of July in the year 1828
Michael Spunk Polyzub
I,
in the State of
Clerk of the Court of the County of
do hereby certify, that before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this day of
[L. S.]

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
6 September 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of John Srely , under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution.
Richard Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department Bounty Land Office 18 Sept r 1828.
John Srely a soldier of the Penn a . Line, is not returned as entitled to land from the U. States, or has a land warrant issued for him.
C. Stephens
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 2. 1828
John Irely, of Mifflin township, in the County of Columbia, in the State of Pennsylvania, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private, — in captain 's company, in the regiment of the Pennsylvania, line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing,
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, Adkins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
8. August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to _____ in the _____
It further appears that _____ is now on the pension list of the _____ agency, and has been so since the _____
at the rate of _____ dollars per month.
The name of John Irely cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line to whom certificates for the gratuity of eighty dollars were issued -
Richd Hagner Aud