Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6793, Henry Delap, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Delap, Henry
S. 6793
CONTENTS

Died Mar. 4, 1833 (Q.P)
7149
North Carolina
Henry Delap Ser.
of Roanoke Co in the State of N. Carolina who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Tuite of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Virginia militia for 7 mos. 10 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. A. H. Shepherd H of Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 48. 88 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 22. 22
$71.10
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. Page 38
del. Mar. 4, 1833

3679
Richardson
3679
application for pension of Henry Delapi
Rockingham Cy Ill
here

term he was engaged to serve or whether there was any particular limit to the service. He states that he has no written or documentary evidence of his service nor does he know of any one now living except Thomas Jones by whom he can prove the same or any part thereof. He relinquishes all claim to a pension or annuity but he requests and desires that he may not be subject to any pecuniary rule in any state whatever.
The following interrogatories are proposed by the Court to Henry Delap an applicant for a pension under the act of 1832.
Where and in what year was you born Answer I was born in the County of King George State of Virginia on June 12 1738
Have you any record of your age?
Answer I have none but suppose a record was made of it in the Parish where I was baptised - there is the same County of King George
When were you living when called into the service and you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
Answer I was first a volunteer against the Indians and afterwards a substitute for Jonah Cartwright in my last term of service. I was drafted and resided in the County of King George State of Virginia. State the names of some of the regular Officers who were in the troops where you served such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the several circumstances of your service.
I am unable at my great age to recollect or answer particularly these enquiries. When at York Town I recollect seeing Genl Washington & the Marquis La Fayette that on his first tour of duty in Virginia I recollect seeing Genl Wayne and his troops in the act of crossing the river Potomac.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it. Answer: I received a written discharge from John Bellichamp principal Company in both the tours performed by me in Virginia. I have as here

- as before set forth been attached to that service under the in midship Com made of the said Thomas Low opening Company, I believe that Michael was attached to Genl Lawson's Brigade of Virginia Militia - both their Discharges have been lost and are not now to be obtained As to his service against the Tories he received no written discharge but was merely dismissed upon his return by his Colonel State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief as to your services as a soldier of the revolution. Am Thomas Low and Wilson Skill together with many of my neighbors will testify to my character for veracity and their belief in my having served as a revolutionary soldier. Sworn to in open Court this day and now above written Henry X McLean Clerk To: General CCC
Thomas Low certifies that he was acquainted with a certain Michael Low in the war of the revolution that he will recollect that said Michael acted under him as a leader for the troops during two losses of Militia. That he will remember his being in the service at the Newbern Hills & at Yorktown as stated by him but the precise length of his service he does not recollect. And the said Thomas Low and Wilson Skill of Roanoke have known Michael Low well acquainted with the said Michael Low. They are that they believe him to be of the age stated that he is regarded as a man of veracity & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution by his neighbors in which opinion they concur. Sworn to in open Court. Wilson Skill Thomas Low and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the secretary of war that the above named Michael Low was a revolutionary soldier and served as such. And the Court further certifies that Thomas Low and Wilson Skill

Who have signed the preceding certificates are residents in the County of Rockingham and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Robert Gallaway Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions do hereby certify that the proceedings contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Bellamy for a petition. In test whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 30th day of August 1882.
Robt Gallaway Clerk
Logan
7 of here

North Carolina Rockingham County
On the 30 th day of August A.D. 1862 personally appeared in a Court of Pleas and quarter sessions holding for the County of Rockingham aforesaid Henry Delap senior a resident of said County of Rockingham aged ninety four years in June last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1862
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In the spring of the year 1861 upon a Draft of Militia in the County of Henry State of Virginia Regiment who resided in said County substituted and took the place of one Josiah Carter who was drafted for three months, that he immediately went into the service under one Capt. Samson Krete who lived in said County of Henry and was marched through Virginia to a place called the Nottoway Mills and from thence to Glinton Old fields where he remained until the expiration of the three months service. That during the course of duty he was detailed and principally engaged in butchering for the troops under Thomas Loe acting as Commissary. That in consequence of the service he was but little at the point of readiness nor can he recollect at the advanced age and distant period the officers in command at the point of encampment. That upon being discharged he returned home and was very soon drafted from the County of Henry for the term of

Three months that accordingly he went into the service under Capt. Greenfield Hill of the County of Henry State of Virginia near Waller Mayor, James Callaway Colonel that he was marched under said Command in order to pick up where he remained in service until the surrender of the British Army under Lord Cornwallis. That as in the first term of duty he was most generally employed in watching for the troops under Thomas Lord Cornwallis. He is unable to state the precise day of his draft or marching for the enemy but thinks it was soon thereafter in the latter part of August. That upon the surrender of the British force at Yorktown he was discharged and returned home on account of sickness. That in addition to the above period of service he states that previous thereto upon a requisition of Col. Patrick Henry of Virginia he volunteered under one Capt. Peter Martin to go against the Tories said to be collected in considerable numbers near or near the Shallowford in the County of Surry Co. That upon the call for volunteers, respondent was told by the Colonel that it should be in lieu of a regular term of duty against the British then in Virginia that he accordingly marched under said Capt. Martin under the Command of Col. Penn that he marched to the Shallowford in said County of Surry and from thence to the Hollow in said County and from thence was marched back and discharged. That he was in actual service about seven weeks but is now unable to say what length of

State of North Carolina Rockingham County January 28. 1833
Henry Welch dep. the applicant for a pension in the foregoing application appeared before me Wm. S. Wright a Justice of the peace of said County and after being sworn, agreed to law. States States that he positively served the Two Three Months Term - of duty mentioned in the aforesaid Declaration except Two or Three days that he was discharged on account of being sick and that he believes the term of duty of seven weeks - was rendered rendered with the service after the long - and to the best of his recollection he thinks this term of duty was at least seven weeks and he further states that there is no Clergymen who lives in his neighborhood who has - any knowledge of his services as a revolutionary soldier and he has knowledge of no other person except Thos. Lowe, Sen who has testified in the foregoing - Declaration that he has given a true statement of his age

In the aforesaid declaration and That he has no other Evidence but That stated in the declaration aforesaid And to the best of his recollection he believes he has given a true Statement of his services - as stated & mentioned - in this affidavit and declaration
Subscribed & sworn to before me Henry H. Delap mark
Wm. S. Wright J.P.
State of North Carolina Rockingham County } I Robert Gallaway clerk of said County Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the proceedings contains the proceedings had in the application of Henry Delap and that John I. Wright Esq. is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and his official acts as entitled to full faith and credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 11 th day of March 1880 R. Gallaway Clk

Henry Delap S. 6793
The data which follow were found in pension claim, S. 6793, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Henry Delap.
Henry Delap was born June 12, 1738, in King George County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Henry County, Virginia, he volunteered, date not given, and served seven weeks as private in Captain Brice Martin's company, Colonel Abram Penn's Virginia regiment, against the Tories. He enlisted in the spring of 1781, and served three months as a private in Captain Haman Oritz' Virginia company. Soon after returning home, he enlisted in August, 1781, as a private in Captain Levenfield Hill's company, Colonel James Calloway's Virginia regiment, marched immediately to "Little York" where he remained in service until after the surrender of Cornwallis and was discharged having served three months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Rockingham County, North Carolina, and was still living there on February 28, 1833.
Henry Delap died March 4, 1833.
There are no data as to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

3679
Henry Delap L.
from 1781 private 7 mo 10 days
$ 24. \frac{44}{100}
W. A. H. S. S. S.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henry Delap which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Affidavit of Mr. Law as to two "tours" but insufficient as to the duration XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Stokesdale, N.C. March, 30, 1934.
Veterans administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
please send me what data you have on Robert Burton , and Henry Delap , two Revolutionary war pensioners, of Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Yours truly Edward Young

ESTABLISHED 1886 INCORPORATED 1887
TELEPHONE. ELIZABETH 874
The Elizabeth Nursery Company
OFFICE, WILDER STREET
E. RUNYAN, PRES. AND TREAS. J. A. DELAP, VICE-PRESIDENT W. W. DELAP, SECRETARY
ELIZABETH. N. J., July 25, 1914.
Commissioner of the Department of the Interior. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
As per information received in your letter of July 21, 1914, I will ask of you to furnish me, free of charge, such facts as is contained relative to the family history of Henry Delap as recorded in the Revolutionary War pension claim, "Henry Delap, Virginia Troops, Survivor's File No. 6793!"
Appreciating this favor, I remain
Respectfully
Wm. W. Delap.

First National Bank Bldg.
San Francisco, Calif.
April 12, 1914.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Referring to your letter of the 7th instant, in which you state that the Revolutionary records of only four pensioners will be given to one person, I therefore request you to send me the records as given by you in your form of the following pensioners residing in 1835 in the following counties and states, after the names of said localities being given in figures the age of the said pensioners in 1835; Robert Jamison , Ralls County, Missouri; 73; Henry Delap , Rockingham County, North Carolina, 96; John Hamilton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Reuben Saunders , Shelby County, Kentucky, 71; John McKittrick , Washington County, 75. All of these four were Virginia militia-man.
Hoping the above may be sent me at the earliest possible convenient date, I am,
Respectfully,
Boutwell Dunlap
Address as above
S7 6 793,

1914 Apr. 20 Hist. to Boatwell Dunlap. V.L.M. 1914 Aug. 3 Hist. to W m H. Dunlap 1934 April 16- Hist. to Edward Young. M.L.
Reahan
6793 INVALID.
File No. 6793
Henry Delap Sr.
Brk Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index — Vol. 15 , Page 93
[Arrangement of 1870.]

April 16, 1934
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Mr. Edward Young Stokesdale, North Carolina
Robert Burton, S. 6609 Henry Delap, S. 6793 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Robert Burton and Henry Delap, Revolutionary War pensioners of Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Their records follow as found in pension claims based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Robert Burton S. 6609
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 6609, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Robert Burton.
He was born October 18, 1764, in Amelia County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not stated; at the age of nine years Robert Burton moved to Campbell County, Virginia.
While residing in Campbell County, Virginia, he enlisted about January 1, 1781, served three months as a private in Captain Thomas McReynolds' company, Colonel Thomas Meriwether's Virginia regiment, and after being discharged he returned to his home in Campbell County. He enlisted in May, 1781, served three months as private in Captain Alexander Gummins' company, Colonel John Holcomb's Virginia regiment, and was in a skirmish at a place called Pointy Fork about twelve miles above Cartersville, Virginia, on the James River.
The soldier continued to reside in Campbell County, Virginia, until the close of the war, then moved to Rockingham County, North Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 2, 1832, while residing in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
*****

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Delak a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 7 mos. Pvt. Bruce Martin Abram Penn Pa.   Spring 1781 3 mos. Saman Krite   Aug. 1781 3 mos. Greenfield Hill James Calloway  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Henry Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 30, 1832
Residence at date of application, Rockingham Co. Va.
Age at date of application, { June 12, 1758 in King George Co. Va. }
Remarks: { d. Mch. 4, 1833 * }
No data as to family.
* from A.B.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Sign of Clerk!
1832 1833 1838