Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,631, Henry Deal, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
or Deal, Henry Dale.
NUMBER
R. 2631
CONTENTS
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23,527
Henry Sale Penn
2631
act 7 th Jan 1832 (A.D. 5)

H. Dale applied from Pa law '32 I have a letter dated Jan'y 8. 1856 from a son from Brad Loy

2631
over
P. O. _____
Henry Dale
Service: _____
Enlisted: REJECTED _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
She printed list of 1852 gives reasons for rejection
Application filed: _____, 18
"He did not serve 6 months"
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
ON

Henry Dale
23527

State of Pennsylvania Centre County ss.
On this first day of October AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County Now Sitting Henry Dale a resident of Hughesan Township Centre County Aged Twenty four Years - who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 June 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States as follows viz - In the Year 1776 I resided in Buffalo Valley Northumberland Co. Penn a and volunteered in the Company of Captain Grey, Regt of Col Potter and Marched first to Lancaster, then to Philadelphia, crossing the Delaware at New  at Burlington in Jersey - the Command of Col: Potter then joined the American Army under Washington on the day after the battle of Trenton, remaining with the Army & was at the battle of Princeton - I was also present in several skirmishes with the Enemy in the Jerseys. I was discharged at Morristown, having served here three months, returned home - In the Year 1778 I again marched in the Company of Captain Pratt, against the Indians, to Pennabally, Now Centre County Pa. & remained in this Service two months and was discharged -
And the said Court propounded the following questions which were answered as follows -
 1 - When were you Born and in what Year. Ans r - I was born in Northampton or Montgomery Co. Penn a on the 29 August 1758 -  2 - Have you a Record of your Age - Ans r I have. It is now in my possession -  3 - Where were you living when called into the Service, where have you lived since the Revolution, and where do you now live? - Ans r - I lived in Buffalo Valley, North e County Penn a when called into the Service - I lived there since, for forty years past have lived in Centre County formerly Mifflin -  4 - How were you called into the Service? Ans r - I volunteered in the first place as above stated - When we arrived at Philadelphia: we received a bounty of shoes & stockings, Canvass &c, whether it was an enlistment or not I cannot tell.  5 - State the names of the regular Officers who were with the troops when you served - Ans r - I can recollect Genl Washington, Genl. Putnam of Col Potter, Capt s Grey, Sergeant James Buchanan -  6 - I never received a written discharge - 
And 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 to & subscribed this day
and Year aforesaid - Henry Deal Jas Gilliland (Judge)

We Valentine Stoln of Henry Peterkin residing in the County of Centre hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Dale who has subscribed (Served) to the within declaration, that we believe him to be 74 years of Age, that he is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion — Given under our hands the day and Year aforesaid —
Jas Gilliland Broth
Valentine Stoln
Henry Peterkin
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Valentine Stoln & Henry Peterkin who have signed the preceding Certificate are Credible persons, and that their statement is Entitled to Credit —
W. W. Wren Clerk } Preside Jacob Kryder
Pennsylvania
Centre County ss
I James Gilliland Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Henry Dale for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this first day of October A.D. 1833.
Jas Gilliland Clerk

23527
Harry Dale
Centre county,
Pennsylvania
Rejected
Did not serve 6 months.
9 May 1883
James M. Plicker, Belfonte, Penn.

BRIEF in the case of  Henry Dale of Centre county  in the State of  Pennsylvania (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  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.     Volunteer In 1776 3 private Capt Grey, Col. Potter   Marched 1778 2 Capt. Byatt  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Princeton, skirmishes in Jersey,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northumberland county Penn.  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? Court. 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. E. Bradford Examining Clerk.