Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4502, for John Langly, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Langly, John
NUMBER
S 4502
carded
CONTENTS
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26852
West Tennessee
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John Langly of Maury Co in the State of Tenn who was a Pri in the Company commanded by Captain Waters of the Regt commanded by Col Butler in the So Carolina line for 1 yr for $40.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of West Tenn at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of June '34 and sent to Hon J. K. Polk HR
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Arrears to the 4th of Mch 34 120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 2 Sepr 20.00
[total] $140.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book 6.L Vol. 7 Page 92
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24,381
John Langly
Tennessee
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for 1780 pr 1 yr. $40
wrote a letter in this case
can only allow as above

Hon J. K. Polk
H. R.

[second column]
Hon. J. K. Polk
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of John Langly
Period when the service was rendered. 1779
Duration of the claimant's services. Years. Months. Days. 3 [yr] 3 [mo]
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Col Waters Cap Butler
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 73 S.C.
Proof by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary

The applicant should prove his service by at least one living witness, see note j.
The applicants statement of services for three years is incorrect. Genl. Green did not take command of the Southern army 'till Dec 1780 and did not go to S. Carolina 'till after the battle of Guilford which was in March 1781. The principal event mentioned in the declaration took place in the summer of 1781, and Col. Waters did not command a Continental regt. and the were no enlistments of the State Troops at the south for more than one year. It is therefore highly probable that the applicate belonged to a volunteer co. of militia, and from the events detailed could not have seen more than six month, the longest period for which the militia were in service under one engagement. Apl 28, 1834.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier, Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer, Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 such 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 of four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
(j) 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 claimant's 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 the seal of office.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Hon J. K. Polk
Direct to James H. Thomas Columbia
Ten. Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
On the 30th day of November 1833
State of Tennessee
Maury County
Circuit Court October Term 1833.
On the said 30th day of November in the said year of our Lord 1833 in the said Circuit Court before the Honl. Lunsford M. Bramlett Judge of said Court, presiding, personally appeared John Langly a resident of said Maury County in said State of Tennessee aged nearly seventy three 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 said act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated in the following interrogatories the answers thereto,
Int. 1st Where & in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born on the 15th day of
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December 1760, in the State of Virginia, on James River, the County I do not know as my father took me to S. Carolina when a sucking child.
Int. 2nd Have you any record of your age, & if so, where is it?
Ans. I had a memorandum, or rather I saw what I was told was, one in a Bible that belonged to my father, but my father died & my mother married again & after that event I never heard of that Bible. so that now I have no record of my age, but I fully believe that I have by memory kept my age & that it is just what I have stated it to be, to wit 73 years the 15th day of next month
Int. 3d Where were you living when called into service? where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live?
Ans. As I have stated my father (as I have been told by my mother) moved from Virginia, when I was a sucking child, to the State of South Carolina to the District called Ninety Six, upon Little River. I was raised there & until I enlisted I lived there in said District to of Ninety six, after the expiration of my
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term of service in the Revolutionary War. I went to the State of North Carolina near Kingston upon Neuse River, the county I believe was called Daubs [Dobbs] & I think is now called Leonore [Lenoir], not far above Newbrem [New Bern]. I lived in said County of Daubs, about 15 years & married there. I then moved to Iredell County in said State of North Carolina & lived there one year, & then I went to Randolph County in said State of N. Carolina & lived there the rise of three years. I then moved to South Carolina 32 miles West of Camden the District I think was called Kashaw [Kershaw] District. I lived in said District about six years (the days & years of these several moves I cannot recollect being wholly unable to read, & having no memorandums) at the expiration of said six years I moved to the State of Tennessee, to Wilson County & if I am not mistaken it was Twenty Eight years ago that I came to said Wilson County. I lived in said Wilson sixteen years & then moved to Hickman County in said State of Tennessee & arrived in said Hickman County on the 16th day of September 1821. & settled about four miles from the Maury County line, lived there until last month October 1833. I then moved into Maury County in said Tennessee, about six miles from my residence in Hickman County.
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& now live in said Maury County about two miles from the Maury & Hickman line - 
making in all 53 years some time in next year since discharge
Int. 4th How were you called into service? were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Ans. I enlisted for three years or during the war.
Int. 5th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your Service 
Ans. I enlisted under one Col. Phil Waters in said District of Ninety Six in said South Carolina. I & some of the young men of my neighborhood, to wit, Joshua Jacobs, Shadrick Jacobs, Thomas Turner, James Turner (that I recollect) as well as many others, hearing that Col. Waters was enlisting men for Genl. Green & hearing that we would git if we enlisted, 640 Acres of land west of the mountain & Six Dollars & two thirds per month & doth found us - went to said Waters in said District of Ninety six, & enlisted for three years or during the war as aforesaid
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Waters gave me sixteen Dollars in silver as a bounty money & that is all I have ever got for my services. So soon as I & my associates had enlisted, Waters having a "good smart" company of us marched us down to Granby, near Fridays Ferry on the Congaree River (I believe) to Genl. Green's Camp. I saw there at that time Genls. Green, Genl. Sumpter Genl. Marion they were all together in a house, Waters was in the house with the generals, & Waters sent out for his recruits to come in & as they were passing in & out I went in among the rest & I recollect that Green said that some of us were active youths & ought to belong to the Horse. I & the associates I have named were put under one Capt. Butler, this William Butler was his name, & Lieut. Smith, Ensign I do not recollect, Orderly Sergeant William Cork, Col. Phil Waters commanded the regiment the Majors I do not recollect, but we had a Sargeant Major named Murphy. I enlisted in June 1778 as I have above described, I think I staid at this said camp of Greens only three or four days when Col. Waters took a "good large scout" of us. I among the rest & marched some on horse & some on foot upon Saluda River to Millis'
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Mills upon the hunt for Tories, but found none, staid in the neighborhood something like a week, scouting about & return back to Green's Camp. Green's whole army then marched down the River towards the high hills of Santee, made some stop how long I cannot recollect, during this stay scouting parties were out continually, hearing that the British commanded by Lord Rawdon & Col. Crooger were at the Eutaw Springs, Genl. Green marched us on to the Eutaw, the British were camped upon the Hill side near the spring I was placed on the right wing, the engagement commenced on the right & extended in to the left of our line (I think) at the beginning of the fight we fired very briskly for several rounds when our line were forced to retreat, we retired some distance & formed & received order Green rode along & told us how & what to do, we then moved up to the attack again, we then fought for some time & at last came to a charge Bayonet before we broke the British line. I think Col Washington was taken prisoner. We kept the ground the British marched of to Ninety six, during this contest I received two small wounds from a Bayonet
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in my right arm & one from a sword upon my head neither of which disabled me. Col. Crooger of the British went to Ninety Six & Lord Rawdon to Orangeburg. There were prisoners taken on both sides but the number I cannot tell, Green marched us to a place called Nelsons old fields, stoped there some time, & during that time hearing that Col. Crooger had fortified Ninety six, or was there in a fort, Green then marched us up to attack Ninety Six, finding the post too well fortified for us we laid siege, & began intrenching & digging mines under the fort to blow it up & after some time when we though that we would have the fort in a day or so, Lord Rawdon came up with (I understood) 5000 men to the relief of Ninety Six, when Rawdon came we had to retire Green then marched us to the Saluda River 12 miles from the fort, where we crossed the River, & again went down on that side of the River towards the high hills of Santee & stayed there a short time, when Green sent Col. Phil Waters with about 250 men to a place about 5 miles below Millis Mills on Saluda River where the Tories some time before had
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burnt the house of Col. P. Waters, & there under the command of said Waters we built a Blockhouse, after remaining at the Blockhouse Capt Butler went out upon a scouting party with about 50 or 60 men, as the British were then on their march from Ninety six to Orangeburg, but our company were unfortunate. The British took about 30 of us prisoners myself among the rest. Butler escaped & the British took us to Orangeburg, they had a jail full of prisoners so that I and those taken with me were put in the stockade, I staid there some weeks. when the British marched with the prisoners towards Charlestown, they started with us late in the evening & we had not travelled far until night came on with night came a storm with thunder lightning & rain, very heavy. In that country many of the roads are made by cutting a ditch on each side & thoughing up the dirt in the middle. when it became very dark & the storm raging violently I told the prisoner with whom I was marching, William Watkins, that when I pulled his hand he must slide down into the ditch with me. I waited & marched on until there came a sharp flash of lightning & as soon as it came dark we slid
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off to the left into the ditch, (the water was about half leg deep in the ditch). The British never discovered us we waited until the company went by. I & Watkins made the best way we could back to Water's Blockhouse. We got back to the Blockhouse safe, we stayed there some time, the British had left that part of the country, & left us only the Tories to take care of, & little parties were sent out frequently to keep them in chisk. The Col. Waters with some of us was out along & getting provisions & when we came back we understood that Levi Manning had been at the Blockhouse & told that two Tories had been trying to steal his young stalion the evening before. The same evening we returned Col. Waters took about ten of us & went & watched at Mannings horse lot & sure enough two Tories came to steal the horse, we hailed them they wheeled & started to run. we fired on them & killed one, Matthew Black but the other Sam Grey escaped. in a few days my uncle came down & told the Col Waters that sixty two Tories had passed his house the night before, Waters immediately ordered a pursuit, he took but 20 men with him, we pursued but took only two of them, whose horses were tired. We still went on
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but after we had taken the two Tories spoken of we had a brush &
during that we were ordered to kill the two Tories we had taken, during this brush the Tories were too hard for us & we had to retreat, we then casually met with a detachment from I think Saluda Old Town, when we met these we turned upon the Tories & routed them & killed near thirty of them. The rest escaped. We then returned to the Blockhouse with five wounded. We remained at the Blockhouse but a short time, when we heard that Cornwallis had surrendered & that the war was about ended. Col Waters then discharged me & I went then to the State of N. Carolina. I was discharged some time I think in 1781. I think in October.
Int. 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Ansr. I got a discharge from Col. Waters a written discharge but I lost it in N. Carolina I have not seen it since about 3 months after I was discharged.
Int. 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood
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& who can testify as to your character for veracity, & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolutionary war.
Ansr. William Kirk & William Sharp, the former of whom is a clergiman have known me for 12 years in Hickman & Maury Counties. And the Declarant on oath further answered I served from June 1778 until October 1781 making three years & three months. To a day I cannot tell, but from old age & the consequent loss of memory I may not state the time exactly, but I am sure it was not less than three years & three months, I will here state that I sent a declaration from Hickman County this declaration came back for some deficiencies, & the man to whom the papers came has lost or mislaid them, I expect that as there was no clergimans certificate to it & probably my name not found upon the roll, the lack of this & other certificates was the objection. I have therefore in this new application embodied as much proof as I could so that if it be true that my name is not to be found, that the case may still be examined, I have no written testimony of my services & know of no one living by whom I can prove my services. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
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& declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
George M. Martin clk
John Langly his mark X

We William Kirk a clergiman residing in the County of Maury & State of Tennessee & William Sharp residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Langly who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy three years of age that a creditable man & he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he now resides & has resided for the last 12 years to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
William Sharp
William Kirk

And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to it that William Kirk who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergiman resident in Maury County Tennessee, & that William Sharp who has also subscribed & is a resident in the County last aforesaid is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit
Lansford M Bramlitt
Judge
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State of Tennessee Maury County Circuit Court
October Term 1833
I George M. Martin Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the sheets that are hereto connected are the original, contain the original procedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Langley for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed my private seal having no seal of office this 30th day of November A.D. 1833.
George M. Martin C.M.C.C
having no Seal of Office to commit the foregoing sheets, I have adopted this method
George M. Martin clk
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I certify that I am acquainted with George M. Martin whose signature appears to the foregoing declaration; I know that the said George M. Martin is the Clk of the Circuit Court of Maury County Tennessee and that his signature is genuine and that sd Court Reg republic sd.; and I have no doubt the annexed papers are the originals acted on in court. Decr. 16, 1833.
James H Coen
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Rev War
4502
INVALID.
File No. 4502
John Langley
Pri. S.C. line
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. A, Page 214
[Arrangement of 1870.]
John Landly
Records "OK": April 5/04 JS
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Direct to Jas. H. Thomas Columbia Tennessee
State of Tennessee
Maury County
Amended Declaration of John Langly in order to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
This 26th day of May 1834 personally appeared before me James Walker an acting justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid John Langly a citizen of said County who being duly sworn upon the Holy evangelists of Almighty God according to law deposeth & saith that having nothing by which to amend his declaration but the appended letter from the commissioner of Pensions, affiant will here state all he knows of Phil. Waters & the manner in which he understood him to command. Affiant states that he heard that Waters was raising soldiers on Saluda River, Waters was called Colonel but whether he was a colonel he does not know he understood him to enlist men for Genl. Sumpter, & Waters took the men he enlisted down to Granby & dilivered them to Sumpter, affiant among the rest & this affiant with his comrades
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were attached to Sumpters Mounted Brigade, to supply the place of some men whose term of service had just expired which men were called ten months men, as to the time at which affiant entered service he cannot recollect dates, (being unable to read) but upon reflection he recollects some facts that bring almost certainty, he recollects that Waters who enlisted him had shortly before been taken at Charleston (as he understood) & the British were about to send him to Sullivan Island but Waters petitioned to be paroled to his plantation & he was paroled to go the later place & that Waters broke his parole & turned out to recruit under Sumpter or for him, but whether Waters declined fighting until he was exchanged & only recruited for Sumpter he does not know. he recollects Waters fought at Eutaw on the right wing, he believes that it was on the 9th of June next after Charleston was taken that he entered the service, he does not recollect the year but has been told that Charleston was taken in 1780.
The order in which he served he cannot distinctly state, but believes that when
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they left Granby under Green they first went up the North side of Saluda river & again crossed Saluda river he thinks 12 miles from Ninety six, went to Ninety six, thence to Bush river, thence down the river towards the high hills of Santee, then to Eutaw, after the Battle he was marched up towards Nelson's ferry. Shortly after this affiant was sent on a skouting party & was taken prisoner & afterwards made his escape & was then put under Waters to build the blockhouse & guard it. The set particulars in the original declaration. As to it being an enlistment or what affiant knows no more than this - being informed that Waters was enlisting men he went down (Waters & affiant were well acquainted) Waters said to him "John I believe I will enlist you for three years or during the war tho. I don't expect it will last [illegible - fold in paper]" he then gave me $16 & some cloths & wrote something on a paper & told me to make my mark which I did - from want of memory & old age I cant state the exact time, but I believe I served not less, upon calculation, than from the 9th June
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1780 until Cornwallace [Cornwallis] surrendered & the news came which must have been sometime the last of October or first of November 1781, during which he served a private & most of the time on horse back. what right legally Waters had to recruit he does not know but of the actual service & that under Sumpter & Green he does know he performed it &c
John Langly his mark O
Sworn to & subscribed before me this day & date above written
James Walker
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Maury County
I Thomas J Porter clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that James Walker is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said county & that the signature to the above affidavit purporting to be his is genuine, towit, to the above certificate.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand [&] affixed my seal of office this 27th day of May 1834
Thos J. Porter Clerk
of Maury County Court
By Wm. E. Erwin
Deputy Clerk