Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1333, for William Tong, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Tong, William
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W. 1333
B.L.Wt. 26749-160-55

CONTENTS
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(left side)
Missouri 29.857
William Tong
of Madison Co. in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Bell of the Regt. commanded by Col. Smallwood in the Maryland line for 

Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 40 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of March 1835 and sent to Pensioner Present

Arrears to the 4th of March '35.  160.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sepr '35.   20.00
$180.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E-2 Vol. 9 Page 83

(right side)
see letter to Pen agent at St Louis & Washington City 7 March 1835.

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838. from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838. Agt notified 2 Oct 1839.

Let to B. C Tong, Jan 30 1840.
same Jan 31. 1840.

let: 14 Feb 1840 G. G.
Brewer,

Letter to Pen Agt 23. Oct 1847.
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73.608
act mar 7 /53
April 16/53

Elizabeth Tong wid
of William King pri

Revolutionary War

mo July 48 - 66
Boynton

Wil 60 acres 1786
Boynton

David M. Fox
Fredericktown
Md

No. 26749 is Md
Roth

Cert: D. M. Fox Oct: 23rd/55

Vol L. page 125.
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66
Missouri

Elizabeth Tong
widow of Wm Tong
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
Maryland MD 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
-
Certificate of Pension issued the
19th day of Feb. 1849
and sent to
Hon. Robert Smith
Hed of Rept

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
Congress, 1848, Page 41 Vol 1
29th July, book D

Reported
David M. Fox
27th August ?853

Date of death acct on A/B
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Madison Circuit Court, State of Missouri, November Term A.D. 1833 and twenty third day of the month, present the Honble. John D. Cook, Judge of said Court. 
State of Missouri County of Madison In the Circuit Court for the County of Madison in the State of Missouri, Term of November A.D. 1833 - 

On this twenty third day of November, year eighteen hundred and thirty three, at Fredericktown, personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Circuit Court of said county of Madison, in the said State of Missouri, aged seventy seven 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 June 7th, 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.

That in the beginning of April 1778 he (the said William Tong) being then a resident of Prince George County, Maryland, where he was born, joined a volunteer company as a private, for on year's service, under the command of Captain Resin Bell, which said Tong was mustered into said company at Bladensburgh, in said Princ George County, in the said beginning of said April last aforesaid, and during said month directly after being so mustered, said company was marched to St. Georges island, in said state, to protect the inhabitants of that part of the country, against the predatory parties of the British - That on the arrival of said volunteer company at said island, a
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a detachment of the British had landed from their ships, and were plundering the country in that quarter, upon which an engagement ensued, between said volunteer company and the enemy; which terminated in the enemy being driven to their ships, and the Captain of the company Resin Bell was wounded - The British thereupon sailed away shortly up the Bay towards Annapolis and Baltimore in said State; upon which, the said volunteer company, in about four days after said action was marched from said island to Annapolis, as the most exposed point; where the said company remained as the main station of said company for the said year that said company had volunteered for, and from which station, during said term, the said company as was found necessary, was marched to different places from Annapolis on the Chesapeak Bay and waters thereof, as a descent was threatened, and returned again, as the appearances of danger vanished, from the threatened places of attack; in one of which said expectations of said volunteer company, said company was marched to Baltimore, and remained there at work on the fortifications a little below Baltimore, about two months, when said company was marched back to Annapolis; and the said company having been in service one year, was marched back to Bladensburgh from Annapolis; the individuals composing said company were, on the beginning of April 1776 discharged; at which time, the said William Tong, having as aforesaid served, in and with said company also performed said services therein, during the said term of one year, as aforesaid, from the said beginning of April 1775, to the beginning of April 1776 was at the last said time at Bladensburgh, discharged in writing, by the said Captain Resin Bell, as having served
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said one year, for which term of time he had volunteered - That the officer who held the command in that quarter was Colonel Smallwood afterwards Brigadier General -- The commissioned officers of said company were captain Resin Bell, Lieutenant Brown, and thinks that the name of the Ensign was Ferguson, of this he is not positive, as old age has made him forgetful.

That, afterwards, in the fall of the year 1776, the said William Tong, still being a resident of said Prince George County, as a private joined a company of Militia in said county, designated as minute men, under the command of Captain Thomas Dent; that in the latter part of March 1777, the said company of Militia minute men, (amongst whom was said Tong) were assembled together and mustered into service at Piscataquay Town, and mustered by their said Captain Thomas Dent, and on or about the first of April of said year, were marched to the mouth of the Piscataquay Creek opposite to General Washington's dwelling; for the purpose of repelling the British who had burned some buildings particularly the house of Colonel William Lisle (who then commanded the militia in that quarter) killing and destroying stock &c, at which place the said company amongst which was said Tong some volunteers under the command of said Captain Dent, and directed by Captain Henry Lisle of the army attacked at that place a part of the enemy under cover of their shipping, killed a considerable number, and took thirteen prisoners; after which action which took place in the beginning of April, last aforesaid, the said company of militia minute men, under said Captain Thomas Dent, remained in said service, at different places in that part of the country (to wit) at Port Tobaus, Piscataquay Town, and along the Patuxent to Benedict, to Lower Mart
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borough, and other places on that station, watching the motions
of the enemy, to repel any attack, until the month of August
of the same year, at which time the British having
landed at Turkey point, in Maryland, marched to or near
the head of Elk. The said company of minute men with several
other companies, under the command of Colonel Luke Marlborough, 
was marched and joined the army of Genl Washington 
near the head of Elk as is believed in September of
the last said year, all of which under said Colonel Marlborough
were placed under the command of Brigadier Genl
Smallwood, when the army marched to the River Brandywine 
in the State of Pennsylvania where was fought the
battle of Brandywine, in which said Tong with said minute
men were engaged: after which the American army was marched
and counter marched for some time, until at length was fought
the battle of Germantown, in which the said William Tong
with said minute men were engaged, and his said Colonel
Marlborough was taken prisoner by the British, after which
the army of Genl Washington, in the beginning of the winter of 1777
retired into winter quarters at a place called Valley Forge, and
the said Militia company of minute men, under the command of their
said Captain Thomas Dent were marched back again to Pinealagua
when they arrived in the beginning of January 1778, when the said
company remained stationed during the remaining part of the year
of which said company were called into service, at the close of
which time of said one year, on the last of March A.D. 1778, the
said William Tong with the rest of the said company of minute
men was discharged in writing by the said Thomas Dent during
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all which service performed by said company of minute men as
mentioned, the said William Tong served in said company &
was with and performed all the duties of a soldier during said tours,
and that he said Tong, in the last said tour in said company of
minute men, served the full term of one year from the last of
March 1777 to the last of March 1778. That the said William
Tong in all, in both tours served as a revolutionary soldier two
full years, (to wit) one year as mentioned under the command
of Captain Resin Bell from the beginning of April 1775, to the
beginning of April 1776: and one year as mentioned under 
the company of Captain Thomas Dent from the last of March 1777.
to the last of March 1778, making in all two full years that the
said discharge given by Captain Thomas Dent, as well 
as well as the discharge given by said Captain Resin Bell to the said
William Tong has been lost by time and accident, so that the same
cannot be produced; that the said William Tong recollects Genl
Lafayette, and of his being wounded at Brandywine; likewise
recollects Genls Smallwood and Wayne of the regular army, and
Major Ben Brookes of the regular army, who was wounded as he
recollects at Germantown, and two of his teeth knocked out by a ball:
That the said William Tong has no documentary evidence, and he
knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify
to his services; and I the said William Tong hereby relinquish
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and
declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of
any State.

And to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department
and put by the Court, the said William Tong answers and says
as follows;
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answer to 1st I was born on the 9th day of August 1756
in Prince Georges County, State of Maryland

Answer 2nd I have a record of my age set down in an old
Bible at home, about six miles from this place, where I now
reside in this county,

Answer to 3rd I was living when called into service, near
Bladensburg, Prince Georges County, State of Maryland in
which county I was born: After the Revolution I continued
to reside in said Prince Georges County until 1791, when I
removed to Washington County, Maryland, where I resided,
until 1807, when I removed to Ohio County, Kentucky, where
I resided until the year 1819 when I removed to the said
County of Madison, State of Missouri, where I have ever since
resided and now residing.

Answer to 4th I entered the service as a volunteer, as mentioned
and as described in my statement; first in the company of volunteers. 
Second, in the company of minute men (so called)

Answer 5 - I recollect the names and persons of Genls. Smallwood
Lafayette, Wayne ,Forman, and Major Brookes, regular officers
and Captain Henry Lisle.

Answer to 6.-- On the first year's tour. I received a written
discharge from Captain Resin Bell. On the second year's tour
I received a written discharge from Captain Thomas Dent of
the companies to which I belonged, both of which have been lost
by time and accident, as before mentioned.

Answer to 7. I am well acquainted with the Honuble Lewis
F. Linn Senator, Honuble John D. Cook, Judge, John Scott, William
M. Newberry, Caleb Cox Esqr and others generally residing here
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who, I think can testify to my character for veracity and good
behaviors, and of my being generally reputed and believed to
be a soldier of the Revolution. William Tong.

Sworn and subscribed to in open
Court, by the said William Tong
on this 23rd day of November A.D. 1833.
Test William M. Newberry Clerk

We, William McMurtrey, a Clergyman residing in the
said County of Madison, State of Missouri, and Henry Whitmer,
residing in the same County of Madison, hereby certify, that we are
well acquainted with William Tong who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy
seven 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.
Will McMurtry
Henry Whitener

Sworn and subscribed to in from
Court, by the said William
McMurtrey Clergyman and
the said Henry Whitener on the twenty
third day of November A.D. 1833
Test William M. Newberry Clk

William Long's Declaration
and Certificate-
On application to be allowed the
Benefit of the act of Congress of
June 7th 1832, for Revolutionary
Declaration and
Services
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Certificate filed 23rd day of November, November Term 1833
Test William M. Newberry Clerk

William Tongs Declaration and Certificates
Application to be allowed
the benefit of the act of Congress
of June 7th 1832, for Revolutionary services

And now at this time the said William Tong, having in
open Court made his declaration on oath; the same together with
the testimony thereon endorsed, subscribed and sworn to, all in open
Court, is entered of Record, and the said Court do now hereby
declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, the said
evidence and other witnesses examined, and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that William
Tong, the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier
and served as he states:  And the Court further certifies, that
it appears to them, that William McMurtrey, who has sworn to
and signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman, resident  
in this said County of Madison, and that Henry Whitmer, who
has also signed and sworn to the same Certificate, is a resident
also of this said County of Madison, and is a creditable person,
and that their statement is entitled to credit: Ordered that the
proceedings herein be certified accordingly.

State of Missouri ⎬
County of Madison  ss
I, William M. Newberry, Clerk of the circuit
Court within and for the County of Madison
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aforesaid, do certify, that the foregoing contains a full, true
and perfect copy of the Declaration of William Tong, an
applicant for a Pension, and the Certificate annexed here filed
as also a copy of the Record and proceedings of this Court thereon
as fully as the same appears on file and of the Record of this
Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Circuit Court, at office, at Fredericktown
this 23rd day of November A.D. 1833
William M. Newberry Clerk

State of Missouri
Madison County ss
4th Judicial circuit
I, John D. Cook, presiding Judge of the Circuit County
Judicial Circuit
within and for the 4th Judicial Circuity aforesaid, do certify that
the foregoing attest of William H. Newberry, as Clerk of said
Circuit Court, is in due form of law, and by the proper officers.
Given under my hand this 23rd day of
Nov A. D. 1833
John D. Cook
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Elizabeth Ton
for Pension under
act of July 1848

Robert Smith

No 44
Elizabeth Tong
wid of William
mo
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1795
husband died 8 Feby 48
Allwd $40 per an
Ore 4 March 1848

Hnr Robert Sim
House of Reps
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State of Missouri
Madison County ⎬ss
On this fourth day of December eighteen
hundred and forty eight before the Honorable the Justices
of the County Court within and for said County, 
personally appeared in open Court Mrs. Elizabeth Tong
of said County, aged seventy-three years, who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on her
oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act
of Congress passed 2d February 1848.
(blank) granting pensions to certain
Widows: That she is the widow of William Tong
deceased, who was a Pensioner at the rate of forty
dollars per year on the Roll of the State of Missouri
and forty dollars per year from the State of
Maryland. She further declares that she was
married to the said William Tong in the month
of May, seventeen hundred and ninety four in the
County of Washington in the State of Maryland
and that her name before marriage was Elizabeth Thomas
her late husband, the said William Tong  
deceased, died on the eighth day of February eighteen
hundred and forty eight; and that she still remains
his widow; and has drawn the arrears of Pension
due her said husband from the United States, up to the
eighth of February last, the time of his death.

She further declares that she was not married
to the said William Long prior to the first day
of January seventeen hundred and ninety four
but that the said Marriage took place previously
to the second day of January eighteen hundred.
Elizabeth Tong
Sworn and subscribed in
open Court, the day & year
aforesaid
Edward Evans Clerk
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And at the Term aforesaid, come also in open
Court Theodore F. Tong and Ann Cooper, who
being first duly sworn according to law, on
their oaths say; That William Tong before (illegible)
and late the husband of the aforesaid
Elizabeth Long is dead and that he died on
the eighth day of February eighteen hundred
and forty-eight: that they are the children of
the said William Tong decd by a prior wife
that the said deponent lived with their said
Father a number of years after the intermarriage
of said William and said Elizabeth, and they
know and believe said marriage took place at
the time and place mentioned, and that said
parties lived together for a great many years
up to the time of the death of said William
and had a numerous issue, and that the said
Elizabeth Long has not intermarried, but continues
the widow of the aforesaid William Tong the
late a Pensioner as aforesaid.
Sworn and subscribed ⎬ Theodore F Tong
the day and year aforesd Ann Cooper
Edward Evans
Clerk

Whereupon it is ordered by the Court that the fore
going declaration of the said Elizabeth Tong be certified
to the War office of the United States: and the Court
do further certify that the said Theodore F. Tong and
Ann Cooper, who have subscribed and sworn to the fore
going Deposition in open Court as aforesaid, are, to the
personal knowledge of the said Court, credible witnesses.
It is further ordered that the foregoing be signed by the
Presiding Justice, and that the Clerk annexes hereto his
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official seal, in due form of law.
Richard Britten
Presiding Justice

State of Missouri
Madison County SS
I, Edward Evans Clerk of the County Court
within and for the County aforesaid (the same being a Court
of Record with a seal thereto) hereby certify that the
foregoing is a full and true statement of the proceedings
of said Court, touching the matter of the Declaration
of Elizabeth Long to receive a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name, and
affixed the seal of said Court, at
office, in Fredericktown this 4th
day of December, Eighteen hundred
and forty eight
Edward Evans Clerk
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14th March 1834 P. County

J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
My old acquaintance Mr Wm Tong
is now with me that been frequently so during the
extreme cold weather the late winter and
his great anxiety to obtain proof of his services
as a Soldier in the company of Capt Kiron
Beall & Capt. Thomas Dent in the trying times
of 1776 & 1777. have been fully made known
to me. and as he has been well known to me
for the last forty years as a correct worthy
man with a most numerous family of
children & Grandchildren & great grand
children to (illegible) of '57 - the sons
& Daughters, the Eldest of whom, I recollect
to have lived at his House about the
year 1795 in Washington County & those interesting young people. I have thought (illegible) 
think if any man is entitled to the favor
of his Government, it is your petitioner, Mrs.
Tong.  In point of years, I am no chicken,
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tho some year's younger than Mr Tong yet in
the year 1780 or 81. I joined a volunteer company & did some duty, in this company there was only 32 men
Boy's & officers & at this time, I only recollect of
but one, saving myself, now living. therefore
be not surprised that Mr Long has found
such difficulty in obtaining testimony as
to his services. there is no doubt that Bealls
company & dents were the first raised in this
County & knowing Mr Tong as well as I do
I have not the least doubt but that he
belonged to both my transactions with
him at an early period were considerable
in Land many  & a & always. I found him
a correct & honorable man & believe him
to be incapable of deception, I do therefore
hope that the proof he has obtained since
he left you with the certificate he obtained
from Annapolis of the money paid to Capt
Rizin Beall, will be sufficient to authorise
you to place him on the Pension list of the
old soldiers. now as I must altogether
be a stranger to you, you will permit
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the
●
B.
to refer you to G Jno R Vaness Major
Cross & George Thomas Esq. both of the Book of the
Metropolis as to myself, this may strengthen the
claim of my old friend was long, who I believe
to be entitled to every favor you can confer
on him-- excuse the trouble. I give
believe me to be with great respect
G. M. Oath
I shall be glad to have
R. Ben
the poor long yet his
Pension & leaves you
●
with a light heart for
the far west -
Benjamin Oden Esq He winter of the
he is among the not respectable of the citizens
of George County Maryland - of advanced age
sound memory, and remarkable veracity - so far
as he states and they of his own knowledge it may
be implicitly relied upon
Head
out arm
March 17 1836
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J.L. Edwards Esq
War Department
Pension Office
Washington

apon
Present

$40 per
Ann
Missouri
Roll
(1st payment
March)
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Papon
Present

$40 per
Ann
Missouri 
Roll
(1st payment
March)

J.L. Edwards Esq
War Department
Pension Office
Washington
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Maryland, Washington County, towit
I hereby certify that it appears from the Records
of Washington County Court, that on the 18th day of May,
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety five, the Clerk of said Court, (Elie Williams Esq) issued 
a license, directed to the Reverend Mr. Powell, authorizing
him to celebrate the Holy Rite of Matrimony between William
Tongue and Elizabeth Thomas, there appearing to him no
just cause by reason of any consanguinity or affinity to hinder
the same.

In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name, and affix the seal of said Court
this 16th day of January, A.D. 1849
Isaac Nesbitt, Clk.
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State of Missouri (
Madison County ⎬ ss
On this 4th day of
April AD 1855 personally appeared before
me a Justice of the peace within and for the
County of Madison and State aforesaid, Elizabeth
Tong aged about Eighty one years a resident of
the County of Madison in the State of Missouri
who being duly sworn according to law declares
that she is the widow of William Tong
deceased, who was a private in the company 
commanded by Captain Rezin Bell Maryland Troops
in the Revolutionary war; that her said husband
volunteered in the State of Maryland, she does not
know the exact County in the month of February
1775 for the term of the war to repel the invasion
of Great Britain and continued in actual
service in said war until the peace of 1783, that
her said husband was in the Battle of Brandywine 
and Germantown, and was honorably discharged 
at Maryland she thinks, some time
in the year 1783.  The Company to which her
said husband belonged being disbanded on
peace being proclaimed; that she was
married to the said William Tong deceased
in the County of Washington in the State of Maryland
on the 4th of June 1796, by one John Powell a
Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage
was Elizabeth Thomas, that her said husband
died at Mt Vernon in the State of Illinois on the
8th day of February AD 1848, and that she is now
a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be
entitled under the act approved 3d March 1855, she
also declares that she has never applied for nor
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received a warrant for bounty land under
this or any former act of Congress, nor does
the know of her said deceased husband's
having received any Elizabeth Long
We Paul Degnan and Samuel the residents of the
County of Madison in the State of Missouri upon
our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration
was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Long
in our presence, that we believe from the State
ments and appearance of the applicant that
he is the identical person she represents herself
to be that he knew William Long in his life time
that he and applicant lived together as man and
wife and raised some thirteen children as such
that we were not present, at the time and place
when & where the said William Long died, but
he believe he is dead from the fact of seeing an
announcement of his death in a public news
paper printed near where he died and from
the part of hearing several persons state that
he was dead, we further more state that the
applicant Elizabeth Long has since the
death of her said husband heed in our
immediate vicinity, that we have since
seen her frequently, that she has not since
married and is now a widow, and that we
are not interested
Paid Dequire
Samuel C. Collier
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
sworn to and subscribed before me the day and
year above written; and I certify that I know
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November 2, 1935
William Tong-W.1333
BA-J/AWF

Mr. B. J. Walter
American Legion
Wabash Post #423
Mt. Carmel, Illinois

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to William Tong, soldier
of the Revolution, who died in Mount Vernon,
Jefferson County, Illinois.

The data pertaining to William long furnished
herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension 
claim, W. 1333, based upon his service in the
War of the Revolution.

William Long was born August 9, 1756 in Prince
Georges County, Maryland, names of his parents not
stated.

While residing in Prince Georges County, near
Bladensburg, William Tong enlisted sometime in April
1776, served one year as a private in Captain Reazin
Beall's company, Colonel Smallwood's Maryland regiment,
and was in an engagement on St. Georges Island. He
enlisted sometime in April, 1777, served one year as
private in Captain Thomas Dent's company, part of the
time in Colonel Luke Marbury's Maryland regiment, and
was in the battles of Piscataway Creek, Brandywine,
and Germantown.

He lived in Prince Georges County, Maryland until
in 1791, then moved to Washington County, Maryland, in
1807, moved to Ohio County, Kentucky (?), and in 1819,
moved to Madison County, Missouri.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted November 23, 1833, at which time he was living in
Madison County, Missouri.

The soldier, William Tong, died February 8, 1848
in Mount Vernon, Illinois.

William Tong married in Washington County, Maryland,
Elizabeth Thomas. The marriage license was
issued May 18, 1795.

The widow, Elizabeth Tong, was allowed pension
on her application executed December 4, 1848, at which
time she was aged seventy-three years and living in
Madison County, Missouri, where she still resided in
1855.

The soldier and his wife, Elizabeth, reared "some
thirteen children", their names not designated. It is
stated in 1835 that the soldier had twenty-two children
then alive, and at that time had grandchildren and great
grandchildren, names not designated.

Theodore F. Tong and Mrs. Ann Cooper stated in
1818 in Madison County, Missouri, that they were the
children of William Tong "by a prior wife", whose name
is not shown.

One Hiram R. Tong made affidavit in 1853 in
Madison County, Missouri, and one Benjamin O. Tong was
in Washington, D. C., in 1840; it is not shown that they
were related to the family or that they were related to
each other.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Maryland, Prince Georges County Court
On this fourteenth day of March year Eighteen hundred and
Thirty-five, personally appeared William Tong a resident of the County
of Madison, in the State of Missouri, Aged Seventy-nine years, before me,
a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid who being
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 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named
Officers
and served as therein stated.

That in the beginning of April 1776, he the said William Tong being
then a resident of Prince Georges County, Maryland, where he was born, joined
a volunteer Company as a private, for one years' service, under the command 
of Captain Resin Belle, which said Tong was mustered into said
Company at Bladensburgh in said Prince Georges County, in the said beginning 
of said April last aforesaid, and during said month directly after being
so mustered said Company was marched to Georges Island, in said State,
to protect the inhabitants of that part of the Country, against the predatory
parties of the British - That on the arrival of said volunteer Company at
said Island, a detachment of the British had landed from their ships,
and were plundering the County in that quarter, upon which an engagement 
ensued, between said volunteer Company and the enemy, which
terminated in the enemy being driven to their ships, and the Captain
of the Company Resin Belle was wounded. The British thereupon sailed
away shortly up the Bay towards Annapolis and Baltimore in said state:
upon which the said Volunteer company, in about four days after
said action was marched from said Island to Annapolis, as the most
exposed point; where the said company remained as the main station
of said Company for said year, that said Company had volunteered
for, and from such station during said term, the said Company as was
found necessary, was marched to different places from Annapolis on
the Chesapeake Bay and waters thereof, as a descent was threatened
and returned again, as the appearance of danger vanished, from the
threatened places of attack; in one of which said expeditions of said
Volunteer Company, said Company was marched to Baltimore, and
remained there at work on the Fortifications a little below Baltimore
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terminated in the enemy being driven to their ships, and the Captain
of the Company Resin Bell was wounded. The British thereupon sailed
away shortly up the Bay towards Annapolis and Baltimore in said state:
upon which, the said Volunteer company, in about four days after
said action was marched from said Island to Annapolis, as the most
exposed point, where the said company remained as the main station
of said Company for said year, that said Company had volunteered
for, and from such station during said term, the said Company as was
found necessary, was marched to different places from Annapolis on
the Chesapeake Bay and waters thereof, as a descent was threatened,
and returned again, as the appearance of danger vanished, from the
threatened places of attack, in one of which said expeditions of said
Volunteer Company, said Company was Marched to Baltimore, and
remained there at work on the Fortifications a little below Baltimore

State of Maryland Prince Georges County towit.

On this fourteenth day of March in year of our Lord one thousand
eighteen hundred and thirty five personally appeared John Smith a Revolutionary 
soldier aged seventy six the fourth of March last, who being
duly sworn sayeth that in the month of March in the year of 1776
he lived in the Town of Bladensburgh, and that he was well acquainted with
William Tong and that he knows to his own knowledge that in
the month of April in the year 1776, he joined a Company of Volunteers
Page 30

about two months, when said company was marched back to Annapolis. and
the said Company having been in service one year, was marched back to
Bladensburgh from Annapolis, the individuals composing said Company were on 
the beginning of April 1777. discharged; at which time, the said William Tong
having as aforesaid served in and with said Company and performed said
services therein, during the said term of one year, as aforesaid, from the said
beginning of April 1776. to the beginning of April 1777 was as the last
said time at Bladensburgh, discharged in writing, by the said
Resin Belle, as having served said one year, for which term of time
he had volunteered - That the officer, who held the command in that quarter 
was Cornel Smallwood, afterwards Brigadier General. The Commissioned 
officers of said company were Captain Resin Bell, Lieutenant Brown
and thinks that the name of the Ensign was Ferguson, of this he is not
positive, as old age has made him forgetful.-

After being discharged from Captain Belles Company, I removed
to the neighbourhood of Piscataway in Prince Georges County, and joined
a Company of Militia under the command of Captain Thomas
Dent, the said Company of Militia (among whom was said Tongs were
Assembled together and mustered into service at the Village of Piscataway, and
that the said Company of Militia under said Captain Thos Dent, remained
-
in said service, at different places in that part of the County (to wit, at 
Port Tobacco, and along the Patuxent to Benedict, to Lower Marlbough,
and other places on that stations, watching the motions of the enemy
to repel any attack, until the fall of 1777 the British landed at Turkey point
in Maryland, marched to or near the head of Elk, the said company
of Militia with several other Company's, under the command of Colonel
Luke Marbury, was marched and joined the army of General Washington
near the head of Elk, as is believed, all under the command of 
the said Colonel Marbury, were placed under the command of
Brigadier General Smallwood, when the army marched to the River
Brandy Wine, in the State of Pennsylvania where was fought the Brit
Page 31

in said service, at different places in that part of the Couuntry (to wit at 
Port Tobacco, and along the Patuxent to Benedict, to Lower Marlbough,
and other places on that stations, watching the motions of the enemy
to repel any attack, until the fall of 1777 the British landed at Turkey point
in Maryland, marched to or near the head of Elk, the said company
of Militia with several other Company's, under the command of Colonel
Luke Marbury, was marched and joined the army of General Washington
near the head of Elk, as is believed, all under the command of 
the said Colonel Marbury, were placed under the command of
Brigadier General Smallwood, when the army marched to the River
Brandy Wine, in the State of Pennsylvania where was fought the 
battle of Brandy wine, in which Company with said Tong, were in
engaged; after which the American army was marched and counter marched
for some time, until at length was fought the Battle of Germantown
in which the said William Tong with said Company were engaged,
and his said Colonel Marbury was taken prisoner by the British, after
which the army of General Washington, in the beginning of the winter of
1777, returned into winter quarters, at a place called  Valley Forge, and
the said Company of Militia, under the command of Captain Thos
Dent were marched back again to Piscataway where they arrived in
the beginning of January 1778, where the said company remained stationed
during the remaining part of the year, of which said Company were
called into service, the said William Tong, with the rest of said Company
Page 32

in favor of the United States under Captain Resin Beall of Prince
Georges County for twelve months who belonged to Smallwood's Regiment
and in the month of April 1777, he was with the aforesaid William Tong
when he was discharged in the Town of Bladensburgh by Captain Rezin
Beale, and after
and aper being discharged from Capt Beal's Company, he
joined a Company under the command of Capt Thos Dent in the same
year of 1777, at Piscataway, who was under the command of
General Smallwood, and was attached to the first Regiment of
Maryland, and that he was with the said William Tong, in 1777, at the 
Battle of Brandy wine, and in the same year with the aforesaid
William Tong, at the Battle of Germantown.
Sworn Before John W Ward

I hereby certify that John Smith the evidence in the above case, I
am acquainted with, and that I considered him fully competent to prove
the facts therein set forth. Given under my hand this 11th day of March 1835
John W. Ward

I hereby Certify that I am acquainted with John Smith
the above named deponent, and that I consider him fully
Competent to prove the or therein set forth
under my hand this fourteenth day of March
1835
Richard Coe
Page 33

State of Maryland Prince Georges County ss
I hereby certify that John W. Ward Gentleman who aforesaid have
taken the above and afore going deposition of John Smith,
appears to have made the above certificate to the deposition of said
Smith, and whose name is to the said deposition and certificate
subscribed, were on the day of the dates thereof and still is one
of the State of Maryland's Justices of the peace within for
Prince Georges County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; 
and I further certify that the signatures of the said John W.
Ward to the said deposition or certificate purporting to be his
I believe to be genuine-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed the seal of Prince George
County Court this sixteenth day of March
Anno Domini 1835.
Aquila Beall Clerk of
Prince Georges County Court
Page 34

(illegible)
was discharged in writing by the said Capt. Thomas Dent, during
all which service performed by said Company of Militia as mentioned
said William Tong served in said Company and was with and performed
all the duties of a Soldiers during said tour, and that he said Tong
in the last said tour in said company of Militia, served the full
term of one year from 1777 to 1778. being the full term of one year
William Long
Page 35

Land Office Annapolis Feby 15 1835,
On one of the Army Ledgers of the revolution, I find an
account opened in page 28, against Captain Regin
Beale, which account commenced the 23rd of January
1776, he is also charged in said account with money
paid him on account of his Company and credited
by expense of Independent Company, therefore
presume that he commanded a volunteer Company,
there is however no muster or pay roll of his comparing 
to be found among the records or papers relating
to the revolution in this Office, the only returns
made of any volunteer corps, was the Flying Camp
George G. Brewer
Regn Land Off. W. (illegible)

L1708, 3, 11
Page 36

It appears by the Army Ledger, that Capt Rezin Bealle
account stands stated and settled for L1708.3.11
upon said Ledger and that it appears the last payment was 
made on the 20th December 1776 
George G. Brewer
Regt Lt Off. W. wid Md
Feby 25th 1835
Page 37

1905, Nov 28. History to
Wm E. Connelley, M.B.H.
Aug 3, 1906 Tombstone 
data Q.M. Gent usa
(illegible)
1/23 Feb. 21. Hist to C. Varing
1925 July 20  Hist to Ella Pomeroy au
1925 Oct 16 Hist to Miss C.M Rauch
1926 Apr 2 Hist to H.H. Rhodes av
1937. No. 3. Hist to Mrs. W. H. Metcalf
1933 Jan 3 Hist to Mrs. M.E. C.E. D.
1935 Nov 2 Hist to B.J. Walter aug


Rev
WIDOW, & c.
File No. 1333
Elizabeth Tong,
Widow
William Tong.
Pri Rev. War
Act: July 29. 1843.
Index:- Vol. M, Page 277
(Arrangement of 1870.}
Page 38

King
4914
Glenn 1973
Page 39

Oakland Calif
May 10th 1927
Bureau of Pensions
Washington
Dear Sir
I am enclosing a letter
which I wrote you some
ago. You have mistaken
the T as in tea for an L.
My ancestors name was
William TONG  pronounced
"tongue". Thanking you for any
information you may find.
Sincerely
Mrs. W H. Metcalf
87 Montell St.
Page 40

Commissioner & Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
Having inquired of
the Adjutant General of
the war dept, I have been
referred to you.

Will on kindly scan
your records of the Revolutionary
war record of
William Tong, a great
great grandfather of mine
Page 41

born on Aug 9th 1756 (as for
as I can learn in Maryland)

Married to Elizabeth Thomas
(second wife) First child born
1774 and last in 1827.
was father of 26 children
13 by each wife. His father
was a native of Devonshire
England and fought in the
French and Indian wars
after the Revolution. Wm Tong
moved to Kentucky, thence
To Fredricksburg, Missouri
at the age of 78 he rode horse
back from Missouri to
Washington D.C.
Page 42

Any information you may be
able to supply will be
greatly appreciated by me.
Thanking you I am
Sincerely
(Mrs) Lulu Joy Metcalf
629 Oakland Ave
Oakland, Calif
Page 43

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
April 15, 1927

Mrs. W. H. Metcalf
629 Oakland Ave.,
Oakland, Calif.

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureau it appears that one William Long,
S. 18088, was born August 20, 1780 in Culpeper County, Virginia,
served in the troops of that state and was pensioned in 1832
while living in Howard County, Missouri to which state he
moved from Virginia.

Also, William Long, S. 18953, born in 1760, place not
stated, served in the North Carolina Troops and was pensioned
in 1828 while living in Shelby County, Kentucky, later lived 
in Parke County, Indiana and still later in Shelby County,
Kentucky.

If you desire the history of either of the above soldiers
please designate which one and same will be furnished you.
Please return this letter with your reply.

Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
Page 44

Additional proof
in the case of
Elizabeth King
Jan 1818 1849
M Ames
Hon R. Smith
H. R.
Page 45


Clerk's office. Hagers Town, Md.
January 16th 1849.

Dr Siar:
With this you will receive the only evidence I
can furnish from the records of this office of the marriage of
the parties in question. We are only required by the laws of
this state to keep a mere list of license issued and to whom
directed, and these our duty ends. By a law then existing, and
indeed which still exists, I believe, all clergymen were required
to furnish, at stated periods, to the Treasurer of the State, the names
of such as had been married; but whether the law was then as
now disregarded, I am not able of course to say.

If the evidence furnished by this certificate is not
sufficient I will endeavor to ascertain the church to which the
Rev. Mr Powell belonged, and find, if I can, whether there is not
some record of the marriages kept in the church. This may subject
me to some inconvenience and trouble as the county at that early
period of our history embraced a large tract of country; still I
will do it, in order to assist one seeking his rights. I make no
charge for this certificate & search.

Very respectfully your obedt sevt.
Isaac Nesbitt
Hon. Robert Smith
Page 46

Washington City
March 7 1835

Sir
I have long been acquainted with Mr. Tong
and know him to be a man of great worth of integrity
his word; as much to be depended on as any one in the
world. I have often heard his Revolutionary services
Spoken of many years. He has been the father of a
very numerous and respectable family perhaps 22 Children
now alive.
Resply
(Signature Illegible)

Mr. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 47

William Tong Mo Act 7 June 1832 $40-
To what time was he last paid

Pension Office
February 15 1849
G.L.A.
Died 8th Feb. 1848
Paid to his death
B.L.B
Page 48

Topeka, Kansas, Nov. 20, 1905,
Following is copy of obituary notice of William Tong, paragraph relating
to his military record in Revolution.

In Feb., 1775, he joined an independent company of Maryland
troops, under the command of Capt. Rezin Bell, who commanded one of the
first companies raised on the continent to repel the invasion of the
Mother country. He was in the battle of Brandywine, and the battle of
Germantown, and some other skirmishes, and through the struggles for 
independence was ready for any service he might be called on to perform.
His company was disbanded after the treaty, 1783.

The above Wm. Tong was born in Prince George County Maryland
on the 9th of August, 1756, on Piscatawas Creek, 7 miles from Mt. Vernon.
His parents were born and raised in the same county, his grandparents
having come from England about the same time that the grandparents or Geo Washington settled
in Virginia.

Wm. Tong died in 1848, at the home of Joshua P. Bonott, in
Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Ill. It is told of him by his surviving
descendents that just a few years prior to his death, while at a very
advanced age, Wm. Tong rode horseback from Mt. Vernon to Washington, D.C.
to see after his pension.

He was the father of 26 children. One of his sons, James, was
the father of Harriet E., who became the mother of Wm. H. Crain; Wm. H.
Crain is father of the writer, Ralph W. Crain, of Topeka, Kansas.

The above mentioned obituary was published in the Western
Christian Advocate, Cincinnati, March 17, 1848.

not entitled to official credit
not signed by anyone
not known to us as a true
copy- dated 1905-
not a part of the original
Pension Claim
Page 49

Mrs. Wilfred Pomeroy
MANAGER FOR
SPEAKERS OF REPUTE
105 No. Gladstone Blvd
Kansas City Missouri
May 12, 1925

Pension Department
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Have you an record of one William Tong
who settled in the Daniel Boone settlement in Kentucky
and went from there further west to this territory,
but in the neighborhood of Fredericktown and St.
Genevieve? His son, Theodore had children; the original
William fought in the Revolution.

If you have any records relating to this
family, I should be glad to know what they are.
Very truly your
Ella Pomeroy
Mrs. Ella Pomeroy

(Stamp)
Pension Office USA
May 20 1925
Page 50

(stamp)
Received 
Jan 12 19?

Wayzata Minn
Jan 10 - 1933.
Rev

Pension Office
Washington
D.C.
Dear Sirs,
I have recently learned that I
may be eligible to be a "daughter"
of the American Revolution
My Great-great grandfather
William Tong Father of James
Tong father of Harriet Tong
Mother of James N. Crain
father of M. Edith Crain-
Elliott, fought in American
Revolution, in two enlistments
in Maryland Militia in 1775 & 1776
Page 51

Taking part in the battles of
Brandywine and Germantown
and after several years rode
from Illinois (Mr Vernon) to
Washington D.C. to obtain
a pension.

Through the Pension Office
my first cousin, Ralph Crain
had his application for a
member of the society of the
sons of the Revolution was OK.d.
An I eligible to become
a member of the society
the D.A.R. Through this
channel.
Respectfully
Mrs. M. Edith Crain Elliott
Page 52

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 28th 1839-

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States, William Tong
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at
the rate of forty-- Dollars 
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838,
to the 4th Sept. 1838,
Respectfully, yours
Alvin K Parriss
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
Page 53

W. Tong

Missouri, act 1832-
(Present )

See letter to applicant
of March 1835

10643
Page 54

Washington DC. March 16. 1875
Personally appeared before the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Washinngton D.C. - Wm Tongue, who makes
oath in due form of Law that he served
in the company of Capt Rezin Beale
of the regiment of Col Smallwood of
the Maryland Militia and that Robert
Hurdle served with him pending
that period, and that he knows the 
Robert Hurdle to be the identical
individual with whom he served in
the war of the revolution.
William Tong

Sworn to & Subscribed before me
this 11th March 1835
B. H. Morsell J.P.
Page 55

Free

J. L. Edwards, esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington Citry
D.C.
Page 56

Land Office Annapolis, 6th May 1840,

Sir
Mr William Tong, of Missouri, is an applicant for
a pension from this State for his services as a soldier in the Maryland
line, I do not find his name upon any of the rolls of the Maryland
troops in this office, a certificate has been handed me from you
sharing that he was upon the pension roll of the United States,
as a soldier from Maryland.  Will you be kind enough to furnish
me with copy or statement of the evidence upon which he obtained
a pension from the United States, this information is wanted for
the "Committee on pensions and Revolutionary Claims" of the Legislature
of this State now in session.  Your early attention will therefore
confer a great favor on,
Very respectfully,
yr. obt sr
G. G. Brewer

J. L. Edwards Esq
Page 57

City of Washington Jan 28th 1840

To the Commissioner of
The Pension Office

Sir   Will you please
give me a certificate to show that
William Tong of the State of Missouri
is entitled to receive a Pension from
the United States for services rendered
in the war of the Revolution.

The object of this Certificate
is to try to obtain a pension from the
State of Maryland where the
service was rendered and whereof
I have been lawfully empowered
by William Tong to lay his claim before
the Proper authorities of the aforesaid
State I think that the most correct and
Expedition Course ta pursue.

Mr. Yong is Eighty
two years old having served his
Country in the Revolutionary struggle
and raised twenty odd children,
he is now in very low circumstances.

I therefore pray you
will give me a certificate for the
purposes above mentioned, without
a certificate from the Commissioner
of the Pension office where the claim
as I understand has been Established.
Page 58

I cannot be able to do any thing
concerning the claim in the State of
Maryland.  With due consideration
and respect I am your obedient Servant
Benjamin P. Tong agent

N. B  if necessary I will show you
the power of attorney given to me
by William Tong for the purposes
above mentioned.
Page 59


Pension Agency, St, Louis, Mo
October 15. 1847

Sir
(illegible) for examination & return
his pension papers of William Tong a
revolutionary pensioner on the Rolls of this
Agency, last paid to 4th September 1846
Very respectfully
your oble.
Wm C. Anderson Agent

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
Page 60

City of Washington Feb 17th 1840

to the honorable
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
having been at
Annapolis Md and to lay the pension
Claim of William Tong before the
honorable Legislature I made
application to George G Brewer of
the Land office to see if he could
find the name of William Tong
on the Muster Rolls of the Revolution.
On Examination the name could
not be found, Mr. Brewer thinks
there was some of the papers of
the Revolutionary war was sent
to the pension office here.

It appears that I must
try and get a copy of the Evidence
on which the claim was established 
I therefore hope you will
give me such information as
may lay in your power.
Mr George G Brewer

wroth you concerning the business
if you have not answered him I humbly
pray you will give me the all the
formation you can so if I may send
it on to G G Brewer the evidence
Page 61

that is now wanting is very
essential to have this claim
Established not with standing
the Certificate I have from
the pension office, your early
attention to this matter will
Confer a favor not to be forgotten.
With high respect your
obe servant Benjamin Long
agent

To
J. L Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
City Washington
D C

W817.1940
Wm Tong
Page 62

State of Maryland, Prince Georges County Court
Personally appears Richard (illegible) before me
ages eight one, last December
a Justice of the peace in and for the County &
State aforesaid, and being duly sworn, says that
he was well acquainted with William Tong, who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that he believes him to be seventy nine years of age;
and he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
of Piscataway where he formerly resided to have
been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that I
concur in that opinion.
Sworn Before John V. Ward
Page 63

Fredericktown Mo June 9th 1853

Sir
Enclosed you will please find the declaration 
of Elizabeth Tong widow of William Tong
decd and the revolutionary soldier, for a renewal
of her pension under the act of July 1853
which you will please examine and
address your obd Sert
David M Fox

To
the Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
⎬
Page 64

Fredericktown Mo April 6th/55
D Sir
Enclosed you will find the claim
of Elizabeth Tong & George Delong for
County land under the act of 3d March 1855
which you will be kind enough to
examine and address.
Our Obt. Servt
David M. Fox

to the Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Page 65

No 44
Elizabeth Tong
Mo
Hon R Smith Jun J amy
9.49

Act 24 July 1848
Page 66

26.749

Md ann
Page 67

FREE
to the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

43.608

(stamp)
FrederickTown 
apr 1
Page 68

10,643
P.O.___
W. O Tong
Service ____

See Soldier A dent  & papers with widow
Elizabeth admit F 1333
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: ______, 18
Application filed: _____ 18
Alleges: _____ 18
18

Rejected
Page 69

State of Missouri
Madison County SS

On this 12th day of May
AD 1853 personally appeared before me one 
of the Justices of the County Court of Madison County
aforesaid, the said Court being one of record, Elizabeth
Tong a resident of the County of Madison afore
said aged about 75 years, who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress
passed the 3d of February 1853 entitled an Act to
continue half pay to certain widows and orphans,
That she is the widow of William Long who was a 
private in the Company commanded by Captain Bell
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel (does not know) in the
revolutionary war, that she was married to said
William Tong on the fourth day of June AD 1796
that her husband the said William Tong died
on the Eight day of February AD 1848.  that she has
remained a widow since the death of her said husband
William Tong, that she is still a widow as will
more fully appear by proof annexed and proof
on file in the Pension Office on pension heretofore
allowed, she further more declares that her said husband
Witham Tong was in his lifetime a pensioner she thinks
under the act of 1836 and that he was recently paid
at the Ft Louis Agency where declarant has been paid
her pension under the Acts of 1848 & 1849 Elizabeth Tong.

Sworn to and subscribed before me
the day and date first above named, and I do hereby certify
that Elizabeth Long who has made the foregoing declaration
Page 70

is unable to attend Court from bodily infirmity. 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand & seal this 12th day of May 1833
James C Bray (seal) Justice of the County Court of
Madison County Missouri

State of Missouri
Madison County  SS
Be it remembered that
on this day 12th of May 1853 personally
appeared before me one of the Justices of the
County Court of Madison County aforesaid
Frederick T. Overfield and Hiram N. Tong
two credible 
persons residents of the County of Madison
aforesaid which persons are to me well know
to be truthful and veracious, who being duly
sworn according to law do declare on oath
that they are acquainted with Elizabeth Tong
who made the foregoing declaration that she
is the widow of William Tong an old Revolutionary
Soldier and she is still a widow she not have
married since the death of the said William
Tong Sworn to & subscribed
before me this 12th day of May 1853
Fred T. Overfield
H. N. Long
James C Berry ⎬one of the Justices of the County Court of Madison County Missouri

State of Missouri
Madison County) SS
Edward Evans Clerk
of the County Court of Madison County aforesaid
do hereby certify that James C. Berryman before whom
the within declaration and foregoing affidavits
Page 71

purports to have been made was
at the time and now is an acting Justice
of the County Court of Madison County afore
said, duly commissioned and qualifed
as such and that full faith and credit
are due all his official acts as such
and that his signature as it appears
above in both places is genuine.
In testimony whereof  I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court at office
in Fredericktown in said
County this 12th day of May
AD 1853
Edward Evans Clerk
Page 72

73.608
Claim of Elizabeth Tong
To Bounty Land
Act 3d March 1855

War of the Revolution

Presented by D.M. Fox
Fredericktown
Mo
Page 73

the affiants to be credible persons; that 
the Claimant is the person she represents
herself to be and that I have no interest
in this Claim.
S. A. Gagnon
Justice of the Peace

State of Missouri 
Madison County ⎬SS
I Edward Evans
Clerk of the County Court of Madison County
in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that
Simon  A Gagnon Esq before whom the foregoing
declaration and affidavit purport to have been
made was at the time an acting Justice
of the peace within and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified as
such and that his signature and
appears above is genuine
Witness my hand & seal
of said Court at office
in Fredericktown in said
County this 5th day of April
AD 1855
Attest Edward Evans Clerk
Page 74

January 23, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
William Tong-W.1333
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. M. Edith C. Elliott
Wayzata
Minnesota

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of William
Tong of Maryland.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1333, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of William Tong.

He was born August 9, 1756 in Prince Georges
County, Maryland, the names of his parents are not
given.

While residing in Prince Georges County, near Bladensburg Maryland,
he enlisted and served as a private with the
Maryland troops, as follows -- from in April, 1776, one
year in Captain Reazin Beall's company under Colonel
Smallwood and was in an engagement on St. Georges
Island; from in April, 1777, one year in Captain
Thomas Dent's company, Colonel Luke Marbury's regiment, 
and was in the battles of Piscataway Creek,
Brandywine, and Germantown.

He lived in Prince Georges County, Maryland
until in 1791, then moved to Washington County, Maryland, 
in 1807 moved to Ohio County, Kentucky), and
in 1819 moved to Madison County, Missouri.

He was allowed pension on his application executed, 
November 23, 1833, at which time he was living
Page 75

in Madison County, Missouri.

He died February 8, 1848 at Mount Vernon, Illinois.

The soldier, William Tong, married in Washington
County, Maryland, Elizabeth Thomas. The marriage license
was issued May 18, 1795.

The widow, Elizabeth Tong, was allowed pension
on her application executed December 4, 1848, then
aged seventy-three years and living in Madison County,
Missouri. In 1855 he was still a resident of said
county.

The soldier and his wife had "numerous children"
no names designated. It is stated that the soldier in
1835 had twenty-two children then alive, and that he
had at that time, grandchildren and great grandchildren,
no names designated.

Theodore F. Tong and Mrs. Ann Cooper stated in
1848 in Madison County, Missouri, that they were the
children of William Tong, by a prior wife, whose name
is not shown.

One Hiram N. Tong in 1853 made affidavit in
Madison County, Missouri, and one Benjamin O. Tong
in 1840 was in Washington, D. C., no relationship
to the family stated.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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awf

November 3, 1927

Mrs. W. H. Metcalf
87 Montell St
Oakland, Calif.

Madam
I have to advise you from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1333, it
appears that William Tong was born August 9,
1756 in Prince George County, Maryland.

While residing in said county, he enlisted
and served as a private with the Maryland Troops,
as follows-

From in April 1776, one year in Captain
Resin Beal's Company, Colonel Smallwood's Regiment,
and was in a battle at St. Georges Island, Maryland;
from in 1777, one year in Captain Thomas Dent's Company,
Colonel Luke Marbury's Regiment, and was in
the battles of Piscataway Creek, Brandywine, and
Germantown.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed November 23, 1833, while a resident of
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Madison County, Missouri. He died February 8, 1848
at Mount Vernon, Illinois.

Soldier married in Washington
County, Maryland, Elizabeth Thomas. License issued May 1879.  She was allowed
pension on her application executed December 4, 1848,
while a resident of Madison County, Missouri, aged
seventy-three years.
In 1858 she still lived there.

They had numerous children, no names are given.

Soldier had children, Theodore F. Tong, and
Mrs. Ann Cooper, by a prior wife, whose name is not
mentioned.  In 1848 they were in made- G - No

In order to make a proper search of the Revolutionary
War records of this Bureau for soldiers
named George and John Rinehart, some of the following
data is essential - approximate dates of birth and death,
places of residence at enlistment and after service, and
first name of widow.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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in 1812 War  Section.
July 20, 1925

Ella Pomeroy
105 N. Gladstone Blvd
Kansas City, Mo.

Madam
I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1333, it appears
that William Tong was born August 9, 1756 in Prince
George County, Maryland.

While residing in said county, he enlisted in
April 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain
Rezin Beal's Company, Colonel Smallwood's Maryland
Regiment, and was in a battle at St. Georges
Island, Maryland.

He enlisted in March 1777 and served one year
as a private in Captain Thomas Dent's Company, Colonel Luke Marbury's Maryland Regiment, and was in the
battles of Piscataway Creek, Brandywine and Germantown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 23, 1833, while a resident of Madison
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County, Missouri. He died February 8, 1848 at Mount
Vernon, Illinois.

Soldier married in Washington County, Maryland,
Licensed May 18, 1795, 
Elizabeth Thomas; they had numerous
children, no names stated.

Soldier had children, Theodore F. and Mrs. Ann
Cooper, by a prior wife, whose name is not given.

Widow Elizabeth was allowed pension on her
application executed December 4, 1848, while living in
Madison County, Missouri, aged seventy-three years.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Washington, D. C., ______ 192
In reply to your request of _______, for the history of William Tong, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the _______ claim for pension.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED | STATE

CAPTAIN | COLONEL
 
War 1776 | 1 yr. | Pvt. | [illegible] Beal | Smallwood | MD
War 1777 | 1 yr. | " | [illegible] | [illegible] Marbury

Battles engaged in, [illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pickaway Key, Brandywine
Date of application for pension, [illegible]
Residence at date of application, [illegible]
Age at date of application, [illegible]
Remarks: [illegible]

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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AMERICAN LEGION, Wabash Post No. 423
MT. CARMEL, ILLINOIS

B J WALTER.
DEPT OF MILITARY RECORDS
AND GRAVES REGISTRATION
October 21st, 1935.

The Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Please furnish the pension record and any other
information available of a one William Tong who served
under Captain Rezin Beal and Col. Smallwood also in
Captain Dent's Co., and Col. Luke Marbury's regiment
during the war of the Revolution.

This soldier died in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County,
Illinois.

Very truly yours
Dept. of Military Records
and graves Registration,
American Legion,

Wabash Post #425

(stamp)
Received
OCT 22 1998
MAN SUB-DIV.
Vets Adm
Reader #28
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G.W. Grangin, President
C.S. Slagle, Vice President
R.D White, Treasurer
M. M. RHODES, Secretary & Gen Mgr

WHITE-GRANDIN LUMBER COMPANY, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS
CALCASIEU LONG LEAF PINE
CAPITAL STOCK $3,000,000.00
Slagle, La.,
February 20, 1926

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War Records Section
Washington, D. C.

Hon. Commissioner:

Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary
record of William Tong as the same is disclosed by the claim
for soldiers and widows' pensions on record in your office.
I am informed that he enlisted in April 1776 and March 1777
under Colonels Smallwood and Marbury - Capt. Beal and Dent.
The record will no doubt show the dates of his marriages and the
names of the children of each marriage.

If there is any charge for this information,
please advise and I will promptly remit.
Yours
ours very truly,
H.H Rhodes
H. H. Rhodes

HHR:  CC
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HERBERT C. VARNEY
GENEALOGIST
743 ICLEHART AVENUE
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

St. Paul, Minn. Jan. 28, 1923.

Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

A few days ago I wrote you
for a copy of the Revolutionary record of
William Tong, Tonge or Tongue a pensioner
who died in 1848.

In that letter I stated that he was of
Maryland; his residence and service at the
time of the war probably was Maryland, but
I have since learned that he died in
Mt. Vernon, Jefferson county, Missouri.

Respectfully,
H. C. Varney

743 Iglehart Ave.
St. Paul, Minn.

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Pension Office USA
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Sep 8 1925

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen
Will you please send me a copy (if it exists)
of the pension application of a Mr. Tong who applied
for pension while he was living in Gallatin Co. Ill.
He was then 90 yrs.  It was in 1840.

Thanking you for the favor,
Very truly yours
(Miss) E. M. Rowell

This is William Tong W.1333

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GARFIELD W. BROWN
PUBLIC EXAMINER
Office of the Public Examiner
Saint Paul

Jan. 26, 1923
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

In connection with the
verification of an application for membership
in the Minnesota Society D.A.R.
will you kindly send me a copy
of the Revolutionary record of
William Tong, Tonge or Tongue a
revolutionary pensioner from Maryland
who died in 1848.
Respectfully
A.C. Varney
State Registrar

743 Iglehart Ave
St. Paul Minn

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Pension Office USA
Jan 27 1923