Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23778, for John Longstreth, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE                                            NUMBER
Penn.            Longstreth, John          S. 23778
                     or Lonstreth

Ind War 1794-5.
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Date of death not in AB

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25.885          
Pennsylvania
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John Longstreth
of Bedford Co. in the State of Penn
who was a Pvt/Lt in the Company commanded
by Captain Bell of the Regt commanded
by Col Miflin in the Pennsylvania 
line for -
4 Mo Pv                      $13.33 1/3
2 " Lieutenant                26.66 1/3
                                       40.09
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania-
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 22d day of January 1832- and Sent to Postmaster, Licking Creek, Bedford

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833            100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34    20.00
                                                             $120.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book C. Vol. 5 Page 36-
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26.772
John Longstreth


Postmaster at 
Licking Creek
Bedford Co. 
Pa.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.

State of Pennsylvania    }
and County of Bedford  } ss.

On this 23d day of August 1833 personally appeared (crossed out) before John F. Davis a (crossed out) Justice of the Peace (crossed out) John Longstreth a resident of Bedford Township, in the County of Bed-ford, and state of Pennsylvania, aged eighty one 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 was born near Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania A.D. 1751 or 2 came to reside in Bedford County in the State previous to the revolutionary war where I resided at the time I entered service and now the place of my residence. 

That he entered the service of the United States under the fol-lowing named officers, and served as herein stated.  entered the service (volenteerd) [sic] in later end of Septr or begining [sic] of Octr 1776 called the flying Camp; under Capt Andrew Hines of (illegible) Hancock town state of Maryland (Tour of service for three months) Marchd, rapidly through Hagerstown, York, Lan-caster, Philadelphia, Trenton, Princeton,  Bromswick to Amboy then to Dodges Ferrey [sic] on the North River our Company there Joined the Brigade Genl Bell, Coln Mifflin Lt Col Shryhock.  Marchd in the night to Fort Lee expected to cross the River early in the morning to assist at the Battle at Fort washington, whilst taking a little Breakfast, an Armed Vessel came up the River took command of the Ferrey [sic]  prevented our crossing; Fort washington was taken that day in our view, a day or two after our Army Marched to Hackensack Bridge there halted was drawn up & found. expected to be attacked by the British; after a day or two Marchd, to second River Bridge  thence to Marathon Bridge thence Princeton thence, to Trenton and crossing the Delaware River our Army halted ( the rather cold December far advanced) and such whose term of service was nearly expired Marched to Philadelphia (before we arrived at Philadelphia we had good offers, in case we did again engage in the service & return to our Army but declined) was Discharged at Philadelphia & return home to Bedford County
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again entered the service in the militia. Drafted for two Months in the fall of the year 79 assembled at Bedford Capt Rush commanded our Company  Marchd under Major Longstreth guards (illegible) & amunition, [sic] carried on pack Horses, out to the twelve mile Run Lagoneer Valley returnd to Fort Lagoneer thence.  Marched back to Bedford County and on expiration of the term or Tour was Dis=charged and returnd home.  again entered the service in the Militia  Drafted for two Months (being then a Lieutenant and served a two Months tour in that capacity) in June 78 assembled at Fredrk, (illegible) Belfast Township ( Then Bethel) Captn Davis com=manded the Company Marchd to Pipers, in sd County of Bedford served there five weeks, then Marched to Bedford and there Joined an Army composed of Militia & Volenteers: [sic] ( Captn Daves remaind at Pipers with a small number of his Company) the command De=solved on sd, applicant being the Lieutenant of a Company and marchd under Coln Davison ( Coln Martin & Captain Beard accomp=panyed the partie called the grand scout traversed a Wilderness in search of Hostile Indians crossed the Allegheny Mountain the head Waters of the Cone=maragh & Blacklick crossed the Dividing Ridge between sd Waters & that of the Susquehanna River thence to Ghent creed then over clearfield crossed the Allegheny Mountains to Fredericktown and thence to Pipers found no Indians, the Country was explored was uninhabited, the term of service having expired was Discharged & returnd, home in Bedford County has since  Joind in some scouting excurtions [sic] none of them for more than six or seven days at a time after the Indians during the revolutionary war. that he has no documentary evidence of this service and that he knows of no person whose testimoney [sic] he can procure who can testify to his service.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  Sworn to & Subscribed the 23rd of August 1833 before me John F. Davis J. P. .   John Longstreth X his mark I do certify that John Longstreth herein named an applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court trial  his answers to the interrogatories prescrib=ed by the War Department  was put to him answers chiefly embodied in Declartion [sic] before me John F. Davis
We Moses Starr a Clergyman residing in Belfast Township Bedford County and Jacob Molottsen residing in ( the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Longstreth who has subscribed and sworn
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And the said Judge do hereby declare his Opinion, after the invest=gation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department ( the answers at length are all written and sent to the War Department with the Declaration) that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Moses Stan who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the Township of Belfast and Coun=ty of Bedford and that Jacob Molott senr who has also sign-ed the same is a resident of the same Township & County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to cre=dit And also further certifies that the above named applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Jno. Dickey
And the Judge further certifies that Jacob Molott senr ( above certified) Daniel Dannels, & George Sipe certified & sworn before me the 15th of Nov last 1833, residents in the Township of Belfast & County of Bedford are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit.
Jona. Dickey
December 10th 1833
State of Pennsylvania
Bedford County So. I, Job Mann Prothonotary ( or clerk) of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County of Bedford in the State of Penna. do certify that the Honble. John Dickey before when the forgoing Depositions, appear to have been made was at the time thereof and now is an Afsociate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Bedford duly Commifsioned and qualified by legal authority & acting as Such - And that the Signatures " Jno. Dickey, " thereto and genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Bedford the 23rd day of November A.D. 1833.
Job Mann, Prothy.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congrefs pafsed June 7th 1832.
State of Pennsylvania
and County of Bedford
On this 15th day of November 1833 personally appeared before John Dickey a Judge of the Court of Bedford County John Longstreth a resident of Belfast Township in the County of Bedford and State of Pennsylvania aged eighty one 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 Congrefs pafsed June 7th 1832.  That all the statements, and Traditionary ordence exhibited in the Declaration made before John F. Davis, a Justice of the peace dat=ed the 23rd day of August 1833.  to which this additional evidence is now attached thereto are Just and true, and further with That previous to said applicants, entering the service a Lieutenant in June 1781 he had received from Philadelphia his Commifsion as Lieutenant signed but cannot recollect by whom it was signed That being absent from home three years an enlisted Soldier under Genl Wane against the Indians, in 1794-5 ssaid applicant returned home the Commifsion was lost and has not seen it since That three persons (oir) Jacob Molott Daniel Dannels and George Sipe Sent as privates served in the same Company this two months Tour of Mlitia duty whose Testimony is now proceered and will Testify that sd applicant was their Lieutenant during that Tour
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid before me.
John his mark X Longstreth
Jno. Dickey
1st interrogatories Ansr I was born near na state of Pennsylvania A.D. 1751 or 2
2nd " I have no record of my age
3rd " in Bedford County state of Penna and during R. War, & I yet reside
4th " first 3 months Volenteerd the two Tours of 2 months each Drafted Militia
5 " first 3 mo tour Genl Bell Coln Mifflen saw Fort Washington taken, had marchd in the night to Fort Lee an armed Vefsel prevented from crofsing the river, Marchd thence to Hackensack Bridge to second River Bridge to Baraltan Bridge to Princeton to Trenton Crofsed to Delaware River  Discharged at Philadelphia
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5th interrogatorie  Ans  first 2 mo tour a Private.  Drafted Malitia under a Major Command Major Longstreth (commander) guarded arms & ammunition to Lagoneer valley returned to Fort Lagoner thence to Bedford was Discharged second 2 mo tour a Lieutenant Drafted Malitia Captn Davis marchd to Pipers; the greater part of the Company marchd to Bedford Joind the grand scout under the Command of Coln Davison (the Command of our Company devolved on said applicant as Lieutenant) marchd over the Allegheney Mountain in search of Hostile Indians found none. traversed a Wildernefs uninhabited returned by Frankstown to Pipers having spent three weeks in this scout our term expired was Discharged
6th as a soldier.  Ansr I believe I did, but recollect the Discharges was thought of no value was frequently lost or thrown away.  I do not recollect by whom any was signed if any was saved they were lost Army Commifsion
(crossed out)  Officer  Ansr  A Lieutenants Commifsion I recd from some proper Authority and signed, but cannot recollect by whom it was signed, the Com=mifsion has long since been lost and I have it not.
7th Ansr Revrd Moses Starr Jacob Molott senr John Noble James Austin P.M. John F. Davis Esqr. & others for their Certificate accompinging
We Jacob Molott senr Daniel Dannels and George Sipe senr residing in Bel=fast Township Bedford County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Longstreth who has Subscribed and sworn to the preceeding and above Declarations that we believe him to be 81 years of age That we saw him in the service an Officer in the Revolutionary War That in June of 1781 being Drafted Malitia for 2 months Tour which tour we served under sd applicant being our Lieutenant during the term of two months and do concurr in the statements made by him relative to the Officers of the Company, Coln Davison Commanding the Grand Scout (so called) (crossed out) and in general all the circumstances connected therewith as related by said applicant . George Sipe being personally with him in all that circuitous Tour exploring near the Susquehanna River an uninhabited tract of Country and returning into the inhabited part of Bedford County; was Discharged. Jacob Molott senr Daniel Cannels was not along in the grand scout but do hereby concurr in all the certifi-cate exceping what relates to that matter. 
Jacob Mellott Daniel Daniels George Sipe 
 sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Jno. Dickey
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above Declaration that we believe him to be 81 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 concurr in that Opinion.
Moses Starr
Jacob Mellott
sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
befour me John F. Davis J.P.
State of Pennsylvania
Bedford County Sct. I Job Mann Prothonotary (or Clerk, of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Bedford in the State of Penna. do hereby Certify that John F. Davis Esquire before whom the foregoing and within proceedings appear to have been had and taken, and whose name is sub-scribed to the same was at the time of the date thereof and now is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Bedford duly commifsioned and qualified by legal authority and acting as such and that the signature thereto is genuine.  John F. Davis
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bedford the 29th day of August A.D. 1833 one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Job Mann Prothy.
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2h.772
John Longstreth
Penna
(crossed out)
Adm 4. Months priv
  "      2      "       Lieut-


Post Master
Licking Creek
Bedford Co
Pa.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
3rd Dec. 1833

Sir:

   The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and the papers 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 exists, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed, The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These 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, showing the Service of John Longstreth. 

Period when the service was rendered/Duration of the claimant's service/Rank of claimant/Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served/Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service/Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1776/3months/priv/Gen. Bell/81 years Bedford Co. Pa/Traditionary and living witnesses.
1779/2 months/priv/Col. Mifflin/81 years Bedford Co Pa/Traditionary Evidence and living witnesses.
1781/2 months/Major Longstreth/81 years Bedford Co. Pa/Traditionary and living witnesses.

 Living witnesses not certified to by credible - See note first.

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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July 20, 1939
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John Longstreth
S. 23778
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Joseph W. Carroll
Gordon Hotel
916 - 16th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Madam:

    The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, S. 23778, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of John Longstreth or Lonstreth (surname shown under both spellings).

    John Longstreth or Lonstreth was born in 1751 or 1752 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The names of his parents were not given.  He moved to Bedford County, Pennsylvania, prior to the Revolutionary War.

    While a resident of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered in September or October, 1776, and served three months as private in Captain Andrew Hines' company of the FLyng Camp, under Colonel Mifflin in the Pennsylvania troops.  He enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served two months as private in Captain Rush's company, under Major Longstreth (relationship not shown), in the Pennsylvania troops.  He was commissioned lieutenant and entered the service in 1781 and served two months as such in Captain Davis' company under Colonel Davison in the Pennsylvania troops.  He served subsequently on scouting tours of a few days each, at various times, against the Indians during the Revolution, no details given.

    John Longstret or Longstreth served, also, in 1794 and 1795 under General Wayne against the Indians.

    He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

    It is not shown in the claim whether John Longstreth or Lonstreth ever married.
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   In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Joh Longstrath or Longstreth, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
 
John Longtreth
Certificate #25885, issued January 22, 1834
Rate, $40 per annum
Commended March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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We the undernamed Subscribers hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Longstreth who is now applying for a pension that he is of good character for Varacity that we believ him to be 81 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revo=lution and that we concur in that opinion.
August 1833
William Griffith
William Noble 
Ludwick Betz
Henry Hughes
John Noble
Jacob Houser
John F Davis
Joseph B. Noble
David Humphrey
George Dansdill
James Austin 
Daniel Stright
Andrew Tenddecker
Jacob Mellott
Nehamiah Crofson
John Kerr
Abram Eshleman
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23778
INVALID
revolutionary

File No. 23,778
Jonh Longstreth
Lieut.  Rev.  War

Act: June 7th, '32.
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 245
{Arrangement of 1970.}

1926 July 28 - Hist to Hon. J.L. Mulligan 
for Mrs. S.B. Evans.                          MMHF
1927 May 19 - Hist. to Mrs. M.L. Ramells.
1929 Dec. 21 Hist. to Mr. Ulysses W. McCaughey.
1939 July 20 - Hist. to Mrs. Jos. W. Carroll (Ltr included S42126 of John Clancey)           WLB
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879 Elmore Ave.
Akron, Ohio, Oct. 26, 1929.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
 
Dear Sir:

I shall be pleased to have you give me such information as you have relative to John Longstreth ( possibly Longstreach His Revolutionary War pension claim as I have it is S.23778.
I am interested in his war record, his family, his place of residence, the pension he drew, the time and place of his death.  Do your records cover his services under General Wayne in western Ohio in 1794 and 1795?
Uours very truly,
Ulysses M. Mcleaughey

Postmark reads:  Pension Office U.S. OCT 29 1929
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THEO. WEBB, PRESIDENT.
HAMDEN, OHIO

W.E. CAMPBELL, VICE PRES. 
RADCLIFF, OHIO

HARVEY STEVENS, TREAS. AND SERVICE MG'R
MCARTHUR, OHIO

THE VINTON COUNTY
FARM BUREAU

U. S. Pension Office.
Rev. Soldier Dept.
Washington. D.C.
Please advise me if. there is on your Rev. pension list a record of pensions paid to John Longstreth of Penn. and if. so, have you the name of his wife and the county from which he enlisted.
Where would I write in order to get a record of the Census of 1790 0r 1800?
Thanks for the information.
(Mrs.) Mary L. Rannells
New Plymouth 
Ohio.
Mar. 10th 1927
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Sixty-Eighth Congress
Royal c. Johnson, S. Dakota., Chairman
Homer P. Snyder, N.Y.
Robert Luce, Mass.
William N. Vaile, Colo.
Randolph Perkins, N.J.
R. G. Fitzgerald, Ohio
James H. MacLafferty, Calif.
Bird J. Vincent, Mich.
Ernest W. Gibson, Vt.
George A. Welsh, Pa.
Robert G. Simmons, Iowa
Carl Hayden, Ariz.
Thomas H. Cullen, N.Y.
A.L. Bulwinkle, N.C.
John E. Rankin, Miss.
Lamar Jeffers, Ala.
Jacob L. Milligan, Mo.
Gordon Browning, Tenn.
William P. Connery, Jr., Mass.
Millard E. Tydings, Md.
Carl M. Walker, Clerk.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE UNITED STATES
COMMITTEE ON
WORLD WAR VETERANS' LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
July 25, 1925

Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

    I am enclosing herewith two letters I have received from Mrs. S. B. Evans, Cameron, Missouri, in which she makes inquiry as to the service rendered by he grandfather, John Longstreth, during the Revolutionary War.  These two letters contain all the information I have in the matter and if from them you can locate anything for Mrs. Evans will be greatly appreciated by me. 
                                   Very truly yours,
                                          //s//
                                  J.L. Milligan
JLM/1
P.S. Please return enclosures.
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July 20, 1939
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BA-J/MLB
Mrs. Joseph W. Carroll
Gordon Hotel
916 - 16th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Madam:

    Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Longstrath of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, who served, also, under General Wayne, 1794-1795, and John Clancy or Clancey of Logtown, Maryland, who received pension and later lived in Jefferson County, Ohio, and the War of 1812 record of Wilkes Bosman or Wilks Bozman of Maryland.  You desire to know, also, the burial places of these soldiers. 

    There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the War of 1812 of a Wilkes Bosman, under any spelling of his name.

    The Revolutionary War records of John Longstreth and John Clancey are furnished you herewith. 

   This office has no information relative to the places of death or burial of any of the soldiers named above.

                                     Very truly yours,

                                     A.D. Hiller
                                     Executive Assistant
                                     to the Administrator
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Copied by N.C.S.
from list, written 
by M.M.H.F.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

December 21, 1929

Mr. Ulysses M. McCaughey
879 Elmore Ave.
Akron, Ohio

Dear sir:

   I advise you that from the papers in the revolutionary War pension claim S.23778, it appears that John Longstrath or Longstreth was born in 1751 or 1752 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    While a resident of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered in September or October, 1776, and served three months as a private in Captain Andrew Hines' Company of the Flying Camp, under Colonel Mifflin in the Pennsylvania troops, then enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served two months as private in Captain Rush's Company under Major Longstreth in said troops.

    He was commissioned lieutenant and entered the service in 1781 and served two months as such in Captain Daivs' Company under Colonel Davison in the Pennsylvania Troops.  He served subsequently in scouting tours of a few days each, at various times, against the Indians during the Revolution, no details given.

    He also served in 1794 and in 1795 under General Wayne.

    He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1833, while living in Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

    There are no data relative to his family in said claim.

    In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possible date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing thoe following data:

John Longstreth 25885, issued January 22, 1834, rate &40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pa. Agency.

                               Very truly yours

                                E.W. Morgan
                                Acting Commissioner
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(Revolutionary and18)12 Wars Section     MMHF

May 19, 1927

Mrs. Mary L. Rannelle
New Plymouth, Ohio

Madam:

    I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.23778 it appears that John Longstrath, or Longstreth, was born in 1751 or 1752 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

     While a resident of Bedford County, Pennsylvania he volunteered in September or October 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain Andrew Hines' Company of the Flying Camo, under Colonel Mifflin in the Pennsylvania troops, then enlisted in the fall 1779 and served two months as private in Captain Rush's Company under Major Longstreth in said troops. 

    He was commissioned Lieutenant and entered the service in 1781 and served two months as such in Captain Davis's Company under Colonel Davison in the Pennsylvania Troops.  He served subsequently in scouting tours of a few days each, at various times, against the Indians during the Revolution, no
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details given.
    He also served in 1794 and in in 1795 under General Wayne.
    He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1833, while living in Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
    There is no data on file as to his family.

                                    Respectfully,

                                    Winfield Scott
                                     Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section                  MMHF

July 28, 1926

Honorable J. L. Milligan
House of Representatives

My Dear Mr. Millian:

   In response to your letter of the 26th instant, with two letters enclosed from Mrs. S. B. Evans of 408 West Fourth Street, Cameron, Missouri, I have the honor to advise you that the revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to John Lanstreth.

    You are herewith furnished the history of John Longstreth, the only soldier of similar name found on said records. 

   From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 23778 it appears that John Longstrath, or Longstreth, was born in 1751 of 1752 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    While a resident of Bedford County, Pennsylvania he volunteered in September of October 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain Andrew Hines; Company of the Flying Camp, under Colonel Mifflin in the Pennsylvania troops, then enlisted in the fall of 1778 and served two
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months as a private in Captain Rush's Company under Major Longstreth in said troops.

    He was commissioned Lieutenant and entered the service in 1781 and served two months as such, in Captain Davis' Company under Colonel Davison in the Pennsylvania Troops.  He served subsequently os scouting tours of a few days each, at various times, against the Indians during the revolution, no details given.

    He also served in 1794 and n 1795 under General Wayne.

    He was allowed pension in his application executed August 23, 1833, while living in Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

    There is no data on file as to his family.

    In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you apply to the record Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. citing all of the following date:
John Longstreth, Certificate No. 25885, issued January 22, 1834, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.

                                     Very truly yours,
                                     Winfield Scott
                                      Commissioner.
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