Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6431 1/2, for Aaron Longstreet, New Jersey
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Service New Jersey
Longstreet, Aaron
Number 
R. 6431 1/2
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N.York,
Aaron Longstreet-
Claim under the act of the 
of May  15 1828
By Henry Ogden Attorney-
Let 13 April 1852
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State  of New York
New York City County
On this tenth day of December AD 1857 personally  appeared before the subscribing authority in open Court William Longstreet a resident of South Brunswick in the county of Middlesex and Stat3e of New Jersey aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth in his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed May 15th 1828.
That he was the sole executor of his Father, and that he, together with Elisabeth Rule, Aaron Longstreet, and Ufame Bastedo, are the only surviving children of Captain Aaron Longstreet, a resident of the County and State above written, and who died on the 25th May 1829; that the said Aaron Longstreet commanded a Company in the year AD 1776 as this Declarent believes, in a Regiment commanded by a Colonel Chambers; that the said Longstreet, afterwards serve3d as Captain in the Regiment commanded by a Colonel Nelson, and also in the Regiment as he believes commanded by a Colonel Schudder to the close of the Revolution; that he has heard his Father say, that he served as Captain at "Powles Hook", and that afterwards he was stationed at a place called "Steels Gap" in New Jersey during one winter; that he was at the battles of Monmouth, and Trenton and various other places, the names of which this Declarent does not recollect, from the length of time since his Father's death; and this declarent further states that his mother died in the month of April 1832, and that the reason why this application was not made previous to this time is, that which very recently he was ignorant of the provision of the Act of Congress passed the 15th May 1828.
And this Declarent now asks in his own name and in behalf of his brother and sisters
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the amount of the pension which was due his Father at the time of his death,
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written
William Longstreet in Open Court
George W Riblet
Clerk
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be it known that at a court of common plea was held at the city hall in and for the city and county of New york the same being a court of record personally appeared Runyan  Longstreet a resident  of said county and city aged forty nine years and made oath in due form of law and on his oath states that he is a son of William Longstreet who is now a resident of the county of middlesex in the state of New Jersey and who made the annexed declaration and that this deponants father the said William Longstreet is a son of Aaron Longstreet deceased a late resident of the county of middlesex in the state of New Jersey and that the said Aaron Longstreet died at his residence in the county of middlesex aforesaid on the 25th day of May 1829 and left Ann his widow and that she died in the month of April 1832 and hat the said Aaron Longstreet left his surviving tRule and Aaron Longstreet and  Ufame Bastedo and William Longstreet who made the annexed declaration and that they are now the only surviving children of the said Aaron Longstreet deceased and that they are all of lawful age this deponant further states that he has often heard the said Aaron Longstreet in his life time in conversation say that he was a Capt and had a company under his command in the state of New Jersey and that the said Aaron Longstreet always bore a good charm as an officer and friend to his country in the time of the war of the Revolution ever since this deponants earliest recollection 
Runyan  Longstreet 
sworn in open court the 10th day of December 1851
George W Riblet
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the amount of pension that was due his father



I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Runyon Longstreet who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit for the last twenty years he being a resident of this place and residing in or near this until recently and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and his testimony worthy of full confidence
William Bastedo
Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Middlesex state of New Jersey
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state of New Jersey
Middlesex County
Charles  Oliver being sworn saith that he is fifty five years of age, and a resident of the town of Kingston in said county and state during his life; that he was well acquainted with Captain Aaron Longstreet for fifteen years of the latter part of his life and was present and witnessed his death which event took place in the twenty fifth day of May 1829 eighteen hundred and twenty nine. This deponent knows that the said Captain Aaron Longstreet died on that day from recollection, and also by a 'record' which he made about the period of his death, in his family bible, the wife of this Deponent being the granddaughter of the said Captain Longstreet; and this deponent further states that the said Captain Aaron Longstreet, was reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he lived and died, to have been a Captain in the New Jersey Line, and to have engaged for and served, in the war of the Revolution until its close; and such is the belief of this Deponent founded on the fact that the said Aaron Longstreet was often applied to by applicants under the "Act of Congress of 1818" and subsequent 'Acts' for his testimony in relation to their service; and this Deponent further saith that William Longstreet Elisabeth Rule, Aaron Longstreet and Ufame Bastedo are the only surviving children of the said Captain Aaron Longstreet . And further this Deponent saith not 
Charles Oliver
Subscribed and sworn before me this twenty fifth day of December 1857
The name William Longstreet interlined before executing
William P Bastedo 
Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid
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I hereby certify that I have been intimately acquainted with the Charles Oliver who has subscribed and sworn to the witness affidavit for over thirty years and as know him to be a man of truth and veracity and his testimony worthy of full confidence.
William I Bastedo
Justice of the Peace
Middlesex County
New Jersey
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State of  New Jersey
Middlesex County
Satisfactory evidence has this day been adduced before the Subscribing Authority, that CaptainAaron Longstreet, late a resident of Kingston in the County and State above written died on the twenty fifth day of May Eighteen Hundred and twenty nine, and that William Longstreet, Elisabeth Rule, Aaron Longstreet and Ufame Bastedo are his only surviving children.
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this twenty seventh day of December 1851.
Peter P Runyon 
President Judge of the County of Common Pleas in for the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey
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State of New Jersey 
I Nicholas Booraem of Middlesex County of the aforesaid county do certify that Peter  P Runyon Esq whose name is subscribed in his written instrument is a Judge of the inferior Court of Common Pleas for said County, and that I believe this signature to be genuine, and do further certify that William I Bastedo whose name is subscribed to the written affidavit is such was at  the time of taking the same as Justice of the Peace in and for said county such that I believe the written signature to be genuine.
In witness whereof I have hence marks set my hand and affixe the seal of said county at New Brunswick this twenty seven day of December AD Eighteen hundred and fifty  one
N. Booraem Clerk
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Aaron Longstreet-R.6431/2
Mrs Louis A. Coolidge
162 Central Avenue
Milton, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the  Revolutionary War record of Aaron Longstreet of New Jersey, and if there be  two soldiers by that name, that you be furnished the records of both,
The Revolutionary War record of Aaron Longstreet which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim R.6431/2m, based upon his service in that war.  This is the record of the only Aaron Longstreet that is found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The date and place of birth of Aaron Longstreet are not shown, nor are the names of his parents given,  He married Ann, her maiden name is not given nor is it stated when and where they were married.  He died May 25, 1829 in Middlesex County, New Jersey, and his widow Ann, died sometime in April, 1832.
They  left the following children: William Longstreet, Elizabeth Rule, Aaron Longstreet, and Ufame or Ufaine Bastedo.
On December 10, 1851, William Longstreet of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, then aged eighty four years, applied for pension in behalf of himself and the above-named children, and stated that his father, Aaron Longstreet, commanded a company from sometime in 1776 in
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the New Jersey troops, under Colonels Chambers, Neilson and Scudder, was in the battles of Trenton and Monmouth, and served until the close of the war.
The pension was not allowed as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished. 
Runyan Longstreet, son of the within named William Longstreet, ws living in New York City in 1851, then aged forty-nine years.
Charles Oliver of Kingston, Middlesex County, New Jersey in 1851 and aged fifty-five years, stated that his wife was the granddaughter of the soldier, Aaron Longstreet, but he did not give the name of his wife.
One William I. Bastedo in 1851 was Justice of the Peace in Middlesex County, New Jersey, no relationship above.
Very truly yours, 
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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New York Dec 30 1857
Sir/
As attorney of the claimants , I herewith enclose the claim of the heirs of Aaron Longstreet, for the pension that was due to him at the date of his death; under  the act of Congress of the 15  May 1828
I trust upon examination you will find, that he served  to the close of  the War of the Revolution, and that he was entitled to the benefit of the aforesaid cut
As I am a total stranger to you, I must refer you to my friend J L Smith Esq. first auditor of the Treasurer.
By causing an early investigation into this claim you will truly oblige me-
very  respectfully
your obedient Henry Ogden
Attorney
To/The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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H Ogden
April 13/32
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Pension Office
April 13, 1832
Sir:
I have examined the papers filed here by you claiming a pension under the Act of 15 May 1828 in right of Aaron Longstreet, who, it is alleged served as Captain in the New Jersey Continental Line to the close of the war.  We have the rolls of that Line in this Office.  I have carefully examined them, but cannot his name on them in any capacity or for any time.  To become enrolled under the Act of 15 May 1828, an officer or soldier must have enlisted for during the war and actually served to the end thereof.  Unless you can establish the service no allowance can be made.
Henry Ogden Esq
New York
NY
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.....Ex'r. Old War.
No. 6431 1/2
Acts of July 14,1862, and March 3, 1873.
Aaron Longstreet

Rejected
Rejected Case NJ
Application filed:
Attorney:
P.O.

1928 Dec 11
Hist to Avery J Rule
her letter in claim
of Wm. Bastedo  W 3921 MEE
1933 Sept 24 hist to Louis A Coolidge
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162 Central Avenue
Milton, Massachusetts
September 14/35
Received September 16 1935Mail Sub-Div.
Vets Adm Reader 23
Commissioner of Pensions 
Dept of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir- 
Will you kindly give me any data  your office contains regarding The Revolutionary War service of Aaron Longstreet of New Jersey and did he receive a pension?
I had been informed that there were at least two Aarons Longstreet and if I could have the complete record of both during the war and after, it would be of great service to me -
Cordially yours,
Helen J. Coolidge
(Mrs. Louis A.)
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Oho,
Aaron Longstreet
Act. May 15, 1828,
N. York
Lit. 13th April 1852
File No 6431 1/2
Henry Ogden
N. York
N.Y.
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Service
New  Jersey
Longstreet, Aaron

Number
R.6431 1/2
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December 11, 1928
Dr. Amy J. Rule
The Netherlands Apartment
1860 Columbia Road
Washington, D. C.
Madam;
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 6431 1/2, it appears that Aaron Longstreet died at his residence in Middlesex County, New Jersey, on ay 15, 1829, and his widow, Ann, diedin April 1832.
On December 10, 1851, William Longstreet of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, aged eighty-four years, applied for pension in behalf of himself, Elizabeth Rule, Aaron Longstreet, and Ufame Bastedo, the only surviving children of Aaron Longstreet, and stated that his father enlisted in 1776, served as captain in the New Jersey Troops under Colonels Chambers, eilson and Scudder to the close of the Revolution and was in the battles of Trenton and Monmouth.
The pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as required by the pension
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laws.
Runyan Longstreet, son of the above named William, was living in New York City in 1851, then aged forty-nine years.
Charles Oliver of Kingston, Middlesex County, New Jersey in 1851, then aged fifty-five years, married soldier's granddaughter, her name is not given.
One William Bastedo appears as a Justice of the Peace in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in 1851, no relationship stated.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to any John Rule
Respectfully, Winfield Scott
Commissioner.