Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22365, for Alexander Long, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE  Penn
Long, Alexander
NUMBER  S.22365
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See letter 24 Dec ’34   
To Hon J. Banks 
21.187    
Pittsburgh Agency   
Alexander Long     
of Brewer Co in the State of Penn who was a P in the Company commanded by Captain Denny of the Regt commanded by Col in the Penn’a line for   [unreadable] 2 JS P   $30.22           
Inscribed on the Roll of  P’a  Agency the rate of 30 Dollars 22 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.    
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Mch 34  and sent to 
1134 Hon  J. Banks. H. R. [House of Representatives]           
 Arrears to the 4th of Mch 34 - 90, 66     
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 34     15.11            
$105 77      
No
{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832}          
Recorded by J. T. Spragen Clerk           
Book  C  Vol.   5    Page 83
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State of Pennsylvania           
Beaver County              
Personally appeared in open Court before the Hon John Breclin President and his associate judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County is of Beaver on the eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty four Alexander Long who in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the 7th of June AD 1832 for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution who after being duly sworn according to law made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit aforesaid     
To wit  That he was born in the County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania on the third day of October in the year 1750 and is now in the 77th year of his age    that in the year of 1778 on the sixteenth day of December he volunteered under Captain David Denny - he does not recollect the names of the other officers except his Colonel and General who were Col. Garner and General Potter we marched from Brandywine meeting house (where the rendezvous was) near to Kennett Square where
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where General Potters division lay   the company to which said declarant joined belonged to the Eighth Class Penn’a Malitia - the Brittish army or a part of it lay about four miles from us said declarant was one that assisted in taking four wagon load of flour from the Enemy being stored in a Tories Mill and guarded by the Brittish - That he remained in the army until the 18th March - That on said 18th March he was regularly discharged by his captain but said discharge was oral. That he served in this tour three months and two days was in no battles - that his age was recorded in his fathers bible from which he took it and put it in his own          
That he volunteered under Captain Robert Byers and was (he being a good horseman) put to haul bomb shells and cannon balls from Gruls furnace in Lancaster County State aforesaid to Phil’a from and furnace to Phila - he cannot tell certainly the day or month that he entered under Captain Byers but knows it was in the winter -  this tour he served three months and was regularly discharged by his captain
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the discharge was not written. He was at two or three other times called upon in the militia and is certain of having served a than three months beside the time aforesaid    
The declarant further states that in the year 1791 he removed to Allegheny Co State aforesaid where he volunteered the same year under Capt Cristy names of the other officers not recollected. Marched from little sugar creek in the fall of the same year (the month not recollected) to the Kiskiminetas to one Chambers Station where he remained three months  He was in no battle this tour but the indians were around in the neighborhood yet we could not get up with them - that he removed from Allegheny County aforesaid to Beaver Co State aforesaid in the year 1807 where he has since resided           
He mention Genl Samuel Power and John K Shannon Esquire as gentlemen to testify as to his character for truth and as to their belief of his service as a soldier in the revolution as well as that he is of the
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age he has set forth - he hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension or annuity except the present and declares that        Alex Long
*Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day 8th of March AD 1834 
James Logan Pro               
We Samuel Power and John R. Shannon do hereby certify that we are acquainted with Alexander Long the within declarant and that we believe him to be of the age of 77 years, that he sustains a good character as to truth that his statements are entitled to credit and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion    Samuel Power 
John K. Shannon
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day year aforesaid in open Court         
James Logan Pro
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*  his name is not on the pension of Roll of any state or territory - that he has no  documentary evidence of his services nor does he know by any person living that can testify as to his services  -
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In answer to the interogatories put by the War department he answers as follows         
Interrog 1  Where and in what year were you born?    
Ans   I was born in Chester County Penna in the year 1755        
2d  Have you any record of your age     
Ans   my age was recorded in my fathers bible from which I transcribed it into my own -     
3d  How were you called into service were you drafted a volunteer or a substitute and if a substitute for whom            
Ans   I was drafted and also volunteered      
4th Where were you living when called into service             
Ans    when called into service with the exception of the last tour I lived in Chester County Pa the last tour in Allegheny Co in the same State           
5th   State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstance of your service          
Ans I recollect the Capt of the first tour was David Denny   Col. Garner and General Potter - that he belonged to the 8th Class Penna Militia
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the second tour he volunteered under Capt. Robert Byers but cannot recollect the names of the other officers   this tour he was engaged in hauling bomb shells and cannon ball from Lancaster Co to Phil’a – the 3 and fourth tours he can not recollect his officers but was drafted  - 
5th  I volunteered under Capt Christy in Allegheny Co but I cannot recollect the name of the other officers from my old age and loss of memory I am unable more particularly to describe the incidents of my several tours -- He further states that the companies to which he belonged were an embodied corps and as he then and always believed and understood were called into service by authority of the United States that during the time he has stated he was out in the foregoing campaigns he was not engaged in any civil pursuit - that he was born in Chester Co Pa and moved from there to Allegheny Co from whence he removed to Beaver County where he now resides           
Inter 5th did you receive any discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it                    
Ans Yes my Captains discharged me but they were not in writing
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Inter 7th    State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and belief your services as a soldier of the revolution       
Ans   I name Gen’l Samuel Power and John R Shannon Esq who can testify to my character as to veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution         
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Genl Saml Power and John R Shannon Esq who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Beaver and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit           
I James Logan Prothonotary of the Court of common pleas for the County of Beaver
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SEAL OF COMMON PLEAS COURT BEAVER CO PA.
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Alexander Long of Beaver County for a pension    
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of seal of said Court this 20th March 1834      
James Logan Pro         
Hon J. Banks               
If a certificate should be granted to the within applicant or his papers be returned for informality address          
Simon Meredith Beavertown         
Beaver Co Pa
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,  Oct 20
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Alexander Long
a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.    Dec 16 1778  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3 mos. 2 day   RANK.  Pri.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain David Denny   Colonel Garner   STATE.  Pa.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  ?   LENGTH OF SERVICE   3 mo.    RANK.   Pri.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Robt. Beyers  Colonel – Not stated   STATE.  Pa.
Battles engaged in,   None
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Chester Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, March 8, 1834.
Residence at date of application. Beaver Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, Bn [Born} Chester Co Pa Oct 3 1756
Remarks: Removed to Allegheny Co. Pa. in 1791 moved to Beaver Co. Pa. in 1807.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
Mr. J M. Maxwell
Leadville Colo   
Rev L. H. Long 82 No 4th St. Columbus Ohio
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Revolution     
22365      
INVALID. 
File No.  22,365        
Alexander Long         
Pri Rev War          
Act:   June 7 32”        
Index: -- Vol.  2    Page 245          
[Arrangement of 1870.]   
Oct. 20 /94   Hist Mrs J. M. Maxwell Beadville, Colo. C  
Feby 11 - 1903. S. D. Long New Castle   
Mr F.G. Simonton into how to obtain depst date AW
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Free
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Hon. J. Banks
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J. L. Edwards Esqr         
Enclosed you have the papers of Al Long – [unreadable] his papers more than one year ago which were lost. This I hope will obtain an early action of those he has again made out and forwarded 
Respectfuly yours  
J W Banks
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30.183                
Alexander Long     
Penna         
Adm 9. Months & 2 days        
30.22           
Hon Jno Banks Ho of Rep
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WAR DEPARTMENT,      
Pension Office,             
Sir:         
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.               
On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.           
A Statement, showing the Service of      
Period then the service was Rendered   Duration of the claimant's service.        Rank of the claimant.             Names and rank of the Officers under whom he served.     Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.            Proof by which the declaration is supported.               

I am respectfully, Your obedient servant          
JAMES L. EDWARDS,          
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.     
The following regulations have been adopted:       
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.       
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:     
1. The Regular Troops.     
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.                3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.              4. Indian Spies.        
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.              
DECLARATION,              
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.               
State, Territory, or District of   
County of } ss.            
On this day of A. B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District of years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the with and (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:       
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]      
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of          
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid         A. B.                
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]       
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of  &c.    
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.    
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.           
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.               
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]        
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.       
1, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.           
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.            
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.          
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be atlempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.               
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.          
1. Where and in what year were you born?     
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?        
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?          
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?        
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given , and what has become of it?    
To an officer:  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?                 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.     
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.         
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.   
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.            
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.             
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.      
[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b]  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.   
[c]  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.        
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.        
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so Department in determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:       
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his low, and in the following grades: --For---year----months, and recollection , he served not less than the periods mentioned below, days, I served as a- For months and --- days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension."     
It is important, in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.       
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.          
[i]   The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.    
Mode of authenticating papers.            
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.            
Proof of Service.            
[j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.   The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.         
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note applies to continental troops only.        
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.        
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.     
[m]  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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H. K. GREGORY, PRESIDENT    
W. E. JACKSON, SECRETARY     
NEW CASTLE CHAPTER             
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION          
THOMAS H. HARTMAN, TREASURER             
J. S. DUSHANE, REGISTRAR 
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
New Castle, Pa.
Commissioner of Pensions, Feby 4th 1903   
(Old War & Navy Division)  O W & N
If Alexander Long (or his wife) applied for a pension or bounty land for services in the Revolutionary War will you please give me such of his person and Military History as may be contained in the application,      
He lived in Beaver County Pa about 1834, This information is desired to procure membership in the Sons of the American Revolution             
Very Truly          
S D Long         
New Castle             
Lawrence Co 
Pa.  
FEB 9 1909  
U. S. PENSION OFFICE 
D
FEB 5 1903
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U. S. B. P. LAW SEP 11 1894 RECEIVED   
Septr 6/ / 94,   
82, N. L. 4th          
Columbus Ohio         
Interior Department           
I am in search of information, & perhaps your Department can give it to me, to do I will be extremely Obliged to you.     
I want to know whether Alexander Long or James Long, or Johnathan Long or Robert Long or Archibald Fletcher were on the Revolutionary Pension Roll, or received any Bounty Land from the Government for military service in the Revolutionary war        
The Longs after the war took up land in Pennsylvania, near to Pittsburg Pa.,  whether they bought of the government or located it on land warrant as soldier is what I can know.   Archibald Fletcher after the war located in Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland Co , whether he bought or located on land warrant I dont know,    Any information in regard to this will be greatly valued Yours Respectfully       
Rev. L. H. Long D. D. H. R. 
Late Chaplain 26th O. W, G
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.          
O. W. & N. Div.    
no other on Pa. Agency   
MEMORANDA             
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.     
26 / 87  ctf      
Full name of soldier, Alexander Long, James Long, Jonathan Long, Robert Long     
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)     
Dont know          
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)         
Western Pennsylvania near Pittsburg                 
Date of death (as near as possible): Dont know         
Christian name of widow: Dont Know             
Did either he or his widow receive a pension? Dont know         
Remarks: The above is all I know, & what I want to know whether any of the above Longs received a warrant or were pensioners for service in the Revolutionary War        
Your name and address:        
Rev L. H. Long D D. H R    
82, N. 4th St, Columbus    
Ohio       
6 -- 870
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( 3 - 464. ) 
O. W. & N. DIV  
DIVISION. 
F. S.   JR
Department of the Interior,           
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,          
Washington, D.C.           
Sept. 21, 1894              
Respectfully returned to            
Rev. L. H. Long,        
82 No. Fourth St.,       
Columbus, Ohio.             
The purpose for which the information is desired should be stated and for purposes of identification, the data called for on the enclosed slip should be furnished relative to each soldier.  
The purpose is that my Daughter Mrs J. M Maxwell may be eligible, in the Daughters of the Revolution, Her Residence is Leadville Colorado 
Wm Lochren 
Commissioner.
(0 6-059)
12392 b-50m
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O. W. & N. DIVISION
JUN 3 1926
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions for reply       
Rebecca M. Doherty          
Correspondence section  
Finance Division
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Edenburg, Pa.       
June 1st 1926               
Miss Rebecca Doughtery        
Bureau of Pensions,           
Washington, D.C.          
My dear Miss Doughtery:              
We would like to know the date of death of Alexander Long, who was pensioned for services in the Revolutionary War.   Pensioned in Beaver Co. (Now Lawrence Co ) March 28, 1834 age 77 yrs.              See Pa. Archives, 3 Series Volume 23 - page 522. Alexander Long was born in Chester Co. Oct 3rd. 1756                    
S. 41908 already ans.  
Also the date of death of Owen Murphy a - Revolutionary soldier - pension granted in Allegheny Co June 1st, 1819,  90 Pa. Archives, 3 Ser. Vol 23. page 498.   We also want to know the name  of Owen Murphys wife      
Your friend Kate Long Rentz (Mrs Fred) asked me to write to you as we will have to have part of this data for her application to D.A.R. on the Long line. Any help you can give us will be appreciated    
Yours truly (Mrs. F. G.)   Nellie H. Simonton           
Edinburg Pa. 
Lawrence Co.
FINANCE DIVISION
JUN 3 1926
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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AW
OWN
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section,    
July 8, 1926
S.22365
Mrs. F. G. Simonton,  
Edinburg, Penn.     
Madam:          
 I have to advise you, that for the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner Alexander Long, you should apply to the Record Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data; Alexander Long, Certificate 26187, issued March 28, 1834, rate $30.22 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Pittsburgh, Penn. Agency.       
Respectfully,       
WINFIELD SCOTT,        
Commissioner.