Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13773, for Daniel Long, Virginia
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va.

Long, Daniel

NUMBER
S.13773

carded
CONTENTS

[stamped] This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] Decd [deceased] Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4th March 1838 to the 11 May 1838 the day of his death Agent Notified 5 July 1839

[right side] Alabama 22,626

Daniel Long
of Madison Co. in the State of Ala.
who was a Private of cavalry in the Co. commanded by Captain White of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wm. Washington in the Virginia line for 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Novr [November] 1833 and sent to John B. Wiggington, Meridianville, Ala.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 – 250.
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar 34. 50
$300.

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8 Page 47.
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Ent No 6291.
A/c 
The Widow of 
Daniel Long decd [deceased]
Pensioner 
per Act 7 June 1832 
Huntsville Ala - 
Act 6 April 1838, $18.75 
June 26th 1839- 
27 
Reg. No 2431 dated 27 June ‘39 for Eighteen dollars 75/100, to be remitted to Martha Long the widow, to the care of B.T. Moore at Huntsville Ala.; 
$18.75 
Sent to Tres. 28th
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Dr” The United States
 
To the Widow of Daniel Long decd [deceased] late a Private and Pensioner on the Roll of Huntsville, Ala. under Act 7 June 1832 - 

For the Pension of the decd [deceased] from 4 March 1838 to 11th May 1838 the day of his death -- 69 days a $100 per annum per voucher filed herewith

$18.75 – 

Treasury Department 
Third Auditor's Office 26th June 1839 
By S H Hanson 
Second Comptrollers Office 
Examined by J L Cathcart
27th June 1839

[stamped] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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State of Alabama}
Madison County ss} Be it known that before me, Thomas Cain a Justice of the Peace in and for said County this day, personally appeared Martha Long, and made oath, in due form of law that she is the widow of Daniel Long, deceased, the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, of which the following is a true copy and which will be attached hereto) "War Department. Revolutionary Claim Certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Daniel Long of the State of Alabama who was a private in the Cavalry of the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive one hundred dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the fourth of March 1831 and payable annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
Given at the war office of the United States, this twenty second day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty three 
{squiggly circle} Lew Cass 
Secretary of War 

Examined and countersigned 
J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions”

That the deceased pensioner resided in the said County of Madison in the State of Alabama for the space of about twenty three years before his death and that previous thereto he resided in the State of South Carolina
Martha [her X mark] Long

Subscribed and sworn before me this 4th day of May 1839, 
{Witness B T Moore}
Thos Cain JP

[stamped] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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State of Alabama}
Madison County Ss} I, Richard B Pendone, Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that satisfaction evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Daniel Long was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum, was a resident of the said County of Madison, in the said State of Alabama, and died in the County and State aforesaid on the tenth day of May 1838, that he left a widow whose name is Martha King, and that the said Martha is now in open Court and prove to be the identical widow of the identical Daniel Long, deceased. 
In Testimony whereof hereunto at my hand and seal of office at office, in Meridianville, this 4th day of May 1839

Clk [Clerk] of the cty Ct of sd [said] cty [County] [Illegible] 

[stamped] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Receive from GAO
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State of Alabama} 
Madison County S.S.} On this 26th day of October 1833 personally appeared before the Hon’ble [Honorable] W J Adair Judge of the Circuit court of said County Daniel Long a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged about seventy eight years, who first being 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 on the 7th day of June 1832. That agreeable to his fathers record he was born on the 11th day of April 1756 in the County of Culpeper State of Virginia and that he was seventy seven years old on the 11th day of April last That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1778 - as well as he can remember with Armestead Long [VAS968] and several others in the first regiment, of the cavelry [Calvary] line under the following named officers, Colonel Bland [Theodorick Bland VAS1859] of the first Regiment, Lieutent [Lieutenant] Lewis Yancy of Captain Whites Company.
That he enlisted and served for three years, at the time he enlisted he was a resident of the County of Culpeper State of Virginia. After he enlisted he went to Staunton to winter quarters, from thence he was sent under command of Lieutenant Scott to Albemarl [Albemarle] Barracks there we remained until the Virginia troops were marched to Charleston South Carolina whence we were also marched, at which time we were transferred to Colonel William Washingtons Corps of horse, which as well as I now remember was the 3rd Regement [Regiment]. He further states that he was at the battle of Guilford [Guilford Courthouse NC, 15 Mar 1781] and Utaw Springs [Eutaw Springs SC, 8 Sep 1781]. 
That he was regularly discharged by Major White in North Carolina, which discharge he has long since lost. He also states that he only enlisted for the term of three years at which time he quit the service. For further proof of his services the said Long begs leave to refer to the affidavet [affidavit] of James Hughes Marked A and to that of Robert Gaines marked B both of which accompany this declaration. The said Daniel Long further states that after he was discharged as aforesaid he went out as a volunteer and was at the surrender of lord
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Cornwallis [19 Oct 1781]. He the said Daniel Long hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any 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. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in open court 
Daniel [his X mark] Long
L Mead Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states 
W. J. Adair 
I Lemuel Mead in Clerk of the Circuit Court of Madison County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Long for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 26th day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
L. Mead
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Huntsville 14 May 39
Martha Long
Rev 25 Ann

[stamped sideways] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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Huntsville Alabama 
4th May 1839

Peter Hagner Esq
3rd Auditor 
Washington City D. C.

Sir 

Any money to which I may be entitled as the widow of Danl [Daniel] Long, dec’d [deceased] may be forwarded to me in the usual way, at Huntsville, to the care of B.T. Moore 
I am sir very respectfully
Yours &c 

Martha [her X mark] Long 
Witness
Thos Cain

[stamped] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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Consolidated Files Section 
Revolutionary War Pension Information 

1. Daniel Long Pensioner's Name
2. Revolutionary War.
3. Rank Private 
4. South Carolina Line. 
5. Certificate No. 22,626.
6. Issued Nov. 22, 1833.
7. Act of June 7, 1832. 
8. Commenced Mar. 4 1831.
9. Decatur, Alabama Agency 
10. Residence of Pensioner at last payment Madison County Alabama for about 2 years before 1838.
11. Previous Residence South Carolina 
12. Date of Death May 11, 1838. 
13. Martha Long Widow's name.
14. Children [blank]
15. Additional Information: 

[signed] Jack Horner Bell
Jack Horner Bell
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22.626 
Daniel Long 
Alabama 

Adm 2 years Cavalry 
$100 

John B. Wiggington Meridianville Madison Co Alabama
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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 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, (these:}). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A STATEMENT, showing the Service of [blank]

[column headings: Period when the service rendered. Duration of the claimant’s service. Years. Months. Days. Rank of the 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.]
[blank]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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} ss.
County of}
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with    and served in the      (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[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. 
1               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 day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the            and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the            and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I,        Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of              for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this     day of     &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in bis declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not. proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 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 he 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 enquiry 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 trans nit 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 definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words : "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:-For    year    months, and     days, I served as a    . For     months and    days, I served as a     ; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three 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 in 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 in 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 signatures 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 to [illegible] note (j) 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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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller’s Office,
June 27, 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,” The widow of Daniel Long, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Huntsville Ala. Agency, at the rate of one hundred Dollars [crossed out - and    Cents] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March 1838 to the 11th May 1838, the day of his death.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Payments to be made 
at Mobile 
by 1st Nat. Br. Bank 
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Alabama 

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 8. Page 47 by Wm R. Palmer 
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 

Revolutionary Claim. 

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Long of the State of Alabama who was a Private in the Cavalry of the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive - one hundred dollars – [crossed out - and cents] per annum, during his natural lie, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty Second day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three 

Lew Cass 
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.} 
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Nov 11 1833
Pension
Office

[written sideways] Meridianville Al 
29th Octr [October] Free

Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

[written upside down] Nov 12
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Meridianville Madison County Al.
29th October 1833 

Hon Lewis Cass 
Dr.Sr. [Dear Sir,] Enclosed I send you the application of Dan.l [Daniel] Long for a pension, any communication you have relative thereto, you will please direct to this place to the care of your 
- obt Svt [obedient servant]
Jno B. Wigginton
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Robert Gains 
[Probate?] 

[B?]
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State of So Carolina} 
Greenville District} Personally appeared Robert Gains before me S D Shumate one of the Justices of said district and made oath that he was knowing to Daniel Long enlisting in the service of the old Revolution service and returning home again sworn to this 3rd of december [December] 1832 
Before me 
Strather, D Shumate 

[signed] Robert Gains
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[left side] Feb 15/91 Mil. Hist. to John T. Long, 
79 Dearborn St. Chicago, Ill. M.E.E.L.

[right side] 13,773
Rev War 
INVALID
Own

File No. 13,773
Daniel Long
Priv. Rev War

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 225

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of South Carolina}
Laurens District} Personally came James Hughs before me Thomas Wright one of Justices of Laurens for said and made oath and says that he is personally acquainted with Daniel Long of Madison County Alabama, and has been for the last sixty years, and that he believes him to be seventy seven or eighty years old at this time. He further says that he knows the said Daniel Long inlisted [enlisted] into the service of the United States during the revolutionary war that he inlisted [enlisted] for three years in the cavalry service in the State of Virginia Culpeper County. that he was absent from home almost the intire [entire] term of Three years, and this deponent never heard it doubted [but] what he was in the service of the United States during the time of his absence from home, he does not know who were the officers under whom he served but has no doubt of his serving the term of three years as above stated
James [his X mark] Hughs
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 30th Nov. 1832} 
Thos. Wright JP