Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6422, for Peter Long, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE.                                                  NUMBER

Penn.      Long, Peter.                           R. 6422.
———.     Christina.           B.L.Wt.36746-160-55

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CONTENTS
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Journal style document with writing on both sides as follows:

Left side
194.655
Act March 3/55
Priv 3 of 55
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Christina Long
Widow of Peter Long rev soldier
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Capt Wampler
Peter
Pa mil
Private Capt Wampler
Pa mil
Revolutionary War
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Penn Sus July 36
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AD. 169 ac’s Aug 7/56
Dodges
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Alex Ray present.            (End of page)
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Right side:
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Vol L=127
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Extract from the records of Baptisms kept at Canewago Church.

The first paragraph is in a foreign language please refer to the original document for translation.

2nd paragraph:

I Joseph Enders, Pastor of Conewago Church do certify that the above is a same and correct copy taken by me from the record dept at Conewago church of the births and Baptism; with the exception of the Date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows 5 to October 1793, et 1 mo December 1793.

I Joseph Enders, above named, Depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of Conewago Church Adam’s County in state Pennsylvania, and that the above is a same extract from the records of said Conewago Church with the exception above named as certified by me.

I also state that I was well acquainted with Adam Lang lately deceased, son of the above Peter and Christina Long, whom I suppose to have been about 75 (seventy five) years of age, when he died given under my hand at said church this 26 day of January 1855.
Joseph Enders
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Adam County s.s.
     On the twenty sixth day of January AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me the subscribed one of the Justice of Peace in and for said County personally appeared Rev. Joseph Enders pastor of Conewago Church who on his sworn oath (not legible) and says the within is a true copy of the Records of said church and for this I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Rev Joseph Enders that he is gentleman of integrity and veracity 
Joseph Enders
Sworn and Subscribed
Before me the day and years above mentioned}
Henry Kelly

State of Pennsylvania
Adams County. SS.   }}
     I, John Picking, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify, that Henry Reilly, Esq, before whom the attached affidavit was made, is and was, at the time of the taking of the same, one of our Commonwealth Justices of the Peace, duly elected, Commissioned and qualified as such; and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Gettysburg, in said County, this twenty-seventh day of January A.D. 1855.
John Picking. Prothy
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194.653

(A seal in the middle of the page that has worn off and not legible other than the circle of a seal shown)

Bounty Land Claim
And I had 55
Alex Ray
Washington
30 July/55
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State of Pennsylvania  County of Adams } S. S.

On this 25th day of June A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, George Long, aged about seventy years of age, a resident of the said County and state, who being duly sworn according to law, doth for and on behalf of his mother Christina Long, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress approved March 3. 1855"; to wit; that said Christina is the widow of Peter Long deceased, who was a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Wampler of the York County Militia, in the war of the revolution; that her said husband was drafted at York County Pennsylvania, near the close of the revolutionary war, for a tour of two months and continued in actual service in said war during the period of two months, and was honourably discharged; that he also made other service as this department has always understood but cannot state the particulars of it; that said Christina Long was married to the said Peter Long in York Penna by a Catholic Priest by the name of "Pellan", that this marriage was before the said service was performed; that her name before her said marriage was Christina Apelezen; that said Peter Long died at Adams County aforesaid about the year 1825, and that she is now a widow -  Deponent further declares as aforesaid that the said Christina is now over one hundred years of age, and is entirely incapable, by reason of bodily and mental infirmity, of attending to any kind of business for herself; this deponent further declares that he has heretofore made an application for a pension for his said mother for the aforesaid revolutionary services and that proof of said service is on file with said application in the Pension office at Washington. 
George Long

 Sworn & subscribed the day and date aforesaid and [illegible] 
Joseph Kepner          Seal
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Mr John Grim aged about 67 years, and Catherine McMaster aged about 65 years, residents of Adams County Pennsylvania, and in the neighbourhood of George and Christina Long; upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by George Long in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she is represented to be, and that said George Long is the person he represents himself to be; we further declare that we were acquainted with the said Christina Long and said Peter Long in his lifetime, that said parties lived together as husband and wife and were always so known and reputed to be in the neighbourhood; we further declare as aforesaid, that we always understood, for the lifetime of said Peter Long, that he was a revolutionary soldier, and have heard him speak of having served in said war; and further that said Christina is very infirm and incapable of transacting any business
John Grim
Catherine McMaster  her X mark

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible and respectable persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim. and further that said applicant by reason of old age and mental [text crossed out] and bodily infirmity, is utterly incapable of transacting any business for herself.
Joseph Kepner J. P.         Seal
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State of Pennsylvania  Adams County } SS.

I, John Picking, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Adams, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The same being a court of Law & Record, do by these presents certify that Joseph Kepner, Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, and who has Thereunto, in his own proper handwriting, subscribed his name, was at that time, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, & authorized by law to Take acknowledgements, administer Oaths, &c. to all whose acts as such due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States & elsewhere.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Gettysburg, in said County, this 25th day of July A. D. 1855.
John Picking, Pro.
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No 8,110

Christina Long
wid of Peter
Pa
July 4, 1836

Col H. Longwell
Gettysburgh [Gettysburg] Pa
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State of Pennsylvania  County of Adams } S.ct

On this 24th day of May 1854 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid George Long a resident of Hamilton township in the same County and State aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain for his mother Christina Long the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836.  That his said mother Christina Long is the widow of Peter Long who was a private soldier in the war of the revolution, that this declarant has often heard his father the said Peter Long speak of his services in said war, that he served in the militia from York County Pennsylvania, that he does not know how long or how often his said father served but his impression is from his fathers statements that he made considerable service, that he is not certain but thinks he made one tour under a Captain Wampler and cannot remember the names of the other officers under whom he served.  he remembers to have heard his father speak of being employed in guarding prisoners at or near the town of York - that he remembers hearing his father speak of certain persons having supplied them with pies along the line, and it being reported that they had been made of cats-flesh - that from his fathers statements the said services must have been near the close of the war - that this declarant does not know certainly the exact date of the marriage of his parents, that there was a family record of it, but he does not know what has become of it - nor does he know of any other record by which the same could be proven, that this declarant is now about sixty-eight years of age, that his brother Adam is now
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about seventy-three years of age, and the oldest brother of the family who is now dead would if living be about seventy-five years old, that he had heard of his parents speak of their marriage and that they were married in the town of York to which place they had gone on horseback for that purpose, that they were married by a priest of the Roman Catholic Church named Rev Mr Bellamy that according to the statement made formerly by his mother she must now be about one hundred years of age; that she now lives in the family of this declarant and is very infirm in body and mind, that she has become quite childish and incapable of doing any business and has been so for some years - that in consequence of the mental infirmity of his said mother he makes this declaration for her and in her behalf.  that his father the said Peter Long died in what is now Adams County (formerly York County) about thirty years ago.
and that his mother the said Christina Long has remained a widow ever since that period, that no application has ever before been made for any pension on account of his said fathers services for the reason that this deponent did not know, nor did the family ever known that there was any such law in existence as the act above mentioned until about a year ago when they were first informed of it.
George Long
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The foregoing declaration made in open Court under oath and therein subscribed by said declarant the date first above written - witness my hand & seal of said Court at Gettysburg this 24th day of May AD 1854

W. W. Paxton Prothy
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No. 13388 B   [pound sign]. 10. 10. 0 specie

I Do hereby certify, that the state of Pennsylvania is indebted to Peter Long of York Co Militia - in the sum of ten pounds ten shillings - - specie, with lawful Interest from this first Day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due upon an Account settled in this office.  Pursuant to the Act of Assembly passed the first Day of April 1784.
Jno. Nicholson
Comptroller General's Office, 20 Oct 1786 }

Auditor General's Office
Harrisburg Pa Jany: 5th 1855

I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original certificate as the same remains on file in this office - 

Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year above written
E. Banks
Auditor General
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State of Pennsylvania
Adams County SS.

Seal
Before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county, personally came John Grim of Berwick Township in said County, Farmer, who upon his solemn oath taken according to Law doth say, That he was well acquainted with Peter Long the husband of Christina Long, Widow of the said Peter Long, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and that he was in the service with this deponant's [deponent's] father, as he, this deponant [deponent] has often heard his Father say.  This deponant [deponent] cannot say how often the [they?] were out, but thinks they were out several tours - and had often heard his Father say that they were at York together while in the service.  This deponant [deponent] doth not recollect under what officers they served, This deponant [deponent] always lived in sight of the place where the Widow now lives, and always did live, That the said Christina Long Widow, is now as he thinks above a hundred years old, and is now very Frail and a great burden to her son George Long.  This deponant [deponent] is also well acquainted with George Long & his Brother Adam, who is now dead, who were he now living would be about seventy five years of age and that there was an older son, who died when a child - The above named Adam died last fall.  This deponant [deponent] saith, that there never was a doubt in the
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the neighborhood of his being in the war, This deponant [deponent] saith, that he also ays took pleasure in listening to his Father and Old Peter Long in talking of their exploits in the war, in their several campaigns, That they served as Militia men, as he heard them say that they were drafted several times, and further saith not, Sworn and subscribed, the 25th day of Jan. A. D. 1855 - 
John Grim

Before me, who is well acquainted with this deponant [deponent], and knows him to be a man of truth and veracity -
Joseph Kepner

State of Pennsylvania 
Adams County SS.

I, John Picking, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County, do certify that Joseph Kepner, Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is, and was at the time of the taking of the same, one of four Commonwealth Justices of the Peace, duly elected, Commissioned and qualified as such; and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Gettysburg, in said County, this 27th day of January A. D. 1855.
John Picking, Prothy.
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13377.  Capt. John Wamplers pay roll from Decr 7th 1781 to Febuy 7th 1782

                   Pay                 Bounty
John Grim    Ld  "  5  " "    5. 10. "

Peter Long  Ld    "  5   " "   5. 10.  "

Auditor General's office
Harrisburg Pa Jany. 5th 1855

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy and extract of the original from book, "Accounts Militia Debt with U. States" pages 38 & 39 as the same remains on file in this office - 

Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year above written 
E Banks
Auditor Genl.
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Christina Long
Peter - Pri [illegible] 1836

Admss Col. H. Longwell
Gettysburg
Adams Co Pa
8 Dec 1850
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Auditor General's Office
Harrisburg Novr. 28. 1856

I do hereby certify that the name of Peter Long appears upon the Pay Roll of the Militia who served in the Revolutionary War, as having received a certificate No. 13386 for $ 10. 10. 0

Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid

E. Banks
Aud. Genl.
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Adam Black of York County Pa 433: 442 and 444

Henry Black  7
[illegible] Henry Black   6
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Pension Office,
Feby, 7. 18[3 or 5]5.

Sir,

I have examined the papers transmitted by you in support of a claim for pension of Christina Long, widow of Peter.

The Certificates of the Auditor General show a service of only two months - six months service is the minimum time for which pensions are allowed by law.  There is nothing due in this case.

The papers are otherwise defective, and the proof of marriage is not satisfactory.

I am, respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
L P Waldo
Commis[torn]
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No. 8110

Christina Long, 
widow of Peter
Penna

6422

Lt. Col. H. Longwell,
Feb'y 7. 1855

Lt Jan. 13/57

Act. July 4. 1836

194653
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36746

[illegible]
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[text crossed out]  
am

6422
P. O. __________
Christina Long 
Service:  Wid. of Peter

REJECTED

Enlisted: _____, 18    .
Discharged: _____, 18    .
Application filed: _____, 18    .
Alleges: _____, 18    .
Re-enlisted: _____, 18    .

Attorney: _____, 18    .
P. O. ______________________
_______ Recognized.   __________ Contract.
______ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____, 18    .