Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3434, for Jacob Long, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.

Long,Jacob
Mary

NUMBER
W. 3434
B.L. Wt. 26186-160-55

CONTENTS
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[left column]
Reported

[right column]
Decr 8/48
2290.
Pennsylva Philada
Mary Long
widow of Jacob, Long
who served in the Revolutionary war, 
as a pri & Sergt
Penn. Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
31. Dollars 09. Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
7. day of Dec. 1848
and sent to L.R. Hammerely
adjt Gennls office
Washington D C

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 241 Vol. 2.
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265-0
Pennsylvania

Jacob Long Senr.
of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a priv. & Sergt. in the company commanded
by Captain Huffnagle of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Ross in the Pa Militia
[word crossed out] for 
2 mos as Sergt.  10.00
6 " 10 d's " Priv.  21.09
8 " 10 days.  31.09
[equation $10.00 + 21.09 = $31.09]

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 31 Dollars 09 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Decr.
1832 and sent to H. G. Long
Lancaster Pa

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  46.63
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 1833}  15.54
62.17  [equation $46.63 + 15.54 = $62.17]

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J. M. Duffield Clerk
Book D Vol. 4 Page 67
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[left side]
Cor. J. B. Kaufman Sept 12/55
Vol. S, page 125.

[written sideways, on the left margin}
Dec 17/58 letr Ack from 3/58 sent to H G. Long Lancaster Pa [illegible initials]

[written diagonally, on top of the right side text] No 26-186 iss May 20/56

[right side] 
47873  Act Mar 3/55
Apr 6/55
Mary Long wid.
Jacob Long Priv. & Sergt

Enl. }
Dis. }

Revolr War
Revoluty Pensioner
Penn [illegible] 48 - nr 2290
[illegible]
[illegible initials] :160 Act May 17/56
[illegible]
J.B. Kaufman
Lancaster Pa

[large letter, written diagonally and underlined] M
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State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster City SS
On this 4th day of April AD 1855, before me, an
Alderman within and for the City and State aforesaid duly authorized 
by law to administer oaths personally appeared Mary Long
aged 91 years, a resident of Lancaster City, Penna who being duly
sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jacob Long
deceased, who was a private and Sergeant in the Revolutionary War
in a company raised at Lancaster, and continued in actual service
in said war for more than six months; that her said husband received 
a United States pension for life on a certificate dated Decr 3d 1832
signed Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, for thirty one dollars and nine cents per
annum, and that declarant received a United State pension of $31.09,
per annum, on certificate dated Decr 7th 1848, signed by W. L. Marcy Secretary 
of War, in right of her said deceased husbands Revolutionary services. 
She further states that she was married to the said Jacob Long in 
Lancaster, Penna on the 23d day of May AD1785, by one Revd Wm
Hendell - and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Grimler 
That her said husband died at Lancaster Penna on the 26th
day of December AD 1842, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved
March 3d 1855.  And she hereby refers the Commissioner of Pensions
for particulars and proof of her said husbands services, his captain, time
of entering and being discharged from the Service & his death, as well as to
her marriage, to the proof already [^as she believes,] on file in the Pension Office 
in the former applications for pensions.
Mary Long her mark [X]

Sworn & Subscribed
April 4 1858 Before
William Frick
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We Peter Long and Jacob M. Long residents of Lancaster
City, State of Pennsylvania, upon our [crossed out: oaths] affirmation declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged ^by Mary Long in our
presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and Statements 
of the applicant, that she is the identical person she
represents herself to be,
Peter Long
J M Long

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and
subscribed before me on the day and year within written; and I
certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the
claimant is the person she represents herself [crossed out: her] to be, and
that I have no interest in this claim
William Frick Alderman
Lancaster City Penna
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State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County ss.
I Joseph Bowman, Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster
County, Penna. do hereby Certify that
William Frick Esqr. is an Alderman in and
for the City of Lancaster in the County and
State aforesaid duly commissioned and
qualified and that his within written
signature is genuine

Given under my hand and the seal of said
Court this 4th day of April AD 1855
J Bowman
Prothy

[on the left: faint image of a round seal]
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Declaration of Jacob Long Senr in order to obtain the benefit of the
Act of Congress passed June 7 1832-

State of Pennsylvania}
Lancaster County} ss

On this twentieth - day of August
A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable
Walter Franklin, Samuel Dale & John Lightner Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, now sitting Jacob Long Senr a 
resident of the City of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania
aged Seventy three years [^ & was born in the year 1759] 
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, 
passed June 7 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, In the beginning of
the Revolutionary war, residing in Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania.  He was
drafted to serve in Capt Peter Huffnagle's company of Pennsylvania Militia (being
the third class), Lieutenants, William Bausman & Peter Diffenderfer, Col
George Ross's Regiment or Battalion Major William Ross, other officers not recollected,
served as a Guard in keeping public stores in the house of William Henry, in Lancaster
and in the Brewhouse in which prisoners were kept & which was also used as a
meat store, also served as a Guard around the stockades of the Bar^rack [Barrack] in Lancaster
in which prisoners were kept, in the service two months at this time, the only
contemporary survivor that this applicant now knows of is William Bausman.
Sometime after the above mentioned service marched from Lancaster in the Pennsylvania 
Militia in the class in which he was drafted (viz the third class) in
Peter Huffnagles Company 1st Lieutenant Peter Diffenderfer under the command
of Major Wm Ross (other officers not recollected) after arriving at Philadelphia
and remaining there some weeks he with his company was sent to Lancaster,
to guard Prisoners at the Barrack, while in Philadelphia his company was housed
in a house in Walnut Street between front & second, served two months which is
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proved by the oath of Thomas Kautz, at the time the applicant entered the service the
second time he resided in Lancaster Pennsylvania, [crossed out: Capt Joseph Hubley had the
command of the guard at the Barrack, which (illegible) improved by (illegible) Weitzel] applicant 
does not recollect the year when these services were rendered-

About the year 1777 he engaged with [crossed out: the said] Capt Joseph Hubley, who
had the command of the guard at the Barack in Lancaster, to serve as one of the
guard at the Barack, as Sargent, served the whole of the time [illegible word crossed out]
[^viz two months] which service can be proved by George Leonard contemporary survivor.

About the year 1777 Applicants residence being in Lancaster, he went as a substitute
for Henry Musser (who lived near Lancaster & who was drafted) march from Lancaster in the
Pennsylvania Militia, in Capt George Franciscus's Company to guard English & Scotch
Prisoners five hundred in number to Fredericktown Maryland, in our march thither
passed through York County Pennsylvania, after taking the prisoners to Fredericktown,
returned to Lancaster, where he with Capt George Franciscus's Company joined 
Col Elders Regiment from Paxton in Lancaster County at that time, now in Dauphin
Pennsylvania, from Lancaster marched to near Darby about 15 or 18 miles from
Philadelphia through Chester County Penn &c - where they joined Genl Potters Brigade, 
while there he was sent with a Picquet to relieve another Picquet at the Blue Bell
about Nine miles, but when they came there, the Picquet which they were to relieve were
missing, (he discovered some years afterwards, that the persons whom they were sent to relieve
were taken Prisoners by the enemy) he however took his post as one of the Picquet
& acted as Corporal or Sargent, in relieving the sentinels for 24 hours, this Picquet was
stationed about a mile from mud fort [Fort Mifflin] at the time the British took possession of it
heard the firing, saw the smoke in daytime & at night the flashing of the canon, heard
the shouting of the troops, the Picquet to which this deponent belonged & which
consisted of about sixty while they were on duty were repeatedly fired on by the enemy.
One man belonging to the Picquet above them had his leg shot off, The Captain
of Deponents Picquet in a spirit of retaliation attempted to have one of the enemys
sentinel shot, but while in the act of carrying his design into execution, was stopt
& reproved by General Potter, who happened to come there at that time with a
troop of horse, this campaign at Darby was in the fall of the year, weather
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inclement, no tents, exposed to the weather night & day without a covering or shelter,
laid there about a month, day after he returned from Picquet his Regiment viz
Colonel Elders was ordered to join Genl Irvins Brigade at white marsh above
Germantown Philadelphia County, which was accordingly done received tents
there, this deponent was discharged there & returned to Lancaster, out on this
tour of duty including march to Fredericktown better then two months, while
this deponent belonged to Potters Brigade being out one day with a scouting
party they came in view of the enemy but rising ground being between them
they were unable to see how strong the enemy were, one of the American Picquets
who could see both, waved his hands to the scouting party to withdraw, which
they accordingly did, the enemy then came on the high ground, their strength
as near as they could judge amounted to about five hundred, strength of 
scouting party about sixty, while this deponent was with Irvins Brigade 
went out frequently with scouting parties, went sometimes as far as Turnirs lane
about 3 or 4 miles from Philadelphia during which time saw many of the
enemy, while on a Picquet as Sargent at the rising sun, then about three
miles from Philadelphia, they were without any thing to eat for three days
on the third day got a few potatoes which they found in the house, in going to
this Picquet between the Ridgroad & the Rising sun along Turners land, they
enquired for refreshment at a house, the woman apprized them of the approach
of Hessians & admonished them to leave the house, when they came out of the
house saw a number of Hessians in the meadow near the house, the time of
service can be proved by George Leonard a contemporary survivor, applicant
does not recollect the names of any of the other officers of his company,
Regiment or Battalion but those mentioned -

In the spring of 1778 this applicant again left Lancaster, the place of
his residence in the Pennsylvania militia, in Capt Michael App's
Company as Volunteer with English Prisoners about five hundred to
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Philadelphia, delivered them there to another guard, just as the British
evacuated Philadelphia, the last of their troops crossing the Delaware, returned
to Lancaster after being out about ten days, received no pay of rashons
while in this service, no other officers but the Captain recollected
Peter Shindle can prove this service-

Applicant also served as one of the Guard in conveying twenty two loads of
Power [Powder] from Lancaster to Reading Berks County Pennsylvania, which was
sent through dread that the British would come to Lancaster, this was
about the time the British took possession of Philadelphia out about a
week no person that applicant now recollects is living that will be able
to prove this service-

Applicant also served under Capt William Wurtz Capt Christian Petrie 
in guarding prisoners at the stockades around the Barrack at
Lancaster Penna. time or length of service not recollected, nor does he know
of any person living who is acquainted with those services

This Applicant has no documentary evidence to prove the above
service, no has he any [word crossed out] certificate or discharge of said service, nor receive a written discharge from the service-

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the
agency of any State, this Applicant further states that when called into service he was living
in Lancaster Pennsylvania, where he has lived since the revolutionary war, & where he now lives -
[signature] Jacob Long

Sworn to & subscribed this day
& year aforesaid - in open Court
Attest
Chrst. Bachman
Prothy.
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We Martin Brunner a clergyman residing in the City of Lancaster &
Amos Ellmaker also [blank space] residing in the City of Lancaster, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted
with Jacob Long Senr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.
that we believe him to be seventy three 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
M. Bruner
Amos Ellmaker

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court of
Common Pleas of Lancaster County
Aug 20th 1832
Chrst Bachman Prothy

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 foregoing applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and
served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to
them that Martin Bruner who has signed the preceding certificate is a
clergyman, resident in the City of Lancaster, and that Amos Ellmaker
who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place, and is a
credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit-
Walter Franklin
Saml Dale
John Lightner
[flourishes]

I Christian Bachman Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas
of Lancaster County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Jacob Long Senr for a pension-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of
office this twentieth day of August Anno Domini 1832-
Chrst Bachman
prothy.
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State of Pennsylvania
City of Lancaster ss:

Thomas Kautz a soldier of the
Revolution being sworn according to law, deposeth and saith,
that he is acquainted with Jacob Long Senr. of the City Lancaster, 
that he served with him as a soldier in the beginning of the Revolutionary war
in the Pennsylvania Militia, that they were both in the same
Regiment under the command of Colonel George Ross, that the said
Jacob Long Senr. served in Capt Peter Huffnagle's company, & this
deponent in Capt Andrew Groffs, Company, that they marched from
Lancaster to Philadelphia, that they were called out for two months,
that after being encamped in the latter place for several weeks, they
returned to Lancaster and served out their time here - and further
saith not-
Thomas Kautz his mark [X]

Sworn & Subscribed before me a Justice of the
Peace of the County of Lancaster, this 24th
day of July A.D. 1832-
Geo. Matter

I certify that Thomas Kautz above named is unable to attend Court
in consequence of [crossed out: the] indisposition & bodily infirmity - July 24th 1832
Geo. Matter
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State of Pennsylana
Lancaster County ss:
I Christian Bachman Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County Do Certify
George Matter Esquire before whom the within 
deposition of Thomas Kautz was taken, was at the
time and now is a Justice of the Peace for said
County of Lancaster, duly Commissioned and qualified
and that the signature affixed is his genuine signature -

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said 
Court at Lancaster this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord 
1832-
Chrst. Bachman
Prothy.

I George Matter the magistrate within named & before whom the within
named Thomas Kautz was sworn as to Revolutionary service of Jacob Long Senr
[^Do certify that the said Thomas Kautz] is a man of respectability & credibility

Witness my hand & seal this sixteenth day of November Anno Domini 
one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
The words "do Certify that the said Thomas Kantz" interlined before
signing -
Geo. Matter
[flourish]
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George Leonard a soldier of the Revolution being sworn according to
law says that he is acquainted with Jacob Long Senr of the City of
Lancaster, that in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven
he served with the said Jacob Long Senr as a soldier in the Pennsylvania
Militia that they were called out for two months, that they left
Lancaster ^Penna in Capt George Franciscus Company and marched to a
place near this [word crossed out] side of Darby where they encamped for about four
weeks without tents, that their company was placed in Colonel Elder's
Regiment, [crossed out: that they] and General Potters Brigade, that their Regiment
afterwards joined General Irwin's Brigade and encamped at White
marsh for about a month, that this deponent was in the same mess with
the said Jacob Long Senr during this tour of duty - afterwards this
deponent again served with the said Jacob Long Senr in the Pennsylvania
^Militia for two months in standing guard around the stockade at the Barracks
at Lancaster Pennsylvania, that they were regularly drafted, that
this deponent served as a substitute for Josiah Lockart, Captain
Joseph Hubley, other officers not recollected, except a man by the name of
Smalley but what office he held not now remembered -
George Leonard

Sworn & Subscribed in the
Court of Common Pleas
[left edge of page obscured] Lancaster County
[left edge of page obscured] st 20th 1833
Chrst Bachman
Prothy.
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Peter Shindel a soldier of the Revolution being sworn says that he is
acquainted with Jacob Long Senr of the City of Lancaster Pennsylvania
That in the year 1778 he served with him, in the Pennsylvania Militia
in Capt Michael App's Company in escorting English Prisoners to
Philadelphia, about the time the British evacuated Philadelphia
that they were absent on this service about ten days received no
pay or rashons for the same -
Peter Shindel

Sworn Subscribed in the
Court of Common Pleas of
Lancaster County, August 20th 1832
Chrst Bachman
Prothy.

State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County ss:
I Christian Bachman Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County Do Certify that
George Leonard & Peter Shindel, whose names are 
affixed to the foregoing Depositions, and who were sworn
before me on the twentieth day of August AD 1832 as aforesaid, are persons of credibility
& respectability, and I do further certify that George Matter Esq a Justice of the peace
of said ^county & who certifies to the respectability & credibility of Thomas Kautz is the same George Matter before whom the deposition of Thos Kautz was taken relative to the Revolutionary
Service of Jacob Long Senr on the 24th day of July AD 1832, and that the signature
annexed is his genuine signature-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of said Court at Lancaster this sixteenth day of November in the year
of our Lord 1832-
Chrst . Bachman
Prothy.
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No 4498
Pennsylvania
Suspended
13 Novr. 1832
Plyn. 14 & 16

P 52
to H. G. Long
Lancaster
Penna.

Admitted [crossed out 2 mo]
2 months as Sergt.  $10.00
6 " 10 days Priv.  21.09
$31.09
[equation: $10.00 + 21.09 = $31.09]
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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Long Senr.
of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 73
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[begin table]
[column headings: (1) Period, (2) Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days., (3) Rank. As a, 
(4) Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.]

1. In 17, In the beginning of the revolutionary war. 2 months. Private. Pa militia, Capt Huffnagle, Col George Ross.
2. In the beginning of the revolutionary war. 2 months. do. Capt Huffnagle, Major [illegible] Ross.
3. " 1777. 2 months. Sergeant. Capt Joseh Hubley.
4. " " . 2 months Substitute. [blank]. Capt Franciscus.
5. " 1778. 10 days. [blank]. Capt Apps.
[end table]

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lancaster, Pennsylvania
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Living and Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Defective
no seal to the testimony of Witness
Papers not attached
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
[signature] Jas Wilson Examining Clerk.
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12205
Mary Long
Rev Sep. 2, 1845
Widow of Jacob
Pa
Act 7 July 1838
Rejected husband 11 Decr 1842
Married 1785

[on the left margin, written sideways:]
[illegible] Edw. H. Rauch
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State of Pennsylvania}
Lancaster County} ss:

On this fourteenth day of August
AD 1845 personally appeared before me Emanuel Schaeffer one of the
Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county,
Mary Long a resident of the city of Lancaster aged eighty two
years, who being first sworn according to law, doth depose and say as
follows,
That her husband Jacob Long was a soldier, in the service of
the United States, during the Revolutionary war, that for his service
rendered as a soldier, he received a pension from the United States, as
appears by the certificate, signed Lewis Cass Secretary of War, & dated
the third day of December AD 1832, and of which the following is a copy.

War Department.
Revolutionary claim
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the
7th June 1832 Jacob Long Sr of Lancaster of the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private and Sergeant in the army of the Revolution, is entitled
to receive Thirty one dollars and nine cents per annum, during his
natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, 
on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

[drawing of a round seal, with a scalloped border: Seal of the War Office]

Given at the War Office of the United States, this third day
of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned
J. L. Edwards.
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(Endured or printed on Certificate)
Payments to be made at Philadelphia by the Prest US Bk Agent for
paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
Recorded by J M Duffield Clerk in Book D Vol 6 page 67.

The subscriber for a particular account of the services rendered by her late
husband the said Jacob Long as a soldier of ^the Revolution, would respectfully
refer to the petition presented by the said Jacob Long, at the time
of his application for pension, and which she supposes [word crossed out] remains filed
of record in the War Department-

She hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or
annuity except the present, and declare that [crossed out: my] her name is not 
on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

She further declares that she was married to the said
Jacob Long Senr on the twenty second day of May AD 1785, and that
her said husband died on the twenty sixth day of December AD 1842
Mary Long her mark [T]

Sworn & subscribed the day & year 
aforesaid
before me
E. Schaeffer

Lancaster City ss
I Emanuel Schaeffer one of the Associate Judges of the court
of Common Pleas in & for the County of Lancaster before whom the foregoing
declaration was taken, do certify that Mary Long is the widow of Jacob
Long Senr a reputed soldier of the revolution, and a lady of respectability &
that her declaration is entitled to full credit & belief, & that she cannot from
bodily infirmity attend Court - Witness my hand & seal this fourtheenth
day of August - AD 1845
E. Schaeffer [drawing of a round seal with scalloped edges: Seal]
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State of Pennsylvania}
Lancaster County} ss:
I George W. Glessner Pastor of the German
Reformed Congregation of the City of Lancaster, in the County & State
aforesaid, Do certify that the following extract, shewing the marriage
of Jacob Long and Mary Grimler taken from the records of said
church to wit from a Register of Marriages kept by the [crossed out: Rev'd] officiating
[crossed out: formerly] pastor of said congregation is a true
copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the
record in fair legible figures

Married May the twenty second one thousand seven hundred and
eighty five. Mr Jacob Long to Miss Mary Grimler, both of this town

I George W. Glessner above named deposeth and saith that I hold the office
of Pastor of the German Reformed Congregation in the City of Lancaster,
in the county & State aforesaid, and that the above extract is a true extract
from the records of said church, the original being in the German language
of which the above is a true translation.
G. W. Glessner Pastor.

Sworn - Subscribed this fourteenth day of August- 
AD 1845.
E. Schaeffer

The said Mary Long therefore respectfully asks that such pension may
be granted to her as a widow of an old soldier, as she may be entitled
to by law
And she will pray
Mary Long her mark [V]

Test.
E. Schaeffer
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State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County ss
I, Rudolph F. Rauch, Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas of said County, Do certify, that the within 
named E. Sheaffer Esqr is an assosiate Judge of said
Court, duly commissioned & qualified, & that the 
signature purporting to be his is genuine

Witness my hand & seal of said Court the twenty eighth day August A.D. one thousand eight hundred & forty five
R.F. Rauch Prothy
pr
Edw. H. Rauch

[read sideways, at the bottom of the page, the beginning of six lines of text:]
122
Mary
Rev Sep.
Widow
6
Act 7
Rejected
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Lancaster Pa. May 24th 56,
Sir:
Under act of March 3d 1855 I sent you application 
No 47.873 of Mary Long widow of Jacob Long a Sergeant
of the Revolutionary War - which was suspended for want
of Record Evidence, although she was receiving a U.S. Pension

To day I Received Land Warrant No 26.186, issued May 20th - 56 to
Mary Long, Widow as above.  She died December 26th 1856
I gave the warrant to her Son Hon. Henry G. Long, President
Judge of our County Court, and he has requested me to
ascertain from you how he shall proceed to sell or locate it?
Yours Respectfully
J B Kaufman
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Declaration of Mary Long of the City of
Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, widow of Jacob Long Senr,
a soldier of the Revolution. In order to obtain the benefits
of the act of Congress of 2nd February 1848 entitled, An act
making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers
of the Revolution - 

State of Pennsylvania}
Lancaster City} Ss.
On this twenty eighth day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty
eight, personally appeared before the subscriber an Alderman
for the City of Lancaster aforesaid, the said Mary Long
a resident of the said City of Lancaster, in the County of
Lancaster, aged eighty four years -- 
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath,
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits
of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d
February,1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
Jacob Long Sr. who was a private and sergeant in the army
of the Revolution, and as such received a pension of the United
State of thirty one dollars & nine cents, which certificate of
pension is dated the third day of December one thousand
eight hundred & thirty two & signed by Lew Cass Secretary of
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war, & examined & countersigned J L. Edwards, and that the
same appeared to be recorded by J M. Duffield Clerk in Book D.
Vol 6 page 67. she also further states that after the death of
her husband viz Dec 26th 1842 he was allowed a [word crossed out] a 
pension of the United States, and was in the receipt of the same
until last March, when it expired by the limitation of law, 
and which she believes the received under the act of 17th June 1844.
She further declares that she ^is still a widow. & has continued the
widow of the said Jacob Long Senr who in his life time lived in the City of Lancaster.
Mary Long her mark [V]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year [crossed out: above] before written before
J C Van Camp, ald.
Witness present at signing
J. C. Van Camp
H. G. Long

The subscriber an Alderman for the City of Lancaster, Do Certify
that the declarant Mary Long is personally known to him the
said Alderman, and he does hereby also further Certify that she is
the widow of Jacob Long Senr. mentioned in the foregoing declaration
deceased, & that she is now & has continued his widow ever
since his decease.
September 28th  1848
J. C. Van Camp 
ald.

[drawing of a round seal with scalloped edges:] seal
Page 27

State of Pennsylvania}
& County of Lancaster}
I, J. H. Kurtz Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas for the County
aforesaid, do certify that John C. Van Camp Esqr 
before whom the foregoing 
affidavit was made, was at the time of
making thereof an Alderman in and for 
said City, duly qualified & commissioned, to all whose acts
as Such full faith & credit are and ought to be given, and
that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.

Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this
29th [crossed out: 1848] day of September A.D. 1848.
J. H. Kurtz
Prothy
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7360.
Pennsylvania.
Mary Long,
widow of Jacob Long
who was a private & Sergeant,
in the Pennsylvania line.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
31 Dollars 09
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
17 day of Oct: 1845.
and sent to S. H. Porter,
Indian Bureau,
Present.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
& 7 June, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 111.
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Mary Long widow of William
of Pennsylvania, Act 1838. admitted
[illegible]
[illegible initials]

Hon Charles [illegible]
2290
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Revy. WIDOW, &c.
[illegible initials, vertically on the right]
File No. 3434
Mary Long
Widow
Jacob Long.
Sergt. Rev. War,

Act: Feb. 2d 1848,
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 440
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[backwards capital Z]

26.186
[flourish]
[illegible]
Page 32

No 12205
Mary Long
widow of Jacob
Pa
Act 7 July 1838

Rejected [illegible] died 1842
Admr. Acts 3 March 1843
and 17 June 1844

2 Mo Sergeant  $10 --
" " 10 ds pri  21.09
$31.09
[equation: $10.00 + 21.09 = $31.09]

S. Humes Porter
Present
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47873
No 4.498
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Pa Lancaster April 5th1855.

Sir:
Enclosed I send you the application of Mary Long
widow of Jacob Long deceasd, a Revolutionary Soldier for
Bounty Land under act of March 3d 1855.  She draws pension.

This aged Lady is the mothr of the Hon. Henry G Long 
President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County Pa

When the Warrant is granted enclose it to me,
Respectfully Yours
J B Kaufman

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington City
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12205.
Sept. 2. 1845.
Mary Long
July 7' 1838 & 
March 3d 1843.

Pa

S H Porter, Present.
C
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Washington City.
Sept 2. 1845.

Sir.
I have the Honor to present to you the application
of Mary Long, widow of Jacob Long a revolutionary soldier for
a pension-

Jacob Long was a pensioner up to the time of
his death.  I was long and intimately acquainted with him, 
and know his widow.  She is now living at Lancaster, Penna.
and I respectfully request that a certificate of Pension
be issued to her.

Very respectfully
Your Obt Serv't
Saml. Humes Porter.

[illegible] J. L Edwards
Commr. of Pensions
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Lancaster December 13th1858.

Dear Sir-
A few years since my mother Mary Long the widow
of Jacob Long Sr as a soldier & pensioner of the Revolutionary war
applied for a bounty land warrant to which she was entitled
under the provisions of the act of Congress, and altho' the petition was
presented during her life time, the warrant is not dated & was not
received by her children until after her death.  Under the provisions
of the act of Congress of the [blank space] 1858 is it necessary that anything
further should be done to vest the interest in the warrant in them, 
my reading of the law induced me to think that nothing
further was required to be done to accomplish that object, but
wishing to be controlled by your decision, I have taken the liberty
of addressing you, will you do me the favour when convenient
to give me the desired information & oblige -

Very Respectfully Yours &c-
H.G. Long

Hon J Minot
Commissioner &c &c