Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20394, for Thomas Langlee, New Jersey
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Langlee, Thomas

R. 20394

Native of New Jersey - Ohio residence in 1829
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Power of Attorney

Know all [inaudible] by them [illegible] that G, Thomas Langlee, at [illegible] of the
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[handwritten]
The State of Ohio
City of Cincinnati} Ss:
Before me mayor of the city of Cincinnati aforesaid personally came Thomas Coogle the [illegible] in the within power of attorney received and acknowledge the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned _ 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and affixed the seal of said city this third day of September eighteen hundred and twenty nine – 
[signed] Isaac G Burnet, Mayor

The State of Ohio
Hamilton County} 

I Daniel Gano Clerk of the Court of Common Please, in and for said County do hereby certify that Isaac G. Burnet Esquire, before whom the above acknowledgment was made, is now, and was at the time of taking the same, Mayor of the City of Cincinnati, duly appointed & sworn into Office, and to all his acts as such, full faith is due and ought to be given

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cincinnati this 10th September 1829
[signed]
Danl Gano [illegible]
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[handwritten]
1828
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled “an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved on the 15th of May 1828, I, Thomas Langlee, a native of Monmouth County in the State of New Jersey, and at present resident of the County of Hamilton in the State of Ohio, do hereby declare that I was a soldier during the Revolutionary War – That I first served in the Malitia and was in the Battles of Bunker Hill and of Monmouth, and about three days after the latter battle, I enlisted in the regular army and served under Count Pulaski until his death as a light horseman, That after the death of Count Pulaski I continued to serve until I received a regular discharge, which discharge was signed by Col. Cowatts and Captain Bedkins – but thinking the discharge of no consequence I have long since lost it. I also declare that I have never recd. any pension or money from the U. Sates for my Revolutionary services since my discharge, if any shape whatever.
I also declare that I applied several
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[handwritten]
years ago for a pension by my agent John Lee Williams Esq. but failed in obtaining it, as I was informed, in consequence of my not being able to find a witness to prove my actual service in a particular regiment.
I also declare that I am a very poor man and with great difficulty make even a necessary support from my family. 
I also declare that I shall be seventy five years of age in October next, if I should live until that period.
Witness my hand this third day of September eighteen hundred and twenty nine
[signed]
Thom. T. Langlee
Sworn to and subscribed before me Sept. 3, 1829
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said city the and year above – 
[signed] 
Isaac E. Burnet, Mayor -
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[handwritten]
Before me William Clark a justice of the Peace in the County of Hamilton in the State of Ohio, personally appeared this day Nathan Carr and Moses Steward of the said county, who did severally make oath that Thomas Langlee, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this ninth day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred and twenty nine –
[signed]
Wm Clark [hand drawn circle with “JP Seal” written in it]
The State of Ohio
Hamilton County S.S
I, Daniel Gano, Clerk of the Court of Common Please, in and for Said County do hereby certify that William Clark Esqr. before whom the above affidavit was made & whose certificate thereof is attached, was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Hamilton duly elected commissioned & Sworn into office; I further certify that Isaac Burnet Esqr is now, & was on the 3rd September 1829 Mayor of the City of Cincinnati –
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Cincinnati this 10th day of September 1829.
[signed] Danl Gano
Clk
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[handwritten]
The State of Ohio
Hamilton County S.S

Personally appeared before me, James F. Conover, who being duly sworn, saith that the money expected to be paid into his hands by the U. States on account of Thomas Langlee, and which said Conover is authorized to receive (by power of Attorney from said Langlee) is intended to be solely appropriated to the personal use and benefit of said Langlee, so far as said Conover knows and believes. 
[signed] James F. Conover
Sworn to & subscribed before me Sept 10, 1829
[signed] Isaac Burnet Mayor

[faint writing near bottom right]
Thomas Langlee
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July 20, 1907

Mr. J. D. Ferree, 

240 N. Spring St.,

Bucyrub, Ohio. 

Sir: 
In reply to your letter dated the 10th instant and received the 12th, you are advised that from the papers in claim Rejected File #20,394 it appears that Thomas Langlee applied for pension Sep-tember 3, 1829 at which time he was seventy-four years of age and a resident of Whitewater Township, Hamilton county, Ohio. 

He stated that he was born in October in Monmouth county, New Jersey, was a soldier during the Revolutionary War, and first served in the Militia in the battle of Bunker Hill and Monmouth: about three days after the battle of Monmouth enlisted in the regular army and served as a Light Horseman under Count Pulaski and Colonel Cowatch until Count Pulaski's death after which he continued in service until discharged by Captain Redkin.  No dates given. 

The above claim was not allowed for the reason that proof of the alleged service was never furnished. 

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner.
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[handwritten]
Pulaski d. Oct. 79
Cowatch d. May 79
Col. of Pulaskis region
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Commissioner. 
1829
75
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1754
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OH Rej
#20.394
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Thomas Langlee - Pvt - 
Probably Armands Corps
 # [illegible]
Ohio not allowed Act 1828

Exd. Inval. - Wids
" Susp. & Rej. - old books
No Record
L.D.S. 
Nov 6/80
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[handwritten]
Com. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Bucymus Ohio
July 10 1907.

Sir –
I would like to have any data that may be in the records of your office relating to Thomas Langley, who was a member of Count Pulaski’s Legion, Continental Troops, Revolutionary war. I believe he enlisted from Winchester Frederick County Va.

Respectfully
J. D. Ferree
240 N. Spring St
Bucymus Ohio

[2 stamps]
[at top of letter round stamp, stating “O.W. & N. Div. Files July 12 1907) 
[at bottom of letter round stamp, stating “Pension Office. U.S. F July 12 1907)
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Revolutionary Claims		[handwritten top right corner] 1728
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Under the act, entitled “An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved 15th May, 1829
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Treasury Department,
17 Oct 1829

The annexed paper relating to the Claim of Thomas Langlee under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed, whether by any records in the War Department, or by any papers filed therein relative to an application heretofore made by the claimant for a Pension, it appears for what term he enlisted and served in the Army of the Revolution, and in what rank, regiment and line.
[signed] 
S D Ingham
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[printed form mostly blank]
Rejected
…………….Ex’r. OLD WAR.
File No. 20394
[stamp] Rejected
Thomas Langlee
Pri. 
Capt. Bedkin
Pulaski Legion
Revy War
Died at [blank]
[blank] other claim. 
[blank], 187 [blank].
clerk. 
[handwritten]
Not allowed. Act 1828.
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[printed form completed in handwriting]
[left page]
(3-223.)
No. 20394
[stamp] Rejected
OLD WAR INVALID.
Thomas Langlee
P.O. [blank]
Service: Private Capt. Bedkin’s co. 
Pulaski Legion
Revolutionary War
Enlisted: [blank], 18  .
Discharged: [blank], 18  .
Application filed: [blank], 18  .
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
New Jacket
Attorney: [blank]
P.O.: [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis.
Searched for [blank], 18  . 
[8857-5,000.]
[right page]
[handwritten]
1907 July 20 – Hist. to J. D. Ferree - c
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Treasury Department,
6 Oct 1829

Thomas Langlee of [blank] in the county of Hamilton in the State of Ohio has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled “An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Bedkins’s company in Col Cowatts [handwritten insert] + who commanded Count Pulaski’s legion after his death line; [end of handwritten insert] and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he has not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, + Probably Armands corps

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By Order of the Secretary.
[signed]
F. A. Dickins

Treasury Department, 
Third Auditor’s Office,
7th October 1829
 [the following is struck out] It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued in the [end of struck out text]
It further appears that Thomas Langlee is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826.
The name of Thomas Langlee cannot be found among those of Armands Corps to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued – A certificate appears to have been issued in the name of Thomas Salley of that corps - At the end of the war Capt. Bedkin appears to have belonged to Armands Corps – 
[signed]
Peter Hagner Aud.
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Revolutionary Claims

Free

Honorable Saml. D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City
[round black stamp with "Cincinnati SEP 11"]

[upside down handwritten]
James F. Conover
for Thomas Langlee
Rec'd 17 Sept 1829.
623
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[handwritten]
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept 10th 1829
Hon. S. D. Ingham
Sir
I have herewith the honor to enclose to you the deposition of Thomas Langlee, an applicant to be placed on the pension list, under the act of Congress 1828. A power of Attorney is also enclosed, authorizing me to receive the money for him.
I believe the deposition of Mr. Langlee attested as it is, by the respectable witnesses, embraces all the requirements of the law and the Department necessary to enable him to obtain a pension. Owing to age and infirmity of body, the memory of Mr Langlee could not supply any other facts on particulars, than those mentioned in his deposition. He is quite certain that his name will be found on the muster roll, as a private soldier, in the legion of Horse commanded by Count Pulaski. The name of Col. Cowatts (mentioned
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in the deposition) is a french name, I believe, and is probably spelled improperly -but according to the sound as pronounced by Langlee. From all the circumstances I can gather, I have no doubt that he has been a faithful Revolutionary soldier and is eminently entitled to the trifling reward he now claims for his long and arduous service. I have no other interest in recommending his case to your favourable consideration, than that which is common to every grateful American, save the mere employment in my profession as his Attorney. – 
Should his claims be recognized, as I do not doubt they will be you will please forward me by mail the amount due him, in a draft on the branch of the U. States Bank, in this city. – 
I have the honor to be with high consideration, very respectfully 
Your Obt Servt.
James F. Conover